LEADING EDGES
Located on the periphery of the town of Easton, Isle of Portland, the project proposes residences for the elderly, a youth hostel and mixed-use leisure facilities. The project operates across three main scales, the territory, the pitch and the frame. At the territory scale a series of strategic gabion walls underpin the proposal, responding to the hostile landscape of Portland these walls create edges that lead one around the site. The primary move is the creation of a new axis with an accessible ramp that connects the coastal path to the town of Easton; whilst the two quarries on the site are flooded to generate an internal coastline for Portland. An existing stone mine on the site is decommissioned and once flooded connects the two quarries on the site, transforming them into bathing pools. At the scale of the pitch, a series of cuts and plateaus are created to turn the site of the old cricket pitch to one of new sports facilities. Finally, at the scale of the frame, a filigree structure derives rhythm from the edge of Easton, extending and inverting the end of the town. These structures attach to the gabions, with their relationships responding programmatically.
LEADING EDGES
Located on the periphery of the town of Easton, Isle of Portland, the project proposes residences for the elderly, a youth hostel and mixed-use leisure facilities.
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The project operates across three main scales, the territory, the pitch and the frame. At the territory scale a series of strategic gabion walls underpin the proposal, responding to the hostile landscape of Portland these walls create edges that lead one around the site. The primary move is the creation of a new axis with an accessible ramp that connects the coastal path to the town of Easton; whilst the two quarries on the site are flooded to generate an internal coastline for Portland. An existing stone mine on the site is decommissioned and once flooded connects the two quarries on the site, transforming them into bathing pools. At the scale of the pitch, a series of cuts and plateaus are created to turn the site of the old cricket pitch to one of new sports facilities. Finally, at the scale of the frame, a filigree structure derives rhythm from the edge of Easton, extending and inverting the end of the town. These structures attach to the gabions, with their relationships responding programmatically.