Shoreditch has undergone waves of gentrification, eroding its street culture and displacing communities. At 70–74 Sclater Street, a derelict site holds traces of a contested past shaped by makers, migrants, and protestors.
My dissertation project reimagines the town hall as a civic platform—where transparency, participation, and street-led dialogue converge. A preserved brick façade meets cast concrete insertions, embedding lost cultural spaces into the structure.
Through confessional pods, speaking tubes, and listening chambers, the building supports both private and public exchange. Speakers’ Street proposes a civic future shaped by collective voice and architectural resistance.
