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Folklore is a living heritage that forges connections between the past, present and future. This project aims to create places for the community to gather, interact and forge collective experiences and memories through active participation of folklore traditions and performances.
The city centre site sits adjacent to the Castle and historic core, the architectural vision re-purposes an existing empty college concrete roof structure as sculpture workshops and a living folklore museum. It adds several new architectural interventions including a ‘Bell Tower’, a beacon to view and ring bells across the city, the ‘Endless Arcade’, a covered street for regular processions that also reconnects the castle to the city, and the ‘Village Hall’, a flexible space for community and double-sided performance theatre for traditional festivals.
The 5B studio ethos focused on nurturing and cultivating sustainable city interventions with environmentally conscious solutions, often reactivating existing buildings with new purpose.
Student Biography Lauryn Thomson is a 3rd year Architectural student from Nottingham, whose work focuses on interactions between urban communities within built and natural environments. She has a particular interest in how architecture can help improve our collective physical and mental well-being. Her final design project and related research focuses on the interaction between architecture and folklore and the on-going process of creating collective experiences.
Lauryn Thomson is a 3rd year Architectural student from Nottingham, whose work focuses on interactions between urban communities within built and natural environments. She has a particular interest in how architecture can help improve our collective physical and mental well-being. Her final design project and related research focuses on the interaction between architecture and folklore and the on-going process of creating collective experiences.
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