PA R T 1 A R C H I T E C T U R A L
PORTFOLIO Graduate
Aimee Mulhall
2020
Hello there, my names Aimee and welcome to my portfolio! I have just finished studying a BSc(Hons) in Architecture at The University of Salford, and have complied some of my best work into this portfolio. Please have a look through, as you uncover my favourite bits of work.
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DESIGN STUDIO 4
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
February - June 2020
February - March 2019
An archive designed for a church movement.
A regenerated university research center.
Introduction Concept Development Floor Plans Design Features Sections & Elevations Drawing Details Structure
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SKETCHES Sketches from previous work throughout university.
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DESIGN STUDIO 3 September 2019 - January A mental health center for Manchester’s youth.
Introduction Concept Development Floor Plans
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Design Studio 4 Completed 12th June 2020
Manchester has a lot of rich hidden history which deserves to be brought back into the public’s eye, amongst the iconic railway systems and the tunnels of the cold war, lies another unique movement which began in 1793. The Swedenborgian Church movement is now a part of Manchester’s sadly lost treasures, none of the churches remain as they were all demolished before the 1930s. However, unlike the railways and tunnel’s, The Church of New Jerusalem is one of the most forgotten movements of Manchester. Salford City Council decided to honour this movement by providing an archive to store the historic information but also exhibit its content through the use of public realm, allowing for a unique mixed-used building that the movement and public can appreciate.
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SALFORDS SWEDENBORG ARCHIVE: A N A R C H I V E D E D I C AT E D TO SWEDENBORGS CHURCH MOVEMENT
Site Location: Greengate Square, Victoria Bridge St, Salford, Manchester M3 5AS The design sets out to appreciate what Greengate was by providing aesthetics that reflect and connect both modern and traditional attributes of the architecture around it. Currently the site is occupied by a flexible and adaptable public space creating a safe walkway into Manchester. The project will look to integrate into the existing landscape in order to activate the existing public square, avoiding intrusion to the public’s movement on site.
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The design concept for the Swedenborg archive is inspired by the picturesque buildings surrounding the site. Looking Southwest you can see Manchester’s Cathedral, while standing parallel are modern new structures of the 101, 100 and City Apartment buildings. Considering that while standing in the same place you see two completely different views of Manchester; the traditional detailed landmarks and the modern shiny developments. I kept these surroundings in mind throughout my design process in order to avoid damaging the view with a building that looks out of place. The images above show a diagram and a sketch model of the proposed design shape. Sticking with a traditional shape you can see from the elements sketched on the model the materials that will be used for the building.
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RENDERED EXTERNAL CONCEPT
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ARCHIVE CONCEPT
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The internal arrangements were separated respectfully into three areas across the three levels, and consisted of featured areas such as; private appropriate facilities for the archive, a public exhibition centre for the information stored, and a chapel for those of faith to experience the movement first-hand through teachings at the centre. Other public rooms include a cafĂŠ, reading room and a conference hall. These room are featured with intention to bring in public interest and religious followings. One common design feature throughout old and new architecture are large windows, being a statement piece no matter the time period. In my design you will see an array of window designs to link the two architectural sceneries, which will allow me to maximise the light into my building and use it to my advantage to create different scenes in my building.
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To develop my design further I wanted to fully embrace religious aesthetics, one way I could ensure this was to rotate the top level on an East and West axes. The diagrams to the top left demonstrate this as I explore the different ways the top level could sit on Cathedral Approach, the plans above were sketched to see how the rooms from that level would be arranged. The sketch to the left is how I intended my final design to look like without trying to remove the original aesthetics, the building is planned to look as though it was lifted up and rotated and if placed back, the building facade would line up. I then added the original elements such as the arched wall and the South solar shading to see how they would suit the design. I thought that this looked awkward and that I needed to think of an alternative design to shade the building. While still keeping the arched West wall, I wanted to focus on the shading for the building. I removed the South extended wall and wooden panels with a more simple and neat design. I also added shading to the roof.
