Fragmentation of Existing Royal Mail Facade
Exploration of cast in-situ against existing facade of Royal Mail building
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Timeless Co-existence : Uncovering the Ground of Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is one of the last brown field sites in the heart of London that awaits redevelopment. From the Victorian prison to the now privatised Royal Mail, Mount Pleasant has always been an isolated territory and the proposed development is yet to divide the site even more.
As a response to the future development plan, the project recognises the hidden reality of Mount Pleasant and questions how historical values could be used as a means to achieve a new urban typology and make changes to the scrap & build development pattern today.
By rediscovering the footprints of preexisted buildings and future development, it articulates the importance of the Ground in the city. Through a series of excavating, cutting and inserting processes, a network of fragments and proposed spaces would be situated across the landscape and constitute the new ground as the framework for the future development to come along.
Exploration of cast in-situ against existing facade of Royal Mail building
A network of fragments and proposed spaces provide a set of rules and guidelines for the future development to come along
The proposed landscape lies between old and new while rest of the volumes are given to the future development
Concrete fragments taken from historical layers would provide structural support for future development and vertical connection around the site along the linear passage
Potential programmatic volumes to be inserted between the existing façade and Royal Mail, while ceiling of this proposed space will be articulated by the housing volume above
