Spring begins

It was really good to visit the site again yesterday - great to see the parks in sunshine (and with a few people in them!), rather than draped in grey gloom like last time round. The knee-deep plane leaves were also gone, which made the existing structure much easier to see - and was a well-timed reminder of how bumpy the topography of Dickens Park is!

It was impossible not to notice autumn with all those leaves around last time, and spring is definitely springing now - I want to emphasise a continual sense of seasonal transformation in my design.

 
The low sun was creating some lovely textural shadows. Even two of the world's most most boring walls were livened up a bit:

And there's no escaping the Shard in this area of course; the ethos behind it has little relevance for my site, but it's certainly claimed its place as a landmark of the London skyline: