DANIEL CUTLER PORTFOLIO OF WORK RIBA PART 1
dan.cutler@live.co.uk +44 (0) 7456 810 748 www.danielcutler.co.uk The University of Edinburgh MA(Hons) with International Year Abroad First Class Honours
CONVERGE
TECTONICS OF THE IMMATERIAL Semester 8 2019
Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland.
Project - Tectonics of the Immaterial engages with the notion of data as an immaterial entity which revolutionises the 21st century, initiating irreversible global dynamics, but at the same time, relies upon a vast physical footprint, comprising infrastructure and buildings. The physical footprint is part of our material world, existing almost unnoticed in the ‘suburbs’ of our perception. Brief - The brief focusses on developing a data centre on the Orkney Islands. The data centre relates to a cohabitation strategy; including student accommodation, community centre and a thermal spa.
External Isometric
Response - There was a great importance to ensure that the coming of visiting students and engineers are encouraged to create a meaningful connection with Orkney and the Orcadian locals. This is trying to address the increasing isolation and population decline occurring on the archipelago. The community functions act as a place of convergence for these parties, actively trying to create a place of collaboration and unity. The project is situated as to fill as void within the city of Kirkwall; created by a poor piece of man-made landscaping.
Site neighbouring 3 unique bodies of water
Accommodation units create a wind shielded plaza
The community functions are contained in a circular core
Accommodation raised above the ground to create an urban plaza
Access routes are created
External circulation towers and bridges to encourage interaction between reisdents
External visualisation
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Accommodation Lv1 +4.50m
Community Centre Entrance +3.00m
Data Centre and Spa 0.00m
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Exploded Isometric - Data Centre, Spa, and Community Centre
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Urban Strategy The student accommodation has been lifted from the ground to create a public plaza, complete with nodes of interaction (seating, park equipment, and art installations). With the aim to activate the space. The vertical circulation has been brought to the centre of the plaza, to create visual interactions between the residents and those using the plaza. 3
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Accommodation Units: - The accommodation units are designed as a reaction to the traditional student accommodation units (which most students detest). The space should be inviting and spacious, and a place in which students want to live. A positive living experience whilst studying may encourage student to permanently migrate to Orkney. -The accommodation block is elevated above the public realm by a series of intertwining columns. Each column serves a different function; structural and carrying a different service (ie waste water). - The units are split over two levels, including a double height southern facing living space to maximise light entering the unit. - Timber is a precious resource on Orkney, so has been used for highlights within the room to add warmth, and an increased sense of importance. A corner window is a space in which the user can sit on, use as a desk or use as storage; whilst providing scenic panoramas across the city.
Sectional Model 1:50
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Exterior Circulation
Accommodation Interior Visual
Accommodation Interior - Kitchen
Accommodation Interior - Reflection Space
-The bedrooms are located on the second level; this is the most private area and is raised above the exterior circulation and you cannot see into or walk past the bedroom window.
Perspective Section
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Energy Strategy: The thermal spa sits in the very centre of the building, to help reduce energy demands. The server racks wrap around the spa, to remain as close as possible to the thermal spa which sits in the centre of the building. Excess thermal energy produced by the server racks is reclaimed to be used to heat the thermal pools, and then in turn the central heating system. The energy loop is concluded as the heating system then passes through the Yachting lake, to be cooled down so it can be used as cooling for the server racks. 5
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CONVERGE
TECTONICS OF THE IMMATERIAL Semester 8 2019
Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland.
Project - Tectonics of the Immaterial engages with the notion of data as an immaterial entity which revolutionises the 21st century, initiating irreversible global dynamics, but at the same time, relies upon a vast physical footprint, comprising infrastructure and buildings. The physical footprint is part of our material world, existing almost unnoticed in the ‘suburbs’ of our perception. Brief - The brief focusses on developing a data centre on the Orkney Islands. The data centre relates to a cohabitation strategy; including student accommodation, community centre and a thermal spa.
External Isometric
Response - There was a great importance to ensure that the coming of visiting students and engineers are encouraged to create a meaningful connection with Orkney and the Orcadian locals. This is trying to address the increasing isolation and population decline occurring on the archipelago. The community functions act as a place of convergence for these parties, actively trying to create a place of collaboration and unity. The project is situated as to fill as void within the city of Kirkwall; created by a poor piece of man-made landscaping.
Site neighbouring 3 unique bodies of water
Accommodation units create a wind shielded plaza
The community functions are contained in a circular core
Accommodation raised above the ground to create an urban plaza
Access routes are created
External circulation towers and bridges to encourage interaction between reisdents
External visualisation
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C O N V E R G E T E C TO N I C S O F T H E I M M A T E R I A L
COMPUTER LAB COMPUTER LAB
COMPUTER LAB
CHEMICAL LAB
BIOLOGICAL LAB
Volumetric Programme Mass
Maximise Solar Gain
COMPUTER LAB
CHEMICAL LAB
BIOLOGICAL LAB
Adapt to context Ground Floor Plan
UNIVERSITY 2068
First Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
SECOND
2nd Place - Austrian Universities Competition Semester 6 2018
Graz, Austria
Collaborator:
C. Marquez
Project - A future university campus that will still be relevant and operational in 50 years time. The project is designed to Response - This proposal for a new Institute for Future Energy Design and Town planning encompasses everything that the institute should stand for. The design offers a proposal that is both exciting, innovative, and will remain relevant and functional in over 50 years’ time. The project is a proposal for the neue technik campus, Graz. It can however, be used as a model for future university design to come. The building is net energy positive, using an array of solar tracking PV cells. The PV cells are designed to be eye catching and visually pleasing, they act as solar shading and allow diffused light into the building. -The ever present solar cells, and vertical farm are designed to act as a catalyst for innovation. The students are surrounded by modern technology which is design to reduce the impact the building has on the planet. -The building centres around a study, staircase, which creates an informal space for study and socialising that will attract the best students from the University, and the further reaches of Graz. This is the perfect environment for sparks of innovation to collide.
