{"id":1160,"date":"2020-06-27T20:44:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T19:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mappedsites.cardiff.ac.uk\/wsaexhibition\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2020-07-15T11:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T10:17:11","slug":"josephine-ashenhurst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsa-ondisplay.co.uk\/2020\/josephine-ashenhurst\/","title":{"rendered":"Josephine Ashenhurst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Peeling back layers to enter the laboratory<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A methodology to archiving unfolds that engages with obstruction as a mechanism to archive; through the significance of obstacles and the joy that they can bring.  Archiving through the joy of obstruction addresses the physical and figurative obstacles bounding Whitchurch Hospital today. This leads to an analysis of the physical obstruction of the Victorian boundary walls as well as the deterioration of the interior as a consequence of its neglect. Architectural interventions are developed to celebrate the joy of the existing obstructions, honouring the neglected and crumbling forms rather than viewing them as detrimental to future progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new interventions emerge from the existing boundary walls, growing from the decay. <\/em>
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The interventions embrace the cyclical relationship between growth and\ndecay, supporting layers that oscillate between revealing and concealing forms.\nThe boundary walls retain their strong presence while the decaying interior is\nexaggerated to become curated ruins, layers of obstruction determining spaces\nand programme. New forms emerge from existing walls, growing from decaying\nremains. An archaeological laboratory sits beside an antique shop,\ninvestigating and celebrating local neglected objects, appreciative of both the\nunassuming and the obscure. Contextual architectural forms aim to support\ngrowth, a skeletal framework anticipating the formation of new layers. Interior\nwalls become inhabited repositories, a physical archive of place, influenced by\na collectors\u2019 cabinet of curiosities and harmonious with the boundary walls as\ncollective byproducts of Victorian age thinking.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exterior corridor showcasing an objects journey between the Antiques Shop and Laboratory. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The joy in the decay is its relationship with time. As the inevitable process of decay engulfs the new architecture, the more deeply rooted it becomes in its historic context, growing with new layers of artefacts whilst simultaneously peeling back layers of Whitchurch\u2019s local history and heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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