Nottingham Shire Hall Build
Inspiration
Nottinghams Shire Hall was the main legal site for the County and included the courts and gaol. The building dated back to the middle ages and was expanded in the 16 hundreds but by the middle of the 18th century the building had seen better days. A couple of artists sketched the building in the Georgian period showing how dilapidated it had become. In 1724 during a trial the floor collapsed sending people into the cellar bellow. One man had all the skin scraped off his leg down to the bone as he went through the floor. The Judge thought someone was trying to kill him and people leaped out of the windows to safety. The Judge later sued the county and they struggled to raise funds to rebuild. There was a competition to find an architect who could come up with a new design and in the 1770s it was demolished and the new building which still stands today was constructed. What I wanted to do was recreate that original façade from the lost building. My plan was to 3D print it after recreating it as a computer file. I have done that in the past but it wasnt designed for 3D printing so I've gone back to have another go. 
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