Archive of the Unbuilt by Cameron Frame

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT

HOUSING KNOWLEDGE OF UNREALISED URBANISM 3.2 PORTFOLIO CAMERON FRAME

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT CONTENTS APPROACH

PROPOSAL

DEVELOPMENT

RESOLUTION

REALISATION

VISUALISATION

Introduction to Site

Influence of Absence

Squeeze + Release

Mastermap

Precedent Study

Manifesto

Conceptual Massing

Leaving the Streetscape

Grid Authority

Driven by the Existing

Programme Influence

Towards the Light

Skeletal Construction

Rhythm of the City

Applying Context Conditions

Layering Facade Complexity

Connecting with Context

Territory: Location Plan

NQ: Site plan

Of the City , For the City

Ground Floor Plan

Floor Plans

24 - 27

Touching the City

Facing the City

Mirroring the City

Contextual Integration

31 - 32

Piece of the Jigsaw

Familiarity + Repetition

Honouring the Grid

Tactile Avenues

Palladian Geometry of the Red Brick Terrain

Temporary Exhibition Hall

Artefact Archive

Flexible Gallery

Vertical Gallery

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT INTRODUCTION TO SITE

NORTHERN QUARTER, MANCHESTER, UK Situated in the Northern Quarter of Manchester’s city centre, this site offers rich cultural and historic context. The area was built on the rise of industry during 18th century, providing a rational grid for all buildings to sit upon. As many of the buildings are listed, development has been stalled, creating a physical and sensual membrane that separates the Northern Quarter from the rest of the city. This heightens the tactile identity of the area. Rather than new construction, there has been widespread re-purposing. However, key open spaces and back alleyways remain.

SITE PHOTOGRAPHS: TEXTURALLY RICH TERRAIN

Navigation through this area employs major and minor routes, encouraging way-finding between voids, which act as urban landmarks in this repetitive environment. The site for this project is a small plot along the main road of Dale Street, holding one party wall. The existing building burned down due to fire in 2010. Currently in use as a car park.

MACRO : UNITED KINGDOM

MESO: GREATER MANCHESTER

MICRO : NORTHERN QUARTER

RICHARD SENNET : “Whenever we construct a barrier, we have to equally make the barrier porous; the distinction between inside and outside has to be reachable, if not ambiguous.” 200km

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ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT INFLUENCE OF ABSENCE

INFLUENCE OF THE VOID

DIRECT INFLUENCE:

SENSUAL Users experience the direct effect of either being in or near a void. This manifests itself as increased visual access to the sky, wind on our skin from the exposed environment, or louder context. These experiences occur while in the void.

IN-DIRECT INFLUENCE:

EMOTIONAL The user is effected emotionally from passing through a void. This may take place pre- or postvoid, showing that the absence in the grid hold a lasting effect over users, making them urban landmarks. This varies on an individual level.

NEWTON ST ARRIVAL

VOID INFLUENCE

VOID

SITE

The influence voids hold over users is prominent in a gridded urban environment such as the Northern Quarter. These grids can be seen to have an offset distance to which the influence is felt. This is mapped below.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT SQUEEZE + RELEASE

As users, we carve our own way through the city creating a path to suit our purpose. This journey can be seen as a sequence of passing through the gaps between solids. These gaps squeeze and release the user, likened to the diaphragmatic movements of an organism. The ‘exhale’ of voids are most memorable, becoming urban landmarks.

WAYFINDING A GRID The Northern Quarter, as much of the built terrain, holds a hierarchy of passages. Ranging from large open roads to tight back-alleys, each of these passages hold their own merit. When navigating a gridded environment such as the Northern Quarter, where all routes hold no advantage of time, users will often choose the more culturally rich back routes. As users of the grid, we seek the emotional and sensual shift from ‘squeeze’ to ‘release’. Therefore, back streets must be treated with a level of detail and attention found on key facades. No facade remains unseen in the Northern Quarter. COMPRESSION - LITTLE LEVER STREET

CITY

Solid terrain, voids are not immediately brought to light. Journeys are often lost to the city due to scale and verticality.

CITY NEGATIVE

Voids are intentionally brought to light in an unnatural manner, showing their significance in the gridded city terrain.

ROUTES

Extracting two chosen routes show the choices we make when placed in a repetitive environment. We are attracted to voids.

VOIDS

Having left the city, it is voids that remain in our memory most clearly. They are navigational and social tools. Urban landmarks.

