“Aspiring to be an architect, I am deeply interested in the emotional and social connections we form with space, and how architecture can enable creativity, community, and belonging. Throughout my academic journey, I have explored how memory, materiality and spatial design can foster meaningful experiences for individuals and communities alike.
The Artisan Frame, my final year project, is part of a wider masterplan titled Festival Memories, which reimagines Liverpool’s Festival Gardens through the lens of preservation and celebration. The scheme aims to give the site back to the people by embedding community-focused uses within its core. My zone, originally titled Villa Memora, focuses on the act of preservation. The ground floor accommodates a makers’ market, conservation studio and archive, designed as separate yet connected buildings that celebrate craft, heritage and cultural engagement. Residential units rise above, offering contemporary urban living tied to creative practice.
The project reconnects the site to the water through restored historical pathways, open views and public gathering spaces. Murals and sculptures animate the site with layered narratives drawn from its past, transforming everyday movement into moments of cultural experience.
Materiality plays a key role. Concrete and limestone reflect Liverpool’s industrial and maritime legacy, providing permanence and robustness, while timber softens the environment, bringing warmth and tactility to both living and communal spaces.
Through The Artisan Frame, I have explored how architecture can honour history while inviting new ways of living, making and gathering. I am passionate about designing inclusive, place-specific architecture that speaks to both memory and the future, and I look forward to contributing to work that deepens community connection and architectural storytelling.”
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