STREETS, squares and parks are vital parts of our city and provide a 'gallery' for many of Oxford’s beautiful buildings, according to local architects Berman Guedes Stretton.

This image of how St Giles’ could look if imagination was given a free reign is part of an exhibition called ‘Dreaming Spires: Dreaming Spaces’. Intended to spark debate, it is part of the South East Festival of Architecture.

Ideas range from transforming Broad Street with a sunken amphitheatre for concerts and events; to creating a large open people-friendly space in Frideswide Square, with pavement cafes, stalls, tourist information and planting, to welcome visitors to Oxford.

Bruce Cockburn, a director of Berman Guedes Stretton, said: "By pushing traffic to the sides of St Giles, a public room is created, allowing numerous uses throughout the year."

Hand-drawings and computer modelling have also been used to create images of how The High and the Radcliffe Infirmary site could look.

The exhibition runs from Thursday until Saturday, June 27, at the Ovada Gallery, Gloucester Green.

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