Meeting with collaborators from In-Situ in Nelson town centre on 05/02/24.

Calum Bayne, programme and practice co-ordinator at In-Situ educated the group on the history of the town centre and it's challenges facing it's vitality and economic success.

Zehra Aziz, previous practicing architect and current artist in residence at In-Situ, also accompanied the group on this site visit and provided insight for potential ways of development and thinking.

Together with Calum and Zehra in a local cafe, the group discussed personal positionings within the theme of regeneration, initial ideas and reference projects for the next steps of re-activating the Nelson viaduct.

Hello ! I'm Chloe

I'm from Belfast and have spent the past 2 years working in Manchester for TODD Architects. I studied my undergrad back home at Queen's University Belfast but decided to move across the water to try something new.

I'm an MArch student and part of the Flux atelier which investigates how play can re-imagine our cities. It's been really interesting to explore different elements of play with some experimental lab work and free thinking. Hopefully some of it can translate into the conceptual stages for Stitching Nelsons Spirit!

I'm looking forward to meeting everyone that will be involved in our group- it'll be a fun 2 weeks.