bridging decay
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material decay
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schedule of decay
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implementation
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context
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the view
“There is a tendency to decay inherent in materials and systems themselves—an entropy—that no amount of care in design or maintenance can overcome. Buildings will inevitably decay, and there is nothing architects or those charged with a building’s upkeep can do. So, what is an architect to think or do about it?” - Lebbeus Woods -
“The march of preservation necessitates the development of a theory of its opposite: not what to keep, but what to give up, what to erase and abandon. Doing ‘nothing’: no stripping, no sublimity, no ruin, just nothing.” - Rem Koolhaas -
precedent
Concical Intersect // Gordon Matta-Clark
“A simple cut or series of cuts acts as a powerful drawing device able to redefine spatial situations and structural components.� - Gordon Matta-Clark -
P a r t i a l l y B u r i e d Wo o d s h e d / / R o b e r t S m i t h s o n
"I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation." “Entropy contradicts the usual notion of the mechanistic world view. In other words it’s a condition that’s irreversible, it’s a condition that’s moving towards gradual equilibrium. Perhaps a definition of entropy wouble be Humpty Dumpty.” - Robert Smithson -
METHOD
ACCUMULATION
PARTIALLY BURIED UNTIL THE CENTRE BEAM CRACKS
BACKHOE RENTED
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24000 kg
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22800 kg
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21600 kg
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20400 kg
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18000 kg
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14400 kg
LEF
T
ROBERT SMITHSON
STUDENTS FROM THE ARTS FACULTY WORKSHOP
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RANDOMLY SELECTED ABANDONED & RUNDOWN SHED ON CAMPUS
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13200 kg
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10800 kg
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6000 kg
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1200 kg
TO ER
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THROUGH
PILES OF EARTH TRUCKED FROM ACCROS CAMPUS
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PIC
VOTE TO SAVE THE WOODSHED
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LANDSCAPING PLANED FOR THE AREA. WOODSHED TO BE REMOVED
TALKS ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE ARTWORK. WIFE WANT WORK TO BE PRESERVED
SMITHSON DIES
1973
NAMED 'PARTIALLY BURIED WOODSHED'
F
400
VALUED $10 000
BEAM SYMBOLISES:
BURIAL SYMBOLISES
- THE CRACKING OF GOVERNMENT - THE CRACKING OF COUNTRY - THE CRACKING OF CONSTITUTION
- BURIAL OF CONSTITUTION - KILLING OF CONSTITUTION
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GIVEN TO UNIVERSITY
6000
2700
6000
MAY 1970
STUDENTS KILLED AND INJURED IN SHOOTING
ABANDONED STUCCO & WOOD SHED ON UNUSED OLD FARM AQUIRED BY UNIVERSITY
JAN 1970
9 INJURED
4 DEAD
13 SECONDS 500 STUDENTS PROTEST ON CAMPUS
67 ROUNDS
PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES INVASION OF CAMBODIA
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The Ice Cube
"NOTHING IS LOST, NOTHING IS CREATED, EVERYTHING IS TRANSFORMED”
The building is being demolished through time. Like an ice cube, the building is transformed, is being melted. It transforms itself in rel roundings. The imprint of the object, embedding it into the landscape, transforming its value. With time the building is spreading ove we need over time.
ICE CUBE
OBJECT TO BE DEMOLISHED
ICE CUBE
OBJECT TO BE DEMOLISHED
ICE CUBE
OBJECT TO BE DEMOLISHED
CONCEPT OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT WITH TIME
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URBAN ANALYSIS What’s the impact of the area in the building? And what’s the impact of the building in the area? Do we fix the area to be the perfect frame for the “melting”. Or will the melting fix the area over time?
