Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This year many buildings found themselves unable to open their doors to the public as in previous years. We decided that it was the perfect opportunity to bring them to more people than ever by creating short film tours presented by the experts that live and work in them.
Since July Open House shooting these short films in a spectacular range of locations including manor houses, embassies, public lidos and tower blocks, recreating the intimate behind the scenes experiences and anecdotes that make Open House building visits so memorable.
The Dalston Curve Garden is a popular community garden in an area lacking in green public space, and was created on abandoned railway land. It features wooden pavilion & 'Pineapple House' structures. It is a Hackney Design Award Winner, and won the Landscape Institute President's Award 2011.
Overview
The Garden was created in 2010 on the derelict Eastern Curve Railway Line, to offer green public space in a built-up area, where few people have their own gardens.
The spacious wooden pavilion now houses the Garden's Cafe, pizza oven and seating areas, and the Pineapple House conservatory was built in 2012 to offer winter shelter and space for creative workshops. In 2018, Morag Myerscough led community workshops to create a decorated stage for the Garden's outdoor performances.
The naturalistic planting design has been developed year on year by the in-house team, including volunteers, to grow an abundance of wildlife-supporting trees, shrubs and perennials, herbs and salads, and shade-loving specimens and to provide year-round botanical interest. The overall vision is to offer residents a green sanctuary.
This year many buildings found themselves unable to open their doors to the public as in previous years. We decided that it was the perfect opportunity to bring them to more people than ever by creating short film tours presented by the experts that live and work in them.
Since July Open House shooting these short films in a spectacular range of locations including manor houses, embassies, public lidos and tower blocks, recreating the intimate behind the scenes experiences and anecdotes that make Open House building visits so memorable.
The Dalston Curve Garden is a popular community garden in an area lacking in green public space, and was created on abandoned railway land. It features wooden pavilion & 'Pineapple House' structures. It is a Hackney Design Award Winner, and won the Landscape Institute President's Award 2011.
Overview
The Garden was created in 2010 on the derelict Eastern Curve Railway Line, to offer green public space in a built-up area, where few people have their own gardens.
The spacious wooden pavilion now houses the Garden's Cafe, pizza oven and seating areas, and the Pineapple House conservatory was built in 2012 to offer winter shelter and space for creative workshops. In 2018, Morag Myerscough led community workshops to create a decorated stage for the Garden's outdoor performances.
The naturalistic planting design has been developed year on year by the in-house team, including volunteers, to grow an abundance of wildlife-supporting trees, shrubs and perennials, herbs and salads, and shade-loving specimens and to provide year-round botanical interest. The overall vision is to offer residents a green sanctuary.
