Adventurous Play: Experiencing the post industrial landscape of Redcar Blast Furnace

Royal Institute of British Architects Presidents Medals 2016

Part 2 Project 2016
Hollie Welch
Northumbria University | UK

Unlike many industrial relics, the Redcar Blast Furnace has a positive association with the local population, and stands as a monument to industrial Teesside which should not be lost following closure and decommissioning.

By repurposing the site through the provision of a climbing hub and offshore survival training facility, the Blast Furnace presents exciting opportunities to develop the offshore industry sector emerging in the area and to celebrate local heritage.

Hollie Welch

Link http://www.presidentsmedals.com/Entry-41641#

A Postcard from the Northern Powerhouse

Think on..

 

The current government had an opportunity to save the blast furnace

they chose not to take it.

Unemployment across the Tees Valley is double the national average at 3.9%. The number of jobless youth is higher, at 5.2%, compared with the national average of 2.3%. And Middlesbrough has more deprived areas than any other local authority in the country, with almost half of its 42 neighbourhoods among the poorest 10% nationally. Source

REGISTER

Northern Powerhouse?