The project focuses on the regeneration of the Margate Lido complex. It provides alternative routes from the city to the promenade and through the building determined by individual’s needs and activities. Reuse of recycled plastic is explored, the effect of the material’s interplay with light creates beautiful, colourful shadows. The project caters for the many local language schools in Margate by proposing an accommodation building for visiting students.

The stepped building massing creates more convenient routes through and around the building. Atriums allow more natural ventilation and direct daylight into the hidden space below. The accommodation includes 65 rooms, a large study area, a gym and canteen. The students can choose between two different types of room and have the option to walk and exercise on the accessible green roof.

The rich history of the existing building, the experience of the colourful shadow effects in bedrooms from sunlight filtering through recycled plastic facades, and the orientation that allows all rooms to have sea views, would make this accommodation both unique and enticing to language school students.