WEST PIER REGENERATION PROJECT BRIGHTON
A WALK ON THE WATER D4 DESIGN PROJECT OXFORD BROOKES OBE PART 2 11 NOVEMBER 2016
LOCATION BRIGHTO TO THE UK RELATIONSHIP
UK
NETHERLANDS London Brighton
BELGIUM
Brighton is a seaside resort in East Sussex, England. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of “Brighthelmstone” was documented in the Domesday Book (1086). The town’s importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed, but it languished in the early modern period, affected by foreign attacks, storms, a suffering economy and a declining population. Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France.
FRANCE
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LOCATION TRANSPORTATION NETWORK London
Gatwick airport
DOVER
CALAIS
EAST SUSSEX PORTSMOUTH
BOURNEMOUTH
BRIGHTON
37000 KILOMETER
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77,000 KILOMETER
THE CITY HISTORICAL FABRIC As Britain’s great seaside city, Brighton and Hove is a bold, vibrant and different place to be. The city has always welcomed visitors and today it is a place of possibilities, freedoms and diversity. As the author Keith Water house wrote, ‘without putting a finger on it you feel that Brighton is up to something.’ The city is always on the move. There are varied runs, rides, rallies, walks, parades, swims, paddles and sails; it’s the taking part that matters most. This is also a twenty-four hour city. As the last clubbers meander home, the first runners jog along the seafront. Brighton and hove is, similarly, a city for all seasons. Brighton festival, England’s largest and oldest arts festival, heralds spring. Come summer and not only the UK’s biggest Pride festival but also the legendary London to Brighton bike ride and, within the city, the Naked Bike Ride. The renowned Veteran Car Run, the world’s longest running motoring event, takes place in the autumn while the winter solstice is celebrated by the Burning the Clocks community event. From food to film and comedy to music, there are dozens of other festivals, celebrations, carnivals and parties spread throughout the year; some of the best are neighborhood based.
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LOCATION ROAD NETWORK
THE WEST PIER SITE
1.2 KM 15 MINS WALK
OLD STEINE
BRIGHTON STATION
KINGS ROAD
3.3 40 MKIM INS WAL K BRIGHTON PIER
BRIGHTON MARINA
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LOCATION CITY HIGHLIGHTS
The Royal Pavilion
Brighton beach
The sea promenade
The laines
Beach huts
The Palace Pier
Brighton beach
Art work by Banksy, and some other artists
Brighton Pride
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LOCATION UNDERSTANDING THE SITE CONTEXT SOUTH DOWNS
BRIGHTON MARINA
TO LONDON BRIGHTON STATION ROYAL PAVILION
OLD STIENE
HOVE THE LANES
PEBBLED BEACH
I360
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REMAINS OF THE WEST PIER
BRIGHTON PIER
THE WEST PIER HISTORICAL FABRIC The West Pier is a pier in Brighton, England. It was designed by Eugenius Birch, opening in 1866 and closing in 1975. The pier was the first to be Grade I listed in Britain but has become increasingly derelict since closure. The pier was constructed during a boom in pleasure pier building in the 1860s. The product of victorian ideas, innovations and technologies, the 1866 West Pier was a brilliant architectural and engineering achievement. The cast iron structure was prefabricated in Glasgow. The columns carrying the pier was literally screwed into the seabed, braced and tied together, and covered by a wooden deck. Another revelation were the six ‘ornamental’ kiosks, inspired by the nearby Royal Pavilion, located on the pier above the sea. Two grand Italianate toll houses guarded the entrance. The result was an astonishing and, for the times, exceptionally modern platform built over the sea for toll paying visitors to walk on water and promenade, admire nature and enjoy society. By 1916 an imposing pier head pavilion and central concert hall had helped transform the West Pier from a promenade into a pleasure pier. It became a hugely successful and iconic sea font attraction, with over two million paying visitors in 1919-20.
