The project outlines an excavation of a segment of the Victoria Embankment, to reconnect Londoners with the infrastructure and history of the River Thames as an urban space. From the 13th century until the Victoria Embankment was built, the The Temple Gardens were directly accessible from the river. The Thames Embankment Act of 1862, which reserves a right of access for members of the Temple, has been left unnoticed. Although the Thames is owned by the London Port Authority the river bed is part of Crown Estate, and could therefore be considered public grounds. An excavation here could have profound political implications, as prompted by the forgotten the Embankment Act. Not just because a cut into the Gardens reverses the assumed direction of riverfront development, but also by opening ways in which communities that have not historically been recognised in an archaeological discipline, beachcombers and mudlarkers, can pass on their knowledge and experiences. Deepening the foreshore would allow for a literal horizontal reading of the past 8 centuries of embanking at Temple Gardens. Where natural processes are let to influence what is public and what is not could enable a more realistic view what is society and what is nature.