Varnam, Danielle

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Contents MArch Year 6 Semester 2: THESIS DESIGN PROJECT

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MArch Year 6 Semester 2: LIVE PROJECT 23 MArch Year 6 Semester 1: URBAN DESIGN PROJECT (Dingle Regeneration Strategy)

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MArch Year 5 Semester 2: STANDARDISATION AND BESPOKE

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MArch Year 5 Semester 1: INDIVIDUAL URBAN DESIGN

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MArch Year 5 Semester 1: GROUP URBAN DESIGN (UGHENT)

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THESIS ‘A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME’ One of the primary elements of the masterplan is to improve the relationship that residents and vistors have with The Dingle by developing areas for a better community and more convenient connections within the city. A genealogy centre proposal within the urban masterplan creates the links between people today and their history, as well as the possibility to learn of ancestors from Liverpool.

The pier head in Liverpool was the leading emigration port in Europe between 1830 and 1930 for those travelling through Europe to the United States, Canada and Australia.

Documents of the people who travelled through Liverpool will be documented within the museum and archive of the genealogy centre, allowing relatives to find their ancestors as well as their own connection with Liverpool.

The aim of the project is to create relationships and improve the community within The Dingle but also for those visiting the centre to experience a journey through history. This journey takes the visitors through the museum, down into the rock of the cliff, while experiencing THEIR journey within A journey.

The peacefulness of the journey taken by the visitors through the beautifully landscaped gardens, will allow visitors to take a break from their busy life and the LOCATION PLAN hectic city to reflect within this calming space with a communal feel within The Dingle

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I chose the area to the South-East of the masterplan regeneration as my site for the Thesis project. I wanted to tackle the cliff face in order to create a journey for visitors. Whether following routes through the landscape for the scenic views, a connection to the waterfront or alternative historic fact-finding within the cliff, visitors will embark on an educational journey of culture and nature whilst investigating their Ancestry.

SITE PLAN

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PRECEDENTS

Vals Thermal Baths, Switzerland. Peter Zumthor. 1996.

Peter Zumthor’s idea was to create a form of cave or quarry like structure worrking with the natural surroundings. Constructed out of the locally quarried Quarzite slabs. The way Peter Zumthor uses light and shade within the building, and open and enclosed spaces to create a sensuous experience has influenced my Thesis Project.

Kunsthal, Rotterdam. OMA. 1992.

Koolhaas created a scheme within a terrain where he was able to connect the spaces throughout the building by designing a continuous spiraling circuit through a series of ramps and interchanges. The ramp through the Thesis Project takes the visitors on a journey down through the cliff. People can enter and exit the ramps at different levels to access the archive within the cliff.

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DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES

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FLOOR PLANS

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NORTH-WEST SECTION WITH VISUALS

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NORTH-EAST SECTION AND CANYON VISUAL

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THE CANYON

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VISUALS AND SOUTH-WEST ELEVATION

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STRUCTURAL DETAIL

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THE CLIFF WALL: 1:50 MODELTHROUGH OF THE RAMP SECTION

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9 1 - Zinc Helmet with a minimum of 10 150mm upstand 11 2 - Thermal Bridge 3 - Precast Concrete Pavers 4 - Waterproofing Membrane 5 - 150mm Thermafleece Insulation 6 - 150mm Reinforced Concrete Slab 7 - Locally Sourced Sandstone Cladding 8 - Cladding Fixings between Sandstone cladding and reinforced concrete frame 9 - 50mm air gap 10 -150mm Thermafleece insulation 11 - 12.5mm Ceiling Plasterboard

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1:50 MODEL OF THE RAMP SECTION

Floor Build Up: 1 - 20mm Timber Floor Finish 2 - 50mm Thermafleece Insulation 3 - 50mm Screed 4 - 50mm air gap 5 - 150mm Reinforced Concrete Floor 6 - 100mm Thermafleece Insulation 7 - 12.5mm Ceiling Plasterboard

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Floor Build Up: 1 - 20mm Timber Floor Finish 2 - 50mm Thermafleece Insulation 3 - 50mm Screed 4 - 50mm air gap 5 - 150mm Reinforced Concrete Floor 6 - 100mm Thermafleece Insulation 7 - 12.5mm Ceiling Plasterboard 16

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To create this model I carved out a cross section from polystyerne to show the lightwells that are cut (450mm x 450mm, 600mm x into the cliff face to allow light to reach the ramp. The idea is that people can look out the cliff wall 600mm, 300mm x 300mm) through a smaller gap and the hole opens up as it gets to the outside, widening the view of the horizon. 2 - Boarder Planting

