Hydrogeneration centre as a model of decentralised energy production
Ambergate, Derwent Valley, Derbyshire
MArch 6th Year Design Project
Studio Future Works
Joint Thesis Project in partnership with fellow 6th year student.
Though only images created personally are displayed unless otherwise credited, the thesis question and technological research that informed the project was a joint effort. The final design was developed in partnership though personal focus was on the Hydrology provision of the scheme (SouthWest bank of river).
With thanks to:
Project Partner; Alexander Schofield
Tutors; Prof. Renata Tyszczuk, Julia Udall
AHRC Stories for Change
Ambergate and Derwent Valley Community Energy Limited
Boeing Advanced Manufacture and Research Centre
Re-industrialisation of Victorian wireworks mill for hydro-electric generation and hydrogen production using electrolysis at a later phase. River Derwent is a primary resource for renewable energy and hydrogen source.
Project explores notions of ownership of energy resources through expansion of a real-world community hydropower scheme, and suggests alternative localised models of energy distribution.
Design focus placed on accessibility and legibility of large-scale industrial processes through kinetic architectural elements whose movements contribute to regulation of production systems; as well as circulation of varied user groups in an ecologically rich site.
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General Arrangements
Technology
