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UNIT A

Fairbourne’s decommission in the face of rising sea-levels is unprecedented, but it’s unlikely to be the last. As global climate instability worsens many more coastal towns will be affected, and so foresight is needed more than ever to manage this risk. But, as we can see from the unceremonious shoreline retreat masterplan, hyperfocusing on the wider scope sacrifices consideration for people on a local scale.

An uncertain future calls for a dedicated space to work together: we have tasked ourselves with designing a ‘centre’ for these people to gather, understand, and adapt to the situation. Working with this complex political divide between global issues and local interests leads us to question what it means to design public buildings in a world where the future is an increasingly pressing concern.

Tutors: Theo Molloy, Tom Randall-Page, Ognjen Ristic

Students: Alisha Gupta, Anna Polok, Charlotte Gregory, Claire Innes, Fergus Gregorie, Gemma Lea, Isac Andersson, Joanna Petrova, Lucy Monk, Max Higgs, Nne Owuasu, Shivani Nareshkumar Suthar, Summer Derbyshire, Thomas Gibson, Victoria Osunkoya, Zaim Zawawi

Care Home for the Climate Change Refugees

Alisha Gupta

The care home for climate change refugees aims to assist the elderly population of Fairbourne in this life changing transition by easing the mental strain of climate change through caring for their mental well-being and giving them a sense of community and togetherness so that they are able to overcome this situation as one.

Floor plan - Care Home for the Climate Change Refugees - Alisha Gupta Project

 
 

Axo - Care Home for the Climate Change Refugees - Alisha Gupta Project

The Modern Stone Age

Anna Polok

Rediscovering the potential laying in the abandoned slate quarry by reopening the mining activity and opening an educational centre focused on research. This place unites students and professionals over the work evolving around the stone in architecture.

Perspective Section Of The Workshop - The Modern Stone Age - Anna Polok

Craft Mawddach

Charlotte Gregory

Craft + Care Mawddach creates semi-independent residential living for vulnerable members of the local community, providing them with social stability and bringing the community together. Its craft workshops and activities provide year-round income for local craftsmen and artists as well as opportunities for tourism and education, improving the local economy.

Workshop Isometric - Craft Mawddach - Charlotte Gregory

Site Plan - Craft Mawddach - Charlotte Gregory

Community Works

Claire Innes

Gwynedd Community Works is designed to engender authentic community engagement on all levels. Supporting local initiatives, as well as hosting public planning workshops, establishes a process of real social change in which every citizen is encouraged to use their voice.

Floor Plan - Community Works - Claire Innes

Axo - Floor Plan - Community Works - Claire Innes

Cregennan Sheep Campus

Fergus Gregorie

The Cregennan Sheep Campus is a site that teaches the existing sheep farmers of Snowdonia National Park, sustainable means of farming for the future. It also has a social core, to allow once secluded communities, to congregate for 

Axo - Cregennan Sheep Campus - Fergus Gregorie

 

Section - Cregennan Sheep Campus - Fergus Gregorie

Advocacy Union Building

Gemma Lea

The Advocacy Union Building is a people’s union for internally displaced people in Wales, fighting for better legislation and protection against the rapid flooding caused by climate change. Fairbourne is made the example of “never again”, the union fighting to protect the 52 villages in Wales endanger of flooding and potential eviction.

Axonometric - Advocacy Union Building - Gemma Lea

Section - Advocacy Union Building - Gemma Lea

Activity Centre

Isac Andersson

The activity centre for young climate activists is focused on developing skills useful for direct climate action, which includes activities like cliff-jumping, free climbing, and rappelling. The centre includes an accommodation and dining space, and a learning environment overlooking Fairbourne, bringing a direct link into the theme of climate change.

Tech Sectional Perspective - Activity Centre - Isac Andersson

 
 

Exterior Render - Activity Centre - Isac Andersson

Planting the seed

Joanna Petrova

The Blue Lake Botanical Gardens community centre and primary school uses education as a tool to combat climate change and provide a place where all walks of life can come together to learn about plants and wildlife and share vital knowledge.

