Stonehouse - the postcard completed

To create my final postcard design I decided to focus on three key aspects of the Union Street area.  These were the redevelopment of the street, the relationship between a space and its past, and the boundaries of the street.  I chose to include redevelopment as a element in my postcard as this is an almost inevitable future for the area.  The Stonehouse region has been the focus of the Plymouth council development plans for a few years, and although very few changes have occurred as of yet, it is still likely that over a longer period of time these improvements will be made to modernise and empower the area.
In terms of the relationship between a space and its past, this was influenced by the realisation in my previous post that 'the future always holds shadows of the past'.  I find this temporal element interesting as it shows that there is actually a visual history of the area which most are unlikely to notice.  Being that the postcard is aimed at a time in the future, I felt it would be good to include elements of Stonehouse now as it is, to demonstrate the underlying information of the past that is embedded into the future.
#bdat Finally the concept of boundaries around Stonehouse and Union Street are interesting to me as alike to many telecommunications, physical boundaries are invisible and in some ways undefined.  The public knowledge of boundaries of an area such as Stonehouse is limited, and so this could be a focus for improvement.  Boundaries are also flexible and dynamic which can allow for more opportunities for development.
My postcard based on these concepts is shown below:

To see a larger version click on the image.  The top half of the postcard resembles the future Stonehouse with improved buildings that are modernised and fully developed as well as the Palace Theatre which would be renovated as it is a listed building.  This in itself therefore is one of the shadows of the past in the area even now and in the future.
The bottom half of the image is the collage made previously of Stonehouse as it is now.  This has been incorporated as a shadow of the 'future' Stonehouse following with the past-future relationship.
Finally the yellow clouds through the middle and edges of the space resemble the concept of flexible boundaries.  This is because the road itself is a boundary in many ways, which develops and changes over time.  For example the road is a boundary between the two sides Union Street.  It prevents people from accessing the other side instantly, to the point where pathways have been included in the infrastructure to allow access i.e pedestrian crossings.  However it is a flexible boundary as this prevention of access only occurs when the road is relatively busy.  If there is no traffic the boundary is removed and people have access much more directly to whichever part of the area they choose: their freedom is increased.  The concept of boundaries can also be used more literally in terms of the entrances and exits to Union Street. This is why the areas where there are roads away from the street are also yellow.
Finally there is the textual element of this postcard which reads "Stonehouse shadowed by the past, surrounded by the future".  I created this phrase for the postcard to sum up the main focus of what the postcard resembles, and also to give a positive impression of Stonehouse unlike to what is currently felt in the area.  The aim of this is also to make the reader think about this and improve their knowledge of the concept.