This thesis proposes an alternative model for tackling the decline of high-streets by promoting inter-generational education, small-scale manufacturing and craft. The site exists in a hinterland, behind residential properties and tired social club buildings, whilst neighbouring the Territorial Army and Regimental Headquarters. This juxtaposition of scales and typologies provides an opportunity to reconsider the use of the high street as more than just convenience retailing. The main insertion, a permanent steel frame forming a covered yard space, allows for assembly and disassembly of workspace units, permitting the building to adapt to needs while maintaining a core set of conditions for craft activities, skill transfer and social interaction. The architectural response reflects this through: the retained load-bearing walls, the new steel frame and canopy roof and the circulation in-between. 

(Studio 02; Performing Architecture)