Tutorship Welsh School of Architecture, Year 3 BSc
Drawing: Matthew Gilbert
As cities expand and grow, allocation of industry gets placed further to the periphery of cities. Whether in the form of ‘warehouse lots’ or ‘industrial parks’, these places become segregated and contained with little or no connection to the city. Taking this as a contemporary condition, the studio will investigate the importance of these spaces to cities, in activating street life, relationships to infrastructure and buildings by providing generosity to those working and living within.
Investigation will be focused on ensembles. Industrial use quite often requires as much exterior space as interior with vehicle servicing and parking thereby giving importance to the space between structures. Strong emphasis of the studio will be placed on the composition of these spaces in relation to buildings, infrastructure and landscape.
collaborators: Rob Stevens, Chris Wilkins
The territory of the roadside remains unapparent and dormant. It only manifests itself through definition of its adjacenies. From the wide expanse of North American highways to small village roads in Britain, it has served as a space of importance from it being a catalyst of growth of villages and cities. It has the attraction of the space of beginnings and transitions. Not only considering it from its relationship to the road but more importantly, the territory as a part of a landscape beyond.
Model: Phineas Harper
Drawing: Matthew Gilbert