New Coasts Studio

New Coasts is a Masters Landscape Architecture and Urbanism studio at the University of Greenwich, led by Helena Rivera and Ed Wall. In 2023/24 the “New Coasters” explored the water landscapes of the North Sea coast, from the ecologies of Landguard Point to the policies of the regional scale of Suffolk. Projects combined fieldwork conversations with context mappings, and critical reflections with design propositions. Concerns for global shipping, submerged land, coastal routes, military infrastructure, and air pollution are just a few of the trajectories that projects followed. Precisely constructed drawings and models, produced by hand and digitally, were employed in the layering of tapestries to tell the stories of these extraordinary landscapes going through change.
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After curating and hanging a studding exhibition of their work in February, the New Coasters share their tapestries and drawings in the Summer Exhibition at the University of Greenwich School of Design.
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Congratulations to all the students: Hannes, Rachel, Jordan, Alex, Aliza, Dmitrjis, Aude, Rhiannon, Karly, Flynn, Yoanna, Sam, Tori, Elif. The complex projects would also not have been possible without the generous support of technical staff and guests, including: Robbie Munn, Francis Olvez Wilshaw, Sven Reindl, Jon Shaw, Sam Sheard, Phil Watson, David Waterworth, and Simon Withers. Thank you!
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We created a book of the 2023/24 studio. Get in touch if you would like a copy!

[Image credit: Cover of book featuring tapestry by Rachel Clements, 2023]