A Wetland Proposal for Urban Rituals: The Produce Yard Part 1 Project 2024 Benjamin Stewart Loughborough University | UK Since industrialisation, Putney and much of London have lost most of its cultivated green space to city planning, mainly taking the form of residential housing. This has polluted (socially, culturally and environmentally) the UK, leading to a loss of traditional community ideals, engagement and rituals.Through the integration of productive context into monotonous residential, the re-introduction of engaged communities that develop their own rituals is achieved. Introducing the vernacular practice of Paludiculture (wetland farming) along a wetland landscape throughout Putney, allows the community to productively engage with their surroundings.The Produce Yard, is an architectural intervention that provides amenities for the visitation and cultivation of the wetlands, as well as facilities for the manufacturing of sustainable construction materials from wetland crops (such as reed), all run and led by community NGOs. This produce is used in the scheme’s facade adaptively to better prepare for changing seasons, as well as during community-run urban rituals and sustainable construction within London.Furthermore, the issues identified can be seen in other areas across London, hence the intervention increases from local to urban. A productive wetland masterplan would enable other identified areas to re-engage with their context. So emerges a wetland proposal for urban rituals. Benjamin Stewart Tutor(s)