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NUR AFIQAH SALLYHAH Binti Abdul Aziz Portfolio Master of Architecture Liverpool School of Art and Design

Nur Afiqah Sallyhah.

ABOUT ME Hi there! Firstly, thank you for taking the time to view my portfolio. I am a 25-year-old architectural student who recently concluded Part 2 in Liverpool John Moores University.

Being able to bring my ideas and visions within the limits on site is what I look forward to do, to challenge myself in producing sense of belonging to people. One of my passion is to embrace the surrounding cultures and architecture, particularly detailing through travelling.

Besides having a creative and functional design based, I consider myself a hardworking person, reliable and work well independently and in teams. I am motivated to advance further into practice, growing towards a professional career that brings a difference to communities.

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Thesis Project Smart Textile Hub Urban Design Project Smart Textile District - Ghent

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Live Project: Marie Clarke Family Centre & Bootle Library

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Housing Project: Density, Type & Diversity

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Specialist Study Contemporary Office; Influence of Architectural Qualities on Well-Being 56 Urban Design Project: Make Ellesmere Port town Great Again

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Curriculum Vitae

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Smart Textile Lab. Conserving the structure along the waterfront is the concept behind the design of Smart textile Hub at Afrikalaan Promenade. The central axis of the building conserves a circulation backbone on ground to allow experience, recalling the building’s original factory plan. This renovation project converts an existing shed into a hightech fashion design and prototyping centre, where any individuals, designers, industrialists, fabricators, and even institutions will come together to form a hub for innovation and education. The goal is to support aesthetic smart textile fashion into the market. This platform that consist of event spaces, workspaces and library offers the innovative nature on smart textile exploration and manufacturing field multi-disciplinary businesses under E-textile startups in the industrial market.

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Thesis of Mix Used Building Location

Afrikalaan District, Ghent

Programme

Exhibition Spaces /Studio Offices / Library

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Arial View in Context In Ghent, research world in the field of smart textile has a steady growth. As much as in the research world, the integration of smart textile in market sectors like medical, military, industrial and especially sports has always been in the market known to consumers and it is common among them as well.

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CO-WORKING AREA OFFICES

STUDIO

THINKING

STORAGE

MEETING ROOM WORKSHOPS EXHIBITION HALL

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PUBLIC TOILET

MAKING

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FAB LAB

LOADING BAY

ACADEMY

BREAK OUT SPACE

LIBRARY

SHARING

INDOOR F&B AREA

LOCKER ROOM LOBBY RECEPTION SECURITY ROOM CONTROL ROOM

SELLING

AUDITORIUM

PLACE

BICYCLE PARK ADMINISTRATION PATH

EDUCATING SMART TEXTILE FIELD THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY

PROVIDE INFORMATION, BUSINESS & RESEARCH PLATFORM

PROMOTE AWARENESS OF BUILDING FUNCTION TO LOCALS THROUGH BUILDING

PROMOTE SMART TEXTILE INDUSTRY THROUGH SHOWCASING & EXCHANGING

RESTAURANT OUTDOOR SPACE SHOP

TARGET USERS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS in startup businesses that intergrates digital creation activities & smart textile batch production, supporting its market industry.

STUDENTS A collaboration with fashion & smart testile research from Ghent University.

Extending their field in the real world.

PUBLIC Encouraging locals more through exchange of products and through rentable event space.

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PROPOSED SITE The current land use ( industrial ) converts to cultural, businesess and commerce.

LINK connecting the avenue to the square through building.

CIRCULATION New path circulation, giving more path options.

Using the new path as an oppurtunity to attract and invites passerbys.

CENTRAL

PUBLIC & PRIVATE

Retaining people would be a great space and attract more people. It is agathering space that invites all type of users.

Public area are put along the building front on 3 sides.

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Interior Serial Vision of Journey

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Auditorium Gallery Space Toilet Meeting Room

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Private Studio Spaces Exhibition Hall Type 1

Co-working Space

Library Private Studio Spaces Co-Working Spaces Meeting Room Toilet

Library Rentable Office Rentable Studio Spaces Fabrication Lab Exhibition Hall Type 2 Expandable Event Space Storage Restaurant

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SERIAL VISION OF PUBLIC REALM

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Interior Main Lobby Breakout Space

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R E N TA B L E OFFICE SPACE

R E N TA B L E OFFICE SPACE

STORAGE

R E N TA B L E STUDIO

R E N TA B L E STUDIO

EXHIBITION HALL

R E N TA B L E STUDIO

MAIN SQUARE ENTRANCE

Ground Floor Plan Scale n.t.s.

