This project presents an urban strategy to be implemented in the city of Peterborough by 2066, centred around reconnecting the city to natural material cycles.

To achieve this a masterplan adopts a roundwood component system to redefine civic space as small, personal infrastructures that are assembled and deployed to promote civic life at different levels of the city. The versatility of the roundwood component system is showcased at the proposed flower market and public toilet. The two are built on top of, and around, a pre-existing building on the main high street.

The roundwood component system is designed around five endangered fenland wildflowers. Each flower is provided with a place to grow and to be studied. Raising awareness to the loss of biodiversity on the fens reconnects Peterborough to the natural landscape and its heritage as a market town.

The dual programme also fights against any negative connotations associated with public toilets. The sensory experience optimises the site and plays with ideas of privacy and time. Overall, the project puts forward a vision for a more sustainable and cyclical future for city living that builds upon what is already there.