WALKING ON WATER
East London’s Legacy: The Big Picture
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CONTENTS Foreword Page 3 Introduction Page 5 Welcome to the First Walking on Water
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Back to the Future - Heritage Photography
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London’s Lea Valley, Science, Technology, Innovation & its connections to the Great War
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Water City Music & Art Cultural Programme
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About the Artist Page 15 Exhibitors Pages 17 - 47 Musicians Page 48 Credits Page 49
© Frank Creber
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FOREWORD WELCOME to the Walking on Water Exhibition at Grand Designs Live at ExCeL. London’s Docklands is one of this city’s most exciting new areas where the Mayor is overseeing an enormous transformation to return it to its former glory as a hub of innovation, business and enterprise. Crossrail is on the way, the Emirates Air Line is already gliding people back and forth across the water, and thousands of homes and jobs are being created. The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is now revamped, fully planted, and open to the public. The regeneration of Stratford Town is now well underway. With exciting developments from Poplar to Canning Town being built and The Royal Docks not far behind, a new piece of city is emerging. The current regeneration of East London is a triumph of vision and innovation. Fast becoming a go-to visitor destination, these developments are mirrored in this new collaboration between Water City CIC, Grand Designs Live, ExCeL, Trinity Buoy Wharf and a wide range of exhibiting partners. The Walking on Water exhibition draws on the past, present and future to illustrate this journey, within the context of East London’s rich heritage, history and diverse communities. In the same way that science, engineering and entrepreneurial zeal defined the industry that grew up around the waterways, the current revitalisation of East London will similarly rely on today’s generation of innovators, using different technologies and the same energy and passion. So please take a little time to walk around, meet the people involved and help us to start joining up the dots to complete the picture.
Richard Blakeway Deputy Mayor for Housing, Land and Property
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Poplar Dock Marina Š Frank Creber
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INTRODUCTION Walking on Water East London’s Legacy: The Big Picture East London is changing. The Olympic Games has acted as a catalyst, and used the 6.5 miles of waterways to reconnect the key development nodes that stretch from the O2 in the south of the Lower Lea Valley, north through Canary Wharf, Canning Town and Poplar up through Stratford, Hackney Marshes and the Olympic Park. If you ‘join the dots’ a new city is emerging in the East of London that is bringing together entrepreneurs and innovators, artists, business people and local communities and galvanizing action. The Walking On Water exhibition is a visual chronicle of this new emerging East London, its villages and neighbourhoods, schools and universities, artist quarters, and centres for media, technology and science and its successful and diverse East End industries. In the same way that Grand Designs focuses on the imaginative regeneration of individual buildings, the regeneration of East London can be thought of as a Grand Design writ large. It complements the similar drive, energy and commitment to excellence often required to complete a domestic dwelling. We are pleased to be working with the partners who are taking part in this event, who are all building new relationships, engaging with the place and its people and demonstrating what this all means in practice. I hope you enjoy the show, a foretaste of things to come. Lord Andrew Mawson OBE Chairman Water City CIC
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Trinity Buoy Wharf © Frank Creber
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WELCOME TO THE FIRST WALKING ON WATER Welcome to the first Walking on Water Exhibition, an interactive exhibition in The Boulevard at ExCeL London offering visitors a walking tour through east London; from the O2, the Royal Docks and Trinity Buoy Wharf in the south of the Lower Lea Valley up through Poplar, Three Mills, Stratford and the Olympic Park in the north. Meet innovators transforming the city and experience an integrated display of art, photography and exhibition stands featuring high-quality regeneration initiatives. An extraordinary amount of physical regeneration and rebuilding has been going on over the last decade, and there is still much to come. Walking on Water provides an opportunity to look at some extraordinary examples, particularly of community regeneration. The exhibition shows how they sit alongside and link with large redevelopments. At least in some places, this is helping to create real, vibrant communities.Have a look and make up your own mind. How well do you think we are doing in east London? Are we creating a Grand Design writ-large, with integrated vibrant communities, or are we building commuter dormitories? How can local communities be more involved? We plan for Walking on Water to be an annual event, which brings together developers, the public sector and local communities, artists, scientists and social and business entrepreneurs, to celebrate what has been achieved, but also to question and to challenge, and to seek to join up the dots and find ways to work together to make this new and emerging piece of city the place to live, work and play. About Water City Water City Community Interest Company (CIC) is an Andrew Mawson Partnerships social enterprise. It provides its business partners with local knowledge enabling them to deliver real social and commercial impact in east London. Learning from experiences initially at Bromley by Bow Centre and St. Paul’s Way Transformation Project, then from the London Legacy Development Corporation and the Water City Festival, Water City CIC is seeking to influence the way east London is regenerated. It promotes high quality integrated environments where people live, work and stay and which become real communities. The methodology it has developed is to achieve this influence, not through written papers, or protest, but by engaging with partners from large-scale developers to local individuals. It promotes practical projects that have a real impact on local communities. www.water-city.com
