Caro at Open House Festival 2024 Ivy Street Family Centre, Sam Jacob Studio © Johan Dehlin
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Caro at Open House Festival 2024

The annual Open House Festival is a highlight of the London architecture and design calendar, and this year’s programme looks set to be one of the biggest and best yet.

As cultural communications strategist, Caro provides support to Open House Festival throughout the year – we were delighted to be invited to curate a Collection, on the theme of spaces Saved by Local People.

Broadwater Farm Peace Mural

The collection highlights spaces that exist at the intersections of London’s social and political life: buildings and places that have been saved, restored or reactivated by local people for their communities. The spaces in the collection have all been, or are in the process of being, saved from dereliction, eviction, or demolition.

The collection features buildings that have been afforded a second lease of life right across the capital. Through acts of protest, community-led conservation, or simply congregations of people with a shared passion for motorcycling, Caro recognises the local people that keep these buildings and their progressive social and political activity alive.

Ace Café
Brixton Advice Centre
Ivy Street Family Centre
Mural at Broadwater Farm Estate
Mildmay Club
South Norwood Library
Van Gogh House London

To celebrate these places, we have also produced a set of Reels, taking a deeper dive behind the scenes at the Mildmay Club and Broadwater Farm

02_South-Norwood-Library- South Norwood Library © Jo Underhill
The Mildmay Club