One thing I have noticed looking through the history of Drake Circus is that it has always been recycled as a social space. When documenting the use of space for the Eden project there was a very clear divide between the uses where it once was an industrial clay pit closed off to the public and was then turned into a social, educational and botanical space in one swoop. Looking at the images below, central to the history of Drake Circus (throughout the early half of the 20th century at least) is the large ‘Guiness building’ in the center of the series of roundabouts known as Drake Circus. From the photographs you can see that this contains shops and a cafe or two. From this it has been recycled into a shopping complex and then recycled again into another (if not somewhat improved) shopping complex.