Hackney Wick Station photos by Collaborating Artist Wendy Hardie 2018

Hackney Wick Station, Olympic Legacy Project, 2014-18.

Hackney Wick Station photos by Collaborating Artist Wendy Hardie 2018

Hackney Wick Station, East London.

An Art Architecture Collaboration with Adam Brown of Landolt + Brown Architects, 2014-18.

Planning consented 2014, opened 2018.

AWARDS:

RIBA NATIONAL 2019,  RIBA LONDON 2019,

New London Architecture NLA Outright winner for Transport + Infrastructure 2019, shortlisted for Mayors Prize for Good Growth 2019.

AJ National Awards, Runner Up for Transport + Infrastructure, Highly Commended, 2019.

Concrete Society, outright winner in UK Concrete Awards 2019,

Civic Trust Winner 2019

World Architecture News, WAN, Outright winner for Transport + Infrastructure 2019 Gold Award.

RIBA CLIENT of the YEAR, outright winner Network Rail for Hackney Wick Station, London Bridge Station and Ordsall Chord.

Concept Development:

Wendy Hardie -Hackney Wick Station Artist's Concept Design 2014 e

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Hackney Wick Station Artist Wendy Hardie’s Lighting Study for Molecular Glass Wall Installation 2014-16

(above) Artist’s study for Molecular Glass Wall Installation lighting 2014-16.  1:10 Model/ Maquette of  Hackney Wick Station Underpass by Model Maker Ben Davidson and the Artist, 2014. ………………… Hackney Wick Station opened in May 2018 but will not fully complete until late 2019. The north entrance and the public side of the underpass tunnel will be shut during this period but the underpass space is under consideration for events, performances and photo shoots for the creative industries.  The lighting will not be fully operational or optimally balanced for a further few months.

Built Photographs:

Hackney Wick Station south staircase - staircase as sculpture. Landolt + Brown Architects and collaborating artist Wendy Hardie. Photo Wendy Hardie 2018.

(above) The southern board shuttered, cast concrete staircase, conceived to be a highly sculptural object, as much sculpture as staircase. The suspended fins wrap around it forming a canopied space inspired by the Lee Navigation’s canal and riverside weeping willows. The concrete’s board shuttered texture was achieved by the use of raw, saw cut Douglas fir planks used for the formwork. The formwork marking echoes the highly textured bark of the weeping willow and forms a continuous ascent from ground level to platform level as it would with the tree itself.

Hackney Wick Station’s Molecular Glass Wall Installation and lighting for future public underpass by Collaborating Artist Wendy HardieNight view from the public side of the underpass (as yet to be opened with lighting adjusted for shadow projection).

Hackney Wick Station’s Molecular Glass Wall Installation and future public underpass lighting by Collaborating Artist Wendy Hardie - photo 2018Night View from the public underpass (as yet to be opened with lighting adjusted for shadow projection).

Hackney Wick Station Daytime View of Molecular Glass Wall Installation by Collaborating Artist Wendy Hardie 2018Day view from the public side of the underpass (as yet to be opened with lighting unadjusted).

Hackney Wick Station - Detail View Of Molecular Glass Wall Installation with sunlight refracting through the glass by Collaborating Artist Wendy Hardie 2018

(above)  At certain times of the year when the sun is low enough in the sky, sunlight will refract through the plate glass hexagons and cast rainbow bands of light across the floor next to the south entrance. These colours echo Meldola Blue, invented in Hackney Wick, and Primuline Yellow, both important colour markers in the dye industry, as well as translucent amber coloured shellac, all produced in the Wick.

Hackney Wick Station’s Molecular Glass Wall Installation - Wendy Hardie

September 30th 11.45am 2018

Hackney Wick Station’s Molecular Glass Wall Installation by artist Wendy Hardie in Collaboration with Adam Brown of Landolt + Brown Architects

Hackney Wick Station - View of the Corten and Molecular Glass Wall reflecting the red H W building opposite, Landolt + Brown Architects in collaboration with Artist Wendy Hardie. Photo by Wendy Hardie, 2018
Hackney Wick Station (Detail) 2018.

Hackney Wick Station’s Concrete Molecular Chemistry Frieze - detail view of triangular deboss- Collaborating Artist Wendy Hardie 2018

Molecular Chemistry concrete frieze ( detail view of one of the debossed abstracted molecular structures found along the 22m wall).

Hackney Wick Station’s Concrete Molecular Chemistry Frieze by Collaborating Artist Wendy Hardie

All photographs by Wendy Hardie. Copyright Wendy Hardie.

For more information on the background of the design of Hackney Wick station visit https://landoltbrownportfolio.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/hackney-wick-station/