Morecambe bay bothy
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Morecambe bay site analysis
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Morecambe Bay is a large bay in nor thwest England, nearly due east of the Isle of Man and just to the south of the Lake District National Park. It is the largest expanse of inter tidal mudflats and sand in the United Kingdom, covering a total area of 310 km2 (120 sq mi). In 1974 the second largest gas field in the UK was discovered 25 miles (40 km) west of Blackpool, with original reserves of over 7 trillion cubic feet (tcf ) (200 billion cubic metres). At its peak 15% of Britain's gas supply came from the bay but production is now in decline and the main field was mothballed in 2011.
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Natural Features The rivers Leven, Kent, Keer, Lune and Wyre drain into the Bay, with their various estuaries making a number of peninsulas within the bay. Much of the land around the bay is reclaimed, forming salt marshes used in agriculture. Morecambe Bay is also an impor tant wildlife site, with abundant bird life and varied marine habitats, and there is a bird observatory at Walney Island. The bay has rich cockle beds, which have been fished by locals for generations. The There are seven main islands in the bay, all to the nor th; Walney, Barrow, Sheep, Piel, Chapel, Foulney and Roa. Walney is substantially larger than the others, with its southern tip marking the nor th-western corner of the Bay. Sheep, Piel, Chapel and Foulney Islands are tidal and can be walked to at low tide with appropriate care. Local guidance should be sought if walking to Chapel or Piel islands as fast tides and quicksand can be extremely dangerous. Roa Island is linked to the mainland by a causeway, while Barrow Island has been connected to the mainland as par t of the docks system at Barrow-in-Furness. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morecambe_Bay
History The There have been royally appointed local guides (holding the post of Queen's Guide to the Sands) for crossing the bay for centuries. This difficulty of crossing the bay added to the isolation of the land to its nor th which, due to the presence of the mountains of the Lake District, could only be reached by crossing these sands or by ferry, until the Furness Railway was built in 1857. This skir ts the edge of the bay, crossing the various estuaries. The London-Glasgow railway also briefly runs alongside the bay - the only place where the West Coast Main Line actually runs alongside the coast. The bay is notorious for its quicksand and fast moving tides (it is said that the tide can come in "as fast as a horse can run"). On the night of 5 February 2004, 23 Chinese immigrant cockle pickers drowned after being cut off by the tides. sou source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morecambe_Bay
Precedence Maunsell For ts Red Sands The Maunsell For ts were small for tified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy for ts, and named after their designer, Guy fo ts were Maunsell. The for decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities including pirate radio broadcasting. One of the for ts is managed by the unrecognised Principality of Sealand; boats visit the remaining for ts occasionall occasionally, and a consor tium called Project Redsands is planning to conserve the for t situated at Red Sands. In the summers of 2007 and 2008 Red Sands Radio, a station commemorating the pirate radio stations of the 1960s, operated from the Red Sands for fo t on 28-day Restricted Service Licences. The for t was subsequently declared unsafe, and Red Sands Radio has moved its operations ashore to Whitstable. There are 7 for ts in the Red Sands group, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary. These for ts were previously connected by metal grate walk-ways.
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Signal Shed / Ryan Lingard Design Architect: Ryan Lingard Design LLC Location: Signal Mountain, Oregon, USA Project Year: 2008 Linga Construction: Ryan Lingard Design and Morrow and Sons Construction Photographs: Ryan Lingard Design
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The bothy is constructed in a controlled factory environment and carried to the site via a carriage vehicle. This option was selected due to the high construction quality, that can be achieved in a controlled environment, as well as the the difficulty of construction, on site, due to the harsh environmental conditions and height of the design.
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The inner layer of the pod is made by timber planks assembled together with bolts onto a stainless steel sub-frame as well as the main frame. the darker timber is cheap-board acting as supor t and spacer to the outer cor ten finish. The selection of timber is made to facilitate a softer cozier feeling to the bothy’s interior
The middle layer of the bothy consists of a main steel frame and insulation. The frame’s connection s are welded together providing a rigid structure able to carry outer sur face:s metal planes. The gaps created by the frame are filled with high dencity cellulose insulation that provites a more comfor table environment to the hosts.
The finish layer is made of 3mm cor ten steel plates that are welded together. The welds are then grinded in order for a uniform seamless sur face to be established. The cor ten steel was chosen primarily for it’s aesthetic value as well as its low mentanance and high whether resistand proper ties
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structure construction The structure is a compination of cor ten steel and stainless steel. The stainless steel is used because of the direct contact of the design with seawater as cor ten steel may corrode intensively when in direct contact with water for long periods. I-beams and square section components are used. Due to the poor soil conditions of the site screw pile foundations are used . The connections are a combination of welds and bolt-on arrangements. Also several components such as the cross bracing sections, the middle platform’s structure as well as the staircases are constructed off site and connected on side. Fur thermore coating willl be used in places where the corden steel connects with the stainless steel in order to prevent intesive corrossion due to the galvanic difference of the metals
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