Eirini Christofidou Portfolio by echristofidou

eirini christofidou Part II Architectural Assistant 81 Southgrove Road, Sheffield, S10 2NP E. echristofidou@gmail.com

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education for urban transformation

Alternative education centre Gallery, kitchen, workshops, hostel

Studio space for ceramics Stapney Bank stables

Ofﬁces for micro-businesses, photography gallery, architectural practice

Contents Y6 MAKE.nism:

How can education be used as a mechanism to create more social value on a local scale?

Live Lab Toolkit for Doncaster

Inaugural BDP Live Project Prize

Y5 A Train Station for Stocksbridge

Creating a utopian vision for Stocksbridge

Workshops University of the Neighbourhoods Eco-Nomadic School

Experience

Tati Linea Ltd Kyros Lontos Architects

Section through the Centre ways of learning 10 0 - Showing the different 5 CAD, photoshop

Contents Y6 Studio 7

How can education be used as a mechanism to create more social value on a local scale?

2012-2013 | Lower Ouseburn Valley MAKE.nism Ouseburn Trust

Ouseburn Farm

Education system

Northern Print

Seven Stories

49 Lime street in context

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Through the project I explored the role of the civic architect and the power educational institutions possess in helping a community in the Lower Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle, grow without being gentified.

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The brief of the project was based on civic pedagogy and the idea of harvesting local resources.

Public courses

Canvas Works

Community Land Trust nt tme s e inv

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Regeneration system

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fund ing

Borough of Doncaster

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The site was a former canvas works and the brief of the project tries to revive the idea of making, by utilising skilled residents and guests to ingthis educate architecture students fundin facility.

Doncaster Civic Trust

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Can va s

I took a realistic approach to the inve project, finding real stakeholders, and stme nt using a derelict site owned by a local community organisation.

Regeneration

MAKE.studio

Regeneration system

Live Project 09

MAKE.nism

EU funds funding

LP09 the ‘author’

What is the mid ground?

the delivery architect

the civic architect

The civc architect and the ‘author’.

teach ing

Canvas Works

Balby Youth Centre

funding

Community Land Trust James Longﬁeld architect

Local community groups

All of the main funding bodies and local organisation and changemakers that do work in the development and regeneration of the Lower Ouseburn Valley,

Regeneration

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(re)skilling system

LP09 civic architect

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Bentley Primary School

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Doncaster Youth Council

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Role of the architect: creating a identity

Who is investing in the community | Mapping exercise 1:200 model photographed and illustrator

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49 Lime street in context MAKE.nism is an alternatice education centre which is comprised of three parts: recycling centre, medium stay residences and common teaching/social areas.

Architecture students

After I have identified the key stakeholders, I started weaving the story of the building by analysing the different types of learning that will take place. There are several user groups: students at the University of Newcastle, local artists and enterpreuners and invited guests.

To ground the aspirations of the project to Ouseburn, a more familiar and comfortable space will be introduced. The community kitchen will be open to all and it is considered the main social gathering space.

Local artists and business owners will be able to participate or initiate a dialogue about the future of Ouseburn. They can be looked as mentors annd actively be involved in the running of the 16-month long projects held at the centre.

Multiple funding streams to ensure the longevity of this project (labeled as a research project).

Spatial and social assembly | Concept Hand drawing, photoshop and illustrator

The centre is comprised of three areas: the recycling centre, studio and office space and finally, accommodation and shared civic spaces.

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Phase four: 2017 WC and showers

Isolation space: Flat personalised by the student for a couple.

Storage space

Encounter spaces: The hostel can enable chance meeting between people.

Individual flats for medium-stay residences. Intended for postgraduate architecture studets who wish to stay on site for a semester for up to two years. Kitchenette and living room

Phase three: 2017 Urban metamorphosis

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Night School for lectures open to all the public

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Bar

Roof garden

WC and showers

Male dormitory

Mixed dormitory

Female dormitory

Kitchenette and living room

Storage space

Discussion

Connecting space: Night School with the Bar will allow invited guests, mentors and students to present their work to the public in a social event. This space is put s high up because it will present the whole vision of transforming Ouseburn through infill developments.

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Phase two: 2016 Transforming education 11 12

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Living room reprographics

Dedicated working: library/drawing room

Isolated working: bookable consultation room for individual work or interview

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Collaborative working: Shared studio space

Shared office space for long-term research

Kitchenette

Storage space

Discussion

Micro-experimental space: Shared studios and isolated working spaces will allow students to exchange skills between them, as well as have time to reflect on what they have learnt already. There is an active discussion occuring on this open space as the whole project will be run by the students as an atelier. Experimental space: The whole of the ground floor is about recycling discarded or low-impact materials found in the City in workshops. Noise, dust, will all be open to see. Mentors will be supervising the construction and workshops. However students and mentors will be reversing their roles to teach and learn something from one another.