MATERIAL LEAD PENCIL
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MICHELLE DE JONG
“Restoration is destruction; buildings should be preserved, but no attempt should be made to erase the accumulated history encoded in their decay.� - John Ruskin -
material decay
BH G.4
floor
concrete
scribed margins
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walls
masonry brick
fine
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ceiling
truss beams
concrete expressed timber form work
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windows
metal frame
figured frosted and wired. smashed
1.2.5
other
machine boxes
rusted
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crate
damaged
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CH G.1
floor
concrete
good but rusted and deformed in places
1.2.2
walls
corrugated iron
good but some rust
1.2.2
ceiling
steel
rusted
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windows
steel
some chicken wire
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doors
steel
rusted
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stairs
concrete
good
1.2.3
SH 3.6
floor
gravel
fine
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walls
concrete blocks
good
1.3.3
ceiling
concrete
crumbling
1.3.3
other
container
good
1.3.5
debris
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SH G.2
floor
concrete
good
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walls
brick
okay
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ceiling
steel
rusted
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doors
steel
rusted, holes, chipping
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structure
steel
good
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other
sign
good
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BH G.3B
floor
concrete
good
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walls
brick
good
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doors
steel and mesh
sign on door “no 2 aux trans boiler house�
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other
concrete bases for machinery remain
evidence of pulverising machines removed
1.2.3
CH G.1
floor
concrete
good
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walls
corrugated iron / brick
good but some rust
1.4.2
windows
steel, frosted, figuredwired
panes missing
1.4.4
other
machine
good
1.4.1
BH G.7
floor
concrete
good but rusted and deformed in places
1.1.3
walls
face brick
evidnece of growth
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ceiling
steel
rusted
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doors
steel
good
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“As objects fell from the hierarchy of significance they occupied in the construction, debris formed everywhere, amorphously battleground, devoid of meaning. Forced out of the loop of urban signification, the buildings faced us, stripped naked.� - Arata Isozaki -
schedule of decay
BUILDING
TURBINE HALL
OVERALL
ROOM
VALUE OF SIGNIFICANCE
VALUE
1
TH1A.1
ROOM
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VALUE
Level 1 Mezzanine
2
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Concrete
Walls
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Doors Windows Others TH 1B.1
Level 1 Mezzanine
3
Floor
Concrete
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Concrete
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Walls
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Messy patching, loose balastrades
Cornice Ceiling
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Doors Windows Others TH 1C.1
Level 1 Mezzanine
3
Floor
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Skirting Walls
Concrete and brick
Painted
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Cornice Ceiling Doors Windows Others TH 2 C.1- 2 D.1
Level 2
