6th Year Portfolio - Volume 7.2 by Elii Ecoo

[eleni economidou] 2013-14

Portfolio VOLUME 7.2 PORTFOLIO 5.3

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Eleni Economidou _MArch Master of Architecture 2013 Manchester School of Architecture University of Manchester Manchester Metropolitan University Year 6

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Index:

MArch Master of Architecture 2013 - 6th year works

Vol. 1 - [DUBAI] Architecture School Tower /// (AC-CA competition) | Thesis | 2014

Vol. 2 - TECH B | 2014

This portfolio has been prepared as part of the 3rd semester portfolio submission 5.3 for Manchester School of Architecture for the academic year 2013-2014.

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| instructors: Colin Pugh, Siobhan Barry, Dominic Sagar | | unit: q.e.d.(quad erat demonstradum) |

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ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL TOWER

DUBAI

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WIN D TOW ER_5 DUBAI

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ARCHITECTURE

SCHOOL

TOWER

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PREVIOUS ANALYSIS

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CO2 water scarcity

CULTURE + SITE

Boundary showing the part of the site that will be protected by UNESCO.

adjacent to cultural heritage site

architectural education ethos

CO2 emmissions

water recycling

Buildings of Cultural importance Site

next to motorway

solar micro cells

hot and humid climate

locally sourced materials

passive cooling

traditional vernacular architecture

timber louvers

3.3 watering

sand

rammed earth

wind towers

restrooms

water from creek

cement

water features

earth

terracota tiles

21.000

10.000 6.500

UEA African

Asian

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Arabs

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Others

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GCC

2.000 1.500

Iranian

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MSA MArch 2013 PROGRAM ORGANIZATION

restaurant

social zone

staff accomodation residential zone student accomodation

library seminar rooms and offices

studio

learning zone

teaching zone

teaching zone Studios and staff offices

professional practice area

professional practice zone

entrance exhibition area, admin,cafe

social welfare and circulation zone

workshops and other services

services zone

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plant room General Storage refuse area Loading area workshops 3d printing facilitiies lecture theatre

Cafe Exhibition area Students Shop Reception desk waiting area security point green space Parking admin offices

meeting rooms waiting area professional practice zone social area cafeteria

seminar rooms waiting area studios social area printing rooms staff offices workstations

seminar rooms library workstations

lobby common room security gym laundry room offices storage

student accomodation staff accomodation lobby

restaurant kitchen

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passive cooling

Following the research on Dubai’s climate and optimal massing configuration for structures in such hot and humid climates, further experimentations using clay on a 1:200 model were made in order to explore the massing and porosity of the structure and how to maintain a cool environment on the interior of a building with such a large footprint area. Along the linear formation of the structure a series of wind tower shafts will be placed in a row in order

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to passively ventilate the space Te end towards the Creek will be higher forming a tower of 16 floors in order to provide views towards the opposite shore with the new office skyscrapers.

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GROUNDFLOOR PLAN 1:100

green outdoor space with benches used as outdoor exhibition space for student installations and other pavilions secondary road access adjacent to site

water features underneath the wind towers the palace of Seikh Ahmed Emir of Quatar nominated Unesco cultural heritage site 2014, secondary structures and warehouses, part of the palace area. Dubai Court of Law

Motorway & Al Maktoum bridge

deck extends towards the Creek

Dubai Creek

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RESTAURANT

RESIDENTIAL

timber louver panels RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

wind tower shafts LIBRARY AND MEETING ROOMS

LIBRARY AND MEETING ROOMS

STUDIO

terracota tiles

STUDIO AND STAFF OFFICES

PROFFESSIONAL PRACTICE ZONE

CIRCULATION ADMIN SOCIAL ZONE

rammed earth walls

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WORKSHOPS AND SERVICES ZONE

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GROUNDFLOOR ARRANGEMENT

views private use public use circulation & access B C A

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water feature

sightseeing area

circulation & access

lecture staircase space

admin offices

reception

access for loading

pedestrian deck access

waiting area

green space

stairs

exhibition area

installations exhition

lift

photography exhibition

cafeteria

motorway

meeting rooms

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LINEARITY + CIRCULATION

The site is quite long and narrow thus providing the building with a certain linearity to its shape.

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The main circulation runs along to the big timber louver screen facade with long staircases. The interior views show the restaurant’s lobby space ad viwe toward the staircase and an accomodation floor balcony view.

