Portfolio by Andrada Costin

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THE [OUT]LANDER

EARLY DAYS OF A NEW BEGINNING -A FILM by ANDRADA COSTIN-

MANCHESTER CITY

City of layers | a vertical moment -URBAN INTERVENTION-

Google Institute

Technology center | Manchester

Urban Hotel

Ho Chi Mingh City | Vietnam

HUV Urban Development

Urban Intervention | Leeds

THE [OUT]LANDER

1.Y3

EARLY DAYS OF A NEW BEGINNING -A FILM Treatment by ANDRADA COSTIN-

The project started from the idea around Raëlism – a new movement or religion that ‘an extraterrestrial species known as Elohim arrived on earth 25,000 years ago and using their advanced technology, terraformed it so that biological life could emerge’ (Eileen, 1989). There have been several past attempts to plan, design and build the embassy at the scale that would not only be suitable to the Elohim but also showcase the multiple methods of using technology to improve human life further and to bring peace. Nevertheless, no attempt succeeded to carry out as so far.

SITE

PROGRAM

WATER

WALKING/RUNNING GARDENING WATCHING

RECICLED CONCRETE GREEN ROOF SOLAR PANELS

SLOPE WALKINGS ENGAGING WITH NATURE

STARGAZING POSSIBILITY FOR GARDENING DESTINATION VIEWING LANDSCAPE SCULTING POSIBILITY

SUSTAINABILITY RECICLED CONCRETE DROUGHT TOLERENT VEGETATION

UNDERGROUND ACUMULATION CISTERN

OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT AFTER ANIENS ARRIVE

UNDERGROUND RETENTION CISTERN

ENERGY TREES SOLAR PANELS SITTING VEGETATION GROWING

SITTING WATTER RETENTION VEGETATION

STARGATE

This project speculates the Elohim embassy on the Southgate Site in Huddersfield Town Centre. Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon and a member of the IRM) supported the project financially, and the Kirklees Council Huddersfield provided the site. The embassy will be opened to everyone who is interested in Raëlism. It will exhibit cutting edge researches on Elohim, and celebrate Raëlism. Aerian is a young believer and architecture student who is the lucky winner of one of the 5 golden tickets which provide people with the opportunity to visit the Elohim Embassy prior to the grand inauguration.

Terrace glazing with reinforcement sreel trusses Glazing Timber cladding Grass Soil Reinforcement steel structure Glazing Parametric gluelam timber frame

64.9m

Access Restrooms Access to roof Lobby Secondary Entrance Exhibition Access Presentation stand Blue Origin exhibition Sitting

14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.

Plans

22 15

20 24

assembly point 4

assembly point 3

8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

Access Restrooms Flexble exhibition area Access Auditorium

Fire exit

t exi

assembly point 1

e Fir

assembly point 5

t exi

Access Recreation area Laboratory Aseptic room Restrooms Computer research area Private officeas 5

e Fir

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

assembly point 2 6

0. Sitting area 2. Reception 3. Gift shop 4. Laboratory 5. Experimental gren house 6. Offices and library 7. Man restroom 8. Woman restroom 9. Commons room 10. Dormitories 11. plant room 12. Storage

1 2

100

200 Scale 1:1000

34. TERRACE ACCESS 35. TERRACE

28 35

31 27 32 26

Continuous

Shell/cladding

26. ACCESS 27. RESTROOMS 28.SECOND ENTRANCE LOBBY 29. SECOND ENTRANCE 30 .ACCESS 31. GALLERY AND PRESENTATIONS 32. BLUE ORIGIN SPACE EXHIBITION 33. CREATION VISUALISATION

30 23

21 20

Timber cladding

Concrete cladding

19. ACCESS 20. RESTROOMS 21. STORAGE 22. FLEXIBLE AREA USED FOR EXHIBITION AND PRESENTATIONS 23. ACCESS 24. INDUCTIONS AREA 25. AUDITORIUM

