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Bilal Y. Rashid ARC7464 Material Practices May 2022 Portfolio 2021-2022
Contents
Arena: Capturing Essence
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Mod Gaz: Façades and Yards, Revealing Highgate
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Mod Gaz: Case Study, David Brownlow Theatre
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Mod Gaz: Civic Rooms for Highgate, St Paul’s Park Entrance
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ARENA Capturing Essence
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“How do artworks present layered ideas of society and culture?”
Individuals within their group are tasked to produce a bricolage. A creation of a model from existing or found objects or elements in connection with the group theme, location and influence.
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Collage
Part of Ten Posters: Illustrations for Art-Language. Since 1976, Art & Language’s project has continued, through Mel Ramsden and Michael Baldwin. Working with very varied mediums, from painting to depicting acts of society.
“transition within society” by author Influenced by the layers depicted within ART-LANGUAGE poster and Baldwin and Ramsden express the power of collaboration within society. This collage takes a closer look at who forms our society and the encapsulated remnant of history is transformed through newer forms of architecture.
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Coventry Cathedral
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Fragment of the Cathedral
To form from what was once called modern architecture but now as historical by taking a fragment of the body and breaking it down to its finest form (powder) and broken pieces (chips), mixing the powder with concrete. 5
Bricolage: Essence by author My collage looks at transition and our society been formed by individuals rather than significant individuals nor race. This is represented through the fragment with the use of one colour from broken pieces of the Coventry Cathedral Ruins to express a society of individuals made of different shapes and sizes. Pieces of Coventry Cathedral’s body is broken down and held together through a concrete core to encapsulate the essence of previous society within a modern era.
Recipe: 70% Red Sandstone Fragments
10% Red Sandstone Powder
20% Cement
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Group Bricolage Presentation Culture and History
Presenters: Brianna Macdonald Bilal Rashid Felix Woodhouse James Gay Soha Khazaie Waqaar Zamin
25.10.2021
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Bricolage Model Making Process Wood Mold
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2mm Engineered Wood.
Measured and cut into Measured Part using
Parts Assembled to create a mold to encapsulate
Parts Assembled to create mold to encapsulate the con-
a Electric Hand Saw.
the outer shell.
crete core.
DAY 1
Waterproofing grout used to ensure minimum leakage of concrete through gaps.
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Bricolage Model Process Steel Base Plate with Welded Nuts
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DAY 2
Steel Plate measured to be cut out for the base for the
Steel Plate cut out using an angle grinder.
Edges filed down to remove any sharp edges and marked
2x steel nuts welded together to hold up steel
up for steel nuts to be welded onto it.
threaded rod later on.
model for extra support with elevating the concrete core.
DAY 2
DAY 2
Steel nuts welded onto steel plate.
The base is then placed into a 2mm engineered wood mold for concrete pour.
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Bricolage Model Process Concrete Mix and Model Touch Up
DAY 3
DAY 3
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
To ensure a good mix. Red Sand broken
Concrete broken down into its finest form
Concrete mix poured into the mold to
Unboxed from the wood mold. The
Concrete base dried successfully
down into a fine form using a sieve.
for a concrete mix.
produce the concrete core and left to dry
concrete had not dried fully and part of
over 2 days.
for 11/2 day.
the edges broke. Manually formed the edges and left to dry for 1 day.
DAY 5
DAY 6
DAY 7
DAY 8
DAY 8
Broken pieces of the cathedral found on
Concrete placed in an 2mm engineered
Unboxed to find the concrete had not
The broken parts of the outer shell had
The final model after semi drying
the floor and broken down into chips and
wood box and outer shell mixture poured
dried. Parts of the outer shell broke of the
to be manually fixed and left to dry for 1
and cleaned up.
some into powder form.
into the box. Left to dry for 11/2 days.
model.
day. The model was the cleaned up using a metal brush for rough effects on the surface. 10
THE MODERN GAZETTEER Façades and Yards: Revealing Highgate Gooch Street, Birmingham
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The focus of this project is in the façades that manifest the atmosphere of Highgate, in relation to ideas of economy of means. With concern with ideas of landscape and topography, with the yards that exist as part of the various uses of the site, with gardens both formal and informal, and with places that are not easy to classify- the leftover or nebulous.
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Key Moments of Study
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Site Plan Gooch Street 2021
In current day the street appears Quiet and Divided. With similar typologies forming the street line and orientated informally to create pockets of green space and greater private amenity space.
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Site Plan Gooch Street 1950
Gooch Street in 1950’s functioned as an high street in Highgate with links to Birmingham City Centre, and a busy atmosphere overall. The street are formed by terrace’s of shops on the ground floor and housing above it.
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Gooch Street Bridge Drawing
Gooch Street Bridge Elevation Scale 1:20
The observation pulled us closer to am particular part of Gooch Street which is the bridge. This part of the street hosts multiple layers of history. From Iron Art monument to Birmingham’s foundation to the bricked in fire fighter holes that were used to pump up water during a fire in the area. Though one almost hidden history that peaked our eyes were the an entry way that was bricked in, engraved on it WOMEN. This later led us to discovering an important space to the life of Gooch Street which were public Female and Male WC on the bridge; which use to service the busy Detail Drawing of Women WC Entrance Stone Elements Scale 1:5
Detail Close up of Women WC Entrance Stone Elements Scale 1:5
life of this high street. 16
Gooch Street Bridge Model
Bridge Model Scale:1:50
Fragment of Women WC Entrance Stone Elements Scale: 1:1
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THE MODERN GAZETTEER David Brownlow Theatre Horris Hill School Berkshire Completed 2020
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“Perhaps the observation of things has remained my most important formal education; for observation later becomes transformed into memory” - Aldo Rossi, A Scientific Autobiography
The primary focus will be on the a key moment but attention will also be made to where the moment sits within the wider plan of the building and how the building sits within its landscape context.
