Cofio Celyn: Remember Celyn Part 1 Project 2023 Gus Eynon Richards University of Greenwich | UK In 1965 the proud Welsh village of Capel Celyn, now ruined and vacated by its community, was veiled in water to build a reservoir for Liverpool. The Drowning of Tryweryn is a key point in Welsh history and sparked considerable yet ignored protests. Now, ‘Cofio Celyn’ is rarely seen and the village begins to be forgotten again; this project seeks to reverse that and provide a new architecture to remember Celyn.The architecture aims to restore the community and close bond of Welshness that were lost in 1965. By using materials sourced from the site itself in a sustainable way, all are invited to rebuild a new village above the water line. Here, the new community works with the landscape which both offers resources and causes decay; the architecture is constantly being renewed as its environment warps and changes it. Different spatial experiences arise through different conditions of decay, repaired in a designed patchwork by all. Through this process, the community learns traditional skills, promoting a lost Welsh vernacular, and grows together as a community. As the new Capel Celyn is rebuilt and renewed so is a new community, all looking towards the memory of the village below the water. Gus Eynon Richards Tutor(s)