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Small materials and tools store

Fixed machinery workshop with temporary material storage Wet workshop

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Main access to the public for the ground floor. Community kitchen open to all

Kitchenette

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The concept for the ground floor is an urban playground. A noisy space which opens to the public and allows for creative accidents to occur. The material and human resources available in the Valley will meet on this floor in an effort to create construction prototypes using unorthodox materials.

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Industrial area // small scale industrial productions

1:200 Site model | Site analysis

Brief development Collage photoshop

Systems of flows The three groups of users for MAKE. nism are: postgraduate architecture students from the University of Newcastle, invited guests and local experts who will play the role of mentors in this project. The axonometric shows how these three users will arrive and interact or collide with each other in the spaces. Spatially and conceptually the building isarranged from highly designed (ground floor) to free spaces (living on the third floor).

Learning in conflict: view of the inner courtyard Sketchup and photoshop

Developing the spatial brief Users / actors: Using a research question that was formed earlier form in the project ‘How can we use higher education as a mechanism to create more social value on a local scale?’, I have started analysing the different ways in which the users of MAKE.nism learn. The project aims to facilitate an exchange of skills and knowledge between the users and the individual with the environment. Many types of spaces are organised not only to form a system of flows, but also in a range of highly specified to “free spaces”. Mathews, S.,The Architecture of Cedric Price, London: Blackdog Publishing, 2007, pp.182-3

Investigating the threshold between academia and real-life situations Sketchup and photoshop

Community kitchen and Gallery *ground floor opens up *invites people to come in *scale is bigger than human scale, as to match the industrial scale of the surrounding buildings *it also allows more light to come through the faรงade *it is horizontal as to make people walk slower and play with the perspective of the curving street *materiality selected as to diffuse light and play a game of shadow theatre *polycarbonate will be overlaid with different coloured polycarbonate sheets or perforated aluminium sheets to play with light and colour.

Primary structure: Glue laminated timber column, 600x300 at 3000 centres.

Floor: 80 mm polished screed finish only to the kitchen and gallery area. It will help diffuse light further into the space due to its reflective quality. 250 mm concrete floor slab

Polycarbonate door panel: 60 mm recycled opal polycarbonate triplewall sheet, light diffusing, in a timber frame, supported by 100x50 mm timber spaced at 1000mm centres, 12 mm tinted polycarbonate sheet Overall dimension of door panel is 1000x250x3000 mm

Fixed polycarbonate window to complete the faรงade: 60 mm recycled opal polycarbonate triplewall sheet, light diffusing resting on a 70x170 mm glue-laminated timber horizontal rail

Atrium positioned to bring light through to the ground floor and separate the kitchen area from the gallery. Made of fly ash concrete, using car tyres and recycled glass as aggregates. Glazing supported by a steel structure.

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Shared studio and pin up space *more human scale *need to be insulated and warmer as users will occupy this space for a big part of the day *as this an internal process students undergo to respond to a brief creatively, most of the openings on the faรงade have shutters or louvres to make the space more introverted if needed *the shutter open upwards and outwards, hence making the student connect with Ouseburn at least visually. *materiality more natural and warm, using a variety of reclaimed and recycled timber. *colour is added at the window frame, using road traffic signs as cladding.

Precedents for materiality and light

Music Man house, Rural Studio, Alabama, 2003 12

Smokehouse, Rural Studio, Alabama, 1994

Night School 07

Openable timber frame, aluminium clad window with low-e and argon gas filled triple glazing

Aluminium sheet made from recycled traffic signs

Hinged, manually operable shutter: 3 mm aluminium cladding screwed onto 18 mm softwood frame

Night School *open to invited guests and students at night, the night school is the space where discussions on the future of Ouseburn and other talks, as well as screenings are held. *matches the context in height *faรงade is used as a seating area, prompting users to socialise and take ownership of the space *glazing is concealed by a metal mesh screen to contrast the solid look during the day vs the translucent look at night *space needs to be insulated and moderately heated

08 09 This window will be shown in more detail in the 12 folowing sheet. It will show how the rainscreen cladding made out of recycled car parts will 13 meet the window frame and the sill cladded by recycled traffic signs. 14

Rainscreen cladding and wall construction: 3 mm aluminium rainscreen made of flattened and processed car parts and recycled aluminium sheets, on 45 mm battens with ventilated cavity, with polythene separating layer on, 22 mm plywood, against 200 mm cellulose insulation / timber beam, 15 mm oriented-strand board, with vapour barrier, on 45 mm battens / 40 mm non-combustible wool insulation, 27 mm battens and 18 mm chipboard sheet

