My final year project aims to find a contemporary identity for the unused industrial heritage of the Leith area of Edinburgh, to support the sustainable development of the city and to bring vitality to the local community. The project site is located on the north side of the Beaverhall House industrial estate in the Leith area. The building has been used for light industrial production over the last century. As a result of urban development and industrial restructuring, the building is currently unused and rented out as a warehouse. The central aim of the project is to de-industrialise the building in order to integrate it into the current urban context. My design focuses on spatial interventions to remove the ‘collectivist’ mode of production of the building. And to reorganise these collective production spaces into diverse and flexible spaces for creative industries. This will provide the local community with a potential base of creative industries and creative workers.
