Existing Structures

This project was my goal to revitalise the Caldicot community. Caldicot itself is a dormitory town with not much social or community life happening outside of pub gatherings between the older generations and with this, the high street and main vibrancy of the town has diminished. Thinking of the people like blood cells carrying oxygen to the shops and spaces within the high street, I wanted to create forms to revitalise a building long lost to misuse and ignorance into something full of life and activity.

Without the people, the high street could never be reborn into what it was originally known for - the active community. Using parametric forms made from timber and other light touch materials, I am to implement metaphorical meanings which play on the attention of the public, leading them down the high street and into this art centre, coincidentally placed in the spot where it receives less activity than most - in the centre of the street.