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34-472: ProxyAddress involves the use of a secure database comprising the address, associated username, current residence (if any), and the history of each user's account. Homeless people can use the ProxyAddress to provide consistent details to suppliers of key support services, thereby retaining or regaining access. Users are able to update their location and details online, via email, or by text message. Mail sent to

68-501: A corruption of 'Horse Down'. In Victorian times, Shad Thames included the largest warehouse complex in London. Completed in 1873, the warehouses housed huge quantities of tea, coffee, spices and other commodities, which were unloaded and loaded onto river boats. For this reason, the area became known as the 'larder of London'. An 1878 book says: Shad Thames, and, indeed, the whole river-side, contain extensive granaries and storehouses for

102-540: A day or so, often then proceeding through Tower Bridge (though they can go no further than the next crossing, London Bridge ). Police boats and speedboats pass by frequently, as do passenger boats (such as the Damien Hirst -decorated 'Tate to Tate' boat ), and yachts from St Katharine Docks on the north side of the river opposite Shad Thames. Owing to its buildings, cobbled streets, riverside views and proximity to landmarks such as Tower Bridge, Shad Thames has been used as

136-480: A design studio, creative workshop, two seminar rooms and a common room. The Design Museum offices and main reception, a meeting room and a film studio are also located on the first floor. On the ground floor, the largest gallery in the Design Museum showcases a programme of temporary exhibitions. Accessible from both Kensington High Street and Holland Park , the atrium acts as an events space. A main staircase from

170-569: A larger site which formerly housed the Commonwealth Institute in west London. This landmark from the 1960s, a Grade II* listed building, designed by Robert Matthew / Sir Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners architects that had stood vacant for over a decade, was developed by a design team led by John Pawson . Fit-out of the Design Museum's new home was carried out by Willmott Dixon Interiors. The Design Museum opened in its Kensington location on 24 November 2016. The move gave

204-460: A postal address allocated by the ProxyAddress system would be redirected to wherever the person might be staying — or even to somewhere that they could visit to collect their post. ProxyAddress was created by Chris Hildrey , an architect from Liverpool, United Kingdom, while a designers in residence at the Design Museum , London in 2017. As a result of research undertaken during this residency, it

238-563: Is a historic riverside street next to Tower Bridge in Bermondsey , London, England, and is also an informal name for the surrounding area. In the 19th century, the area included the largest warehouse complex in London. The street Shad Thames has Tower Bridge at its west end and runs along the south side of the River Thames , set back behind a row of converted warehouses ; it then takes a 90-degree turn south along St Saviour's Dock . The street

272-532: Is located Alternatively it may be from shad fish, which could be found in the Thames. The surrounding area is also today called Shad Thames, or Butler's Wharf (after the largest of the riverside warehouses). Both names refer to a 350 m × 250 m (1,148 ft × 820 ft) rectangle of streets, converted warehouses and newer buildings, bounded by the Thames, Tower Bridge Road , Tooley Street and St Saviour's Dock (or arguably Mill Street); it forms

306-514: Is partly cobbled . The nearest stations are Tower Hill , Tower Gateway (both requiring a river crossing to access), Bermondsey and London Bridge . The street Shad Thames is named as such in John Rocque 's 1747 map of London. The name may be a corruption of 'St John-at-Thames', a reference to the St John's Church which once stood south-west of the street, where the present-day London City Mission

340-452: Is said that a century of spices had infused into the brickwork, so after they were converted into flats the first residents of each building could still detect the scent after which it was named. Various new buildings have been constructed, with similarly evocative names, such as Spice Quay Heights and China Wharf . Shad Thames's proximity to the City of London , which is about a mile north-west on

374-564: The Commonwealth Institute . The former Design Museum was largely empty as of April 2017 and was expected to be converted into luxury apartments. The presence nearby of Tower Bridge , the Tower of London , Potters Fields Park , More London (where various cultural events take place) and The Shard means that this once-overlooked area is now frequented by tourists. Shad Thames has many residents, particularly living in converted warehouses, and development of new flats continues. They are represented by

