NEWHAM TRACKSIDE WALL…

RIBA Client adviser and project lead: Public artwork by one of the world’s leading artists, Sonia Boyce OBE RA.

Built 2021

Project lead  and client advice services for RIBA Stages 0 to 7, involving extensive community engagement and technical requirements that included a full scale prototype to test and validate the concept design for production from The Employer’s Design Requirement by Crossrail Ltd’s contractor.


Client: Atkins for Crossrail Chief Engineer’s Group

Consultants: Sonia Boyce OBE RA, UP Projects, Atkins, engineering.

Material research

Performance  research in The Alps

Validation the Employer’s Requirement

The Employer’s Requirement, prototype

Generic artist’s graphic

Designed and made for fast installation

Modularised panels with standardised details made installation safe, easy and quick.

Enhancing the station design

Artwork enhanced the existing Custom House station by providing a graphic podium on which the station stands above.

Installed artwork detail

Consistent print and alignment was achieved by high levels of digital coordination from artwork to production.