Ke Li

Site: East Edges Of Grangemouth.

Programme: Coal Mine Exhibition, Workshops, Sports Changing Room, Nursery Daycare Center, Viewing tower , Local Public Library

The design is informed by studies of a collection of central belt mine typologies which have become detached from context and experience. Emptied or displaced in some way, like the Mithraem in London, they offer a spatial typology to occupy time/history in a non-linear way. Visual experience and emotional resonance is foregrounded. The building has a sunken entrance. The underground space which is paved with cinder blocks, is used for exhibitions and workshops and expresses the memory of the past coal mining industry. The observation tower combines the past forms of surveillance and the housing patterns of coal miners. Spatial flow and the visual penetration of different angles informs the design of the leisure and communication space. A small library contains a variety of local history books and memorabilia, providing a more equitable opportunity and occasion for learning for all group of people. The whole building has bridge connections looping back over the entrance. 

Inchtra Park serves as a public green space between the residential area and the industrial area, providing leisure and relaxation for the surrounding residents and workers.

The project therefore aims to reconnect the edge of grangmouth, to reactivate the links between the different businesses and to return the green spaces to the residents.

Environmental Education Institute designs in two aspects: visual experience & emotional resonance.

Geometric shape constructs the main body of the building, interior space of the building will create a historical atmosphere similar to work styles and class structures, people can cross the barriers of time and empathy for people's lives in the past. The narrative flow of the entire design is divided into four chapters, [Awakening], [Resonating], [Subliming] and [Closed Loop].