Hi everyone, I’m Jing!
Adaptive Reuse

I come from China and finished my undergraduate study in XJTLU. I have interned at the city Planning Bureau and private architecture studios during the past.

I'm interested in the redesign and reuse of the site, making the abandoned site become revitalized again which is very exciting and changing the use of the site will bring a new experience to people. Our task now is to build a new pocket park on the ruins of the original building, which we hope will make a difference to the residents of Stockport!

Here we go! Kicking things off bright and early at 10 today! Today was all about getting to know each other as a team and starting to break grounds on understanding the site! We started with an ice breaker to tease out people's interests and get an understanding of what interests them architecturally!

Following on from that we discussed the site, project outcomes and client expectations for the project. Having previously discussed everyone's interests architecturally, sparked a huge discussion between temporary and permanent solutions for the site and how to divide the groups!

To finish off the morning session, the team spent some time brainstorming, exploring and generating initial ideas for the site. This afternoon we take a trip to Stockport to see the site for the first time!

Post lunch, Group 21 descended on Stockport for the afternoon! A short walk from the train station past some exciting developments, we arrived at the high street a couple minutes walk away from the site! It was only a brief visit as the surrounding buildings are currently undergoing major refurbishments so access to the site was blocked off!
Looking forward to Thursday morning when we meet our collaborator on site to gain access to fully understand the site! After the site visit, the team ventured around Stockport going on a whistle stop tour to see areas of public realm that might inform the design process! It was a very enjoyable afternoon in the sunshine, what a way for the team to see the site for the first time!

The final morning of the action weeks is upon us!

The team made final preparations for the presentation to the collaborators and spent some time rehearsing and going through the running order! We ensured that all comments raised in the previous meeting had been discussed and dealt with, and most importantly the team knew how to explain that to the collaborator!

Meeting time! The collaborators loved the proposal and the team absolutely smashed the presentation, we couldn't be happier! The feedback we received was incredible and the questions and concerns raised were all answered amazingly by the students. The proposals will be sent over to the collaborator for their use for future projects and will hopefully inform some of the future design decisions in Stockport!

Thank you for an amazing week! We can't thank our team enough and special thanks to the collaborators for giving in depth feedback throughout to help shape and mould the process!