Temporary seating to be installed at nine locations across Fitzrovia

Temporary public seating will be installed at nine locations across Fitzrovia at the end of May ahead of the London Festival of Architecture.

Due to be put in place from Tuesday 27 May, the seats are individually designed and manufactured by nine different architecture practices.

The project is organised by The Fitzrovia Partnership business group which will be responsible for the cleaning, maintenance and security of the seats during the promotion.

Each “Fitz&Sits” seat is sponsored by a local business and “will form part of a trail around Fitzrovia and encourage the local community to pause, connect and enjoy their surroundings”, says The Fitzrovia Partnership which runs two business improvement districts in the neighbourhood.

The seating will be in place throughout the festival in June and possibly the summer months at the following locations:

Fitzrovia Camden

Whitfield Street (opposite Chitty Street) ‘Patiently Waiting’ by Studio This +That

Goodge Street/Charlotte Street ‘Fitz Together’ by Collective from Minifie Architects

Howland Street/Cleveland Street ‘The Junction’ by Studio OleO

Windmill Street ‘Seat of Collective Voice’ by Kupkei

Fitzrovia Westminster

Mortimer Street/Berners Street ‘Middlesex Speaks’ by Studio Ply and Hackney Mosiac Project

Berners Street ‘Think Twice’ by Andrada Calin and Tabby Bunyan

Mortimers Street/Great Titchfield Street ‘The Leftovers Love Seat’ by Marie-Louise Jones, Foils & Love Design Studio

Great Titchfield Street/New Cavendish Street ‘Bare Things’ by Pei-Chi Lee and Asia Zwiwezchowski

Clipstone Street/Great Titchfield Street ‘A Bench of our Own’ by Playful Matter

At times there have been problems with outdoor seating attracting public nuisance especially at night time or in the early hours. In 2023 seating was removed from Whitfield Street by Camden Council after complaints of “anti-social behaviour associated with them”.

If there is a problem with a seat, please contact The Fitzrovia Partnership, 9am-5pm: Telephone: 020 3146 4260 email: info@fitzroviapartnership.com Contact details will be provided for out of office hours.

For more information see: Welcome to ‘Fitz&Sits’ in Fitzrovia, part of LFA2025 ‘Voices’.

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