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Made Here.
- Client./
- The Real Ideas Organisation (RIO)
- Date./
- 06/2026
- Site./
- Devonport, Plymouth
- Result./
- Competition winner
- Team./
- Kalina, Nadia, Joe and Solomon
Brief./
A scaffold becomes the shared framework for community, creativity and enterprise on an underused site.
The project./
Made Here is lightweight civic infrastructure. A modular scaffolding system is the primary architecture: an adaptable frame that can host independent studios, container cafés, community markets, outdoor cinema and public events. It supports local artists and small businesses while encouraging everyday encounters between residents, families and visitors.
By putting activity before permanence, the project shows how adaptable architecture can create lasting social value. The materials are cheap and easy to source, so the frame can become more permanent as the site develops and local needs change.