Creekside Walk

The Creek is a freshwater, tidal tributary of the Thames, fed by the Ravensbourne river.

  

Sketches from along the creek: a) the gasworks b) the coal shed c) the middle stretch.

   
The creek begins to widen at this middle stretch, but the tide rises higher. The water often crosses sideways across the creek creating another curve in the bend of the water. Good reflections.

The vegetation of the creek is split into 3 "levels". The Upper creek has angelica archangelica, hemlock dropwort, water figwort and gypsywort. The Middle creek has dock, water starwort and English scurvy grass. The Lower creek has water pepper and water starwort.
  

A yellow-green algae covers the grey-brown mud, with black leaves (anaerobic decomposition) lacquered on the top. Mumford & Son's Wharf, an old flour mill, has a specific brick pattern. The rectangular structure over the bridge enables the railway bridge to be lifted (installed in 1968, although it was never used - but is listed).

The creek shows a variety of "walls" - concrete, bricks, timber dating back to the original dock-building era. The graffiti adds a bit of colour. The walk was also brightened by Nick's laughter.

The Work of Herbert Dreiseitl (Site Design Project 2)

We were asked to select and research the work of an influential designer; their methodology, techniques, style and influences. I chose the Landscape Architect Herbert Dreiseitl.

Materiality: Design and Communication [Term 2, Task 2]

In this task I looked at the materiality of the landscape around the Trinity Laban Centre and how it was connected to the river. The hard landscaping around the centre includes grass, a concrete path and low wall with a scaffolding pole fence [see photo below].

I used a building block pattern for the building and a wave effect for the creek.

I used a series of geometric styles to represent the hard materials - although the effect is too busy/confusing.

Above I attempted to make my own marble paper as I wanted to create the look of the muddy movement of Deptford Creek. I also wanted to try to link this to the "dance" aspect of the Trinity Laban.

These two sheets above explore how the site is connected in both the access to the site and how it is bound. Further work on developing a hierarchy of thresholds on the Trinity Laban side of the creek is being undertaken.