Offering a radical reassessment of elitist politics, this project presents a proposal for a more progressive right to roam in England that encourages greater inclusivity and access to open space. Developing the Countryside Rights of Way (CRoW) Act 2000, the proposed legislation extends public access rights to a wider variety of landscapes and establishes a new form of designated open-access buildings.

Presenting a series of open-access buildings in the pastoral county of Wiltshire, the project interrogates forms of private land ownership while subverting associations of status, class and taste with contemporary concerns of inclusivity and accessibility.

Celebrating Ruby – an allegorical Wiltshire everywoman – the project constructs a spatial narrative of the heroine’s journey through life in and around her home county. This architectural biography aims to convey the beauty and vibrancy of an ordinary individual while also narrating the political and moral conditions of accessing England’s landscapes and architecture.