Emily Norman
MA work
MA work
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Manufactourism Factory Floor Plan
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Manufactourism
Manufactourism is about reviving interest in manufacturing processes by making them accessible to an audience participating in an experience or ritual that celebrates and charts each step of a process. Â
Small scale manufacturing is in
decline and while processes are out of sight and out of mind one wonders why
the skills and ingenuity are often so undervalued. A recent government
report believes that the future of manufacturing is in the creation of  'adaptive cultures and facilities open to customers, partners and the
community'. But what would it take to save a failing domestic glass works in the
Lea Valley from extinction to secure the future of its skills legacy?
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Manufactourism proposes a factory where a holistic material and
manufacturing appreciation comes as a culmination of a cultural pilgrimage
route, where a raw material is collected at one location and carried on a
journey to be transformed. At this factory, a reimagined architecture
facilitates the belief that witnessing the transformative process of turning
earth’s mineral silica into glass objects via intense heat can make you think
differently about the world, and that such an experience will hold greater
value and importance in the future as people become further removed from making
processes and disillusioned by our current state of insatiable consumption.
Materially, the architecture explores how cast glass allows for an additional
dimension able to capture the essence of space, holding greater potential for
expressing mystery and human emotion beyond decorative surface illumination.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Architecture
Programme
MA Architecture, 2014
Specialism
ADS6
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Contact
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Degrees
- BSc Architecture, The Bartlett School of architecture, University College London, 2008; Diploma in Foundation Art & Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, 2004
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Experience