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R E N TA B L E OFFICE SPACE

PLANT ROOM

B I C Y C L E SHOP

R E N TA B L E SHOP

HARDWARE SHOP

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First Floor Plan Scale n.t.s.

SecondThird Floor Plan

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MEETING ROOM

A formal meeting room that offers a view towards canal and the city.

CO-WORKING SPACE

Rentable individual desk for collaboration or independent startups in an open noisy environment to encourage share of knowledge.

CO-WORKING SPACE

Rentable individual desk for collaboration or independent startups in an open noisy environment to encourage share of knowledge.

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LIFT CORE & FIRE STAIRCASE

Load bearing concrete structure designed pre-cast concrete wall pan interior.

finished with nel exterior and

Auditorium

A 300-seat auditorium is created through the extension of the new shift structure.

Its glazed panel wall by the sides links the canal to the new district. The room can be controlled to meet its performance from filtered light to total blackout with mechanical controlled screening.

MAKERSPACE PRIVATE STUDIO

Rentable studio spaces for startup firms and able to showcase prototype and sell their productions in batch.

NEW PORTAL FRAME

Designed to support the cantilever auditorium to which offers a programmed for textile sources under.

Allocation of the frame is to ‘sandwich’ the existing portal frame that is in black.

LIBRARY

Designed as a whole unit under the new structure system to offer learning and working collaboration and at the same time open more exposure of the smart textile field towards the users of various field background.

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East Elevation Scale n.t.s.

North East Elevation Scale n.t.s.

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Seam metal roof profile

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Low Pitch double glazed roof

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Roof sheeting Insulation Purlins Valley Gutter

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Shallow Metal decking floor slab Castellated beam ; provide mechanical system Suspended Ceiling

Library

Floor to wall fixed double glazed panel

11Steel column concrete slab system: Screed Concrete Insulation (Library area) Corrugated sheet panel Castellated Beam

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Brick cladding system

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New Steel Portal Frame Existing concrete structure Existing floor slab New flooring system Polish concrete ontop of screeding Rigid Insulation Concrete Sand blinding ; pour ontop of existing floor slab

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Structural & Facade Study

Precedence : Materiality

Partial Elevation (Scale 1.500)

Main column structure system at floor plan view

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Sectional cross of main column structure system

Because there is already an existing brick front facade, its materiality will continue wrapping the whole perimeter of the building and the material above bricks will be black colour corrugated metal panel and flat roof profile to give a modern look and a sense of familiarity to the surrounding. As for the auditorium, the facade is wrapped around with Channel glass profile (Reglit) to allow light and the oppurtunity to see the canal as the view.

Drawing on the left shows the intergration of the new steel portal frame structure that sits side by side of the exisitng structure that is made out of concrete. The location of the new frame is underneath the cantilever auditorium. Micropile system is introduced as the foundation can be installed close to existing structure and has less limited vibration.

To differentiate the old and new, the design intention for the new frame is to have expose mild steel shoe on the ground wheareas existing structure has the concrete pad footing

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Wall Detail Floor Plan

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Raised floor system finishes with light wood texture Connector Beam attached with rod Universal Column welded with diagonal bracing Insulation within steel stud Vapour membrane Sheathing Board closed with waterproofing membrane

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Air Cavity 41 x 331mm Channel Glass faรงade system Breathable fabric over fiberglass for sound absorbtion

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Roof Detail 9 Low Pitch (2ยบ degree) roof finished with seam metal roof profile in black 10 Roof slab metal decking top 150mm rigid insulation; sheathing board

damp proof membrane 11 Gutter system enclosed with insulation ; short flow drainage 12 Light truss system mechanical ventilation system 13

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Category

Group Urban Design ; Innovation & Enterprise District

Smart Textile District.

Through findings of Ghent, the proposal of this urban renewal project calls for an innovation and enterprise district at the north of the city centre. Namely `Smart Textile Innovation and Enterprise District’, it is a sustainable modern innovation approach on what is now formerly an industrial district. This new district connects other further districts, making it a go to for its proximity, identity and accessibility to the future.

This project addressed as realistic and relatable to the locals through the textile industry along with other services sector.

