ALEXANDER BULL - PORTFOLIO + (44) 07815 883 065 alex.bull@btinternet.com
YEAR 3 - PORTO MUSEUM
A Contemporary Architecture Museum and Archives
Project: Contemporary Architecture Museum Start Date: November 2014 Duration: 6 Weeks Materials: Corten and Gabion walls Project Type: Individual Project The brief is the design of a Contemporary Architecture Museum in Porto, Portugal. The museum will store and exhibit the works of Alvaro Siza Vieira, Eduardo Souto de Moura and Fernando Tavora. The museum will also offer temporary as well as permanent exhibition space. Archive and educational spaces are also included in the program
Glazing in the South facade is kept to a minimum to avoid overheating issues. The gabions offer excellent thermal mass and passive cooling.
The South facade takes the form of a Gabion wall. The gabian baskets slot over the steel frame structure but do not form the weather seal.
A Gabion Facade
The stairs are expressed externally on the building to imply the journey upwards within the tower.
As the visitor ascends the tower the projects will slowly come into view as the projects become closer and closer to the tower.
Windows and stairs within the tower are located to frame specific views out towards the projects of Siza, Souto de Moura and Tavora.
The exhibition is organised geographically. The projects located closer to the building are housed higher up within the tower.
All exhibition space is organised within the tower.
The Exhibition Floors
The tower is constructed as a steel frame structure clad in Corten
The red hue of the Corten resembles the clay tile rooftops that are seen throughout Porto.
The tower is an unashamedly bold statement within the city. It stands tall within the city enabling the area of Fontainhas to be seen from all around.
Corten tower cladding
EXPLODED ISOMETRIC
These floors are not directly accessible from the external ramps.
The lower floors house many of the more private spaces within the program. These included archive and conservation areas.
Self Contained Space
Both floors are accessible from the external ramps.
In the tower footprint the main orientation space connects these floors with the rest of the building. Exhibition and Archive spaces are connected via lifts and ramps from this area.
These floors are open to the public. The floors house public spaces such as education and teaching rooms.
The Public Realm
The floor build up make use of composite steel beams to achieve larger spans. The composite beams allow permit the large amount of services required to maintain temperature and humidity levels in the archive and exhibition spaces.
The steel frame structure is required to support the large Gabion walls on the South facade.
Steel Frame Structure
YEAR 3 - CLASSROOMS IN THE PARK Temporary classrooms for Kensington Gardens
Project: Classrooms in the Park Start Date: October 2014 Duration: 4 Weeks Materials: Bamboo and PTFE canvas Project Type: Group Project The brief for this project was for the design of a temporary pavilion within Kensington Gardens. We defined our brief as a ‘Cultural Education Centre’. The Serpentine Gallery is an expression of architecture from an architect whom has never built in the UK before. Our building is an expression of material. The structure is thus constructed out of
Bamboo, reinforcing out concept as ‘Architecture as Pedagogy’. Table Detail (Below) 1. Floor build up 2. Insulated lower deck 3. Storage Space 4. Seating area 5. Bamboo backrest
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YEAR 2 - PLACEMENT
High End Residential Projects Based in London
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Ian Wylie Architects is a small practice so I was exposed to a large variety of work at all stages of design and construction. My work included full tender packages, OVERHAUL EXISTING construction drawings, SHUTTERS DEEP LINING pre applications, AND WINDOW REVEALS. Design and Access statements and Heritage Statements . All works on this spread is courtesy of ‘Ian BY CLIENT.2014 WylieTABLE Architects’
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YEARS 1 & 2
Studio Units, Visitor Centre, Cafe and a House
Year 2
Year 1 (Opposite Spread)
A year focused on larger scale projects and local context. Projects include:
First year projects focused on timber, steel and masonry. Projects included:
Atelier The brief was to design several ‘work-live’ studio units with a cafe and exhibition areas. Based in Redcliffe Wharf in Bristol.
Clay House The design of a masonry house for a work at home couple.
Visitor Centre A visitor centre for marine objects based in the floating harbour, Bristol Docks.
Prototype A design for a small scale cafe using square hollow section and steel mesh.