I L A C O L L E Y | A R C H I T E C T U R E A N D D E S I G N S C O T L A N D A WA R D F O R B E S T 3 R D Y E A R S T U D E N T edinburgh school of architecture and landscape architecture (ESALA)
Cutting through the Domestic
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Retuning the Warp at Prestongrange
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Operating loc ally, my third year at E SAL A c o nstitu te d two de sign pro je c ts. Th e f irst, Cutting through the Domestic , d i s en t a n g l ed t h e c onc ept of exhibition from its for m al age nda and do c u m e nte d its transm u tatio n f ro m m u se u m to m e w s se tting th o u g h t h e c o r r up t i o n o f a found architec ture. The sec ond, Retuning the Warp , appro ach e d po st-indu str ial P re sto ngrange as l acking age nda, i t s r ui n o us remai n s prec ipitating a developm ent to ex h ibit its h e r itage w h il e re - e ngaging its m ach ine, bo dy and so c ial m anne r ism s. Revers i n g t h e o n s i te c ontam ination, a walkway weaves th ro u gh a sto r y o f y ar n, f ro m its dye ing to inte gratio n into an o ngo ing c o l l abo rative text i l e. C o nvers ely, in the m ews, users are led by an ar m atu re th at h o l ds to ge th e r a disse c te d h o m e and its wo rkaday ex h ibits, re -al l o c at i n g t h e p ower of the sac red to the nec essary. Bo th pro je c ts o pe rate u nde r an e th o s o f incl u sivity, u sing te c to nic c o m m u nic atio n an d v i s ual al l us i o n to rec ontextualise the legac y of produ c tio n, as c raf t, th ro u gh th e pe r f o r m anc e o f th e o bje c t.
Retuning the Warp at Prestongrange addre sse s th e h igh l y de pr ive d are as ne ar th e f o r m e r c o l l ie r y. My dyeh o u se and s tud i o en ga ges t h e loc al c om m unity in its artisanal ente r pr ise th ro u gh th e m anu al pro c e sse s o f pl ant c o l l e c tio n, dye ing, dr y ing, index i n g an d d i s t r i b ut i o n of yarns. In parallel, c ollaborative we aving/e mbro ide r y and so ngs/sto r ie s arch ive po sitive pe rso nal h isto r ie s o f P re s to n g ran ge. The design responds to dam aging prac tic e s o f du m ping spo il in l o c al h arbo u rs and l ago o ns, de vel o ping a ne w ne t wo rk o f p i p el i n es to use the pre -m ordanted seawater f o r dye ing and a c e ntral f il tratio n pl ant and drains to pro c e ss dye wate r and iro n- co n t ami n a ted r un o f f. Using loc al plant- dyes, this m ode ratel y f il trate d m ar ine o u tf al l is saf e f o r l o c al w il dl if e. Af te r re cl aim ing and re -inves t i ga t i n g t h e ear t h , vertic al loop ground sourc e heating is pro po se d f o r th e h igh h e at c o nsu m ptio n in dye ing and dr y ing, w h il e bu il di n g s a re temp era ture and hum idity stabilised through th e ir tal l , e ar th sh el te re d f o r m s, w ith bu il t in m e ch anism s f o r c ro ss ve ntil atio n an d w i n d s c o o p s.