Carrie Beasly 

Re-establishing the green strip along the Theodosian Wall

The proposal is part of a masterplan which aims to re-establish a sustainable water supply to the green strip surrounding the Theodosian Wall. A series of pieces sit within the green landscape, each supplying a larger territory with water from filtered greywater and rainwater.  Within each proposal there is a public building, public garden, water cistern and housing. The pieces respond to the surrounding area varying in programme.

Towards the south, where the green strip is filled by allotments, three greenhouses follow the rhythm of the turrets providing diversification for the urban agriculture in the area.  The water collected in the cistern retreats like a tide, as the water is used over the year; revealing a series of public steps and platforms, cool space to sit in the heat of summer. Above the cistern, an orange orchard connects the public café to the piazza below.