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408-484: The Royal College of Art , V&A , Science Museum , Natural History Museum and Serpentine Gallery . Deyan Sudjic succeeded Alice Rawsthorn as director of the Design Museum in 2006. In 2016, Alice Black was appointed co-director. In 2019, Tim Marlow was appointed as director and chief executive. The top-floor space under the museum roof houses a permanent display, Designer Maker User, with key objects from

442-548: The Shad Thames Residents’ Association . The converted warehouses retain their original characteristic features of brickwork, winches, large sign-writing and so on, and most are named after the commodities which were originally stored in them – Vanilla & Sesame Court, Cayenne Court, Wheat Wharf, Tea Trade Wharf, with further buildings named after cinnamon , cardamom , fennel , caraway , ginger , cumin , tamarind , clove , anise and coriander . It

476-575: The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). The museum was originally housed in a former 1940s banana warehouse on the south bank of the River Thames in the Shad Thames area of London. The conversion of this warehouse altered it beyond recognition, to resemble a building in the International Modernist style of the 1930s. This was funded by many companies, designers and benefactors. The museum

510-588: The Design Museum for four months from January 2018 to April 2018. In September 2018, ProxyAddress received the backing of the UK Government through the Geovation Programme, an Ordnance Survey initiative dedicated to supporting the innovative use of property and location data in partnership with HM Land Registry. The same month, ProxyAddress won a pencil at the Design and Art Direction (D&AD) Impact Awards in

544-791: The Humanitarian Aid category and was awarded a seed grant from the Royal Society of Arts. In November 2018, ProxyAddress was exhibited at the Architectural Association , London as part of the Pushing the Boundaries exhibition which accompanied the Arts Foundation awards for Experimental Architecture. In December 2018, ProxyAddress was awarded the 2018 Royal Institute of British Architects ' President's Medal for Research which celebrates

578-501: The adjoining flats. Photographs from the early 20th century show that at the peak of warehouse usage there were many more of these bridges than survive today. There is a wide variety of river-going traffic next to Shad Thames. It is part of the particularly deep section of river called the Pool of London , which even ships can navigate. Hence, from time to time even full-size cruise ships or naval vessels will stop next to Shad Thames, usually for

612-418: The area went into decline as congestion and containerization forced shipping to unload goods further east, and the last warehouses closed in 1972. Many artists lived in the area in the 1970s (presumably owing to the low cost of living there); these reportedly included David Hockney and Derek Jarman . Shad Thames was regenerated in the 1980s and 1990s, when the disused but picturesque warehouses throughout

646-533: The area were converted into expensive flats, many with restaurants, bars, shops, etc. on the ground floor. As part of the regeneration of the area, designer and restaurateur Terence Conran opened a number of now well-known riverside restaurants, including Le Pont de la Tour , the Blueprint Cafe and the Butler's Wharf Chop House . The area also includes numerous cafes, bars, shops and estate agents. Public access to

680-469: The atrium gives access to all floors and offers views to the first and second floors and the hyperbolic paraboloid roof. A double-height space spanning the two lower levels, Gallery Two hosts a programme of temporary exhibitions dedicated to architecture, fashion, furniture, product and graphic design. The Bakala Auditorium seats 202 people and provide a purpose-designed space for a programme of talks, seminars, debates and public and private events throughout

714-607: The best global research in the fields of architecture and the built environment. Also in December 2018, Wired UK named ProxyAddress one of the '18 things that made the world a better place in 2018'. In February 2019, ProxyAddress was selected as part of the inaugural cohort of the Royal Society of Arts ' Economic Impact Accelerator in partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. In September 2019, ProxyAddress

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748-477: The bridge also command a view of the grey concrete Guoman Hotel (formerly known as the Tower Hotel ) on the north side of the river, considered by many to be an eyesore. Most of the warehouses retain the original relatively small windows, which limit their views; some of the newer buildings have better views—for example, flats on the east end of Spice Quay Heights have wide floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides. One of

782-550: The most north-easterly corner of the SE1 postcode district. The "Woodcut" map of London of c.  1561 calls the general area "Horssey Down". The 1872 Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map calls it "St John Horselydown", meaning the parish of St John's Church in Horselydown , though this area extended somewhat further south and west than the modern-day Shad Thames. As it was originally a large field for grazing horses and cattle, it may be

