The beginning

In the first phase of Mapping Spaces, artist Ashley McCormick will collaborate with the local community to research and map Taylor Place and its surroundings. 

Taylor Place is a residential development situated in Bow, E3, on the fringe of and overlooking the Olympic Park. The development, built on the site of a former chocolate factory, hosts 11 artists' work studios and 180 one and two bed apartments.

Ashley, who has a special interest in architecture, urban design and placemaking, will connect local school pupils, pre-school children and residents in conversations and collaborative creative processes. A series of walking and making sessions will explore ideas about urban design, art and place, to reveal a new representation of how those who live, work and learn locally may see, experience and navigate the area. As such, the mapping will plot and fuse a variety of observations and responses: revealing special qualities of the neighbourhood and encouraging others to look more closely and find an alternative ways of occupying this place.

The findings will be shared at a public event in the Nunnery Gallery, 183 Bow Road, E3 on Thursday 31st March 3 - 8 pm.