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The Kaleidoscape by Phoebe Laryea
Phoebe Laryea’s Kaleidoscape project reimagines the River Tamar through culture, ecology and architectural storytelling.
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The Kaleidoscape by Phoebe Laryea is a River Tamar project about regeneration, culture and the way architecture can help reveal hidden layers of a place.
The project uses the idea of a kaleidoscope to look again at the River Tamar and its surrounding areas, including Devonport and Stonehouse. Instead of treating the site as one fixed image, it reads the area through ecology, history, movement and community life.
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The gallery shows the project as a layered landscape and architectural proposal rather than a single-object building.
Project overview
Phoebe is a final-year Master of Architecture student at the University of Plymouth. The original profile also highlights three years of experience as a Part 1 Architectural Assistant at Arthro Synergeio.
The Kaleidoscape is strongest when understood as a method for reading place. The metaphor is not only visual. It helps explain how cultural memory, environmental change and public experience can overlap along the river.
What the project is testing
- How the River Tamar can be read through cultural, ecological and historical layers.
- How art and architecture can make a regeneration story easier to understand.
- How Devonport and Stonehouse can be connected through public experience.
- How a strong concept can guide drawings, programme and atmosphere.
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