Burns, Kerry

PORTFOLIO KERRY BURNS

Contents PART 2 UNIVERSITY PROJECTS Thesis Project Urban Journey to Nature ......................................4,17 Group Urban Design Masterplan Green City Regeneration ...................................18,31 Housing Project You can’t control your neighbours, but you can control the acoustic design of your home .............................................32,55

URBAN JOURNE THESIS

EY TO NATURE DESIGN

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION In conjunction with a group masterplan (Green City regeneration) which aimed to set standards of rewilding within a city, this scheme aims to enhance this process by proposing stage 1: A botanical research centre.

This is the main building focus, but there are other surrounding buildings included in the ‘mini masterplan’ of this scheme as seen on the site plan.

The research centre will improve the outcome of the urban rewilding, as scientific evidence will be created in support of successful urban rewilding. For example, best species survival.

There are many more factors to the research centre, such as, other studies into psychology.

In conjunction with the university, this will all prove how wild urban spaces can have a positive effect on residents, economy and the planet.

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Happiness Vitality Life Satisfaction

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The scheme becomes a live, on site case study. Not only this, but the architectural resolution aims to improve permeability on the site, which will benefit the businesses and areas included in the mini masterplan.

NATURE

Health

Pro Environmental & Pro social behaviours

QUALITY OF LIFE

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OCCUPATIONAL DESIRE

ECONOMY

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These images show early concepts and site line recognition.

Retaining these site lines is important to visually connect the scheme.

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Ground Floor Plan (NTS)

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Lower Ground Floor Plan, Mezzanine Level (NTS)

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-1 Lower Ground Floor Plan, NTS

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-2 Lower Ground Floor Plan, NTS

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1. Street View of Entrance

3. Cave Experience

Exploded Axo of Main Building

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2. Foyer

4. Glazed Floor Viewing Point

5. Subterrenean Circulation

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GREEN CITY RE

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EGENERATION

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MASTERPLAN MANIFESTO

Create a model of a bio diverse city regeneration for cities in the UK, which will provide the following:

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Raise the standard of living in the area by providing more work opportunities and education to help stop climate Education change and live sustainably.

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Build a community by uniting them for the fight against climate change.

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Create Bio-diverse friendly areas throughout the site including a diverse planting of trees and plants un-interrupted by vehicles.

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Power the site using sustainable energy.

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Level 8 Attainment

Riverside

Encourage and promote sustainable, safe travel for cyclists and pedestrians.

• Revitalise outdoor interactions in the

hopes of improving mental and physical health.

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Rewild the site respectfully.

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pool

Liverpool is particularly deprived in comparison to most of the UK, and statistics show that our site is in fact one of the most deprived in Liverpool.

We want to show that our scheme, and introducing biodiversity into an urban area, will increase the standard of living. So where best to do this then one of the most deprived areas in the UK? Not only this, but as the site is adjacent to the city centre, and sits right on the dock, the potential for this site to thrive, is indisputable.

Liverpool City Council has, and is already investing in ‘Cleaning the cities air’. Grants from the Government have helped fund the ‘Urban Green UP’ project, urban farming, tree planting and new cycle routes. Although these things all help, we believe that reducing the carbon footprint of the city and ‘cleaning the air’ could be done much more effectively.

“We want people to have cleaner air so people live longer and have a better quality of life.” (Let’s Clear The Air Liverpool, 2018)

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GROUP MASTERPLAN

Our site, located in Toxteth, was a particularly run down area of the city.

Introducing site permeability was one of our main goals.To do this we buried Sefton Street which would free up road space to pedestrian and cyclist routes. Also, the tidal lagoon creates a cycle and pedestrian path as one of its multi functions.

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‘GREEN’ SPACES

UNDERGROUND

As we have buried part of Sefton Street, we have reopened the train line running through the site. This provides sufficient public transport in and out of the city for visitors and dwellers. We also recognise that a route will need to be accessible for vehicles during emergencies.

