We’re delighted to be shortlisted in the New London Awards 2019 Public Spaces category for King Edward Memorial Park Foreshore. The project will appear in the New London Architecture exhibition and publication showcasing the capital’s very best new architecture, planning and development as selected by an international jury.
King Edward Memorial Park Foreshore is one of several riverside open spaces being transformed in the course of constructing the Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer. It is a hugely important green space in East London, a vital resource and amenity for multiple communities.
At the same time as extending the existing park, our design provides a series of new and complimentary experiences and ways of using it that enhance the park and encourage visitors to reconnect with the river. The design comprises two complimentary concepts, a central 'square' and a rich river edge, threaded together and back to the park by routes and views.
Lowered terraces strung together along the river edge descend towards the water. The lowest is inundated by the highest tides, creating a rich and engaging relationship with the river. The design captures the character, interest and peculiarities of the river foreshore environment through landscaping elements, planting and materials.
The soft landscaping design defines a journey from parkland to river, with increasingly wetland planting. This creates multiple habitats that expand on the biodiversity objectives of the park and its role as a local educational resource.
The design is a catalyst for and embedded within a wider masterplan for the park, developed through close consultation with local residents and the local authority.
You can vote King Edward Memorial Park Foreshore as the People’s Choice here Winning and commended schemes will be announced at the NLA Annual Lunch at the Guildhall on Wednesday July 3.
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