ID:76 | Open in NocoDB | Type:Text | Themes:5 | Attachments:1 | Finding:47 chars | Connections:0→0 | Location:52.50931247315477, -2.0846229504990417 | Weather:2 tags | Date:Saturday 31 July 2021 | Press 'D' to close

Dudley Time Portal

Abandoned cafe, broken furniture, hanging wires - 210731 1050.jpg
Abandoned cafe, broken furniture, hanging wires
Added to Archive Thursday 21 October 2021
Experienced Saturday 31 July 2021
Last Updated Thursday 19 February 2026
Location 52.50931247315477, -2.0846229504990417
Season Summer
Type Text
Weather Cool Overcast
Themes Broken Decay Ownership Unused Waste
What was/is/if What is
More tagged with theme Unused
Unused little balconies - 210730 1400 Tiny Things.jpg
Green pockets overlooked by passersby? - 210731 1330 Connection.png
Stepping Stone 4 adds layers to the High Street. Like the other visions, we wanted to use CoLab Dudley’s principles ‘use nature as a guidebook’ and ‘create conditions for curiosity and experimentation’. The main way we proposed to do this was adding a green canopy to provide shelter, create a hybrid indoor outdoor space welcoming to families and a more communal open space, and support ecosystems. - 1_LproE6m65nkUvUNOhgvtwg.png
New use for cars — As part of pedestrianisation we would like to suggest a memorial of sorts to cars. The feature would sit in the middle of the High Street and would consist of an old out-of-use car, being used as a planter and being filled with plants. This gesture symbolises the movement of the High Street’s priorities shifting from the automobile to plants, people and food. - 1_5qV59l-Z2_O-_1DJy2oNgw.png
Our collective vision for Dudley is to support a creative community that is connected through our internet of things; creating spaces that allow for the collection and redistribution of materials that locals can use to construct products with. Community engagement is central to this design network with local businesses encouraged to get involved in manufacturing. We decided to bring alive this vision through a series of pavilions positioned through the High Street, following a process through recycling, storing constructing and manufacturing. To take this idea further, we allocated several empty units along the High Street to become spaces involved in the open factory, from workshops, educational centres and co-working hubs. Since we wanted to show the journey people would be able to take, we decided to create a storyboard for our final visual. These visuals show how the pavilions could sit in the High Street, starting at the market place, past CoLab Dudley’s base, and ending up at Top Church. We wanted to show how people would be able to interact with these different spaces and navigate between them. - 1_VMp1Jai-Vr7tZ4pe8U752Q.png
More tagged with theme Waste
Water Collection With this information I can begin to map out 1038m2 of miyawaki forests. It is crucial that the forests do not use more water than stored as then the project isn’t zero carbon as it would require fresh water. It is important that the water collected is sufficient for this project to work. This data also provides the information to how much storage is required on the site. - Ryan Cooksey Water 1.png
Proposed system for edible insects - Sita Patel Edible Systems 1.png
Drains - 210731 1403 Smell.png
Rubble + stone - 211007 1500 Waste 1.png
What's £5? The Pavement? - 211007 1500 Waste 13.png
More tagged with theme Broken
Infrastructure - cladding falling off? - 211110 1730 Decay.png
Exposed brickwork where tiles have fallen off - 210731 1050.jpg
This building has been chosen due to the clear retrofit it has already undergone. The building has two halves, a modern function on street level with roller shutter doors. These doors seem very out of place as they are not shy in hiding their presence. Then the top half is traditional stone and mortar with some elements of detailing around the windows. I wonder what the addition would look like with the zero- carbon material repair pallet. - Ryan Cooksey Building 2 Model 4.png
Street scale patchwork Investigating Facade Damage will highlight where the repair needs to be undertaken. It is creating an irregular pattern of repair that evolves. Only intervene when necessary; this proposal will not ‘repair what does not need fixing’ as it appreciates there could be a negative effect on an already declining high street. Repairs will be constructed with the materials grown on the street as part of the Macro-scale intervention. - Ryan Cooksey Street Scale Patchwork 1.png
Broken windows blacked out - 210731 1050.jpg