Emerge East at Station Square

Executive summary from entrant:

Designed for civic life, Barking Riverside’s Station Square is an important piece of public realm that seeds meanwhile uses and creates place connection.

Connecting Barking Riverside’s Overground Station with the pier and river frontage, the space is the setting for a variety of activations including Emerge East: a free festival celebrating community, creativity and nature.

Emerge East helps establish Barking Riverside’s place on London’s map, marking it as a new destination for local communities and Londoners alike, whether living, working, playing or visiting here.