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THE WEST PIER HISTORICAL FABRIC
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TIME LINE 1863 - April. Construction starts, engineer Eugenius Birch (1818-1884). 1866 - 6th October. Pier opened by Mayor (Henry Martin). Cost £27,000. Length1115 ft. Two square kiosks at entrance; two octagonal kiosks with marinets at centre; four octagonal kiosks at corners of pier head platform. Also on platform: windshields and rotunda screen. Lamp columns decorated with entwined serpents placed around perimeter and lit by gas. Motif said to derive from Royal Pavilion music room.
1890 - A central windscreen built the length of the pier neck. 1893 - The pier head widened and a large pavilion built, to be used first as a 1400 seat concert hall.
1916 - Pier widened further at centre and Concert Hall built. The completion of the Concert Hall marked the end of the half century of building the West Pier. There were no other significant additions, the structure that exists today less the decay is essentially that which existed in 1916
1896 - Chain Pier (located close to the site of the Palace Pier) destroyed by a storm. Wreckage driven into West Pier causing £6000 of damage. Landing stage constructed to cater for steamer excursions.
1940 - Section of pier removed to prevent enemy landing. Pier mined. 1943 - In readiness for D-Day, mines cleared. One explodes in the face of Bomb Disposal Officer Ken Revis. He survives, albeit blinded. Until his death in 2001 he was a West Pier Trust Board member. Blast also destroys a kiosk which is later replaced by a helter skelter. 1948 - Pier reopened to the public after the repair of its war wounds.
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1939 - Pier closed for security reasons.
1875 - Central section of the pier widened and a covered bandstand built there. 600,000 visitors, entrance toll 2d. 1903 - Pavilion converted into a theatre with seating for 1000 people.
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TIME LINE
2001 - HLF reconfirms its award and accepts St Modwen Properties plc as the Trust’s private sector partner. A final phase of development work is agreed prior to the start of the full restoration of the pier (Design & Development phase). April – Project frozen by HLF while Palace Pier owners’ legal challenge of West Pier lottery award referred to European Commission.
1965 - The West Pier Company bought by AVP Industries Ltd (the then owners of the Bedford and Metropole hotels). 1968 - Pier used as location for the film “Oh, What a Lovely War!” directed by Richard Attenborough. 1969 - AVP seeks permission to demolish the southern end. Pier made Grade II* to protect it.
1982 - The West Pier granted Grade I listed status.
2003 - 29th Dec/20th Jan partial collapses of Concert Hall. 26th Feb Brighton & Hove City Council grants planning permission for BWPT/St Modwen enabling development proposals.March and May arson attacks destroy the Pavilion and Concert Hall
ENGLISH HERITAGE GRADE I LISTED
1983 - Crown Estate Commissioners sell the pier to the Trust for £100. 1986 - With grants from various sources including Brighton Council, English Heritage, The National Heritage Memorial Fund, restoration of the first 100ft root end begins.
ENGLISH HERITAGE GRADE II LISTED
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1987 - 15th September. Restored root end reopened.
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1980
1970 - Southern end of pier closed to the public because lack of maintenance had made it unsafe. 1974 - The prospect of authorisation to demolish the pier was challenged with a robust campaign to save it: marches along the seafront and a 5000 signature petition organised by John Lloyd. Pier reprieved. 1975 - Entire pier closed to the public for safety reasons. 1977 - The West Pier Company put into liquidation by AVP Industries. 1978 - Pier passed into the ownership of the Crown Estate Commissioners by the Offical Receiver. The West Pier Trust is formed. An Act of Parliament gives the Trust the sole right to operate the pier.
2002 - European Commission clears legal challenge and HLF reactivates project, £1.2m Design & Development phase of work begins. Extensive public consultation takes place on BWPT/St Modwen enabling development proposals.
