Coalhouse, Stiltbury is a bricolage of local Tilbury architecture and life. Elevated upon stilts and using the Victorian Coalhouse Fort as a foundation, it will be the first of many stilt towns to follow, forming an archipelago along the Thames riverfront.

Tilbury and much of Essex flooded in 1953, devastating homes and businesses, and incurring heavy losses of life. With rising sea levels, this is expected to become an annual event. In response to this, Coalhouse, Stiltbury will rise above the water which will create a new way of living. It will be made of salvage from local infrastructure, collaging it together, and rebuilding Tilbury in a way that the floods will never cause such devastation again.

The workforce to realise such a project will emerge from Tilbury's large unemployed population as they retrain and learn the construction trade. This will allow Coalhouse, Stiltbury to be built and also provide the people of Tilbury with transferable skills and income. Within the stilt town, the residents will have agency to modify the architecture at a smaller scale to take ownership of the space and make it theirs.