As the UK economy shifts towards the tertiary and quaternary sectors, the utility of the physical landscapes is in decline. The fastest growing sector is the export of knowledge and services, projected to overtake domestic demand by 2070. As business moves overseas, cities no longer hold the inherent advantage of a close proximity to clients, opening up potential for decentralisation.

It is rural economies that bear the brunt of the declining utility of the landscape, often forced to allow low-quality development of the natural landscapes to stimulate growth. Areas of outstanding natural beauty, often lying just outside the abstract geographical boundaries of conservation areas are contaminated by sprawling residential developments, permanently diminishing the landscape’s picturesque qualities.

In an act of conservation, to detach the reliance of the rural economies from the development of their landscape, this project proposes a tertiary working assembly on the eastern boarder of the Peak District National Park, offering innovative businesses high-quality workspaces to cultivate a decentralised working lifestyle centred around a connection to the picturesque rural landscape.