ID:233 | Open in NocoDB | Type:Text | Themes:7 | Attachments:1 | Finding:24 chars | Connections:0→0 | Location:52.50941715778474, -2.0845230049334966 | Weather:1 tags | Date:Friday 30 July 2021 | Press 'D' to close

Dudley Time Portal

Beautiful flower display - 210730 1100.JPG
Beautiful flower display
Added to Archive Friday 15 October 2021
Experienced Friday 30 July 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 25 November 2025
Location 52.50941715778474, -2.0845230049334966
Season Summer
Type Text
Weather Rainy
Themes Beauty Growing Nature Plantlife Control Colour Aesthetic
What was/is/if What is
More tagged with theme Beauty
Good details survive - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
I was asked about what I was doing [asked them what they think is beautiful] Old lamp posts giving the town some character - 210730 1100.JPG
Welcoming restaurants - 210730 1100.JPG
Some good 18 + 19C facades but in poor condition - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Nature thriving through the cracks - 210730 1100.JPG
More tagged with theme Nature
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
A sketch showing workshops utilising the empty spaces, street furniture, canopies on the side, and street art to brighten and liven the current High Street. - 1_lZXcIupYLTB5bBnb5G-adg.png
High Street Development The following images represent the high street development over the next 10 years. Green Corridor The hard standing throughout the high street is quickly converting a field of seeding of wild grasses and wildflowers, in the mix is also a high density of tree saplings. These will then grow to become the high streets Miyawaki forest and the centre point of Dudley’s green corridor. Vertical Farming Initially one vertical farm would appear on the high street and as the idea of urban farming becomes more widely accepted more and more buildings will either be converted, extended or built as new farms. Apartment Conversion As the population increases and more people are predicted to live in built up towns and cities, apartment blocks will pop up in new environments. As for the high street this will become a desired place to live as there are already most common amenities ready to use. As more blocks are created they themselves will become semi self sustaining. - Matthew Hewitt Green Corridor.png
Explore The History Of Site Voids - This will provide an opportunity to reimplement these to allow vertical green corridors to occur. Explore Vacant Buildings - To avoid damaging an already deteriorating high street, I aim only to take over vacant plots. Investigate the opportunity for Miyawaki planting - understand the conditions required to grow a sustainable material source on-site, including ground, water, and space conditions. It takes over a building that leads directly to an open space where a community hub is the centre of the thesis, offering education, community engagement and material celebration. - Ryan Cooksey Material Celebration Hub 1.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
More tagged with type Text
Tonnes of historic connections! Lord of Dudley Castle -> St Thomas' -> Dudley Priory - 210731 1330 Connection.png
Smell of damp autumn evening everywhere - 211110 1730 Smell.png
Activity - people walking up and down the High Street - 211110 1730 Joy.png
Chaii - escape, light, calm - 210715 1600 Happiness.png
Another e-cig - 210731 1403 Smell.png