Urban Rewilding
Gasholder No. 13 as a vertical garden
A speculative landscape proposal to turn a listed former gasworks on Old Kent Road into a vertical garden, built on locals’ needs and creativity.
Context
Urban Rewilding explores the role of listed buildings in South East London while envisioning processes of urban regeneration. The project addresses potential uses for Gasholder No. 13, a listed former gasworks site on Old Kent Road.
Tension
Southwark Council’s Area Action Plan proposes turning the structure into a park. The question is how change happens to a listed structure without taking control away from the people who live around it.
Role
Speculative design · Landscape design proposal
Approach
Drawing on the Area Action Plan, the project resulted in a landscape-design proposal aimed at turning the Gasholder into a vertical garden by acting on locals’ needs and creativity: a natural, beneficial process that allows change to happen while giving the community control.
What I Made
What Changed
Featured in Together in Europe, the UAL × London Design Festival Online Showcase 2021.