Manchester: Mapping
The relationship between the periphery and centre of a city was explored in order to create a stance within urbanism. The idea presented in A. Reijndorp and H. Maarten’s ‘In search of a new public domain’, that the design theory’s applied to the periphery are being transferred to the core of cities in an attempt to recreate public domains, was contextualised within the urban context of Manchester. Using Fairfield as a typical peripheral district of Manchester analytical methods were used to discover how the district connects and integrates with the rest of the city.
The Historical Growth of Fairfield, Manchester.
In addition to researching and analysing Fairfield’s built context and historical development, active data collected as a method of abstracting live data from the area. Without reference to a topographical map a path was walked through Fairfield, with the course dictated by instinct and feeling. The path dissected Fairfield, starting on Ashton Old Road and ending on Ashton New Road. The result was an abstract map displaying the different emotions and atmospheres experienced along the journey.
In an attempt to contextualise the emotive map other aspects of the journey were mapped, such as lighting qualities, human encounters and the volumes of different space in an attempt to find a correlation.
In an attempt to contextualise the emotive map other aspects of the journey were mapped, such as lighting qualities, human encounters and the volumes of different space in an attempt to find a correlation.
