The final scheme is the culmination of both strands of
investigation: the historical tensions between nature and industry inherent
within the site and the broader involvement of the site within the framework of
New Basford and its potential to reinvigorate the area.
A public walkway connects two key points of the site: the
convergence of railway, river and site boundary and the centre of one of the
old gasometers. This is re-excavated and the body of water it would have
contained reinstated, as are historic water courses throughout the site
(including the original course of the Leen and the old fishing pond). The built
interventions are arranged in and around this central axis, which cuts through
the buildings and functions as an ordering mechanism for potential programs.
These use the fashion industry already established in Nottingham (interpreted
here as a re-invention of the traditional lace industry) as their point of
departure.
A hierarchy of public-to-private programs is established
along the axis, including a Textiles Factory, Fashion College and Venue
building, culminating in a natural amphitheatre and public performance space,
engaging directly with the suburb. As an entrance to the site, the second
gasometer's structure is re-introduced, and could form the basis of further
intervention.
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