For two weeks, the Balfron Tower was home to Papa Omotayo along with 9 foreign architects, from four different continents. PAtied with Studio Tilt, an established UK practices. The collaboration aimed to find solutions for a site subject to development in Poplar, east London, where the Balfron is located. Poplar has a proud history of experimentation in town planning. Its Lansbury housing estate was part of the Festival of Britain in 1951 to celebrate Britain’s recovery after the second world war. Nearby Chrisp Street has the first pedestrianised market square to be built in England.