Broken Theme

Aesthetics of decay, worn-out remnants, decline post-industrial. Beautiful ruins. Fragments of the past.

Text Cloudy Damp Mild Aesthetic Beauty Broken Care Decay Material Past

Building Deterioration

Photo Aesthetic Architecture Broken Climate Decay Learning Material Opportunity Past Potential Sustainable

Rotten wooden wall

Text Pouring Rainy Broken Care Decay Material

Abandoned cafe, broken furniture, hanging wires

Text Cool Overcast Broken Decay Ownership Unused Waste

Exposed brickwork where tiles have fallen off

Text Cool Overcast Architecture Broken Care Decay Material

Some good 18 + 19C facades but in poor condition

Drawing Text Cloudy Aesthetic Architecture Beauty Broken Care Control Decay Identity Old Past Tiredness

Facade casting

Model Photo Aesthetic Architecture Broken Climate Craft Decay Making Material Opportunity Potential Words

Tiny broken pipe / water fall, spraying people with water as they walk by

Text Rainy Broken Care Control Interacting Tiny Things Water

Broken windows blacked out

Text Cool Overcast Boundaries Broken Care Control Decay

Loss of firm enclosure but still just about maintains the spatial flow

Drawing Text Cloudy Architecture Broken Change Control Identity Missing Past Views

Infrastructure - cladding falling off?

Text Broken Decay Material

Locked yard photos

Photo Access Architecture Boundaries Broken Care Chance Craft Curiosity Decay Exposed Hiding Material Old Opportunity Overlooked Ownership Past Shelter Unfamiliar Weathered

Rubble + stone

Drawing Text Overcast Broken Decay Material Old Waste Weathered

Section loss of firm original enclosure

Drawing Text Cloudy Architecture Broken Change Control Identity Missing Past Shelter

Water pouring from broken downpipe

Text Cool Overcast Broken Care Control Decay High Missing Water

Space escapes thro' set back corner splay for traffic sightline has spoilt the street intimacy

Drawing Text Cloudy Architecture Broken Change Control Identity Missing Past Transport Vehicle

YOW AM / DUDLEY Signs

Text Pouring Rainy Broken Care Decay Words

Loss or original building line enclosure too much horizontality

Drawing Text Cloudy Architecture Broken Change Control Identity Missing Past Views

Street facade patchwork

Diagram Drawing Imagining Photo Text Textile Aesthetic Architecture Broken Care Change Climate Decay Growing Imagination Material Nature Opportunity Pattern Plantlife Potential Regenerative Repair Sustainable Unused

Rotten window frames, cracked plaster

Text Cool Overcast Broken Care Decay Material