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Lea Valley Regeneration Hub, Registry and Cemetery

Part 2 Project 2005
Peter Foulk
Rachael O'Donnell
 Kingston University Kingston | UK
An existing cemetery, situated west of the A12, is reworked as a series of mausoleums/tombs, the roof of which forms a park, which bridges over the A12 towards the registry and regeneration hub. Archives are situated below the new ground, thus the records and graves form the foundation of this new community facility.

The regeneration hub is a temporary base to oversee the regeneration of the lower lea valley. Constructed in timber, it can be removed once its purpose is fulfilled, leaving the permanent concrete structure of the registry as a ruin, which mediates between the new and old ground.



The site is to the South of the Mile End Road on the fringes of the London Olympic bid. The land currently remains cut off from the surrounding area in programme and content. This project links Bow to the new works of the Lea Valley by redeveloping a disused cemetery and creating a raised park which joins to a public forum over the road. This civic building is rooted in the ground by an archive, evolves into a debating chamber and finally a registry which opens out onto the park above. The scheme also accommodates other important civic amenities.

Tutor(s)
2005
Final Examination Presentation.
Regeneration Hub Partners. The building is to house a planning team, comprised of members of the many organizations interested in the regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley. The aim is to create a unified development strategy which addressed both the exist
The brief asked final year students to reassess an isolated strip of industrial land in Bromley-by-Bow, against existing master plans such as that of the 2012 Olympic bid and the arc of opportunity. Within the group we proposed a new center for the exist
Site Plan and Long Site Section. The Park bridges over the cemetery, and the A12, tying the existing community of Bromley-by-Bow into the proposed new facilities. This park acts as a datum, below which there is an underworld of archiving, storage and bu
Axonometric View of Overall Site Strategy. The topographic landscape of the park creates a new and permanent ground. The registry office and archive, and the committee chamber is a continuation of this ground, and is a permanent concrete structure. The
Cemetery Study. The existing cemetery is reconfigured as a series of mausoleums and catacombs , beneath the park. The walls of the cemetery are made of stacked York stone, expressing the geological process of sedimentation. From this stone face, reinfo
The plan of the town hall has been arranged in such a way that it is permeable, and a part of the city. What appears to be a cluster of smaller buildings is one big building, which is connected at basement level. Through this approach, a series of publi
Views of Civic Space and Town Hall Threshold. The public space which the town hall addresses is elevated from the existing ground level, following the traditional model of the town/city hall. This hierarchy, however, is subverted. From this elevated pu
View of Town Hall Lobby. The lobby is an inside / outside space, and enclosed within a louvered timber envelope. This blurs the definition of the threshold of the town hall. The public circulation of the building was conceived as an extension of the to
The main internal public circulation doubles as the ceremonial route to the registry wedding space. This is very closely orientated to an exterior circulation route, which connects Bromley-by-Bow to the proposed supermarket, via the park which bridges ov
The lightweight timber envelope has fixed larch louvers, set at varied angles, controlling views and light coming into and out of the façade. This also gives the impression that the façade is sometimes solid, like a shiplap cladding, and at other points
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