24 23 25 16 15 17

13. ACCESS 14. RECREATION CORNER 15.RESEARCH ROOMIN PREPARATION TO THE ALIENS ARRIVING 16. RESTROOMS 17. COMPUTER RESEARCH HUB 18. PRIVATE OFFICES

7 6

4 8 1. ENTRANCE 2. SOCIAL 3. ALGAE FARM 4. BIOSCIENCE AND AQUAPONICS LAB 5. LOBBY 6. LIBRARY AND OFFICES 7.RESTROOMS 8. COMMON ROOM 9. APPARTMENT 10. TRANSITIONS/ EVENT SPACE 11. PLANT ROOM 12. ACCESS 13. GIFT SHOP

5 12

3 11

10 13

N at u ra l ve n t i l at i o n

Air shafts

Ab s o r b e d ra d i at i o n

co o l i n d o r

G re e n f a c a d e

PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

WATER SAVINGS

recreatinal amenities and green area improve health and welness

low flow fixtures and rain water collection system, reduce low potable water use

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS energy trees are used to support energy demand

BIOSWALE

GREYWATER RECYCLING

NATURAL VENTILATION

BIOSWALE

convey surface water to enhance infiltration and reduce surface runoff

reduce portable water use by separating water for flushing and irrigation use

the natural ventilation design is simple and robust. the environmental design of the building aims to maximize natural ventilation spaces

green roof provides for elevated social spaces, storm water attenuation, enhanced biodivercity

MANCHESTER CITY CENTER

2.Y3

City of layers | a vertical moment -URBAN INTERVENTION-

Design concept | vertical space Highlights the issues of Manchester After conducting the urban study on Manchester City as a group, we found out that there has been a significant encase in population throughout the years, which is mainly produced due to the two Universities situated in the city. The density inside the city is becoming a major problem which this proposal tries to resolve. Another study shows that the majority of the jobs in Manchester are situated in the City centre, which translates in problems with fluidity through the city, transportation problems and of course pollution. These problems only appear to deepen in the years to come. At the present moment Manchester suffers more and more from homelessness problems. In 2015 a survey showed that there were approximately 3000 people sleeping on the streets. And because most churches open their gates for the needy in times of cold, a very large number of people chose Manchester streets as their home. The proposal aims to help those people and create a community that will both be prosper and rejuvenate and maybe purify the air of Manchester.

skin

steal beam structure

Lack of green areas

steal frame pannel

glass pannels OPV CELLS

the skin of the building is a hybrid. it has integrated organic photovoltaic solar cells which produce energy for the pumps and filtration equipment. on the less luminated

Underground

The initial underground intervention is located Underneath the empty plot next to the Football Museum and Victoria train station. An old underground shaft resides underneath the train station, excavated in the 1974 as part of what should have been ‘picc-vic ’ tube line. The project was abandoned in 1977 for lack of founding and the excavations and maintenance of the shaft stopped. In 2018 the remains of the construction are used for ill-intended,shady behavior conceived as an escape place. The intervention aims to keep the spirit of the place, that of a break out point and

The initial intervention on the ground level is located next to Oxford Road Train station and at the edge of Manchester city center and the beginning of Oxford road corridor. The perceived boundary between the 2 entities is very strongly suggested by an functional viaduct which as well crosses the canal river side. The overlapping of layers exposed in that corner represents the perfect metaphor for the city and the left over space around the layers | the viaduct, the street level and the canal side| represent by it`s own a vertical moment.

on ground

over ground

precast steel membrane suport for the skin irrigation pipes

fertilised soil

extruded perforated mesh small grass

The over ground construction starts on a leftover alleyway next to the Piccadilly Train Station which is the biggest and the cost crowded in the city. Piccadilly road is on of the businesses in Manchester, it connects Piccadilly train station to Victoria train station and it is adjustment to the starting point of HS2. This area is currently dominated by restaurants and art shops, and withe the HS2 coming Phase 1 of the vertical moment created in this urban area aims to regenerate the leftover space through elevated quadraphonics farms which would provide food for the surrounding business. HS2 proposal Access roads

