Re-Appropriating the Past
For the fourth task we were told to walk around the Lace Market in Nottingham and find one factory/commercial building of the Industrial Revolution era that has been developed and converted into new accommodation, either retail, leisure or residential. The building that I identified was the Adams Building, on Stoney Street, which has Georgian style of architecture. The Building was formerly a lace showroom and warehouse and now forms part of the City campus of New College Nottingham. The building has a Grade II* listing and was converted to a college in 1996.
The primary structure of the building makes renovations have several restrictions, which means that the workers would have to work round the primary structure trying not to alter it when they are renovating the building.
In 1854 the building was built, where it used to be a lace house warehouse. It was in the 1980s and early 90s, which the Adams Building was in a severe state of hopelessness, this was due to a number of reasons. In 1996, the building was taken by the Lace Market Heritage Trust; it was restored and converted to a fresh by New College Nottingham. The restoration cost £16.5 million hoping to spark the Lace Market area once more.
I think that the client’s main intention with the renovation was to leave the historic fragments. But to also sharpen them up and make them stick out, to how the building first looked in 1854. The main renovation will have happened inside the building, as they would have had to change the lot of the interior to make it safe and suitable for New Nottingham College to use. The developer would have had a lot more to consider when thinking about the renovations due to the age of the building and how it had been in bad shape before the Lace Market Heritage Trust took it over.
The main compromise, that I think the local authority and the client would have had to make, is agreeing on the final design idea, with each group being happy. This is due to the local authorities trying to save every last bit of history in the building. With the client trying to make the building be as high end as it can be due to it becoming a college. The external look of the building cannot change, the local authority would like the client to keep as much of the interior the way it is, and also make sure that all foundations and walls are well braced, due to the building being so old.
The primary structure of the building makes renovations have several restrictions, which means that the workers would have to work round the primary structure trying not to alter it when they are renovating the building.
In 1854 the building was built, where it used to be a lace house warehouse. It was in the 1980s and early 90s, which the Adams Building was in a severe state of hopelessness, this was due to a number of reasons. In 1996, the building was taken by the Lace Market Heritage Trust; it was restored and converted to a fresh by New College Nottingham. The restoration cost £16.5 million hoping to spark the Lace Market area once more.
I think that the client’s main intention with the renovation was to leave the historic fragments. But to also sharpen them up and make them stick out, to how the building first looked in 1854. The main renovation will have happened inside the building, as they would have had to change the lot of the interior to make it safe and suitable for New Nottingham College to use. The developer would have had a lot more to consider when thinking about the renovations due to the age of the building and how it had been in bad shape before the Lace Market Heritage Trust took it over.
The main compromise, that I think the local authority and the client would have had to make, is agreeing on the final design idea, with each group being happy. This is due to the local authorities trying to save every last bit of history in the building. With the client trying to make the building be as high end as it can be due to it becoming a college. The external look of the building cannot change, the local authority would like the client to keep as much of the interior the way it is, and also make sure that all foundations and walls are well braced, due to the building being so old.
References:
- [online access]: http://www.nottinghamenglishschool.com/pdf/adams%20history%20leaflet.pdf
- [images accessed online at]: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Adams+Building,+on+Stoney+Street&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=InBnU6XYD4aCPdqZgegD&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1517&bih=693&dpr=0.9#imgdii=_
- [map accessed at]:https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview?ie=UTF-8&q=Adams+Building,+on+Stoney+Street&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=Adams+Building,+on+Stoney+Street&hnear=0x4879e9445abe8adb:0xcaf3fc1b9cb3e264,Ilkeston,+Derbyshire&ei=CGtoU-mYNciUO9CQgKgF&ved=0CIkBELYD