The Slopes
Interior Architecture
Proposal
Proposal
The Slopes is a car park-come-inclusive-space for personal and collective exploration. Entering by car only, visitors will find conversation pits, club rooms, baths and darkrooms all within the womb of a sensory-sensitive environment.
Inspired by the open-minded nightlife and embrase of the notion of freedom that European cities such as Berlin have so immaculately harnessed, I wanted to see what that might look like in the UK. With Brighton’s notoriety as a location for LGBTQIA+ representation, progressive inclusivity and community spirit, I wondered where in Brighton these spaces are today.
Do spaces for queer explorations exist in Brighton, as it’s notoriety suggests?
![View into the Main Space, West Facing](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afd51b15eda8c2d45fa22f4645289ba5788db4b92b92b0e924dad1047c4ddf21/2nd-Floor-Car-Park_Montage.png)
![View into the Main Space, East Facing](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6425c145cf5e1f217211fcc9830f4c821c73380a4f457bb49718181c9068441/Montage_God-View.png)
Following several short-lived purposes all out-grown their audiences, I wanted to revive one of the discarded proposals.
In 1946, the Brighton Hippodrome was reportedly favoured by the Coorperation Planning Comittee to be demolished and turned into a multi-storey carpark. 1
The Slopes offer a safe, inclusive, exhillirating and liberating space where curiosity is rewarded.
In 1946, the Brighton Hippodrome was reportedly favoured by the Coorperation Planning Comittee to be demolished and turned into a multi-storey carpark. 1
The Slopes offer a safe, inclusive, exhillirating and liberating space where curiosity is rewarded.
Storyboard
![View into of the entrance from Ship St.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a9ec7b3a07f98c6633210d84f7960e32575cf57e53e143bc34dbf26158d552b/Entrance_Montage.png)
![View from the car as it travels through a tunnel to the main space](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59020f292e05e7a40a2a6f6ac4dc745eb07890b7850a33c87a3a1186dd00fe5f/Entrance-Tunnel_Montage.png)
![View of the Level 3 space where the car is left](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0692abb3e3d052e1f0299f77d3f3666ce6ce83c560be302b252044d35d5cff8/Level-3_Montage.png)
![View into of the ice boulder and first slope](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e91d94c6968a916981d0d7e5b2ac93505acc6cb7e1258a2fe6266edabeb97d96/View-from-Ice_Montage.png)
![View of the conversation pit and the underside of the ice boulder](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4790e20f07b3697f7b0e7649208e67170b9639733afc4d4aa2d06bc095afc8ab/convorsation-pit_Montage.png)
![View to the main space from underneath Level 1](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15d45341a03df8594f0429b80423c379045df118525a81a8085dd602b8321b92/Orange-Background_From-Ground-Floor-Car-Park.png)
![View of the exit onto Middle St.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1080ea61d6c14cbb24bae10f3453e95934c29d0047bde48b4f941f07a681bed/Exit_Montage.png)
Nolly Model
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6e80c025defc7a6fd7689ced05f1d1795e4cd566ee51bd9d11a04227c46edc7/286F7493-D511-4AD3-8159-A32385EFA652_1_201_a.jpeg)
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8daa03de128796259abf9d0d9575a69e9ac7e053e6662beff24892119ae6ddb6/B1F8ED36-B9DD-4DD8-9E88-E644463B8717.jpeg)
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This model demonstrates the vehicle's entrance and exit paths, before entering an automated parking system, and communicates the mood of the interior concept.
Ice as a Building Material
Proposing ice as a building material, I explore it’s properties in encouraging curiosity, leading you to undefined areas of the building.
See Ice Managment
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/460d39dcce5526c3d5e7d3418ea8e9d68f7a9fc1996b76deb52218dd0da6e55c/52C09F58-D853-4EE0-A530-CDB59B774E9C.jpeg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e98b6e22ad56686b6bb8d41d87eb78b4a135709940883e824270d4cbe7cd2ff3/960B44A1-1E90-4B24-9BAC-489DA058AA2D.jpeg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9101a8e8c4fa00a74d93e4143d9d4e1f7daeb3d596ee2622722ddd0504299255/727B2F50-5408-481C-830C-46B81ECE8474.jpeg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9391e12f9d08751c41e992c31a2be024e4892c79ea5419094f0aedd7418e5c2c/6D31E2CD-EEC2-4AF1-B0FB-5AD00DC84637.jpeg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/332f8e2a760410e7a26352a012d1b0b54b50aef03341baec37e2257e2416b361/D9A5B38D-060F-4AC9-9985-6832C8A2BB22.jpeg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ee3afbef31b19fac5801893c2865a7c2f11b58d8bda33a72dd947051227b94b/E4FE2D8D-AD44-4FAF-9F7A-195F466C3618.jpeg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b652d0df50b96d72d205e2a2b49c56462f30ad51ca8095ec7b170164edab97f/00246827-31C3-4363-A3C7-8B5CFC9F59CE.jpeg)
![Montages showing movement behind partially melted ice 2](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70966214360828e1f152720aac5764d869e6cf2147ad54ffb1d3bc5d72176582/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-01.29.06.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cccc9c10becc8d23f960cc2b44998efbe14d27571520d4f40a151d5d706318b1/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-01.28.52.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce9c86cf518d9dc3b54c3cd3a853c46059c1b758fe689b0bd327f85458e8a13e/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-01.29.13.png)
Development Sketches
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30c4f1e26abb4d0043f92043743734fcb8e43b4db34a316c3dd3b4c4def96dfb/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-01.34.57.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91506259b8a79f519af66b61d07f31c1853fb96386b96cacfcbb70e9094f8df2/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-01.34.48.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e9da8ff798c57115809c6d0bd5807070fd4d648dd0f3df38af7daaeccdbda18/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-01.35.14.png)
![Designing the car's entrance/exit](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03be654b53e0a98c49a17556595665e34dc13c5ea35d5797580b2ea7ccf9663f/S182199829122042919150.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b772c5b3119b2336d3071bbaf2ae2038c21b2586e02ee683f8b46943232aeaef/Screenshot-2022-05-26-at-22.56.37.png)
1 brightonhippodrome.co.uk/gallery/gallery1.html
2 waynemcgregor.com