Masterplan | Thesis: At Shrewsbury, the way what town and building are mediated is by a sophisticated manipulation of fragments. The west gate of the medieval town Shrewsbury became fragmented after 1960s urban clearance. Instead of viewing the fragments needed rectification, this project looked in and exacerbated these differences, by learning from these 'anonymous' fragments and the demolished fabric to create a series of defined artifacts with scripted characters. Meanwhile, applying ideal spaces to both open space and figures to form a taxonomy of parts, making the town as a stage and backdrop for theatrical life. The project is to find the missing forms, to reinterpret Shrewsbury and to regenerate Shrewsbury, to bridge the old and the new, and to create the dialogue with the existing, achieving continuity and renewal in architecture.

The figures define the square; the openings tell plot

Curtain House | Corner

Curtain House | The curtain reveals the stage; the square becomes the seating area

Curtain House | Light cube on the film studio

Shrewsbury Gateway | View from the Welsh Bridge

Making Shrewsbury | Collective Forms | Learning from the vernacular and urban artifacts and inspired by the films

Methodology | Town of Elevation |Town of Fragments | The west gate of the mediaeval town Shrewsbury became fragmented after 1960s urban clearance. Instead of viewing the fragments needed rectification, this project looked in and exacerbated these differences, by learning from these 'anonymous' fragments and the demolished fabric to create a series of defined artifacts with scripted characters.

Celebrating Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury Film Festival | Root the Ritual into the Physical Forms | Celebrate the Temporal in the Permanent