Workhouse Project by Mariana.Camacho

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Is a community group interested in fostering social cohesion and inclusion amongst people of all ages, social groups and with all types of skills. Focusing in the south-central area of Manchester, this project is envisioned by community members for community members.

WORKHOUSE

Through different strategies, it aims to nurture new forms of co-operative self-management and community engagement, to ultimately help create resilient and project self-sufficient communities. As well as providing opportunities for those in need.

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K R ET O S W OUROJEC H P

to me is Humanity, it’s an embodi“Hulme ment of Manchester’s rich tapestry. For let us

venerate those urban voices, for let us bear witness to their soulful stories. Past, present, and future history, you will never break this community. So from these streets, these humble homes, rose doctors and musicians, artists, lawyers, teachers, dancers, poets, politicians, dentists, actors, nurses, singers, barristers, and writes, history makers, planet shakers Hulme kids, always fighters

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REELmcr ‘Hulme to me’ - The Poem

WORKHOUSE project

Camacho Gonzalez Mariana [19010978] Chen Xiao [20038113] Fearon Lauren [18052604] Hagos Siyum Kisanet [20020569] Ioannidou-Lemonidou Athina [20044096] Wei Jiaqi [20098864] Tutor: Dominic Sagar

MA Architecture and Urbanism

comunidad κοινότητα

community 社区

table of contents

01 INTRODUCTION Us Our migration story

03 BACKGROUND

SITE ANALYSIS

Location Historical analysis

Demographic analysis All the good people Site analysis Land use Connectivity Green areas Problem identification User Profile

History of migration in Manchester Hulme and Moss Side

leisure

shelter

food education jobs

PRECEDENTS Housing typologies Materials Street markets Markets/Festivals End the homelessness

07 PROJECT OUTCOMES Photomontages Fold-out map

PROJECT DEFINITION health

The Vision Progression timeline and outcomes Masterplan Site A: Fernleaf Site B: Williams Strip Site C: UK Fast Modular Sheds Community kitchen

APPENDIX Our manifesto Workhouse Project logo Our own migration story maps The begining of our migration Posters

Caravanserai in Herat, Afghanistan. Pinterest. Source: https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/403705554093764547/

“Every woman, every man Join the caravan of love (Stand up, stand up, stand up)

Everybody take a stand Join the caravan of love”

‘Caravan of Love’ The Housemartins

INTRODUCTION Our A&E studio analyzed the current urban issues in two adjacent boroughs in South-central Manchester. As the name sugests, we looked at accident and emergency, and anything and everything that connects the community to the area, to develop solutions to their needs and establish the foundations for a resilient community. Just like the majority of the people in these areas, we’re all migrants. Silk roads had caravanserais to bring merchants and migrants together, so does this project.

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Kisanet Hagos Siyum

Lauren Fearon

Mariana Camacho Gonzalez

Athina Ioannidou-Lemonidou

Xiao Chen

Jiaqi Wei

Dominic Sagar

We are the A&E group. The current situation in the world has forced us to work remotely during the times of pandemic. Three of us based in Manchester and three of us in different parts of the world. This has been our biggest challenge: trying to put ideas together from the distance and getting to know the context of our project through the eyes and ears of those of us who were able to visit the site.

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OUR MIGRATION STORY

Meadows, D. (1972) Children play on the street in Moss Side. BBC, Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-41361171

“Their brokenness in how they see us is a reflection of this brokenness. And you can’t fix that. All you can do is the work.” Michelle Obama

BACKGROUND In the South-central area of Manchester there are the disctricts of Hulme and Moss Side. Both have similar origins and contemporary issues, yet they are different. They have come together in the past through partnerships and we aim to bring them together again and 11 collaborate as a whole network of support and positive change.

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HULME PARK

SITE B: WILLIAMS

SITE C: UK FAST

SITE

1:1000 500 m ALEXANDRA PARK

This project was inspired by a Moss Side GP who noticed that many of his patients were visiting him because they were hungry. Throughout Hulme and Moss Side there have been identified three vacant lots that could be used as activity centres serving families in the area. This project is conceived and co-ordinated by the Workhouse Project. The main objective is to provide a space where residents can meet, share and learn skills through group-based activities. Seeking to build a more cohesive, innovative and resilient community.