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Š Eastside Community Heritage
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BACK TO THE FUTURE - HERITAGE PHOTOGRAPHY The history of the East End is well known, it has been defined by poverty, social unrest, and the Second World War. Less well known but equally important has been the history of the Docklands and the Lower Lea Valley and the waterways, which have driven the social and economic life of the area for 2000 years. Dr Jim Lewis’ book, which is being launched at this event, will describe some of the many innovations and entrepreneurial ventures which originated in this valley through the years of the industrial revolution and beyond and which changed the nature of the modern world. Many of the early entrepreneurs and innovators who lived and worked here are household names. They include; the engineer Isambard Brunel Kingdom Brunel, the scientist Michael Faraday, the entrepreneur Thomas Edison and Captain James Cook who mapped the then known World. These individuals and many like them created an economic momentum, that drove the wealth of this country and helped create the economic engine which is today the City of London. The transformative ideas and inventions of these individuals were transported across the world through London’s Docklands. The Exhibition will profile the work of Eastside Community Heritage, who present us with a stunning narrative of black and white photographs that tells this story through the many images of local peoples’ lives and the struggles and trials that defined East London life at that time. This retrospective reminds us of the historical context within which the contemporary East London story must now be told. It brings together both the past and the present and points us to an economic future, which is once again being defined by innovators, entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers. As East London rises once again like a phoenix from the ashes its national significance is becoming apparent.
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LONDON’S LEA VALLEY, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND ITS CONNECTIONS TO THE GREAT WAR The Great War On 6th May 2014, at the Walking on Water exhibition at London’s ExCeL Centre, Libri Publishing will launch Dr Lewis’ latest book London’s Lea Valley and the Great War which, for the first time, brings together many little known stories of how local industry, supported by its scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs made such a massive contribution to the outcome of the conflict. The history of the East End is well known, it has been defined by poverty, social unrest, and war. Less well known but equally important has been the history of the Docklands and the Lower Lea Valley and the waterways, which have driven the social and economic life of the area for 2000 years. More recently Dr Lewis, an electronics engineer and local historian was the first to claim that the Lea Valley is also the birthplace of the post-industrial revolution, the technological revolution and has written eleven books about the region. Without the Lea Valley’s revolution in electronic technology it would be difficult to imagine how Zeppelins coming across the North Sea to bomb targets in Britain could have been tracked, or how the movements of German submarines and their High Seas Fleet could have been plotted. www.libripublishing.co.uk
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Š Elizabeth Norden
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WATER CITY MUSIC AND ART CULTURAL PROGRAMME The creative arts are a key driving force behind Water City – in particular music and the visual arts. The music programme is led by violinist Michael Bochmann, a soloist of international repute who toured with Yehudi Menuhin and shares his abiding commitment to music education. Michael is a Professor of Violin at Trinity Laban Conservatorium of Music and Drama. Michael leads an ongoing series of Water City music workshops in association with many primary and secondary schools in east London. Some of these groups will appear in lunchtime sessions during the Walking on Water exhibition. This work is a vital element in fostering community involvement in the continuing regeneration process post-Olympics. Together with conductor, Rupert Bond, Michael has also developed the very successful Water City Festival Orchestra in a Weekend projects generously supported by Eric Reynolds and the Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust. This intergenerational community-based symphony orchestra involves amateur and student players and, over the past 4 years, has met regularly for intensive 3 day rehearsal periods culminating in high quality concerts. The orchestra is based at The Chainstore, Trinity Buoy Wharf and has also performed as part of the re-opening celebrations for the historic Great Hall of The People’s Palace at Queen Mary, University of London. The orchestra recently recorded its first CD at St Paul’s Way Trust School. Water City is pleased to build on these musical foundations at the Grand Designs Live London and Walking on Water exhibitions by commissioning an opening Fanfare: Building Bridges by Rupert Bond funded once again by Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust and performed by players from Trinity Laban Conservatorium of Music and Dance. Other Trinity Laban musicians will keep the music flowing each day with impromptu performances around ExCeL during both exhibitions.
