Ground For Change - Changed Ground

Sebastian Hicks, Aoife Donnelly

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Abstract

Identity is the holy grail of town planners, and is generally thought to be the special reserve of ‘grown’ structures. The successful ‘planned community’ is like a fable passed down through generations of academics to students who document with glee every time their shop-keeper speaks a word to them . The ‘Estate’ defies this as beyond our very skin there is no more definitive a sense of identity, no less eradicable a mark. Unfortunately Hillington is structurally flawed and no amount of facelifts will help.
The Imaginary Rock Foundation proposes structural change – creating micro-pockets of identity and ownership within the whole through the differentiation of spaces. At every juncture we seek to dismantle the horrific planning failure of a North South orientation with a ground floor comprising bedsits, garages, car-parking spaces, refuse collection points and shared spaces with little if any definition through programming.
Original languageEnglish
TypeCompetition Win - Nationwide Sustainable Housing Competition
Media of outputExhibition
PublisherNationwide/RIBA
Number of pages3
Place of PublicationRIBA LONDON
Publication statusPublished - 5 May 2011

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Keywords

  • urbanism
  • Sustainability

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Hicks, S., & Donnelly, A. (2011, May 5). Ground For Change - Changed Ground. RIBA LONDON: Nationwide/RIBA.

Ground For Change - Changed Ground. / Hicks, Sebastian; Donnelly, Aoife .

3 p. RIBA LONDON : Nationwide/RIBA. 2011, Competition Win - Nationwide Sustainable Housing Competition.

Research output: Other contribution

Hicks, S & Donnelly, A 2011, Ground For Change - Changed Ground. Nationwide/RIBA, RIBA LONDON.
Hicks S, Donnelly A. Ground For Change - Changed Ground. 2011. 3 p.
Hicks, Sebastian ; Donnelly, Aoife . / Ground For Change - Changed Ground. 2011. RIBA LONDON : Nationwide/RIBA. 3 p.
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