Material Theme

Localising Material Accessibility

Diagram Map Aesthetic Architecture Biodiversity Change Climate Community Connection Creatures Decay Doughnut Future Growing Identity Imagination Industry Material Nature Opportunity Pollution Potential Regenerative Sustainable System Transport

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

Limestone walling

Drawing Text Cloudy Architecture Familiar Identity Material Old Past

Paper, card, soft plastics - I think people missed the bin!

Text Overcast Actions Care Curiosity Material Stories Waste

Nurturing AgroEcology in Urban Life

Drawing Imagining Map Architecture Biodiversity Climate Community Connection Consumption Craft Creativity Creatures Food Growing Imagination Life Making Material Nature Opportunity People Plantlife Pollution Potential Regenerative Soil Sustainable System Technology

Lichen as bioindicators

Collage Drawing Model Air Architecture Colour Craft Creativity Creatures Energy Future Growing Imagination Life Making Material Nature Plantlife Sustainable Texture Water

Historical High Street

Drawing Archaeology Material Past People

Building Deterioration

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

Rotten wooden wall

Text Pouring Rainy Broken Care Decay Material

Timeline of Dudley’s History

Diagram Drawing Text Architecture Colour Commerce Economics Fairness Growing Hiding Industry Light Making Material Nature Past Pollution Transport Vehicle Water Words

Duncan Edwards Memorial statue fossils

Photo Aesthetic Archaeology Beauty Change Craft Creatures Exposed Hiding Layer Life Material Nature Old Past Pattern Surprise Texture Tiny Things

High Street building materiality analysis

Diagram Map Architecture Colour Material

[Drawing - crisp packet]

Drawing Overcast Care Colour Material Waste

What's £5? The Pavement?

Drawing Text Overcast Care Colour Connection Curiosity Funny Material Numbers Stories Waste

My Street 2030

Collage Imagining Abundance Access Big Things Change Food Future Growing High Imagination Layer Life Lingering Material Nature Opportunity People Plantlife Potential Regenerative Relaxing Shelter Sustainable Views

Community kitchen 2-in-1 flower pot seating

Collage Imagining Future Growing Imagination Lingering Material Moving Nature Opportunity Plantlife Shelter Stillness Waste

High Street mapping

Collage Photo Architecture Material People Traffic

Industry 4.0

Imagining Other visual delight Community Connection Doughnut Economics Fairness Future Industry Learning Material Past Play Regenerative Sustainable Technology Waste

Water Collection

Count Diagram Map Text Growing High Material Nature Opportunity Plantlife Potential Regenerative Sustainable System Waste Water

Exposed brickwork where tiles have fallen off

Text Cool Overcast Architecture Broken Care Decay Material

ERA X Posters

Diagram Other visual delight Biodiversity Change Climate Creatures Industry Learning Material Nature Past People Plantlife Water

Facade embodied carbon

Diagram Architecture Material Nature Pollution System

Cast iron railings lost on south side

Drawing Text Cloudy Architecture Boundaries Care Identity Material Old

[Drawing - rubbish bag]

Drawing Overcast Care Material Waste

Soft plastic

Drawing Text Overcast Care Material Waste

Rubbish bags, drink bottles + cans, wooden cable spindle, but tidy'd up in a bucket 'Half-littering'?

Drawing Text Overcast Care Curiosity Material Waste

Graveyard - decaying bodies, amongst ivy, holly, ragwort. Faded flowers, pile of broken stones

Text Cool Overcast Care Decay Growing Material Memory Nature Old Past Plantlife

Facade casting

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

Material Accessibility

Diagram Map Change Climate Material Opportunity Potential System Transport

Industry 4.0

Collage Drawing Imagining Map Abundance Actions Agency Architecture Change Community Connection Creativity Difference Doughnut Economics Future Imagination Industry Interacting Invitations Learning Making Material Opportunity Ownership People Potential Regenerative Shelter Technology Unused

270 Castle Street paper facade model

Collage Drawing Model Aesthetic Architecture Craft Creativity Making Material

Material analysis

Diagram Map Photo Architecture Material

Infrastructure - cladding falling off?

Text Broken Decay Material

Fountain Arcade paper facade model

Collage Drawing Model Aesthetic Architecture Craft Creativity Making Material

Coffee stirrer

Drawing Text Overcast Care Material Waste

Layers of rotten board + weeds

Text Cool Overcast Care Control Decay Growing Material Nature Numbers Plantlife Unused Words

Unused shop, spray painted numbers

Text Cool Overcast Decay Material Numbers Unused Words

Gift for Dudley High Street

Collage Model Aesthetic Architecture Contrast Creativity Culture Difference Gift Identity Making Material Memory People

Grime streaked windows

Text Cool Overcast Care Decay Material

MORE WASTE SPACE - waste building materials, timber, pallets, carpets, furniture, glass

Drawing Text Overcast Care Material Stories Unused Waste

The Overarching Concept

Collage Architecture Biodiversity Change Energy Material Opportunity Potential Regenerative Sustainable System

Cast iron railings good survival

Drawing Text Cloudy Architecture Boundaries Care Identity Material Old Survival

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

My gift was created to highlight the importance of connections to Dudley high street through the use of transportation which is key to encouraging people to come and use the high street. The jigsaw shows a map of Dudley with the different types of transport and was made from paper and card.