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© Frank Creber
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ABOUT THE ARTIST In 2004 Frank Creber was appointed the official artist in residence for Water City, he has been creating a visual chronicle of drawings and paintings, capturing the physical and social landscape in East London as a new metropolitan district emerges around it’s many miles of rivers and canals. Frank is becoming known as the ‘Lowry of the East End’. He has lived and worked with local people for over a quarter of a century and is capturing the passion and energy of contemporary East London life. This work has involved residencies at the Tower of London, Clifford Chance, Leaside Regeneration Ltd, Lloyd’s Register and the SS Robin Trust. He recently undertook large commissions for LOCOG and East Village on the Olympic Park. Working alongside the renown violinist Michael Bochmann (Yehudi Menuhin’s apprentice), he has led a collaborative programme of music and the visual arts - involving many hundreds of children, professional artists, students, musician’s and local people. This work has made a significant contribution to the creative life of East London. Background Frank was born in 1959 and trained at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Chelsea College of Art. He has collected a number of prestigious awards including the Herbert Read Fellowship at Chelsea, Barclays Bank Young Painters Award and the Picker Fellowship at Kingston University. He has held solo exhibitions of his paintings at a range of public and private Galleries across London, the UK and internationally. These include the Art Space Gallery - London, Turtle Arts -Nottingham, Loyds Register - London, Greenham Arts - Newbury, Art House - Peterborough, Arthur Andersen London, Flowers East – London, Trinity Buoy Wharf – East London, The View Tube - Olympic Park and Galerie Windkrachat, Den Helder - Holland. For 25 years Frank has been the Creative Director at the renowned Bromley by Bow Centre, he was a founding artist at the project and has led a wide variety of innovative community arts programme’s in East London, including a wide range of art’s and health and enterprise projects. Germaine Greer, on visiting the Centre, compared this work with Charles Satchie’s Sensation Exhibition at The Royal Academy.
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EXHIBITORS
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Cable Car Linking The O2 and ExCeL London © Emirates Air Line
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EMIRATES AIR LINE Emirates Air Line Enjoy a unique and exciting ride across the Thames on Emirates Air Line. As you fly 90 metres up in the air, take in spectacular views of London’s skyline including Canary Wharf, St Paul’s Cathedral, the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, the Thames Barrier and the Olympic Stadium. As the UK’s first urban cable car, Emirates Air Line provides a much needed river crossing in east London and a handy link between The O2 and ExCeL London. It is part of the massive regeneration taking place in this area which is providing jobs and creating new attractions to form a dynamic new quarter of the capital. Since opening nearly two years ago, Emirates Air Line has flown 3.6 million passengers. Our gift to you: 50% off flights We are offering 50% off return flights to all exhibition visitors, giving the opportunity to see how east London is changing, and the contribution Emirates Air Line has made to the area. This means a family of 4 will pay only £10 if they have an Oyster card or Travelcard. To claim your discount, simply buy a ticket from the Emirates Air Line exhibition stand, where our staff will be happy to help you. Getting to Emirates Air Line Emirates Air Line is just a few minutes’ walk from ExCeL London. Alternatively, you can take the DLR one stop from Custom House station to Royal Victoria. Emirates Royal Docks terminal is then a short walk. North Greenwich Tube station (on the Jubilee line) is also only a short walk away from Emirates Greenwich Peninsula terminal. For more information visit www.tfl.gov.uk/emiratesairline
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Trinity Buoy Wharf Before © Trinity Buoy Wharf
Trinity Buoy Wharf After © Trinity Buoy Wharf
