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Dudley Time Portal

Peeling paint on beautiful old windows - 210731 1050.jpg
Peeling paint on beautiful old windows
Added to Archive Thursday 21 October 2021
Experienced Saturday 31 July 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 25 November 2025
Location 52.50917648959918, -2.0853063081669836
Season Summer
Type Text
Weather Overcast Cool
Themes Decay Material Care Control Beauty Aesthetic Old Past Architecture
What was/is/if What is
More tagged with theme Decay
Decaying paint / wall above shops - 210731 1030 Decay.png
Building Deterioration There was a familiar aesthetic regarding the buildings during the initial site visit to Dudley High Street. However, a large proportion of the façades that look onto the street have noticeable damage, graffiti or structural issues. With that said, these images (right) are an insight into some of the damage. If the local authorities saw the high street as a priority, then damages and aesthetics would have been resolved and fixed. However, as there are multiple damages, this assumes that this high street is not one authority wish to preserve. That said, this opens an opportunity. Instead of being a conservationist and repairing these buildings to their former glory, why not make them a statement piece within the high street. Possibly by placing a blanket ban on all of the current materials seen on the street. Instead, any repairs must be in Zero carbon / Carbon negative materials. This could then become an educational street with great architectural character. Both combined may increase the high streets footfall. The first step would be to highlight any listed buildings or monuments within the high street. - Ryan Cooksey Building Deterioration.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
Broken windows blacked out - 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 theme Past
Space escapes thro' set back corner splay for traffic sightline has spoilt the street intimacy - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
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Some good 18 + 19C facades but in poor condition - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
There are ghosts here so I am told... Exposed, weathered concrete - 210731 1050.jpg
More tagged with theme Old
Peeling layers of paint grey, blue, red, green layers of the past revealing themselves... - 210731 1050.jpg
Limestone walling - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Cast iron railings good survival - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg