Seven Hills BPI worked with Here East to deliver A Night at the Storehouse – an evening designed to showcase how culture, creativity, and innovation intersect on the Here East campus.
Set within the V&A East Storehouse, the event offered guests rare, behind-the-scenes access to the V&A’s newest and most ambitious space. From opening the doors to the David Bowie Centre to the Storehouse’s unique ‘Order an Object’ service, the night gave a glimpse into how the V&A is reimagining access, engagement, and the role of cultural institutions in public life.
The guest list reflected the breadth and diversity of the Here East ecosystem, bringing together real estate leaders, developers, architects, creative studios, universities, and public sector partners to experience the Storehouse as a working, evolving cultural engine on the campus.
Guests began the evening at Here East’s Press Centre before moving into the Storehouse for an hour of open exploration, followed by a three-course dinner set among the collection itself.
Over the course of the evening, speakers from Here East and the V&A shared insights into how the scale of the former Olympic buildings has enabled a new kind of cultural infrastructure; one that can hold vast collections while remaining open, flexible, and inclusive.
The event reflected Here East’s wider ‘create at scale’ ethos: using space, infrastructure and ambitious thinking to give ideas room to grow, collide and reach new audiences. It also highlighted the role cultural institutions play in innovation districts; not simply as ‘add-ons’, but as anchors that attract talent, spark creativity, and connect communities.