SQUEEZE + RELEASE The mapping of significant moments from a journey through the Northern Quarter aligns directly with those moments of ‘squeeze and release’. This is the case for both journeys using significant routes and wayfinding journeys. Many of the significant moments involve the transition from tight backstreet into void space. This is the transition from ‘squeeze’ to ‘release’. Facilitated by the grid, these moments are created by void spaces. Therefore, void spaces are the landmarks are remember most. COMPRESSION - TARIFF STREET

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT MASTERMAP

SITE

VOID

VOID INFLUENCE

NQ INFLUENCE

CITY

ROUTE

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ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT PRECEDENT STUDY

FONDAZIONE QUERINI STAMPALIA, VENICE

Study into hierarchy of space, circulation, and permeability, composing these aspects in a manner that is responsive to site and user experience. This building successfully moves the user around the spaces subconsciously making them aware of arriving at the principal spaces.

EMBRACING CONTEXT CONSTRAINTS If a building is to adopt characteristics of the city, it must accept the city, rather than obstructing it. For this museum, rising sea levels and ever frequent flooding are becoming regular occurrences. Rather than prevent the flood, Carlo Scarpa celebrates it, and creates a flood-able gallery. The result is a building that works better technologically, as well as creating spaces that feel better connected to their environment. And Ultimately achieving a greater sense of being part of the city.

MAIN GALLERY : FONDAZIONE QUERINI STAMPALIA

VISITOR ACCESS ROUTE

PRINCIPAL EXHIBITION

FLOOD-ABLE SPACE

SOLID BARRIER

PERMEABLE BARRIER

SQUEEZE + RELEASE: VENICE Venice is known internationally for its unique urban environment, and architecture that has been inherently placed under intense contextual conditions. The tight plots and rigid architectural approach taken here make it possible to draw comparisons to the Northern Quarter of Manchester. Ideas of squeeze and release can be seen in Venice, its narrow alleyways spit out users into grand piazzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and canals. These spatial transitions create intense experiences. In parallel; the structure of the city establishes major and minor routes, facilitating wayfinding. Museums such as Fondazione Querini Stampalia reflect on the ideas shown at a city scale and condense them to be housed in the building.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT MANIFESTO

QUESTION

How is a building like a city?

APPROACH

The building can be seen to begin as a series of repetitive lines perpendicular to each other (structure), which in turn can be seen as the empty grid from which a city is built. These are the bones of the creation. We subtract elements from the grid to create voids; parks, public spaces, plazas etc. This can be seen to represent atria, large volumes, courtyards etc. Major routes and infrastructures are built into the grid to sustain it, in the same way that main circulation routes and fire escapes hold up a buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programme. Minor routes such as alley ways or circulation enable way-finding. Thus creating individual experiences.

Archive of The Unbuilt: Housing Knowledge of unrealised urbanist projects.

PROGRAMME

Museum, Archive, and Research Centre for Urbanism. Endeavouring to document failed urbanism, and inform the future to better the development of the built terrain.

CONCEPT : CITY

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CONCEPT : BUILDING

By moving through a building in the same manner as you do the city around it, the user becomes familiar and at comfort within the building. This is achieved with the use of voids as landmarks and major/ minor circulation routes to way-find between them.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT CONCEPTUAL MASSING [FINAL] SUBTRACTING MASS Having appraised site conditions and identified the programmatic needs of this building, initial forms begin to take shape. Simple masses begin to land on site and the relationship between context and programme can begin to be understood. These models were geerated through a subtraction of mass.

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INTRA-MASSING Inside the final massing concept lies a series of spaces connected by intricate circulation routes, mirroring those of the city. At the heart of the proposal lies a principal void space. TOILE

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VOID ABSTRACTION Visualising the atrium space through simple understanding of solid + void. Using charcoal, these sketches begin to discuss monolithic, harsh tectonics with dramatic vistas.

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By designing in a manner that of the city’s creation, it to generate a proposal that question; ‘How is a building

FINAL MASSING CONCEPT: 1:500 ON SITE

THE CITY AS A DESIGN METHODOLOGY

ATRIUM / VOID

RESEARCH CENTRE

IN-DIRECT ROUTE

EXHIBITION / PRINCIPAL SPACE

MISCELLANEOUS + SUPPORT

PRIVATE ROUTE

LEISURE / SECONDARY SPACE

DIRECT ROUTE

EXAMPLE WAY-FINDING

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT LEAVING THE STREETSCAPE

Building from a small footprint, vertical use of the scheme is crucial. The relationship between floor levels is key to avoid the proposal being seen as a series of repetitive floor plates. The building is envisaged as an informative elevation process, whereby the user is brought from street level to roof level. Crucially, this proposal must then fit into the street.

