garston: post-industrial ghost-town

Similarly to Sheffield and Nowa Huta, Garston has suffered from the decline of industry. The docks still handle a high volume of trade, but due to the modern mechanisation of the process, fewer locals are employed, and so the docks cannot sustain the village. The interdependent relationship between the docks and the village is hence [...]

garston: a port and a village

Garston is a town that grew because of it’s docks. It’s located in south Liverpool, separate from the city’s other docks, which are all north of the city centre. Garston existed as a village in intself, long before being caught up in Liverpool’s suburban sprawl. Therefore it has always had a very strong local identity, [...]

some thoughts

Interdependence, Independence, & Industry

some words

Declaration of Interdependence:
Making connections.
Making places.
Making relations.
Making buildings.
Provisional Construcion:
Is a construction that is impermanent, relatively, compared to a wider timescale.
A construction that is informal, compared to pre-conceived convention.
A construction that doesn’t take itself too seriously.