A pragmatic approach that is suitable to its context is proposed by cultivating a live, work and leisure lifestyle where everything of daily activities is in the vicinity. This urban architectural approach supports Ghent to be a greener city. Furthermore, the proposition of public realms further enhancing its characteristic streets.

It is a neighbourhood of sharing knowledge and entrepreneurship through smart textile innovation, with the ambition of bringing back textile as part of the economy generator again.

Location

Afrikalaan District, Ghent

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- Exhibition hall - Test beds - Workshops - Conference Rooms - Retails & Cafes & Restaurants

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STRENGTH close to Dampoort Station close distance to Ghent town centre connection to past history (the oldest dock) cranes as landmarks for local bicycle route and Batavia Bridge WEAKNESS

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canal as a boundary between the neighbourhood no connection due to function uses beyond Handelsdok no tram route large industrial site with under-used open space OPPORTUNITIES place for tourism, entertainment and employment stronger working and entertainment district users: all group of age and family sizes from small to large to increase the land value mixture of zoning

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The vision is to attract the users from the waterfront and goes further into the neighbourhood is by allocating public spaces between one land uses to another to connect with the public realms. Width of the vehicle lanes are planned to be narrowed and on-site parking is to be move further to give more space for stationary public users, pedestrians and bicycle lane. Another vision is to have more ‘outdoor living room’ at which social spaces on ground level and offices or residential above. This will encourage stationary activities from café’s front canopy or the street’s pop up stores.

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QUAY WALL Existing quay wall along the dock is transformed into an interesting elevated promenade

This new neighbourhood applies the ‘live and work’ system to promote one’s wellbeing, especially on health. Thus, promoting sustainable living. It is a lifestyle that gathers community and encourage interaction through space sharing on ground.The idea of public realms is visioned within 3 distinctive streets that connect the waterfront and further into the area. These are:

1. Promenade 2.High Street 3. Textile Street

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STREET APPROACH Creating interesting pathway by having arcade on the south facing of the building. Ground floor mainly use for textile retails and suppliers

‘FLOATING ISLAND’ Inspired

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MIX USE BUILDING TYPOLOGY Dynamic programme on the ground floor. Have outdoorindoor relationship

QUAY WALL Existing quay wall along the dock is transformed into an interesting elevated promenade

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Category

Group Live Project

Marie Clarke Family Centre & Bootle Library

Located on Stanley Road, it expresses functions integrations of family centre and the current Bootle Library, where the workplace provides a co-working space between the staffs and a common gathering space for the community between them. Therefore, they stated that a new building would be extending from the Bootle library for the new relocation of Marie Clarke family centre.

In relation towards Management, Practice & Law module, this live project undertook professionalism, management effectiveness aspect and of the team as an architectural consultancy.This project produced a feasibility studies for client.

Location

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meeting two In meeting two, we had the opportunity to show the client how we had interpreted the brief.

In this meeting we had provide some research into construction methods as well as materiality. We thought that proposing to use wood would be an appropriate method to tie in with the existing building as well considering its biophilic qualities that help connect people back to nature, creating a relaxed environment.

It had also previously been suggested that a SIPS construction would 1:200 @ A3

be a cost saving idea, and we looked into how this could potentially work.

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Cafe, Reception

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which looks to make savings to annual budgets by rationalising facilities and services. We have been asked to look at a fea-

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Library to relocate Marie Clarke and Cambridge Family Well-being centres into. This will create a community hub in Bootle, give opportunities for innovative ways of service delivery, reduce

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development of land. Family Well-being Centres provide joined up support for children and young people aged 0-19 years to make

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family life that little bit easier. Parents and carers receive extra help, advice and guidance to help them build confidence and resilience to deal with things that family life throws at them. The project will involve visiting the existing facilities to be replaced, developing a full programme, scheme, cost advice and planning permission considerations, to provide a comprehensive feasibility study for the client.

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Density, Type & Diversity.

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Housing Project

Location

Birkenhead, United Kingdom

Programme

Mix Used Residentail Light Industrial Workshop

Brisanar is a part of the project that offers a medium density residential type that integrates and accommodating some light industrial works within its site.The name, Brisanar, comes from the site that meets the 3 streets that ties together as a whole to connect a mix society t accommodated for families and the homeless. With the society that shares public spaces, it supports the independent and semi-indepen homeless socially, economically and the well-being when encounter each other.

