Solaris: Brick Processions by Samantha Wood reimagines the Queensway tunnel entrance in Liverpool as more than an edge condition. The project turns a neglected piece of infrastructure into a cycling corridor and public sequence.
The strongest part of the proposal is how it links movement, light and topography. Cycling infrastructure becomes part of an architectural journey rather than a line drawn through leftover space.
Project gallery
The gallery shows the site, route and spatial sequence behind Samantha Wood’s proposal for the Queensway tunnel entrance.
Project overview
Samantha is a First-class graduate from the University of Liverpool School of Architecture. Her final-year project focuses on the area around the Queensway tunnel entrance, reconsidering a neglected civic space through sustainable design and urban regeneration.
The proposal transforms the derelict undercroft beneath the road level into a dedicated lower-level bike lane. It also treats the journey through the site as a choreographed experience, with light, shadow, ramps, slopes and public space shaping how people move.
What the project is testing
- How cycling infrastructure can become civic space.
- How a neglected undercroft can be reused rather than ignored.
- How topography can guide movement through ramps, stairs and slopes.
- How light and shadow can make infrastructure feel safer and more memorable.
- How urban regeneration can support low-carbon movement without losing architectural quality.
Why the Liverpool setting matters
A tunnel entrance can easily become a barrier in the city. Solaris treats it as a place where movement, arrival and public life can be redesigned. That makes the project more than a transport proposal. It becomes a civic repair strategy.
Showcase an infrastructure or urban regeneration project
Architecture Social can feature student projects that turn movement, transport, public realm or neglected urban space into clear design propositions.
- Explain the existing problem on the site.
- Show the route, section and public experience.
- Make the environmental or movement strategy visible.
- Use diagrams and captions that prove the regeneration idea.
Connect with the designer
You can find Samantha Wood on LinkedIn.
Architecture Social view
Stephen’s recruiter view is that infrastructure projects need to show more than scale. The reader should understand how people move, where the civic value sits and why the proposal improves the place.
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