Sketchbook Progress

A lot of my ideas are springing from the coal industry and this is perhaps only right given the prominent role that the industry has played in the shaping of Prudhoe and the site.

There are strong visual references and evocative descriptions of working life underground and as previously mentioned an analogy between that industry and the one represented in the new building can be drawn.

A new colour palette brings in more strands and now includes gloss black (coal), bright green (landscape), yellow (historic landscape perhaps in the shape of whin blossom) and red for the outline of the Ord/Capper land on the old plans.


Reversing the mine diagram and introducing one of the colours also begins to suggest new ideas.

There are names and words too that anchor ideas to the place.

Next will be a closer look at the education element of the site and in particular the ethos and vision captured in the new building project. At the same time an eye will be kept on opportunities within the development to transfer these ideas.