Floor: 27 mm reclaimed wood floor, on 30/50 mm battens followed by sealing layer, on 256 mm glue-lamminated timber structural panel, on 250 mm non-combustible mineral wool insulation, on 60 mm battens, and 27 mm wood boarding as internal finish

Floor: 27 mm reclaimed wood floor, on 30/50 mm battens followed by sealing layer, on 256 mm glue-lamminated timber structural panel, on 60 mm battens, 30 mm non-combustible mineral wool insulation, and 20 mm wood boarding as internal finish Window seat made of 45 mm hardwood Fixed timber frame, aluminium clad window with low-e and argon gas filled triple glazing Concealed gutter, insulated and within run of main insulation line

Shared studio space / Pin up space 15

3 mm aluminium cladding 38/50 mm timber battens, against 38/50 mm timber counterbattens, 100 mm non-combustible mineral wool insulation low density breather membrane, 100 mm glue-laminated cross-boarded timber felt roofing, on 18 mm plywood, wit 210 mm non-combustible mineral wool insulation, on vapour barrier, resting on 256 mm cross-laminated timber structural panel, sanded and left exposed internally, with channels to provide service runs to light fittings Non-operable rooflight: double glazing in aluminium frame

Community kitchen and Gallery

Lime street

1:20 Section of Lime Street facade Sketchup, CAD, photoshop, illustrator 05

Scale 1:20 on an A1 03

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Openable timber frame, aluminium clad window with low-e and argon gas filled triple glazing

Road traffic signs used to clad the timber frame to give some colour to the faรงade

15 mm oriented-strand board

timber beam

200 mm cellulose insulation

polythene separating layer 03

22 mm plywood sheet

45 mm battens with ventilated cavity

18 mm chipboard sheet

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vapour barrier

45 mm battens and 27 mm counterbattens 08

Exploded axonometric of the rainscreen cladding and window Sketchup, Illustrator and photoshop

3 mm aluminium rainscreen made of flattened and processed car parts and recycled aluminium sheets, on

40 mm non-combustible wool insulation

Defined and designed as a self-build project, this project has a structural grid that facilitates personalisation of internal spaces. As the diagrams on the right show, MAKE.nism will be delivered in four phases, as a way to raise funds and source low impact materials for the construction. The primary glue-laminated timber structure will be concealed by panels. As a prerequisite, each panel needs to weight less than 20 kg and be lifted by two persons without any assistance.

Massing of new build raised to respond to the adjoining building

Concrete core to provide circulation

Secondary entrance

Atrium separating the kitchen from the gallery

Live/work units raised to enjoy privacy and enjoy the views out in the Valley and in the courtyard Spaces stepped back to allow some south light to come into the living spaces.

Primary access point

Natural cross ventilation

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The panels will be made using low-impact materials, which will be predoinantly sourced locally (i.e. within the city of Newcastle upon Tyne) Both projects use recycled and reappropriated materials ranging from car tyres to wood palletes and metal sheets.

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Through this series of drawings, the use of non-conventional construction materials that can be found in Ouseburn and the wider city of Newcastle will be explored. The north-east elevation demonstrates how each level is treated differently in terms of scale and materiality.

01 Exploded axonometric of the rainscreen cladding and window Sketchup, Illustrator and photoshop

Experience

Live Lab July 2013 - now | Doncaster Toolkit for Doncaster

Location: Doncaster Client: Doncaster Civic Trust Collaborators: Live Project 09 Lisa Procter Toolkit for Doncaster is an educational resource aimed at promoting the architectural and townscape heritage of Doncaster to young people. The Toolkit is made of a boardgame, game pieces, game cards, a Teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Activities Guide, a website and a mobile phone application. It focuses on four main sites in Doncaster: St. Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Minster, Market Place, Sir Nigel Gresley Square and Hyde Park Cemetery. All the activities train school children how to think like an architect and basic design skills, that can be used to analyse these landmarks. The project is currently preproduction, finalising the design of all the components. My role as a project coordinator is to review all the content and finalise the design of both the hard components and the website. This has been a very interesting transition from being a student project created by a group of 12, to coordinating a production of 200 copies. It was also very useful to learn how to create a new logo, and an image for the Civic Trust and a cleaner image through the aesthetics of the website and the Toolkit.

