Samuel David Casswell

Pontoon Ensemble - The Space Between

The topography that surrounds the Pontoon Dock in east London, part of the Royal Victoria Docks, reiterates the depth and variety of the urban environments within this city. In response to this charged landscape, dominated by a strong horizon, my proposal is to create a dense cluster of buildings, joining two former dockland mills on the dockside peninsula, to create a dense urban composition that would echo the East London skyline.

There is something very exciting in the contrast between the open landscape and the proposed interior urban spaces. The tension of this proximity, i.e. the space between the buildings became the main focus in developing this ensemble of buildings - a number of charged voids

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