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Chapel Chaplain’s office Reading Room Communal Hall Canteen Cleaning Supplies Chapel Reception
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Exhibition Centre Conference Hall Meeting Room Admin Cleaners office
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a render of the buildings court yard, a key design feature to include a public realm. Here the public can pass through the building and small court yard. Walking through here you are able to see the archive to the left and enter the building to the right (in the image), e at the reception and cafe.
ture is the old vaults, the central right image is a render of buildings exhibition space, where you are able to overlook the archives dows which mimics the arches from Cathedral approach. The bottom left is a render of the archive, the storage is placed on the right aults. As the building is pulled away, the public is able to peer through the glass wall at either ends of the room.
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SECOND FLOOR ENTRANCE CHAPEL
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As the archive is designed for a church movement, I wanted to incorporate a biblical reference into my design. The idea of these panels was so that they could mimic the Holy Spirit during Pentecost shining through the windows. These panels were placed across the roof because this level has been designed to have the same rooms as a church would, so it should therefore have a holy environment throughout. The Chapel itself has the same aluminium cut sheets on the windows for the same purpose. The sites top level is on the same axes as Manchester’s Cathedral. Allowing the site plan to mimic the plan of the Cathedral along with two green spaces either side of the building, just like the Cathedrals and embracing its aesthetics. The West arched walk-way also embraces the old vaults. During the design process I have acknowledge its environment and made sure to incorporate the surrounding aesthetics, appreciating what Manchester has to offer.
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North-West View
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Above are external renders of the building situated amongst the surrounding environment. Hidden between the maze of Manchester’s high rises, the building then becomes exposed as you’re drawn towards Greengate Square, where the design is revealed and Swedenborgism is once again a part of Manchester.
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Section 1 shows how the arches are incorporated inside the building, as well as having an external arch wall, I wanted to make a statement wall here. The wall lines up with the vaults under Cathedral Approach where the ground floor archive is open space, but when on the second level the top of the arches are filled with glazing. This allows the gallery, toilets and offices to overlook into the archives storage areas. D.O.2
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D.O.2: CLT roof to wall
D.O.1: skylight to CLT roof to wall
Dark Copper Seamed Roof Cladding Standing Seam
Laser Cut Copper Screen Roof 50mm Self-Adhered Membrane Wood Wool Insulation 50mm Air Infiltration Barrier Tape Screen Roof Bracket
Self-Adhered Membrane Wood Wool Insulation 50mm Air Infiltration Barrier Tape CLT Panel 175mm Dark Copper Edge Strip Partially Threaded Timber Screw Sandstone Mortar Joist Mortar Waterproof Membrane Masonry Support System
Skylight Plaster Partially Threaded Timber Screw CLT Panel 175mm Expanded Cork-board Insulation 25mm Plaster
CLT Panel 175mm Expanded Cork-board Insulation 45mm Plaster Kings Post Truss
Laser Cut Aluminium Screen Wall 50mm
Screen Wall Bracket
Skylight is connected to the second floor CLT roof, with CLT walls below.
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Dark Copper Seamed Cladding Expanded Cork Insulation Spray Foam Insulation
Timber Flooring Servicing Cavity Expanded Cork-board Insulation 60m Fireproofing Concrete Screed 50mm CLT Floor Panel 100mm
The cantilevered second floor area is made from CLT and connected to the CLT arched wall for support .
Glulam Beam 220x560mm Heavy Duty Masonry Hanger Continuous Support Angle Dark Copper Cladding Panel Compressible Gasket Masonry Wall Masonry Support System Drainage Cavity Waterproof Membrane CLT Panel 320mm
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Masonry Drainage Cavity
CLT arched wall is connected to a Pad foundation.
Masonry Support System Waterproof Membrane CLT Panel 320mm Limestone Floor Lime Mortar Pitching 40mm Concrete Binding 50mm Hardcore Layer
Continuous Support Angle Still Plate Pad Foundation
Please refer to Section 3 on the previous page for the location of the drawings.
