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We are a group of Masters of Architecture students at the University of Reading. As part of our studies we have identified a site that gives us an opportunity to explore new ideas - working with communities to better reflect local needs, create communal visions and inform new inclusive spaces.

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We also look to identify opportunities for new space uses across our cities. This is part of an idea to create sustainable communities, using city centre sites to create opportunity for employment and to renew and reinvigorate industrial sites.

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Weston Island site was identified as a possible site for us to explore and study these topics. There has already been some initial discussions about this site and its future and we are interested to understand the key issues that interest the local community so these ideas could inform the potential for the site and the surrounding communities - what could be enhanced on the site, what are the challenges that may exist to move through or around the site? How can this site be made more accessible for all? How could a future use such as an arts quarter reinvent this site and offer local communities opportunity to work, meet and engage with the River and the natural landscape?

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