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Check out our latest project!

Sadler Close MUGA is a community sports space on the Sadler Close estate in the heart of Mitcham, South London.

For this project we upgraded a neglected Multi Use Games Area in Mitcham.

The project was delivered in collaboration with the young people from the estate and @happy.days.mural

Funded by Clarion Futures Communities (the charitable foundation within Clarion Housing Group) the project formed part of a wider Community Ambassador Programme.
#clarion #mitcham #sadlerclose #muga

Image credit: @studiostagg taken in Mitcham, London by @benspry

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POoR Collective collaborated with Wiggle Wonderland to create the ‘Unheard Voices in the City’ pavilion.

This vibrant open-air pavilion was designed to spotlight the experiences of local night-shift workers.

Image Credit: Andy Stagg
#pavilion #architecture #paviliondesign taken in London, United Kingdom by @benspry

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Little round up of this year's work at @poor_collective. 1/3

Bringing Home to the Unknown

A temporary installation in Regent’s Park designed by POoR and Mayesbrook Park School, Becontree.

The project has been developed as part of the@riba National Schools Programme - ‘RIBA Architecture Ambassadors’ - that seeks to connect young people with architects and architecture through creative and skills developing experiences.

Photo Credit Luke O’Donovan and Kalpesh Lathigra
@luke.odonovan
@kalpeshlathigra

#codesign taken in Regent's Park by @benspry

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For the 2026 edition of Mayrit Bienal in Madrid, we presented The Weight of Identity, a project exploring how flags compress identity, history and ideology into a single form.

Founded by Spanish designer Miguel Leiro, Mayrit Bienal is a platform for contemporary, experimental and critical design. It brings together designers, artists and cultural practitioners to consider how the objects, spaces and systems we inhabit are produced, and how design can respond to the social and political questions shaping our world.

For this project, we wanted to explore how flags can unite and mobilise, while also divide and exclude. Flags are fabrics of belonging and defiance, carrying tensions among resistance, nationalism, liberation, and power. Through this project, we consider the flag not simply as an object or representation, but as a living model that actively shapes political and emotional realities.

Collaborator: Mary Whitaker

Image credit: Sergio Pradana

#MayritBienal #Art #POoRFlags by @benspry

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We are super proud to be part of V&A East Museum’s This Is Why We Make campaign!

For us, making is a tool for empowerment. It enables communities to play an active role in shaping the spaces they live in, use, and belong to.

#vanda #vandaeastmuseum #thisiswhywemake taken in London, United Kingdom by @benspry

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In Madrid with the usual suspects doing an installation for the Mayrit Biennial

@poor_collective
@mayrit.bienal
@acme.estudio taken in Madrid, Spain by @benspry

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We are super excited to be exhibiting work at Mayrit!

Mayrit, Madrid’s Design and Architecture Biennial, is an event that merges design, architecture, and contemporary art in an international showcase held every two years. Its purpose is to position the Spanish capital as a creative hub for emerging talent.

The multi-venue biennial unfolds across various institutional and independent spaces throughout the city, featuring exhibitions, performances, conferences, and workshops that transform Madrid into an ephemeral laboratory of experimentation, new materials, and disruptive proposals for rethinking the spaces we inhabit.

The theoretical framework for the 2026 edition, (Super)Models, has been developed by Mohammad Salemy and Eduarda Neves. Models are representations that simplify and structure concepts or systems in fields such as science, technology, and governance.

As they grow in complexity, they become «supermodels», mechanisms that not only reflect reality but also produce it. These supermodels mediate complexity, anticipate behaviors, and build narratives that shape our perception of the world. Through design, art, and architecture, (Super)Models explores the duality between reproducing existing models and generating alternatives that expand our understanding of reality.
#mayrit #mayritbiennial #poorcollective #flags taken in Madrid, Spain by @benspry

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Sadler Close MUGA is a community sports space on the Sadler Close estate in the heart of Mitcham, South London. The project was delivered in collaboration with the young people from the estate. Funded by Clarion Futures Communities (the charitable foundation within Clarion Housing Group) the project formed part of a wider Community Ambassador Programme.

Image credit: @studiostagg taken in London, United Kingdom by @benspry

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Last night we celebrated the official opening of Falcon Road Bridge, marking a powerful milestone for a project rooted in community and context.

Working with GPAD, MRG Studio, Sutton Vane Associates, Smiling Wolf, and AJ Wells, we have transformed the neglected underpass into a brighter, safer, community-owned public space shaped by local voices.

Shaped through extensive community engagement, the scheme responds to local concerns while celebrating Wandsworth’s identity. Huge thanks to everyone involved.

Team: GPAD, POoR Collective, MRG Studio, Sutton Vane Associates, Smiling Wolf and @ajwellsltd
Images Credit: GPAD, Kes Eccleston, and Wandsworth Council

#falconroad #falconroadbridge #beyondthebridge #architecture #architecturenews taken in Clapham Junction by @benspry

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The newly improved Falcon Road rail bridge in Clapham Junction has been transformed from a dark, notorious underpass into a safer, brighter and highly graphic gateway, combining infrastructure upgrade with a piece of large-scale public art. Wandsworth Council’s “Decade of Renewal” scheme has introduced new artwork cladding along both walls, dynamic and enhanced lighting, pigeon‑proofing, a new paint system to the bridge structure and landscaping on the south side, all developed through a design competition and extensive community engagement.
#falconroadbridge #beyondthebridge #claphamjunction #architecture

Have you seen the new upgrade yet? taken in Falcon Road by @benspry

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We have upgraded the Sadler Close MUGA in Mitcham!
#clarion #mitcham #sadlerclose #muga

Image credit: @studiostagg taken in Mitcham, London by @benspry

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Check out our latest project!

Sadler Close MUGA is a community sports space on the Sadler Close estate in the heart of Mitcham, South London.

For this project we upgraded a neglected Multi Use Games Area in Mitcham.

The project was delivered in collaboration with the young people from the estate and @happy.days.mural .

Funded by Clarion Futures Communities (the charitable foundation within Clarion Housing Group) the project formed part of a wider Community Ambassador Programme.
#clarion #mitcham #sadlerclose #muga

Image credit: @studiostagg taken in Mitcham, London by @benspry

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