Demetris Socratous | Architecture Portfolio

Stage 2 | 2013-14 | 120128074

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The final cherette presentation day. On the image you can see the columns supporting the net and the colours spred on the space

The design lamps and objects placed around the place.

Different shapes and colors creating a nice sense fitted with the festival.

In our charette we gave the chance for people to taste the Spanish kitchen. A bar was the focus point to display the foot and the drinks.

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Precedents the most important

part of the project, understanding the scale and the brief requirements

Explore the design in a form of diagrams.

Site analysis, house boundaries, sun light and orientation.

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Site located to the Ouseburn Valley. A unique location to design a foyer building gaves many oportunitites for river views and city views. I choose site at the end of Lime Street as having something giving me more to designing the building.

To explore my first ideas and exploring the site size and scale with the form of modeling was essential for the future of the design. Some Revit and Sketchup models, allowing me to understand the size and each space I needed to design.

Also this models where important to make analysis to the site levels and how important each of the level was to design the building without destroying the site.

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Perspective Photomontage

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This photomontage was part of the extra piece of work done after the project presentation.

A photograph of the final model and a photo of the site come together in Photoshop to create a photorealistic image giving a sense of the building in place.

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# These two pages is a redone work base on the feedback I receive.

-On the plans I change the corridor taking the doors out, having only the main door instead of having a door between every flat.

- Both frond and back elevation are new renderings changing the trees types.

- Create two new perspective drawings internally and externally

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This is the first study model based on my concept. This model was also part of the review crit I receive and present the progress for the project. The model was simply showing the structure and the shape. Also the organasition of the building in this phase of the project was importand to understand where my design was weik and develop it more after that week.

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For the first time my final model made with the help of the laser cutter allowing my to make a model with allow the details allowing people to fully understand the building without needing to see the plans.

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With the use of the Revit model, Photoshop and a photograph of the site combine together to create a photorealistic rendering of the building in place.

I try as much a possible to make this Photoshop look realistic and also giving a sense of life by placing people and movement to the image.

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# A new piece of work done after the feedback received.

An Internal perpective of the building main entrance, reception and wating area.

The library is located on the top floor of the building and an open plan allowing natural light in the place where the study desk located. At the end of the floor is the glaze lookout platform allowing an 180o view of the hill the pier and the sea.

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Internal Perspective drawings, the first image shows the cycle storage solution on the second floor of the building. The solution was to stack the cycles across a long path split into two parts. The second one is an image of the main building space on the ground floor, showing a site view from the right entrance and the cafĂŠ space.

Both images is a work taken from Revit models and Photoshop to give a first look of the building internally.

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As part of the project we also needed to design a small storage hub to place around the city. The hub design reflects the design of the cycle center on the top of the city. The hub is a simplified version of the center and the storage solution is the same with the center. Also to make this Hub doing something more, small sit place create by extending the timber and giving it an interesting shape.

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Access for All DISABLED PARKING The disabled parking spaces is loacted just outside opposite the Building Entrance. Two disabled parking spaces provided with access zone at 1.8m x 2.4m for the car and a 2m aisle alongside the space. 1 ACCESS FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS TO MAIN ENTRANCE Access to the main entrance keeped on a flat, non-slip surface easy to access for everyone. Route guiding all disable people to the building with a wheelchair path open to allow an easy movement, along the path sufficient lighting is provide a clear route during nightime but also for people with poor vision to prevent any accidents. For this group of people a tactile paving in the form of blister surface is provided to guide them throughout the building and close to the edge of the site to the road prevanting them hit by cars. The Main door are protected by guarding which incorporates a kerb or other solid barrier that can be detected using a cane at ground level to direct people around the potential hazard.2 The main building doors are a compination of two systems. The first one is an automatically openated foors by sensors. The second one is a push pads allocated at a height acceptable for wheelchair users.

