Kosuke Ino
Sense of Brighton
This project aims to 're-Brightonise' the railway station area, which is currently dominated by large-scale developments. affected by London. The project offers wooden modular structures as an iteration tool to integrate small and large scale coexisting in Brighton.
The form of structure becomes transformable in order to adapt changeable activities, and also enhances key features of Brighton 'open spaces' and 'small units'. Eventually, community hubs will be created in the space by means of structural system.
Site
Brighton railway station area
'The sense of place' plays a significant role in non-metropolitan areas to identify its uniqueness. In the case of Brighton, two features, small units and open spaces, are prominent as sense of place. However, in Brighton railway station area, the original sense of Brighton with small scale is absorbed by larger scale buildings.
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Process
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Proposal
wooden modular structure
Several numbers of small units and open spaces will be proposed as functions where people in Brighton can explore the area. Moreover, this architectural outcome works as an intermediate space between two contradicted parts of of the city by forming network. The simple structure will be designed to fulfill these functions and adapt changeable and transient activities over different time spans.
The modular structure is made of wood because of its manipulability. The module comes from Japanese dimensions (910x1820) with the same intimacy as scales in Brighton.
Partitions can be attached to slits of structure, so that it can adopt a variety of activities.
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