The paper maker lives a secluded and humble life above his space of work, where he spends his days forming and drying new sheets of paper from old newspapers found strewn around Dalston’s streets. He has a fascination with the pigeons littering local streets along with the discarded newspapers and uses his small roof garden as an escape to watch the birds fly.

This scheme educates local children on botany, and opens to the public as a vertical allotment. A horticulturist manages the club and documents the plants grown there through print making. Movable walls and a centralised composting tower allows the building to be manipulated to suit environmental conditions and function as a means for growing plants throughout the year.

The scheme blends the practice and performance of music to create a hub that merges with the public realm. The timber-frame pods are enveloped in a translucent membrane which allows light and sound to leak into the street. By day, neighbouring schoolchildren use the space as a music school, whilst buskers perform on the steps. By night, the concrete bunker is for electronic music, whilst musicians play in the pods.