The final proposal for the Textiles Factory serves as an
attempt to summarise the scheme as a whole. Located to the west of the site in
close proximity to the railway, the building is an exploration of the
juxtaposition between industry and reclamation of brownfield sites by nature.
Central to the layout of the building is the Cut, which not
only provides a visual link to the railway from further away within the scheme
but divides the spaces effectively between utility - the factory floor,
engineers workshops, part stores etc - and accommodation in the form of
reception and meeting spaces as well as a canteen for staff. Deliveries can be
taken either by road or rail and raw materials (bales of either cotton or wool)
transformed into cloth in the main factory space, which is fractured in order
to maximise north light. The entire process is overseen by a machinery control
mezzanine.
A garden connected to the building is bounded by the
railway, the re-introduced river and the main factory space itself, emphasising
the tensions first investigated during the site analysis stage.
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