FORM

PRINCIPAL SPACES

ADD ANCILLARY SPACES

APPLY GRID

ISOLATE ATRIUM

CIRCULATING VERTICALLY Using void spaces as a primary orientation tool, users rise upwards from street level, visiting exhibition spaces along the way. Journeys through this structure mirror that of wayfinding through the city.

DESIGN BY SUBTRACTION Using initial massing as a starting form, mass is subtracted as programme is integrated. The resulting form gives a unique journey through the building. The subtracted mass goes on to form the main atrium.

COMPLETING A STREET - DALE STREET ELEVATION Whilst building sectionally, it is crucial to not become isolated and consider the wider context of this project. Dale Street holds several strong datums, including building height, which this scheme must acknowledge.

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ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT GRID AUTHORITY

Driven by a desire to learn from the city, this building proposal follows a methodology of honouring the grid upon which the city is build. In addition to structural benefits, dividing the spaces into regular portions allows creates an architectural language that mirrors the city. It is vital that the ground floor plan conveys a similar language to its context, and respects site lines, proportion, and tectonics. The landmark within this plan is the void: a large five storey atrium.

CLASH OF GRIDS - ARIEL VIEW OF NQ

GRIDS + SUB-GRIDS Using the Northern Quarterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grids as a primary influence, the spaces are divided to create usable space. This is later accentuated through facade strategies, to render the building a part of the city.

ORBITING A VOID Having followed principal spatial parameters, building orientation and core placement has been decided. From here, ancillary spaces encase the perimeter to create a vertical hall. User interaction orbits this atrium.

20m SITE

MESO GRID

NQ GRID

SUB-GRID

CONTEXT

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT DRIVEN BY THE EXISTING

Having established a programmatic structure through volumetric studies and spatial proximity diagrams, it is possible to cross reference with external conditions to deliver a facade concept. Using existing site rules from original Northern Quarter buildings, a set of design drivers can be established. Following the lead of context with a contemporary architectural understanding generates an initial external design proposal, suitable for the internal arrangement.

FORM FOLLOWS CONTEXT

COMPLEX CONTEXTUAL CONDITIONS - LITTLE LEVER ST. ELEVATION

Using the Northern Quarterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich heritage as a primary source for design drivers, a set of constraints can be made to move the proposal towards a succinct, contextually aware form. Documented via a set of axonometric drawings.

Immediate context to this proposal is archetypal of the Northern Quarter, with a set of faĂ§ades that boasting intense geometry and material detail. This provides a set of key drivers for the proposal to respond to in an external design exercise.

SITE

DATUM

TERRACE

LOGGIA 1

LOGGIA 2

MULLION 1

COLONNADE

MULLION 2

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COMPLIANCE

COMPLEXITY

LOST URBAN ARTEFACTS The original building on this site was a piece in a jigsaw which facilitated datums and the establishment of vertical membranes. It is the responsibility of this proposal to re-establish these systems in a contemporary manner.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT PROGRAMME INFLUENCE

As with much of the museum typology, spatial tectonics and qualities are influenced heavily by programme and the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;artefactâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Certain artefacts, will require a level of environmental control that will dictate the space they sit in. From superficial requirements, to complex light-sensitive artefacts, this building meets the requirements of its programme. These spaces are integrated into circulation routes, and remain connected the void landmarks.

ARTEFACTS FIRST Using artefacts to determine the spatial requirements of galleries within the proposal leads to the design of responsive architecture. The artefact comes first, and design of the space follows.

DARK ROOM Housing projection mapping and an overview of the museum, this room houses artefacts very sensitive to light, or projections requiring darkness. Minimal diffuse lighting from above.

ATRIUM FLOOR Providing users with an intense arrival, this space houses large pieces of urbanism, such as fragments of the Berlin Wall. Gangways offer altered perspectives of the artefacts.

FEATURE GALLERY A space situated at the top of the atrium, providing controlled light for models and drawings, with a corresponding film room for showing temporary exhibitions.

