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3M DIAGRAMS

MACRO / A NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGES
MESO / PLACES + SPACES
MICRO / CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM + MATERIAL CHOICES

Princess Parkway air pollution makes 

growing produce difficult and potentially dangerous - therefore a protective canopy is necessary to cover the allotments

collaborations with Hulme Community Garden Centre

maintain

green spaces 

keep/use some of the existing trees on site

food importation reduced

surrounding residential houses have limited garden space - communal gardens avaliable for their use

connections kept with the city centre maintained

store front on Stretford Road for maximum engagement with community

barrier needed between site and Princess Parkway

N

HOUSING UNITS
GROCERY/CAFE

green roof

steel frame

brick structural wall

long windows

concrete floor slab

green roof

concrete floor slab

timber cladding

glass celing

steel frame

glass curtain walls

a.

b.

c.

a.

b.

c.

a. - living room/entrance

b. - bedrooms/bathroom/terrace

c. - kitchen/storage/toilet

a. - grocery/storage

b. - entrance/botanical garden

c. - cafe/toilets/storage

green roof

perforated brick

steel frame structure

brickwork + large grey rimmed windows 

timber cladding

reductive spatial layout

reductive spatial layout

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