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Milton Keynes was the last and most ambitious of the New Towns Programme: ‘an adventure in social construction’ famous for its radical grid plan. Yet this postwar utopia has untapped potential: its main streets are criticised as sterile when they should be bustling. How to respond to the environmental and social responsibility of place becomes the focus of this project and the ethos of unit 5A.
City Club for Everyone turns Midsummer Boulevard - the axis of Central Milton Keynes - into a public-transport-served, public realm, and situates a celebratory cultural node at its end. Building is conceived as a transformative force that regenerates public space. City Club has the chance to become more than a place of cultural architecture; it can become the city’s new Public Living Room.
The node connects the city to nearby Campbell Park, creating welcoming spaces that everyone can enjoy. By introducing a folded public square and a viewing tower, it offers different visual levels and opportunities for public life.
Student Biography Architecture for me provides a new way to understand the world. In the process of this project, I found that architecture is such a complex pluralistic composition considering factors from street element to urban realm, and from environmental response to a wider social impact. I believe urban reform could bring value to our communities, for nature’s sake and for ours.
Architecture for me provides a new way to understand the world. In the process of this project, I found that architecture is such a complex pluralistic composition considering factors from street element to urban realm, and from environmental response to a wider social impact. I believe urban reform could bring value to our communities, for nature’s sake and for ours.
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