What is the Toolkit? Diagram made by photos on illustrator

1. Meeting with Douncaster Youth Council

2. Workshop at Bentley School

3. Handover / Launch event at Doncaster with Doncaster Civic Trust

M.Arch Y5 Studio 3 2011-2012 | Stocksbridge A Train Station for Stocksbridge

Studio 03- Goes neighbourly As a member of studio 03 I had to explore utopian neighbourhood. We have all collectively worked as a team to define the terms utopia, neighbourhood, and sustainability. We all worked together to create a total vision for Stocksbridge, a removed town in socio-economic decline. Several models, collages and a neighbourhood energy strategy were produced to be used as consultation devics for a multi-disciplinary research project which we were a part of. I chose to focus making Stocksbridge sustainable by creating a transport hub at the gates of the town. The idea of the project has since developed into a transport masterplan in the research project mentioned previously.

Neighbourhood Energy Strategy Produced by Studio 03

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Creating a utopian neighbourhood model Recycled and scrap material (group work)

1:2000 model of Stocksbridge Laser-cut ply, painted by hand using watercolours and other textures

1:2000 site Train station (right) positioned next to Yorkshire Timber Enterprise Centre

Mapping places of interest around Stocksbridge and the time it takes to travel to and from Stocksbridge with different transport means. Photoshop and in design.

Peninstone

Don Valley Railway

You are here

Sheffield Supertram

Don Valley Railway Depot Steelworks

Stocksbridge Railway

Supporters of the project

Supertram Link Bus Canal

Deepcar/ Wharncliffe North

Stocksbridge

Walking & Cycling Routes Parkwood Gondola

Wharncliffe Trail Wortley Top Forge Trans-Pennine Trail

Oughtibridge/ Wharncliffe South

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Meadowhall Interchange

Stocksbridge Middlewood

Wadsley Bridge/ Owlerton

Park & Ride

Valley Nature Trail

Owlerton Stadium

Park & Ride

Meadowhall Shopping Centre

Park & Ride

Rotherham Central

Ski Village

Hillsborough College

TATA Steel Industries

Parkwood

Hillsborough

Sheffield Arena Don Valley Stadium

Museum of Transport

Nature Trail

Shalesmoor

Kelham Island

University of Sheffield Department of Physics

Victoria Don Valley

Netherthorpe Victoria Quarry

University of Sheffield

Nunnery Square Park & Ride

Stocksbridge Town Council

Cathedral

Sheffield Midland / Hallam University

commuters every day

Upper Don Valley Communities

Stocksbridge

Don Valley Railway Ltd

Fitzalan Square

West Street

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Corus Steel Industries

Stocksbridge Community

Valley Centertainment

Malin Bridge

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Tinsley Magna

Parkswood Leisure Park

The Re-open Woodhead Group

Sheffield City Council

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Sheffield South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

Re-Connect with Stocksbridge Re-open Ï The Woodhead RouteÓ

Stocksbridge Railway Developing the brief

Sheffield Victoria

Network Rail

Parry People Movers Ltd

South Yorkshire

Stocksbridge Railway

Re-Connect with Stocksbridge

A regeneration project, approximate cost £4 million.

Stocksbridge Railway

The Railway Station as a Link

Developing the brief Who are the users?

The primary users will be the estimated 4,612* locals who need to commute to work. On the weekends and holidays, there should be an increased influx of visitors using the station to arrive to and from Stocksbridge. The new timber industry and the regeneration projects proposed by Studio 03, could attract investors and employees from outside the town. Along with its everyday passenger and freight services, this station will operate heritage trail as well.

Car Park

What is the maximum occupancy?

Existing Rail Tracks

How many people will be using the railway station during a day? What will be the peak times and the expected number of passengers? How does that in its turn inform the brief? How should spaces respond in terms of size and function to meet the needs of the users and remain profitable.

River Don

Bicycle Store

Stocksbridge

Centre for Transport

Stocksbridge Railway Station will be a centre for conventional as well as experimetnal green transport. It will offer bicycles and electic cars for hire. Also it will work with regional hiking groups to establish the existing and new trails in the Don Valley and the National Park.

Bus Stop

Education + Exhibition Space One of the stakeholders in this project will be the Department of Physics, UoS, providing a new PV cell technology. The station will be designed to be a prototype for energy efficiency and innovative technologies for the use of renewable energy.

Energy Centre + Lounge + Platform(s) Exploring the use of the river Don to generate energy (heat or electricity) for the station’s amenities.

!:2500 Masterplanning exercise Trainstation as a backbone to Stocksbridge | Collage on a printed map

The Railway Station as a Link Stocksbridge is essentially the end of line, a district of Sheffield but not really included within the city. The public transport to the town is sparse and inflexible. The town within its boundaries is not connected well either, as there is a clear dichotomy between the industry and the residential areas. Therefore, this station acts as a link of Stocksbridge to Sheffield and the Upper Don Valley communities, but also connecting the town to its immediate surroundings.

