Proposal Above; Site BelowIntended as a political piece of polemic, this was a city farm that we (with Seed Landscape) won with an invited competition to find a temporary use for the infamous British Land owned site when development on the RRP designed ‘Cheesegrater’ was halted at the beginning of the recession. Sadly, the project never went ahead, as British Land decreed that if they were to construct the city farm, it would give out mixed messages to the city and forestall and economic recovery.

Read the extract from the Carrot City book on urban agriculture about this project here:82_Carrot_City_Leadenhall_low

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