The Peninsula 5 Kilometre Running Track (P5K) was developed as a strategic cultural project for Greenwich Peninsula, exploring how movement-based infrastructure could shape identity, connectivity and experience across a large riverside district.

Conceived as an artist-designed route for runners, walkers and cyclists, the P5K reimagined the public realm as a continuous sculptural ribbon, visible at the scale of the city. The project sought to connect the Peninsula’s evolving and often fragmented landscape, creating a legible loop that brought together open space, development plots and the Thames Path into a single, shared experience.

The concept was developed collaboratively with engineers Price & Myers, creative advisor Andrew Missingham and members of the Nike Foundation, testing how cultural infrastructure could also support sponsorship, participation and long-term stewardship. The wider masterplanning context was led by Allies and Morrison, with early design work for Phase One developed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gross Max.

Later iterations evolved the route into a lightweight elevated walkway, connecting a series of landscaped “islands” supported by sculptural steel columns. These islands were conceived as places to pause as well as move, integrating planting, seating and small-scale amenities within the landscape below.

Planned for phased delivery over 10–15 years, the P5K project - now known as The Tide - demonstrates how cultural thinking can operate at an infrastructural scale - using movement, visibility and shared use to shape long-term identity and experience across a major urban development.