Botanical Garden Master Plan - Planting the seed - Joanna Petrova

Exploded Axonometric - Planting the seed - Joanna Petrova

Sustainable Hotel

Lucy Monk

A hotel used to show the public how, by using energy efficient systems within their homes, they can create a more sustainable society, without negatively impacting on their current lifestyles. Profit is used to help relocate the people of Fairbourne.

First Floor - Sustainable Hotel - Lucy Monk

 
 

Axo - Sustainable Hotel - Lucy Monk

Elevation - Sustainable Hotel - Lucy Monk

Goleuwern House

Max Higgs

Goleuwern House is an artist residency aiming to bring stories of humanity into the too-often statistic focused discussion of climate change.

Axonometric Texture Exploration - Goleuwern House – Max Higgs

Exterior Renders - Goleuwern House – Max Higgs

Nature and Nurture Centre

Nne Owuasu

The project focuses on the impact of the climate on the crisis from the perspective of mothers and raises the question of how parents will have to adapt to this situation. Through a series of spaces created theses spaces aim to educate the users whilst creating a harmonious environment for family’s to bond and learn.

West elevation - Nature and Nurture Project - Nne Owuasu

Iso - Nature and Nurture Project - Nne Owuasu

Baby room - Nature and Nurture Project - Nne Owuasu

Welsh Resettlement Centre

Shivani Nareshkumar Suthar

With the rising issue of Flood in Wales, the Resettlement Centre is designed to provide help to the vulnerable coastal communities in their relocation. The building embodies a communal focus that contains: City exhibition space, Council, Architects Offices, Kids day care and Café. It is a space that celebrates the physical continuation of community’s history by establishing a social unity in the transitory period.

Final Model - Welsh Resettlement Centre - Shivani Nareshkumar Suthar

Floor plan - Welsh Resettlement Centre - Shivani Nareshkumar Suthar

Section - Welsh Resettlement Centre - Shivani Nareshkumar Suthar

The Eco-Exploratory

Summer Derbyshire

An educational climate-change centre for the children of Wales and England (aged 4-11), with sky-high views over the Mawddach Estuary and hands-on exhibitions. The treehouse café, also creates new beginnings for the evacuees of Fairbourne, bringing them tourism and community.

Second Floor Plan - The Eco-Exploratory - Summer Derbyshire

Axonometric - The Eco-Exploratory - Summer Derbyshire

Elevation - The Eco-Exploratory - Summer Derbyshire

Renewed Learning Centre

Thomas Gibson

The Renewed Learning Centre incorporated wind tunnel technology, harnessing the powerful local wind to teach people from various backgrounds how to create and manufacture wind powered technologies through two separated purpose-built buildings, the atrium and workshop.

Workshop Section Perspective - Renewed Learning Centre - Thomas Gibson

 
 

Exploded Axonometry - Renewed Learning Centre - Thomas Gibson

Degrowth Research Centre

Victoria Osunkoya

My project is centred around the ideologies of the degrowth movement. I designed a research centre where local residents, activists, scientists and degrowth thinkers can come together to discuss new approaches for a more sustainable future. My centre includes an exhibition space to exhibit new ideas and products and cave which will have specific plants growing in it that can be used for experimentation of new building materials. There is also the social hub, exhibition bridge, laboratory and auditorium.

Short Section - Degrowth Research Centre - Victoria Osunkoya

Workshop Technical Section Perspective - Degrowth Research Centre - Victoria Osunkoya

Think Tank

Zaim Zawawi

The Cregennen Think Tank is a modular space that focus on interdisciplinary information exchange between researchers about the future of climate change and Fairbourne. The site also provides a hiker’s stop, that will engage the public to the buildings’ programme.

1-20 Build Up Axo - Think Tank - Zaim Zawawi

3D Section - Think Tank - Zaim Zawawi

1-500 Roof Plan - Think Tank - Zaim Zawawi

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