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Slowtown - Architectural Association Summerschool 2005 with Chrysanthe Staikopoulou & Zoe Quick

The Thames Gateway, a stretch of land spanning from East London to the Thames mouth has been earmaked by the government as a site for major urban regeneration and the expansion of London eastwards. Large scale development threatens to wipe-out existing communities, habitats and historic context. Unit 2 investigated a more sustainable form of urban regeneration that focussed on the insertion of specific arcgitectural catalysts that would encourage urban growth on a local level, responding to the existing site and its inherent rythems. The image above shows Rainham Radio, one of the student projects that was realised on site. Other projects include Rainham Museum, The Observatory, News Agency and a travelling Tourist Information. Read the brief