Now in it’s fifth and final edition, the London Festival of Architecture’s Pews and Perches design competition has delivered 6 new bespoke public benches scattered around the Royal Docks.
The competition called for architecture and design students, recent graduates and emerging practitioners to deliver bench proposals that explore creative ways to use and reuse materials and take inspiration from the Royal Docks, its proximity to the water and the communities who live there.
To find out more about the project, head to lfa.london/pews.
To explore the whole LFA2024 programme, head to lfa.london.
This episode was produced and edited by Katya Spiers. You can find a transcript of the conversation below.
Timestamps:
02:06: From Trash to Treasure, UEL
11:10: Now is The Time to Moor Off
17:30: The Flow Bench
27:00: On the Cobbles
33:02: 66C02
38:51: Submarine Cables
Image: Pews and Perches, LFA2024 © Luke O’Donovan
Image description: A collage of 6 benches in-situ in the Royal Docks.