CONNECTING SPACES Generating programme dependent spaces leaves a question of circulation; how to connect between such contrasting spaces. In this proposal the void is used as a buffer to transition between spaces, making it the common ground throughout. PROGRAMME-INFLUENCED SPACE [EXHIBITION] JOURNEY BETWEEN POINTS [CIRCULATION] MAIN ATRIUM [VOID]

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT TOWARDS THE LIGHT

LIGHTING THE VOID

ACHIEVING CONCEPT VIA MATERIALITY

This proposal sets out to influence users and encourage interaction with the built environment. Correctly lighting spaces and having control over the environment ensures this. The orientation and glazing provision of the main atrium ensures a dramatic lighting strategy; thus enhancing user experience. This is contrasted with lighting provision of exhibition spaces.

Creating a raw aesthetic that draws attention to the spatial tectonics at play is achieved with material selection. Using concrete as a foundation for the material palate, subtle use of tone and texture are layered above. Using material as a tool to signify programme; expressed structure in exhibition spaces, and colour for circulation routes.

1:50 INTERNAL MODEL - MAIN ATRIUM

VOIDS AS URBAN LANDMARKS Principal spaces are connected by voids; visited regularly to establish familiarity. Thus, atria can be seen to be navigational tools, or urban landmarks.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT SKELETAL CONSTRUCTION

Spatial arrangement has been conducted upon a 5 metre square grid, and therefore structure shall align itself with this system. Insitu cast concrete frame will act as the primary structure, relying upon regular columns to provide desired support. To create large spanning spaces such as the atrium and permanent exhibition hall, shear concrete walls are used. Spanning 20 metres, these members provide uninterrupted exhibition space, to maximise architectural effect.

CONVERSATIONS IN STRUCTURE Using a 1:100 physical model as an anchor point for discussion, the structural design of this scheme progressed through conversations with structural engineers. In a push and pull process, both the design and structural strategy evolved. Rather than disrupting key spaces with columns, insitu shear walls provide the desired support. By exploring structural practicality, new qualities of the design are brought to light. In the case of the atrium, columns had to widen to facilitate the load of the shear wall. This in turn lead to celebrating expressed structure and mass.

PHOTOGRAPH: 1:100 STRUCTURAL MODEL Perspective internal and external photographs of structural model, demonstrating key exhibition spaces stripped back to primary structural elements. Shear walls partition the exhibition spaces from void spaces. SHEAR WALLS To achieve a full span of 20 metres, a shear wall has been used in the place of a beam. This double height element sits upon large columns supporting the atrium cantilever.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT RHYTHM OF THE CITY

RHYTHM

FACADE

NORTHERN QUARTER

PICCADILLY

SPINNINGFIELDS

DEANSGATE

CASTLEFIELD

Within urban territory it is often the vertical that dominates over the horizontal - we see walls more than roofs and open planes. Therefore we can consider the city as a series of vertical members, which when grouped together take on their own identity. The Northern Quarterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity features two strong datums, illustrated clearly in the Dale St elevation. This proposal remains contextually aware to reconnect the existing datum.

CONTEXT

PIECE OF THE JIGSAW - DALE STREET ELEVATION Since the original structure was lost to fire in 2010 there has been an empty plot along Dale Street, and therefore creating non-continuous data. This scheme acknowledges the historic site lines, and re-establishing the original data.

TOUCHING GROUND - 1:100 MODEL ON SITE Street level perspective shows strong emphasis on the vertical plane, as does much of the built environment. Approach from major streets differs from that of back alleys. This is to reflect to contrast between major routes and wayfinding opportunities. This is a building that reveals itself gradually. Heavy vertical mullions house structural elements whilst anchoring the building to its site, and reflect the mass found across Northern Quarterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red brick terrain.

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APPLYING CONTEXT CONDITIONS Having appraised site conditions and considered user contact with the building, facade strategy can be applied. Using the identified site datums as a key design driver, it was suitable to embark on an iterative process to detail the facade. Aided by physical modelling. Using a single structural bay to configure a treatment for all elevations. Consistent treatment across all elevations is suitable for this proposal as datum changes are uncommon.

LAYERING FACADE TREATMENT - 1:100 PHYSICAL STRUCTURAL BAY Across four iterations, facade conditions are altered to generate a context responsive facade, appropriate to programme. Using greyboard as a muted medium to limit material influence at preliminary stages. 01

TAXONOMY OF FACADE - 1:200 @ A2 FACADE ITERATIONS Generating four facade iterations [A-D], three key sections are taken. These horizontal sections are representative of changes that occur with reference to the site datums. The chosen design is one that reflects the vertical nature of the building, showing signs of filigree at roof-level.

