There's a Railway in the Street

Another regeneration scheme that is part of the masterplan that I went to see whilst I was in Hull is the regeration of Railway street. Railway street is on the waterfront of the Hull Marina and offers access from the city centre to Humber Quays.



Railway street is a mainly pedestrianised area with shared space, there ia parking areas for vehicles to park by the waterfont and unload, footpaths for pedestrians with a mix of yorkstone paving and granite setts. Whilst I was there I hardly saw any vehicles drive along the road except for those who came to unload at the watfront.

A Changing City

During this focus week I spent most of my time in Hull. Hull is a one of UKs leading port cities and since 2003 this city has been undergoing major regeneration all over the city. One of the biggest and most ambitious city centre redevelopment within Hull is St Stephens.




My first view of Hull once exiting the Station at Hull is the St. Stephen complex. Its dramatic glazed canopy roof structure spans the length and breadth of the curved 'street', which is as wide as London's Oxford Street and the tree-lined open spaces and squares. The 40 acre development has a new, state of the art integrated transport interchange,
a shopping and leisure complex, including around 50 shops and stores
new homes for the Hull Truck Theatre and the Albemarle Music Centre
a hotel and a residential quarter.
The landscape definately unites catering to the peoples needs, after a long day shopping pedestrians would jus have to walk a short distance with there heavy bags to the transport interchange where they can find there bus to take them to home. This development will also have a good impact on the the retail sector attracting those who are just entering Hull to do a quick bit of shopping before heading for there desired location in Hull
I was definately drawn to enter the shopping centre it was just too tempting.

From Student to Superhero using Photoshop

During focus week I decided to improve my knoweledge of Phtoshop and Illustrator but mainly Photoshop. I played around with Photoshop creating this poster for my sisters campaign to become student president at her university. Focusing on her being the next student president/superhero I used a variety of elements making myself familiar with them, from contrast/bightness to accented edges.

Image of the Month

Walking Bike

Designer: Max Knight