Reuse Urban Spaces in Manchester

Project idea

Manchester hosts one of the biggest recognised Pride Parades internationally every year. The Gay Village symbolises the acceptance and freedom experienced by all the communities living in the city. The annual Pride Parade is the event that attracts national and international attendance towards the support of LGBTQ+ community, but rest of the year, the city lacks a visual and experiential identity that it stands for. The Gay Village helps support its members in the society. This area deserves a separate identity in terms of its usage of public spaces around the pubs and the streets.

Project description

The aim of my project is to recognise the usage of space and enhance the experience with respect to the public spaces and introduction of activity spaces to help and support the community all year round.
The project aims at recognising and designing versatile spaces that can be shifted and rearranged during the Pride Parade to ease the heavy footfall experienced during the annual weekend event.
The City of Manchester is aiming towards the reduction of car based traffic within its city centre. The city centre currently has many car parking spaces within its various commercial and retail districts. The multi story car parks render the built space density to these spaces but act as a single activity usage places for the sole purpose of parking cars. My proposal explores the possibility of using multi storey car parking space within The Gay Village for the advantage of the community and to reduce private car traffic around the proposed public spaces for safer, more inclusive and accessible urban experience.

Technical information

The construction remodelling of the built space is logically and gradually processed towards the minimum construction turn over for a quicker and swifter public usage involvement. The materials used for the construction and the public space furniture are reused and locally sourced to maintain minimal economical and environmental impact. The possibilities of reusing industrial rejects and construction materials from in and around the city is an ode to Manchester's industrial heritage as well as its future regeneration projects taking place around various urban districts.

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