CHANGING EUSTON
Amplifying resident voices through creative collaboration in the regeneration of Euston.
Where we are, the impact of HS2 and wider regeneration is impossible to ignore. With this ongoing disruption on our doorstep, ODAC is perfectly placed to work alongside the local community, create new projects, and advocate for community-led change at a senior level.
Changing Euston is about using creativity to make a tangible difference in an area undergoing massive structural change. The arts bring people together and open the door to conversations and connections that can’t happen any other way. By bringing together local residents, artists, facilitators, and experts, we ensure that the community has the agency to decide what happens to their neighbourhood.
From community-engaged public street murals and the national award-shortlisted Regent’s Park Estate Story Trail, to our localised housing pact work and upcoming creative health partnerships, this work brings our community’s voice to the forefront of this transformation - local people using creativity to actively shape the future of Euston.
REGENT’S PARK ESTATE STORY TRAIL
Launched on 24th April 2025, Regent’s Park Estate Story Trail is an exciting new resident-led socially engaged public art trail through Regent’s Park Estate, Euston.
The Story Trail is a celebration of the past, present and future of Regent’s Park Estate, promoting a sense of local pride, safety and connection through a series of public artworks created for residents and visitors alike.
The 12 site-specific installations have been created by 10 commissioned artists and collectives, bringing 28 new public artworks to the estate. Each artwork relates to locations selected by residents and explores the local culture, ecology and heritage of the area.
HOUSING COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Between August and November 2025, Old Diorama Arts Centre (ODAC) was commissioned by Camden Council on behalf of the Euston Housing Delivery Group to conduct community research on the principles and priorities of Euston residents for the future of housing in the area.
ODAC collaborated with organisations across the area to reach deep into the community, and delivered an arts-led, person-centred approach to the questions: “What makes a good home?”, “What makes a good neighbourhood?” and “How do we work in partnership to make this a reality?” Fitzrovia Youth in Action also delivered a specific young person-led focus group project around the same questions.
Together, we harnessed the power of creativity to unlock potentially difficult conversations around existing housing and the future of new homes in Euston. Residents of all ages took part, alongside local people with lived experience of homelessness; sharing openly and honestly their challenges and needs for the future of living in Euston - and how to get there.
COMMUNITY ENGAGED-MURALS
Hope Sweet Hope
In Summer 2025, we worked on a public art mural situated outside the recently opened Euston Community Hub on North Gower Street. ‘Hope Sweet Hope’ is a joyful artwork created in collaboration with artist PiNS and shaped by over 100 residents through community engagement sessions with local groups. This mural is the latest part of the Euston Partnership’s open space improvement work around the hub, which houses vital services including employment support from Hopscotch Women’s Centre and youth leadership programmes by Fitzrovia Youth in Action.
Stanhope Street and Robert Street
We are working with Camden Council to produce two community-engaged murals on Stanhope Street and Robert Street, with muralists Harkiran Kalsi and Olivia Twist.
Continuing a legacy of creating unique, community-engaged public art on Camden’s largest housing estate, in October 2025, ODAC was commissioned to deliver two murals for Stanhope Street and Robert Street as part of Camden Council’s public realm improvements to Regent’s Park Estate through the Safe & Healthy Streets initiative.