ID:333 | Open in NocoDB | Type:Drawing | Themes:3 | Attachments:1 | Finding:41 chars | Connections:0→0 | Location:52.509753788978664, -2.083536796702776 | Weather:1 tags | Date:Saturday 31 July 2021 | Press 'D' to close

Dudley Time Portal

Bank - good principal focus for view down - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Bank - good principal focus for view down
Added to Archive Thursday 21 October 2021
Experienced Saturday 31 July 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 27 January 2026
Location 52.509753788978664, -2.083536796702776
Season Summer
Type Drawing Text
Weather Cloudy
Themes Architecture Identity Views
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More tagged with theme Architecture
Lichen as bioindicators Lichen Vs Carbon. These concept models look to document both the current state of Dudley Highstreet and the vision looking towards the future within this thesis project. The lichen covered model looks towards a future in Dudley that is rich in texture, colour, nature and oxygen. Natural materials promote natural growth, and textures such as rough sawn timber and stone are the prefect hosts for lichen. All new buildings in Dudley would benefit massively from following a fabric first approach and adopt the use of sustainable and recycled building materials along with systems that use minimal energy. The lichen model represents a vision for this thesis, buildings that are covered in natural materials and lichens that help sequester carbon and promote a healthier Highstreet. Suggestions of raised buildings also proposes less disruption to the ground and natural landscape, giving plants and animals the opportunity to thrive in an otherwise hostile concrete environment. Raised buildings also look towards a future planet with rising sea levels, future factors that will drastically affect the way we carry out daily lives and futureproofing all buildings for generations to come. This second model uses the Shou Sugi Ban method of charring timber to waterproof it. In this case however it represents the embodied carbon and pollution within the highstreet as it exists now. The simplicity and repetition is also used to symbolise the plain nature of the highstreet with only a few materials exhibited, mainly brick & concrete. Once burnt the timber forms were brushed with wire wool to reveal the natural grain of the wood, a visual representation of degradation of layers of buildings that are built poorly or not constructed to last longer than a generation. - Michelle Gartside Model 5.png
Dudley Vernacular - Michelle Gartside Dudley Vernacular 2.png
Loss or original building line enclosure too much horizontality - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Tiny shrub on top of church - 210730 1400 Tiny Things.jpg
This visual represents the vision for the thesis, buildings covered in lichens, air purifying plants and community activities held on the Highstreet. This visual focuses in on the proposed site for the building and shows expression of a raised new build component on site as well as a full and wild landscaping plan. - Michelle Gartside Visualisation.png
More tagged with type Text
Peeling layers of paint grey, blue, red, green layers of the past revealing themselves... - 210731 1050.jpg
Rotten window frames, cracked plaster - 210731 1050.jpg
Burgers - 211110 1730 Smell.png
General wind howl - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png
People chatting & saying hi to someone passing in their car - 210730 1530 Friendliness.jpg
More tagged with type Drawing
[Drawing] - 211007 1500 Waste 16.png
270 Castle Street paper facade model - Michelle Gartside Paper Facade Model 270 Castle Street model.png
[Drawing - pepsi logo] - 211007 1500 Waste 10.png
Top Church spire focal point - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
These are stepping stones that we wanted to achieve, with a scale of intervention, starting with small changes that could still have a big impact e.g. street furniture. At the other end of the scale is topography, where larger adaptations can be made for what we want to achieve. - 1_aCYWhkx_P64AMPeLQJIBqw.png