The creative process
Having spent time learning how to use the same software used in aviation simulators, David will be using this immersive environment software to develop interactive maps of Jaywick where local people are invited and encouraged to contribute their views, memories, photos, voices and other information. For the first time this information will be made available to professionals at Essex and Tendring Councils and aims to form a two way communication.
Combining the spirit of place with the environmental shift in the landscape, Alex will investigate how the impact of coastal erosion could inform a new landscape and leisure provision within the future planning. Working at a conceptual level, he can look at how Jaywick sits within the cultural profile of the Sunshine Coast of Tendring in Essex, as well as how the environment may alter that.
Alex's practice then explores the possibility of combining elements to provide unique leisure opportunities that can also be educational in raising awareness of natural habitats. With this project, Alex will look to make physical connections between David's exploration of social heritage and the natural and man-made changes in the Jaywick environment.
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“Jaywick is a place with a unique history and heritage that deserves to be better known, a place where the community has created a DIY holiday resort of immense character. I'm hoping that any work we do at Jaywick will support this community of residents and visitors alike to sustain a relationship with the stark beauty of the marshes and the ever changing seascape as the environment and society changes in the future.”
Alex Murdin
“Despite the established consultation processes within planning, there still remains a perceptual divide between external consultants and ‘local residents’ understanding of place, value and community. This project will not resolve this issue, but it may serve to create prototype mechanisms to re-evaluate the existing hierarchies of information and raise questions about the historic weaknesses in transparent communication between those who are designing landscape and those who live within it.”
David Cotterrell
