TECHNOLOGY BOOKLET BOOK 2
ASHLEA MASON. 18006685 MArch OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY TECH 7007
CONTENTS EXISTING SITE EXPLORATION DESIGN LANGUAGE PROPOSED DESIGN CONSTRUCTION PROCESS SECTIONAL DRAWING PROPOSED SITE DETAIL DRAWINGS MATERIALITY BUILDING OPERATION INFORMATIVE DIAGRAMS
THIS BOOK FOCUSES ON HOW THE BUILDING WORKS AND THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION NEEDED FOR BRINGING THE BUILDING INTO A PHYSICAL THING.
SUMMARY OF PROJECT:
THE OXFORD ALL-WAY
THE PROJECT BEGAN WITH THE BOOK: THE RE ENCHANTMENT OF EVERYDAY LIFE (THOMAS MOORE). IT IS A SELF HELP BOOK FOR LOVING THE LITTLE THINGS IN YOUR EVERYDAY. THE POINT OF FOCUS I TOOK FROM THIS WAS THE EVERYDAY OBJECT AS KEY. A ROUND UP OF MY RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY IS THAT THE THINGS AROUND YOU ARE PART OF A RITUAL, A ROUTINE AND THEY ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE UP THE EVERYDAY. MY SITE IS THE ISLAND SITE, IN OXFORD (IT IS THE TRIANGULAR PIECE OF LAND PASSED AS YOU ENTER THE CITY, WITH HYTHE BRIDGE STREET AND PARK END STREET LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE). THIS IS A SITE THAT IS PART OF THE CITY USERS RITUALS AND ROUTINES BUT IT IS NOT USED WELL, IT IS SEGREGATED INTO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND MOST OF THESE LAY EMPTY UNITS OR FAILED BUSINESSES. THE FUNDAMENTAL FUNCTION OF THE BUILDING IS TO BE A PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE: “A THOROUGHFARE IS A ROAD OR WAY CONNECTING ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.” THE BUILDING WILL AIM AT CONNECTING BOTH THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO USE IT BY DESIGNING FOR THE EVERYDAY LIFE THAT RUNS THROUGH IT AND REFLECTING THE EVERYDAY WITHIN.
SEPERATE ELEMENTS. THE ROOF STRUCTURE WILL BE SEPERATED, INTO THREE SEPERATE PEICES, THIS IS FOR EASE OF MATERIALS AND COST, TO ALLOW THE ROOF CONSTRUCTION TO BE DONE ON SITE AS OPPOSED TO LARGE PRE-FABRICATED ELEMENTS. ONCE CONSTRUCTED THE ROOF WILL BE WINCHED INTO PLACE. THE SEPERATE ELEMENTS ARE SHOWN BELOW, SPLIT INTO HORIZONTAL STRIPS THAT ARE FURTHER SPLIT GEOMETRICALLY TO ALLOW THE ROOF TO TAKE SHAPE.
THE ROOF DIAGRAM, SHOWING THE RECTANGLES AND TRIANGLES THAT FORM THE ANGLES AND PITCHED DESIGN.
THE THREE SEPERATE ROWS OF ROOF STRUCTURE THREE SEPERATE EXAMPLES OF THE ANGLED PITCH OF THE GEOMETRY.
ANGULAR ROOF. WITH A FOCUS TO CREATE A REFLECTIVE SURFACE UNDERNEATH, THE ROOF AND CEILING TO THE BUILDING WILL BE ANGLES TO DISPLAY DIFFERENT SPACES, LIKE A KALIDASCOPE MIRROR SITTING ATOP OF THE CITY. I BEGAN TO ADJUST THE ANGLES DEPENDANT ON THE SPACES BENEATH, UNDERSTANDING HEIGHTS AND REFLECTIVE ANGLES TO CREATE AN INTERNAL ATMOSPHERE AND VIEW THAT WOULD SUIT EACH SPACE. THE SECOND DIAGRAM SHOWS THE POSSIBLE BENDS AND MOVEMENT OF THE ROOF STRUCTURE, TO MIMICK THE CITY’S FAMOUSE SPIRE HEIGHTS AND PITCHED ROOF’S.
3D TESTING ROOF FORM. THE FORM OF THE ROOF BECAME CONFUSING TO IMAGINE, BY USING SIMPLE PEICES OF PAPER TO CREATE THE BENDS AND UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE BEND LINES IT AIDED THE DESIGN OF THE PITCHES AND GEOMETRY THAT WILL FORM THE BUILDING ROOF. THE NEXT STAGE IS TO DEVELOP THE FORM TO INCLUDE GUTTERING AND DRAINAGE WITHIN THE FOLDS, THAT WILL BECOME THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS AND FRAMEWORK.
IMAGES OF MODEL TESTING SEPERATE GEOMETRIES FOR THE ROOF SYSTEM
IMAGES OF MODEL TESTING FOR THE ROOF SYSTEM AS A WHOLE
THE PATHWAYS. The thoroughfare, passages and internal routes to this building are the key design components. They are the everyday elements. The backbone, of which the other prgrammes will connect to. Understanding th city user resulted in a path, the resident will desire a straight and direct path avoiding the visitor ridden passages and arcades. Allowing multiple entrances will allow the flow of people and to present an open space will help with the consistant use, knowing what lies ahead and opening the passages into the open spaces, making all visible through the use of a reflective ceiling, this makes it a safe space. A visible space, no matter your position within the building and even glimpsing activity from the outside. This plays on a key placemaking technique People attract people Using these central spaces to attract and create flow through visual digestion and curiosity. The pathways become a welcome mat to the city, littered with key bowls and coat hooks nearby, the functional needs and desires of a third space.
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REFLECTIVE COPPER CEILING to mirror the everyday activity SANDSTONE BLOCK ARCH FACADE to blend into the oxford vernacular DARK STEEL STRUCTURE RECYCLED BRICK INTERIOR WALLS using the site materials from removal of existing architecture + recycled brick from the city consturction to make up the amount needed. Salvaged and reused.
THE MATERIAL AIM OF THE BUILDING IS TO BLEND IN
TO THE FAMILIARITY OF THE EVERYDAY MATERIALS OF THE CITY. THESE MATERIALS, AS IDENTIFIED PREVIOUSLY, WILL HELP THE BUILDING TO APPEAR AS A BUILDING LOST IN HISTORY. TO FEEL ASIF IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE CITY. THE POLISHED COPPER ROOF WILL PROVIDE COLOUR, AND A REFLECTION OF ACTIVITY TO THOSE INSIDE AND OUT, OVERHANGING THE FACADE SLIGHTY.
PROPOSED MATERIALITY VIEW.
Copper deck roof.
Steel Structure with polished copper fixed to the underneath.
Roof support
Stone wall and facade bracing
inhbated spaces. Glazed store fronts (2 storey spaces)
Floor build up
Foundation
WALL TO FLOOR DETAIL. SCALE 1:50