dRMM–The Architects –

Our approach was simple: to develop the project with the people of Hastings through a series of participation events and workshops.

We discovered a community that was individualistic and eclectic but with a proud shared identity embodied in the pier. 
Following the consultation period, we created a stable platform structure which is sustainable and flexible and serves to accommodate a broad range of future uses.

In all our cultural projects we look to involve the public as much as possible, and from its inception we have tried to give the people of Hastings the lead in the redevelopment of their much-loved Pier.

The new structure is one that we trust the Victorian forefathers would embrace: Pier as engineering spectacle in close connection with the sea, but also as an on-going project, reinventing itself for each successive generation.