Situated on the Embankment along the Thames, London, ‘Embankment as It Could Be’, responds to the current urban interface with the River Thames bank and seeks to offer a new public space, unknown to London thus far. 
 
The edge of the Thames provides great social potential in central London locations, and in continuation of the spirit of Embankment’s creator Joseph Bazalgette and other proposals such as ‘London as It Could Be’ by Richard Rogers, the scheme proposes a new social interface along the Embankment. It seeks to engage with retaining the existing wall and opening up the wall onto the edge of the river when the tide is low.  
 
Research into folded sheet steel uncovered the ability for an advanced steel structural system to be used as a retaining wall that would also be able to integrate the hydraulic openings and key services for the performance arena and wine bar.