FMP Feasibility Magazine

PROPOSAL • PROPOSAL

FEASIBILITY CRUMLIN INSTITUTE

HISTORY CRUMLIN VIADUCT CRUMLIN COLLIERY CRUMLIN INSTITUTE

PRESENT CRUMLIN VILLAGE CRUMLIN INSTITUTE

PROPOSAL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES KEY MOVES

PRECEDENT PROJECTS

30/10/23

BUILDING ANALYSIS ORIGINAL/HISTORIC FEATURES SIGNIFICANT/NON-SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURES ELEVATIONS

ZONAL PLANS CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS TIMETABLE

STRATEGIC DIAGRAMS DAYTIME USER JOURNEY EVENING USER JOURNEY

CONCEPT VISUALS

SHEERNESS DOCKYARD BIG AND TINY EBBW VALE EVI CENTRE

SITE ANALYSIS KEELEY DEA BANKS

HISTORY

n i l m CRu e g a l vil

CRUMLIN VILLAGE, IN SOUTH WALES, BECAME A SMALL BUT POPULAR VILLAGE AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF CRUMLIN VIADUCT IN 1857. DUE TO THIS, THE VILLAGE BECAME SITUATED WITH MORE HOUSING, SHOPS, A LOCAL SCHOOL, AND A CHURCH, FOR THE SMALL COMMUNITY THAT LIVED AND WORKED IN THE AREA. SOME OF WHICH ARE STILL IN USE TODAY.

Crumlin Viaduct CRUMLIN VIADUCT WAS A LARGE RAILWAY CROSSING BUILT TO ALLOW THE NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAYS ACROSS THROUGH THE EBBW VALLEY. IT WAS BUILT IN 1853-1857 BY THOMAS KENNARD AND WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST VIADUCT IN THE WORLD AT 204 FT HIGH. IT EVEN BECAME KNOWN AS ‘ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION’. THE LAST OFFICIAL PASSENGER SERVICE PASSED OVER THE RAILWAY IN 1964 DUE TO A NEW REFORM OF ACTIONS AND SERVICE BEING DISCONTINUED. A YEAR LATER IN 1965, THE VIA-DUCT WAS DEMOLISHED BECAUSE Figure 1 OF THE MAINTENANCE AND COSTS IT WOULD TAKE WITHOUT IT BEING IN USE - IT TOOK 9 MONTHS IN TOTAL TO COMPLETELY DISMANTLE THE RAILWAY. TODAY, THERE ARE A FEW REMINANTS LEFT BEHIND OF WHERE THE VIADUCT STARTED AND ENDED.

2

Crumlin Colliery Navigation

Figure 2

BUILT BY PATRIDGE, JONES & COMPANY LTD IN 1911, AFTER 4 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION, CRUMLIN NAVIGATION COLLIERY WAS A COAL MINE AND STRUCTURE WHICH TRANSPORTED AND PRODUCED COAL FOR ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE COLLIERY WAS MADE OF YELLOW BRICK, MAKING IT ONE OF THE FIRST, AS OTHER COLLIERIES WERE USUALLY MADE FROM CHEAP LOCAL STONE. DURING THE EARLY 2OTH CENTURY, SOUTH WALES WAS THE LARGEST COAL EXPORTING AREA IN THE WORLD, MEANING THAT THERE WAS THAT HIGH OF A DEMAND FOR COAL, THAT BY 1935, THERE WERE 85 MEN EMPLOYED ON THE SURFACE OF THE COLLIERY AND 358 MEN EMPLOYED UNDERGROUND. HOWEVER, THE COAL INDUSTRY WAS STARTING TO DECLINE BY THE 1960S, RESULTING IN CRUMLIN NAVIGATION COLLIERY CLOSING IN 1967.