Initial intervention phase 1

Phase 1 2019 | 2029 hydroponic small farm In the first phase the proposal tackles the homeless problem and comes up with a space that can offwe shelter for the homless around the train station. The helters are provided with some urban farms which sit ontop of the living areas and allow the less unfortunate to produce and learn how to use hydrophonics, so that later on they can do it on a bigger scale and be able to make a profit from it.

community room for homless access/corridor viewing platform shelter

Level 1 walking/ viewing platform Level 2 living / growing area Ground level entrance

urban farming

PHASE 2 2029 | 2039 In the phase 2 of the intervention another platform is added underneath the existing shelters. The steel structure on which the shelters were built is strong enough to sustain the added level. This level is accessible to the general public and represents a open market where the homless can sell vegetables that were grown by them. small containers sustain some small urban farms on top. inside the containers the homless can arange for products to be viewd, and sold.

community

MARKET PLACE

REVENUE

Detailed section and construction details steel deck

1:10

existing building

1:500

1:10

proposal

existing building

OPV CELLS

optical ar coating uv/nir reflector

transparent electrode

un/nir active layers

transparent electrode

transparent substrat

Due to the semi enclosed nature of the intervention, natural ventilation happens. thd structure was integrated with OPV cells in the North east part of the building. The photovoltaic cells froduce enough energy to sustain the building requirments.

ar coating

Rain collection systems are installed on the roof of the building, and the water is used for bosth internal bathrooms and the small farms ontop of the sleeping area.

am sun

pm sun

Phase 1 2019 | 2029

1:500

Section AA`

Phase 1 Homless shelter Container rooms for homless with viewing decks

1 3

View of walking bridge

Level 1 1.Access into the intervention 2.Walking bridge | escaping the machine 3. Access to next level

1:500

opv cells

prefab steel structure steel mount for glass

steel deck

1:25

View of the corridor 13

Level 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

1:500

entrance communal space terrace corridor plant room sleeping area balcony

8. communal bath 9. sleeping area 10. balcony 11. bathroom 12. sleeping area 13. balcony

Phase 2 section 2029 | 2039 n 1:500

3.Y2

C Technology hub

Create

Exhibit

Volum e

Create Share

work space

exhibit space site boundaries: river viaduct flow

opening shapes

pink: exhibit green: create

FORM

final form

E FIR IT EX

1. ENTRANCE 2. RECEPTION | I POINT 3. STORAGE 4. ADMINISTRATION 5. CAFFEE BAR | SITTING AREA 6. VISUALISATION AREA 7. TOILETS 8. PLANT ROOM 9. STORAGE 10.AUGMENTED REALITY EXHIBITION 11.IMMERSIVE ROOM 12. COMPUTER ROOM ? SERVER ROOM 13. INTERACTIVE INTERFACE AREA 14. VR SETS 15. SITTING 16. EXIT | CONNECTION OUTSIDE AREO 17. ENTANCE 18. RECEPTION 19. STORAGE 20. PLANT ROOM 21. TOILETS 22. OFFICE 23. ADMINISTRATION 24. SITTING AREA 25. ELEVATOR SHAPT | GARBADGE 26. COMPUTER ROOM 27. WORKSHOP STATIONS 28. CONFERENCE ROOM 29. CONFERENCE ROOM 30. STORAGE

