Thames Barrier Park
51°30′3″N 0°2′3″E / 51.50083°N 0.03417°E
The Thames Barrier Park is a 7-hectare (17.3-acre) park in Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham and is named after its location on the north side of the River Thames next to the Thames Barrier. It is intended to aid the regeneration of the area by creating an attractive public space alongside residential and commercial developments. It is adjacent to Pontoon Dock DLR station.
Allain Provost and Alain Cousseran of Groupe Signes with Patel Taylor won the international competition to design the park in 1995. As the first largely post-modern design in London,[citation needed] the park has a fresh modern look with adventurous planting and dancing water fountains.[according to whom?]
The site was built on what was one of the country's most polluted sites, the former PRChemicals factory. Decontaminating the site took many years.
Geography
History
The land had been industrial use since the 1860's.[1]
Sources
- Bruz-Labrande, Manon (2023). "Thames Barrier Park". In Morrison, Kevin A. (ed.). Encyclopedia of London's East End. McFarland. p. 227. ISBN 9781476648378.
- Villella, J.; Sellers, G.; Moffat, A. J.; Hutchings, T. R. (2006). "From Contaminated Site to Premier Urban Greenspace: Investigating the Success of Thames Barrier Park, London". In Brebbia, C. A.; Mander, U. (eds.). Brownfield Sites III: Prevention, Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development of Brownfield Sites. Wessex Institute of Technology Press. pp. 153–162. ISBN 9781845640415.
( * Zappaterra, Yolanda; Guy, Sarah (2021). Free London: Explore the Capital Without Breaking the Bank. Frances Lincoln. pp. 38–39. ISBN 9780711257542.
- "Thames Barrier Park". London City Hall. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023.
- "AT Awards Infrastructure and landscape Winner: Thames Barrier Park by Patel Taylor and Allain Provost". Architecture Today. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023.
- https://archive.ph/HWyHX
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