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24-HOUR CITIES | SIR TERRY FARRELL CBE

Making cities work as 24-hour places to live

What if we imagined a flexible, moving market, where stallsmight sell croissants in the morning and mojitos at night?This was the initial premise of the entry Farrells submitted, just

over two months ago, in response to the Built Environment

Trust’s call for ideas to make cities work as 24-hour places to

live.

It turned out that what we imagined would be a fun oppor-

tunity to engage in out-of-the-box thinking was much more suc-

cessful than we had anticipated. In fact, when we learned that

our project had been selected as the winning entry, the team’s

screams of joy could be heard from one end of Hatton Street

Studios to the other and, arguably, all the way to Paddington.

The decision to take part in an ideas competition was the

result of a practice-wide momentum to rethink the way we

design. Earlier this year, a Design Development (DD) Group was

set up at Farrells as a platform to invite staff to think about ways

to build on Terry’s legacy while shaping a forward-looking design

culture that reflects the wealth of energy, enthusiasm, and expe-

rience we have in the practice today.

Resolutely ‘bottom-up’, the DD Group, conceived and over-

seen by design partner Effie Kuan, kicked off with a brainstorm-

ing session. Open to all, the event brought together staff of all

levels to reflect on the identity, quality, and process of design at

Farrells.

It became clear then that people at Farrells have, and always

have had, an appetite for bold and big-picture thinking.

Encouraging staff to take part in open competitions emerged as

one of many ideas to foster creativity in the office. It materi-

alised into a simple deal: teams should be free to prepare com-

petition entries outside work hours, and Farrells would provide

facilities and peer reviews to guide them through the process.

The Night Time is the Right Time ideas competition seemed a

fantastic place to begin the experiment. Designing for the night

time is inherently captivating, and the brief meant there was

scope to conceive proposals at just about any scale.

An interdisciplinary team of urban designers and architectur-

al assistants came together, including Ellen Peirson, Giulia Robba,

Ben Simpson, Oleg Sevelkov, and myself. Effie Kuan, Carlos

Muriel, and James Webb took part as design advisors and provid-

ed insights throughout the project.

Markets immediately captured our interest. With one in eight

British employees working the night shift, we felt that 24-hour

markets could make a tremendous impact on the quality and

security of night time environments in London. But the question

was: how? We first considered transforming our local Church

Street Market into a 24-hour destination, but logistics posed a

real challenge. How could a street market seamlessly transition

from daytime to night time uses? Could there be a way for

Maysa Phares is a senior

urban designer with

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traders to load and unload merchandise without disrupting the

flow of activity?

These were tricky issues, but we had a resource to draw upon.

The DD Group came up with the idea of holding open charrettes

on an ad hoc basis, and this was the perfect opportunity to pilot

the idea.

Charrette participants, from partners to more junior mem-

bers of staff, were invited to think about what a 24-hour market

might look like, what it would sell, and where it should be. A few

participants came up with the idea of using canals as the net-

work of a series of floating markets. Others suggested a travel-

ling market, led by a giant elephant, making its way across town

and stationing in whichever location was voted best by app

users.

Collaboration paid off, and our team took two key ideas on

board: floating markets as a strategy to bring waterways to life

at night, and a smartphone application that connects traders,

moorings, and customers. Despite its popularity, the giant ele-

phant was sadly set aside.

This became myKanaal, an app-driven proposal to transform

London’s waterways into a network of floating markets that

operate around the clock. At the heart of the idea, the myKanaal

app is envisioned as a digital platform that directs boat traders

to available mooring spots and alerts Londoners to shops and

services near them.

As place-makers, we felt there could be real benefits in acti-

vating our waterways, and especially towpaths that are popular

commuting routes during the day, but can be intimidating at

night. Even a small cluster of boat shops could bring life to an

otherwise uninviting public space.

Although it is easy to imagine these markets as trendy desti-

nations, the main ambition of myKanaal is to bring amenities

closer to Londoners who live on boats or work unconventional

hours, and who would benefit from the added convenience, safe-

ty, and delight of a 24-hour floating corner store, yoga studio, or

bike shop.

myKanaal seduced the jury, alongside many other exciting

proposals. Importantly, it highlighted the positive outcomes of

enabling design professionals to take on initiatives outside proj-

ect work.

A few new competitions are now underway at Farrells, with

further success in the National Park City competition with our

‘Living Network Entry’ and many more successes yet to come.’ -

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