Practice Portfolio

Practice Portfolio – Landscape

Canning Town Memorial

In 1940 during the blitz a bomb landed on Southville
school killing 76 people.

The creation of a memorial to this disaster

presents an opportunity to make reference to the
past and promote positive relationships with this key
site within the Canning Town Community.

The design provides a vivid and thought-

provoking space at the entrance to Freemans Road
from the Custom House Docklands Light Railway
Station. High quality elements promote a reflective,
contemplative setting which incorporates intriguing
and informative installations.

The process of design and installation aims

to utilise local business, craftspeople and training
facilities to connect residents to the memorial. A local
poet will work with Southville school children to make
positive statements about Canning Town.which will
be cut into steel plates. The final plate, at the end of
the rill, will commemorate the Blitz victims.

The use of stone, water and steel relates strongly

to the local context of Canning Town’s historic
relationship with steel works the Docks and aims to
connect people to their past.

Client:

Canning Town Regeneration

Construction value:

£215,000

Completion:

2006