The Tide, London’s first linear cultural park, opened last weekend with Turning Tides Festival, with free events going on the weekends on 5-7 & 12-14 July 2019.
In 2014 Futurecity devised The P5K (Peninsula 5 Kilometre Running Track) concept, which reimagined Greenwich Peninsula’s public realm as a monumental, elevated, artist-designed sculptural ribbon for runners, walkers and cyclists. Visible from the air, it would entwine the Peninsula, bringing together its vast but disconnected and developing landscape.
We’re delighted that The Tide brings that vision into reality. Equal parts park and promenade, gallery and garden.
Read more about FC’s Cultural Strategy for the Greenwich Peninsula: https://futurecity.co.uk/portfolio/greenwich-peninsula/
The Tide has been designed by the New York’s High Line architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and landscape architects Gross Max and Neiheiser Argyros. The first phase of the project was delivered in July 2019.
Hydra & Kali, Mermaid, by Damien Hirst. Head in the Wind by Allen Jones
The newly-installed public art by artist like Allen Jones, Damien Hirst and Morag Myerscough offer various sculptures and installations, and joins existing works by artists Anthony Gormley and Gary Hume.
The architectural duo, Heather Peak and Ivan Morison, also known as Studio Morison, have also contributed to The Tide. Their piece The Seafood Disco is London’s longest outdoor picnic table stretching 27 metres along the riverfront. It was lovely to see their new artwork, having worked with Studio Morison on Bronze House for Great Kneighton in 2014.