Circus Space

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TheCircus SpaceStory

• Lilly Dai, Joseph Dejardin, Rebecca Lane, Kirsty
  Williams,
• present

Regeneration or Gentrification?
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• What?

• An educational facility located in an abandoned
  power station in Shoreditch.

• It is one of the top 3 circus schools in Europe.

• Been given five regeneration awards since its
  opening

• Regeneration for who?

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Circus Space
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• Hoxton pre 1990

• Hoxton was a traditional working class community.

• traditional industries of i.e. clothing,
  furniture and tobacco.

• To its east is the first social housing in
  London, Arnold Circus.

• The red route was instrumental in the decline
  of local business and community

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Gentrification

• noun- the buying and renovation of houses and
  stores in
• deteriorated urban neighbourhoods by upper- or
  middle-income families or individuals, thus
  improving property values but often displacing
  low-income families and small businesses.

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Gentrification
Decline in area and falling housing prices
Artists move in to the large empty affordable
spaces
Decline in industry
Unemployment rises
Phase One
Other Cultural industries follow
Changed vibe of area
Middle Classes move in
Prices Rise
Phase Two
Existing Local community struggle to keep up with
rising rents
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• Hoxton, Post gentrification
• White Cube
• Cargo
• Prince of Wales Foundation
• Hoxton apprentice
• Jamie Oliver
• Loft Apartments
• UKs largest artistic community (ref)
  (brickfields.org)

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Zaha Hadid, one of the worlds leading
architects, has won planning permission to
develop a daring new scheme in Hoxton.
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• The Story of the Hoxton Power Station

• Built in 1896, an unusual public project.

• Set up by the parish of St Leopold

• Public venture in a previously private industry

• Fuelled entirely by road sweepings- 20,000 per
  year

• Used for public street lighting, baths, local
  housing

• One of the capitals more extraordinary relics

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The Board of Trustees and our friend Red Kenneth
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Phase Two refurbishment and attempted integration
New Deal for Communities
Circus Space The Client
Shoreditch Trust
20,000 funding failed attempt of integration
Theatretech- Do refurbishment
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Phase 2, The fitting out of the interior.
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Phase Three Extension, 2,000,000 budget
Circus Space The Client
Hackney Council Funding
Arts Council Funding
The Cost Consultancy Quantity Surveyor
Tim Ronalds Architects
Anthony Crandon Project Manager
European regeneration fund
Charter Construction Contractor
King Shaw Associates Structural Engineer
Planning Permission
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The extension practice space, offices and
corporate space.
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Circus Space and the Council
Electricity generating station
Phase One Conversion of derelict building  
Bought as part of city challenge
Sold as private venture
Circus Space The Client
Hackney Council
Planning permission
Phase Three Extension 2000000 budget  
Funding
Hackney Council
Planning permission
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The Circus Space and the community?

• Circus Space inaccessible to local community

• Highly professional organisation, audition only

• Never marketed

• Expensive nature of circus

• Extensively trained staff

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Funding and gentrification
Glamour Shows etc
Creative Industries Office rentals
Circus Space The Client
funding
No Integration
funding
Renting out space to large corporations e.g.
Microsoft
Local Existing Community
funding
Wealthy European Students
Increased Rent
Gentrification
Fractured Community
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Global Effect
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However Is Gentrification that bad?

• Unintentional, but did contribute

• Neglected for over 30 years Hackney unable to
  find use

• Neglected buildings- increased crime, and
  environmental neglect

• Not integrated, but not the end of the story

• Educational institution

• No animosity, rather an odd mix of sense of
  pride and intrigue about the work of the Circus
  Space

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Circus Space was significant in the
gentrification of Hoxton. Possibly a negative
side-effect of what is overall a positive
influence on the local community.