
Jacob Ashton
P1
Walkers’ Refuge
The design for this walkers’ refuge, situated in the Peak District, is influenced directly by the process of walking. It combines space for shelter, rest, observation, and eating, with a radical walkway that stretches the length of the site. Responding to its topography and windy conditions, the walkway creates a dramatic approach to the building, allowing the landscape to be experienced differently at various points along the way.
- Site Diagrams
- Measured Drawing
- Initial Sketches
- Concept Drawings
- Interior Concept
- Plan
- Section
- Territory
- Model
- Interior Sequence of Spaces
- Final Drawing
P2
Theatre
Situated in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, this theatre turns the spotlight onto everyday life, providing a space for everyday people to share their own stories and anecdotes. It attempts to reignite the sense of community present throughout Manchester’s history, ultimately aiming to improve social cohesion by bringing a diverse range of people together.
- Site
- History of the Northern Quarter
- People of Manchester
- Type
- Concept Sketches
- Interior Sketches
- Facade Study
- Ground and Lower Ground Plan
- Section AA’
- Section BB’
- Section CC’
- Roof Structure
P3
Housing
Located in multicultural Burngreave, this housing scheme aims to deliver social homes to those that have been evicted from their community as a result of the privatisation, redevelopment, or demolition of the extremely limited council housing stock. It focuses on interactions and the residents integration into a new community, aiming to produce an open and inclusive development and one which enables its inhabitants to feel rooted to place.
- Site
- Demographic
- Manifesto
- Spatial Arrangements
- Massing
- Site Plan
- Lower Plan
- Middle Plan
- Upper Plan
- Street Elevation
- Section AA’
- Section BB’
- Sectional Perspective
- Courtyard
- Interactions
- Visual Connections
- View from Living Space into Courtyard
- View from Living Space into Central Common Space
- View of Bedroom