All the other doors including the fire exit doors have the push pads system and manually push bars for other people,3 also tactile paving and high constracting strips on the glazed doors allow for the visually impaired to twel through the circulation path with eave. While all the doors fitted with glasse vision panesls to be able to see beyond the doors in case of fire. 4 ACCESS FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS WITHIN THE BUILDING The building corridors use to circulate around the different spaces where minimise as the building split into two parts from the main building entrance. The corridors are 1.5m over the rewuirements of 1.2m on the Building Requlations Part M.5 For wheelchairs to move around the building levels, lifts provided with approved Document M and BSI standard dimension of 2m wide, 1.4m deep and 2.3m high also a handrail, mirrors and buttons all to acceptable level, also for people with vision problem to know what button is the correct one. Also manoeuvring space of 1500mm x 1500mm in front of each lifting device.6 All doors open outwards to prevend the risk of trapping, also the glaze panels on the doors located between 1.5m and 500mm above the floor level.

All the staircases are 1.5 m wide and landings of 1.5m more above the required 1.2m. Goings of 300mm and rises of 160mm is provided . Also a trimmed material at the top and bottom of the stair as a hazard warning and finally nosings highlighted by a 55mm contrasting strip. The handrails of 55mm width in a circular form and the end is curved to prevent catching. Handrail continues along the landing and is positioned 900mm above the pitch line of the staircase. Brigthly coloured handrails and artificial lights for having a clear vision getting up and down.7 OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS The main reception and the library reception desks are provided with a visually impaired braille is inscribed and hearing enhancement system. The desk providing a knee recess 500mm deep and 700mm from the floor and also sized over the regulations requirements. 9 Fire alarms install on all receptions, arooms and doors.

The library incluted audio indastive loops, bigger computer screens with text to speech and speech regognition softwares.

Disable toilets on 3 of the 4 levels provided design acording to the regulation standars larger than the regulations.8 __________________________________ 1. Building Regulation Part M 1.14 - 1.18 p.18 2. Part M 1.39 p.25 3. Part M 2.21 p.30 4. Part M 2.24 p.30 5. Part M 3.14 p.35 6. Part M 3.28-3.29 p. 37 7. Part M 3.50-3.55 p.41 8. Part M 5.10 p.54 9.Part M 3.4,3.6 p.33

Means of Escape

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Having followed the criterias for means of escape from the approved Document B, all the spaces within the building were eccuipted with smoke and heat detector systems to warn people in case of a danger. 1 For people who are visually impaired vibrating paging system along with lights that blink red will also install. In case of a power failure a standby battery will provide emergency lights showing the route to the nearest evacuation exit.2 Apart from concrete, all the timber cladding are coated in order to be fire resistand and also the glazing used in the building also fitted the fire resistand acording to the requirements.

Fire doors FD30 used at a thickness of 45mm with glaze panels allowing vision beyond doors.3

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MINIMUM ESCAPE ROUTE CORRIDOR & DOORS OPENING WIDTH FOR EACH STOREY 5 Lower Ground Floor - Occupant Capacity : 136 - Minimum Width:1050mm Ground Floor - Occupant Capacity: 192 - Minimum Width 1050mm First Floor - Occupant Capacity: 63 - Minimum Width 850mm Second Floor - Occupant Capacity: 28 - Minimum Width 750mm MINIMUM STAIR WIDTH FOR EACH STAIR 6 Lower Ground Floor - Occupant Capacity : 136 - Minimum Width:1000mm Ground Floor - Occupant Capacity: 192 - Minimum Width 1000mm First Floor - Occupant Capacity: 63 - Minimum Width 1000mm Second Floor - Occupant Capacity: 28 - Minimum Width 1000mm MINIMUM WIDTH FOR EACH FINAL EXIT 7 W = ((N/2.5) + (60S))/80 - Where: W = width of final exit, in metres N = number of people served by ground floor storey exit S = stair width in metres Final Main W=((404/2.5)+(60x1))/80=2.77m Final Cafe = 750mm 5 __________________________________ 1. Building Regulation Part B 1.4 2. Part B 1.5 3. Part B Appendix B p.132 4. Part B Table C1 p.135 5. Part B Table 4 p.37 6. Part B Table 6-7 p.46-47 7. Part B Diagram 15 p.38

Demetris Socratous ARC 2009 Civic Centred Access for all & Mean of escape 16 May 2014

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Demetris Socratous ARC 2009 Civic Centred Site Development Plan 16 May 2014 1:500

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Demetris Socratous ARC 2009 Civic Centred G. Ground Floor 16 May 2014 1:200

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Demetris Socratous ARC 2009 Civic Centred -1. Lower Ground Floor 16 May 2014 1:200

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