‘On/Off Script’ aims to activate under-utilised urban sites by introducing ‘on and off’ script design interventions; some design elements to have fixed uses (on script), while others can be more flexible and interpretative (off script). The project is located in the Lea Valley, an area with a significant amount of residual land between infrastructure corridors. The proposal seeks to provide solutions for these spaces as a system of facilities suitable for small and medium urban sites. With flexibility as a key design driver, these sites become activated and adapted in relation to the public’s needs alongside the changing seasons.

Inspired by strategies for activating public space such as ‘confetti urbanism’, users can respond to the interventions as they wish, celebrating the multi-use nature of the design and its adaptability. This project is not trying to tell people what they should do, but instead seeks to guide and inspire them to personalise their public spaces. By first identifying smaller under-utilised sites and applying the design concept to a larger master plan, one specific site is used as a prototype for the system to be applied in detail, designing a toolkit of elements that can be re-arranged to show its many possibilities.