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Rochester Roundhouse
Newcastle University School of Architecture, 2016
A pavilion and community space in Redesdale
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Rochester Roundhouse, was the 2016 commission in the Testing Ground collaborative programme between Kielder Art & Architecture and Newcastle University School of Architecture. It is located on the old Brigantium site in Rochester in the Redesdale valley.
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Rochester Roundhouse is located just off the A68 to the rear of the Camien Café in Rochester. The Roundhouse is a community facility open for events. At other times the structure is closed to the public.
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This project is the third of the Testing Ground programme of architectural commissions that is enabling architecture students from Newcastle University to work with a range of communities and other user groups across the Park. The project has responded to community wishes to reuse the old unused and dilapidated 'Brigantium' visitor attraction to create a new external amphitheatre space using the old roundhouse's walls, and has put in place a completely new pavilion close by to provide a simple and elegant internal space for community events and activities.
