BRUNSWICK BOULEVARD

ROOF STRUCTURE 01. 4000mm x 3500mm rooflight with canted walls of CLT and roof of EFTE printed with dot matrix to control solar gain. 02. Single ply membrane on 400mm insulation lapped in vapour control layer. 03. CLT deck faceted to accommodate slight pitch of glulam grid below. 04. 8000mm x 7000mm grid module of glulam beams. Sub grid approx 2000mm x 1750mm. 05. Acoustic ceiling panels of perforated plywood with integrated lighting, smoke detectors and fire suppression are recessed within the coffers.

FACADE MODULE 06. 560mm x 280mm external CLT columns and 130mm x 280mm external beams. Module size of 7720mm x 3370mm. 07. Insulated horizontal larch weatherboards cladding on solid CLT panels with prefabricated openings for double-glazed units. 08. Diagonal steel brace bolted to central plate of triple flitch. 09. Dark powder coated steel grid support frame for louvre screens and changeable cladding.

CLT FRAME JOINERY 10. 560mm x 280mm internal CLT column. 11. CLT floor slabs span across two bays and act as structural diaphragm to transfer stability forces to cores. 12. 280mm 920mm CLT rim joist. 13. 130mm x 130mm CLT joist. 14. Fully threaded reinforced screws prevent splitting due to moisture movement. 15. Double flitch plates through beams with M16 bolts. 16. 20mm plugs for 30 minute fire protection.

SUBSTRUCTURE 17. 75mm screed, under flood heating, polyethylene separation membrane, 100mm insulation, DPM. 18. 150mm thick reinforced castin-situ concrete slab made with ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) or pulverised fuel ash (PFA) substitute. 19. DPM, 50mm sand binding, 150mm compact hardcore. 20. Steel piles aligned with the CLT columns on 8000mm x 7000mm grid.

MASTERS ARCHITECTURE YEAR 01

The urban design project; Brunswick Boulevard seeks to regurgitate a large part of Liverpool’s southern dockyard. The existing showroom sheds and excessive parking courts are to be replaced with a full pedestrianised highstreet with space for theatres, commercial shops, restaurants, upper floor office space, art studios, college and food market. The new train station and bus shelter serves as a node to and from the site as a destination.

An existing 15m heigh, 1km long retaining wall divides the site in two, preventing access between the residential region and new commercial hub. Brunswick Park serves as a hillside park connecting the two layers whilst providing space for cafés, an amphitheatre, leisure facilities and allotments.

The existing social housing adjacent to the park is a poor mid-century attempt at arcadia resulting in a substandard suburbia. The Wellington Revival project reapplies the post-first-war terrace housing layout that is renowned in Liverpool. The new scheme incorporates 6 housetypes for social rent with features such as large windows high ceilings and roof that are paid for by increasing the number of dwellings per hectare.