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The Northern Ethnographic Survey of the Everyday: An archive and registry office for Shipley and Saltaire, West Yorkshire

Part 1 Project 2016
Rachel Glenn
 University of Sheffield | UK
This project explores what happens when we begin to treasure everyday items and records of ordinary people. The archive collects the objects and records of people who live in towns and villages along the Leeds - Liverpool canal. Its architecture bestows value upon collections of previously overlooked ‘everyday’ objects. It questions our existing attitudes to what we choose to commemorate.

Tutor(s)
Robert Blundell
Mr Russell Light
2016
‘The Northern Ethnographic Survey of ‘The Everyday’. Perspective from Garden.
Post industrialised Airedale Valley. Like a mantelpiece laden with selected mementoes, this is an urban setting that has been part preserved to retain a sense of identity.
A mapping model of the Airedale Valley, which inadvertently highlighted the ‘icons’ of the site.
A programme that both references and contrasts with the idea that some mementoes from the past are to be commemorated while others are overlooked.
The Proposal in its context. A cluster of Buildings to house the Survey, the Collection and to cele-brate 'The Ordinary' through a Public Registry Office Gallery.
Plan, casement boxes house the precious archive on tram tracks set within the formal lavender gar-den. Can you find Julie?
Registry Office Building raised on stilts.
Etherial interior of Gallery space where ceremonies take place and items from the collection are dis-played as precious museum pieces.
Administration area, within Registry Office.
At night, the work 'THE' will shine upon those crossing the bridge.
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