S STRIP

It is expected to be developed in different stages. On first instance as a ‘meanwhile’ project, and on later stages, expand into a permanent development and replication in other areas with similar needs.

MANCHESTER

GREATER MANCHESTER

A: FERNLEAF WHITWORTH PARK

HULME

MOSS SIDE HEALTH CENTRE MOSS SIDE

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LOCATION

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HISTORY OF MIGRATION IN MANCHESTER

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Carribean immigrants arriving in Manchester

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14 Irish labourers help to dig canals, lay railway lines & build the mills.

First Armenians settled in Manchester as silk merchants

Poverty in Italy leads to an influx of Italians .

Chinatown archway was built

First Chinese students

outh Asian communities arted to increase.

South Asian protest

CURRY MILE

Chinese students

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can mity g. in Somalis Moss Side

15 Armenians flee due to war to manchester

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HULME AND MOSS SIDE 2020 VS. 1920 UK FAST SITE WILLIAMS STRIP

FERNLEAF SITE

St. George’s Park

Bold Street Sports Ground

Whitworth Park

Millennium Park

Alexandra Park

Moss Side Park

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Gang crime, deprivation and racial tensions

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Alexandra Park Estate, Moss Side before development. Manchester Archives+. Flickr. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/9311615458/in/album-72157634687515820/

“Inequalities of wealth, unjustly established, have assuredly injured the nation in which they exist during their establishment; and, unjustly directed, they injure it yet more during their existence” John Ruskin

SITE ANALYSIS After understanding the historical background of these areas, we analyzed at the current physical and social context in order to identify the issues and work on solutions that would involve the commu- 21 nity’s collaboration.

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DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSE HOLD TYPES

Hulme has a higher concentration of one person households, almost half its population. Moss Side has more families residing within it.

Map Key One Family Household

HULME

One Person Household Other Household Types MOSS SIDE

34.2%

42.7%

23.2%

HULME

7,599 Households

The markers demonstrate where each household type is more highly concentrated than the other types.

MOSS SIDE 8,023 Households

42.7%

31.6%

22.3%

Population

Level of unemployment

Av. age

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16,907

MOSS SIDE

18,902

Health

50 %

54 %

46 % HULME

AGE

50% MOSS SIDE

Residents with no qualifications

Hulme and Moss Side have populations which are generally not impeded by poor health. However, the area around the Fernleaf site and Moss Lane East has 910 people registering that health issues severely limit activities. Residents with degree level qualifications

Political Hulme and Moss Side vote overwhelmingly for Labour. In the 2019 election this figure was 70.4% in favor. Only 14.8% voted conservative conse in the Manchester central region.

Types of Job 41.4% of Hulme residents able to work, and 23.8% of Moss Side residents are in professions which require a degree level qualification .

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Maps demonstrate areas with highest concentrations of specificed data for HULME and MOSS SIDE

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ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE

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SITE ANALYSIS LAND USE

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TRANSPORTATION/CONNECTIVITY

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GREEN AREAS

28 Planning Sites

Unused Green Spaces

Parks

Buildings

not enough money to afford it, lack of fresh ingredients, health issues caused by malnourishment

scarce availability of affordable housing in the area

no opportunities to develop skills that could potentially lead the indivuduals to have better job opportunities

poor health derived from bad quaility nutrition, limited opportunities for physical activity outdoors, mental health impairment as a result of stress and lack of opotunities to seek professional guidance. reduced labour demand

small range of public spaces, deterioration of vacant and abandoned plots.

