ID:7 | Open in NocoDB | Type:Text | Themes:4 | Attachments:1 | Finding:25 chars | Connections:0→0 | Location:52.50886521988109, -2.086212297603183 | Weather:1 tags | Date:Saturday 31 July 2021 | Press 'D' to close

Dudley Time Portal

Secondary focus old co-op - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Secondary focus old co-op
Added to Archive Thursday 21 October 2021
Experienced Saturday 31 July 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 25 November 2025
Location 52.50886521988109, -2.086212297603183
Season Summer
Type Text Drawing
Weather Cloudy
Themes Identity Architecture High Views
What was/is/if What is
More tagged with theme Identity
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
Loss of firm enclosure but still just about maintains the spatial flow - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Limestone walling - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Bank - good principal focus for view down - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Loss or original building line enclosure too much horizontality - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
More tagged with type Text
Tiny patches of grass under bench - 210730 1400 Tiny Things.jpg
Roller shutters - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Brutalism - 211110 1730 Aesthetic.png
Calm, relax, serenity, togetherness - 210715 1600 Happiness.png
Surprising survival Little Barrel Pub - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
More tagged with type Drawing
[Drawing] - 211110 1730 Views 4.png
Cheap modern infill - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
The first step is sectioning out for pedestrianisation. It was important that we did this so we can move down the intervention scale to the next stepping stone; laying the foundation for social and ecological benefits. The hierarchy of space is very much dedicated to cars right now. If you design for cars, you’re going to get more cars. If you design for people, you’re going to get more people. According to Just Economics, the footfall can increase by about 40% following pedestrianisation, and retail follows suit with about 30% increase in sales. - 1_u90NvmZWEYJpy_l7kZT3ww.png
Alley-waste - glass - furniture - plastic bags - 211007 1500 Waste 6.png
Cast iron railings lost on south side - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg