CAROLI NE WELLS Architec ture Por tfolio 2020
REWILDING RURAL SC OTL AND:
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Perspectival Section through ‘South’ Market Hall
This project treats Errol as a model for creating socio-environmental infrastructure for the neglected towns of post-industrial Scotland, moving between different scales of intervention to turn from an extractive economy to a circular economy.
Drawing made from a Rhino model, edited in Photoshop and Illustrator
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ER ROL F OOD C OOPERATIV E An understanding of local biodiversity conditions, informed by George Monbiot’s ‘Feral’ is the basis for rewilding the small rural town. The architecture of the new additions to the town is designed to create daily interactions between human and newly-introduced animal species. The focal point of this project is the creation of a marketplace, compost facility and conservatories as a prototype for a new, socially-oriented form of agriculture. The market halls are treated as a new, much-needed gathering space for the town’s inhabitants.
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Drawing made from a Rhino model, edited in Photoshop and Illustrator Perspectival Section through ‘North’ Market Hall
BIODIV ERSE TOPOGRAPHY - Errol & Greater Scotland
Map of Biodiversity Sites (or lack thereof) Surrounding Errol
Key Monoculture Areas to Which the Spread of Biodiversity is Contained
Potential Biodiversity Sites Water Reed beds
Key Anders Povlsen Wilderness Government Owned National Park NGO Owned Agricultural Urban/ Suburban
Proposed Map for Connecting Scottish Biodiversity Sites
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Collage masterplan put together in Illustrator and Photoshop
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Masterplan for Rewilding the Town of Errol
UR BAN TOPOGRAPHY - Masterplan Approach to Rewilding the Land and Town Map of the Historic Urban Footpring of Errol Diagram Showing the New Additions to the Town’s Edge, Informed by Local, Historic Building Typologies
Higher Level Plan
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1 - Conservatories 2 - Outside Crop Areas 3 - Compost Facility 4 - Biofuel Harvesting Tanks 5 - Kitchen and Food Preparation Area 6 - Ante Space for Compost Facility & Kitchen 7 - ‘North’ Market 8 - ‘South’ Market 9 -External Terraced Courtyard and Market
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Breakout Space
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C OM M UNIT Y NIC HES - Adapting Tectonic Components to Different Needs
Adapting Column Footings to Different Market Needs
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Section Through Markets and Agricultural Area
Kitchen Structure
Conservatory Structure
Large Roof Overhangs for Bird’s Nests & Other Species
Drawing made from a Rhino model, edited in Illustrator
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OCCUPYING THE ANTHROPOCENE Using the industrial Port of Leith as a site of intervention, this project investigates methods for creating art as a product of extreme environmental issues. Four interventions are proposed across the site, each of which act as, and create, signals of the environmental decay caused by local industries.
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SECTION 1:100
SECTION 1:100
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Presentation Sheet showing Plan and Two Sections Through the Site
ANTHROPOC ENIC DYES - Using pH Dyes to Showcase Extreme pH Levels in Port Water
Installation structure and ‘Artistic’ Exports from the Site
product: acid dyed fabrics
movable stair and grid system
Model Images
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D I G I TA L REPOSITORY: This library combines the function of a data centre with the creation of office and study spaces in central Rome. Open 24 hours, the flashing lights from the data racks, as well as lights from those working seeks to activate the city. Light becomes a sign of activity in an otherwise empty part of the ancient town.
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C R E ATING ADAPTIV E SPAC ES The main structure of the building is focused around creating niches adapted to the needs of three identified users: informal individual users, groups and more focused individuals. As such, the building’s facade seeks to depict its different uses, along with the light from data racks and digital devices.
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Plans Show the Different Scales of Intervention Dependant on Different Users
Second Floor
First Floor
Ground Floor
Model Images show the Shifting Facade and the Play of Light Central to the Building’s Design
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SKE TCHES & DRAWINGS
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In my free time I enjoy drawing among other hobbies. The selected drawings were inspired by my lessons in technical drawing. I adapted the shadows and fine lines expected from this type of drawing to play with issues relating to the beauty of light and shadow and the use of white space in drawing.
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