Other visual delight Access Connection Gift Kindness Making Material People Transport Vehicle

Gift for Dudley High Street

Collage Model Text Connection Contrast Creativity Creatures Future Gift Homes Making Material Missing Nature People

Public ash tray

Drawing Text Overcast Care Material Waste

[Drawing - plastic bag]

Drawing Overcast Care Material Waste

Gift for Dudley High Street

Model Architecture Colour Community Creativity Emotion Expression Future Gift Growing Making Material Missing Nature Opportunity People Plantlife Potential Safety

Facade materials

Diagram Architecture Material

Paving stones

Drawing Text Drizzly Warm Connection Material Pattern

Nurturing AgroEcology in Urban Life

There are ghosts here so I am told... Exposed, weathered concrete

Text Cool Overcast Architecture Care Decay Exposed Material Past Stories Weathered

Gift for Dudley High Street

Model Other visual delight Text Thought Aesthetic Beauty Colour Craft Creativity Difference Food Gift Identity Industry Making Material Nature Opportunity Past Pattern Plantlife Potential

Dudley Vernacular

Drawing Map Photo Architecture Material

Waste of space? Building in decay. Timber, signage, falling apart.

Drawing Text Overcast Architecture Care Connection Decay Material Stories Unused Waste Words

[Drawing - crisp packet]

Drawing Overcast Care Colour Material Waste

Faded paint on strandboard

Text Cool Overcast Care Colour Control Decay Material

Gift for Dudley High Street

Collage Imagining Abundance Aesthetic Agency Beauty Change Colour Connection Contrast Craft Creativity Emotion Expression Familiar Future Gift Identity Imagination Industry Interacting Joy Life Making Material Memory Moving Nature Opportunity Past Plantlife Potential Stories

Good granite curbs (but not local stone)

Drawing Text Cloudy Identity Material Unfamiliar

Peeling paint on beautiful old windows

Text Cool Overcast Aesthetic Architecture Beauty Care Control Decay Material Old Past

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

Decaying paint / wall above shops

Text Pouring Rainy Care Change Decay High Material

Spill out

Drawing Text Overcast Care Material Moving Waste

Slooow peeling of cladding on 1st + 2nd storeys of bldg

Text Slight breeze Sunny Architecture Broken High Material Old Speeds

Broken tile edge

Drawing Text Might rain later Broken Care Decay Material Tiny Things

Gift for Dudley High Street

Drawing Model Rainy Architecture Gift High Making Material Moving People Water

Gift for Dudley High Street

Model Other visual delight Aesthetic Colour Connection Future Gift Health Making Material Nature People Plantlife Potential System

Dudley High Street model

Diagram Drawing Model Aesthetic Architecture Biodiversity Colour Conversation Craft Creativity Growing Health Imagination Interacting Invitations Making Material Nature Opportunity People Plantlife Play Potential Stories Sustainable Transport Vehicle Voice Waste Words

Gift for Dudley High Street

Model Text Thought Creativity Gift Making Material Missing People Play

Industry 4.0

Collage Commerce Economics Fairness Homes Industry Material Nature Past People Play Speeds Technology Waste Water

Facade repair models

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

Road - kerb bricks

Drawing Text Pouring Rainy Material Pattern Tiny Things

Rust

Text Pouring Rainy Change Decay Material Tiny Things

Facade repair models

Model Photo Aesthetic Architecture Broken Craft Decay Making Material Opportunity Potential

Provision House paper facade model

Collage Drawing Model Aesthetic Architecture Craft Creativity Making Material

Peeling layers of paint grey, blue, red, green layers of the past revealing themselves...

Text Cool Overcast Colour Decay Material Memory Old Past

Gift for Dudley High Street

Collage Model Text Thought Big Things Connection Creativity Difference Gift Imagination Interacting Making Material Moving Pattern Tiny Things Transport

Limestone kerbs in Vicar St

Drawing Text Cloudy Identity Material

Infrastructure - cladding falling off?

Text Broken Decay Material

Alley-waste - glass - furniture - plastic bags

Drawing Text Overcast Broken Care Material Unused Waste

Trad ground materials + patterns

Drawing Text Cloudy Familiar Identity Material Old Past Pattern

Dudley Time Portal

Dudley Time Portal

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