Roaming Projects CIC is the latest organisation to join Open Havelock. They join Our Moving Stories (https://ourmovingstories.com/), Lets Go Southall, Asian Community Concern, and others. The offer at Open Havelock continues to grow. Join us too!
The gardens of Willowbrook South and North were planted by horticulturist Mima Taylor, local residents and the Open Havelock team. We look forward to seeing the gardens flourish with your help. There’s lots to do!
Open Havelock is open.
Over 150 local residents and stakeholders, the leader of Ealing Council and the Deputy Mayor of London, Jules Pipe, came together to celebrate the launch of Open Havelock, to take stock of how far the project has come and to look forward to its growth and consolidation.
Expression of interest launched to allocate spaces to Open Havelock’s future users and operators. Apply for a space here. From the feasibility stages of the Open Havelock project, we have worked closely with local residents and stakeholders to understand what people do and what could happen at Willowbrook. A wide range of spaces are available and we look forward to seeing them in use.
Public Practice visit Open Havelock as part of their research programme to see the build in progress. The associates attended the session at Havelock to share their experiences of work in the public sector across London and beyond and to hear about the background of the Open Havelock project.
We are hosting workshops with local schools on site to explore the design and construction processes behind Open Havelock. In casting workshops with Havelock Primary and Bellevue School we will survey concrete on site – the existing columns and raked ground, pebbledash renders and our newly poured screed floor, and we will make plaster casts of our own in pastel shades. We take our inspiration from Bruno Munari’s Tactile Workshops. With Featherstone High, geography students will map the network of green spaces around our site.
It has taken almost a year to finalise the design, to carefully budget and to work through tender and procurement processes, but the build has now begun. Rise Contracts were appointed to build Open Havelock and started on site in January. We are delighted to have such experienced and skillful contractors on board.
Co design event on site with local residents and stakeholders. The Open Havelock steering group continued to meet online throughout the pandemic but we were delighted to be back on site in the summer for an in situ project review with more models, drawings, images, samples and (socially distanced) people. The site for the Open Havelock project, off Willowbrook Road, is complicated. It helps to be there in person to talk through the design.