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PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION

*All of these problems have been accentuated dERIVED FROM the current social and economic situations CAUSED BY the COVID-19 pandemic 29

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USER PROFILE

According to data from ONS, the population in this area: • • • • • • • • • •

Mostly born outside UK or Europe Many poeple living alone or as couples Most of them have formal qualifications (degree) Mostly ages between 16-34 Most of them dont have a disability or long- term health problem A large share of them is unemployed The majority of them doesn’t own a car Almost all of them live in rented properties; most of them are socially rented; and most of the properties are terraced houses and flats The density is:70-100 people/ha Most of them have access to broadband

HOWEVER, THIS PROJECT IS DIRECTED TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. People OF ALL AGES, mostly migrants and pedestrians who need better oportunities to cover their basic needs.

BACK TO BASICS!

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St Wilfrids Enterprise Centre. Manchester Archives+. Flickr. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/9603385660/

“One of the biggest mistakes in architecture is that we’re expecting society to be interested in the specific problems of architecture... (architects) need to adjust to what society is discussing. We just provide the forms that can translate their problems into solutions” Alejandro Aravena

PRECEDENTS Research was carried out to understand what can be done and how it can be executed. We collected examples from all over the world in order to understand alternative ways of building and interacting 33 with the community, and adapt them to the context.

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MORE BIKES AND BUSES, LESS CARS

CREATE SAFE PEDESTRIAN PATHS

FOOD

SHELTER HEALTH

EDUCATION

LEISURE

JOBS

CARAVANSERAIS SILK ROAD

VARDO

GYPSY CAMPS

TULOU CHINA

MATMATA TUNISIA

BLACK TENTS

CARAVAN

SAHARA DESERT

MAYAN HOUSE

WORLDWIDE

MESOAMERICA

OCA

AMAZON

LONG-TERM SHORT-TERM MOVABLE NON-MOVABLE COLLECTIVE SINGLE

household

MODULAR NON-MODULAR

million

PROSPERITY

houses in Europe

ABANDONED

HOMELESS

150 million

EXTERIOR VIEW INHABIT

CRISIS “CITIES ARE COMPETING FOR PEOPLE”

REUSE

FLOOR PLAN

SECTION A-B

SECTION C-D Pasangan caravanserai by Pascal Coste

Used as a facility to lodge travellers and merchants in many different countries along the Silk Roads, the charm of these places lies in their capability to bring people from different contexts together. The central courtyard was the social area, where trading of experiences and knowledge took place, the heart and soul of these places.

ENVIRONMENTAL (nature+mankind)

VIOLENCE (war+crime)

ABANDONMENT

OBSOLESCENCE

ECONOMY

AGING POPULATION

WHY?

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HOUSING TYPOLOGIES

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MATERIALS

1. Brick Lane Food Market,London 2. Old Spitalfields Market,London 3. Halle 60 Venue,Aachen 4. Estació de França,Barcelona 5. On the garage market,Barcelona 6.Plaça Blanquerna Flea Market,Barcelona 7. Borough Market Kitchen,London 8.Old Spitalfields Market,London 9. Brick Lane Food Market,London 10. Backyard Market,London

FESTIVALS

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MARKETS

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END THE HOMELESSNESS

1. SHEDIA STREET PAPER, Greece

10.

2. UNSEEN TOURS, London 3. INVISIBLE CITIES, United Kingdom 4. THE BIG ISSUE, United Kingdom 5. CRISIS, United Kingdom 6. CENTREPOINT, United Kingdom 7. DEPAUL, United Kingdom 8. St MUNGO’S, United Kingdom 9. EMMAUS, United Kingdom 10. SHELTER, United Kingdom

Many organizations and community projects fight against homelessness and unbearable living conditions. They help people in need, not just survive, but reintegrate into society and have the same opportunities to a normal everyday life experience. Offering shelter, food or work opportunities, or education into skills that will help them get a job. Their aim is to get these people’s stories known and eliminate the phenomenon of homelessness.

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leisure shelter education jobs

Aerial view of designated sites. Source: Google Earth

health

“Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves” Jane Jacobs

food

PROJECT DEFINITION Based on the learnings obtained from the previous stage we put together a series of proposals that take place in the three designated sites, and later expand to other areas. The strategies range from architectural, to urban, to social and conform a whole plan that would 41 be developed through different stages along a ten-year period..

