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outline for my dissertation (as at december 2006) to be submitted in sept 2007: 

a written paper with substantial design sections that draws attention to how the converted warehouse flats, new build flats and tall buildings (canary wharf) alongside the thames can be retro-fitted to be useful 'soft' working wharves again. the essay will explore the potential changes that will result from the transurbanism and retro-fitting in a re-understood globe that has resulted from the increasingly problematic energy context

the essay chapters are likely to include:

i. theory and the thames – the contextualisation and understanding of the river thames over time (London)

ii. a stock-take of the thames – the nature/design of the buildings and its immediate environment today – major changes in the last 25 years

iii. discussing climate change and London and the discussed implications – building on work by the futures programme within government, the RIBA etc

iv. responding to the changes – the retro-fitting of spaces and places to meet these changes – proposing design alterations, the return of the working river and shipping 

it will be presented in book format, with a proposed exhibition of the design sections in the early winter, search will soon start for a publisher.

work in progress to be shown here over the coming months

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