Edmonton Green Town Centre

The Pavilion on The Green in Edmonton won the Inspire Future Generations Award for Community Engagement by the Thornton Education Trust!

https://www.thorntoneducationtrust.org/ifg-awards-2023-winners-and-finalists

During Summer 2024, Enfield Council’s Place Shaping Team, part of Journeys and Places, worked with Fisher Cheng Architects and the Edmonton community to create a shared vision for The Green. Together, they co-designed and built a temporary pavilion.

The programme featured creative workshops for young people and families, including guided nature walks, den-building, live music, poetry, theatre, and wellbeing sessions. These activities were run in partnership with local groups Doodle Design, Exodus Youth Worx and Northside Youth.

Over 1,000 people attended these events helping to explore ways to bring new life to The Green and shape the Pavilion’s design.

Completed in June ’24, the Pavilion has hosted a summer programme of over 60 events, all delivered by local individuals and organisations, becoming a much-loved space by the local community and providing a platform for culture and creativity.

Now adopted as one of Enfield’s five new ‘Culture Places,’ the Pavilion will be co-managed by the Council and local organizations to continue hosting arts, culture, and community events—bringing lasting change to Edmonton.

Over 100 local residents attended the "Christmas at the Pavilion" event on 14th December.

The event, organised by Exodus Youth Worx, Northside Youth, Doodle Design and Edmonton Community Partnership with the support of Enfield Council included Arts & Crafts activities, Face Painting, Gingerbread Decorating, Hair Braiding, Jewellery Making, Live Music & Performances as well as Musical Statues

As Summer draws to a close, the Pavilion on The Green in Edmonton has wrapped up its first Summer Programme.

Between 29^th June to 21^st September, over 60 individual events, including yoga and pilates classes, live music, community choir and dance, workshop for children and families and many others took place at the Pavilion, Edmonton’s new Culture Place. The free events, all run by local people, attracted on The Green over 1500 Enfield’s residents of all ages throughout the Summer.

The Pavilion, co-designed by the local community and Fisher Cheng Architects, it is one of five “culture places” being delivered by Enfield Council in town centres across the borough to host arts, culture and community events.

Key highlights of the Summer included the Untold Edmonton Festival, a two-week programme to celebrate Edmonton’s rich cultural heritage; an Interactive Concert with London Sinfonietta, Gallipoli Music Memorial Trust and DJ-MC Academy as well as activities for local young people led by Exodus, NYCC, Doodle Design and many others.

The Pavilion, designed as a demountable structure, it is expected to remain on The Green for the next three years new to encourage the local community to dwell in and enjoy a local green space. As Edmonton’s new Culture Place, it will serve as a community gathering space and a platform for cultural education and expression encouraging participation from across the local community.

The Journeys and Places Team is now collaborating with local organisations in Edmonton to build on the success of the Summer Programme and to define the Pavilion’s longer-term programming and stewardship.

The Pavilion on The Green, co-designed by the local community and Fisher Cheng Architects last Summer, will launch on 29th June!

To celebrate the Pavilion’s opening, Enfield Council has organised a Summer Programme of free activities from 29th June to 14th September featuring:

• Untold Edmonton festival from 30th June to 14th July
• Weekly wellbeing walks
• Wellbeing, fitness and yoga classes
• Summer holiday youth activities
• Family arts, theatre and dance workshops
• Adults creative workshops
• One-off youth and climate change events

To book your free tickets visit: https://paviliononthegreen.eventbrite.com

The construction of the Pavilion on The Green has been progressing steadily in the last few weeks, and the structure is approaching completion.

The Pavilion will be launched on 29th June and will host a free programme of cultural and community activities over the Summer. More details on this will be published soon.

Journeys and Places Team and Fisher Cheng Architects will be presenting the latest design for the upcoming Pavilion on The Green on Saturday 2nd December 11am - 2pm, outside Edmonton Green Library.

The design for the Pavilion has been developed with the local community during the engagement activities which took place over last Summer. This event is an opportunity to share the design progress and to discuss with them which community and cultural activities could be hosted in the space next Summer.

Thank you to all those who attended the Celebrate The Green event on Saturday 9th September. We had a wonderful turnout of over 450 people across the day who enjoyed a wide range of activities that showcase what The Green has to offer as an outdoor community space.

The day begun with an outdoor Tai Chi and Chi Gong class led by Energ'Chi, followed by poetry recitals from Enfield Poets, scenes from Bread and Roses by Enfield People's Theatre, a solo dance performance by renowned krump artist Joshua Vendetta Nash, and closed out with live Congolese Rumba with Central African Youth in Enfield. Also on The Green were DJ & MC Academy spinning the decks, Doodle Designs running a colourful den building workshop, Performing Pets with an adorable petting zoo, storytelling puppet show with Rufus and a display of pinhole photographs taken from Tales from the Towpath by Ben Nathan.

The team were also on site to run through the latest designs for a new Pavilion on The Green, developed across the summer's engagement activities.

We have spoken with over 400 people across our engagement events so far. Below you'll find some of the latest interaction boards to see how you've helped shape The Green to date.

Thank you to everyone who took part and provided feedback at the Design The Green event on Saturday 5th August. We welcomed over 100 people, sharing the initial design ideas for the forthcoming Pavilion on The Green, which will be installed in Summer 2024. Due to inclement weather, the event was moved into Edmonton Green Library.

The event was curated with young people from Exodus Youthworx, as part of a co-design workshop held at Croylands Youth Centre on 26th July. Doodle Designs and Exodus Youthworx delivered 'The Green Scene' - picnic, games and music while gathering aspirations for the future of The Green, while artist Amaechi Anolue provided entertaining caricatures for local residents.

Here you can find photos from the co-design workshop as well as on the day, and see which emerging pavilion design was most supported.