位于哈克尼威克（Hackney Wick）中心地带的这座仓库，曾是英国工业与锐舞文化的核心区域，也是英国首件塑料制品的诞生地；如今，它已成为抵御伦敦千篇一律建筑风潮的最后一座原始仓库之一。11年前，海伦娜初迁入如今称之为家的空间时，视野中尚无一台塔吊。街道静谧，几乎不见闭路电视监控，建筑外观乍看之下似已荒废。然而紧闭的门扉之后，生活却蓬勃兴盛：艺术家、匠人与特立独行者组成的地下社群，在这座全球最昂贵城市之一中开辟出栖身之所，并与机械师、焊工、木材场及其他工业邻户共存共生。

In the heart of Hackney Wick , a neighborhood once at the centre of industry and rave culture—and where the first plastic in the UK was manufactured—stands one of the last original warehouses to survive the wave of generic London architecture. When Helena first moved into the space she now calls home, 11 years ago, there wasn't a crane in sight. The streets were quiet, almost free of CCTV, and buildings looked abandoned at first glance. Behind closed doors, though, life thrived. Underground communities of artists, makers, and eccentrics carved out a life in one of the most expensive cities in the world, coexisting with mechanics, welders, lumber yards, and other industrial neighbors.