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TRINITY BUOY WHARF Dockland’s most exciting Arts Quarter In 1998, Trinity Buoy Wharf was an empty, derelict site. Now it is a thriving centre for the arts and creative industries with a rare community of over 500 like-minded people enjoying the unique riverside location. Located at the point where the river Lea meets the Thames, the site was owned by The Corporation of Trinity House from 1803 to 1988 where they managed the installation, repair and maintenance of lighthouses and lightships around the British coast. Famous Scientist Michael Faraday also carried out many of his pioneering experiments from the Experimental Lighthouse, which still sits proudly at the heart of the site today. Free from over development and with careful regeneration by Urban Space Management Ltd, Trinity Buoy Wharf’s fascinating history can still be seen in the buildings, installations and residents such as the Lightship LV95 that is moored here. This historic place is now home to London’s only Lighthouse, a sculpture park, Longplayer sound installation, a gallery, events space, Fat Boys American Diner and 3 of the hugely sustainable Container City buildings as well as tenants that range from English National Opera, The Prince’s Drawing School, Thames Clippers and Faraday School to independent photographers, fashion designers, fine artists and sound engineers. Located a mile East of Canary Wharf, with stunning views of the river Thames, O2 Arena and Docklands skyline, Trinity Buoy Wharf is constantly evolving along with the area as a whole. New additions will include Clipper House in 2014 with the Orchard Place mixed use developments and the 3 bridges over the river Lea expected within the next 5 years. www.trinitybuoywharf.com
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Catlin in the community Working with St Paul’s Way Trust School January The school moves into award winning new building
Catlin becomes a trustee and partner of St Paul’s Way Trust School
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First annual Science Summer School for students from SPWTS and other local schools
Outstanding school – Ofsted report
School reveals plans to educate primary-age pupils beginning with a reception class in September 2014
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CATLIN GROUP LIMITED Catlin Group Limited is an international specialty property and casualty insurer and reinsurer with offices in over 50 countries. Catlin aims to make meaningful contributions to the communities in which its offices are located. The focus of the Group’s community activity is directed towards schools, charities and other programmes that support young people and their families, education and the environment. With its roots in the City of London, Catlin is keen to support and improve the opportunities available to young people in the local community. Since 2009 Catlin has been a key contributor to the St Paul’s Way Transformation Project in Tower Hamlets, in particular working as a trustee and a partner to St Paul’s Way Trust School. Besides providing support to the school, Catlin actively encourages employees to become involved in programmes designed to raise educational and wider-curricular attainment. Catlin has also been a founding partner in creating the successful St Paul’s Way Science Summer School. Working with some of the UK’s leading scientists and hosted by Professor Brian Cox OBE, it is designed to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers from Tower Hamlets and surrounding boroughs. In March 2013 Ofsted described the school as ‘Outstanding’ in every category and commended it for its ‘relentless pursuit of scholarship and excellence’. Catlin is proud to support the work of St Paul’s Way Trust School and the surrounding area.
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Lime Quay Aerial © Poplar Harca
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POPLAR HARCA Making a £1.7 billion plan happen Poplar HARCA is an award winning housing association located in the Poplar and Bow area of Tower Hamlets. The 9,000 homes we manage sit in between the London Olympic Park and Canary Wharf. Currently responsible for a £1.7 billion reshaping programme we are working with a wide range of partners to transform and connect our area of east London. Part of our regeneration vision is to bring back to life the canals and waterways that border many of our residents homes. Investment and partnerships have brought steady improvements. What were once eyesores and areas of anti-social behaviour, are now relaxing tranquil places. Our shared vision will: • • • •
Create safe leisure spaces for both residents and visitors Open up waterside business opportunities Build on an exciting arts and culture legacy Connect Poplar with nearby east London areas
Everything we do at Poplar HARCA is complimented by our community regeneration work. A commitment to build the neighbourhoods we serve, and to bring people with us on our journey of urban renewal For more information visit: www.poplarharca.co.uk
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Š University of East London
See how our University’s innovation and ambition is influencing the world around you.