Please refer to the diagrams for its location. This route will also provide limited access for services during early hours of the day to ensure the best pedestrian comfort.

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Long Section A NTS This section shows the full length of the site including the tidal lagoon, level change and the buried road. A key aspect is the amount of greenery that has been incorporated into the proposal, this should encourage the transformation of the area to a more biodiversity zone.

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Energy Tunnel Plan NTS 1- Travelator for fast flowing travel

2 - Underground market stalls and seating area 3 - Slow traffic an astroturf area

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4 - Access to upper level and residential 5 - Energy storage area

Burying Sefton Street wasn’t something we took lightly.

Although we wanted to free up the road space and create a physical barrier between nature and fast moving cars, we also knew that this road is a good link into the city via vehicle. Therefore, we haved proposed to bury the road, and develop underground parking to ensure vehicle access throughout the site. In doing this, the ground level is returned to the people, plants, and nature, ensuring a safe place for all of these things to thrive.

As you can see from this diagram, the road isn’t entirely buried across the whole site. It is only partially buried where the site needed the freedom from a barrier of cars.

Taking this approach keeps the vehicle access whilst allowing the scheme to be able to achieve all of our manifesto goals.

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CYCLE ROUTE

EXISTING INTECEPTOR SEWER

FOOT ROUTE

CAR ROUTE

PROPOSED BURIED ROAD AND UNDERGROUND PARKING

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Original approaches involved burying Sefton Street and Excavating the docks. These ideas have supported the final outcomes and proved to be successful thinking:

Excavating the docks is a big a scheme. Not only will we use th up to construct our tidal lagoon methane from the landfill as an

THE TIDAL LAGOON PRODUCES E

REVITALISED EXISTING RESID BIODIV

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and important move for our he contents of what is dug n, but also we will use the n energy source for the site.

ARCHITECTURE THAT INTERACTS WITH BIODIVERSITY AND THE EXISTING TERRAIN

ENERGY, HABITAT AND BUSINESS

DENTIAL STREETS FEATURING VERSITY

CREATING ENOUGH RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER THE SITE AND POSSIBLY MORE

Above all of this, biodiversity can be left to thrive in these areas, undisturbed by cars or any fast pace travel.

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EXCAVATED DOCK

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OUTSIDE THE TRAIN STATION

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YOU CAN’T CONTRO BUT YOU CAN CONTROL THE A

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OL YOUR NEIGHBOURS, ACOUSTIC DESIGN OF YOUR HOME.

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Partition Wall

Partition Wall

Elevation concept diagrams Typical Terrace Acoustic party wall transfer

Typical terraces share the full surface area of their party walls. This causes maximum vibration transfer, meaning you can hear next door running up and down the stairs, shouting or movement that causes vibrations.

‘People living with constant or intermittent noise for long periods of time have higher levels of heart disease than people living in quieter areas. This could be to do with the stress of dealing with noise that comes from outside your home.’

Partition Wall

Partition Wall

A study carried out by Slater and Gordon (a ), found that two-thirds of those questioned had suffered at the hands of their noisy neighbours.

My concept

LIGHT WELL/ wWALKWAY

Buffer Zone: Acoustic space to prevent vibrations from dwelling to dwelling

Sensitive Rooms:

Insensitive Rooms:

Living Room

Kitchen

Bedroom

Bathroom

Office

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Buffer zones needed to cancel noise

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Semi - Private Space This space intends to be adpatable and versatile to fit to the surrounding occupants needs. This may be space for children to play together in a safe and over looked area, or it could be space for organic plant and food growth. Or indeed both.

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Type 1

This dwelling is designed for family units, providing ample space for family and working life. Their private garden space can then extend into the semi public space for the children to play or just to be social. I think this is an important aspect of the scheme as it encourages the development of a good community.

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T STREE

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Type 2

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This dwelling is designed for first time buyers, giving them flexible indoor and outdoor space. Whilst it is important to make this type of property available for young buyers, I also think it is important to put them in a complex with other diverse target audience properties.

