WHOLE VALLEY STRATEGY

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FINDING FORM AND SITE STRATEGY

Phase 1 is the start of the re-wilding mission and can be used as a model for the whole valley vision, connecting the commercia l and cultural centre of Birmingham to the valley. Expansion of the re-wilding connects a diverse number of city spaces. With each ph ase having its own Boot Room to establish the valley as a wild pedestrian highway, as well as establishing a continuous natural landscape.

The Centre welcomes public to the valley, acting as a Boot Room for users to begin their wild journey. It is home to the woodland management and forest school who steward the valley.

Re-Wilding Centre Clearing

Moving over the flood plain taking in the life filled wetland, a clearing provides a social space in nature, together or alone this is where humans relate to and inhabit the landscape.

Woodland Observatory

Immersed within the woodland users can experience the bats and birds in their natural habitat. The low impact space establishes co-habitation relationship.

White Swan

Leading on from the clearing the historic White Swan reminds us of the industrial past, bringing the journey back to the urban Birmingham.

Urban Edge

Part wild, part urban the living walls take you around the site offering peaks of the nature as you return to the highstreet.