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Located on the left bank of the River Mersey, just across Liverpool, is where the proposed a district of modern forms of urban housing scheme that consist a mixture of housing types, offering better neighbour and welcoming a diversity of functions in the industrial context.

Also, the overall scheme is to densify residential in commerce and industrial areas. The urban housing project is located on the edge of the Hamilton Square Birkenhead where the area is an under-developed collection of light industrial warehouses and carparks.

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4 Bedroom Townhouse (177m2) Studio Standard (43,47,33 m2) Studio Mezzanine (31m2) Apartment - 2 Beds (76, 81, 83,84,110,122,136 m2 - 3 Beds (123,155,126,135 m2) - 4 Beds (164m2) FOCAL POINT

Oppurtunity to expose new workshop at the busy road.

Short cut and direct to music class amd college

VIEW FROM TRAIN STATION Multi-purpose function. (social space and event like soup kitchen)

Maintaining exisiting function

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ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY

The design of the building is set to achieve a higher limit of natural daylight reaching to every housing units and to prevent over shadowing its neighbour located on the west side. The mid part of the apartment consist courtyard and roof garden to promote social interaction and the residence economically by having food production. The shared spaces on the ground floor that faces the south west receives filteres sun light into the building via the perforated brick facade that acts as a louvre.

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Specialist Study

Contemporary Office; Influence of Architectural Qualities on WellBeing

Year

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“With increasing automation of our productive processes, and notwithstanding the application of computers to administrative work, the number of office workers will grow. To ensure that this growth is accompanied by a more than relative increase in productivity, we must recognise that one of the most important factors governing the productivity of office staff is the environment. You cannot get good work out of bad offices.�

(Duffy and Hannay, 1992)

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Introduction Among the Physical architectecural elements aspects in relation to well-being discussed: 1.Colours When it comes to consultation, what is essential to be noted is the effect of various colours must be understood. A recent study claimed that offices that are using grey colour too much or plain white office escalates depression, especially in women. On the other hand, men encountered similar reactions when interior design pours too much purple and orange colour into the work environments (K2space, 2017).

2.Technology 3.Workspace & Storage.

Good workplace experience is encouraged in offices. A suitable phrase that is generally used is called a break out space. This area can serve as a location where creativity and communication are not heavily anchored to a formal mindset. Basically, employees are given the freedom to work anywhere they choose to work, depending on how complicated their task is.

4.Acoustics/noise level by other employees.

5.Ventilations and temperature.

6.The Green Workplace.

The green workplace aims to bring nature into the building. Benefits of green plants are that it makes an individual feel at ease. Somehow individuals choose to have a small plant on their workspace or near them. This is because people feel connected to nature. Furthermore, not only it circulates the air in the office, but can provide comforts to the occupants. (K2space, n.d.)

7.Natural lighting.

8.Ergonomic design.

The acceleration of technologies development and creative industries produces more creative workers who have specific needs for their workspace. It is also office designs that influence their wellbeing. In this era, workspace functions evolve and break the idea of one size function formal working space.

This research explores an individual’s attitude towards internal environment factors with different office layouts. For example, an employee in an open-plan layout would have different requirements, satisfaction and comfort compared to a colleague who is working in a private space. The research will address the particular ideas of respondents with regard to the ideal workspace.

The research questions addressed are as below: 1) Is the importance of physical work environment elements significantly shaped from an individual’s character?

2) Does an occupant’s satisfaction with the physical work

environment elements differ with different types of workspaces?

3) Will the advanced portable devices that allow anyone to work anywhere and anytime, affect their relationship with other people?

Methodology

An occupant of working space survey database has been conducted online through Google Survey. Response data has been gathered from a variable group of occupations and workspaces. A total of 215 respondents expressed their satisfaction level on a fivepoint scale. The questionnaire considers an individual’s satisfaction ratings on different aspects of the physical environment in their workspaces such as types of office layout, interior architecture, privacy, visuals, noise level, temperature and others. Secondly, the survey covers aspects related to co-working spaces. It questions the amount of time spent either by freelancers or office workers.

The participants answer the questions with a “yes, no, maybe” answers.

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Feedback on Distraction from Neighbours

66.2 Hours 1979

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Chart 1 Noise Distraction from neighbours in a workspace.

