The Gateway - Abstract Exploration on site factors


The Thames Estuary depicts a vast and open area covered in tidal affairs with sand banks and channels being the prominent features. However, this is not the case, the estuary is home to numerous gateway ports and docks and controls a substantial means of product and service distribution within London. The estuary is an interconnected space, as vast and apparently bare as it may look, it is point in which technology, goods, services, energy, safety, protection, leisure, recreation and transport pass over daily.


The site is an ideal location to experiment with future speculations on open source energy, utilizing site forces and using the water to it’s maximum potential. The estuary is ever growing due to rising seas but this gives further gain to experimental attributes and plans on London's bright and energized future.