Context

River Thames

DEPTFORD

GREENWICH

BLACKHEATH

LEWISHAM BROCKLEY

HITHER

GREEN

Deptford Creek

River

Racensbourne

River Quaggy

Kyd Brook

Cutty Sark

North Greenwich

Isle of Dogs

Lewisham

Context

Deptford Creek is London’s ‘Grand

Canyon’, only visible at low tide…

Deptford, ‘Deep Ford’

Phoenix Gas Works

Shipbuilding Yard

Engine Works

Gas Works

Pumping Station

General Steam

Navigation Works

Soap Works

Manure Works

Pitch Tar Varnish Works

Surrey Brach Gas Works

Chemical Works

History

History

Habitat Enabling

Natural colonisation of plants

at Creekside Education Centre

Charrette’s Proposal

Risk of Flooding

The London flood plain. Image Environmental Agency

Red areas indicate proposed or under-construction housing as

part of Thames Gateway. Image Environmental Agency

River Profile

Prehistorical overlaid on

current river profile

17 Century overlaid on

current river profile

Proposed river profile

Marshy delta Island

Concrete/Timber Bank

Main transport route

Canals/Docks/Osier

island

Marshy island /

Terraced bank

Natural infiltration

Land Use

Exiting Developer's Proposal Assessment Mitigation

Circulation

Exiting Mitigation

Creek Road

A2

Deptford Church Street

Greenwich

High Road

Deptford

Church Street Ha’Penny

Hatch Foot

Bridge

Massing

Existing

Developer’s

Propose

Mitigation

Over shadow

High risk of flooding

Blocking river front view

View

Exiting Developer's Proposal Assessment Mitigation

Ecology

Draft Master Plan?

After

Looking towards

Isle of Dogs

Mushy island with

floating houses

Before

After

Thames Water

Sewage Pumping

Station converted

to Ecological Park

To Fairview

Artist Quarter

Deptford Creek

Thank you!

The Thin Green Line

The New Cohabitation of Nature and City