Sites Six and Seven

Project details

Programme

Unit Year 1

Tutors Frosso Pimenides and Max Dewdney

Site six is located on the boundary between the ‘Bootyard’ and Dalston Eastern Curve Garden. Situated at the rear of The Bootstrap Building, this once neglected, underused car park, known as the Bootyard, is part of a pioneering project to provide startup spaces for social enterprises and local activities. Currently only accessible through the back alley of Abbot Street, this space is occupied by several shipping containers housing a local bakery school, cafe and a craft beer brewery.

Site seven bridges the gap between Dalston’s established goods trading history and its emerging creative scene. It exists between the fringes of a startup creative workspace known as the ‘Bootyard' and a distribution zone for the local Kingsland Shopping Centre. The site itself is reasonably unassuming and is currently occupied by an electrical sub station which is essential to powering the surrounding area.

Group Students

Daniel Collier
Aaron Green
Holly Griffiths
Yan (Johnson) Lam
George Neyroud
Leonids Osipovs
Michalis Philiastidis
Krit Pichedvanichok
Zuzanna Sienczyk
Thananan (Orm) Sivapiromrat
Adam Stoddart
Ying (Sunny) Sun Craft, Technology & Invention Prize
Elise Wehowski
Chan (Antonio) Yang
Ron Zaum

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Chan (Antonio) Yang, Y1, 'The Projectionist’s House'

Celebrating the long-lost cinematic history of Hackney, 'The Projectionist’s House' activates surrounding façades within the Bootyard through night time light shows. Together with the existing adjacent brewery, the outdoor cinema component of the programme provides a nightly social experience for the local neighbourhood.

Daniel Collier, Y1, 'Factory on the Fence'

This vegetarian sausage factory and café creates a bridge between the courtyard and the Curve Garden. The building is designed to be permeable, allowing the smell of the ground spices to escape through the serving areas. The factory celebrates the process of sausages being made, and some ingredients are grown within the building.

Elise Wehowski, Y1, 'Vertical Beer Garden'

This project takes advantage of the existing brewery. There is a vertical beer garden on top of containers, serving as a social meeting space for Dalston. The programme includes the typical features of a German beer garden: shading by overlaying terraces and hops, group seating and the option to bring your own food.

Ying (Sunny) Sun, Y1, 'Bootyard Fitness and Climbing Centre'

Bootyard fitness club includes an indoor/outdoor climbing centre, immersive running rooms and swimming pools. The aim of the project is to provide an opportunity for building users to temporarily escape urban reality and experience being in an ‘unlimited imaginary environment’ in a limited urban condition.

George Neyroud, Y1, 'Extension to the PAK Butchers'

PAK’s is a franchise that is part of the fabric of the market. The proposed extension capitalises on the gentrification of Dalston by making meat grown from cells to keep up with the vegan trend that continues to grow. As a factory and restaurant composite, the building is completely self sufficient.

George Neyroud, Y1, 'Extension to the PAK Butchers'

Adam Stoddart, Y1, 'Bootyard’s Scrapyard Workshop'

This project looks to provide a workshop space that connects people with resources. Integrated within the fabric of the building is a system that collects, processes and distributes waste material found within the surrounding area of Dalston. Material becomes a form of currency that is exchanged for entry to the workshops.