_{Speaker’s Plinths} are a series of platforms placed along London’s historic City Wall, encouraging voicing of individual opinions and reflections on the city, informal street discussions and performances. Drawing from historical references such as the ancient Greek Agora’s ‘Exedra’, Aristotle’s peripatetic walks, and the use of the plinth to elevate the women in the 1848 Paris Revolution, the plinths invites us to consider whose voices our public spaces ‘elevate’ today. As part of the public programme street jams by the London Youth Choir Street and other performances were organised. For their afterlife, the plinths have been designed to transform into skate ramps and be gifted to London’s skateboarding communities.

VOICING POD is an intimate space for conversation and podcasts, nestled in the underbelly of the iconic Lloyd’s building – the ‘inside-out building’. Inspired by MEP systems, the pod suggests that small-scale interventions can be considered public buildings in their own right, often bringing programming into the street and adding cultural value to shared urban spaces. Its exterior doubles as a pin-up board for a public exhibition on the migratory stories carried by seeds from plants in the Square Mile – plants we often assume are endemic. Inside, the pod hosted podcasts and live broadcasts, including NTS Radio, bringing voices from the outside and broadcasting them live into the heart of the City.

_Roundtable is a circular gathering space designed for formal and informal conversation, shared meals, drawing workshops, a pint, a cigarette, a scroll, a space to read a book and sip a coffee, a space to ponder; facing inwards or outwards. It was originally located near Moorgate Station, close to landmarks like the Barbican and Smithfield Market. Inspired by historical forms of deliberation such as UK’s first recorded ‘parliament’ under Parliament oak, an ancient oak tree still standing in Sherwood Forest, and more contemporaries such as the round table in the UN’s Security Council Chamber in Norway; it aimed to promote horizontality and democratic participation in the street.

_ASSEMBLY was sited at the Grade II-listed Maughan Library, King’s College London, formerly the Public Records Office. Designed for public debates, performances, screenings, and street parties, it drew inspiration from spaces of political power like the House of Commons. Referencing the spatialities of politics and debate, _Assembly aimed to bring democratic processes into the street. Its form, a unified horseshoe bench beneath an inflatable canopy, was designed to foster a sense of community, togetherness and deliberation. Events ranged from street cinema screenings to street parties, with highlights including a public talk on Cedric Price’s Pop-Up Parliament and a public performance by the Yamato drummers of Japan, organised by Sadler’s Wells Theatre.