Liverpool, United Kingdom

Connecting Tracks and Architectural Landmarks: Liverpool's Heritage Explored

This module will provide students with in-depth knowledge of Liverpool’s rich railway heritage. As broadly well-known, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (opened in 1830) ran from Crown Street to Liverpool Street in Castlefield in Manchester and was the first inter-city passenger railway in the world. It is important to learn from the legacy of the railway heritage to understand better our identity and culture today. During this summer school, the students will be introduced to the history of the railway in Liverpool by visiting existing sites and museums and talking to local volunteers. Beyond that, we will discuss the possibilities of how to re-activate Liverpool’s railway heritage by using design solutions and urban design strategies

Course leader

Dr Junje Xi

Course aim

- To develop confidence in understanding and communicating complex ideas in written
and/or spoken language.
- To develop skills in research and collaborative learning.
- To provide students with an in-depth introduction to the history of Liverpool’s railway
heritage, with a particular focus on contemporary issues and how architectural and
urban design methods can be applied to re-activate the heritage that we have today.

Credits info

5 EC
Modules are equivalent to 2.5 ECTS.

Fee info

GBP 0: Module must be taken as part of a Week 4-6 or Week 1-6 International Summer School programme, so no individual module prices are available.