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Floor
Concrete with steel plates
Skirting
Concrete
Walls
Brick
Black paint
Cornice Ceiling
Steel truss frames
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Doors Windows
Frost, figured, wired
Others
Lights and vents
Floor
Concrete with steel plates
Ridge monitor TH 2 E.1
Level 2
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Doors
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Windows
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Others
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TH3 A.1
Level 3
1
Floor
Concrete with steel plates
Skirting
Concrete
Walls
Brick
Painted
Steel truss frames
Corro iron
Black paint
Cornice Ceiling Doors Windows
Metal frame, frost, figured, wired
Others
2 mobile sentry boxes on wheels Ridge monitor Clerestory lights and vents
TH 3A.2
Supervisor's shed / toolroom
3
Floor
Tongue and groove boards
Skirting Walls
Timber frame, fibro, masonite sheeting
Cornice Ceiling
Timber frame sheets and battens
Doors
Timber
Windows Others TH 3 B.1
Level 3
2
Floor
Concrete with steel plates
Skirting
Concrete
Walls
Brick
Painted
Steel truss frames
Corro. Iron
Black Paint
Cornice Ceiling Doors Windows Others
Frost, figured, wired Ridge monitor Clerestory lights and vents
Th 3 B.2 - TH 3 B.3
Control room
2
Floor
Concrete
Skirting Walls
Concrete
Rendered
Cornice Ceiling
TH G A.1
Ground floor
1
Masonite
Doors
Timer, half glazed
Windows
Frosted and figured glass louvers
Others
Cupboards
Floor
Concrete
Skirting Walls Cornice
Brick
Painted cream
CONDITION
bricks disturbed where pipes pass through
VALUE
FINAL
MAIN
VALUE CODE
DECAY FACTOR
INCREMENTAL FACTOR
ORDER OF DECAYING
2
1.2.2
humidity
2
1.2.2
BH
4
4
1.2.4
humidity radiation
BH
4
vegetation
RR
pollution
RR
4
RR
4
RR
3
2
1.2.2
2
1.2.2
3
1.2.3
2
1.3.2
4
1.3.4
4
1.3.4
1
1.3.1
daily use daily use
BH
2
BH humidity
BH
4
humidity
BH
2
radiation
RR
2
vegetation
RR
pollution
RR
5
daily use daily use very strong
1
1.3.1
Dirty and punctured, cracking
4
1.3.4
Some sheets removed
3
1.3.3
humidity daily use
BH
5
pollution
BH
2
daily use
RR RR
3
radiation
pollution humidity radiation
3
1.2.3
Peeling
4
1.2.4
Paint peeling and flaking. Some water damage
4
1.2.4
some cracking
3
1.2.3
some missing, some broken
4
1.2.4
3
1.2.3
radiation vegetation
BH RR
2
vegetation
humidity
BH
2
humidity
RR RR
radiation
3
3
daily use humidity
2
humidity
damaged
4
1.2.4
paint peeling and flaking
4
1.2.4
dirty and some broken
3
1.2.3
4
1.2.4
3
1.1.3
paint peeling
4
1.1.4
Paint peeling and flaking
4
1.1.4
daily use radiation
BH RR
3
radiation
BH
2
vegetation
BH
daily use
BH
vegetation
daily use
RR
humidity
BH
radiation
RR
pollution
BH RR
3
BH
2
radiation
RR BH
2
pollution
4
1.1.4
vegetation
4
1.1.4
glazing missing
3
1.1.3
radiation
pollution daily use vegetation daily use
Missing
3
1.3.3
3
1.3.3
5
1.3.5
3
1.2.3
Paint peeling
4
1.2.4
Paint peeling and flaking, damp damage
4
1.2.4
3
1.2.3
2 leaves, 1 missing
4
1.2.4
some missing, some cracked
4
1.2.4
pollution radiation vegetation vegetation vegetation radiation vegetation daily use humidity humidity humidity humidity humidity vegetation radiation daily use pollution
3
1.2.3
pollution
1.2.3
daily use daily use
3
1.2.3
4
1.2.4
louvres missing
4
1.2.4
Very damaged, worn, damp
pollution pollution
3
shutter missing
2
daily use
50% cracked, missing, holes
1.3.3
3
daily use
corro shetting failing in places, holes and loose
3
2
pollution pollution radiation pollution
3
1.1.3
radiation
5
1.1.5
vegetation
daily use vegetation
BH BH RR RR
2
2 3
BH RR BH BH RR RR BH BH RR RR BH RR RR BH BH BH BH
3 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 2
BH RR RR BH BH BH RR RR BH RR BH RR BH
3 3 3 4 4 3 1
TH G A.1
Ground floor
1
Ceiling
TB G.A.2
Space
2
I-beam and expressed plank concrete
Doors
Metal roller doors
Windows
Metal, figured frosted and wired
Others