n i l CRum titute ins

CRUMLIN INSTITUTE WAS BUILT IN 1920 AS A WORKMEN’S CLUB AND INSTITUTE. A WORKMEN’S HALL AND INSTITUTE WERE MAINLY USED DURING THIS TIME AS A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GATHER AND SOCIALISE, WHILST LEARNING THROUGH THE USE OF READING ROOMS AND LIBRARIES. THE CRUMLIN INSTITUTE CONTAINED A BILLIARDS HALL AND PUBLIC HALL ALONG WITH MULTIPLE READING ROOMS. HOWEVER, AFTER THE CLOSURE OF THE NAVIGATION COLLIERY IN 1967, THE INSTITUTE WENT INTO MAJOR DECLINE. IT HAS NEVER BEEN LISTED AS A GRADED BUILDING.

Figure 3

3

PRESENT n i l m u r C Figure 4

village

TODAY, CRUMLIN VILLAGE IS A SMALL COMMUNITY VILLAGE WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF CONVENIENCE STORES, PUBS, AND RETAIL UNITS. MANY OF THE LOCALS ATTENDED THE SAME PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL WHILST GOING TO THE ONLY RUGBY AND FOOTBALL CLUB THERE IS IN THE VILLAGE. TO VISIT AND USE MORE FACILITIES SIMILAR TO THESE, THEY HAVE TO VENTURE OUT TO THE NEIGHBOURING TOWNS AND VILLAGES LIKE NEWBRIDGE AND BLACKWOOD.

Crumlin itute inst CURRENTLY, THE GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR OF THE INSTITUTE IS EMPTY AND HAS BEEN SINCE THE END OF THE 2020 CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN. OVER THE RECENT YEARS, IT HAS BEEN USED AS A YOUTH CLUB BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND AS MULTI-USE OFFICES BY CAERPHILLY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, THE LOWER GROUND FLOOR STILL HAS MANY RETAIL UNITS THAT ARE IN USE.

4

Figure 5

y t i n u PROJECT Co m m Centre

PROPOSAL

FOLLOWI NG T H E RE S E A RCH O F C R U M L I N V I L L A G E A ND T H E PA ST U SE O F TH E I N STI T UT E / C OM M UN I T Y C ENT R E, PR O PO SI NG A NEW V I B R A NT M ULTIU SE CO MM UN I T Y CE N T RE W OU L D B R I NG T H E L O C A L S A ND O T H ER M EM BER S O F TH E SURROUN DI N G COM M U NI T I ES C L O SER A ND ENC O U R A G E T H OSE O F ALL AGES T O L E ARN , PA RT I CI PA T E A ND C O NT R I B U T E T O T H EM SELV ES AN D T H E L O C A L EC O NO M Y.

NORTH EL EVATION 1 :1 50 @ A4

5

AIMS & OBJECTIVES THE BUILDING WILL: • ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND SOCIALISE IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY AND WEEK. • SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ARTISTS BY THE USE OF CO-WORKING SPACES AND AN EVENTS HALL FOR PRIVATE EVENTS SUCH AS EXHIBITIONS AND NETWORKING. • BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL WITH THE OPTION OF TWO DIFFERENT ENTRANCES AND AN ELEVATOR TO BOTH GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR. • ACCOMMODATE CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT AGES, A SOFT PLAY AREA FOR YOUNGER ONES AND EVENTS/ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING AFTER SCHOOL CLUB, FOR THE OLDER GROWING CHILDREN. REINSTATING THE USE OF THE ENTRANCE WAY OF THE LOWER GROUND FLOOR, WHERE CURRENT RETAIL SPACES OCCUPY, WOULD ALLOW EASIER ACCESS AND A CLEAR JOURNEY PATH TO THE MAIN HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR. THIS FLOOR WOULD ACCOMMODATE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS AN AFTER SCHOOL CLUB IN THE MAIN HALL, A SOFT PLAY SPACE IN A SEPARATE AND SAFE AREA AND A CENTRAL VIBRANT CAFÉ AREA FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO USE. MODERNISING THE STAIRCASE IN THE CENTRE OF THE GROUND FLOOR WOULD BE THE MAIN ACCESS TO THE FIRST FLOOR, THIS IS WHERE AN OPEN AND RELAXED CO-WORKING SPACE WOULD ACCOMMODATE DURING THE DAYTIME WORKING HOURS. ALONG WITH THIS, THE SECOND MAIN HALL WOULD ALLOW FOR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ARTISTS TO HAVE PRIVATE NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION EVENTS.