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D.O.5: Scale 1:50
Dark Copper Seamed Roof Self-Adhered Membrane Wood Wool Insulation 50mm Air Infiltration Barrier Tape CLT Panel 175mm Plaster 20mm
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Parapet Cap Parapet Stop-Overhang Drain Spray Foam Insulation Rim Board Weather Resistant Barrier
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Timber Flooring Servicing Cavity Expanded Cork-board Insulation 60mm Fireproofing Concrete Screed 50mm CLT Floor Panel 80mm Glulam Beam 220x560mm Glulam Beam 280x380mm Glulam Column 500x550mm
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Limestone Floor Lime Mortar Pitching 40mm Concrete Binding 50mm Hardcore Layer
Waterproof Membrane Raft Foundation 200mm
Thermal Foam Glass 200mm Concrete Binding 150mm
In my design I have chosen to use Glued laminated timber and Cross laminated timber towards my structure, as it was best suited towards my design. Demonstrated in the structural model, the Glulam is used to create a post and beam formation which will allow my design to have large open spaces and still stand using accurate placement of columns, the right placement is ensured by using a grid system to maximise the span of the columns without causing any risk of the building collapsing. The benefit of this structure means I’m am able to create a well circulated building, and create a safe and accessible fire escape route with minimal restrictions to the route. The top level is mainly supported using CLT, this is because I chose to use CLT for the roof instead of a concrete or steel because it’s lighter in weight. This allows the material to span across the roof and minimise air leakage within the building; as there’s a lot of glass throughout the design which means the building will need to obtain a good thermal energy rate and ensuring that the building is airtight. CLT will support that, as it’s used for the walls throughout. But on the top level the CLT walls are the main support that bares the weight of the roof, alongside the Glulam columns in the centre. This means that I can have open spaces without the interruption of columns, because if I was to traverse the grid system from the floors below to carry up into the top level, it would create awkward spaces and obstacles for the public to use due to the rotation of the top level. Using these two structural systems allows me to create appropriate spaces and maximise the use for my building.
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Design Studio 3 Completed 13th January 2020
This project I designed a healing complex for mental health amongst Manchester’s youth, by developing a safe and healthy environment to promote the reduction of mental health effects and increase the patents self control. I analysed the factors of positive distraction, sense of support and safety, concepts of health centres and research from Psycho-physiological stress reduction theory. Mental Health affects all aspects of a child’s development including their cognitive abilities, their social skills as well their emotional well-being. Childhood and teenage years is when mental health develops and patterns are set for the future. Over half of all mental health issues start before the age of 14 years and 75% have developed by the age of eighteen. Children aged 11 to 16 years old are also more likely (11.5%) than 5 to 10 year old’s (7.7%) to experience mental health problems.
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O R D S A L L PA R K M E N TA L H E A LT H CENTRE: Fo r M a n ch es ter ’s yo u t h
Site Location: Ordsall Park, Trafford Rd, Ordsall, Salford, Manchester M5 3AD Therefore this project will accommodate for the gap who cannot access support for themselves and families, the centre will accommodate for youth aged between 11 and 18. It will include 12-15 short stay accommodation rooms for patients and supporting families, the main building will consist of rooms for private and group support sessions, alongside hub spaces for activities and downtime. A building must provide the following features to accomplish a fully liveable space, to ensure the users and residents are conformable and feel they can benefit from the restorative design that my health centre will provide them, which are: functionality, social activities, physiological environments, psychological influence, formality and aesthetics.
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my health centre I have chosen to place the project on top of the old pond from the original design of Ordsall Park, and take the help shape my building, and include a water feature within my design to meet my aspired principles. To the left is a diagram showing he shape of my building, starting with the edges, I looked at where the nodes met around the pond. Looking at the two small islands the pond I looked at the view points from them, then I was able to create a shape using the paths around the pond and the direction ds. As multiple nodes met at each end of the pond I decided to make this the entrances to the building, which would be connected by and act as a feature to connect the two islands. Connecting each block together a shape emerged from the diagram, the edge of the gn will act as my boundary for my health centre.
ne of my main principles, I want to integrated it into many areas of my health centre by using; indoor garden facilities, restorative seating o feel you are sat inside a tree, and water features. These areas are hoped to improve the facilities by creating a calming environment.
