Elizabeth Johns has been nominated for the RIBA ELAG Student Award 2025 for Sustainable Design for her project titled ‘Forging Civic Connections’ is a new hub for Stratford’s creative community that repairs the high street along West Ham Lane through insertion of two new buildings: one is housing a community workshop and the other a series of exhibition spaces. The new civic yard to the rear, provides flexible open spaces for forging connections between the public and the artists community at Alice Billing House. Congratulations and fingers crossed!
in connection with Unit A's investigation into Stratford Civic Centre (2024-25)
Unit A
Unit A is a research-led BSc Architecture Design Studio at the University of East London, led by Carsten Jungfer and Fernanda Palmieri. We work with live-project situations and connect design learning with research through knowledge exchange between students and external partner organisations. Unit A focuses on social-spatial conditions within contested urban contexts and understands architectural design both as a spatial and strategic response to specific socio-spatial contexts.