Geschichte und Gesellschaft

November 20th, 2009 by Patrick Lynch

Laura Dietsch was an intern here last summer on a Leonardo Stipendium. She studied in Dresden and is now studying is Basle. Laura worked with us on stage one of the Abbey Green competition (which we have just won) and on the design of a public library, affordable housing and an office building for Land [...]

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Barking Abbey Green Competition 1st Prize

November 18th, 2009 by Patrick Lynch

TOWN & RIVER
Abbey Green is a threshold. The River Roding valley has a rich ecology and our aim is to extend this across the site, and to ground our proposals in the principles identified in the East London Green Grid. We are seeking to bring the town and river together in a landscape that acknowledges [...]

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Barking Abbey Green Competition Stage 1

November 18th, 2009 by Patrick Lynch

We’ve been shortlisted for an open international design competition to re-design Abbey Green, a medieval site in Barking, a suburb of London. Below is our competition text, describing our attitude towards the site.
Competition Text
“A grain of Sunday is hidden in each weekday, and how much weekday in this Sunday!” Walter Benjamin
Place names in England bear [...]

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