Prize giving ceremony and project panel discussion with B.I.G Austria
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Exterior Visualisation 01
Exterior Visualisation 02
Interior Visualisation - Study Staircase
UNIVERSITY 2068 CAMPUS OF THE FUTURE
Solar Energy Production
Rooftop access for study and relaxing spaces
Vertical farm incorporated within the SW facade
Heat rises through attrium
Air from the labs and lecture theatre warms the rest of the building. Reducing energy
High heat producing rooms (Labs/ Lecture theatres) are on the ground floor
Environmental Section
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Solar Facade 8
Shadow Study: March 21st
Yearly Solar Radiation Kwh/
Vertical Circulation The informal study staircase and central atrium are key to the design. - In social terms, this space creates informal zones where students can relax, socialise, and study. The visual stimulation between the change in levels will hopefully create moments of interaction between the different students and disciplines. Encouraging collaboration. The stairway leads to a rooftop garden. - The laboratories are based on the ground floor, the heat generated from these spaces rises up through the atrium to heat the building, reducing energy demand. A hanging garden on the ceiling of the atrium adds greenery, and cools the space to stop it from becoming too hot. UNIVERSITY 2068 CAMPUS OF THE FUTURE
SLICE
PASTRY ARTS ACADEMY Semester 6 2018
Graz, Austria
Collaborator:
S. Novak
Project - The project task was to create a pastry academy and cafe, in Lendplatz, Graz. The site was a disused square plot, neighbouring a food market. The programme for this project was extremely specific; including a cafe, kitchens, offices, classrooms, accommodation and supporting spaces. There was to be a clear distinction between the public and the private realm. The project must be technological viable, and sit within the landscape without becoming dominant or obtrusive to the surrounding context. Response - We began by creating a mass that contained the required programme, to gain an understanding of much volume we required on site. From here, we made a series of ‘cuts’ to the mass, creating voids and openings which were each carefully considered. The initial ‘cut’ creates an entrance, drawing people in from the neighbouring plaza and food market. An angled wall draws people into the cafe, as there is an almost unobstructed opening between the exterior and the interior. The thick concrete walls provide spaces for the cafe goes to sit and relax and spill into the street. A staircase acts as a focal point for the academy goers. They are drawn through the cafe, before being guided upwards towards the kitchen. As they rise up towards the kitchen, they are offered glimpses of associated functions, preparing themselves for the activity they about to partake. An almost ceremonial process. The smaller wing to the NW containts all the services functions (changing rooms, storage, washing rooms etc.), with the larger wing containing the main functions (cafe, kitchen, classrooms and apartments). The central courtyard provides this clear distinction between the spaces, whilst the staircases acts as the central axis of the building which stitches everything together.
Exterior Visualisation
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Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
S L I C E PA S T RY A RT S A C A D E M Y
Sectional Perspective
Interior Perspective showing Cafe and entrance Plaza
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S L I C E PA S T RY A RT S A C A D E M Y
The Stables - Front Elevation
L I M E H O U S E E S TA T E
FREELANCE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES JULY 2019 - Present
Bollington, Chesire, UK.
Project - Freelance project for a client. A complete renovation of a Georgian Manor House and the accompanying stables - Manour House to be restored, and stables converted into two seperates houses. Role
- The project is in very early stages of development. I surveyed, dimensioned, and created a set of accurate drawings for the planning application. Due to the historical significance of the building, the project had to be accurately documented, and a sensitive approach would need to be taken for the restoration. - Drawings included; Site Plan, Block Plan, Elevations, Sections (before and after all drawings), technical details - Also assisted the client with room usage and renovation options
Main Building Ground Floor - Planning Sheet
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Main Building - Front Elevation
Main Building - Section
L I M E H O U S E E S TA T E F R E E L A N C E A R C H I T E C T U R A L S E R V I C E S
ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISATION
Architectural Visualisation To practice and enhance software skill, I took an Architectural Visualisation course. Focusing on 3dsMax, V-Ray, and Photoshop. Left: The Library of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (2nd Year Project) Right: Writers Retreat
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ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISATION SKILLSET IMPROVEMENT
DANIEL CUTLER PORTFOLIO OF WORK RIBA PART 1 www.danielcutler.co.uk dan.cutler@live.co.uk +44 (0) 7456 810 748 www.danielcutler.co.uk The University of Edinburgh MA(Hons) with International Year Abroad First Class Honours