# Project Description Bring Back the Land Kathryn Chieng Summary Final work Kathryn Chieng is a part 1 BA Architecture graduate from Central Saint Martins based in Surrey. Her main practice focuses on social and ethical design and gaining knowledge on how to develop interventions that benefit communities. She aims to foster meaningful relationships between the environment and it's users. Her project explores the narrative of adaptive reuse, to embrace the existing rather than erasing it, giving a voice to spaces that are abandoned and disused. Kathryn Chieng is a part 1 BA Architecture graduate from Central Saint Martins based in Surrey. H... College Central Saint Martins Course BA (Hons) Architecture Graduation year 2025 Engaging in reassembling existing matter, and adaptive reuse within the developing Meridian Water. Investigating how existing industrial structures can be disassembled into reusable building parts. Through introducing an agricultural landscape within the urban context, the proposal seeks to interrogate and regenerate the historical presence of the land. Bringing a voice to agricultural workers, to highlight the importance of the land as a sustenance for life and as a way of co-existing between humans and livestock. Final work View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery 1:750 Proposal plan Spatial arrangement of the proposal programs, acknowledging the Meridian Water master plan context. Proposal axonometric How the contrasting programs within the proposal are related and connected to each other, providing a cohesive landscape for both humans and sheep to navigate. 1:50 Sheep barn section Weaving in and out of the landscape, there exists a ‘city of sheep’ where the sheep can explore their own pathways through and in buildings. An undulating sloped pathway provides a network for humans to experience the landscape alongside the sheep. Research and process Share this project Engaging in reassembling existing matter, and adaptive reuse within the developing Meridian Water. Investigating how existing industrial structures can be disassembled into reusable building parts. Through introducing an agricultural landscape within the urban context, the pro... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Materiality Nature & Environment Places & Spaces Architecture