Throughout the industrial revolution, the factories and mills dominating Britain’s skyline came at the cost of the natural environment. However, the appreciation of nature that emerged from this era was immense. Through redevelopment of an underused industrial site, I have created a green corridor in a city. The introduction of a natural haven in a densely built up environment reflects the parks and heaths which were opened to the public during the overcrowded and claustrophobic industrial era. 

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 My project is focused on connecting three user groups with nature in different ways and for different reasons. The general public are encouraged to spend time in the exterior park like spaces surrounding the two buildings on the Tower Works site, in order to form meaningful connections to nature so that they may more easily relate to environmental issues. Children are allowed to form strong relationships with the natural environment surrounding their nursery space to the east of the main building, so that they may grow into more environmentally aware adults. Researchers and students from Leeds Universities school of Earth and the Environment are provided with a base from which to conduct research into the preservation and growth of nature in a city, being able to grow and study plants and wildlife from the interior and exterior spaces within the tower works site. All three elements of the site are interwoven, with views into the work being conducted in the research facility from the exterior site and views out to the natural environment from the nursery, research facility and cafe spaces.