Project Plans and Projected Look

An insight into what to expect from the project with relation to the way it will look and the layout of the project.

Draft plans, sketches and illustrations

CoRE will be a multi purpose facility embracing a number of key activities/packages. It will:

set standards for refurbishment
be a test base for product development, R&D and developing new technologies
provide quality space for built environment and construction technology related businesses
be a high profile space for showcasing, exhibitions, conferences and meetings
be a base for enhancing skills in refurbishment including hosting the Stoke-on-Trent College's Construction and Built Environment (CBE) centre
facilitate business support, networking and advocacy/policy models.

Key elements

Use of the kilns to create natural stack ventilation for the office hub. Two kilns house vertical circulation for the office hub. The kiln in the communal area to house vertical circulation and be the focus for exhibitions about work in the centre.
A large new-build light weight structure to house the workshop/ demonstration space. To sit in the space formed by the pottery buildings and the pub and materially contrast with the brick buildings of the pottery and surroundings.
Forming a central working yard off which all the spaces of the centre work.
A large new-build light weight structure to house the workshop/ demonstration space. To sit in the space formed by the pottery buildings and materially contrast with the brick buildings of the pottery and surroundings.
Forming a central working yard off which all the spaces of the centre work.