A Corridor of Light.

Initial conceptual sketch of the space. Punching through the inner part of a mill building and creating a walkway through, forming connection between adjacent buildings s well as providing more natural light to the currently dim inner space.

A Journey Through.

An initial design concept in a chosen site above along the Canal Road. The idea was to open up and to create a sky journey through series of existing vacant structures, where the passageway and small courtyards behind the existing facade becomes a hidden paradise for the residents.

Armature of Intervention.

Following the vacancy studies along the Bradford Beck, we have developed our masterplan using the beck as an armature for interventions. The beck will be exposed to create a corridor of green space at the periphery of central Bradford,　where developments will take place　utilising the vacant buildings. The sites we identified along the beck become series of steppingstones, where each of them will have its own community and identity. Through this strategy, we aim to regenerate the waterscape of the old Bradford, as well as to celebrate diversity of the multicultural city.

Collective Memory.
By exposing the culverted Bradford Beck and bringing back the notion of a mosque and a mill building into the central area of the city, we aimed to evoke a collective memory of the city which are hidden, lost and forgotten through time.

The Journey.
Sites were selected along the Market Street, where the hidden Bradford beck lies underground. The city’s distinct artefacts are inserted in a sequence of journey, where the exposed waterway connects the various artefacts as a whole.

Starting Point.
After our first site visit to Bradford, we have found powerful one-perspective scenes in the city which seemed to represent crucial characters of the city. We have used this pictorial scene as a starting point for exploring Bradford’s distinct forms and spatial compositions.