Narrative: Industrial heritage
Objective: Ebbsfleet’s industrial heritage and the surrounding industrial context inspires the design language, materials palette, and colour schemes of the public realm in line with the defined landscape character areas.
During a review of the site’s history, a strong industrial heritage in connection with the site’s quarries and location along the River Thames was revealed. While large parts of this heritage have already been removed, a number of distinctive industrial features can be located within the existing landscape and views across the River Thames toward Tilbury Docks have a strong industrial character.
View of Tilbury Docks from Northfleet Riverside, at Robin’s Creek.
A summary of potential ways to incorporate this theme into the public realm is as follows:
The integration of locally inspired architectural language into the specified street furniture, shelters, or structures.
The use of locally sourced concrete within paving and public realm furniture.
The bright, primary colours within the site furnishing palette of the public realm.
The retention of industrial artefacts or structures from across the area’s long industrial history, including recent history.
