The publication illustrates the proposals set forth in response to my Thesis Research Document entitled Adapting Utopia.
The thesis is centers around improving the vitality and livability of existing planned communities within Britain with a focus on Stevenage, which became the first designated New Town after WWII. The thesis pinpointed two main aspects of improving the public realm of planned communities as a combination of retention of the existing valued public spaces within the urban fabric and the implementation of a typology to act as an economic generator for future demands.
The project is a meeting between these two functions, an injection of a plastic recycling facility in the heart of the town alongside the retention of the Gordon Craig Theatre currently housed in the existing arts + leisure centre. All of this is located within the concrete structure of the existing building, the overall project has an emphasis on improving legibility of all architectural and urban aspects.
