This project aims to bring the ‘elite’ sport of kayaking to the heart of brick lane. An in depth study conducted by studio Ds2(02) gave each one an understanding of the abundances and scarcities in the area. The scarcities that caught my attention were 1. Lack of integrated sports societies between ages and genders and 2. lack of public space for eating or reflecting for example. 

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The formal approach for the project was to use the kayak rapid as a solid form in which each space would work and be based upon. The rapid is a metaphor for the new colliding with the old as it punches its way through the existing structure of Bishopsgate Goodsyard, E1 6HA.