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Clients, users and briefProject: Rainham Riverside
Walkway and Cafe
Location: London, UK
Architect: East
Date: Ongoing
This project forms part of the East
London Green Grid Framework.
At the site, Rainham Marshes, an
industrial estate meets the River
Thames. The site is typical of many
of East’s projects, being on the
edge of several different conditions.
In order to tie these together and
increase the use of the place,
a series of adjustments are made
to the river walk to provide views
and connections with the low-lying
area beyond the river. East’s cafe
provides a meeting place; its golden
cladding evokes the Three Crowns,
a demolished pub previously
occupying the site.Many of your drawings have a narrative quality.
Dann Jessen
I think that’s got to do with our interest in public situations.
The drawings need to be able to tell a story and engage
with the situation in terms of spaces and use, but also
in terms of the culture of the place. Plans, sections and
elevations are really for the production of buildings and for
pinning things down.
Can we talk about your ‘hairy drawing’ technique – this
idea of drawing out as much as you possibly can until
there’s no more? Do you use this to understand the full
complexity of a situation?
Julian Lewis
[Rainham Riverside] has come out of the process of hairy
drawing, amongst other things, and that’s the only reason
why this project includes the river and the industrial buildings
and the river walk.Text
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