What will encourage people to leave their car and choose transit? Vantage points, daylight, materiality and design consideration, fresh air, a station that solodofies a sense of identity for Stocksbridge. Also, the frequency of trains, comfort, and prices.

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The form of the building breaks up to create alternative view to the linearity of a bridge. This was a way to overcome the 25 m drop from the main road to the platforms and to capture the views of both the factories as well as the National Park.

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Bridge Level +0.00 m Monday 07:00 am Train services start at 06:00 am, at half hour intervals and terminate at 22:00 pm Scale 1:200

Throughout the development of the building, all the drawings show a route of a specific tuser group in a specific time and day. Each floor has its distinct arrival zone to represent these different journey of daily commuters, workers and tourists.

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Continuing with the narrative, I have developed the brief and form of the train station by having in mind the users.

Mapping Worker X’s use of the station According to the 2001 Census Report, there are at least 6,675 employed individuals. More than 4,351 need to travel more than 2 km daily to reach their work place. On an average these workers travel 14 km distance to their work. Worker X represents the 65% of the employed population. Worker X has been living in Stocksbridge for fifteen years, and works in Sheffield. He uses the station during weekdays between 07:00 - 08:00 am and 18:00 - 19:00 pm.

I live 15 minutes away from the station. Usually I cycle to the station, it’s a good exercise, a time to breathe, before I head to work.

When I arrive at the station, I park my bicycle outside. If I am running late, I purchase my ticket and run to the lift for Platform 01. Otherwise, I head to the café to meet with my mates and read the papers.

Going through the Memorial Park, past the Clock Tower, I see the hills behind the station, and the sound of the factories and the traffic get louder.

Just before I head to the platform, there is announcement about my train being delayed. I sneak out to the balcony for a smoke. - Steel Works...my parents used to work there, that’s where they met.

This plan will attempt to map Worker’s X arrival to the station and his actions inside of it.

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Mapping Ms A and Mr Y’s use of the station

Photo credits: Don Valley Railway Ltd - Available on Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/donvalleyrailway/5699082026/in/photostream/]

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Mapping Family C’s use of the station 8

With the formidable steel industry downsizing in the recent past, an incresed unemplayment rate will be expected in the new Census report to be issued in the coming months. As a measure to use local skills and products (steel cable, tools) and to promote a “greener” mode of transport, this train station will also be sustaining a bicycle repair workshop.

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I open the doors, and prepare all the bicycles that need to be picked up. After I organise the day’s appointments, I enjoy a cup of coffee on the viewing platform while observing everyone leaving for work.

Created on the idea of “Recycle bicycles, recycle jobs”, this workshop follows the organizational model of similar workshops, such as: Recyke y’ bike [http://www.recyke-y-bike.org/?Gallery] and Alternative Technology Centre [http://alternativetechnology.org.uk/].

Throughout the day, I move from the front of the shop to the back of the workshop. In the evenings I join some of the classes, to encourage volunteers to remain involved.

Every Thursday evening I join a group at the station, where we repair old bicycles. I do it mostly to unwind after a long day at the office. All my family owns a recycled bicycle, that we use to go out on excursions every other weekend.

9 While I am waiting for Ms A to prepare the workshop, I just sit at the platform’s steps seeing the hills over the train tracks, people coming in , people leaving. The sound of the passing trains and the group laughing in the workshop, all merge into one. 10 When Mr B and myself set our station up in the centre of the workshop, I realise that we are suspended over the river. Above us people looking down, walking fast, chatting and having a coffee, underneath us just the river. And the sound of the trains’ engines disappearing into the distance, over the valley.

Don Valley Railway, the activist group that advocates for the re-opening and reuse of the Woodhead Tunnel, has already hired two Ove & Arup engineers to perform several feasibility studies in the past 6 years. In the most recent study in July 2010, [http://donvalleyrailway.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DVRF1.pdf ], the demand for rail services proved satisfactory, coming to 1,410 trips per day by 2016 [ Clause 3.2.1]. As to attract more tourists and non-locals to use the rail services, DVR aspires to introduce weekend steam heritage services over the route. [ Clause 5.3]. If the town’s council and DVR start connecting to the very popular TransPennine Trail cycle paths and trail paths, Stocksbridge will inevitably become an eco-tourist destination. A ecotourism industry could develop to facilitate the needs of these groups.