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THE VISION: THE VISION

ACKNOWLEDGING

THIS REALITY

OBJECTIVES Build relationships

This area has had a series of changes since their origins

Neglected areas

hospital

church school

Unused empty land

No clear transportation for cycling & pedestrians

Homelessness

Abandoned houses

ACTION PLAN

and has always shown to be resilient That celebrates the identity of Hulme & Moss Side

MASTERPLAN

Death of the high street

Bedroom communities

Empty streets after working hours

Work with the community

Violence in some areas

Different ethnic groups

To build a self-sufficient community

THE RELEVANCE

1 short-term

detonate

medium-term

consolidate

Replication of interventions across the area

strategies

Progressive construction 8 longt-term

provoke

10 years

SELF build

Hierarchy of needs

Strenghtened relationships

FOOD SHELTER

EDUCATION JOB LEISURE

final structure -first: structure -then: partition walls, finishes

progressive growth -initial hub -modularity

USE OF LOCAL RESOURCES

being environmentally conscious

hospital

church

HEALTH

school

Foster sense of belonging

Set the basis for more

shell -outer shape -open plan -spatial configuration

improvable -main shape -finishes

self-

sufficient organized regenerated

communities (local or not)

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THE APPROACH

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PROGRESSION TIMELINE

This project is envisioned to be executed throughout different phases. In each phase these 7 topics are tackled. The strategies used in each stage are expected to set the foundation for the upcoming ones.

Co-op w/ local farmers

2 3

Farming hub/laboratory

Use neighbours’ front porches

FOOD

Participatory “Dollhouse” model on-site w/mailbox

LEISURE COMMUNICATION

Multiple greenhouses/orchards for a self-sufficient community

Build the structure for the “Jenga” building and use the sheds

Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists

Landscape design for soundproofing and pollution absortion

years 0

JOBS

Community kitchen focused on food w/high nutritional value

Modular sheds built on-site Build more of these sheds (for different uses)

SHELTER HEALTH EDUCATION

Design posters

1 short-term detonate

Website for “The Workhouse Project” Charities’s “Street market” once a week

4 medium-term demonstrate

Solid network of community groups and charities in the area

8 long-term consolidate

The community’s desire for change will be reflected in the wide range of activities and spaces designed. This project is about action and interaction, social cohesion and resilience.

2 3 4 5 6 0

1 short-term detonate

4 medium-term demonstrate

8 long-term consolidate

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PROGRESSION OUTCOMES

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M HULME PARK

ST. GEORGE’S PARK

SITE B: WILLI HULME COMMUNITY GARDEN

NIAMOS CENTRE

SITE C: UK FAST

CORNERSTONE CENTRE

1:1000

ALEXANDRA PARK 500 m

This project is all about connecting the people, mentally and physically. Achieving this by providing more pedestrian and cyclist-friendly routes, while connecting the three main sites with other community-based organizations and public spaces.

MSA

The main path is the ‘Corridor of Love’ along which these interventions can be found. There are smaller paths, as well, that connect diverse areas in both boroughs.

IAMS STRIP

SITE A: FERNLEAF

MOSS SIDE HEALTH CENTRE

WHITWORTH PARK

The aim of the project is to blur the division caused by the physical and non-physical borders. The first kind referring to the high traffic roads, such as Princess Road; whilethe second kind refers to the lack of solid support-networks, currently present by all the charities based in the area.

‘Corridor of Love’ Smaller paths of Joy Boudaries of Hulme+Moss Side Physical borders

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MASTERPLAN

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SITE A: FERNLEAF

Being next to Moss Side Health Centre, this site will be mainly a place for social gathering, strenghtening the local economy, promote social cohesion through intergenerational interaction at this public space and temporary housing for those in need.