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2004 - HLF withdraws its funding for the project. English Heritage states ‘the West Pier must be saved’ and asks for until September to come up with a viable restoration scheme. 23rd June freak summer storm leaves Concert Hall totally collapsed. 2006 - Planning permission granted to build the i360, an observation tower designed by Marks Barfield Architects, the creators of the London Eye. It will be sited on the root-end of the pier and will open an exciting new chapter for the West Pier.
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1994 - November. The National Lottery created. 1995 - The Trust submits an application for funding to the Heritage Lottery Fund. 1996 - August. Trust awarded £950,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to fund emergency works to the pier. 1998 - HLF approves a grant of £14.2m towards the restoration of the pier. 1999 - March-August. HLF releases c£450,000 to fund a phase of work to stabilise the substructure of the pier and prepare for the start of the full restoration.
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2020 2008 - The I360 off-site construction of the sections of the tower began in the Netherlands 2012 - Reconstructing the arches beneath and east of the pier to allow the tower construction 2014- May. Work on the tower itself began 2016- 4 August. British Airways i360 opened to public.
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HISTORICAL FABRIC PROJECT PROJECT CONTEXT CONTEXT THE PIER FOOTPRINT OVERTIME
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WEST WEST PIER PIER HISTORY HISTORY
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY
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SITE ANALYSIS SPLASH POINT KIDS PLAY AREA AND OUTDOOR SHALLOW POOL
ALFRESCO RESTAURANT KINGS ROAD
WEST PIER REMAINS
BRITISH AIRWAYS I360 OBSERVATION TOWER
REGENCY SQUARE PARK AND UNDERGROUND CAR PARKING 507 PARKING SPACES
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SITE ANALYSIS
WEST PIER REMAINS
BRITISH AIRWAYS I360 OBSERVATION TOWER
SITE BOUNDARY
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KINGS ROAD
REGENCY SQUARE PARK AND UNDERGROUND CAR PARKING 507 PARKING SPACES
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY
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PALACE (BRIGHTON) PIER VS. WEST PIER PALACE (BRIGHTON) PIER
WEST PIER
PALACE PIER WAS ORIGINALLY BUILD FOR TRADE AND NOW IT IS A MAJOR TOURISTIC ATTRACTION IN
IN CONTRAST THE WEST PIER WAS BUILT TO ADD VALUE TO ITS CONTEXT. IT WAS A CULTURAL BUILDING THAT
BRIGHTON. BRIGHTON PIER IS A LEISURE PIER THAT PROVIDES ENTERTAINMENT AND FUN FROM THE
PROVIDES FUN AND VALUE. IT HAD THEATRE, SWIMMING CENTRE MULTI- PURPOSE HALL AND IT PROVIDED A
ENTRANCE TO THE END.
WALK ON WATER EXPERIENCE.
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DEMONSTRATING THE PIER PROJECT INTRODUCTION
REGENCY PARK LCE Architects have been commissioned by a City Partnerships PROJECT INTRODUCTION to undertake a feasibility design for the redevelopment of the West Pier following on form their exclusive position they currently hold with the West Pier Trust, the freeholders of the property.
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LCE Architects have been commissioned by a City Partnerships Despite its history the proposal is for an entirely new pier. to undertake a feasibility design for the redevelopment of the West We looked at retaining the frame of the pavilion but it isPier following on form their exclusive position they currently hold with the West Pier Trust, the freeholders of the unfortunately totally impracticable. Although it is new, property. it is our intention to retain the spirit of the old pier.
Despite its history the proposal is for an entirely new pier. We looked at retaining the frame of the pavilion but it is tounfortunately make totally impracticable. Although it is new, it is our intention to retain the spirit of the old pier.
Interestingly the West Pier has always had money, a speculative venture that relied on enough visitors Interestingly the West Pier has always had to make appending enough money to keep it “afloat”, physically and money, a speculative venture that relied on enough visitors metaphorically. Fred Gray, in his book on the Pier “Walking appending enough money to keep it “afloat”, physically and metaphorically. Fred Gray, in his book on the Pier “Walking on Water” charts the change from promenade to pleasure on Water” charts the change from promenade to pleasure to funand fair. The current proposal is a modern iteration and to fun fair. The current proposal is a modern iteration development of this. development of this.
