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![This map provides visitors with hierarchical site information including site location, history, iterations, accessibility, useful services, and attractions. It explores visitor's needs and links interactive and educational aspects of the project.]()
![Models demonstrate the dynamic, physical interaction during the design process. The 1:1000 model is built on the analytical base. The 1:200 model focuses on the zone of Turbine Square. The 1:50 model is a cut-out of the Grand Stairs.]()
![The existing coal yard is revitalised following the landform and the material condition. Artificial stream and spray systems are built on the land, driven by the power gained from the on-site cycling exercise.]()
Pumping Heterotopia: Re-Imagine “The Fun Palace”
Abbey Mill Pumping Station is a strategic sewage pumping station on an extensive site, comprising a series of old and modern pumping stations and associated infrastructure.
The succession of the pumping station indicates the fluctuating and marginal condition of the site. It also sparks the question of its future. Inspired by Cedric Price's project "The Fun Palace" (1959-1961), Pumping Heterotopia challenges the studio brief by interpreting uncommon human experiences on the site.
The proposal envisions an idea to embrace the heterotopia of the pumping station and transform the site into a playful and educational theme park with an industrial stamp.
The kinetic landscape is driven by in-situ hydropower and manpower. Utilising the gravity of sewage in the shaft from ground level to minus 66 metres, the water features and a series of installations within the site can be self-sufficient. The ventilation plants on top of the shafts also play a significant role in pumping the site power. The heterotopia of the pumping station, therefore, becomes an opportunity to equip the site with kinetic landscape powered by natural forces.
Pumping Heterotopia
Physical Guide Map
This map provides visitors with hierarchical site information including site location, history, iterations, accessibility, useful services, and attractions. It explores visitor's needs and links interactive and educational aspects of the project.
Collection of Physical Models
Models demonstrate the dynamic, physical interaction during the design process. The 1:1000 model is built on the analytical base. The 1:200 model focuses on the zone of Turbine Square. The 1:50 model is a cut-out of the Grand Stairs.
The Perspective of Coal Yard Stream
The existing coal yard is revitalised following the landform and the material condition. Artificial stream and spray systems are built on the land, driven by the power gained from the on-site cycling exercise.
Pumping Heterotopia Animation
Pumping Heterotopia Animation
The Bartlett
Autumn Show 2022
27 September – 7 October
Autumn Show 2022
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