In collaboration with the Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust, Herbie Hudson, a Master of Architecture student at Arts University Bournemouth, has been contributing to the 81 Fleet Street Arch reconstruction project on the Isle of Portland.
A key aspect of the work has been developing a careful understanding of the surrounding landform and the wider landscape context in which the Arch will be re-sited. To support this, a detailed three-dimensional physical model is being produced to explore how the reconstructed Arch will sit within its setting and relate to the broader Green Corridor vision.
The model will help illustrate the Trust’s proposal for a connected landscape route, bookended to the north by the Gatekeeper Stone and to the south by the reconstructed Arch, reinforcing a coherent narrative of place, embodied knowledge, and heritage across the site.
Here is a link to a fascinating film about a Portland stone mason in 1971 as times were changing: https://youtu.be/-8a7Woe48hw?si=1B-4i6jeNf4nF3FY