︎Year 4
Helena Jordan
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Made in the UK
Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire
A casualty of abrupt coal mine
closures since the mid-1980’s, the Dearne Valley has been left with a fractured
labour identity, resulting in swathes of economically stagnant, neglected rural
communities. ‘Made in the UK’ aims to explore the localised; historical,
current, and potential future of labour, in order to develop alternative long term
strategies, stimulating a new eco-economy through off-site manufacturing
processes.
Speculating on the position
of labour in a more forward-thinking ecologically aware society - this
design-research reconsiders existing urban design strategies, proposing an alternative
resilient future for post-industrial rural mining towns in South Yorkshire.
Contact:









hij23@cam.ac.uk