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demonstrates that. The prize, which aims to recognise ‘transformative architecture of the home’ this year was titled Somewhere to Call Home, and invited multi-disciplinary teams to imagine better solutions for temporary homelessness. A total of 47 teams donated their time, energy and vision over the better part of a year to enter the competition. Tese were whittled down to a longlist of 16, and then three shortlisted teams were each given £5,000 to develop their proposal and create a two-minute film. Te winning project,
Community
engagement is one area that Goldfinger set out to harness, caring for both its carbon and social footprint
Helping Hands (see case study on the previous page), was awarded £10,000. Studio Mutt was part of the winning team with an innovative approach that looked at widening participation to multiple stakeholders who can access the site in question, engaged via gardens and gatherings. Alexander Turner, director, says: ‘We recognised that it was not just about enhancing existing space in pursuit of solutions, but how the curation of that space might link up with welfare services to respond to a faceted issue like
CASE STUDY GOLDFINGER
It may have the name of a Bond baddie, but Goldfinger has nothing but good intentions, both in the creation of a brand that designs and crafts furniture and homeware from locally sourced and reclaimed materials, and also its extracurricular activities – from teaching local schoolkids how to get started in design to feeding neighbours in need.
This social enterprise, founded
in 2013 by Marie Cudennec Carlisle and Oliver Waddington-Ball, champions hyper-local materials and traditional craftsmanship. Its furniture is sold both in standalone retail and shop fit-outs for Selfridges, Soho Home, Gail’s Bakery, Tom Dixon, Whistles and Inhabit Hotels. They also design and build crafted pieces for private residential, with clients such as Squire & Partners, Ab Rogers and Foster & Partners.
The company has created a rich network of suppliers for locally sourced, low-carbon hardwoods, much of it salvaged wood donated by partners across London. With new wood projects, they find ‘Treecycled’ wood that has been felled due to weather-related or urban disturbances, and from responsibly managed British woodlands. But staff at its workshop and headquarters in Trellick Square, W10, sign up for the brand’s programme of social as well as environmental sustainability. There are two major programmes run from the site. One is a craft/design education scheme, the Goldfinger Academy, which offers up workshop time and courses for schools, traineeship programmes and community classes, while the Future Makers scheme, for 16-to-25-year-olds, mentors youngsters with a desire to work in furniture and design professions. Meanwhile, the third Sunday of every month, staff and a community of volunteers cook and dish up
restaurant-quality meals to those in need in the area, both in the restaurant Panella that’s based in its building and they also deliver to the door. The People’s Kitchen began in 2015, with in-kitchen dining, but during the lockdown it became entirely home delivery, and with frequency increased to
weekly, 160 meals were cooked every time by the Goldfinger café chef and volunteers.
Says Carlisle: ‘At Goldfinger, we believe that people and planet are two sides of the same coin, and that sustainability can’t be achieved without supporting the communities we live and work in.’
This page Goldfinger employees serve food at the People’s Kitchen and interact with visitors.
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