We Made That

We Made That are delighted to have assisted with some ambitious bids to the London Regeneration Fund, having contributed to securing £6m of funding. Projects include;

• Fashioning Poplar: £1.8m to convert a number of underused garages and surrounding land into a new fashion hub, which will include a garment manufacturing unit and incubation space for designers. The scheme, led by housing association Poplar HARCA, will help to provide skills and training opportunities in the local community and is being led in conjunction with the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.
  
• Beddington incubator space: pilot a new approach to working with landowners and businesses through a range of interventions to reconfigure and unlock land for economic activity and intensify industrial areas.
  
• Blackhorse Lane ‘Creative Enterprise Zone’: actions to grow, maintain and strengthen the creative offer already establishing itself in Blackhorse Lane.
  
• Erith: supporting new town centre uses, training and work opportunities and resolving connectivity issues currently blighting the town.

All the projects aim to re-energise the capital’s places of work and high streets.

More info here

We Made That have been appointed by LB Southwark to guide and develop projects in East Street, Walworth and Old Kent Road. Interventions will include public space improvements, re-occupation of vacant units for flexible workspace, improvements to key buildings, meanwhile activity and a new layout for East Street Market. All are helping to knit together gaps between development sites. 

We are working with long-standing collaborators Maddison Graphic. Our team will also be working closely with local groups and organisations to catalyse and deliver great projects.

We Made That are recruiting for a range of exciting positions in our growing practice. If you are looking for a creative, public-spirited career change - come and join our team!

Urban Planner

We are looking for an experienced urban planner with knowledge of the London regeneration landscape to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing a small project team delivering masterplans and area strategies at a range of scales across the capital.

Full job description and more details here

Project Architect (Part III)

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled qualified architect with at least three years post-qualification experience to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing a small project team delivering both built and masterplan projects for public clients.

Full job description and more details here

Practice Manager/ Administrator (Part time)

We are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious Practice Manager for our small, growing architecture and urbanism practice. Our projects are diverse and as such, the position of Practice Manager is likely to be an extremely varied role which will include Office Management, HR and Financial Management.

We expect the position to be part time, with an initial commitment of three days per week. There will be flexibility in expected working hours/ days for the right candidate. 

Full job description and more details here

How to apply:

To apply for any of the above positions please send a digital copy of your CV to jobs@wemadethat.co.uk (max 10MB) along with a covering letter outlining how you meet the criteria. Mark the subject line with role title.

Deadline for applications is 31-01-2016.

​Holly has joined Design Council CABE’s newly refreshed panel of Built Environment Experts. As a BEE, Holly will provide independent expert advice and promote and support well designed buildings, spaces and places that improve everyone’s quality of life.

For a full list of the new recruits, follow this link.

​Holly will be speaking at the second Turncoats debate on Thursday 12th November. Alongside Daisy Froud, John Paul Maytum and Mark Hanson, she will be debating the merits and challenges of public consultation as it is currently practiced.

More info

​We Made That have been commissioned by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to produce an estate design plan for the Chicksand East Estate in Whitechapel. We will be working with residents to guide future investment in the open spaces around the estate.

​Regeneris Consulting and We Made That are hosting a series of workshops to develop an Economic Action Plan for Brixton. These targeted sessions with young people, businesses, social entrepreneurs, cultural groups and landowners will shape a concise set of recommendations to support equitable growth in the future of Brixton’s economy.

Islington Council are currently running a series of public consultations alongside We Made That to gain views on the developing public realm masterplan proposals. The team will be out and about with the Central Street Cycle, at the following times and locations:

• King Square shopping area: 11am-2pm, Saturday 19 September
  
• Fortune Street Park: 12pm-3pm, Friday 25 September
  
• King Square shopping area: 2pm-5pm, Tuesday 29 September
• Paton Street/St Luke’s Community Centre: 3pm-6pm, Thursday 1 October

Further information about the project can also be found here.

