Before the design of the entire skate park went underway, I had to first design a single component. My chosen space being a viewing platform overlook the skating bowl and any other activity that may ensue. I wanted to harness the local gritty vernacular and so recorded through writing and drawing, rubbish, materials and textures found on and around the site. The aim was to be savvy with the recycled elements, harnessing trash which would both furnish the warehouse's interior, and clean up the exterior at the same time. 

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I then theorized a seating area made out of disposed car tires, filled with either concrete or compacted earth, in order to create a sporting motif, but to also create a stimulating texture and smooth, supple and interesting look to mimic the curvature of the skating obstacles and the general relaxed atmosphere radiating off of the young people. 

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Designing the actual platform and its placement however was a slightly harder task, which began with the analysis of youth culture and in particular, graffiti. Beginning with the recreation of certain tags I had seen, I split and simplified them as more abstract forms to deduce the subconscious shapes made. Present more often than not was this slick curvature, in contrast to the jarring angles. this I found to be quite symbolic of youth culture. 

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To conclude, I formulated a scaffolding structure to suspend the platform above other facilities and rooms, which I idealised as steel to match those left behind as the GNR warehouse crumbled over years upon years of disuse.