Equipment
Floor
Concrete
Skirting Walls
Brick
Painted
Cornice Ceiling
Concrete, timber forming
Doors
Timber, framed and ledged
Windows TH G.B.1-TH G.C.1
Ground floor
2
Others
Wooden cupboard
Floor
Concrete
Skirting Walls
Drains and covered shafts Dark green paint
Brick
Painted
Cornice Ceiling Doors Windows TH G D.1
Ground Floor
2
Others
Concrete blocks for machinery
Floor
Concrete
Skirting Walls
Painted Brick
Painted
Cornice Ceiling Doors Windows Others TH G.E.1
Ground floor
2
Floor
Metal Stairway Concrete
Skirting Walls
Paint Concrete block
Cornice Ceiling Doors
Roller blind doors
Windows Others BOILER HOUSE
1
BH 1.1
Location of Boiler 1- Firing Floor
1
Metal Stair
Floor
Concrete
Walls
N, E: Iron Shafts and brick infill
Doors
Scribed Section. Grille in places
W: Brick piers
Bays with windown openings
W: Board
Over tubular steel frame into pump house
N: Roller Blind to external Windows
W: Metal frame
Figured and frosted glass, 24 panes
N: Corrugated plastic sheeting
Low level with opening
E: Opening for window and precipitator Other BH 1.2
BH 1.3
Location of Boiler 2- Firing Floor
Location of Boiler 3- Firing Floor
2
2
NW Corner: Lift shaft
Floor
Concrete
Scribed margins. Concrete Blocks for former equipment. Void in centre where boiler was
Walls
W: Masonry
Rendered painted pale blue
E: Brick
With steel columns
Ceiling
Metal Truss
Corrugated sheeting
Windows
Plastic corrugated sheeting
Floor
Concrete
Scribed margins. Concrete Blocks for former equipment. Void in centre where boiler was
Walls
W: Masonry
Rendered painted pale blue, boared window above
E: Brick
With steel columns
Above: Iron girders cut off
Other evidence for former machinery/ equipment
Ceiling
Truss beams
Concrete expressed timber form work
Windows
Metal Frame
6 panes, figured frosted and wired
Floor
Concrete
Scribed margins. Concrete Blocks for former equipment. Void in centre where boiler was
16 panes across, 17 vertical, most figured frosted and wired BH 1.4
Location of Boiler 4- Firing Floor
2
Walls
W: Brick
Evidence of earlier structures
E: Brick and iron piers S: Iron frame Ceiling Windows
Other BH 1.5
Control Room
1
Iron trussed beam
W.C.
4
BH 1.7
Sulphite Tank Room
1
Expressed timber formwork concrete
Plaster Corrugated Large window metal frame
24 across, 4 vertical, figured frosted and wired
fixed metal frame
9 across, 4 vertical, figured frosted and wired
Coal Weigher present
Floor
Raised concrete
Walls
N + E + S: Masonry Rendered
Checkerplate covered cable pits and runs
W: brick
Painted
Ceiling
Concrete beams
Supporting concrete ceiling with expressed timber framework
Doors
W: Timber N: Steel
2 panels- top glazed, bottom sheet metal
E: Aluminium
2 panels, top missing glazing
S: Aluminium
glazed top
Windows
Aluminium framed windows
Clear glazing
Other
Control Board W wall: Timber cupboards set into wall
BH 1.6
Brick infill 12 openings onto stair- 7 closed with corrugated iron / 5 clear and open
Floors
Concrete
Walls
E:Face Brick
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
pollution vegetation daily use vegetation radiation vegetation pollution vegetation daily use radiation pollution
Evidence of former machinery, pipes, ducts etc
3
1.2.3
5
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
vegetation vegetation humidity daily use radiation vegetation radiation pollution
Scarred, holed
4
1.2.4
radiation vegetation
Parts missing
4
1.2.4
Badly damaged, paint peeling, water damage
4
1.2.4
Rust on girders
4
1.2.4
pollution
Covered in plastic
4
1.2.4
radiation
3
1.2.3
Parts missing
4
1.2.4
Evidence for former equipment and machinery
4
1.2.4
2
1.2.2
4
1.2.4
Missing
W: 50% missing
Rusting
All smashed. Chicken Wire
Evidence of cracking
2 broken on south wall
Glazing missing, knob set and locks missing
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
4
1.1.4
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