APPLYING TEXTURE - INITIAL AXONOMETRIC SURFACE DETAILS

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT LAYERING FACADE COMPLEXITY

As documented, the Northern Quarter has a well established bank of intricate façades, which reveal varying degrees of internal programme. Designing responsibly and remaining contextually aware is paramount when designing a building ‘of the city’. Complexity, detail, and repetition give these contextual façades their identity. By building a similar level of complexity into this proposals facade via a layering process, the building will sit more comfortably on site. Therefore giving rise to better design possibilities.

1:100 FACADE STUDY 04

Modelling a structural bay to aid visualisation of relief, proportion, and complexity. This facade model has been carried forward from concept study to finished materiality. A -D Design Iterations

Fenestration

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Casting Negative

LOAD BEARING FRONTAGE 01 Primary Piers 02 Secondary Piers 03 Pier Backing 04 Stone Panel Cladding 05 Structural Mullions

CASTING A SHADOW Elevation studies through the medium of plaster. Working at a scale of 1:100 with the width of a structural bay allows for a greater understanding of the proposed facade design. Here, the depth of the relief provides shadow, while the plaster surface detail mirrors that of a desired stone panel system. Varying tones of plaster to aid the design process.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT CONNECTING WITH CONTEXT GALLERY SPACE AS A BRIDGE TO THE CITY Principal exhibition spaces hold a connection to the city through expressed structure and accentuated grid lines. By creating repetition within the building in a manner similar to that of the Northern Quarter, this building maintains a hold over its context. These spaces have a different finish treatment to those of the rest of the building, therefore the gallery spaces can be seen as a half-way point to the city.

1:50 INTERNAL MODEL - GALLERY FOR TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

REFLECTING CONCEPT IN STRUCTURE Facade concepts marry up with site lines, and structural principals of columns. This aids user orientation and maintains subconscious connections to the city.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT TERRITORY: LOCATION PLAN 1:1250 @ A2

50m SITE

VOID

MAJOR ROUTE

MINOR ROUTE

PRIMARY GRID

SECONDARY GRID

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT NQ: SITE PLAN 1:500 @ A2

Positioned between two of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most culturally significant voids (Piccadilly gardens + Stevenson Sq.), this scheme sits comfortably in its context.

20m PROPOSAL

ROUTES

NQ CONTEXT

MESO GRID [50m]

MICRO GRID [5m]

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT OF THE CITY , FOR THE CITY 1:200 @ A1

This proposal commands an influential plot in an iconic territory, rich with cultural heritage. This site is to be taken advantage of by creating influential vistas. By housing knowledge of the city, there is a driver for outward facing elements of this scheme. The programme and spatial drivers has forged a form that sits above all historic data. Therefore, the building enables users to apply the understanding of urban territory gained from the museum to their surroundings. As a result, this building can be said to be both ‘for’ the city, and ‘of’ the city.

GENERATING VISTAS : SECTIONAL CONCEPT In a context committing a strong average building height, this scheme rises above, creating unique vistas of the Northern Quarter. In return, the urban terrain receives a fresh artefact to complete the grid.

PHOTOGRAPHS: 1:200 PHYSICAL MODEL Key perspectives from site demonstrate that it is not only the proposal that provides key vistas. The building itself becomes framed in views from around the Northern Quarter. The proposal is becoming an urban artefact in itself.

SITE SECTION : 1:200 @ A1

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ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:100 @ A1

The porosity of a buildings membrane to pedestrian movement can dictate the lasting effect that building has on the user. Here, a heavy, low ceiling colonnade signifies a threshold. The entrance underpass signifies the initial compression prior to release into the main atrium. A short and intense compression creates a purposeful membrane to penetrate. Upon entry, the ground floor plan is monolithic and accentuates the grid. The same navigational strategies used in the city are carried forward to the building, aiding the users orientation.

PHOTOGRAPH: 1:200 PHYSICAL MODEL Perspective plan view accentuating the major and minor routes surrounding site. ‘Squeeze and release’ is raw here.