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3 - Vegetation Barrier 80mm deep A x 300mm wide 4 - Biodiversve Substrate 5 - Filter Fleece A 6 - Drainage Board 7 - Waterpoof B Membrane 8 - Membrane to secure the metal C B C trim (Capping Sheet) 9 - 150mm Thermal Insulation Layer 10 - 50mm air gap 11 - Drainage Trim 1 12 - 150mm Reinforced Concrete Structure 4 Air Gap 313 - 50mm 2 14 - 150mm Thermafleece 6 7 Insulation 5 Parapet Wall Buildup: 8 Plasterboard 15- 12.5mm Ceiling 9 window Frame 1 - Zinc Helmet with a minimum of 16 - Aluminium 10 150mm upstand 17 - Solar Shading Glazing 11 2 - Thermal Bridge 3 - Precast Concrete Pavers DETAIL C-C 4 - Waterproofing Membrane SCALE 1:20 1:50 MOD 5 - 150mm Thermafleece Insulation 6 - 150mm Reinforced Concrete Slab 7 - Locally SourcedBuild Sandstone Cladding Ramp Detail Up: Claddinghigh Fixings between Sandstone 1 8- -1000mm Metal Handrail with Glass Guarding concrete frame to the ramp 2 cladding - Bracketand andreinforced Bolts to attach the handrail 9 50mm air gap 3 - 200mm Deep Expanded metal mesh walkway -150mm Thermafleece insulation 4 10 - Anti-Vibration Rubber Pads (100mm x 100mm) - 12.5mm 5 11 - 50mm JoistsCeiling Plasterboard

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Floor Build Up: 1 - 20mm Timber Floor Finish 2 - 50mm Thermafleece Insulation 3 - 50mm Screed 4 - 50mm air gap 5 - 150mm Reinforced Concrete Floor 6 - 100mm Thermafleece Insulation 7 - 12.5mm Ceiling Plasterboard

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STRUCTURAL DETAIL

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2 - Boarder Planting 3 - Vegetation Barrier 80mm deep x 300mm wide 4 - Biodiversve Substrate 5 - Filter Fleece 6 - Drainage Board 7 - Waterpoof Membrane 8 - Membrane to secure the metal trim (Capping Sheet) 9 - 150mm Thermal Insulation Layer 10 - 50mm air gap 11 - Drainage Trim Floor Build Up: 12 - 150mm Reinforced Concrete 1 - 20mm Timber Floor Finish Structure 2 - 50mm Thermafleece Insulation 13 - 50mm 3 - 50mm Screed Air Gap 4 - 50mm air gap Thermafleece 14 - 150mm 5 - 150mm Reinforced Concrete Insulation Floor 15- 12.5mm Ceiling Plasterboard 6 - 100mm Thermafleece Insulation 16 - Aluminium window Frame 7 - 12.5mm Ceiling Plasterboard 17 - Solar Shading Glazing

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THROUGH THE CLIFF WALL:

To create this model I carved out a cross section from polystyerne to show the lightwells that are cut into the cliff face to allow light to reach the ramp. The idea is that people can look out the cliff wall through a smaller gap and the hole opens up as it gets to the outside, widening the view of the horizon.

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MASSING MODELS

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MODEL BUILD-UP

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MODEL BUILD-UP

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EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS

BOSCO HOUSE

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The brief for the Live Project was ‘to get as many individual sleeping/sit up ‘pods’ within the two existing buildings’, BOSCO House, Bootle & Hatherlow, Southport, to ensure a ‘more physical and hygienic separation’ is in place due to COVID-19.

The initial solution was to employ contractors to build stud partitions, however Sefton Council are interested in a more innovative and intelligent solution, developing a more modular, reusable and adaptable system. The idea is to improve the quality of the current ‘situp’ facilities and have quick, affordable ‘pods’ that are easy to build in the rooms but provide the necessities that are required within the ‘sit-up’ service, taking into account the rules and regulations of today’s environment with Corona Virus.

Sefton Supported Housing Group aim to accommodate as many ‘rough sleepers’ as they can in their facilities, while adhering to the COVID-19 guidelines.

This brief is initially for the two houses previously stated but seems likely that the scheme will be broadened, and be used by the other homeless housing ‘situps’ around the Borough.

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PRECEDENTS

REED WATTS STUDIO SLEEPING POD

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PROPOSED PODS

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BUILD UP AND MATERIALS

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INTERNAL VISUALS

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URBAN MASTERPLAN SITE LOCATION

The Dingle Regeneration Strategy aims to provide a much needed new lease of life to the area. There are three main strategies echoed throughout the proposal; Connection, Community and Heritage. Breaking barriers and divisions and connecting the area to the waterfront and improving links to and from the city centre.

Encouraging communal interaction and beginning to develop a sense of pride of place across the area. The aim of the strategy is also to recapture and celebrate the areas that have lost their character and identity and give them a new lease of life to thrive.

The Dingle Regeneration Strategy is so focused on Connectivity, Community and Continuity to give this neighbourhood a new sense of place and let the people feel apart of a community again. This redevelopment will focus on a number of certain areas within the site. Although a nice area, The Marina doesn’t attract many people due to its location and how undeveloped it is. The watersport centre is not living up to its full potential and if it did this would attract a lot more people to the site.

There is a loss of community feel around the site due to the under developed green and brownfield sites. There is huge potential that there could be a large park on the site which will encourage socialising and develop a closer knit community, resulting in a community and residence that people are proud to call their home with their new built relationships.

