Location Information

I have chosen the youth cadets building as a place to redesign. This is because it currently is supposed to serve the same purpose as the original building does.

Most recently August 2021

A small but noticeabledifference between years ago and now is the disappearance of the already minimal greenery, there are patches of mostly dead grass and covered overblocks of where trees used to stand

The space doesn’t have much information around it but by simply looking at it you can see it hasn’t been a frontman for redevelopment. For example here is the google street view across

13 years:

Sep 2008

Oct 2012

Aug 2016

Dec 2020

The area is surrounded by domestic housing, an ambulance station and a optometry centre, further down the road within walking distance is the station and another walk down is the brewery and mercury

The location is situated just after a big set of traffic lights near south street, it is near four connecting roads that join Romford to places like Harold hill, Leytonstone and Hornchurch

There are few natural physical features, such as trees and hedging but on the actual site they act like a border

A negative of this spaceis the noise pollution, car sounds and bus engine running is a factor to consider in development. Especially as the side walk is directly near the road

By drawing up theoretical plans, I can generate interesting ways to fill up the space before refining it to an actual building, especially because this is an irregular shaped space and fitting things in will be harder.

From plans 3,4 and 5 I’ve realised I want to mix curved forms and straight lines.

My favourite is plan three the normal block buildings with the circular addition adds an interesting aspect that I could link to my inspiration of art deco/nouveau. Additionally it would allow me to incorporate greenery which the space is severely lacking

This plan looks visually interesting but practically, I am not sure where to take it

The shapes don’t work very fluidly together and although all curved they kind of clash

This is a more expressive idea but fits the kind of symmetrical and unique nature of art nouveau. The circles could be trees and the back revised parking to stay true to the actual nature of the space