DETONATE Cornerstone Day Centre

DENMARK Webester Primary ROAD SITE School

Manchester Academy High School

FERNLEAF

Moss Side Health Centre

Addition of the Denmark Site

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DEMONSTRATE

50 trees

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CONSOLIDATE

1 . Increase the number of shelters 2. Preserve re-wilding areas 3 Improve skate park and increase outdoor activities 4. Take over vacant building for a community hub, kitchen, and food bank 5. Install greenhouses 6. Increase planting areas for growing vegetables and herbs

DENMARK ROAD SITE

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Fernleaf Site

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To Fernleaf site 1. Space for farming/greenhouses 2. Studio space for activities

To Princes Road

3. Food hub/independent supermarket/food bank point 4. Re-wilding area 5. Shared office space 6. Workshops 7. Running/strolling route

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CONSOLIDATE

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SITE B: WILLIAMS STRIP

The aim for this site is to provide clear accesibility to connect the community. This lane will provide a safer way for people to come together and celebrate the public space created within the lane. Also adding a bridge to connect the sites, that are spatially separated by Princess Road, will help to link the community furthermore.

pedestrian two-way lane

UK FAST

Sidewalk 5m

100

200m

2m 0m

SHELTER HEALTH EDUCATION

JOBS

LEISURE COMMUNICATION

Greenbelt

cycle

Phoenix Way Cycle Princess Road A5103

Princess Road A5103

SECTION A-A

5m 2m 0m

Fence Greenbelt

Cycle

Phoenix Way Princess Road A5103

Greenbelt

SECTION B-B

Princess Road A5103

Sidewalk

5m 4m 0m

Phoenix Way

Princess Road A5103

Greenbelt

Princess Road A5103

SECTION C-C

Cycle

Greenbelt

Arnott Crescent

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SCALE : 1/100 Cycle

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SITE C: UK FAST

Because of the location and surface area of this site, the idea is to create a modern-day caravanserai. Adopting their most distinctive feature, the courtyard as an inclusive meeting point for everybody to engage. This site will be the core where new ideas and possibilities will be assembled in order to be later transported to the other sites.

NOW

PHASE

HULME COMMUNITY GARDEN NIAMOS CENTRE

FOOD

100

SHELTER HEALTH EDUCATION

JOBS

LEISURE COMMUNICATION

200m

THEN

detonate

pedestrian and bike friendly street

underground parking lot and green roof

demonstrate

‘rewild’ existing structures

safe street crossings

consolidate

electric charging stations

park

= THE WORKSHOP

build different objects e.g. modular shelters

easily transported to other sites as needed

THE ‘JENGA’ BUILDING stack to form larger structures

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orchard and green houses

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Broccoli Food Bank

Potato

Community kitchen

Carrot

Oak

There are three areas in the community kitchen, which are: the dining, the kitchen and the market. The community garden on this site provides fresh ingredients grown there. In the meantime, the extra vegetables and fruits produced by the garden will be sold at a lower price, formig a small ‘market’. They can also be donated and stored in the food bank.

(Quercus robur L.)

Midland Hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata)

Downy Birch

(Betula pubescens)

Wheat

These activities allow residents who live in surrounding areas to gather in the community park, which will create a vibrant natural environment. The ‘home farming’ area will allow growing food and other types of plants at the same time that pollution is absorbed, this will improve the immediate context. Here we can find a place for leisure, health and food.

COMMUNITY KITCHEN

Dining

Mushroom

Street market

Community

Apple

(Malus pumila)

Rowan

(Sorbus aucuparia)

Playground

PARK

Bycicle Bicycle t

Vacant lot

Add modular shelters on site

CURRENT STATE

PHASE

detonate

garden

track

Add frame structure, as needed

Stack modular shelters inside the structure, as needed PHASE

demonstrate

consolidate

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WHAT IS THE ‘JENGA’ BUILDING?

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MODULE

SHELTER

Access to bathing facilities to help improve the living and mental health conditions of the improverished. It is also important to provide spaces to cook, rest, learn and relax.

4.00 m

Proposed conceptual module for providing spaces where skills can be shared and learnt.

