Studio Octopi won Peckham Lido through an invited competition in January 2015. Since then the practice has been working with the founders and local community to deliver the lido. In May 2016 Studio Octopi led the crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive. In 68 days the campaign raised the target of £63,000 with 13 days to spare. Both the Mayor of London and Southwark Council pledged funds, £7,500 & £10,000 respectively. The campaign broke Spacehive records for the most amount raised in the first 48 hours and for the number of backers, 1104. A feasibility study, website & business plan have all being undertaken with the crowdfunding funds. The site chosen for the lido is at the northern most tip of the Common bordered by Peckham Rye and East Dulwich Road. There is a long history of swimming at this location. In the 1800s a pond was used for swimming until in 1923, a 50m lido was built on the site. As with so many other lidos across the UK, in 1987 the lido was closed, fell derelict and then cleared from the site. The initial designs include a 50m heated and chlorinated pool with the scope for a smaller natural swimming pool alongside it. The natural pool could draw water from one of London’s infamous lost rivers, The Peck which runs directly under the site. Studio Octopi’s outline concepts envision a lido surrounded on two sides by single storey pavilions housing a gym, café and multipurpose community spaces. On the other two sides the lido is open to the existing topography and trees of the site.