6

PRECEDENT PROJECTS Sheerness Dockyard Church

SHEERNESS DOCKYARD CHURCH, LOCATED IN THE ISLE OF SHEPPEY, IS A RESTORED AND GRADE II LISTED 19TH CENTURY CHURCH, WHICH HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A COMMUNITY HALL. DESIGNED BY HUGH BROUGHTON ARCHITECTS, THE CHURCH NOW HAS A CAFE, EXHIBITION AND EVENTS SPACE, AND A MULTI-USE OFFICE SPACE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. Figure 6

Big and Tiny

BIG AND TINY IS A SOFT PLAY AND CO WORKING SPACE FOR THOSE WITH CHILDREN IN SANTA MONICA, AMERCIA. THE SPACE INCLUDES A CAFE, SOFT PLAY AND OFFICES.

EBBW VALE EVI CENTRE

Figure 7

EBBW VALE EVI CENTRE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1853 AS A WORKMEN’S LEARNING CENTRE, KNOWN AS THE EBBW VALE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE. TODAY, IT IS A LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTRE THAT OFFERS A RANGE OF EVENTS, ACTIVITIES AND ADVICE FOR THOSE LOCAL.

Figure 8

7

Figure 9

North View of Institute

SITE AN

MAIN ROAD PUB/RUGBY & FOOTBALL CLUB HOUSING RETAIL/ COMMERCIAL SITE BOUNDARY

8

THE MAIN ROAD IS THE PRIMARY ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBOURING TOWNS, THOSE BEING BLACKWOOD, NEWBRIDGE AND EBBW VALE. THE THREE MAIN LOCAL PUBS IN CRUMLIN ARE THE RUGBY AND FOOTBALL CLUB, THE BIKERS CLUB AND THE MOST RECENTLY CLOSED, THE RAILWAY HOTEL.

South View of Institute

Figure 11

NALYSIS

Figure 10

East View of Institute

West View of Institute Figure 12

HOUSING ACCOMMODATES A LARGE PART OF THE VILLAGE MAKING IT A REASONABLY POPULATED AREA. THERE IS A LIMITED NUMBER OF RETAIL SPACES IN THE AREA, MAJORITY OF THOSE BEING SMALL INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES.

9

SIGNIFICANCE PLANS 10

1 & 2. WOOD FLOORING

3.WOOD FLOORING WITH REPLACEMENT AREAS

1.

4. HIGH CEILINGS

4.

First Floor

1:150 @ A4

6.IRON WROUGHT STAIRCASE WITH WOOD BANNISTER

5.INTERNAL WINDOW

HIGH SIGNIFICANCE LOW SIGNIFICANCE

7. SLIDING WINDOW PANE

3.

7.

2.

5.

6.

Ground Floor

1:150 @ A4

11

Lower Ground Floor

1:150 @ A4

THE MAJORITY OF THE LOWER GROUND FLOOR CURRENTLY OCCUPIES RETAIL UNITS. THE PROPOSAL ONLY FOCUS’ ON THE EMPTY UNIT AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AS IT IS ONCE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS USED AS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE WORKMEN’S HALL BEFORE THE CHANGE OF USE INTO A COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTRE

