SPRING 2025

Loughborough Farm

Student Team, Design: Amba Patel, Amber Cooner, Anish Abhay Godbole, Ashley Reid, Asma Parker, Cristian George Anita, Hanzalah Yaser, Holly Frances Parsons-Atkinson, Marios Rustemi, and Southbank Colleges students Chelsea Ogechi and Marika Manterys.

Build Team: Amba Patel, Amber Cooner, Anish Abhay Godbole, Ashley Reid, Asma Parker, Holly Frances Parsons-Atkinson, Ivana Novak, Humera Banu Rajput, Ritika Farmah, Marwa Abtoy, Sara Hussain, Buse Yeter, Rama Batha, Nayana Wright, Thomas Wyatt, Nadia Tair Aziri, Jyothirmayee Mannar, Csaba Nemeth, Huda Maqsoudi, Jamila Saha, Katherine Lizeth Correa, Soumeya Akboudj, Keira, Lindsey, Linda Do Thi, Jake Nelson, Muhammad Ibrahim Saeed, Mohammed, Max Simonis,  Michael, Jo, Alice, Heather, Sue, Joao, Becky

Engineers: Public House

Consultants: Tom Dobson

Build Workshops: Urban Canopy

Thank you Ivan Byrne and Stephen Balls.

The Plant Room is a greenhouse-gathering space at Loughborough Farm, originally envisioned by Tom Dobson. Recently refurbished while preserving its distinctive scaffolding structure, the space now features a new paver floor, lower gutter, and timber base.

This evolving structure was co-designed and co-built through a collaborative effort involving LSBU architecture students, farm volunteers, and local residents. The Plant Room now serves as a key space for growing activities and community events, strengthening the shared stewardship and social life of the site.

Image: Ivan Matvejevs