Manufacturies, 2022
Paired with OEP UK, based in Preston and specialists in the development of prefabricated building systems, Tim Denton’s starting point was inspired by Blackburn’s public realm. As part of the National Festival of Making 2019 programme, he delivered the Blueprints workshop, in which over 300 drawings of imagined architecture were created by children and adults, made from stencils that were traced directly from architectural features found in Blackburn.
The results were an eclectic mix of ‘blueprints’ that went on to inspire the next stage, a collaboration with mechanical and engineering students from Blackburn College to translate these designs into physical full-size models using large cardboard tubes and CNC cut plywood connectors.