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WCML Ev//4.0 WCML Ev//4.0 explores education as a powerful tool for resistance, protest, and social change. Building on the Working Class Movement Library’s collection of working-class movements and political histories, the project investigates the issues currently affecting working-class communities and how people believe these challenges could be addressed. A key finding behind the project was […]
Order and Chaos This project proposes an extension to the Working Class Movement Library in Salford, creating new spaces for learning, culture, and community engagement. The scheme introduces a café, exhibition areas, expanded library spaces, flexible community rooms, and a dedicated event space. Together, these additions improve the visitor experience while supporting the library’s role […]
Fast Fashion Architecture This project explores the adaptive reuse and extension of the Working Class Movement Library, a Grade II listed building in Salford that preserves the history of working-class activism and social movements. The proposal reimagines the library, archive, exhibition, entrance, and events spaces while responding sensitively to the existing historic building. The aim […]
Connecting an Industrial Past with a Digital Future Industrial Memory, Digital Futures celebrates Salford’s industrial history while imagining what libraries and archives could become in an evolving digital world. The project responds to the Salford Crescent development framework, which will transform the area over the coming decades but may also risk overshadowing the heritage of […]
Protest Fusion This project proposes a retrofit and extension to the Working Class Movement Library, reimagining it as a more open civic space for heritage, activism, and public engagement. The proposal explores the cultural significance of the site, uncovering lost histories such as the Bury Bolton Canal, and considers how these stories can be reinterpreted […]
Bricks of Gaza Bricks of Gaza proposes an expansion of the Working Class Movement Library in Salford, creating more space for educational, creative, and political exploration. The project also improves the existing Jubilee House building, helping it reach its full potential as a civic and cultural resource. The Working Class Movement Library preserves socialist and […]
Adaptive Re-Use; Defying the Ordinary Adaptive Reuse: Defying the Ordinary reimagines the Working Class Movement Library in Salford as a contemporary civic destination that preserves heritage while creating new opportunities for future generations. The project responds to the growing disconnect between historic institutions and the communities they were originally built to serve. The proposal transforms […]
The Memory, The Journey The Memory, The Journey explores the future of the Working Class Movement Library as a civic and community space within a changing social and cultural context. Rather than treating preservation as a fixed act, the project uses architecture to support renewal, reinterpretation, and public engagement. The proposal recognises that the building’s […]