ID:385 | Open in NocoDB | Type:Text | Themes:5 | Attachments:1 | Finding:37 chars | Connections:0→0 | Location:52.509500593472914, -2.084282664384708 | Weather:2 tags | Date:Saturday 31 July 2021 | Press 'D' to close

Dudley Time Portal

Mossy algae on wall below the windows - 210731 1050.jpg
Mossy algae on wall below the windows
Added to Archive Thursday 21 October 2021
Experienced Saturday 31 July 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 25 November 2025
Location 52.509500593472914, -2.084282664384708
Season Summer
Type Text
Weather Overcast Cool
Themes Decay Control Plantlife Nature Growing
What was/is/if What is
More tagged with theme Nature
This gift was created to highlight different points in the social spaces on the high street. Aspects that we can improve on and celebrate. One point found was to incorporate more green spaces to improve health and wellbeing. The other to celebrate the textures and embossings in Dudley’s early ironworking. These ornaments were created by melting sweets and printing patterns onto them. - 0_bLySD-pGcd7BOWUv.png
The yellow canary of the mines, a symbol of protection for miners spending time in highly polluted areas. The yellow lichen becomes the new symbol for Dudley, protecting inhabitants through carbon sequestration & clean air. - Michelle Gartside Concept Collage.png
A bowl of nature Nature's cereal, only to be consumed by wildlife. - Sita Patel More than human high street 3.png
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A vision for the High Street - Michelle Gartside Vision for the High Street.png
More tagged with theme Decay
Mossy algae on wall below the windows - 210731 1050.jpg
Infrastructure - cladding falling off? - 211110 1730 Decay.png
Waste of space? Building in decay. Timber, signage, falling apart. - 211007 1500 Waste 3.png
There are ghosts here so I am told... Exposed, weathered concrete - 210731 1050.jpg
Localising Material Accessibility During my initial walk through the High Street of Dudley, I noticed an inevitable decline in the area. There were vacant shops, but those open had apparent facade damage. For the area to thrive, there needs to be an aesthetical uplift. Here I began to question how to make the repairs. On the one hand, one could complete a like for like repair with a deep clean to provide a new lease of life to achieve an aesthetical value. Alternatively, the repairs could be a status of where the street aims to be in the future. To achieve a statement, the implementation of repair work needs to stand out. It needs to be futuristic, a bold contrast to the existing. At this point, I decided that after being informed of the damage the built environment has on the climate crisis, only carbon zero/ carbon sequestering materials would be present during repairs. This does not aim to destroy existing buildings but instead carefully implement repairs creating a patchwork effect across the street. This would then grow over time as more repair work is required. Over time, the high street would transform into a zero-carbon environment. The manufacturing and growth of these materials need to be local, so consideration is vital. This provides an opportunity for the site to be a material producer itself. - Ryan Cooksey Ban Materials.png
More tagged with type Text
Infrastructure - cladding falling off? - 211110 1730 Decay.png
Hear lots of traffic & music from cars
Happy playing football - 210730 1515 Tiny Things.png
Faded paint on strandboard - 210731 1050.jpg
Activity - people walking up and down the High Street - 211110 1730 Joy.png