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UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON Birds, bikes or bots? Parsnips, peppers or pyramids? Will you recognise us? Experience some seriously imaginative ideas and participate in The University of East London’s most inspired research and projects. Are you a super-recogniser? UEL is leading the way when it comes to understanding how facial recognition abilities can differ so dramatically in people – from those who can instantly recognise and place someone, to those who cannot recognise the faces of people they come into regular contact every day. Take part in our simple test to see how good you are at recognising faces. You could be a super-recogniser. Musical Wonderment Ever wondered what it would be like to play music using fruits, vegetables, pots and pans? See and hear how some simple technology and fascinating creativity can make playing music so extraordinary - the only limit is your imagination. London’s all-in-one musical invention kit; turning anything you can imagine into an instrument. Create your own bird house Mystified by Twitter? Get back to basics, and see our students’ remarkable bird house structures. Have you got what it takes to get the finest birds to nest? How well do you think you know your brain? A series of simple deceptive tests to get those cogs turning. Think you can draw the outline of a shape if you can only see the shape in a mirror? Sounds easy, right? Join in with our experiments and investigate exactly how the brain works. UEL challenges you - do you think you’re smart enough? Cycle Testing UEL is striving to be number one for sport and is driving community health. Take part in our straightforward, safe exercises and see how your body works during exercise. Meet our talented and ambitious staff and students. Visit UEL at WoW – for many more great ideas, not to mention robot making, videos, games, giveaways and guests. UEL invites you to get creative and get involved! Tweet us @ UEL_News #WoWUEL Or visit uel.ac.uk/wow 27
Twitter Languages of London © James Cheshire & Ed Manley
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THE BARTLETT CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SPATIAL ANALYSIS, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) is one of the leading forces in the science of cities, generating new knowledge and insights for use in city planning, policy and design and drawing on the latest geospatial methods and ideas in computer-based visualisation and modelling. Part of University College London’s global faculty of the built environment it offers a new MSc and MRes in Smart Cities, along with an MRes in Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation. The work is central to the new skillset required for urban professionals. From advanced urban analytics, through to the writing and creation of apps, it is key to the wider communication and understanding of urban science. The exhibition has been hosted at the GLA, featured on the One Show and covered in magazines around the world. It has lead onto policy adaptions via the Smart London Plan and opened doors to collaborations as diverse as 3D Drone Mapping in Lima to global urban modelling. Come and explore our interactive exhibition featuring: • • • • • • • •
Pigeon Sim: Fly-through London (and beyond) to get a bird’s eye view of tides, pollution levels, traffic and more. London Data Table: See a range of near-real-time visualisations projected onto a physical representation of London. CityDashboard: Live information visualized on social networking, transport and geographical trends for major UK cities, providing users with a new perspective on emerging events in their area, and on the rhythms of urban life. Roving Eye: a unique interactive tool for participatory planning detecting real-time changes in landscapes. Sand Table: An interactive fire prevention simulator allowing you to sculpt the terrain Oculus Rift: A virtual reality headset, immersing you 360 degrees into an urban visualization 3D Printer: Build and create any object your can imagine, (or design!) iPad Wall: An interactive video wall that shows various visualisations of urban data as well as realtime metrics of London.
