1.3 Jubilee line extension

The Jubilee line, opened in 1979, originally terminated at Charing Cross. Over the next 15 years a number of proposals for extensions, including along the river and down towards south-east London, were considered. The project to extend the line to Stratford created strategic connections to East London and crucially, to the developing Isle of Dogs district. At the time of its construction it was one of the most expensive transport projects (cost per distance) in the world. It was also unusual in the client's approach to commissioning the project - with an architect leading the design of each station, even extending to fixtures and utilitarian vents.

Stations on the visit:
Canning Town - Troughton McAslan
North Greenwich - Alsop
Canary Wharf - Foster and Partners
Bermondsey - Ian Ritchie
Southwark - MacCormac Jamieson Prichard
Westminster - Michael Hopkins and Partners

Use your Project Diary sketchbook and draw freehand.
Travel light and practice sketching from direct observation and analysis of spaces, structures and your experience of them.

In particular we expect to see sketch sections of each station we visit. These require you to quickly analyse what you see and experience and translate it from 3-dimensional space to an orthographic drawing. In addition you should record, in drawn form, anything that interests you about the stations. This might be spatial, material, detail, structural, circulation or other patterns of use.

Be mindful of other passengers and pay attention to any requests from station staff.
There is no automatic right to take photos on London Underground. Tripods and camera flashes are absolutely forbidden.

There are some interesting diagrams, drawings and photos from the construction, in the documents here: http://www.omegacentre.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/studies/cases/metro-london_jubilee_2.php

Practical Exercises from The Street in Species of Spaces and Other Pieces, Georges Perec [844.914 PER]
The Jubilee Line Extension, Kenneth Powell [388.47209421]
Architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension, David Bennett [725.310942 BEN]

from top: early sketch section of North Greenwich showing the elevated garden concept;
longitudinal section of Canary Wharf;
early sketch of Southwark platform-level concourse;
exploded isometric of Westminster station and Portcullis House