8. Context
●The Corporation of Trinity House was
originally a voluntary association of
shipmen and mariners, and was
granted a charter by Henry VIII in
1514
●The river wall along the Lea was
rebuilt in brick in 1822, making this the
oldest surviving structure on the site.
●Many new buildings were constructed
during the Victorian period, and a
number still survive of which the
earliest, the Electrician's Building, was
built in 1836
Electrician's Building
River wall Along The Lea
9. Container City
●Early in the Trinity Buoy Wharf project we
devised an innovative way of building affordable
new workspace.
●The prototypes, "Container City 1" and
“Container City 2” were built at Trinity Buoy
Wharf in 2000 and 2002.
●“The Riverside Building” is made from 73
containers and providing 22 separate units on
five floor it was completed in September 2005.
Riverside
Building
Container
City
10. Greenwich Context
●Sir Christopher Wren designed the Royal
Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. The
Painted Hall was painted by Sir James
Thornhill (1675-1734).
●Greenwich University began as a
polytechnic in 1890. It became a university
in 1992.
12. Sir James ThornHill
●Sir James Thornhill (25
July 1675 or 1676 – 4 May
1734) was an English
painter of historical
subjects working in the
Italian baroque tradition.
●Sir James Thornhill
painted the art work seen
in greenwich hospital
●He does done painting in
Blenheim Palace and has
many famous paintings like
Gods on Mount Olympus
and Apollo and Daphne