For further information please visit casa.ucl.ac.uk or follow us on Twitter @CASAUCL
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EAST LONDON BUSINESS ALLIANCE East London Business Alliance (ELBA) is all about connecting people to opportunity, whether that be a local candidate to a job, a senior business volunteer to a worthwhile opportunity with a local organisation or just the chance to join a team challenge improving the East London environment. ELBA has an unparalleled record of delivering business involvement, people and resources to communities across East London for 25 years, has over 100 member companies, and each year sets up over 12,000 volunteering opportunities and targets helping 1,000 local people into City and Docklands jobs. ELBA acts as a broker, facilitating successful partnerships between business and the community, pooling skills and resources to tackle local issues. Broadly its members are involved in: • • •
Community development through employee volunteering – whether that’s individuals using their business skills in (for instance) finance, IT, business strategy or HR, or groups taking part in team challenges Employment – for example mentoring job seekers, or making entry-level or supply chain jobs available; and just this year, we launched London Works, a competitive graduate and A-level recruitment agency designed to prepare candidates for jobs in the City and on Canary Wharf Education – in particular mentoring 17+ year olds in local schools, colleges and universities, but also school-business action groups supporting school leadership teams and the pupils themselves.
ELBA is proud to be a supporter of Water City and the Walking on Water exhibition.
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Thames Barrier Š Barratt London
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BARRATT LONDON Barratt London is a market-leading residential developer with 30 years’ experience in the Capital. Our vision is to make London an even better place to live and we will achieve this through our exceptional build quality, our thoughtful design, the way in which we work to inspire communities and our unrivalled customer service. We have delivered a number of complex regeneration schemes across East London, including Barrier Point and Capital East in the Royal Docks, Elektron in East India Dock, Pierhead Lock on the Isle of Dogs and Dalston Square in Dalston. Collectively these schemes provide much needed new private and affordable housing, transport links, public realm and community facilities, helping to build communities and leaving a lasting legacy for London. Our new schemes include Enderby Wharf in Greenwich - a site extending to almost nine acres, providing 770 new homes, a planned cruise liner terminal, the restoration of the heritage listed Enderby House and a rejuvenated riverfront. In Aldgate; Altitude is a landmark 27-storey tower providing 235 new homes and 14,000 sq. ft. of commercial and retail space whilst Aldgate Place will provide up to 463 new homes a 150 bedroom hotel and over 50% of the site’s area will be publicly accessible open space. Waterside Park in the Royal Docks is in its final phase with the development providing 780 new homes, commercial and retail offering and substantial open space whilst award-winning St. Andrews in Bromley-by-Bow is nearing completion. This scheme will deliver a total of 964 new homes including 50% affordable, a new health centre, a community building and over one hectare of gardens and parks. For more information please visit www.barrattlondon.com
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The Movement, Greenwich © HLM
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HLM HLM is a leading international design practice headquartered in the UK, offering a rare combination of design skills including Architecture, Landscape and Urban Design, Interior Design, Environmental Design and Masterplanning from eight offices in the UK, Johannesburg South Africa and Abu Dhabi. We are a creative organisation, combining combine flair, imagination and passion with an informed approach to the critical financial, operational and quality aspects of our projects. We champion the importance of design quality, sustainability and innovation, and our projects are driven by all of these, in pursuit of overall design excellence, but within a core framework or financial affordability. Client satisfaction is critical to our mission. Our design process is centred on our clients’ vision and operational needs, and we build close working relationships to ensure the highest levels of service and design solutions to exceed expectation. That dedication to true partnership, our ability to pinpoint and address project priorities and deliver maximum value on each project, are the reasons we enjoy such a high level of repeat work. Over the past 25 years we have developed a special understanding of the unique opportunities offered by waterside re development locations across the UK, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham and London, with established canalside schemes completed in Brentford Lock, Tamworth and Sale, alongside the vibrant new concepts and movement strategies which are at the core of our new project – The Movement, Greenwich. Our new proposals for the future of Bow Back Island will bring this experience and expertise to bear on a vibrant new Masterplan for this unique location True design excellence is not short-term. We believe in sustainability through regeneration, and work closely with Andrew Mawson Partnerships to ensure community and place become the key ingredients for a bright and sustainable future. Walking alongside the waterways of East London, meeting the developers, designers scientists and artists transforming their neighbourhoods will be a special experience for the visitor to WOW, establishing a firm future platform for enlightened thinking and creative shaping of the new communities which will evolve over the coming years. We have developed a unique blend of commercial, teaching and design expertise and gained an unrivalled range of experience across a broad range of sectors including education, healthcare, justice, defence, civic, commercial and residential. We are also at the forefront of PPP and PFI projects in the UK and across the world. As ever, our people are our strength, the core of our business and our unique ethos. Through their skill, character and endeavour, we continue to deliver the aspiration and vision of our clients, and play our part in the vibrant re generation of the waterways of East London into the future. www.hlmarchitects.com
