For the Northwich Cultural Centre the planning strategy was based upon defining the institutional boundaries of cultural experience. The boundaries considered dealt with physical, as well as the historical and social extents of the Northwich cultural landscape. This approach suggests that community based cultural institutions operate at a variety of scales, from local user groups to regional and national levels of identity and administration. In particular, we looked for the ways in which local knowledge and aesthetic values are connected to the patterns of use in the existing city fabric.
