The Transition Network is a grassroots global project to increase awareness and resilience of local communities in relation to the impending upheaval of climate change and a post-carbon future. sPark It was a crowd-funded community-led project to design and build pop-up parks in parking spaces on behalf of local businesses and charities across the city. This would be an act of prefiguration, taking back streets for people and imagining a city no-longer dominated by cars.
ƒ(𝒏) Architects provided our professional services to both liaise with local stakeholders including residents, schools, businesses, charity groups and politicians and ultimately facilitated the design of a number of installations around the city. The project coincided with the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and Liverpool Mayoral scandals and experienced a rough time in securing statutory approvals beyond a few pathfinder installations, but it has served it’s purpose in focusing conversation toward pedestrian and cycle infrastructure.