12

ELEVATIONS & SECTIONS

WEST ELEVATION 1:50 @ A4

SOUTH ELEVATION 1:50 @ A4

13

Zonal Plans ion t a l u c r i C &

CO-WORKING SPACE AND FACILITIES A DEDICATED AREA FOR SMALL INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES TO WORK IN AN OPEN BUT PROFESSIONAL SPACE WHILST HAVING KITCHEN AND SOCIAL FACILITIES- ACCESS FROM 8-6

MAIN HALL HALL FOR EVENING CLASSES AND A RENTAL SPACE FOR PRIVATE PARTIES & EVENTS - ACCESS FROM 6 - TILL LATE

WCS PRIVATE EMPLOYED PERSONNEL OFFICES PRIVATE OFFICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE PERMANENTLY EMPLOYED IN THE COMMUNITY CENTRE. EMPLOYEES WILL ALSO SHARE THE KITCHEN AND SOCIAL FACILITIES - ACCESS DURING OPENING TIMES

CIRCULATION PATH (PUBLIC AND PRIVATE) CIRCULATION PATH SHOWS HOW ONE WOULD NAVIGATE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING GIVEN WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR.

14

FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1:150 @ A4

15

MAIN HALL - DAY TIME EVENTS SUCH AS:

WCS

AFTER SCHOOL CLUB : 15:00 - 16:30 BOOK CLUB: 17:00 - 19:00 (VARIOUS DAYS) ADULT LEARNING CLASSES: 10:00 - 14:00 & 17:00 - 19:00 (VARIOUS DAYS)

NEW ENTRANCE

16

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:150 @ A4

CAFE

SOFT PLAY AREA

ACCESS FROM 9:00 - 17:00

AGES 18 MONTHS TO 4 YEARS OLD

NEW ENTRANCE

LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:150 @ A4

17

STRATEGIC DIAGRAMS

e m i t y a d

ALL AREAS WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE DURING DAY TIME HOURS (DEPENDENT ON ACTIVITY TIMETABLE)

REINSTATED ENTRANCE ALLOWING EASIER AND QUICKER JOURNEY

18

ELEVATOR AND STAFF STAIRS

SECONDARY ENTRANCE FROM GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

• SOFT PLAY, CAFE AND CO-WORKING SPACES WOULD BE BIGGER, OPEN SPACES

g n i n e v E

EVENING CLASSES AND EVENTS WOULD BE THE MAIN SOURCE OF ACTIVITY DURING THE EVENING

SECONDARY ENTRANCE FROM GROUND FLOOR LEVEL WOULD BE THE ONLY ACCESS DURING EVENING

• FIRST FLOOR HALL WOULD BE TRANSFORMED INTO ITS ORGINAL SIZE - MATCHING WITH THE GORUND FLOOR HALL.

19

CONCEPT VISUALS y a l p Soft A VIBRANT, SPACIOUS AND SAFE SOFT PLAY AREA WILL ALLOW CHILDREN TO SOCIALISE AND BE ENTERTAINED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WHILE THEIR PARENTS CAN RELAX AND BE REASSURED THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN A SAFE SPACE.

CAFE

THE NEW ADDITION OF A CAFE IN THE INSTITUTE WOULD HIGHLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LACK OF NON-ALCOHOL SOCIAL SPACES IN THE VILLAGE. THIS WOULD BE A SPACE WHERE ALL DAYTIME USERS CAN ACCESS, WHETHER THIS BE DURING OR SEPARATLEY FROM OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE BUILDING.

20

g n i n Eve es s s a l C THE SECOND MAIN HALL ON THE FIRST LEVEL WOULD ALLOW ENOUGH SPACE FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, ONE BEING AN EVENING FITNESS CLASS.

n o i t i b i h ex e c a p s

THE FIRST FLOOR HALL AS A MULTIUSE ACTIVITY SPACE ALLOWS FOR MANY OPPURTUNITIES AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, ONE BEING AN EXHIBITION SPACE. THIS WOULD ALLOW LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ARTISTS TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK AND NETWORK WITH OTHERS.

21