5
1.2.5
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
4
1.2.4
3
1.2.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
4
1.1.4
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
N, S: middle portion glass and frame missing, 2 panels cracked in east
3
1.1.3
Some enamel cracking
2
1.1.2
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
daily use pollution pollution
RR
3
BH
3
RR RR RR RR BH BH RR BH
3
3 3 3 3
RR BH RR BH RR
3 1 3
BH BH RR RR BH BH RR R
2 2 2 2
pollution 2
daily use
BH
vegetation vegetation
RR BH
2
daily use
RR
2
radiation
BH
3
humidity
RR
pollution
BH
4
humidity
RR
2
pollution
BH
humidity
BH
humidity
BH
3
pollution
BH
3
vegetation
BH
3
vegetation
BH
3
vegetation vegetation
BH BH
2
humidity
RR
3
pollution
3
RR
3
radiation
RR
3
radiation
BH
vegetation
BH
3
pollution
RR
3
vegetation
RR
3
vegetation
BH
radiation
3
vegetation
RR
pollution
BH
3
pollution
RR
3
pollution
RR
3
daily use
RR
3
daily use
3
vegetation
RR RR
daily use
BH
3
vegetation
BH
3
pollution
BH
3
pollution
RR
3
pollution
3
vegetation
RR BH
radiation
RR
3
humidity
2
humidity
BH RR
radiation
BH
radiation
RR
radiation
1
3
3
BH
3
radiation
RR
3
vegetation
BH
3
vegetation
RR
3
pollution
BH BH
3
pollution
2
radiation
BH
3
daily use
BH BH
4
daily use vegetation
BH
2
vegetation
BH
3
pollution
BH
radiation
RR
daily use
3
RR
pollution
RR
3
radiation
BH
3
N, W, S: Masonry
BH G.1A
Location of Boiler 1: Ground
1
Timber Beams
Doors
Timber braced and ledged planks
Windows
metal frame pivot
Floor
Concrete
Cable pits with steel grates
Walls
Brick
Holes for machinery, openings with temp cor steel
Ceiling
BH G.1B
Location of Boiler 1: Ground
1
Rendered
Ceilings
Central section has machinery still in place
Doors
Cor steel and steel frame
Other
Large machinery fills space
Floor
Concrete
Skirting
Brick
Walls
Brick
Ceiling
Steel beams support concrete ceiling
Doors Other
No roof Panes figured and frosted
Roll-a-door Steel stairs Space filled with machinery in place
BH G.2A
Location of Boiler 2: Ground
2
Floor Walls
Concrete E: Brickwork
Engaged steel columns
Some steel framed windows on temporary wall W: partial brick wall
BH G.2B
Location of Boiler 2: Ground
2
Ceiling
Central space open to main steel trussed roof above
Floor
Cable pits filled in and steel work removed
Skirting
Concrete
Walls
Brickwork
Ceiling
BH G.3A
Location of Boiler 3: Ground
2
Half demolished
2 of 3 concrete plints remain Steel I beam steps cut off Machinery
Doors
Steel
Ledged and braced timber double doors into smaller room
Other
Machinery
Pipes
Floor
Central section of floor is raised above concrete
Walls
Doors infilled with cor steel
Engaged steel columns into bricks
Brick infill on N side of wall
BH G.3B
Ground Floor
2
Ceiling
Concrete
Doors
Panelled, punched through brickwork
Windows
Missing on S side of wall
Floor
Cable trenches filled in with concrete
Skirting
BH G.4A
Ground Floor
2
Ground Floor
2
Sign on door "No 2 Aux trans Boiler House"
Other
Concrete bases for machinery remains
Evidence of pulverising machines removed
Floor
Concrete
Lift Shaft
3
Brick Cavity open to top of boiler house
Doors
2
Windows
Steel framed
Other
Stairwell
Floor
Concrete
BH G.7
Stair Well
No 1 2.2 DCV/45 Aux Transformer Room
3
1
Engaged steel columns
perimeter ceiling in steel structure supporting concrete floors Sectio
Brick
Walls
Brick
Ceiling
Heavy Steel beams
supporting concrete ceiling
Doors
Steel
Chicken wire
Floor
Concrete
Walls
Brickwork, concrete
Ceiling
BH G.6
Brick walls continue to ground
Walls Ceiling
Skirting
BH G.5
Steel columns on concrete bases
Brick Recess cavity blocked up- steel door and mesh
Skirting
BH G.4B
Brick
Walls Doors
Demolished
Doors
Timber Frame
Other
Steel rods Attached to walls to hang tools
Door on floor. 5 panel glazed door with white and red.
Floor
Concrete
Walls
Rendered Masonry
Painted blue-grey. Green tiles to 2050mm.
