Abbey Green
The design competition is down to six shortlisted practices. An exhibition of the designs is on at Barking Learning Centre until 20 November. The winning scheme will be announced on 18 November
Abbey Green design competition: Why Barking is special
AJ editor Kieran Long introduces the shortlisted projects and explains why Barking deserves a popular, characterful Abbey Green
Abbey Green Shortlist: Leit-Werk
Reconnecting Abbey Green to its surroundings and better defining its structure is leit-werk’s proposal for what has become a fractured and isolated green space.
Abbey Green Shortlist: Lynch Architects
Abbey Green’s ancient traditions and its folk and mythic past inspire Lynch Architects’ proposals for its future
Abbey Green Shortlist: Tonkin Liu
Tonkin Liu’s proposal for Abbey Green draws on the patterns of its monastic heritage
Abbey Green Shortlist: Hawkins\Brown
Hawkins\Brown approaches Abbey Green as a bio-diversity project, dividing the park into horticultural and activity sections that introduce multiple varieties of, as director Roger Hawkins puts it, ‘birds, pollen, seeds, history and humans’
Abbey Green Shortlist: McDowell + Benedetti
McDowell + Benedetti proposes the sculpting of sections of Abbey Green to relieve its flat monotony.
Abbey Green Shortlist: Darling Associates
The unrealised potential of Barking’s history underlies Darling Associates’ proposal for Abbey Green
Abbey Green: The Entries - Part 1
All of the submitted design proposals for the Abbey Green competition
Abbey Green: The Entries - Part 2
All of the submitted design proposals for the Abbey Green competition
Abbey Green: The Entries - Part 3
All of the submitted design proposals for the Abbey Green competition
