Existing conditions

Digbeth is Birmingham’s oldest area. It used to be a residential area but they were demolished during the Industrial revolution when Digbeth became an important industrial area - it truly was the heart of Birmingham, Nowadays, it is falling into decay. Unsafe, unclean and forgotten - it has lost all its past glory.

Site plan proposal

The master plan includes the reworking of the existing Typhoo building and converting it into a theater. The middle bit would be stripped out to its structural skeleton defining a covered key route along the extended canal connecting the site with the future HS2. The 3rd one would become a creative hub. The proposal also sees the creative re-use of some abandoned buildings on the North and South edge of the site into residential blocks.

Existing condition

The master plan is envisioned to grow on a timeline. The core interventions (key magnets of the scheme) like the retrofit of the Tea factory and the extention of the canal will be executed first. The next photos show the timely interventions visually.