816-488: The museum three times more space than in its previous location at Shad Thames, with the new Swarovski Foundation Centre for Learning, 202-seat Bakala Auditorium and a dedicated gallery to display its permanent collection, accessible free of charge. The new building was the subject of a profile on the Sky Arts programme The Art of Architecture in 2019. The move brought the museum into Kensington's cultural quarter, joining

850-511: The museum won the European Museum of the Year Award . The museum operates as a registered charity , and all funds generated by ticket sales aid the museum in curating new exhibitions. The museum was founded in 1989 by Sir Terence Conran , with Stephen Bayley as inaugural CEO , after the two men had collaboratively created the highly successful exhibition space known as The Boilerhouse at

884-434: The museum's collection. A restaurant, members' lounge, residency studio and an events and gallery space are also located on the top floor. On the first floor, a design and architecture reference library is a resource for students, educators, researchers and designers. It also includes archive material relating to the history of the museum. The Swarovski Foundation Centre for Learning is a suite of learning facilities including

918-418: The other side of the river, means that many residents are wealthy City workers, and the restaurants are frequented by City folk at lunchtime. Consequently, local property prices are very high. Properties with river views are particularly expensive, having balconies and dramatic views of the Thames, Wapping (across the river), Tower Bridge, the " Gherkin ", and even the distant Canary Wharf , though flats nearer

952-429: The riverside was obtained by local community activists including Maggie Blake, after whom an alley leading from Shad Thames to the riverfront, Maggie Blake's Cause, is named. Terence Conran was also involved in founding the Design Museum near the east end of Shad Thames, which housed exhibitions of graphic and product design; however, the museum relocated to Kensington in 2016 to a larger building formerly occupied by

986-597: The student residences of the London School of Economics is located on Gainsford Street in the centre of the area. Among the most striking features of Shad Thames are the walkways which criss-cross the street high overhead. Most of them now connect the Butlers Wharf building and the Cardamom Building and were originally used as bridges to roll barrels and the like between warehouses. They are now used as balconies by

1020-413: The supply of the metropolis. Indeed, from Morgan's Lane—a turning about the middle of Tooley Street, on the north side, to St. Saviour's (once called Savory) Dock, the whole line of street—called in one part Pickle Herring Street, and in another Shad Thames—exhibits an uninterrupted series of wharves, warehouses, mills, and factories, on both sides of the narrow and crowded roadway. During the 20th century,

1054-672: The year. The basement accommodates a collections store, exhibition preparation spaces and a locker area for visitors. The Design Museum has an award scheme which Brit Insurance sponsored from 2003 until 2011. Designs produced over the previous 12 months worldwide are eligible. A number of design experts are invited to nominate up to five projects each, falling into the seven categories of architecture, transport, graphics, interactive, product, furniture and fashion. Since 2015, there have been six categories: architecture, fashion, graphics, digital, product and transport. Beazley became exhibition sponsor in 2016. Shad Thames Shad Thames

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1088-527: Was discovered that access to governmental and private sector services or support is generally placed out of reach once a person is made homeless owing to a lack of permanent address. From April 2017 to December 2017, ProxyAddress was created by Chris Hildrey as part of the Arts Council England -funded Designers in Residence programme at the Design Museum , London. The project was subsequently exhibited at

1122-460: Was principally designed by the Conran group, with exhibitions over two floors, and a "Design Museum Tank" exhibition space out by the waterfront. A large scale sculpture titled The Head of Invention by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi was installed in the area between the museum and the Thames. In June 2011, Sir Terence Conran donated £17.5 million to enable the museum to move in 2016 from the warehouse to

1156-811: Was shortlisted for the Beazley Designs of the Year 2019 in the architecture category. An accompanying exhibition is currently hosted at the Design Museum , London. ProxyAddress is partnered with multiple stakeholders across the Government, charity, and finance sectors, including: Monzo , Crisis , The Big Issue , Ordnance Survey , HM Land Registry , the Royal Society of Arts and Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. Design Museum The Design Museum in Kensington , London, England, exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018,

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