Consultancy

AR Urbanism

AR Urbanism are an independent consultancy of Urban Planners and Designers who worked with Hypha Studios to have an Art & Culture input for their Project Bank report as part of their Dorking and Bookham Master Plan.
We worked with AR Urbanism to understand the existing assets that could be used for culture, exploring potential cultural partnerships and strategies to bring new spaces to support the cultural infrastructure.

RICS Property Conference

Hypha Studios took part in a panel discussion is named ‘Creative Spaces’ and aims to discuss if permanent creative workspaces are a viable long-term solution to thriving high streets and successful development projects.
We discussed how creative spaces are becoming an emerging sub-sector within commercial real estate, and how can it improve value, generate ESG and social impacts and attract diverse groups of investors.

UKAA BTR Expo Panel

Meanwhile Strategy: How to unlock value from vacant spaces: Larger sites often have commercial units that are not leased until the development is complete.
Hypha Studios sat on a panel that explored how meanwhile strategies can deliver better BTR business, commercial and enhanced social value

Built To Rent Panel - Spaces to Grow; Places to Live

Hypha Studios took part in a panel discussion at the BTR Forum exploring the impacts of the UK economy on housing in general, and Build to Rent specifically.
With a Market overview, and then driving down into the performance and prospects for Build to Rent, Hypha Studios contributed as to how artists and culture can create communities and discussed the increasing impacts of ESG in investment decision-making.

Arts Council England Creative High Streets

This report, jointly funded by SELEP and Arts Council England, presents a detailed evidence base and clear call to action for all stakeholders to take advantage of the growth opportunity for the creative sector in our High Streets.
Hypha Studios was used as a case study 29 South Street/Hypha Studios, Eastbourne to show how to:
– Broker relationships between private landowners and creative practitioners
– Empty retail units working as an incubator for artistic talents

Whitechapel Gallery Panel

As part of The Living Studio we spoke on a panel about creative and makers spaces and their importance to communities and the cultural sector.
These spaces are now increasingly under threat, with rising rent prices, urban development projects and diminishing resources in schools and colleges. The Living Studio highlights the crucial importance of spaces dedicated to creative play and exploration, and offers an inspirational escape for artists of all ages.

Property x Change Panel

Property X-Change is an online resource and network for any individual or organisation with an interest in creating thriving high street property that works for all Londoners
Property X Change brought together the founder of Hypha Studios, Camilla Cole, with artist Anna Fearon, landowner Nicola Blake, and art curator Eliza Bonham Carter to discuss the opportunities and challenges of transforming vacant high street units into temporary studios for the capital’s space-poor artistic community.