THE CHALK WORKS:
CHALK-BASED RENOVATION, REMEDIATION AND REGENERATION
Through establishing wider systems of material industrial symbiosis and methods of tailored chalk-based renovation, this project proposes the use of waste chalk ‘filter cake’ to renovate, remediate and regenerate the derelict Shoreham Cement Works, converting it into a ‘Chalk Works’ - a construction school which offers an alternative curriculum.
In response, a chalk-based logic addresses the historic processes and conditions that exist on site whilst enabling new architectural, geological, and social processes to be inserted. With chalk waste driving these changes, architectural and landscape interventions take on a hybrid, homogenous quality. The research provides opportunities for broader investigations into chalk architecture, forming symbiosis between industry and construction, establishing a renovative cob construction method, and alternative material-driven teaching methods.