PUBLIC ROUTE THROUGH SITE

EVERTON PARK

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First Time Buyer Dwelling

The first time buyer dwellings offers a large buffer space between each unit from master bedroom to master bedroom. This includes an outside courtyard space, and a circulation space. This will provide optimum acoustic privacy.

Roof Plan

The family dwellings creates buffer spaces within itself as well as along the partition wall. Internally, using storage units, and an exterior courtyard between each unit. The placement of the living room in the centre creates optimum acoustic privacy from next door. Also, the placement of the living room on this floor encourages a family to sit together and eat at the dining room table, potentially bringing families together.

First Floor Plan

Basement Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

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Second Floor Plan

First Floor Plan

First time buyer dwelling - First Floor This space creates a bright area to sit and read, draw, or relax.

Ground Floor Plan

Family Dwelling - First Floor Light well connects the spaces.

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The primary structure and load bearing ‘party’ walls consist of pre-cast concrete acting as an ‘acoustic shell’.

The secondary structure timber frame reduced the embodied energy from what it would be if concrete were to be used throughout the whole structure. This is because the acoustic concept of my design focus’ mainly on preventing the acoustic transfer from dwelling to dwelling, hence the concrete only needed for the ‘party’ walls.

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1. Internal wall finish 2. Vapour Barrier 3. Timber Structure 4. Insulation fitted inside timber frame 5. Play sheathing layer 6. Breather Membrane 7. Brick Outer leaf including windows

AXONOMETRIC FACADE - NTS

1. 102.5mm Reclaimed Brick 2. Galvanised Steel Wall Tie 3. Breather Membrane 4. 25mm Play Sheathing layer 5. 30 x 25mm Soft-wood sub-frame 6. Vapour Barrier 7. 10mm Plasterboard

Soft wood - Siberian Larch

FACADE MATERIALS

Precast Concrete

Reclaimed Red Brick

Aliminium Railing

Welsh Slate Locally Sorced

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1. 600 x 330mm Roof Slates 2. Ridge Flashing 3. Roof Felt 4. 360x 95 Timber Ridge Joist 5. Timber Counter Battens 6. 350mm Roof Insulation 7. Roller Blinds (withing curtain wall system) 8. 10mm Plasterboard with interior finish of Matte White Graphenstone Ecosphere paint 9. 440 x 95mm Exposed Timber Purlin treated with Linseed oil 10. Double skin curtain walling system 11. Vapour Barrier 12. Breather Membrane 13. 50mm Cavity 14. Steel Lintel 15. Cavity Tray

16. Recessed/ Sunken Gutter 17. Concrete Coping 18. Weep Hole 19. Janu Barefoot Bikram Wool Carpet Floor Finish 20. 2 x 85mm Plywood Sheets with Glue inbetween 21. 95mm Serenity Matt (Sound proofing layer) 22. 95mm Subfloor 23. Timber Engineered Floor Joists 24. Sound Proofing Clips & Drywall Furing Channel 25. 240mm Fibre Glass Insulation 26. 10mm Plasterboard with interior finish of Matte White Graphenstone Ecosphere paint 27. 125mm Fibreglass Insulation 28. Standard Sizing Reclaimed Brick 29. 55x170mm Treated Exterior Curtain Walling Timber Joist 30. Wall Tie 31. Vapour Barrier 32. 550mm Thick Reinforced Concrete Foundation 33. 30x 250mm Treated Timber Deck 34. Compressed Sand 35. Concrete Slab

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Summer

The Focus of this study was on the Family unit dwelling. The living space on the first floor welcomes the winter sun and limits it in the summer. With direct involvement with the light well, the space encounters sunlight at most times in the day, except for in the evening. This is purposeful as most people have returned from work or school around this time and want to relax, possibly to watch tv. With there being no direct sunlight in the evening, it will allow the occupants to watch tv without a sunlight glare.

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Direct light into the space through the light wel

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