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BUILDING PROGRAM IN BETWEEN FUNCTIONS SOCIAL SPACES THE WEST PIER TRUST STRATEGY SUGGESTING THAT THERE ARE 3 OPTIONS TO DEVELOP THE WEST PIER: OPTION 1- IS TO LEAVE THE REMAINS AS IT IS OPTION 2- IS TO BUILD THE PIER AS IT WAS. OPTION 3- IS TO DEMOLISH THE REMAINS AND BUILD A NEW MODERN PIER. WHAT I AM PROPOSING IS TO PROTECT THE PIER AND BUILD A NEW PIER THAT CONTAINS THE EXISTING REMAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW TO INVESTIGATE THE PROGRAMME FURTHER TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAMME THAT SUITES BRIGHTON’S CULTURE. WHAT I AM SUGGESTING IS TO TAKE THE SUITABLE PARTS OF THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM AND ENHANCE THE MIX WITH ADDITIONAL PROGRAM.
ORIGINAL PROGRAM
IN BETWEEN FUNCTIONS SOCIAL SPACES
ESSENTIAL PROGRAM THE REMAINS THE SEA ISLAND
CULTURAL PROGRAM ADDING VALUE
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MONEY MAKING
IN BETWEEN FUNCTIONS SOCIAL SPACES
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
PROTECT HISTORY
WATER ACTIVITY
DESTINATION FOR REVENUE CONNECTION WITH WATER
EDUCATIONAL
ART
CELEBRATE CULTURE ENTERTAINING
EXTENT THE CITY BOUNDARY
WHAT SHOULD A NEW PIER PROVIDE
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BUILDING PROGRAM AND CITY FABRIC LANDMARK BUILDING AND CITY FABRIC
PUBLIC SPACE, LIVING BETWEEN BUILDINGS
‘Form follows Function’ (Jaiswal, 2013) This is one
Generally speaking, outdoor activities in public spaces can be divided to two main
of the most known design principles of modern
categories, which require different demands on the physical environment: Necessary
architecture, were a building is designed from inside
activities and Optional activities. Necessary activities include those that are more or
to outside taking into account factors such as light,
less compulsory such as going to work or school, shopping waiting for a bus or a person.
air and movement through the building. Le Corbusier
Optional activities are participated in if there is a wish to do so and if the time and
compared the design process to the process of
place make it possible, such as walking around to get fresh air, running and sitting down.
creating a soap bubble.
Optional activities are an opportunity for more social and cultural inter activity between
Katamia Hills Athletic Training Centre Master-planning Design Approach
Necessary activities
people and the city. These activities are especially dependent on exterior physical The design process for the masterplan focuses on the areas between conditions, when place and weather invite them. When outdoor areas such as Streets building as well as the buildings themselves to achieve better interaction and public spaces are of a high quality, optional activities take place with increasing between the physical environment and activities in the outdoor spaces. frequency Outdoor areas such as Street and public spaces of high quality increase the Basically, outdoor activities in public spaces can be divided into two main frequency categories, of activitiesthat taking placedifferent as such demands spaces invite people to stop, sit and enjoy require on the physical environment:
This process of designing from inside out can result in buildings that are disjointed from their relationship to public spaces and local context. Buildings become separate freestanding objects standing in amorphous space rather than buildings as elements of an urban
the space Necessary Furthermore as levels of optional optional activities. activity rise, the number of social activities activities and
block that define street and squares which form a
Necessary activities2011, include increases substantially.(Gehl, p9)those that are more or less compulsory such
network of public spaces. (Carmona, 2010.p 85)
as circulation and connection between the different parts of the project.
