Re-stating design concept.
Envisaging a new direction for the town has allowed a project to emerge that allows the carnivalesque character and festivities to be restated as important moments in the year. A new name for the town 'Copaca' - Bognor has allowed a 'carnival for survival' to be imagined, where community resilience is at its core. The project generates power from the tidal rhythms that have a bigger impact as they coincide with the existing major hoildays that take place on through out the year. The town now thrives when the tides are high. Energy is produced and represent times of plenty which allows festival's to take place. The town through a number of architectural interventions will be more tuned to the movements of the sea and there fore earth, moon and Sun.
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| Allowing site to flood creates an urban condition that illustrates the celestial movements Predicting tide fluctuations is easy as it relies the position of the sun and moon. Accurate seven day, annual and quarter of a century forecasts are compiled. This data can provide key dates in the future when energy production will be at its greatest. These dates become key festival days as the energy allows for a 'Time of plenty'. |
High and Low tides are shown in the table below calculated up to the year 2026:
At 'Times of Plenty' the architecture has the opportunity to celebrate this extra energy. A sustainable Blackpool illuminations.
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| Brighton Pier, Photo Dominic Alves |
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