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Dudley Time Portal

Cigarette buts, gum, litter - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png
Cigarette buts, gum, litter
Added to Archive Wednesday 3 November 2021
Experienced Friday 30 July 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 25 November 2025
Season Summer
Type Text
Weather Pouring Rainy
Themes Tiny Things Waste Care
What was/is/if What is
More tagged with theme Tiny Things
Weeds growing on pavement - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png
Tiny dog yap! woof! - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png
Spiders web Making a new home on the high street with the perfect view - Sita Patel More than human high street 2.png
Language - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png
A bowl of nature Nature's cereal, only to be consumed by wildlife. - Sita Patel More than human high street 3.png
More tagged with theme Care
[Drawing - postbox] - 211007 1500 Waste 7.png
Social issues present ... between the two ends of the High Street, one recently improved in terms of materials, recreational areas and spaces for sitting, the other remains in disrepair and is heavily trafficked with completely transitional movement, lack of stopping and communication. - Team Social Street Elevation.png
Rubbish bags, drink bottles + cans, wooden cable spindle, but tidy'd up in a bucket 'Half-littering'? - 211007 1500 Waste 2.png
Exposed brickwork where tiles have fallen off - 210731 1050.jpg
Public ash tray - 211007 1500 Waste 12.png
More tagged with theme Waste
Looking to be the centrepiece of our exhibition, we proposed to create a site model of Dudley Highstreet at 1:200 scale with buildings modelled in a simple form. Local residents and visitors to the exhibition are then invited to decorate a chosen building to how they would envision it sat within the context of a greener Highstreet. We want to tie in our themes of biodiversity and materials by proposing that buildings can, and do, have the potential to be a lot healthier, sustainable, and interactive on the street. This site model also helps gain vital public opinions on the Highstreet and prompts discussion of areas most in need of attention. To ensure that the model is utilising the MDF to the most efficient standard possible. First, the centres of the massing blocks have been hollowed out. This allows a reduction in materials used as other buildings can be cut in the centres of the model. Then the top is finished with a solid piece. The waste material is placed into the recycling rack where other students can reuse it; otherwise, if the material left cannot be used for another project, it is recycled correctly by the university. The model spanned just over 3.4m long and over 50cm wide. With the majority being cut from scrap woods that would fit the jigsaw of the shape, we were able to drastically cut down on waste. We also got some small benches and bee hives printed from recycled plastics, and used dried flowers as trees to represent the green spaces. Ultimately, the model seemed like a huge success, and really helped portray our ideas about Dudley High Street to those who came by. Everyone from Dudley who saw the model knew that it was the High Street, and interacted well with it. The size did make it difficult to move, especially to carry to the site, but it sat nicely in the centre of the the room and really drew people in to interact with it. The model brought people in from outside to play with, write on, interact with. It became a spectacle for the public to come in and see what was happening and offer their ideas about what could be done. The event was a success. Many people from the public (those who heard about the event, and those who just happened across it on the day) came in to interact with the model, which sat as the centre piece in the room. Kids liked to play with the pieces while the adults talked about things that could come from actions to help the High Street, not just leave it as is. SOME OF THE KEY IDEAS WERE: - The Shops need to be inviting for everyone. It’s no good having these places to go if people would rather take a bus to the next town. - Just putting up boards across the windows is awful. Paint, Posters, Graffiti: Anything that actually makes the High Street look still alive is better than just wooden boards. - More Green is needed. While it is obvious that there is a lack of Trees, many people wanted to push for these small bushes or planting spaces that could easily be implemented across the street. - Spaces for public events or for people to at least gather at. While there is the Market and Fountain, it is not enough for the people of Dudley. - Something needs to be done about the cars on the High Street. Some were Pro-Removal of all Cars, while some just wanted to limit when they could access the High Street. Following the exhibition we created a series of drawings with our own interpretation of Sarah Wigglesworth ‘The Dining Table’ drawing. The drawings are a perfect representation of the our interactive model at the ERA Environmental Exhibition and Event. Showing the interaction the public had with the model, as well as the conversations that were held around the model. - Table 7.png
Bin - can hardly see the Dudley coat of arms (didn’t notice it before) - dripping ice-cream down the side. - 230720 Bin.jpg
Abandoned cafe, broken furniture, hanging wires - 210731 1050.jpg
Waste of space? Building in decay. Timber, signage, falling apart. - 211007 1500 Waste 3.png
Coffee stirrer - 211007 1500 Waste 18.png