Optional activities
As Jan GehlOptional has longactivities argued urban design priorities should lifeto first ‘space’, then’ are participated in if there is abe wish dothen so and if time
The idea of freestanding buildings was encouraged
andphysical place make it possible, as taking walk to get a breathimagined of fresh for building’. The structure will besuch determined byathe types of activity
by developers as a way to achieve outstanding
air, running and sitting down. These activities are especially dependent on the space when it is designed. exterior physical conditions.
architecture that fulfil their desire, but buildings can stand out in many ways like being physically
Quality of the physical environment
separated from their surroundings, with scale being
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architecturally distinctive. Traditionally only a few buildings used separation as a method to establish
Necessary Activities
Social activities
distinction such as churches and town halls where the exterior had significance for the city and its people. This allowed cities to have few of these particular
Optional Activities
buildings, which are separated from the relatively dense urban fabric of buildings that are adjacent to each other and flush with the Street. Leon Krier’s true city, explaining in the classical architecture how buildings as urban blocks forms streets and squares (Carmona, 2010.p,86)
Digram illustrates the relationship between the quality of outdoor spaces
Diagram illustrates the relationship between the quality of outdoor spaces and the rate of occurrence of outdoor activity. When the quality of outdoor areas is good, optional activities and the rate of occurrence of outdoor activity. When the quality of outdoor occur with increasing frequency. 1
areas is good, optional activities occur with increasing frequency.
Ahmed Ibrahim West Pier Regeneration Project -D4 27 1- Gehl, Jan. Life between buildings: using public space. Island Press, 2011.
Render visualisation illustrates an optional activity such as
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STAGE 1 THE DESIGN WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH SEVERAL EXPERIMENTAL STAGES FROM SKETCHES TO PHYSICAL MODEL TO 3D GENERATED MODELS. EACH STAGE ADDED TO THE DESIGN PROCESS AS THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AT EACH OF THESE STAGES ALLOWED ME TO EXPERIMENT WITH IDEAS AND INVESTIGATE POSSIBILITIES. THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH MY TUTOR AND COLLEGES EACH STAGE WERE EVALUATED TO FORM THE DESIGN PROCESS.
INTERACTIVE SKINS
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STRUCTURE AND FORM
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STAGE 2
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STAGE 3 THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH MY TUTOR AND COLLEGES IT WAS APPARENT THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES I HAD AT THIS STAGE WERE IN THE SIZE OF THE MASSES AND THE REQUIRED PROGRAM TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN THIS MASSIVE STRUCTURE. IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC EXPERIENCE AND PUBLIC SPACES CONCEPT WAS NOT CLEAR AND IT SEEMED THAT IT WAS LOST ON THE WAY. A STEP BACK WAS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD TO FOCUS ON WHAT WAS IMPORTANT WHICH IS THE PUBLIC EXPERIENCE AND SPACES.
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STAGE 3
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CONCEPT DIAGRAM THE MASSING WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC SPACES, BUILDING PROGRAM AND THE REMAINS. THE PUBLIC ACCESS CONCEPT IS TO MAINTAIN THE IDEA OF A WALK ON THE WATER EXPERIENCE BY CREATING A LOWER COURTYARD THAT IS IN DIRECT ACCESS TO THE WATER AND A HIGHER LEVEL VIEW GALLERY FOR 360 VIEWS FOR THE CITY AND WATER.
DIAGRAM 1 - ILLUSTRATING THE LINER PROGRAMME DISTRIBUTION IN RELATION TO THE I360 AND THE WEST PIER REMAINS.
