Y2 Project 4 Shifting Tectonics (2)

The proposal for this project was a centre to re-build the defences using the material that has broken away from the cliffs of Happisburgh. It would not provide a perfect set up to protect the village but would at least provide a short to long term solution to shield the village from the worst of the erosion. 

The principle is that it would be sited 'down stream' from the longshore drift which plagues the coastline with a huge mechanical sieve stretching out into the sea to catch the sediment eroded away from the cliff faces. This material would be taken back to land with a series of lifts and conveyor belts and then processed on the shore into bricks. These bricks would then be used to patch up or create sea defences along the coastline and buy Happisburgh more time to move. 

The architecture was to reflect it's purpose and also it's meaning. It is to be a defence, and a strong beacon within Happisburgh. And although the model is not as refined as it ought to have been, it shows the intention of the architecture. Built into the cliffs at Happisburgh it becomes a place of creation and in that creation a place of hope. Hope that a villagers house won't tumble into the sea during the night as has been known to happen in violent weather.

Each of the 3 modules is where the brick manufacturing happens, with the sediment entering through the front. In between the modules the distribution occurs and also the control centre to monitor the situation in the sea and when to drag in the material based on what is currently happening and what has happened before.