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"Ashley is an exceptionally talented and positive student who has developed a personal approach to architecture through his ability to craft and explore ideas and spaces through a diverse and always surprising process. His work is generated from a passionate interest in materiality, programme and site driven research that is materialized and presented through witty narratives that inhabit his drawings and architecture." Sara Shafiei / Ben Cowd Magician’s Workshop and Practice Hall Inspired by the Life and Work of ‘The Great Layafette’A secret subterranean space for the construction, development and practice of magical tricks and illusions. A sunken magician’s lair, hidden beneath the city, accessed via an entrance below the City Library through an existing vault, which has been built into the rock and earth; a series of chambers provide the resident magician with a workspace and practice area for the creation of magic. Light is brought down through fibre-optic cables, which masquerade as existing plumbing and services within the building above......... To read more download the text document below 
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