The project explores themes of gentrification, community, and identity through the lens of memory, nostalgia, and their translation into an architectural methodology. It aims to use an integrated design approach to consider how we might remember through spatial and environmental translations. The structural strategy investigates ideas of material reuse, self-build methodology, and a layered building approach. The project anchors itself to the intersection of radical self-building communities rooted in architecture and the site’s relationship to artistic DIY culture. The building functions both as a live/workspace, as well as the heart of an expanding corridor on which self-built memories are built. The expanding nature of the building is key to the building systems and construction methods developed. The narrative of the building builds upon the tragic story of Vittoria wharf, which reflects the wider story of Hackney Wick. A collective of characters unite to preserve the spirit of the place by establishing a live/work workshop which preserves their lifestyle in the wake of rampant gentrification, while actively resisting the erosion of memory through active reconstruction.