The Blueprint Architects
Centring those who experience colonial, racial, gender and class violence, Platform London regularly gathered a group of 36 local food organisers and residents – the Blueprint Architects – to reimagine the food system in Tower Hamlets.
The group produced two research publications:
- ‘Seeds for a Revolution’ told the individual stories of the Blueprint Architects, their relationship with Tower Hamlets, and their journeys into food justice organising.
- ‘Recipes for a Revolution’ explored the political history of Tower Hamlets, the interwoven realities of food, land and racial justice, local gentrification, and the composition of the current food system.
As the group developed their thinking, they concluded that at the heart of food justice must be land justice. The Blueprint Architects emphasised the urgent need for the council to release more land to communities for growing, gathering, and food-led initiatives.
In 2025, the Blueprint Architects began to tour their food justice trailer. The trailer allowed the team to build relationships with local people directly, gather stories and visions, and generate collective support for a community-powered land campaign.
- Read their end of project report
- Follow their land campaign on Instagram
RESEARCH PROCESS
The research was a fluid process which aimed to generate a better understanding of what change is needed in our local food system. This meant that the exact direction of the research or types of data collected were constantly evolving, through collective decision-making by the blueprint architect group.
They ultimately decided that people in the Blueprint Architect group were a living, breathing embodiment of the ‘Blueprint’ across the many projects which they are part of.
“Tasked with creating a ‘blueprint’ for an alternative food system of the future, we ultimately discovered that the true blueprint is the strength of both the people that make up a community, and our movements that fight for a better world for us and those that will come after” – Radhika, Platform
