During the week that my group visited the St Thomas hospital I walked down south-bank. At the time there was an arts project that had been set up that was focused on bringing the community together. The project was call the Neighborhood Project and it involved seating areas and green houses that grew flowers and vegetables that were intended to initially bring a community closer together. 

Personally I found this project unique and wonderful for a family to do at the weekend. This community project has really analysed what makes a community and what brings a neighborhood together. The project on south-bank expresses how we all work together and grow together.

Here the wheelbarrows are converted to beautiful flower gardens and some have been converted into seats for people to sit down and admire the flower beds and lie in the sun.

Here are some oddly and artistic shaped seating areas for passers by to sit down and relax.

As you can see from the photos many artists have been involved in the process in transforming south-bank into a colorful and more creative and artistic atmosphere.

This project is a great influence and help for my own community project. Seeing how the theme of the Neighborhood has inspired artists and organizers to create such a fun and friendly atmosphere is really inspiring. It made me evaluate my own community project and think about the ways in which I could recreate a friendly and fun atmosphere in a dull and rather depressing room at the Crystal Center.

I think a theme is very important to the decoration of the room and I also think that it is crucial to make it colorful and creative so that kids will be drawn to it. What ever we decide to do has to be innovative and imaginative to create a fun and whimsical atmosphere for the children at the crystal center, and completely transform the room into the opposite of what it was before.