The renewal of St Martin in the Fields: a case study in social space making

Here’s another exciting event next week to tell you about. Architect Eric Parry is coming to the RSA on Thursday 30 July at 1pm to talk about the renewal of St Martins in Fields. The project has created a sequence of interconnected public spaces both above and below ground as well as a wide range of amenities for a diverse range of users, including the homeless, St Martin's core congregation, the local Chinese community and state of the art facilities for professional musicians.

Here’s another exciting event next week to tell you about. Architect Eric Parry is coming to the RSA on Thursday 30 July at 1pm to talk about the renewal of St Martins in Fields. The project has created a sequence of interconnected public spaces both above and below ground as well as a wide range of amenities for a diverse range of users, including the homeless, St Martin's core congregation, the local Chinese community and state of the art facilities for professional musicians.

The question of how physical spaces can be designed to enable community interactions and the mixing of different groups is important for the Connected Communities programme. What other examples do people have of how social spaces have been designed to support community building?