date: Mon Jun 17 17:22:14 2002
from: Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: FW: Hunstanton Coastguards Tower
to: "Simon Torok" <s.torok@uea.ac.uk>

   Simon,
   I agree - the idea sounds great.
   Frank Jackson, founder and support of the Jackson Environment Institute, might be one - he
   is from Suffolk.  His relations with UEA have been frosty of course - but his Foundation
   seeks local projects that engage with the public I think - and he made his money in
   construction.
   I would have thought too that such a good idea might be eligible for funding from some
   national schemes promoting env. education and public engagement - but not sure what.
   And of course the Queen has a residence not far from Hunstanton - Sandringham - and Prince
   Charles is definitely rich, and has interests in both climate change and architecture.
   Would have thought the right approach to him might bear fruit.
   Mike
   At 12:49 17/06/02 +0100, you wrote:

     Dear Mike, Koen, Andrew and Larissa,
     This interesting architect is keen to develop a coastguard tower into a climate change
     public awareness centre (think Science Museum, Swaffham Ecotech Centre, etc). The tower
     is up for sale as a private residence or other use.
     She phoned the other day and the project sounds fascinating. I have put her in touch
     with people at Norfolk Education and Ecotech, and offered advice, information, and
     speakers once it is a reality. But do you have any contacts (such as a rich East Anglian
     with interests in climate change and architecture!) who would be able to help get the
     project off the ground?
     Please reply to Sarah, copying me in.
     -----Original Message-----
     From: Rivgo@aol.com [[1]mailto:Rivgo@aol.com]
     Hi Simon,
     The following is from a flyer I am circulating, it contains the crucial info
     on the project:
     THE FORMER COASTGUARD TOWER IN HUNSTANTON:
     The former coastguard tower on the cliffs in Hunstanton has a lifetime of up
     to fifty years before it falls into the sea due to erosion of the coastline.
     The limited lifetime of the building and the threat it lives under from the
     approaching cliff-edge has poetic parallels to the long-term threat to our
     current lifestyles and ways of living from climate change. The threat to the
     building makes us ask ourselves to what extent we need to adapt our current
     lifestyles over these fifty years in order to create a sustainable future for
     our communities.
     I wish to convert the tower into a centre for awareness of climate change.
     The conversion would allow public access to the tower, including to the
     viewing level from where a stunning view of the coastline, sea and
     countryside can be enjoyed. The conversion would make legible the approaching
      erosion of the cliffs and would document the steps towards the eventual
     demise of the building as it falls into the sea.
     The conversion would be to a high architectural standard and would create a
     building with a  public profile to beneft the town of Hunstanton as a whole.
     I am an architect, born and brought up in Norfolk. I trained in London and
     have worked in London, New York and Munich. I currently teach architectural
     and urban design at the Technical University in Berlin.
     I am looking for financial support for the purchase and conversion of the
     tower. I am looking for groups interested in public awareness of climate
     change to finance and to run the centre.
     Please contact:     Sarah Riviere, MRIBA
     AT:             Eisenbahnstrasse 18, 10997 Berlin, Germany.
     OR:             Margaretta House, Clenchwarton, Kings Lynn, PE34 4BG.
     TEL:            00 49 30 61073105 (Berlin)
     FAX:            00 49 30 69518609
     EMAIL           rivgo@aol.com