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Family C has travelled from Manchester to Stocksbridge to spend a weekend exploring the Peak District. After 33’ on the train the finally come the other side of the Woodhead Tunnel to see the Stocksbridge Railway Station.

The following morning, we decided to cycle on the Steel Works Path and have an overview of the Steel industry and the town.

We have two young children and a limited budget, so Stocksbridge seemed like a destination that is interesting and affordable. We rent four bicycles and an electric car for the weekend. After we leave the station, we will go to meet our host at the Stocksbridge Housing Co-op. Leaving the train station, we turn right on Ford Lane to visit Old Haywoods and from there to Deepcar and Wortley.

Manchester Road

Platform 02

War Memorial - Clock Tower +14.00 m

[Ms A is the director of the Workshop] I cycle to work every day at 06:30.

Little Don River

Stocksbridge Railway Station

Arriving at the station Platforms Level -13.50 m 11

View from family C’s perspective (marked on the platforms floor plans)

What should a train station be like? Early sketch Hand dtrawing

Entrance to the train station from Manchester Road

Cafe in the station (Bridge level)

Sketchup and photoshop

Stocksbridge Railway Station Internal view of the café Bridge Level +0.00 m

Stocksbridge Railway Station View from the Memorial park Park Level +5.00 m

View from worker X’s perspective

(marked on the bridge floor plan)

View from worker X’s perspective (marked on the bridge floor plan)

Observatory +4.60 m

Bridge + 0.00 m Workshops - 3.50 m Office - 7.00 m

Platforms -13.50 m

Former industrial site to be forested . Trees will be used in the new timber industry

Entrance to the station for electric caars, buses, and cyclists

Electric cars charging stations powered by freestanding photovoltaic cells

Platform 01

Y6 Design Proposa by Ben Wade Yorkshire Timber Engineering College - Accommodation Tower

M.Arch Y5 Studio 3 1

Section aa // 1:20 // A cut through the bridge

1:20 Technical section of the main bridge CAD, Sketchup and photoshop

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Solar panels fixed with S-5!® stainless steel solar panel attachment clamps directly onto patinated zinc sheet standing seam, supported onto 30 mm rough boarding 120 mm counterbattens with ventilated cavity to allow moisture to escape, sealed with nail sailing tape and a layer of breather membrane, resting onto 60 mm wood fibre sheathing, with a coating of water-repellent protecting the 600 mm structural timber rafter, infilled with cellulose insulation, on 15 mm oriented-strand board, with a layer of vapour retarder, on 27 mm battens , finished off with 20/154 mm larch boarding Note // as the trains break, the rail tracks will release a red/copper dust, which will start building up onto the external surfaces. Hence, at a platform level, the station will attain a red tint over the years. To reflect the red dust trace left by the trains, the building will have zinc finishes, as a unifying element.

a hidden patinated zinc gutter, within run of main insulation line recessed external light fitting to accentuate the recessed window at night a recessed and openable timber frame, aluminium clad window with low-e and argon gas-filled triple glazing, with a U-value of 1.0W/m2K Note // since the station is purposely designed to accommodate movement, it is important in a journey to take a moment to pause and engage with the outside environment. This window externally will have a slight tint to create a mirror-like effect, where passengers on the trains will see the woods behind them reflected on this glazing.

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20/145 mm larch cladding set horizontally, held onto 45 mm battens with ventilated cavity for moisture to escape through, followed by a layer of moisture-diffusing façade membrane, on 16 mm wood fibreboard, supported onto 240 mm timber beam infilled with cellulose insulation, sandwiched by 15 mm orientated strandboard, on vapour barrier, on 45 mm battens infilled with 40 mm mineral-wool insulation, on 27 mm battens, supporting the internal finish of 20 mm larch cladding, set horizontally Note // the larch cladding is set horizontally to accenuate the direction of movement of the users inside the station

primary structural frame, made of glulam portal frames, 800 x 300 mm Note// due to the topography and the existing rail tracks, the grid of the portal frame is irregular.

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sliding glass door, a timber frame, aluminium clad window with low-e and argon gas-filled triple glazing, along with sliding shutters comprised of 25 /60 mm larch boarding, within an aluminium frame 33/145 mm treated larch deck, with lead sheeting underneath it, which will run throughout and drain to the outlet, on structural steel hollow sections, of varying sizes, to help give an inclination for drainage, with a lead flashing, overlapped by dpc, to turn down into leak control flange of the drain,on 50/500 timber joist grid, a secondary structure which ties back to the primary structure with a flitch plate connector, withhalved steel hollow sections (original size: 80 x 40 mm), holding on 33/145 mm treated larch decking

