I am a recently graduated Part 2 MArch Architecture student from the University of Salford. I have always been drawn to the fantastical, and the unusual. Through the exploration of the aesthetic theories of the beautiful, sublime and picturesque I have found myself even more determined to seek beauty within the spaces and landscapes I design, perceiving every space as a picture. The main theme within my practice is sustainability, therefore I propose the repurpose of the world’s man-made waterways as mobile aerial renewable energy networks; introducing a new dimension to the global airspace.
The project aims to explore the themes of the sublime by putting emphasis on the extreme aerial dimensions of the Manchester Ship Canal, while decarbonising the national grid and providing an alternative to land-intensive wind farming. Through the implementation of the Internet of Things the turbines respond to their surroundings and oncoming air traffic to animate the airspace they reside in by ducking away to make space for passing planes and using daylight sensors to light up during the night, creating a dynamic show of light and motion,
