MAYFIELD’S HOME
Thesis Project 2024
Site: Mayfield, Manchester
Sector: Social and cultural infrastructure
The challenges posed by a city in flux facing rising energy costs, increased displacement, and a fading ecology of care fuelled the development of a project aiming to provide a comfortable public home environment within the city. Reinstating public access to amenities, operating on the principles of a circular economy, and serving as a versatile venue for events.
Axonometric - Using Rhino
The dining room as a lantern above the city’s railway
The washing line
Shedding light Shared spaces
The site is an inner-city wasteland revealed as a space open to a variety of different appropriations and usages. Leading to further research into how an architectural project can celebrate shared inhabitation and informal use.
East elevation - Using AutoCAD and Illustrator with hand drawn details
1.50 sectional model of building envelope
Fragment testing models - Prototyping shading devices
Concept model - A balcony system as a dynamic interface