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In succeeding to achieve my principle of incorporating nature into my design, I created an indoor garden with a ceiling up to 9 meters. This allows the option to take a restorative break indoors. I took inspiration from my precedent with their use of “pocket” gardens, which is given to residents for their own privacy as the main garden is open to the public. This features a patio and a water feature, which is also over looked by the therapy rooms, activity hall and long corridor. Water was another key feature for my design as I have included it inside and out, water is among the top features of nature tested in studies to promote good mental health. Being by water can promote calmness, focus, creativity, better sleep quality, and something called the blue-mind. Water can be adapted into any space therefore I wanted a large feature inside and out, creating no limitation to access the aesthetics and sounds of nature. The long corridor is dedicated to this water feature, which represents the previous location of the water. It also takes the lay out of the original pond using the corridor connected the old islands. Knowing that people with mental health value their privacy and as much as I’ve made my design as public as it should be, I wanted to create an area where residents can just have time to themselves. I came up with the idea to use restorative pod which can accommodate for one or multiple people, where different activities are taken. The concept for it was a tree trunk, as you walk into a pod you feel like you’re submerging yourself into the tree itself. Around the pods are indoor plants to create the sense of being within a forest.
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As I have large south-facing windows to maximise heat gain, benefiting the building with heating throughout the winter. However a lot will be produced, therefore the louvres act as solar shading as they’ll protect against the high summer solar rays. The material will also be used from timber as it creates a nice aesthetic throughout the building. Above is a solar time frame looking at the three average heights of the sun throughout the year, demonstrating how my louvres work.
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Multidisciplinary Project Completed 22th March 2019
Manchester City Council is planning to redevelop an engine shed located on Hammerstone Road in East Manchester. The building is of significant historical interest, built in the Victorian era which formerly housed the manufacturing plant for Greater Manchester Transports rolling stock. Planning permission allowed for the redevelopment of the existing two storey building to provide a University Research Centre for Teaching, Recycling Innovation and Sustainability. This module allowed us to work in teams with other disciplines to complete the brief, so that it would give us insight to working within the industry. Each team was placed with two of each: architects, architectural design technologists, quantity surveyors and construction project managers, alongside a consultancy group which involved building surveyors & property and real estate disciplines.
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H A M M E R S TO N E UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE:
Site Location: Hammerstone Road, Manchester M18 8EQ As architects we had to redesign the interior whilst communicating back and fourth with the surveyors, to ensure that the designs were able to be made. As the building was vast we each decided on focusing on one area to design between the four of the design team, I chose to focus on the public areas where I designed an education centre for school visits.
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My concept was to create a space where visitors and occupants can interact with the facilitates as a way to incorporate different learning techniques to gain further knowledge, while using the research and education facility. I wanted to design a space where visitors could come to expand their knowledge of sustainability, I looked into Think-labs which are hubs that practice learning in a different perspective. While looking at the values of a Think Lab, the 4 main aspects I focused on were: isolation, study materials, creativity and a sphere-like pod. The concept behind my proposal was a think bubble, here it represent the idea of learning while the shape of my Lab refers to a bubble. For the structure I took inspiration from the Manchester Bee, bee’s have a similar structure to a geodesic, as they produce honeycomb elements to support the nest.
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SKE TCHES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
Principles of Architectural Structures Year 1 (2017) Comparing the built environment to nature: Researching how the Mode Gakuen in Tokyo took inspiration from a cocoon.
Design Studio 1B Year 1 (2018) Designing our own house on a small 239Sq meter plot, in Salford Quays.
Design Studio 2 Year 2 (2018/2019) Sketches from my site analysis, these images told a story of what the surrounding environment is like and the history that came with it.
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Performance Modelling & Interrogated Design Year 2 (2019) Sketches of my concept for an environmentally friendly primary school. Scale 1:200
Re-Creating City; Re-use & Regenerate Year 3 (2019/2020) Sketches of my interior concept for regenerating Islington Mill in Salford.
Design Studio 4 Year 3 (2020) Sketches of my concept for an archive inspired by the surrounding buildings of Greengate Square.