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Photograph Key Moment of Study I
Southern Façade (South Stage) An active elevation to introduce an multi function space. The elevation works as a backdrop for social events and outdoor
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theatre with the monolithic concrete benches rising from the buildings foundation creates an stage like space.
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Model of Key Moment of Study I
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Photograph of Key Moment of Study II
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Model of Key Moment of Study II
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Elevation Analysis and Case Study
Southern Façade (South Stage)
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The Roman Theatre of Orange, France Scale: 1:100
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Site Plan
Key 1. Entrance Lobby 2. Toilets 3. Dimmer Cupboard 4. Storage and Services 5. Acoustic Lobby 6. Entrance Corridor 7. Crossover 8. Pit Seating 9. Fore-stage 10. Backstage Area 11. Rear Stage Access 12. External Colonnade 13. Portico 14. Loading Bay 15. Alternative Position for Control Point 16. Removal Seats for Wheelchair Seating
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Cross Section
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Spatial Sequence Exploded Isometric and Movement
The built fabric consists of multiple layers of insulation to decline external noise and enhance the sound quality within the auditorium. The overall thickness of the wall is 375mm and the roof is 475mm, the thick wall and roof are necessary to ensure the correct acoustic level is captured; plus to support the Concrete VIROC Cladding this has added an extra 130mm to the wall thickness. 27
Key Moments of Study
The Southern Elevation brings together the historical reference of the theatre of orange as an amphitheatre by activating the elevation as a backdrop, the concrete benches as the stage and timber seating for the audience.
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Detail Section
The built fabric consists of multiple layers of insulation to decline external noise and enhance the sound quality within the auditorium. The overall thickness of the wall is 375mm and the roof is 475mm, the thick wall and roof are necessary to ensure the correct acoustic level is captured; plus to support the Concrete VIROC Cladding this has added an extra 130mm to the wall thickness.
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Roof and Wall Detail Section Scale: 1:20
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THE MODERN GAZETTEER St Paul’s Park Entrance Gooch Street Birmingham
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“To understand a city, beyond its monuments, beyond the history of its stones, is to rediscover the specific way of being of its inhabitants.” - The Architecture of the City (1982, 180)
Within the unit’s ideas of an ‘economy of means’, it is ask to consider how a modest addition can alter the rest; how the context is transformed, reorganised, cut, divided, fragmented or furthered as an architectural intervention to reframe the civic potential of Highgate.
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Existing Site Photograph
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Proposed Site Plan
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Proposed Western Entrance
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Proposed Eastern Entrance
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Eastern Entrance Isometric
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Eastern Entrance Isometric
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Eastern Entrance Exploded Isometric
Iron Work
The proposal looks at a combination of three parts to
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form the public space. First are, in situ concrete benches are part of the foundation with timber seat top. Taking inspiration from our second study in Modern Gazetteer; while studying David Brownlow Theatre as a case study I was moved by the outdoor theatre space and the way the in situ concrete foundation of the building was celebrated to create an monolithic bench as a form of art and stage. Second, pre-cast concrete roof elements and panels. Working with concrete allowed for experimentation with different method of construction, pre-cast and in situ and to create special elements such as the 800mm canopy curving over the bench. Third, are the Iron Works taking inspiration from our initial study in Modern Gazetteer exploring Gooch Street.
In situ Concrete Bench
We came across an infra-ordinary piece of history buried behind layers of art work; this was the entry way into the Women’s WC. 39
Eastern Entrance Key Section
St Paul's Park Park Logo
Pre-Cast Concrete T-Beam 100mm Cement Block
Pre-Cast Concrete Roof Feature
18mm Cement Particle Board 75 Rockwool Insulation 12.5mm Plaster Board
100mm Cement Block Aluminum Fixing for Cladding
Steel Fins
150mm in situ Concrete Structure
Built in Lighting with Glass Covering
18mm Cement Particle Board 100mm Pre-Cast Concrete Panel
Timber Seat Top fixed to Metal Plate
12.5mm Plaster Board 120mm void
Metal Plate
100mm Rockwool Insulation Concrete Shell Park Display
Metal Boxing with built in lighting In situ Concrete Bench
Steel Frame Bolted onto Wall Down lighting
In situ Concrete Bench Electric Cable Ceramic Tile 15mm Mortar Bed 150mm Concrete Slab
65mm Paving 50mm Compacted Crushed Sand Bed 150mm Aggregated Base Back Fill Soil
The proposed built fabric consists of multiple methods of construction, which are Pre-Cast Concrete walls and structures with In Situ concrete foundations. Where Internal space is found, walls are formed of Timber Battens with Insulation and Cement Bocks and Plaster Board finish. The roof are constructed using Pre-Cast concrete T-Beams to hand the
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weight of the roof panels sitting. Canopies are an special part of the proposal as they are 1m
pre-cast elements that border the proposed roof in an curved formation. 40
Eastern Entrance Render
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Eastern Entrance Render
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Eastern Entrance Render
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