City Terroir: Spa Terminus, Bermondsey Part 1 Project 2015 Kinga Augustyn London Metropolitan University | UK In a time when architecture increasingly focuses on object buildings, the generative idea of this project is the public space between buildings. The proposal transforms a neglected semi-industrial forecourt, originally London's first railway terminus, recovering a forgotten public city void.The design teases out the area’s latent civic-ness mindful not to erase the unique spatial and melancholic qualities of the place today, currently occupied by a community of food producers located beneath majestic brick viaduct arches.Modest architectural interventions reconnect this moment with its surroundings doing just enough to hold the space whilst supporting everyday life: Fences are removed; existing ground surfaces / viaduct facades made good or upgraded; missing trees replanted; and new structures introduced at a range of scales.A tower marks the site. The pub is re-orientated. A diminutive corner piece - an enigmatic electricity substation - provides a setting for bicycles. Positioned awkwardly between the existing avenue of trees and curving viaduct, a special urban armature provides a sheltered setting for a celebratory food market connecting people in physical space. An enfilade of good rooms above culminates in a generouslyproportioned community space that communicates with the passing trains and the horizon of the city beyond. Kinga Augustyn Tutor(s)