DIAGRAM 3 - ILLUSTRATING THE PUBLIC SPACES ACCESSES TO ALLOW CONNECTION TO DIAGRAM 2 - ILLUSTRATING THE FORM GENERATION TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROGRAM, THE WATER FOR SPORTS AND RELAXING AS WELL AS THE VIEWING AND EVENT SPACE ALLOWING FOR CREATING PUBLIC SPACES AND A BETTER RELATIONSHIP TO THE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WATER TO MAINTAIN THE CONCEPT OF THE PIER A WALK ON THE REMAINS. WATER. Ahmed Ibrahim West Pier Regeneration Project -D4 34
MASTERPLAN
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1- RETAIL AND CAFE 2- HOTEL RECEPTION 3-CULTURE BUILDING BACK OF HOUSE 4- 1000 SEATS THEATRE 5-GALARRY AND BREAK OUT SPACE 6- MAIN ACCESS FROM KINGS ROAD 6- ACCESS FROM THE BEACH
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MASTERPLAN AT LEVEL 8M, LEVEL OF KING ROAD
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MASSING DIAGRAM CULTURAL BUILDING
RETAIL AND HOTEL BUILDING
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE DIFFERENT MASSES OF THE PROJECT
ROOF PLATFORM ALLOWING FOR LONG VIEWS TO THE SEA AND THE CITY
LOWERED DOWN COURT YARD AT THE WATER LEVEL TO ALLOW FOR INTERACTION WITH THE WATER
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE DIFFERENT PUBLIC SPACES
1000 SEAT THEATRE
100 ROOMS HOTEL
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE LEVELS OF EACH MASS
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE HOTEL ROOMS AND THE THEATRE
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HOTEL PLANS DIAGRAM LOCATION MAY BE THREE OR FOUR LINES
LEVEL 1 RESTAURANT KITCHEN
LEVEL 1 36 HOTEL ROOMS
VORTICAL CIRCULATION
GARDEN AND BREAKOUT SPACE
LEVEL 1 36 HOTEL ROOMS
GARDEN AND BREAKOUT SPACE
LEVEL 1 VORTICAL CIRCULATION
28 HOTEL ROOMS
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SECOND FLOOR OF RETAIL
SECTIONS
CLOSE UP SECTION THROUGH THE HOTEL BUILDING
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AUDITORIUM DIAGRAM
140 VIP SEATS
520 MID-TIER
340 UPPER-TIER
Auditorium Diagram The auditorium has been designed with conference in The auditorium has been designed to accomodate multi mind. The sweeping single tier functions has beensuch split vertically to
give three bankedThe sections of seating, designed to offer as conference, talks, lectures and theatre. sweeping single tier has optimal of the proscenium anddesigned stage. been split vertically to give threeviews banked sections of seating, to offer optimal views of the proscenium and stage.
All seats within the auditorium achieve a minimum C-value
All seats within the auditorium achieve a minimum C-value of 100
of 100 focused to a point 800 mm above the front edge
focused to a point 800 mm above the front edge of the stage, the re-
of the stage, the required value for both conference and
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The main tier holds 1000 people split into 140 VIP seats nearest the
maintier tierand holds stage, 520 seats within The the mid 3401481 to thepeople rear. split into 116 VIP seats nearest the stage, 958 seats within the mid tier and 407 to the rear, with the boxes to the left and right of the stage providing either family or additional VIP seating to take the overall figure in excess of 1500 seats. During the next stage of schematic design, the overall number of seats may fluctuate, but will still maintain the required 1500 seats of the building brief.
D C=
D (N + R) -R D+T
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Example of typical C-value calculation method
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PSCC Cultural Centre - Building Diagrams
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CULTURAL BUILDING SUN SHADING DEVICE
SKETCH ILLUSTRATING THE CONCEPT FOR THE SUN SHADING DEVICE
Fragment Of A Fish Scale: AN INSPIRATION IMAGE FOR THE SUN SHADING DEVICE
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LAYOUT
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CONTEXTUAL ELEVATIONS
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NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS
NORTH ELEVATION
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CONTEXTUAL ELEVATIONS
WEST ELEVATION
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CONTEXTUAL ELEVATIONS
EAST ELEVATION
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SOLID AND VOID ELEVATION STUDY
EAST ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
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SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
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