Projects / Built project

Squaring the Corners

Becontree Estate, London, United Kingdom

A Becontree Estate public square reimagined through resident workshops, rewilding and traffic calming.

Setting
Becontree Estate
Collaborator
Artist Katie Schwab
Process
Create London/RIBA commissioning and resident workshops
Features
Rewilded spaces, found materials, industrial heritage elements and traffic calming

The story

The story behind the work.

Squaring the Corners reimagines four corner plots in the Becontree Estate with artist Katie Schwab through Create London/RIBA commissioning and resident workshops.

The public square uses rewilded spaces, found materials and industrial heritage elements alongside traffic-calming measures.

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The practice

nimtim architects

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