4.00 m

9.00 m 4.00 m

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WORKSHOP

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COMMERCE

Proposed conceptual module for local commerce. 4.00 m

4.00 m

This space aims to reunite people through different activities while they cover their basic needs. Proposed movable furniture allows a possibility of things to happen.

COMMUNITY KITCHEN

Reunite and prepare a meal to later enjoy togeher

PROTOTYPE

People gathering around the table to share a meal is an universal activity. This space aims to reunite people through different activities while they cover their basic needs. Proposed movable furniture allows a possibility of things to happen. Proposed in Fernleaf (Site A) and UK Fast (Site C)

FLEXIBLE USES

FOOD FOOD SHELTER SHELTER HEALTH HEALTH EDUCATION EDUCATION JOBS JOBS

COOKING CLASSES

Share knowledge and cultures, allowing others to acquire new skills

FREE MEALS

LEISURE LEISURE

MEETING ROOM

Platform for charities with similar activities

Exchange ideas and work together

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COLLECTIVE COOKING/BAKING

Holmes Road, Peter Barber. 2018. Source: https://www.bmiaa.com/peter-barber-100-mile-city-and-other-stories-at-the-design-museum/

“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty... but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong” Richard Buckminster Fuller

CONCLUSION Throughout this course we were able to get to know and understand the dynamics in the area. We could identify the strong values and desire for change that these people have. That’s why we believe that the best tool for them to overcome their collective needs is: resilience.

There are also numerous community groups and charities which reflect a strong community feeling that should be spread to everyone.

PROJECT OUTCOMES

In these times of living in the middle of a pandemic, these two elements are key in recovering and working to build a better place to live.

The result of this design process is a masterplan and an action plan. We were able to learn from the needs of this community as well as their opportunities for growth. This same document aims to serve as a tool for community members, public and private initiative to be envolved and work on an vibrant and self-sufficient 67 community.

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GREEN SPACES | FOOD-GROWING SPACES | PUBLIC SPACES

The heart and soul of this caravanserai, called ‘Workhouse Project’. The place where everything and anything can happen.

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SAFE CROSSINGS | SAFE CONNECTIONS

Provide safe street crossings and pedestrian/bike friendly paths to re-unite both sides of the area divided by Princess Rd. 69

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TREE HOUSES | DECENT HOUSING Small and decent shelters for those in need. Environmentally friendly and adaptable to the existing vegetation on the sites.

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

FOOD FOR ALL | SHARE WITH ALL Community kitchens that enable everybody to cover their basic needs at the same time as they share with others.

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester Mixed use proposals to attract 72 more people throughout the day. Fostering intergenerational and multicultural interaction.

CARAVANSERAI | COMMUNITY FEELING

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

Picadilly Gardens, Manchester. 2020. Source: Athina Ioannidou-Lemonidou

“First life, then spaces, then buildings - the other way around never works” Jan Gehl

APPENDIX Throughout the analysis and design exploration we produced a series of informative and graphic material that helped us understand the context and communicate our aims. This material can be con- 75 sulted by anyone interested in the process behind our final work.

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OUR MANIFESTO

PROPOSALS Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

WORKHOUSE PROJECT LOGO

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

OUR MIGRATION STORY MAPS

KISANET

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

LAUREN

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

MARIANA

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

ATHINA

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

XIAO

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

JIAQI

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

THE BEGINNING OF OUR MIGRATION

KISANET

LAUREN

COVID-19

THINGS WE PACKED FOR OUR JOURNEY IN MANCHESTER

MARIANA

ATHINA

JIAQI

The story begins from our room, where we communicate and spend most of our time.

These are models we made and which illustrate our feelings and thoughts about this current situation, using materials we had on our homes as we were in lockdown.

Each one of us comes from a different background. Here you can see how all of our things are different although we are arriving in the same place.

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XIAO

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POSTERS

DESIGNED TO BE USED AS PROPAGANDA FOR THE WORHOUSE PROJECT

Studio A | A+E, Accident & Emergency, Architecture & Everything: The silk roads that lead to Manchester

Manchester School of Architecture. 2020. Source: Athina Ioannidou-Lemonidou