Wenford dries cycle station

Wenford Dries Cycle Station  Adaptively reusing an industrial derelict site, this project focuses of the remodelling and regeneration of a section of the forgotten shell, giving the space back a ‘sense of place’. Situated within the heart of a small cornish village of '>http://St.Breward'> and lies adjacent to the famous cycle trial, the Came '>http://Trial.The'> project has given the space a new function, as a cycle station for the 400,000 users that pass the site annually. A place to stop refresh, sit , chat and bed down for the night. The insertion continues and guides the user through a journey into the wild landscape and into the regenerated interior spaces. Adaptive reuse and conservation of derelict spaces has been a predominant growing interest of mine. Adaptive reuse of derelict and forgotten buildings has drawn me to inspirational case studies that insert a new modern layer within the derelict spaces, where the old influences the new aspect of the design. The sense of nostalgia, history and secrecy surrounding derelict buildings draws myself to contemplate the buildings previous life, including the activities, memories and functions that the building once contained but breathing a new layer of life into the space is giving a derelict building a new future and sustainable purpose which I find really '>http://exciting.Combining'> these two different design languages to create something uniquely special.