Alongside all the changes local people are seeing at Wembley Park it is important that it remains an inclusive neighbourhood for all. To enable this, Quintain has funded a London School of Economics Apprenticeship in City Design, created to empower young local people to become directly involved in community design.
Samovar Space, which launched in 2022, is the result of this apprenticeship, where five local young people were paid for their work. Over 26 months they learned about design, development and planning relevant to the context of Brent and were trained to apply methodologies and tools to envisage the future of new public spaces at Wembley Park. On land offered by Quintain, they then took their recommendations through from concept to design and build.
"The people from Quintain were very humble and it felt like they were really interested in what we had to say. As a firm they were very understanding that we were at the centre of the process and that’s led to its success.” — Loshni, Apprentice in City Design and co creator of Samovar Space