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1 Threshold / Beginning 2 Atrium / Void 3 Atrium Instillation / Exhibit 4 Reception / Ancillary 5 Book Store / Leisure 6 Accommodation Stair / Circulation 7 Toilets / Ancillary 8 Elevators / Circulation 9 Service Riser / Support 10 Escape Stair / Support 11 Colonnade / Beginning 12 Storage Cupboard / Support 13 Fire Escape / Support 14 Instillation Door / Support

STRUCTURAL MULLIONS - 1:10 DETAIL Contained within the vertical mullions which surround the facade is a structural column, growing as it descends through the floor plates. A ventilated air cavity behind the stone panel cladding creates a rainscreen system. The thermal line is maintained behind the column. STRUCTURAL INSITU CAST CONCRETE STONE PANEL CLADDING PRE-CAST CONCRETE FINISH PANEL THERMAL INSULATION 200mm

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT FLOOR PLANS 1:100 @ A1

Welcoming users to the building, the lower floors provide a raw and rough aesthetic with monolithic principals. The two subterranean floors house the archive, as well as many support structures. The ground floor introduces users to the exhibits, through the dramatic atrium space.

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-01 STORE + RESTORE

00 BEGINNINGS

1 Artefact Storage / Archive

1 Threshold / Beginning

2 Plant Room / Support

2 Accommodation Stair / Circulation

2 Atrium / Void

3 Elevators / Circulation

3 Restoration Workshop / Archive

3 Atrium Instillation / Exhibit

4 Service Riser / Support

4 Elevators / Circulation

4 Reception / Ancillary

5 Escape Stair / Support

5 Service Riser / Support

5 Book Store / Leisure

6 Escape Stair / Support

6 Accommodation Stair / Circulation 7 Toilets / Ancillary 8 Elevators / Circulation 9 Service Riser / Support 10 Escape Stair / Support 11 Colonnade / Beginning 12 Storage Cupboard / Support 13 Fire Escape / Support 14 Instillation Door / Support

02 PLANT ROOM

01 ARCHIVE

02 PRINCIPAL ATRIUM

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT FLOOR PLANS 1:100 @ A1

Exhibition within the museum is significantly weighted to four floors in the middle of the building. These floors provide a range of spaces each providing unique spatial qualities to facilitate the showing of a range of media, including models, film, and tapestry. This exhibiting structure is intertwined with research.

01 SUBMERGE

02 EMERGENCE

03 SURVEY + REVISIT

1 Dark Room / Exhibit

1 Permanent Exhibition / Exhibit

1 Gangway / Exhibit

2 Accommodation Stair / Circulation

2 Vertical Gallery / Exhibit

3 Library / Research

3 Toilets / Ancillary

3 Accommodation Stair / Circulation

4 Elevators / Circulation

4 Offices / Ancillary

5 Escape Stair / Support

5 Service Riser / Support

5 Elevators / Circulation

6 Service Riser / Support

6 Escape Stair / Support

6 Service Riser / Support

7 Atrium / Void

7 Escape Stair / Support 8 Atrium / Void 9 Permanent Exhibit / Void

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01 PERMANENT GALLERY

02 VERTICAL GALLERY

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT FLOOR PLANS 1:100 @ A1

Vertical circulation is crucial within this building, and as a user leaves the street behind them they acquire knowledge and experience of the built environment. The final levels of this structure involve reflective moments, framed views, and space to apply archive knowledge to the city surrounding them.

04 FAMILIARITY + REPETITION

05 REFLECTION

06 LAST LOOK

1 Film Gallery/ Exhibit

1 Temporary Gallery / Exhibit

1 Gangway / Exhibit

2 Flexible Gallery / Exhibit

2 Lower Terrace / Leisure

2 Compression Corridor / Ancillary

3 Teaching Space / Research

3 Compression Corridor / Circulation

3 Accommodation Stair / Circulation

4 Accommodation Stair / Circulation

4 Offices / Research

5 Toilets / Ancillary

5 Offices / Research

5 Elevators / Circulation

6 Elevators / Circulation

6 Service Riser / Support

7 Service Riser / Support

7 Escape Stair / Support

8 Escape Stair / Support

8 Temporary Galley / Void

9 Atrium + Vertical Gallery / Void

01 FILM GALLERY

9 Lower Terrace / Void

01 TEMPORARY GALLERY

03 VISTA

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT FLOOR PLANS 1:100 @ A1

07 DESTINATION

08 LOGGIA

1 Cafeteria / Leisure

1 Plant / Support

2 Coffee Bar / Leisure

2 Roof / Exhibit

3 Upper Terrace / Leisure

3 Loggia / Reflect

4 Accommodation Stair / Circulation 5 Toilets / Ancillary 6 Elevators / Circulation 7 Service Riser / Support 8 Escape Stair / Egress 9 Lower Terrace / Void

BIGGER PICTURE

When looking back at a complete journey through the building the use of major and minor routes becomes clear, and their use to travel between and through exhibition spaces. Throughout, the presence of void is evident. CIRCULATION EXHIBITION SPACE

01 CAFETERIA

02 ROOF

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT TOUCHING THE CITY 1:100 @ A1

Remaining in touch with the urban terrain is an integral concept behind the spatial arrangement of this building. At higher levels it is important that users feel connected to the city, rather than isolated from it. This is achieved through the strategic use of loggia terraces. These terraces are informed by the key site lines found across contextual faรงades. These spaces contribute to the wealth of urban knowledge, framing vistas and complementing context.

