Ian Martin. Tough times call for Chartered Architectural Busking

摘要

Bingo, a steady gig at last. Victorian terrace refurb for Cumberthwaite District Council. They were planning to demolish it but the Pathfinder money ran out.rnAesthetically it's a challenge. Everyone wants a new communal sheath over the whole terrace, to broadcast the good news about regeneration. But the context is neighbouring streets of non-regenerated terraced housing in a shitty northern town. How to 'address' this? Hm. In the end I decide to make the communal envelope deranged (cladding of woven fibre optics, local newspapers and lime plaster) yet introspective (stuff the context, who cares?).