May 2025

 

In May, Martine and Paul spent the day up in Goole at the Siemens Mobility Train Manufacturing facility. Completed in autumn 2024, the £200 million site in East Yorkshire  is currently building trains for the Piccadilly Line in London.

Designed by Manchester based AHR (see case study in Photography for Architects, Ch.6 Working with a Professional), this was Builtvision’s first commission for the practice. Paul ensured the drone coverage mapped directly to what Martine was capturing at ground level and the team on site – accompanied by AHR practice partner, Gurminder Sanghera – were absolutely on board (yep, that’s a pun!) with the quest. Carriages were moved across the site as needed and staff modelled in the warm spring sunshine throughout the day.