welsh school of architecture, cardiff university
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Architecture / Digital Design / Drawing
My location: London, United Kingdom
First Name: Caty
Last Name: Mills
University / College: welsh school of architecture, cardiff university
Course / Program: Architecture
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Architecture / Digital Design / Drawing
My Location: London, United Kingdom
This retrofit proposal for a set of civic buildings brings light, spatial connections and openness into the existing Hoover factory to preserve memories of place and simultaneously create new ones. The quality of space is intended to unfold and rework itself, shaped by communal use over time. Much of Hoover’s steel structure is retained and celebrated, while other elements of the original building are dismantled and playfully reused throughout the scheme. At masterplan scale, the proposed buildings act as a passageway between housing sites, providing access to an extensive programme of community spaces. The detailed focus of this project is on one of the four buildings: Merthyr Town Hall and Library.