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Community May Fair © Bromley By Bow Centre
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BROMLEY BY BOW CENTRE “I urge you to take your colleagues down to the Bromley by Bow Centre and let them see what has emerged from nothing. It is one of the most impressive displays of social entrepreneurship anywhere in Europe.” Lord Brian Mawhinney The Bromley by Bow Centre is a dynamic and innovative charity operating in East London. Over the past 30 years it has transformed the lives of people who come from some of the most deprived estates in the UK. It has achieved this by a providing a distinctive, holistic and easily accessible range of integrated services in one place. This stretches from healthcare services for local residents to opportunities to set up your own business; from support with tackling your credit card debts to becoming a stained glass artist; from learning to read and write to getting a job for the first time or a helping hand up the career ladder. The Centre delivers a huge variety of projects and there really is something for everyone. Over the next five years the Bromley by Bow Centre plans to significantly expand its range of services and operate across new venues. There will be a rich variety of new health, educational, advice, employment and enterprise opportunities for local people. It is an ambitious plan and is called Seizing the Future Find out more and get involved… www.bbbc.org.uk www.facebook.com/bromleybybowcentre @Bromley_by_Bow
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UCLPARTNERS Improving health outcomes for patients and populations Who are we? UCLPartners is an academic health science partnership that brings together over 40 university and NHS partners. Our partner organisations form one of the world’s leading centres of medical discovery, healthcare innovation and improvement, and education. What do we do? Our partners work together to improve health outcomes and support economic gain for a population of over six million people in north east and north central London, south and west Hertfordshire, south Bedfordshire and south west and mid Essex. We focus our efforts on the areas that people tell us are most important and that address the healthcare challenges affecting the communities in which we work. These include programmes of work for cancer, cardiovascular disease, the frail elderly, children and young people and those with mental health problems. How do we work? We have a relentless focus on making a meaningful difference to patients’ lives and to the health of the population. We do this by supporting our partners to work together so they can achieve more together than they would do individually. We help our partners to drive change and test new models of care that will create solutions for the whole healthcare system. What have our partners achieved in partnership? • Improved safety for patients in hospitals through reducing the number of people having cardiac arrests in hospitals by up to 50% • Building capability and skills of NHS staff through training over 13,000 staff in improving care for people with dementia • Giving more patients access to potentially life-saving and life-changing therapies by reducing the average approval time for commercial clinical trials by around 90%. For further information visit www.uclpartners.com
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Regeneration consultation event in Stepney Š East Thames Group
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EAST THAMES GROUP East Thames is one of the largest providers of affordable housing in east London and Essex. We own and manage more than 14,000 homes and our mission is to make a positive and lasting contribution to the neighbourhoods in which we work. Visit our space at Walking on Water to learn about the work we do in east London to: •
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Offer programmes to help people get back into work or training, as well as initiatives to strengthen communities.
You can also find out about our current and future home ownership opportunities and learn about an exciting new custom build project right here in Custom House. We know that providing a safe and well maintained home is the most important part of our work, but our philosophy has always been to do more than just housing and to help people improve their neighbourhoods and lives. Come take a look at our space to find out more.
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CANAL AND RIVERS TRUST Living Waterways That Transform Places And Enrich Lives The Canal & River Trust was established in July 2012. It is the guardian of 2,000 miles of historic waterways across England and Wales. We are among the largest charities in the UK, maintaining the nation’s third largest collection of listed structures, as well as museums, archives, navigations and hundreds of important wildlife sites. We believe that our canals and rivers are a national treasure and a local haven for people and wildlife. It is our job to care for this wonderful legacy – holding it in trust for the nation in perpetuity and giving people a greater role in the running of their local waterways. At this year’s Walking on Water exhibition at Grand Designs Live, The Trust and the London Waterway Partnership are showcasing several key objectives in the overall regeneration of the Lee Valley based on three unique sites: The Mill House at Three Mills creating this tidal mill as a visitor attraction; the historic Carpenters Lock, by raising sufficient funds to restore this unique lock situated in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and the overall regeneration of the Lee Valley using water to maximise the areas development possibilities, and in particular in the new Canal Park a model illustrating the benefit canals bring to local communities and future development possibilities.
