Model produced during lockdown out of coloured card and textured foam base. It is a quick experiment to test the proposed geometries for the new facade of the former Darwin Shopping Centre. The aim was to portray the triangular geometries of Shrewsbury’s traditional Tudor architecture in a contemporary way.
Posted 12 Jun 2020 14:09
The Desire Path - An alternative journey from Frankwell Footbridge to the High Street through the 70 steps. The path has been carved through the former Riverside and Darwin Shopping Centres to bring back a sense of place and improve the public realm through the site.
Posted 12 Jun 2020 13:59
View towards St Mary's Church and the historical 70 steps from the proposed university facilities located in the former Darwin Shopping Centre.
Posted 12 Jun 2020 13:37
Longitudinal section of the journey
Posted 23 Apr 2020 11:13
The proposed path carves through the existing buildings to connect Frankwells Footbridge with the hidden medieval ’70 steps’
Posted 23 Apr 2020 10:55
The amount of existing retail space has failed as the Riverside Shopping Centre is almost vacant. Therefore, I have proposed to decrease the amount of retail floor area to be substituted by a different programme. I believe that this is an opportunity to expand the university facilities, connecting the Guildhall building on the other side of the river, to the high street so students can be connected to the town centre.
Posted 23 Apr 2020 10:52
The desire path
‘A desire path is a path created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall traffic. The path usually represents the shortest or most easily navigated route between an origin and destination. These emerge as shortcuts where constructed ways take a circuitous route, have gaps or are non-existent.’
Posted 23 Apr 2020 10:49
Shrewsbury’s council has plans to demolish the Riverside Shopping Centre. However, based on the artistic influence of Gordon Matta Clark I decided to keep it and re-use it instead, to solve a problem of movement and identity through the site. Matta Clark used to create apertures on buildings which were about to be demolished, thus, I have used this technique as a concept to reveal elements of Shrewsbury which were hidden behind the shopping centres walls and help guide the visitor towards the town centre.
Posted 23 Apr 2020 10:46
Riverside shopping centre is used as a direct route to the town centre from Frankwells car park. It is frequently transitted by locals, however, people do not stop as the corridors are dark and many shops are vacant,
Posted 25 Oct 2019 14:37
