Community

As two brothers who grew up in Ramsgate alongside our staff members who live locally too, we have a life-long understanding of what makes Thanet’s coastal towns unique. We are interested in how the climate, economy and local community can shape the architecture and the lives of people and the flora and fauna it serves. We are actively involved in the community and are members of the Ramsgate Heritage Design Forum that “promotes high standards of architecture and urban design in the built environment of Ramsgate and to support the conservation and improvement of the town’s rich heritage, both within and without its conservation areas” and Heritage Action Zone.

Ramsgate Common Plan

Ramsgate Society Talk: ‘An Architects Vision for Ramsgate’, 21st October 2022

Ivan del Renzio presented to the public his vision for Ramsgate’s future. He argued that with the advent of the levelling up funding and previous piecemeal interventions in and around Ramsgate a joined-up plan is required: ‘The Ramsgate Common Plan’. He presented the practices ideas and provocations to further the discussion on how Ramsgate could be made even better with small, medium and larger ideas across Ramsgate and with a brief history of those areas. Ideas have been developed through dialogue with residents, students and practitioners. Following the presentation which was well attended, a lengthy Q&A session took place and the audience were openly invited to record their ideas, comments and memories upon a paper copy of the town masterplan presented and their contributions can be reviewed below.

We continue to pursue ‘The Ramsgate Common Plan’ and are in the process of preparing a second presentation as a constructive response to the first.