#urban patterns

Site Analysis

Whilst the history of the site was touched upon previously, my site analysis also looked at how the street patterns on and around the site changed over time. Placing the old street layouts onto the current site helps to emphasise how the permeability of the Broad Marsh area of Nottingham has been lost.

Exploring this in section helped to demonstrate how High Pavement on the top of the cliff has undergone very little change over the last 140 years, whilst there has been constant upheaval and change beneath the cliff, and on the site itself.

The materiality around the site gives clues to the history of the site. Large swatches of structural brickwork in an English Bond eschew permanence, whilst more decorative brickwork brings delight. The quality of the paving shows the decline in the quality of the public realm as a whole. Mapping also demonstrates the need for a new public space in Nottingham.

The tram bridge poses a significant challenge on the site. I have chosen to combat this by using my building to envelope it - creating a new datum on the site at tram level. This provides a new pedestrian route connecting the city to the station. This also provides the opportunity to create a new public space for everyone at the new level between the top and the bottom of the cliff. 

Bonn Juli 2023

Köln Juli 2019

Köln Juli 2019