[Y/N] studio: the lidoline in london by

the lidoline in london by [Y/N] studio

based out of the UK, [Y/N] studio is helping london’s canals curate existing forgotten or underused green spaces, kickstarting re-generation in their wake. built to originally carry materials across the length and breadth of london to places of industry, the systems have now lost their main purpose. being largely defunct with the canal becoming a place for leisure rather than a place of commerce, the project proposes the insertion of a clean, safe ‘basin’ for where to swim.

the ‘lidoline’ flips the regents water-way as it was originally intended, connecting raw materials (people/workers) to the place of production, making swimming a viable alternative to cycling or walking to work. the routes could be formed by a breathable, multi-layered membrane, filtering detritus and bacteria at decreasing scales. bio-diversity and cleanliness would be further improved by incorporating oxygenating reeds in key locations. the ‘lidoline’ would form a new network for london, making existing spaces greater than the sum of their parts, rather than blindly multiplying under-used, functionless green spaces.