PHOTOGRAPH: 1:50 INTERNAL MODEL Loggia framing views and keeping the barrier between internal and external vague. The city is always connected to the building.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT FACING THE CITY

1:100 @ A1

Heavily influenced by the city, this scheme set out to serve and educative purpose and contribute to the bank of urbanist knowledge. In part, this entails users applying the knowledge gained from the museum to the city around them. This is facilitated by moments of pause towards the top of the building. Having ascended the building and passed through the principal exhibition spaces, users are offered framed views and spaces to pause. The final level houses a curtain walled cafeteria.

PHOTOGRAPH: 1:50 INTERNAL MODEL Framed views of the city from level 6 of the main staircase. This portion of the building is an outward facing vehicle for learning from the urban terrain.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT MIRRORING THE CITY 1:100 @ A1

To metaphorically mirror the city, the proposal plays with scale and compression. Large exhibition spaces and atria act as the significant voids to which we orientate ourselves via. One of these large spaces is the temporary gallery, housing a range of topical exhibitions. This creates a ‘freespace’ environment, with the aim of mirroring a street market. The most significant void of the building remains that of the atrium, whose influence extends throughout the building. This influence is comparable to that of Piccadilly Gardens’ over the Northern Quarter: felt regardless of being seen or not. PHOTOGRAPH: 1:50 INTERNAL MODEL Significant large spaces remain open and flexible for users to generate personal experiences. The temporary gallery mirrors ideas of public realm in the city.

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CONTEXTUAL INTEGRATION

Fitting back into the rich contextual terrain in the Northern Quarter sees this proposal complete existing datum lines as well as complementing its surroundings. The primary elevation of Dale Street demonstrates the success of this proposals ability to acknowledge site lines. Meanwhile the Little Lever Street elevation provides programmatic insight.

DALE STREET ELEVATION 1:100 @ A0

LITTLE LEVER STREET ELEVATION 1:100 @ A0

PHOTOGRAPH : 1:200 FACADE MODEL

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CONTEXTUAL INTEGRATION

A continuous facade treatment has been given on the merit of its appropriateness for contextual conditions on all elevations. Along the Bunsen Street elevation, service provision is suggested and hints of the workings behind the building are given. The Lever Street elevation is seen only from afar, despite this it rises comfortably above the party wall in a non-intrusive manner. Complexity of the lower piers is not seen on this elevation, creating a subdued final form.

BUNSEN STREET ELEVATION 1:100 @ A0

LEVER STREET ELEVATION 1:100 @ A0

PHOTOGRAPH : 1:200 FACADE MODEL

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PIECE OF THE JIGSAW 1:100 @ A0

PROCESS REFLECTION

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT FAMILIARITY + REPETITION

Throughout the design process this project has been connected to technological studies and theory readings. The following demonstrate this use of external informers: - Applying detail principals from other projects to better the design of this proposal. - Studies and writing on the subject of media within architecture gave insight into the spatial requirements for an archive of architectural media. - There has been appropriate and considered use of external precedent to inform the design. - However, further application of theoretical readings could have been made during later stages in the proposal. - Ultimately, this project has been sufficiently connected to the designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s external courses, which have benefited the proposalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; theoretical quality and technological feasibility.

ACCEPTED BY THE TERRAIN Having appraised contextual conditions, and understood the urban nature of the Northern Quarter, this scheme has developed into a proposal fit for site. Historic site datums have been re-established, and another piece of the puzzle has been positioned. Ultimately, this proposal improves the terrain surrounding site, and would be accepted as such.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT FAMILIARITY + REPETITION 1:50 @ A0

To aid the emotional continuity of navigating the city versus navigating the museum, spatial strategies have been employed to recreate ideas of the city. Structural members have been brought inside the key exhibition spaces, and down-stand beams have been accentuated for both structural and aesthetic benefit. The structural strategy of this building relies on spanning shear walls, and large expressed columns, integrated into the facade. The facade has been directly influenced by the structural requirements of for key spaces, therefore, mullions running the height of the building serve a structural purpose.

