ID:14 | Open in NocoDB | Type:Drawing | Themes:25 | Attachments:1 | Finding:112 chars | Connections:0→0 | Location:52.50933519823434, -2.0848453308091512 | Weather:None | Date:Wednesday 14 April 2021 | Press 'D' to close

Dudley Time Portal

A green wall facade across the passageway could create a bold landmark to attract people to the courtyard space. - 1_zvyI4boskcIdwDPq-6EbUw.png
A green wall facade across the passageway could create a bold landmark to attract people to the courtyard space.
Added to Archive Thursday 17 February 2022
Experienced Wednesday 14 April 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 27 January 2026
Location 52.50933519823434, -2.0848453308091512
Type Drawing Imagining
Themes Actions Aesthetic Agency Care Change Colour Community Creativity Creatures Curiosity Difference Food Future Growing High Imagination Interacting Invitations Life Nature Opportunity People Plantlife Potential Views
What was/is/if What if
More tagged with theme Aesthetic
LAYERS TO THE HIGH STREET - To introduce covered, sheltered areas on the high street. Making the high street welcoming for the entire family and adding topographical value to the high street that is visually interesting. Adding another layer to the high street that will encourage exploring spaces for children as well as adults. - 1_uHX3-RDbo4tI8fS04tzp9g.png
Illuminated moon sign. Square coloured windows (Art Deco Aesthetic?) - 211110 1730 Aesthetic 2.png
Some good 18 + 19C facades but in poor condition - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Explore The History Of Site Voids - This will provide an opportunity to reimplement these to allow vertical green corridors to occur. Explore Vacant Buildings - To avoid damaging an already deteriorating high street, I aim only to take over vacant plots. Investigate the opportunity for Miyawaki planting - understand the conditions required to grow a sustainable material source on-site, including ground, water, and space conditions. It takes over a building that leads directly to an open space where a community hub is the centre of the thesis, offering education, community engagement and material celebration. - Ryan Cooksey Material Celebration Hub 1.png
Building Deterioration There was a familiar aesthetic regarding the buildings during the initial site visit to Dudley High Street. However, a large proportion of the façades that look onto the street have noticeable damage, graffiti or structural issues. With that said, these images (right) are an insight into some of the damage. If the local authorities saw the high street as a priority, then damages and aesthetics would have been resolved and fixed. However, as there are multiple damages, this assumes that this high street is not one authority wish to preserve. That said, this opens an opportunity. Instead of being a conservationist and repairing these buildings to their former glory, why not make them a statement piece within the high street. Possibly by placing a blanket ban on all of the current materials seen on the street. Instead, any repairs must be in Zero carbon / Carbon negative materials. This could then become an educational street with great architectural character. Both combined may increase the high streets footfall. The first step would be to highlight any listed buildings or monuments within the high street. - Ryan Cooksey Building Deterioration.png
More tagged with theme Creatures
A bowl of nature Nature's cereal, only to be consumed by wildlife. - Sita Patel More than human high street 3.png
Together, dad feeding birds - 210715 1600 Happiness.png
Geological story of the Black Country Video by Ellie Ramsey Narrated by Graham Worton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaxRX8-c2fU - Screenshot 2022-01-27 at 14_21_08.png
Dudley High Street is not only inhabited by human beings, but also by animals. Looking back on the formation of most cities, we can see the common attraction of urban landscapes to humans and and wild animals. I used recycled corrugated paper to make this creative painting. It shows the causal relationship between climate change and animals’ loss of habitat and forced into urban life when human beings are developing cities. It highlights the importance of protecting the environment while developing Dudley High Street in the future. - 0_u1aJqQVyjUUOkSH-.png
PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPE To create a safe family friendly pedestrianised space on Dudley's high street. By changing up the landscape and introducing micro ecosystem on the high street we aim to improve the health and well-being for the planet as well as the people of Dudley. - 1_mkCAvjf8W9Ou3S7RRn6QEQ.png
More tagged with theme Views
Loss of firm enclosure but still just about maintains the spatial flow - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
The classic Dudley view up to spire of Top Church - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Secondary focus old co-op - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Top Church spire focal point - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
The image shows what this space could look like as a productive landscape. Where all the space is used. Vertical growing space can be utilised for pollinators for heights out of human range and for fruit and herbs in the lower regions that lie within our grasp. Trees can provide shelter, pollen and fruit, as can shrubs. - 1_I1Zo_eW9Ylo2G6KP5uxbfw.png