The goal of this thesis proposal is to introduce a bold piece of infrastructure that catalyses urban growth back into the Hebble Valley, within Halifax. This infrastructure will be paired with a new business and innovation centre that can act as an anchor within the armature, providing opportunity for future growth and development within the once busy industrial corridor.  
 
As a proposal, this project has the strategic potential to impact the whole of Halifax, extending the public realm from the town centre into the heart of the Hebble Valley. Like the canal and railroads before it, this infrastructure is just a first step for new urban form to develop and organise itself around. The flexible programme of this building hopes to kindle new businesses that can mature into independent enterprises around Halifax. In time, many of the surrounding brownfield sites should be transformed through this process, while the infrastructure remains as a permanent form, structuring new urban growth around it.