Table 2 represents the amount of employees’ character; extroverts, introverts or both concerning how easilyStaff distracted they are there due to their neighbour’s conversations and at their desk at most period Staff at their desk for certain period Staff who is always out and about internally noises. Introverts do show clear feedback that they sometimes get distracted followed by 0 Cubicles with Task Cubicles with Open No with nooff premises Enclosed Enclosedhave task No personal off premises task offintroverts premises Own room agreeing that they easily get distracted.

According to theSometimes graph, both and Awareness of Well-being. low partitions high partitions partitions private Shared desk extroverts strongly claim that they sometimes get distractions, followed by the same group Chart 4 Relationship between staff work style and task requirements off premises. claimed that they do not get distracted. From the author’s point of view, these categorised AdvancedRelationship technology allows anyone to access work Since there are many

The issue of well-being awareness in offices are good Between Staff Work Styleanywhere. and Task Requirements individuals screeners whereby they can disregard irrelevant cues or are adaptable internally mobile staff, a variety of space should be provided which can support them to 70 is a continuing theme. People are like machines in surroundings. the to the Based on the results taken, the feedback does minimal contribution to adapt to their working activities. Referring to chart 5, the most time spent working outside

office. Without maintaining the machines properly after a long time, the product deteriorates and the same goes for people.

People’s productivity is getting less and less.

As stated by the Eurostat database, there is a gradual decrease in the percentage of labour productivity per person employed and hour worked from 2005 to 2017. In 2017, average hours worked per week of fulltime employment in the United Kingdom is 42.5 hours and for 40 hours for European region individually.

Productivity decreases when more time is spent at work. This shows that, since the access to the computers and internet, people spend more time working. What more to say those who who work collaboratively with colleagues in other time zones.

The easier and faster the task is complete, new task are assigned and more times are spent to finish each of the task.

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premises is 1 to 2 hours a day. However, 20.5% of individuals spent 3 to 4 hours a small number of the group spent more than 7 hours a day. Those individuals that spent 7 hours shows that there is a clash of time of working and non-work. It is either they 40 spent the weekend working or work overtime away from the office. Moreover, individuals 30 who spend a long time working on screens, their lifestyle is not balanced and may affect 20 their wellness in the long run. Nonetheless, the chart depicts that many respondents get to balance their work and non-work matter.

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Chart 4 Relationship between staff work style and task requirements off premises.

Advanced technology allows anyone to access work anywhere. Since there are many internally mobile staff, a variety of space should be provided which can support them to adapt to their working activities. Referring to chart 5, the most time spent working outside office premises is 1 to 2 hours a day. However, 20.5% of individuals spent 3 to 4 hours whereas a small number of the group spent more than 7 hours a day. Those individuals that spent 7 hours shows that there is a clash of time of working and non-work. It is either they spent the weekend working or work overtime away from the office. Moreover, individuals who spend a long time working on screens, their lifestyle is not balanced and may affect their wellness in the long run. Nonetheless, the chart depicts that many respondents get to balance their work and non-work matter.

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Chart 9, reports that the enclosed private office has the overall highest satisfaction level on the environmental qualities.

Individuals have a sense of control in the working space relative to visual privacy, noise, ease of interaction, and other qualities.

However, they are less satisfied about the flexibility of adjusting their furniture. This results from a standard space dimension provided and how furniture in private offices are usually a one size fits all, for example, by having a fix large structured desk that sticks to the wall storage cabinets.

Open-plan with no partitions, however, has the widest variation in satisfaction level of indoor qualities. Despite the differences in opinions about open plan, the design achieves it’s aim to facilitate ease of interaction. At the same time, the graph depicts that the issues causing the most dissatisfaction with the environmental qualities are the sound privacy followed by visual privacy. Sound privacy and the ease of interaction always go together. As mentioned in chapter 2, a way to overcome problems is that the employees themselves must control the loudness of the conversation as to prevent from disturbing others. Besides that, they can locate themselves somewhere else, provided a space where the noise level can be tolerated.

Consistently, chart 9 shows that the lowest satisfaction of indoor environmental qualities factors found in most configurations, except home offices, are sound privacy and adjusting furniture. It shows that individuals have a preference for furniture. Perhaps, due to the chair settings or laptop settings are too long. Hence, the office should provide more ergonomic furniture. This guarantees employees’ comfort by investing in various types of seating, adjustable desk with heights and spaces that support

The difference between what is old and new is that in the 19thcentury people monitored their staff’s physically up close like a teacher in the classroom. As time progressed to the 20th century, the monitoring staff’s performance is more often done from a distance. Now, it is like “eye in the sky”. Cloud structure system, such as the use of performance indicator via the internet, performance can be nurtured and managed via internet whereby datelines are set up, a period spent for work in progress and log in time are accessed.

