The thriving creative scene in east London is leaving the west of the city starved of culture, according to Rohan Silva, who is preparing to launch a new Holland Park branch of his workspace community Second Home.
West London may be wealthy, claims Silva, but it is suffering from a huge decline in affordable workspaces and cultural venues.
"Years ago, the part of the city that needed more cultural investment was east, but today, interestingly, west London needs attention," he told Dezeen.
"People think of west London as pretty well off, and of course mostly it is," he said. "But there's actually a huge shortage of places for creative people to work or creative businesses to be born. And a lot of cultural venues and institutions have closed or been forced out of that part of the city. That needs to be addressed." Second Home co-founder Rohan Silva claims that the thriving creative scene in east London is leaving the west of the city starved of culture
Silva will in October launch the third branch of Second Home ? the pioneering workspace community business he set up with Sam Aldenton ? in Holland Park, a neighbourhood that is home to some of the most expensive houses in the capital.
It was while setting up this project that he discovered how overlooked the creative community in this area feels.
"They felt slightly neglected, as lots of stuff opens in east London. It was like, what about us"" he said. "It's never he...