Stair
Concrete
Tubula steel handrail and balauster
Ceiling
Stairs and Landing
Doors
Steel Sheet
Tubular steel and wire mesh to BH
Windows
Precast concrete frame
Square block glass
Floor
Concrete
Walls
All face brick Evidence of cabinets
Ceiling
BH G.8
No. 2 Aux Trans Boiler House
1
Concrete
Doors
Timber
Double barn style
Floor
Concrete
deep cable tray near northern end
Walls
Brickwork Boiler Neutral
Ceiling
Concrete
Doors
Timber
Evidence of large opening in wall now bricked in
Missing W: 4 missing, 3 broken E: 10 Cracked
5
1.1.5
3
1.1.3
4
1.1.4
3
1.1.3
plinths have bricks missing
3
1.1.3
Brick columns have secttions missing at corners
4
1.1.4
Surface rust on steel beams-minor / incorrect holes
3
1.1.3
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Cable tracks filled in
3
1.1.3
Punctured with conduits. Several brick infilled sections
3
1.1.3
2
1.1.2
2
1.1.2
4
1.1.4
Lift doors need repair. All panels rusted and detreriorated. Lift car very rusty
vegetation pollution daily use daily use
Some deep scribed marks, holes.
3
1.2.3
4
1.2.4
3
1.2.3
Holes through concrete have been patched. No spalling. Patched in roughly poured concrete, poor appearnace.
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
4
1.2.4
1
BH RR
2
BH BH BH RR RR RR BH BH BH BH
daily use
RR
pollution pollution pollution pollution pollution pollution pollution
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Punctures, poor appearance
4
1.2.4
2
1.2.2
BH
Pullies with chains, hoppers from upper level, holes, no rust
2
1.2.2
BH
Steel structure supporting concrete deck above boarded formwork.
3
1.2.3
Timber door is in good condition
3 3
1.2.3
Good condition, some cable trays covered with steel or plywood or concrete filled in
2
1.2.2.
3
1.2.3
Spalling concrete
3
1.2.3
Doors punctured with holes
3
1.2.3
3
Windows missing and remainding are smashed
1.2.3
1.2.3
4
1.2.4
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
Pooly constructed, boarded door in good condition
3
1.2.3
Concrete patches on floor
3
1.2.3
Sections of cable trays poorly infilled
4
1.2.4
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
Rough laid bricks. Concrete has deteriorated at base of steel columns.
ons of concrete badly deteriorated, possible concrete cancer, holes covered with plywood and steel plate 4
1.2.4
Corrugated steel has punctures
3
1.2.3
Very bad condition, every window smashed or cracked
4
1.2.4
3
1.2.3
Chips and evidence of impacts throughout Some smashed and filled in with perspex- doors rusted. Random holes in wall.
2
1.2.2
2
1.2.2
4
1.2.4
Random holes in concrete.
2
1.2.2
Rusted steel, recess blocked up
3
1.2.3
3 Doors to be refixed Steel rods rusty
1.3.3 1.3.5
3
1.3.3
4
1.3.4
2 Graffiti on tiles
Mortise lock missing. Timber fractured. South Door missing
1.3.3
3 5
1.3.2
4
1.3.4
2
1.3.2
2
1.3.2
2
1.3.2
2
1.3.2
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
3
1.1.3
4
1.1.4
3 3 3 3 3
BH
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3 3 2 3
3 3 4 4 2
BH
Recessed opening with visible concrete lintel- opening blocked up
radiation
3
BH
daily use
daily use
Half demolished, temp wall has broken windows, brick columns have chunks missing
BH BH
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3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 1 3 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
BH Conveyor
Conveyor Level North End
2
Floor
Steel plate and steel walkways
Skirting
Steel
Walls
Corrugted steel outside structure
Ceiling
Machinery Steel truss
Brickwork Corrugated iron roof Windows BH Conveyor SE
Conveyor Level South End
2
SWITCH HOUSE
1
SH 1.1-3.1
Mezzanine Below Hoppers-Walkway
STAIRWELL AND LIFT
2
2
Rendered Lantern window with fixed glass
Steel frame
Other
Hand rails
Tubular steel
Floor
Steel plate and steel walkways
Void hopper mid section
Skirting
Steel
Walls
Steel structure Brick Walls Corrugated Steel
Cornice
BH Mezz
Void hopper mid section
Steel beams
Ceiling
Concrete
Pendant lights from beam and wall
Windows
Steel fram wire
2 sashes, 4 panes on each
Other
Hand rails top and mid rail
Painted Red
Floor
Metal Grill
Walls
Metal framed windows and brick
Ceiling
Trussed roof of boiler house
Windows
Metal framed
Floor
Concrete Stair
Skirting Walls
Masonry
Tiled
Cornice Ceiling
Concrete Stair
Doors
SH 1.2
Cable corridors from cable room
4
SH 1.3A
Inner electric oil filter room
3
Windows
Metal frame, frosted and wired
Others
Lift shaft
Floor
Concrete
decorative strip metal caging
Skirting Walls
Masonry
Rendered
Cornice Ceiling
SH 1.3B
Electric Oil Filter Room
3
Concrete expressed timber plank
Doors
Framed
Windows
Metal pivot, frosted and wired
Others
Metal tank on metal base
Floor
Concrete
Skirting Walls
Masonry
Cornice Ceiling
Conrete expressed timber plank
Rendered
Badly rusted. Central spine rusted and dirty.
