18th Apr 2026 10:30am
- 4:30pm
Campus
TACO! - 2 Cygnet Square, Thamesmead, London
SE2 9FA
This symposium will be delivered using KE4Impact funding. The symposium asks - how can creative work that centres children and families as artistic producers, filmmakers, designers and authors help to shape the future of our built environment and make cities playful, happy, healthy places to grow and live? Together with artists, practitioners and spatial decision makers, the project seeks to explore the complexity of creative playwork and develop shared principles for how we can centre children as authors of the built environment and public spaces. The symposium will consist of day of talks, discussions and workshops, including an exhibition of work from The Hundred Club, alongside presentations and thoughts from artist Ruth Beale, Emma Underhill (Up Projects), Liza Fior (Muf Architects), and Nina Jang (Resolve Collective). Attendees will join children, architects, families, urban planners, carers, builders, community organisers, artists, playworkers, councillors, educators, filmmakers, doctors and designers to share experiences, insights, thinking and approaches. Over the past 2 years TACO!, The Hundred Club and University of Greenwich have explored this question through workshops, walks, mapping, filmmaking, and sound recording in Thamesmead, South East London, using creative practice as both a method of inquiry and a way of making lived experience visible to others. In this way, we’ve also explored plans and ideas, shared our worries and frustrations, and dreamt of possible futures. Attendance is free, but pre-booking is essential. Food and drink will be provided during the day.
GENERAL PUBLIC; MEDIA
From taster days to subject open evenings, find out more about what you'll study, where you'll study it and perhaps even meet who'll you'll be studying with. If you'd like to see what your child's experience at Greenwich will be like, join them at one of our Open Days. Visitors can talk to staff and students and attend talks on student finance and how to apply. Learn something new or join the discussion at one of our many public lectures, seminars and events, covering everything from education to foreign policy and current affairs.Creative Playscapes is a collaborative research project developed by The Hundred Club, TACO!, Dr. Hadi Bastani and Walter Stabb from the Institute for Inclusive Communities and Environments at the University of Greenwich.
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