Situated on 19 Dale Street, the Archive of unbuilt visions is a museum which celebrates the architecture which could have shaped the past present and future. Ranging from ideologically driven monuments to sustainable visions of the future, The museum aims to inform people of the importance of architecture and how it can change the fabric of society.

Incorporating concepts by Alvaro Rossi and Richard Sennett, the building explores the notion of embodying ‘democratic space’, through promoting a ‘readiness among strangers’. As such the spaces are designed to have places to reflect, as well as explore. It is just as important to discuss the exhibits of the museum, showing how we can learn from the architecture that never came to be.

A complex, dynamic and unpredictable journey form the backbone of the building. Designed to embody the way we journey through cities, the building is unpredictable, spiritual and full of variety, whereby inhabitants journey around a series of inhibited volumes.

Throughout history, we have ascended through technological, political and societal evolution. This concept of ascension is present throughout the material, spatial and structural qualities of the building. The bottom of the building is dark and claustrophobic to reflect the darkest moments of human history, whereas the top of the building is unpredictable in its structure to embody the unpredictability and wonder of future visionary projects.