4
humidity
2
humidity
2
humidity
2 Some rust Some cracked but all remain. Openings on E side filled with green fabric
radiation
2
radiation radiation
3
Unpainted.
3
Badly rusted. Central spine rusted and dirty.
4
Rusted
2
Paint Peeling
3
radiation radiation humidity humidity humidity
3 Central beam rusted and paint peeling
2
Some smashed and filled in.
3
pollution radiation radiation
3
radiation vegetation
3
vegetation
3
pollution
3
pollution
3
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Steam Raising System
BH
Pulverising Mills- Drive Motor and Fan Motor
1
Chutes from the Hopper to the Mill
1
Pulverised Fuel Feed Pipes
1
The Boiler
1
Forced-Draft Fans
1
Headers
1
Oil Heater Pumps and Valves
2
Stacks
humidity humidity humidity humidity pollution pollution pollution
1
Soot Blower Cabinet
2
Boiler House Control Room
1
Power Generating System
1
Steam Control Valves
1
Turbo Alternator Set
1
Cooling Fans
1
Overhead Cranes
1
Feedwater System
1
Electric High Pressure Feedwater Pump
1
Steam High Pressure Feedwater Pump
1
Condensate Pump
1
De-aerators
1
Monitor and Meeting Cabinets
3
Feedwater and Condensate Tanks
3
Circulating Waters system
1
Sluice Gates and Motors
1
Circulating Waters Pumps
1
Condensers
1
Circulating Water Penstocks
3
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3
1.2.3
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4
1.2.4
vegetation
3
1.2.3
3
1.2.3
vegetation
Many broken
4
1.2.4
Lift currently stationary at top. Dirty
3
1.2.3
some damaged. Graffiti
1.2./
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frame only
radiation
3
1.3.3
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3
1.3.3
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humidity radiation
3
1.3.3
4
1.3.4
3
1.3.3
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1.3./
3
1.3.3
vegetation
3
1.3.3
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3
1.3.3
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ENTROPY CONCEPT CHAOS
FORMED”
VS VS
DIORAMA CONCEPT ORDER
lted. It transforms itself in relation with andscape, transforming its value. With er time.
ENTROPY CONCEPT CHAOS
VS VS
11, 3, I) (2, 4, B)
DIORAMA CONCEPT ORDER
(3, 5, G) (12,3,G)
(2, 4, B)
(3, 7, D)
"NOTHING IS LOST, NOTHING IS CREATED, EVERYTHING IS TRANSFORMED”
11, 3, I) (2, 4, B) (3, 5, G)
(11, 6, A)
(12,3,G)
(2, 4, B)
The building is being demolished through time. Like an ice cube, the building is transformed, is being melted. It transforms itself in relation with the environment, with the urban grid and surroundings. The imprint of the object, embedding it into the landscape, transforming its value. With time the building is spreading over the site. Why? Adaptability and flexibility are the concepts we need over time.