URBAN LANDMARKS - ATRIA

CONTINUED INTEREST

Atria bring dramatic lighting, intense scale, and create sensually stimulating spaces.These spaces imprint on userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experiences,becoming landmarks within the building. In addition, they are able to house city-scale artefacts, creating continued interest through the building.

Forging a journey through winding circulation between atria, experiencing the squeeze and release of the route.

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BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE VOID The principal atrium in this project spans the first five floors, is a space that users return to on each floor. This atrium is used spatial anchor point to establish familiarity with the building. mirrors the navigational techniques used when navigating the

and as a This city.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT HONOURING THE GRID

WALLS AS BEAMS - 1:100 STRUCTURAL MODEL

01 Structural Mullions 02 Non-Load Bearing Stone Cladding 03 Core Building

EXPRESSED STRUCTURE - TEMPORARY GALLERY Key exhibition spaces feature expressed structure, suggesting spatial divide. Ancillary and support spaces do not require additional structure due to shorter spans. Therefore a spatial typology begins to be established; aiding navigation through the museum.

FLESH UPON BONES As discussed, facade mullions house primary structural columns. These columns are dressed with layers of stone panelling to acknowledge datums across site, while growing with increasing loads. The result is a site-responsive facade with duel purposes.

ARCHIVE OF THE UNBUILT TACTILE AVENUES 1:50 @ A1

TEXTURE RICH JOURNEYS

Terrains such as the Northern Quarter offer a wealth of surface textures, which when combined generate the identity of the city. A userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sensual experience of a place will be altered by the textures surrounding them. In the case of the Northern Quarter these textures generally fall within a certain degree of each other.

Material facade systems are intertwined with the technical strategies that support them. Beneath the surface of the proposal lies the support network required to achieve the desired spatial effect. In this case, a medium-weight stone panel cladding system creates a rainscreen.

IDENTITY VIA TEXTURE - LITTLE LEVER ST.

Northern Quarterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique urban grain is complemented by the intense surface detail to be found throughout. Little Lever Street demonstrates how this proposal applies a similar degree of relief and contrast through its texture to that of the context.

BENEATH THE SURFACE Achieving the desired spatial effects is made possible by creating a stone cladding to act as a rainscreen. Ventilated cavities are celebrated by using channels between panels to accentuate the stone. A charcoal grey provides a contemporary finish despite remaining contextually aware.

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PALLADIAN GEOMETRY OF THE RED BRICK TERRAIN The design process within this proposal has been underpinned by ideas of the grid and subtraction of mass. Therefore it is instinctive for the grid to be applied despite subtracted mass. This can be seen clearly in the upper level terraces, which feature loggia arrangements to accentuate the grid. Aiding the understanding of the structure one has passed through, this series of perpendicular members carry transferable messages. Manchester’s Northern Quarter is locked into a system which must be celebrated rather than fought against. These loggia frame views to better appreciate the urban terrain in which we live. The Northern Quarter is uniquely beautiful, and deserves to be acknowledged fully.

SCALE CHECK ‘Squeeze and release’ theories explored through the building’s vertical circulation facilitate intense experiences upon return to the city scale. Tight spaces exaggerate the metropolis scale when users arrive at the loggia. Framed vistas focus understanding and ultimately lead to the city being better appreciated.

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60mm Charcoal Grey Paving Slab 45mm Ventilated Air Gap Waterproof Membrane 100mm Rigid Thermal Insulation Vapour Proof Membrane 300mm Reinforced Concrete Slab 225mm Servicing

55mm Charcoal Grey Stone Cladding 50mm Ventilated Air Gap 100mm Rigid Thermal Insulation Damp Proof Membrane 300mm Structural Concrete

High Quality Triple Glazing as follows: 6mm Glazing 12mm Air Cavity 6mm Glazing 12mm Vacuum Cavity 6mm Glazing

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[Citing cladding strategies and detailing from Allies & Morrison + Glenn Howell Architects]

CONSTRUCTING MASS Non-structural insitu cast concrete columns and beams form the loggia, landing on large transfer beams to carry the load into the primary frame. The mediumweight stone panel cladding adds little depth in comparison, picked up by a secondary structure. A simple strategy creating a raw and massive tectonic.