alkerden major urban park
Design development opportunities and concepts identified within the park boundary for input by the principal artist. Masterplan base drawing by Define Landscape Architects.
Design concept models based for concrete slabs the numbered field patterns illustrated on the 1840 Tithe Map of Swanscombe.
Text-based work inspired by chalk quarries and cement manufacture at Swanscombe, Kent as part of draft design development.
Precipitous edges, ledges and chalk spine pathways were the norm for the people who lived here. ‘The tram drivers pronounced it Holey City.’ (Ref: A Concise History of Swanscombe. C.R. Bull, BA, Dartford Local History Leaflet no.16).
Image: FrancisKnight Public Art Consultants
Christopher Tipping & Joe Gerrard, Director Define Landscape Architects, looking out over the Western Quarry site, Alkerden.
Photographic collage exploring concepts for the park landscape and interpretation
Chalk cliffs on site during landscape works and re-modelling
Text-based work inspired by chalk quarries and cement manufacture at Swanscombe, Kent as part of draft design development
Image: By permission ©Gordon Edgar
Western Chalk Quarry Swanscombe in the snow with Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd (APCM) Engine No.3 November 1970