This year (2015-16), Unit A will have a closer look at the relationship between Architecture and Water. We will set out to investigate a network of water-landscapes in the Upper Lea valley, that run along the eastern edge of Tottenham, East London.
These man-made landscapes continue to adapt to and serve London in close relation to changing demands of the ever growing population; from historic pastures for agricultural production to the waterways of the early industrialisation, over to facilitating waste and sewage treatment and reservoirs providing up to a quarter of London’s drinking water.
We like the idea of water becoming integral part of a building brief and architectural proposal. Water could be explored as means to reconcile architectural detail with landscape context, local and trans-local conditions and design- with environmental strategy, aiming to develop new forms of hydro-architectural typologies.
We are looking forward to tell you more about this on Market-day, Tuesday 29th September.
(image above: Umlauftank Berlin by Ludwig Leo)