What makes a good mixed use street? How can good streets be represented beyond the usual tools?

StreetSpace is a multidisciplinary project examining superdiverse streets. Streets are complex entities, have evolved slowly through history but can be radically transformed by development. 

At this workshop we will analyse physical, historical and experiential aspects of a London street and provide an alternative way of thinking about its planning, preserving and development. We will deal with problems of community, class, gender, crime, commerce and consumption, and also culture, performance and ritual. 

By the end of each workshop we will present three draft maps that illustrate the liveability, plurality and complexity of the streets observed. 

Academics, students and practitioners will work in three groups:

• history – archive documents: photographs, street directories and oral histories
• aspirations – recent and current planning, projects and policies for the area
• perceptions – ethnography studies and photographs. interviews and surveys on street.