Waiting For God | Rehabilitation of Jubilee Park

Location: Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Year: 2019 Undergraduate: Design Studio Category: Architectural Prosthetics and Park Revitalisation

The name of the Project is “Waiting for God” which is taken from an informal name of Woodhall spa “gods waiting room” The project began with an observation “without me on the bus the average age is 60” which sets the context of the area giving the reasoning for the name. The project pushes the boundaries of the current site by implementing aspects of metabolic architecture within the design. Concentrating on “accessibility” for all demographic groups ends with a series of “enablers” to revitalise the site.

Author Dominik Niewiadomski

I looked into a metabolism that can grow and adapt to the user’s needs as plugins that expand the boundaries of existing sclerosis which is done through the analysis of the building and the site in terms of places that can be adapted, extended, or changed.

Directly moving me towards analysing the ritual of movement between different groups of people for example a disabled person will choose specific paths that will not inflict their physical restraints through uneven surfaces and presumably take the shortest route whereas the mentally ill person will look for an exit as they are not interested.

Concluding the site boundaries of the site with a theory of transhumanism where currently the park is the middle between the past and the future combining that with the expanding metabolic movement to create a series of enablers, a plug on pods that rehabilitate the site and allow all groups of people to use the area of the pool. With the ability to be moved through a crane into another location if need be.

When the building is closed it only allows the able people to use the building however when the enablers open up the building becomes a fully accessible building by any of the unable groups.

The disabled demographic will always be at a disadvantage in the environment especially when it comes to types of surfaces placed in the park. By implementing the passive transport system for wheelchair users will form able to travel to the pool. The second transport system has been created for elderly and prosthetic users. This pod will be requested by the user at one of the entrances to the park and the pod will take them to the pool.

Disabled - 01

PASSIVE TRANSPORT SYSTEM The implementation of transportation was allowed by wider paths.

However, the aim of the system is to allow disabled people to walk through the site without physical constraints.

Mentally Ill - 03

Gardening area f or mentally ill Water fountain Water fountain/ Seating

Water fountain/ Seating

Water fountain/ Seating Side Seating area PROVIDING PLACES Places provided are driven from the needs of the focus group. Prosthetic and Edlerly - 02

TRANSPORT SYSTEM The second transport system has been implied to provide ease for people of disability and elderly.

The track goes through different areas of the park however it does not interrupt activity happening in that area as the only thing going in the will be embedded track.

Mentally Ill - 04

GREENERY The greenery on the site has been added to create a place of retreat for those that are mentally ill allowing them to stay interested within the site. Especially through the use of vegetable patches implemented within the park.

The final floor plan concludes the research and the solutions into a coherent proposal of how to adjust the park in order to facilitate the demographic groups that are unable to use places like this to equipping them with solutions to take into account, other demographic groups.