PROJECT ARCHITECT (min 3 years post Part III)

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled qualified architect with at least three years post-qualification experience to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing a small project team delivering both built and masterplan projects for public clients.

Experience

Candidates applying should:

• have public realm and building delivery experience in the UK
  
• have strategic or master planning experience
  
• have the ability to work independently and take a lead on project development
  
• have experience of leading a team of architectural assistants, overseeing project resourcing levels and time management
  
• demonstrate a powerful public conscience in pursing project goals and practice aims 

Skills 

You must be a talented designer and have good technical knowledge with a great eye for presentation, detail and construction execution. You should have an ability to drive project design development. Excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to lively, creative & productive team working required. Experience with Vectorworks and Adobe CS are essential. 

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and would ideally be available to start before end of September.

How to apply 

Please send a digital copy of your CV and portfolio to jobs@wemadethat.co.uk (max 10MB). Pay will be commensurate with experience and we would request that you set out your pay expectations in a covering letter to accompany your CV. 

Deadline for application is 28th August.

We Made That is London Living Wage accredited and an equal opportunities employer. 

ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT 

We are looking for a skilled Part I architectural assistant to join our practice to work on a number of live public realm, urban mapping and architectural projects. 

Skills 

Candidates must be motivated, hardworking, bright, have excellent communication skills and a desire to contribute to lively, creative & productive team working. On top of which you must be skilled in drawing, model making and image production. Experience with Vectorworks and Adobe CS are essential. 

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and would ideally be available to start before end of September. 

How to apply 

Please send a digital copy of your CV and portfolio to jobs@wemadethat.co.uk (max 10MB). Pay will be commensurate with experience and we would request that you set out your pay expectations in a covering letter to accompany your CV. 

We Made That is London Living Wage accredited and an equal opportunities employer.

We are delighted to receive a New London Award for our Blackhorse Lane project. The Panel awarded the Mayor’s Prize for its ‘inventive and resourceful strategy that works with the strengths of the area - its businesses and its culture of craftsmanship - to create opportunities for new jobs and enterprise, alongside new housing. The project is a blueprint for how industry can play a productive role in future mixed-use development.’

We’ve been supported by a wide team, including; Europa, the Architecture Foundation, Momentum, Stockdale, Wolfram Wiedner, Thomas Adank, Assemble, Blackhorse Workshop, Chris Bracey (God’s Own Junkyard) in the delivery of the project to date.

More here:
www.newlondonarchitecture.org

Read Icon Magazine’s take on what we do, including how we’re ‘eschewing the private sector in favour of agenda-driven design projects that help local government to create and preserve thriving communities’.

Featured projects include the recently completed Blackhorse Lane area strategy and a local economy study for the London Legacy Development Corporation.

More here:
www.iconeye.com

We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the New London Awards 2015. Our Croydon South End scheme with HASSELL and Objectif for LB Croydon is shortlisted in the public spaces category, and our Blackhorse Lane project for LB Waltham Forest is shortlisted for Masterplans & Area Strategies as well as the Mayor’s Prize for projects that creatively contribute to the capital’s economy.
The winners will be announced at an event on 7th July.

See the full shortlist here:
www.newlondonarchitecture.org

As part of a team with Regeneris Consulting, We Made That are leading the business engagement and observational mapping across the whole borough. This initiative aims to understand different perspectives on doing business in Waltham Forest, including strengths, weaknesses, and future opportunities and challenges. Our research team is engaging businesses in this conversation throughout April and May 2015.   

This research will help the development of practical actions to ensure that the local economy evolves in a way which allows the Borough’s businesses and communities to flourish and grow. 

We’re inviting people to participate in an initial fact-finding survey to gain a quick and accurate overview of current local business conditions and needs. 

Complete the Waltham Forest, How’s Business? survey

Following on from local feedback in February and March, we will be presenting initial ideas for comment and testing opportunities for change as part of a public realm masterplan for Central Street.

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