In The Dingle the roads are very wide, which still relate back to when the area was mainly industrial, however nowadays there is a desire for Urbanisation. Urbanisation can automatically make a place feel more homely and welcoming, this will draw people to The Dingle from the City Centre if there is a sole purpose or reason to visit.

Some of the houses are really old and derelict, and walls obstructing routes through the site, this regeneration strategy will help to make this whole community feel as ‘one’ again and feel less isolated.

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DINGLE REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

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5-30 YEAR IMPLIMENTATION

5 YEAR IMPLIMENTATION

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15 YEAR IMPL

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30 YEAR IMPLIMENTATION

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DINGLE REGENERATION STRATEGY MASTERPLAN

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PRECEDENTS

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3D VISUALS OF URBAN MASTERPLAN

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THE 6 ZONES OF THE DINGLE REGENERATION STRATEGY

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METRICS AND VISUALISATIONS

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VISUALISATION ZONE 6

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STANDARDISATION AND BESPOKE 2021 Portfolio Master of Architecture Liverpool School of Art and Design

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PRECEDENT STUDY AND BREAKDOWN

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PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN AND CONCEPT DIAGRAM STANDARDISATION AND BESPOKE BESPOKE: FLEXIBLE LIVING - ADAPTABILITY. - Houses which can be occupied by a first home owner, all the way through to 90+ years of age.

The idea is that the house can alter to adjust to the person in the house rather than the person having to move to find a suitable house. Renovating houses is not the easiest of job, so being able to move the walls around without having to demolish them makes everchanging life stages so much easier in a flexible living house.

The interior walls are made to order to suit the layout that the individual person or family desires. These houses would be suitable for the following demographics, - Single People - Couples - Young Families / Adult Families - Divorced families - Students returning home - Blended Families STANDARDISATION: The houses throughout the site are all the same dimension of 10m x 5m. All of the main services (bathrooms, utility, w/c & stairs) are in the same location permanently in each house, this makes moving the walls around easier without having to move the services around, or for example swapping a utility & w/c and it becoming a lounge.

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SOUTH-EAST SECTIONS THROUGH THE SITE

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TWO-STOREY ELEVATIONS

THREE-STOREY ELEVATIONS

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SITE ELEVATION AND INTERIOR DIAGRAMS OF THE HOUSES

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VISUALISATIONS

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DETAIL

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INDIVIDUAL URBAN MASTERPLAN 2021 Portfolio Master of Architecture Liverpool School of Art and Design

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INDIVIDUAL URBAN MASTERPLAN ‘FOOD FOR THOUGHT’

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SECTIONS AND VISUALISATIONS

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GROUP URBAN MASTERPLAN 2021 Portfolio Master of Architecture Liverpool School of Art and Design

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GROUP URBAN MASTERPLAN ‘UGHENT’

The proposed Masterplan is an extension to the University of Ghent in the South, providing an international student campus specialising in English taught degrees and Dutch speaking courses. Currently there are 38,080 students enrolled in UGhent with only 10% of the students being international as out of the 230 degree programmes offered in Dutch, only a small proportion are offered in English. To increase the percentage of international students attending the university, we created faculty buildings to the south of our site, with a language preparatory faculty to the north.

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SECTIONS AND THE SITE MODEL

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Curriculum Vitae & contacts

EDUCATION & AWARDS:

EXPERIENCE:

MArch - September 2019 - May 2021- Liverpool John Moores University

Architects-Direct.com - Measured Surveys - Sketch Proposals - Planning Applications - Building regulations - M&E schedules (Finis - Client Meetings, Con

BA HONS Architecture- 2:1 - Liverpool John Moores University DANIELLE VARNAM 07729593147 DANNIIVARNAM@HOTMAIL.COM

A-Levels - Product Design - Business Studies - Art GCSE’s -10 A-C Duke Of Edinburgh, Gold, Silver & Bronze

MgMa Architects - Me - Regular Meetings to practice - Completed Site Visits

Broadway Malayan - S - 3 weeks work Experie - Given the task to com

Midfield Terminal Proj - Work Experience wit Management).

- Experience of scale d contractors associated - Experienced ‘front of - Visited the full scale - On-site visit including

Arabian Construction C - First work experience - Worked alongside ma becoming an engineer - Site visit to the World

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- PART I Architectural Assistant - September 2018 - August 2019

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Summer 2015 ence in an Architecture firm based in Abu Dhabi. me up with different layouts for a school library in Doha. - CAD skills

ject - Abu Dhabi October 2014. th AECOM (Architecture Engineering Construction Operations &

drawings, management and project meetings, dealing with multiple d with the co-ordination of the project f house’ and ‘back of house’ design mock-up building used to test parts for the real building g both internal and external tours of the building and construction site.

Company (ACC) - Abu Dhabi April 2012. e of architecture / engineering anagers from all departments who showed me the aspects of being and r and project manager. d Trade Centre - Abu Dhabi.

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