Craft Corner
Location: Tower Bridge, London
Completed: 2023
Size: 150 m2
Streetlife Design Competition Honourable Mention
Craft Corner is a
small centre for arts & crafts. A shelter for people, nature and urban
wildlife that acts as a community space and garden. This is a new green garden
structure for the area hosting a tourist information centre and a retail and
event space to showcase local foods, crafts and culture on the ground floor
with generous, productive and biodiverse gardens above. It acts as a gateway
and local landmark encouraging cohabitation between the local community and
nature. Having visited Tower Bridge, tourists and locals can now rest and understand
the rich variety of trades present in the area before embarking on their next
journey throughout Southwark and Bermondsey.
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We see this structure as a model for developing awkward, lost sites around London, and other cities worldwide. Craft Corner could be a tool to help community space and nature develop in the contemporary metropolis.
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