Having worked in Unit 4C for 2 years I have enjoyed learning under their poetic narrative ethos, they focus on gaining contextual and initial design understanding through conceptual sketching and modelling.

Within the treatment of water, a dominance-based relationship has evolved. Access to clean water is a precious privilege, with 40% of the world’s population lacking access to basic sanitation. However, this goes unacknowledged with the sabotage of purification to our rivers. Relating directly to the project’s site at Ratcliffe on Soar, these fluid dispossessions activate a duty to revitalise what the waters have been stripped of - care.  

The building gives rise to the provision of a place for empowering individuals to engage with the role as custodians of water. The public building encapsulates regeneration zones, workshops and labs forming democratic discussion spaces as well as channelling the River Soar into natural pools that purify polluted river water into biodiverse ecosystems.

This project aims to combat the effects of a negligent society, advocating for a community of collective protection in place of individual gain.