This project focuses on the boundaries of Canvey Island, a flat and low-lying alluvial fan whose average elevation is 3m below mean high water. It has a long history of storm surges, with the great flood of 1953 causing significant damage and loss of life on Canvey.

Canvey is defended by a 14km long network of sea defences, including reinforced concrete walls and support structures along the shoreline. The sea wall has existed for more than 50 years and with continual renovation planned will be growing and expanding for the next 50 years to come. This wall acts as a protective boundary to the site, but also cuts off natural habitats for animals and plants. It blocks inhabitants’ sea view, and walking along the wall gives a strange and obvious sense of fragmentation.

In order to re-express the wall's opposition and compatibility, and keeping Canvey safe from flooding and sea level rise for a longer period, the island’s natural character is utilised, allowing the material from the tidal action to gradually build up outside the wall, permitting it to grow naturally, eventually becoming an island and replacing the wall as a natural barrier to the site.