Counter- :
New Cultural Institutions for Liverpool
... an intermediate unit
New Cultural Institutions for Liverpool
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Unit: Undergraduate Option Studio
Site: Liverpool, UK
Date: 2023 - 2024
School: Architectural Association
... with Jessica Reynolds
Site: Liverpool, UK
Date: 2023 - 2024
School: Architectural Association
... with Jessica Reynolds
In this brief, students focused their efforts on designing architectural proposals for a counter-museum in Liverpool. The designs followed the logic of students’ previous material and formal explorations. Students were asked to develop clear spatial, material and atmospheric strategies as a response to the brief and their previous research about counter-narratives of Liverpool. By developing interventions for existing museums, each student took a stance on the role of institutions in the production of cultural knowledge.
These counter-proposals demonstrate students’ interests in the legacy of Liverpool in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the ecology of the Royal Albert Dock, artist co-housing, recycled industrial materials, forgotten housing typologies and intangible heritages and cultural practices.
