Community Arts Centre, Hackney Wick 2010-12
Hackney Wick and Fish Island are located immediately west of the Olympics site, and have been identified by the London Development Agency as a key component of the ‘Olympic Fringe’. These areas are integral to the LDA’s vision that the Legacy of the 2012 Olympics will fundamentally improve conditions - physical, social and economic - across East London.
The competition entry proposed that the White Building be a space for creativity that:
1 Is built by local people for local people2 Foregrounds the pleasures of making
3 Resonates with the history of the area
4 Works with the existing building fabric
5 Demonstrates innovative sustainable design
6 Is realised affordably and quickly
7 Shows a past and future London at the Olympics
http://www.davidkohn.co.uk/projects/current/white-building/