20/145 mm horizontal larch cladding, held onto a 50/150 mm post-and-rail construction, on a steel angle, fixed onto the joist an external light fitting is set for safety reasons

25 mm larch planks, followed by 2 mm sound absorbing strip, resting on 22 mm oriented-strand board, on 500 mm timber joists, layered crosswise with cellulose thermal insulation, on 30 mm battens, supporting 25 mm larch planks

25 mm larch planks, followed by 2 mm sound absorbing strip, resting on 22 mm oriented-strand board, on 50 mm timber joists, layered crosswise with cellulose thermal insulation, on 30 mm battens, supporting 25 mm larch planks

Treated as a structurally autonomous box, the observation box, has two 500 mm deep beams that connect back to the primary structure. The top beam is resisting tension, and the bottom one is resisting compression.

20/145 mm larch boarding help up by, 30/50/4 mm steel RHS, galvanized, and 50/50/4 mm steel RHS, galvanized

20/145 larch boarding, fixed onto timber beam by 20 mm alumiumium sections, on steel angle, tied back onto 50/500 mm timber joist

a fixed and hidden aluminium frame, window with low-e and argon gas-filled triple glazing

20/145 mm horizontal larch boarding, conclealing 75 mm of rigid thermal insulation board, against a thermally-broken extruded aluminium transom, attached to the window’s aluminium frame (15), with a steel hollow section holding up a recessed internal light fitting to define the suspended volume at night, fixed onto a timber stud, which is sealed with 90 mm of rigid thermal insulation board, and a layer of moisture-diffusing façade membrane, all of which are sitting within a steel angle fixed onto the 50/500 mm timber joist

patinated zinc sheet standing seam, followed by breather membrane, on 20 mm rough boarding, supported by 50 mm battens, layered crosswise with cellulose thermal insulation, with three layers of roofing felt, on 50/500 mm timber joist, holding on 30 mm battens and 25 mm larch boarding for the internal finish ø19 mm steel tie rod Cross bracing in the transverse direction to resist twisting. To be placed in every other portal frame. Cross bracing in the longitudinal direction placed to resist sway, and to add stiffness to the structure Reinforced concrete pad foundation, with springs to help absorb vibration from movement (from users as well as from the trains) and also allow the structure to move

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Exploring materiality and movement // Choice of materials and precedent Zinc roof is layed out in transverse direction from the flow of people. The direction of the larch cladding is guiding people through the station, as it mimicks their movement. The main source of inspiration for the choice and use of materiality has been the Kielder Observatory in Northurmberland, by Barclay Architects. Each element is expressed individually, by changing the direction of the external cladding. Also, different volumes project above or beyond the main body of the bridge.

In transition // Exploring movement inside a railway station /// 1:20 Detailed Design

Approach to Detailed Design & Materiality

19 b Section bb // 1:10 // Suspended Observation Box

Embarking on a journey, the railway station becomes a vessel that contains the means for a passenger to travel. It assists passengers to reach their destination, but as a building is fades away, because it is occupied so briefly. There is usually a choreographed route, from the entrance of the station, to a ticket machine, to the lift that takes you to a platform. Beyond the portal frames, there are “devices” which invite users to slow down , even for a moment and reconnect with Stocksbridge. A window, just before the ticket office, frames the forest, a chance to capture the moment. Sliding doors and shutters prompt users to take ownership of the space, and control the views and the amount of light that comes through. Out, on the balcony, someone can sit alone or with a small company and look back to the old Steel Works. On the lower floor, a suspended box floats above the platform. A space for one or two, to sit down, and just observe people, trains, and time pass by.

Contrasting the industrial buildings nearby, the stations is made predominantly from timber. Larch, known for its high durability and fungal resistance, is used to clad both internally and externally the bridge. Timber was purposedly selected to evoke a warmer materiality, and a more tactile environment. Being a natural material, it creates a sense of comfort and belonging to the users. The form of the station and the cladding direction, reflect the main flow of movement. All the larch cladding is set horizontally to indicate the direction of people’s movement. The two concrete cores, which contain the lifts are the only two elements which obviously break the horizontality and move vertically. To reflect the past of Stocksbridge, which is tied with the Steel Works and Samuel Fox, the roof and gutter are finished off with zinc, giving a fine border to the larch cladding. Zinc sheet is durable and requires little maintenance.