This research gives awareness to the reader that employee’s health and wellbeing are crucial concerns that must continue to receive attention. It will make a difference in their busy working lifestyle and attracting people who love to do work more in the office. Individuals can decide to choose where to work anytime, but this study found that productivity does not go well when people are working overtime. Despite the ease in completing tasks, there is a risk that virtual office in the cyber era can contribute to poor health if people practise unhealthy working lifestyles.

In architectural perspectives, it is the designer’s responsibility to design and provide the space and advise the client. One must acknowledge that the most critical assets in an organisation come from within the workers that contribute to the organisation production. Design should focus on fulfilling each category of employee’s requirement and overall balancing it out with the organisation’s goal.

CONCLUSION

This study focused on the well-being of an individual that is affected by the architectural qualities within the office space.

Office designs should “step up its game” to provide an enjoyable working culture. In the social media world where people connect easily socially too, they require to have similar space to “healthy and hipster” work environment as they observed. It is essential to have a designated break out space to allow people to take a break and gain inspirations in a comfortable ambience and enjoyable way. People work differently. Some areas needed a space with full concentration and some needs creativity spaces along with noises in the background.

The birth of office trends started with a rigidly structured system and went through irregular forms. Offices are now a mix of both designs embracing the concept of well-being culture into the system. Nowadays, people work away from the central office; at home, co-working space or coffee shop.

All in all, the findings of this study should be of practical benefit when organisations adapt their office or move to a new site.

One of the solutions to the challenge of distraction and comfort issues in office space now is that every organisation should provide several work settings for individuals that go along with their need

various human conditions. (Strohmeyer, 2014)

of a place to work.

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Satisfaction Chart

Sum of amount of natural light

300 Sum of visual comfort of the lighting (e.g., glare, reflections, contrast)

Sum of noise level 250

Sum of sound privacy in your work-space (ability to have conversations without your neighbours overhearing and vice versa) Sum of amount of space available for individual work and storage

200

Sum of level of visual privacy

Sum of ease of interaction

Sum of comfort of your office furnishings

150

Sum of flexibility to adjustfurniture

100

50

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Open with no partitions

Cubicles with high partitions

Cubicles with low partitions

Enclosed private

Enclosed Shared

No personal desk

Chart 3 Satisfaction on Physical Indoor Factors versus Office Layout Configurations

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“...THE STAFF OF CHESTER & WEST CHESHIRE COUNCIL STAFF WILL BE RELOCATED INTO ELLESMERE PORT. BRINGING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE TOWN...”

Category

Group Urban Design

Jochem Hollestelle

Town Centre Improvement Manager at Ellesmere Port Cheshire West and Chester Council Interviewed on 9th October 2018 at Ellesmere Port Library

“..PLANS FOR A £29M REGENERATION OF ELLESMERE PORT TOWN CENTRE. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE DEMOLITION OF THE COUNCIL’S CIVIC WAY OFFICES AND THE PROVISION OF A NEW PUBLIC SECTOR HUB FEATURING FRONT AND BACK OFFICE COUNCIL SERVICES, HOUSING, DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS AND A WORKZONE...”

Andrew Lewis

Chief executive of Cheshire West and Chester Council https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk accessed on 22 Nov2018

INTERVIEW + LOCAL NEWS

Make Ellesmere Port town Great Again.

Location

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At a low demand and interest on its function, Ellesmere Port town needs to reinvent itself to attract dwellers, entrepreneurs and investors. We learn about the current social and economic condition through visiting a key person, Mr Hollestelle, and read about the local plans and strategic framework. We do address our insufficient market and land ownership research due to time constraints, and make this project as realistic and exciting as possible. We also used books to help in the design. Addressing the lack of funds, we propose a pragmatic and contextual approach that enhances the appeal of public realms, ie through three interlinked but discrepant squares - for play, for gathering, and for trading. We also suggest the introduction of zoning and change of functions for certain failing buildings. These schemes ultimately infer the densification of the town centre and the increasing mix-use. We try to rebrand the town as modern, youthful and resilient as well as incorporate a slow change of location of high street from Whitby Road to Wellington Road.

