Information about the location

o The park was once the grounds and garden of valence Manor House , now the borough's museum.

o Valence House served as the town hall until 1937, when the Dagenham Civic Centre was completed o Valance house museum, Heritage Study Centre and local library are all situated on the edge of the park on Becontree Avenue o In 1926, the LCC laid out 24 acres of the old Valence lands as a public park, two-thirds for informal recreation with open space, grass and some trees. o Various facilities were provided, a bandstand and formal planting, but the majority has now gone, including its open-air swimming pool, which closed in 1971. Facilities at the site include a children’s play area, four football pitches and a fishing lake o Valence House Museum is the only surviving manor house in Dagenham

Daniel Libeskind

I find his work very interesting

Daniel Libeskind's work mostly consists of adding an extension to the existing architecture

The angular slices of window, made from glass, allow light that creates a disorienting, almost violent feeling throughout the structure

His work is often described as Deconstructivism, a style of postmodern architecture characterized by fragmentation and distortion

Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong

symbolism is a dominant feature of the design the montage of oddly angled asymmetrical steel-reinforced concrete slabs is meant to represent ’the anarchic nature of the creative process building brings together under one roof the new-media, film, design, and photography departments.

The distinctive crystalline design will create an extraordinary range of spaces rich in form, light, and material