ENTROPY CONCEPT CHAOS
(2, 4, A)
(2, 4, B)
(8, 1, J)
(1, 1, J)
(3, 7, D)
reference (angles)
(2, 4, A) (13, 5, G)
109
CHG.4
(2, 4, B)
312 107
(12,3,G)
(3, 7, D) 2236
(8, 1, J)
(1, 1, J)
(2, 4, A)
(2, 4,
reference (angles)
(12, 3, G)
(13, 5, G)
3
74
(12, 5, E) 15
107
10 80
109 4
1607
(11, 3, I)
(2, 4, B)
312
2 2 2
2
80
(11, 6, A) reference (points, distances)
5000
CHG.1 CHG.2 CHG.3
CH4.2 1
CHG.1
CH4.2 1
1607
(11, 3, I)
5000
15 10
4
DIORA ORDER
(2, 4, B)
74
(12, 5, E)
VS VS
(11, 6, A)
(12, 3, G)
(2, 4, A)
(3, 7, D) 2236
(11, 6, A) reference (points, distances)
(2, 4, A)
(1, 1, J)
reference (angles)
(12, 3, G)
74
(12, 5, E)
2055
15
500
2050
10
109 4
1607
80
(11, 6,
reference (point
(2, 4, A)
2095
2100
2050
2 2 2
CHG.4
CHG.1 2
CHG.1 CHG.2 CHG.3
CH4.2 1
3
1
2
CHG.4
1
CHG.1 CHG.2 CHG.3
CHG.1
boiler house 1
CH4.2
pump room 1
2 2 2
3
2055
1 2015
2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
2055
2070
2075
2080
2085
2090
2095
2100
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2 2 2
CHG.4
1
CHG.1 CHG.2 CHG.3
1
CHG.1
1
ROOM SIGNIFICANCE WITHIN THE COAL HANDLING SHED
CH4.2
coal handling shed
1
boiler house
switch house
2
turbine hall pump room
admin/staff
1
ROOM SIGNIFICANCE
3
COAL HANDLING SHED LOCATION WI
power station
ZONE SIGNIFICANCE
control room
ZONE SIGNIFICANCE
CHG.4
1
SIGNIFICANCE
CH4.2
1
3ROOM
2 2 2
coal handling shed
1
2
boiler house
switch house 1
1
CHG.1 CHG.2 CHG.3
admin/staff 2
turbine hall pump room
control room 1
1
turbine hall pump room
coal handling shed
1
What’s the impact of the area in the building? And what’s the impact of the building in the area? Do we fix the area to be the perfect frame for the “melting”. Or will the melting fix the area over time?
switch house
boiler house
URBAN ANALYSIS
admin/staff
2065
CHG.1
2100
2060
control room
2095
2025
CH4.2
0
2020
CH4.2
5
1
COAL HANDLING SHED LOCATION WITHIN POWERHOUSE
a site that would gain value as it diminished in existence. A slow destruction over time from which grows an accumulation of attitudes, events, 1 2 1 actions 1 1 1and associa1 tions.
CH4.2
coal handling shed
HANDLING SHED Envisioning a site that would increase in meaning as it decreased in physical reality,
CH4.2
coal handling shed
CONCEPT OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT WITH TIME
boiler house
turbine hall pump room
switch house
admin/staff
control room
ROOM SIGNIFICANCE
ROOM SIGNIFICANCE
ZONE SIGNIFICANCE
ROOM SIGNIFICANCE
ZONE SIGNIFICANCE ZONE SIGNIFICANCE
ZONE SIGNIFICANCE
“Ruins may be decaying, they are not dead, they are filled with possibilities for wondrous adventure, inspiring visions, quiet moments, peripatetic playfulness, dystopica preparation and artistic potential.� - Bradley Garrett -
implementation
“Incubated cities are destined to self-destruct Ruins are the style of our future cities Future cities are themselves ruins Our contemporary cities, for this reason, are destined to live only a fleeting moment Give up their energy and return to inert material All our proposals and efforts will be buried And once again the incubation mechanism is reconstituted That will be the future� - Arata Isozaki -
context
“The task of the architect is to set in motion, in a particular direction, a chain of events he cannot control.
A finished building is
really unfinished, the first frame of a descent to destruction.� - Balthasar Holz -
the section
today
10 years
50 years
500 years
1000 years
“Time condemns us to change. We would rather not change, but we have no choice.� - Balthasar Holz -
“Do not let us deceive ourselves in this important matter; it is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture.� - John Ruskin -
the perspective
Michelle de Jong & Beatriz de Una Boveda