Students from our Art, Textiles, and Health and Wellbeing programmes have taken part in the Giant Dolls’ House Project — a social arts initiative encouraging people to reflect on their home and environment by making a dolls’ house in a shoebox. Along with 200 people across Wandsworth, 18 Share students had their work featured in the Voices of Wandsworth installation at the Battersea Arts Centre, part of the London Festival of Architecture. 

Each shoebox-sized space represents a unique perspective and experience. Linking the boxes with ropes and ladders turns these stories into a tapestry that symbolises community connections.

Led by architect Catja de Haas, the project aims to raise awareness of homelessness and the experience of refugees, and remind us of the importance of a home and community for all. 

We first took part in the Giant Dolls' House Project after lockdown, a time when connections and home were especially meaningful. So we were delighted to reconnect with the project and be part of this thought-provoking installation.