I have now began to develop my prototype model. i will be blogging about the construction of the model as well as the final questions that have to be covered

Questions still to be answered

How much will it cost?

How long will it take to construct?

How will it be funded?

Health and safety?

Questions + Answers

What will the tunnel be made of?
The tunnel will be made from 300mm thick acrylic with a mirrored sheet finish on the outside, it will need to be this thick due to the tide and waves, the tunnel will be in a semi circle shape with a panoramic view. this will contain a solid floor made from wood with matching side walls for the public to sit on. 

The company capable of construction?
M.J. Murphy LTD

The size of the tunnel?
The tunnel will be the t.5.0 model that M.J. Murphy produce, this will be 5m wide

Is the sea bed clean and free of any debris?
The tunnel will have to be moved slightly from original plans as there are rocks

Will the tunnel be a solid pressure?
No the tunnel will be coming in and out of the water at either end and the tunnel will also change visibility due to the tide

How deep will the tunnel be?
The tunnel will have a 30m concrete support followed by the tunnel which will be 9m high

how long is the tunnel?
After the plans have been altered due to the rocks, the tunnel will be 1,629ft long

Where will the tunnel need to be constructed?
Due to the tunnel having to be built before it is dropped into the water a large area was needed for construction, the nearest area available will be CAMMELL LAIRD Shipbuilders

  


 

After plenty of research these are the questions that had to be asked and the answers i collected

Now that i have desided on the pier being my final idea, i had to gather information about construction, funding ect...

After looking through all my research I began to sketch in my book how i want the pier to look, the size, the length, where I want it positioned and how I want people to react to it. Using my sketches I produced a prototype of the pier.

Looking at what the folkestone regeneration comity are looking for?

Or even a gallery

I had a quick thought about using the pier for a business, a hotel or a restaurant for example

Looking at materials that will suit my idea of an underwater pier

Looking at Anish Kapoor and the materials he uses

I continued to look into piers, finding a location, a unique design and the history of piers. These are some ideas of my pier

I then sketched some ideas that i gathered from previous land marks

To start developing my ideas i began with finding a location of folkestone that i felt needed to have a change

My idea

Regenerate Folkestone,

I have started with some faint ideas and put them on paper, sketched a few drawings and began to find a start point for regenerating folkestone.