GLASTONBURY: RURAL / URBAN
The project is situated on Worthy Farm, Somerset on the site of the worlds largest music festival, Glastonbury. Every year in June, this site undergoes a rapid transformation from rural farmland into a temporary instant city housing 250,000 people. The intention is to analyse the relationship between the rural and urban to provide a platform for local farms and organic waste to become an integral component of the urban context of Glastonbury festival.
'AN INSTANT CITY'
LOCATION PLAN
COW SHED
SITE
SLURRY
LOCAL FARM
CASE STUDIES
GLASTONBURY
NETWORK
Growing up 2 miles away from Worthy Farm, and working with Block 9 and the Rubbish Art. Project during Glastonbury201 has given me the opportunity to establish a rich network of collaborators, friends, and partners at Glastonbury Festival. Throughout the project, my ambition was to collaborate with this network to culminate my research in the form of a live built structure at Glastonbury Festival 2020. Due to the festival being postponed in light of the COVID 19 pandemic, the direction of my proposition shifted towards a longer term collaboration, Setting the foundation for a future live build.
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WORTHY FARM
Worthy farm is in a unique financial and creative position, as it is owned by the Evis family who organise Glastonbury Festival and is already leading the conversation around sustainable agriculture. In 2016 they installed a 124kW anaerobic digester used to coverts cow slurry into biogas and electricity to power the farm. (site photos)
COW SHED
WORTHY FARM:
SITE IMAGES
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124kW ANAEROBIC DIGESTER
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SLURRY LAGOON
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DIGESTATE LAGOON
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MAIZE STORAGE
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ON-SITE BUILDINGS
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