Towards the new 'urban commons': Investigating the role of data in contemporary community led responses to urban regeneration.

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Towards the new 'urban commons': Investigating the role of data in contemporary community led responses to urban regeneration.This practice-led research will investigate the role of data within contemporary community-ledregeneration through the development of a collaborative architectural practice.The role of the architect as a hub of communication and design within the built environment isuniquely influential, and should be pivotal within the current housing crisis. However, neoliberalpolitics encouraging homogenisation and privatisation have weighted the dynamics of urban designtowards finance. The housing crisis in London is exemplified through battles around estateregeneration. Community groups have responded to regeneration plans with legal challenges anddesign proposals. However, the speed, volume and variety of information produced within planningand legal processes obstructs the formation of a comprehensive response. The increasing volumes ofpublicly available data (you can have it if you have the time to read it) add another layer to thefraught and delicate circumstances. There is insufficient public debate about the role of data in thiscontext. Symptomatic of late capitalism, the exponential production and resulting analysis of data isinextricably entwined into the way we live. Tracing the path from data through to analysis can beextremely complicated.For the past 18 months I have been working with The People's Empowerment Alliance for CustomHouse (PEACH), a community group in east London, leading a team of architects and residents inorder to co-design a community-led regeneration plan. This practice-led research project will expandthis relationship in order to investigate current and potential roles of data within co-design processesand active community participation. The research proposes the intricacy of the situation as anopportunity to develop a reconsidered architecture, using technology to establish co-operativestructures towards the emerging "urban commons".