We
made a research on Regent’s Place: we were interested how the area looked in
the past, what types of buildings were occupying the region. We found out that
the material that we want to use for our project was the most frequently used
for construction of residential properties before it became home to several
offices and commercial spaces.
“The
Euston Road corridor has a significant role to play in the historic and future
development of Regent’s Place. Originally known as ‘New Road’, it ran at right
angles to the main boundaries of the estates through which it passed. The
road’s isolation from its surroundings survived into the 19th
century and remained until well into the 20th century. In
particular, when housing development moved north of the road with the
laying-out of Regent’s park and Euston Square c.1810, the grain of development
remained strongly north/south, rather than east/west along the line of the
route. The development of the estates flanking the New Road was concentrated in
the London housing boom of c.1815-1830
To
the north lies the Regent’s Park Estate an almost entirely residential area,
developed in the 1960’s. To the west is a triangular city space defined by
Albany Street, Longford Street and Osnaburgh Street. Within this space lie
three listed buildings, namely the Holy Trinity Church designed by Sir John
Soane, Great Portland street Underground Station and The White House Hotel.”*
This
is one of the reasons why we would like to bring the memory back to demonstrate
the drifting of these objects into the previous time passages.
* Regent's Place, Osnabourgh Street, Public Exhibition, 2004, Printed by British Land
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