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The Nomadic Playground is a youth-led initiative set out to revolutionise play in London. It turns vacant and underused urban sites into play spaces overnight through a fleet of modular, co-designed assets that can be packed down and deployed within a single day.

This project is built on the shared belief that play is one of the most powerful forces for wellbeing, connection and development and that young people themselves – not adults acting on their behalf – should be the ones deciding what that play looks like and where it happens. This conviction is shared by every partner in this collaboration, and it is what holds an unusually diverse group of organisations together. We are a local authority, a major developer with the largest empty site in central London, a grassroots youth-focused charity and a leading architecture practice that specialises in meanwhile space activation. 

Opportunities for play remain siloed and inaccessible to far too many young people. We believe the Nomadic Playground can spark a real transformation in how play happens — starting in Hammersmith and Fulham and inspiring others to follow.