{"id":3006,"date":"2020-06-29T18:08:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T17:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mappedsites.cardiff.ac.uk\/wsaexhibition\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2020-07-15T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T10:17:07","slug":"rose-hanmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsa-ondisplay.co.uk\/2020\/rose-hanmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Hanmer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whitchurch Working Retreat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whitchurch Working Retreat is a privately funded and community occupied space for calm and wellbeing, embodying the spirit of kindness and care for mental health that Whitchurch Hospital showed before it.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My research into archiving lead to a methodology centred around identifying the original purpose and true sentiment of a place and preserving these ethereal qualities in a tangible way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Exterior<\/a>
An accommodation cluster within the retreat<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Whitchurch working retreat is a place that looks back at a history of medical care from the community, and \u2018gives back\u2019 to the same people that supported the old asylum for so many years. It works as a semi-private retreat over summer months, and a community space over the course of the year. It provides the opportunity for people to grow their own food, with excess going to an on-site community food bank, as well as providing facilities ranging from a swimming pool, to yoga and dance studios, to a restaurant, to meeting rooms, to simple open spaces and sports pitches, which can be used by locals all year round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Interior<\/a>
The entrance to the site, blurring boundaries between inside and out<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also caring for local wildlife, many areas are re-wilded, and the landmark water-tower is replaced by an \u2018open aviary\u2019 of equal stature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Exterior<\/a>
The Boilerhouse, comprising of a food bank, a restaurant and an open aviary<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Using materials reclaimed from the old building, and echoing the existing language and layout of the hospital, the retreat \u2018remembers\u2019 its former self whilst not being subservient to a derelict and imposing structure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portfolio Excerpts<\/h5>\n\n\n\n