Productive Canal Network: City Strategy @ Scale 1:40000 - Investigating the productive and connective potential of Birmingham's canal network as a means of improving access to healthy food, reducing deprivation, and facilitating education through interaction with food systems & sustainability as part of a circular economy.

Reimagining Tyseley as part of the Productive Canal Network: A vision for a productive social circular economy - Concept - Conceptual images exploring productive, circular, and sustainable ideals for Tyseley, a deprived community in the East of the city. Key in the design was integrating local food production into everyday life and using sensory experience as an educational tool for reconnecting local people with food and improving community health and well-being

Reimagining Tyseley: A vision for a productive social circular economy – Masterplan @ Scale 1:2500 - PRODUCTION – CONSUMPTION – WASTE – REINVEST – The Site has been designed around a circular food systems approach, all stages are visible and interactive throughout the Site and natural systems have been enhanced to showcase the interdependence between people and planet in provisioning services

Aquaponics ReGen - Reimagining Tyseley: A vision for a productive social circular economy – Circular System

Reimagining Tyseley: A vision for a productive social circular economy – Masterplan @ Scale 1:500 - Building on existing canal infrastructure Tyseley canalside becomes a hive of activity providing trading, eating, socialising and event spaces. Adjacent woodland is enhanced through foraging opportunities, sculpture and cycle trails including a skyline cycle bridge and a new wetland increases biodiversity within the River Cole

Reimagining Tyseley: A vision for a productive social circular economy – Cross Sections - A plaza offers a socialising space with the opportunity chat, eat and wander, becoming a transition between the canal and river; a large productive woodland provides access to food for all - play, exploration and education are encouraged through foraging and recreational activities, offering an opportunity for all ages, cultures and abilities to engage

Reimagining Tyseley: A vision for a productive social circular economy - The Tyseley Spice Company provides a backdrop to a canal side park buzzing with activity. The street food market creates an exciting culture around tasting and sharing food drawing people to the canal side

Reimagining Tyseley: A vision for a productive social circular economy - The plaza space has been transformed, a pop-up farmers market is accompanied by the weekly floating canal market bringing goods from other social hubs around Birmingham as part of ‘Birmingham’s Canal Trail’

Reimagining Tyseley: A vision for a productive social circular economy - A snapshot of Tyseley - Interaction and engagement with food systems and the natural environment is prioritised across the whole site

Breathing Space: Masterplan @ Scale 1:200 - A ‘breathing space’ set against a bustling city backdrop. A design which facilitates experiential travel and moments of quiet contemplation in a statement of arrival to enhance the university’s sense of place. The design aims to increase the connection with and perceived value of natural spaces by the urban population and therefore increase awareness of environmental issues

Breathing Space: Cross Section - A cross section through the middle of the site from University House on the right to the pedestrian avenue on the left. The site is designed to be universally accessible - wide pathways and gently sloping gradients along with multiple rest stops allow the space to be enjoyed and used by all

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