Reconnecting Stocksbridge// a railway station for Stocksbridge Eirini Christofidou [11021663]

Workshop

UdN July 2012 | Hamburg, Germany 2.0 Treehouses & Hotel for UdN UdN - Universit채t der Nachbarschaften located in Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg (Germany). In 2008, the disused former Health Authority building in the centre of WIlhelmsburg was occupied and renovated by architecture and urbanism students of the HafenCity University (HCU) in a two year process as a part of their curriculum. UdN has developed as a testbed for a contemporary form of education, one where the acquirement and exchange of knowledge is located in the heart of a neighbourhood, of a broken community. Designed to be interdisciplinary and intercultural, the process of designing urban space is practiced on a 1:1 scale, aiming to improve or close local resource circuits. Actors and agents both participate in the producation of spatial transformation and the building as well as its surrounding become part of the performance. The building, its culture kitchen acts as a meeting point of many community groups: residents, local orchestras, artists and so on. The building is scheduled to be demolished by the end of this summer, making this spatial intervention a temporary one. In the span of five years UdN has achieved to create new links within the community and inspire locals to take action in the matters concerning their neighbourhood.

1. Diagram 2. Kitchen 3. Reusing materials 3. Exploring community 5. Sharing skills 6. Interfering in public space.

Analysing UdN as an educational model and as an agent of regeneration Hand drawing and illustrator

M.Arch Y5 Live Project September-November 2011 Todmorden UK Growing (in) Todmorden Janurary 2012 | Brezoi, Romania Eco-Nomadic School Designed and ran two day workshop exploring urban agriculture and food commons for Incredible Edible, Todmorden.

Had to deal with the common problem of having a multi-headed client. Our main client had not commissioned the project, but was rather a beneficiary.

Our main target was to define commons and food commons. It was hard to quantify soft skills and things like trust and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;forceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Project maintained clients European network of eco-civic practices and co-ordinated with several European partner organisations who attended the event. Emphasis on clear graphic and verbal communication,since English was minority language. Prepared welcome packs, promoted event and designed workshop programme Acted as facilitator for event.

We adopted several ways of teaching and learning: walks, cooking, discussions, formal presentations and design work. All in the period of a two day workshop.

Invited to Brezoi, Romania as part of the European network Rhyzom, a network of eco-civic practices and the architetcure practice AAA. Remit was to design strategies to reinvigorate local economy of an isolated rural area. Study focused on traditional way of landshare and social organisation. Workshop was first in a series, initiating a strategy for future workshops and creating a European network of resources.

Experience

Tati Linea Ltd Februrary-August 20120 | Placement Tati Linea Ltd Tati Linea is a small design practice, made of a senior architect, an architectural assistanr and two technicians/ interior designers.

Based in Limassol, Cyprus, the practice has a very diverse protfolio from clubs, to hotels abroad and domestic architecture. Whilst working at Tati Linea, most of the projects dealt with refurbishment and extentions. I have worked primarily on Dolce, a club that needed to resubmit planning permissions for the addition of a sushi bar and new WC. Seemingly easy, the entire plan of the club was inaccurate, so I had to perform a survey and the proceed to the design of the two new elements. The budget was tight and the time limited, we had to design structures that could be prefabricated and assembled on site in 2-3 working days. All materialis used were quite cheap, but had to be made look expensive.

Dolce Night club February 2010-September 2010 As part of my placement I had to work on creating a small sushi restaurant and new WC, as well as help with redurbishment of the club. _site survey _construction drawings _documentation for costing _minute taking _new interior design for the club

Paradisiotis February 2010-September 2010 We worked with the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PR consultants and graphic designers to create a new brand for the company. We were asked to just create different solutions to the external and internal treatment to the existing shops the company owned.

Experience

Kyros Lontos February-August 2009 | Placement Kyros Lontos architects Kyros Lontos Architects is a medium sized practice with interior designer, technicians, civil enginner nad two architects. The practice has worked primarily on domestic architectural projects, ranging from extensions to multi-milllion euros budgets. The clientelle usually asks for Kyrosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; style, a twist on traditional domestic architecture with stone walls, white washed facades and clay tiled roof. It is only a couple of times the clients has challlenged the architect to come up with something new. Whilst working there, I was a part of a 8 person team. Each person has its role, or set of tasks, as there were too many projects due for tender or completion at once. It was quite liniear and it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow a lot of flexibility, but I was invited to participatee at all design stages.

Various domestic architecture projects February 2009-August 2009 The practice worked predominantly with upscale clients for private residences. The above drawings show the scale, aesthetics and materiality of such projects. _worked as part of a multi-discplinary team _attended both site visits and client meetings _recorded minutes _prepared plans for planning permission +tender

Agathokleous residence February 2009 - September 2009 Multi-million euro budget the 4 levels house, had a similar spatial arrangement and style to other projects, but had a lot of bespoke details like a home cinema, spa room, gym, meeting room etc. It was quite fun to actually learn how to detail all of these feautre.