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Could London’s canals help to curate underused green spaces, kickstarting regeneration in thier wake?
By inserting a clean, safe ‘basin’
in which to swim, the ‘LidoLine’ transforms the Regents Canal back to it’s
original purpose, connecting raw materials (people/workers) to the place of
production, making swimming a viable alternative to cycling or walking to work.
The routes could be formed by a breathable, multi- layered membrane, filtering
detritus and bacteria at decreasing scales.
The LidoLine would form a new
network for London, making existing spaces greater than the sum of their parts,
rather than blindly multiplying under- used, functionless ‘green space’.
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The Lidoline
Location: Regents Canal, London, UK
Type: Infrastructure, Research
Size: 15km
Client: Landscape Institute Ideas Competition with the Mayor of London
Status: Runner Up
Date: 2012
Location: Regents Canal, London, UK
Type: Infrastructure, Research
Size: 15km
Client: Landscape Institute Ideas Competition with the Mayor of London
Status: Runner Up
Date: 2012
Collaborators
Project Team:
Alex Smith
David Lomax
Project Team:
Alex Smith
David Lomax