These models were made during the development stage of Vertical Studio I project for M.arch Architecture course at Nottingham Trent University. The purpose of the project was to explore, research and reflect with insight the complex social, economic, political characteristics of the site which was the city of Bradford, United Kingdom. This was done in groups at first thruogh a site analysis that seeked to analyse both the apparent and non-apparent physical, cultural and social attributes of bradford.
After the analysis, one out of a few observations stood out; this was the Bradford beck which used to exist to help in the production of wool during the industrial revolution, the time Bradford was known as the wool capital of the world. As a result of polllution, the beck was not used anymore and had been closed up and is presently a network of tunnels with water flowing beneath the city centre from the Town Hall, Centenary square to the presently derelict Odeon cinema. The group saw this as a hidden history as many people walk by, above these tunnels without knowing its history or where the water comes from.
This later advanced in the individual part of the project to become a principle of design which is to link the people 'back to the beck'. The proposed project is a heritage centre and the models below illustrate the progression and developments of the principle during the the design period of the project up until the last moment of producing a final scheme that represents the architectural response to the site.
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| Exploration of site and beck positions |
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Exploration of the proposed link between between the beck and site
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| First conceptual model of project |
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| Model exploration the interaction between the circulation of the building and circulation of water |
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| Final Model showing the relationship between site and beck |
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