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Regeneration of EllesmereofPort Town Centre via Densification Regeneration NEW CIVIC HALL

Ellesmere Port Town Centre via Densification SCHEME

Activating the social network, the civic assets radiate outwards into the neighbourhood, and through Reposition at the core of town to generate introducing play spaces, creating food adventure and activities starting from themore heart itself, The denser occupants Port Arcades

NEW COUNCIL OFFICE

STRATEGIE S

New building to accomodate new office of Chester and West Cheshire Council which will be relocate to Ellesmere Port.

GREEN ELEMENTS INTO

UPLIFTING WELLBEING

Improves the health and wellbeing of the people experiencing the

Path around the town centre will no longer be experienced as the social activity” and to lack of people engaging

on of Ellesmere Port Town TOWN Centre via DensificationEXPERIENCE CENTRE

EXTENSION OF UNIVERITY BUILDINGS

ocial network, the civic assets radiate outwards intothe the elements neighbourhood, and through area with and “depressing path along with public witness the y spaces, creating food adventure and creating activities starting from the heart itself, The recreations. the site.

Existing council buildings to be converted into university’s, ‘pulling’ it more toward the town instead at the edge that separated by a big roundabout

STRATEGIE S

CREATING PATH BY GREEN ELEMENTS INTO UPLIFTING WELLBEING DEMOLISHING PARTS OF A ofEXPERIENCE Ellesmere TOWN CENTRERegenerationSPECIFIC BUILDING Port

Improves the health and wellbeing of the people experiencing the area with the elements and creating path along with public recreations.

Path around town centre will The site willtheundergo re-Adaptive no longerrenovations, be experienced as the reuse, demolishing “depressing activity” and end to phases for a social direct visual to the witness lack ofvisual peopleattraction engaging journey, the enhancing the site. and reprogramming building to locals functions for social.

INCREASING Town CentreFOOTFALL via Densification With decreasing amount of available large space of car park, the proposal is to encouraging more public transport usage and path are to be pedestrianised.

Activating the social network, the civic assets radiate outwards into the neighbourhood, and through introducing play spaces, creating food adventure and activities starting from the heart itself, The Port Arcades

CREATING PATH BY DEMOLISHING PARTS OF A SPECIFIC BUILDING The site will undergo re-Adaptive reuse, renovations, demolishing phases for a direct visual to the end journey, enhancing visual attraction to locals and reprogramming building functions for social.

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GREEN ELEMENTS INTO INCREASING FOOTFALL TOWN CENTRE

With decreasing amount of available Improves andthe wellbeing large spacethe of health car park, proposal the encouraging people experiencing the isof to more public area with andbe transport usagethe and elements path are to creating path along with public pedestrianised. recreations.

UPLIFTING WELLBEING EXPERIENCE

Path around the town centre will no longer be experienced as the “depressing social activity” and to witness the lack of people engaging the site.

‘PLAY SQUARE’ Current civic square to be converted into ‘Play” square that connect to the

multistorey

carpark

and

lead

to another square using consistent

CREATING PATH BY DEMOLISHING PARTS OF A SPECIFIC BUILDING The site will undergo re-Adaptive reuse, renovations, demolishing phases for a direct visual to the end journey, enhancing visual attraction to locals and reprogramming building functions for social.

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material pathway

INCREASING FOOTFALL

NEW MULTISTOREY CARPARK

With decreasing amount of available large space of car park, the proposal is to encouraging more public transport usage and path are toCentralised be pedestrianised.

parking so that more footfall

around the Port Arcades

NEW SHARED SERVICE OFFICE

CAFES & RESTAURANTS

Existing F&B shop to be relocated along

Existing F&B shop to be relocated here, creating

Rivington Road

inviting and vibrance surounding that lead to enclosed courtyard

NEW MULTISTOREY CARPARK Centralised parking so that more footfall around the Port Arcades

NEW GREEN PARK Existing carpark and Aldi store to be relocated so that new green park can be made which connected to the Whitby Park through green link.

‘SHOPPING + MARKET SQUARE’ * Covered market space which turn into street food area at night. * Shopping area made from shipping container which relate back to the history of Ellesmere PORT

NEW BUS STATION Propose new route so that it will be reasonably closer to the centre without unwanted pollution.

