Bachelor of Architecture
Christopher Bayly
Runcorn and Widnes are two towns either side of the Manchester Ship Canal. They have inherent problems of education, unemployment, apathy and crime. I believe one of the main contributors to these problems is the stagnant chemical industry that dominates the two towns.
The proposal is to create a phased materplan that will remediate the chemical industry into a post industrial, educational landscape based on the philosophies and readings of Ernst Schumacher. New ecological methods of production will be researched, tested, produced and distributed.
Within the masterplan will be the Schumacher Campus that interprets Schumacher’s readings into departments with a global (relating to the ship canal’s global hinterland) and local (Relating to the community) focus. The Schumacher Street that runs through the building and overall masterplan divides the global and local departments.
Nature Overtakes Industry
A Farmer's Market Within 'Scumacher Street'
A Post-Industrial Educational Landscape
'Schumacher Street'
Sectional Perspective Looking North
The Building Becomes a Beacon for the Overall Masterplan