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Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in March 2014 Š London Legacy Development Corporation
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QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK London’s newest visitor destination, east London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a place unlike any other. The north of the Park opened in July 2013, with the south of the Park following in April 2014 – just 18 months after the end of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Visitors to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park can now enjoy beautiful parklands and waterways, with children’s playgrounds, places to relax and food and drink available in both the northern and southern parts of the Park. The London Aquatics Centre is now open to the whole community for swimming, diving and events; Lee Valley VeloPark is open for BMX, track, road and mountain biking; the Copper Box Arena has been open as a sports venue and gym since July 2013; and Londoners and tourists alike can now take in spectacular views from the ArcelorMittal Orbit. Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre is opening soon, and, although the Stadium is closed until 2016, it will also open for a short time in 2015 to host five matches in the Rugby World Cup. Forthcoming events on the Park include the Run Hackney Half Marathon (22 June), the Tour de France (7 July), the National Lottery Newham Anniversary Run (20 July), the Prudential Ride London - Surrey 100 event (10 August), and the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters (24-30 November). As a new heart for east London, the Park will also provide up to 10,000 new homes (including East Village), up to 20,000 jobs and a cultural and education quarter. For more information, visit QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk, follow us on Twitter @noordinarypark or like us on Facebook facebook.com/QueenElizabethOlympicPark. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is managed and maintained by the London Legacy Development Corporation, which promotes and delivers physical, social, economic and environmental regeneration in the Park and the surrounding area, in particular by maximising the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Aerial Photograph - London City Airport Š London City Airport
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CITY AIRPORT London City Airport (LCY) is the only airport actually in London, just three miles from Canary Wharf, seven miles from the City and 10 miles from London’s West End and linked to all via the Docklands Light Railway. Catering for around 3.4 million passengers (63% travelling on business) and 70,000 movements annually, in 2014 LCY will celebrate 27 years of operation. LCY offers a unique rapid transit proposition – a short check in (door to lounge) of around 20 minutes, and a shorter arrival (tarmac to train) of around 15 minutes. Ten airlines fly out of LCY, serving 41 mainly European destinations. The airport has permission to increase its operation to 120,000 movements per annum – carrying 6 million passengers - which it intends to do by 2023.
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Music Groups Saturday 3 to Sunday 11 May: 10.00am - 2.00pm A series of informal performances in and around both exhibitions presented in association with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Saturday 3 May Leviathan Saxophone Quartet GMTen Brass and Percussion Ensemble 10.00am: Opening Fanfare 11.30am: Performance in The Boulevard Sunday 4 May Op Sa! Marching Band Monday 5 May Ryan Hume Trombone Quartet Tuesday 6 May Chris Valentine Jazz Quartet Wednesday 7 May Creekside Brass Quintet Thursday 8 May Chris Valentine Jazz Quartet Friday 9 May Leviathan Saxophone Quartet Saturday 10 May Leviathan Saxophone Quartet Sunday 11 May Op Sa! Marching Band 48
CREDITS Many thanks to the following who made the first Walking on Water exhibition possible Poplar HARCA Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Emirates Air Line Catlin Group London City Airport The University of East London (UEL) University College London (UCL) UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) East London Business Alliance (ELBA) Barratt London HLM Architects Bromley by Bow Centre East Thames Group UCLPartners London Legacy Development Corporation Grand Design Live ExCeL Media 10 Canal and River Trust Eastside Community Heritage Cody Dock Libri Publishing Andrew Mawson Partnerships Richard Mallett Arts Management Ltd For more information see: www.water-city.com Water City CIC c/o HLM Architects Ground Floor 46 Loman Street London SE1 0EH
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