CONSISTENT MATERIALS Hint that will lead people to one area to another

‘CULTURE’ SQUARE New

propose

civic

square

new

with

different elements that encourage

refurbished

higher and longer outdoor activities. retention

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The new located Civic Square is enclosed on all four sides which are the new Civic Hall, new Council Office, restaurants, cafes, and retails, increasing its intimacy experience and value to its surrounding.

With re-imagination to the cold underused square, the space is changed to a fun space by creating a fun hardscape. The ‘play square’ engages all ages to transit, pause, gather and play in between their journey.

Open Market Square is a place to exchange goods and food. The park is more accessible with cobblestone road that slows down cars. Shipping container pop box is a sustainable designed to extends the goods exchange activity.

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PLAY SQUARE ;

‘RE-IMAGINE’

MARKET SQUARE ;

‘RECIPROCATE’

CULTURE SQUARE ;

‘REMINISCE’

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PROPOSED URBAN FUNCTIONS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITY

DEVELOPMENTS

1

New path for cars and bus as well as relocation of bus station closer to main road and yet still points of destinations.

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Existing market is to be relocated to existing retail stores for demolition to take place, making way for new civic hall and council office.

3

Reposition the cafes and restaurants along the pedestrian street towards the new civic square. New built of civic hall and council office located across, activating the pedestrian path by increasing the footfall.

4

New built multi-storey carpark and ‘Play Square’ to replaced the removal of huge area of car parking.

Existing Civic Hall and Council office is to be refurbished for university extentions.

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More retail building to be built along the ‘green belt’ road to overcome ‘consumer surplus’ issue.

PROGRAMME

LEGEND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

documents

wedding

REUNION

WORK deskjob

analyse

observe

chief

read

dance

showtime healthy

shoes

water fountain

memorial

fun interactive

services

bakeries coffee

eat

food to go outdoor table

bags

leisure

play

deskjob

event

leisure

meeting

study make

WORK

email

photocopy client

learn explore

hangout pizza sandwiches

charity shop

SHOP bargain

accessories

SHOP

READ study

borrow

JOGGING

groceries

clothes shoes

local product market

bags electronic

books

GREEN

clothes

fine dine clothes

resources analyse

CYCLING

homeware

bathroom

accessories

raw food

clothes

bars

TREES

street foods

shop+eat

outdoor

shelter

PARK

RECREATION

VIEWS

FAMILY

leisure container

PICNIC

cafes

BARBECUE PATH

AVENUE

JOGGING

RUNNING

CYCLING

WALKING

MULTISTOREY CARPARK EXTENSION UNIVERSITY CAMPUS COUNCIL OFFICE CIVIC HALL ALDI RETAIL OPEN MARKET PAVILION CONTAINER RETAIL POP BOX BUS STOP

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Master Plan Scale 1:1000

1. Multi- Storey Carpark 2. Extension University Campus 3. Council OfďŹ ce 4 Civic Hall 4.

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Re-use by University programme Re-programme to Restaurants and cafes Re-programme to shared services

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Nur Afiqah Sallyhah.

BINTI ABDUL AZIZ Professional Experience

SARAWAK , MALAYSIA 25.09.1995 Languages English - Well Spoken & Written Malay - Spoken & Written

Contact

EMAIL sallyfiqah95@gmail.com

Aug - Sept 2016 Dayang Duriah Architect & Associate Sdn Bhd Kuching MALAYSIA (Interior Design) Aug - Sept 2015 Dayang Duriah Architect & Associate Sdn Bhd Kuching MALAYSIA (Volunteering to design family’s private residential project)

TELEPHONE +(44) 7464376698 ADDRESS (Current) Liverpool ADDRESS (Home) Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia

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REFERENCE Available on request

C O N TA C T

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SKILLS

Education

Skills

MArch Architecture Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool UK Sept 2018- May 2020

Autocad Archicad Revit

Advance Good Basic

Sketchup Lumion Enscape Vray

Advance Good Basic Basic

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Illustrator

Advance Advance Basic

BA(Hons) Architecture University of Liverpool Liverpool UK Sept 2014- June 2017 Art (Architecture) Foundation St. Andrew’s College Cambridge UK Sept 2013- June 2014 SPM Certificate Sekolah Menengah Green Road Kuching Malaysia Jan 2010 - Dec 2012

Microsoft Office

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Sketching Physical Model

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