35 m 26

19 20 28 45

17 24

22 5 M

5 M

E FIR IT EX

15 10

4 10

14 2

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8 1

7 5

6 10

DO MP NG RA DI M LOA 10

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GROUND FLOOR

steel and concrete roof deck

Vertical reinforcement

impermeable precast concrete cladding line of outside sealament at pannel joints line of inner sealament at pannel joints outer sealant on backer rod drained at vertical joints

gypsum board

air permeable insulation pollyehtylena vapor barrier gypsum board

floor

steel stud

inner sealant on backer rod drained at vertical joints

Vertical reinforcement

impermeable precast concrete cladding

air sealand fire stop

mineral fiber

Glazing pane

1:100

Opening frame / sash

Fixed frame

Aluminium Flashing/Curb

TECHNICAL DRAWINGS

Aluminium Flashing Insulation

Underlay

plasterboard

steel CURB *

ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY pm sun

am sun

Plant room

Natural ventilation happens through the skylight and the facade and windows. Natural ventilation relies on pressure differential to deliver fresh air into buildings. Wind creates positive pressure on the windward side of buildings and negative pressure on the leeward side. Pressure equalisation between the two provides horizontal cross ventilation of floor plates.

Diadram 1

photovoltaic field installed on the roof, the SEB is characterized by a peak power of about 21 kWp. the pannels are installed facing South to maximize daylight capturing. 85 modules are used, covering an area of about 140 m2. With an estimated yearly energy production of about 26000 kWh, it can cover about the 70% of the building demand. tHE REST IS TAKEN FROM THE CITY SUPPLY.

Diadram 2

Diadram 1

flow

A Rain Harvesting System is present inside the Building. The rainwater is collected from the roof by the gutters and, after passing through a filter, is stored inside an underground 5000 liters storage tank. The tank is equipped with a water level control that allows, in case of exceeding the maximum capacity threshold, to discharge the additional rainwater to the Savona Campus storm drain system. The stored water is then pumped into the building and used for toilet flushing. Diadram 2

Air recirculation units are installed all over the ceiling to keep the environment proper ventilated and cool.

The immersive room is situated on the ground floor and runs through all the height o the building. a Steel frame is provided for projectors to be mounted on. Spectators must wear a VR set before entering the projection room. The art is projected on the walls of the room which have been finished with projector screen paint which has a smooth finish, reflect less of light without looking dull. A mat white was chosen to better accommodate any type of artistic installation. Spectators walk inside the space. The physical space matches the VR space and the spectators can touch and feel the contours of the space. In the vr space it would feel as if one is touching the image. Benches are provided for sitting and socializing. the installations are Controlled by computers in the room adjacent to the immersive room. after enjoying the installations, spectators must return the headsets beck to the table. speakers are provided for an auditorry submertion.

Computer room Lost in Time

exit Entrance

Imersive room

creation pod

view 2 testing pavilion

The work stations are provided with 6 creation pods which can be accessed and personalised by the workers and

ion creat pod

vi 1

vie

commun HALL WORK BUILDING | FIRST FLOOR

bird`s eye level

View from Pritchard Street | eye level internal cortyard

bird`s eye level

View from York street

URBAN HOTEL Ho Chi Mingh City | Vietnam

>100mm extruded mesh screen >wall container with selcted plants

>mentenance gap

>450mm steel beam gridded reinforcement structure

>bottom beam

>North Westi View UP

>level 5

44 43

47 45

40 41

40. stairs// vertical access 41. access to the west wing// west rooms 42. rooms 43. access to the east wing// east rooms 44. rooms 45. elevator 46. nets 47. waiting room

>level6 50

>South West view

48. stairs// vertical access 49. elevator 50. solar panels 51. nets

51 49 48

Detail 4

Detail 3

Level 7 roof 25.00

>eye level entrance

>exterior structure// for mixed use

Level 6 22.00

Level 5 18.00

>hotel structure

>exterior structure// mixed use

Level 4 14.00

Level 3 10.00

Level 2 6.00

>entrance

Level 1 0.00 >second level terrace access

Level 0 -5.00

>waiting are floor 3

>restaurant

HUV HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Urban Intervention | Leeds

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING! andrada.costin@gmail.com +4 0748822868