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Remaining to Forget

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Student Xuan Wang
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Design Studio Design Studio 4
Year 2

As the field of landscape design increasingly embraces predictability and standardisation, the process of creating spaces often adheres to predetermined plans. However, the unanticipated emergence of historical remnants disrupted the planned installation of a pipeline near the Welwick Marshland, calling into question how we respond to the unforeseen complications in landscape design. Can these moments be used as opportunities?

At Welwick Saltmarsh, the heavy human impact on the coast as a result of nearby industrial activity has accelerated the loss of sediment, with a 50% loss of intertidal habitat. Welwick Saltmarsh is still degenerating and these large areas of unvegetated mudflat increase the risk of coastal flooding.

Remaining to Forget is a project aiming to create a salt marsh archive recording daily tidal changes while responding to environmental issues through nature-based solutions. Archaeology is the entry point to this project, as it calls connections to our forgotten past, present, and the unpredicted future on the mudflat.

Current Mudflat Condition

Current Mudflat Condition

The mudflat of Welwick doesn’t have mature hummocks, creeks, ridges etc, which makes the development tough.

All views and functions are achievable by footpaths, which improves the accessibility of the site to some extent. However, not every point is accessible all day, reacting to daily tidal changes and the time of several digging circles.

Masterplan

All views and functions are achievable by footpaths, which improves the accessibility of the site to some extent. However, not every point is accessible all day, reacting to daily tidal changes and the time of several digging circles.

Design Strategy for Nearshore Sedimentation and Archaeological Excavation

Design Strategy for Nearshore Sedimentation and Archaeological Excavation

The typologies are recorded for a clear explanation of how accessibility will be extended during and after tidal time.

Archaeological Display Zone

The deposit-fixing infrastructure works with biodegradable root supporters to fix the sediment brought in by the tides, helping pioneer species to colonise the mudflat.

Process of Sedimentation over 50 Years

The deposit-fixing infrastructure works with biodegradable root supporters to fix the sediment brought in by the tides, helping pioneer species to colonise the mudflat.

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