Third Prize
Remnants
London / United Kingdom / 1628
Our process started with a walk around the last industrial area of the Greenwich peninsula.
Sandwiched between the 02 complex and the shiny Greenwich high rises lies an area of the Thames path that has up to now avoided the radical march towards / urbanisation. Here the remnants of the past are still limping on with the pubic foot path sitting uncomfortably in the middle.
This map shows both our walk as well as areas that have been reclaimed from the river over the last 300 years. These overlapping area are the ones we wanted to focus on due to their history of occupation.
Jury Statement: This project offers a raw, materially-grounded vision for reclaiming Greenwich Peninsula’s overlooked industrial shoreline, transforming scattered remnants into a vibrant culture of reuse. By centering design around found objects, gabion construction, and studios for upcycling, the proposal cultivates a community-led practice of making and learning—without erasing the site's industrial DNA. The interplay between "granules," "habitation," and "bioscene" becomes a conceptual and physical framework that acknowledges coexistence, and ecological repair. Rather than sanitizing or overwriting the site, the design accepts its entanglements, inviting participation through hands-on engagement and shared attitudes of care. Bricktopia is less a finished place than a process—celebrating the strange, gritty in-between of urban transformation. The jury recognizes the team’s outstanding ability to articulate the complexity of socially and environmentally productive processes into a flexible landscape.