To develop the concept for her Clerkenwell Designpost, Kate Woodcock looked back in time and deep underground. The form of her structure explores the etymology of the district and its historic relationship with water. Each plinth represents a different strand of this history, beginning with Clerkenwell’s origins in the 1100s as the ‘Clerk’s Well’, a source of water used by the various monastic houses of the area, beneath what is now Farringdon Road. By bringing these stories to the surface, Kate hopes to make visitors think about the hidden world beneath their feet and its role in shaping the ground above.