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LINEARITY + CIRCULATION

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FACADE STUDY

timber louvers

passive cooling

In order to reduce noise from the motorway and provide shade on the south east facade, a timber louver screen will form the external skin. Louvers will be fixed on a metal array system . The timber louvers are attached onto a metal array system. Using metal plates the whole skin will be fixed directly onto the concrete slab on each floor. – 28 –

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passive cooling

timber louvers

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In order to prevent sound pollution from the motorway, timber louvers will be used on the facade facing the street

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WIND TOWER CONCEPT 5 different cores sectional axonometric diagram showing how the air flows into each windtower

(fig.1)

green space (fig.3)

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view looking down a wind tower shaft

One of the traditional and most efficient ways to cool a space in Dubai’s history was the wind tower. Tall traditional structures formed the skyline of anciet Bastakia, one of Dubai’s oldest areas (fig.1). These 5 structures(fig. 2), open on one end, creating 5 long shafts/cores (fig.3) into the building, allow air to enter while other opposite vents suck it out (fig. 4) creating a vacuum phenomenon. Underneath each windtower there is a water feature which aid in cooling the space faster while at the same time regulates the amoubt of humidity in the environment. – 32 –

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wind towers

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WATER SCREEN In order to tackle water scarcity in the area, water will be sourced from the creek filtered and pumped into the building forming pools uderneath the wid towers. The final water feature will be a water screen; a wall wit running water where student’s work can be projected and exhibited to the general public.

view from the 8th floor

wind towers

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water features

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The outer skin of the north west facade is formed by a terracota tiles facade with volumesshifting on the horizotal axis creating an uneven facade with volumetric differences. The concept behind it emerges from the ancient city of Bastakia in Dubai. Tall buildings and narrow streets formed the city’s morphology thus creating a microclimate in between them. The same principle was applied to this facade on a vertical axis.

1. Terracota Tile 2.Extruded Aluminium Intermediate Clip 3. Aluminum rail 4. Breather Membrane 5. Aluminium tophat section 6. Extruded aluminium Baseclip 7. EPDM 8. Aluminium Drip Flashilng 9. Aluminium Window Connection 10. Insulation 11. 2 Layer 12.5mm Plasterboard 12. 6mm Plastic Packer 13. Self Drilling Tek Screw 14. Steed Studs

1. Extruded Aluminium top cap 2. Terracota Tile 3.Aluminium2 rail 4. Extruded Aluminium 5. Breather Membrane 6. Aluminium tophat section 7. Steel Studs 8. PLastuic Packer 9. 2 Layer 12.5mm Plasterboard 10. Self Droilling Screw 11. 10mm Cement Partical Board 12 Insulation.

terracota tiles

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TERRACOTA FACADE

6PM

terracota tiles

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4PM

2PM

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TERRACOTA FACADE

terracota tiles

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GLASS PANEL SHADING

solar micro cells

A series of frosted glass fins are attached vertically at 90 degree angles to the northeastern facade. – 42 –

Sphelar solar cells are capable of power generation with great efficiency and flexible applications. These will be attached to the glass fins in order to collect solar power

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STUDIO VIEW PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ZONE VIEW 1st FLOOR lift

TYPICAL ACCOMODATION VIEW 9th-14th FLOOR

working area

meeting rooms & office spaces

social zone stairs

client meeting rooms

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5th FLOOR

STUDIO AREA - 5TH FLOOR

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TOP FLOOR - RESTAURANT AREA

STUDIO AREA - 5TH FLOOR

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TECH B

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CONSTRUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES General

the sun. (fig. a)

Buildings contribute considerably to global warming and ecological problems, thus, humanity is nowadays poised on a threshold where systematic ecological design will promote a paradigm shift in the concept of development.

Kyosemi Corporation has unveiled tiny spherical solar cells that can be used to create energy harvesting windows in the not-so-distant future. The Sphelar solar cells are solidified drops of silicon measuring 1.8mm in diameter and are highly transparent.

Rethinking the ecology of building and landscape use and the instrumental competence of materials, construction and environmental systems in an increasingly urban world is a critical aspect not only of my unit’s agenda but also of my final year project. The suggested building proposal addresses this problem using renewable energy. Solar cell glazing will be used to all windows facing

The cells can be embedded in glass to create a transparent solar cell window, which can capture sunlight from any direction or angle. These windows would also be highly efficient, since both sides of the glass can collect and convert sunlight into electricity. Passive cooling ventilation systems(fig. b) are essential in a hot and humid climate such as Dubai.

Skin For this particular building research refered back to the traditional vernacular architecture in Dubai where they used wind towers to capture wind current and channel it through a shaft in order to cool down buildings. (fig. b) Timber loovers were also used to provie cooling (TECH D) Locally sourced materials such as earth, sand and pine trees timber are used to form rammed earth walls, concrete used for structure and timber louvers thus minimising transport cost and pollution. Water harvesting from the river adjacent to the site will be collected, filtered and recycled to be used as grey water (fig. c+d).

Analysis:

As illustrated in the axo in fig. e, the skin of the proposal is formed by rammed earth walls at the groundfloor level (fig. f), a screen of timber louvers from the south west elevation from the first to the top floor (fig. f) and 5 diferent concrete slabs with timber wall wind towers embeded on them form the roof of the structure (fig. g).

Tactical Materialisation Key Issues Structure Weather-proofing

target achieved yes yes

Thermal- performance

yes

Durability Sustainability

yes yes

Fire safety

yes

Resistance to sound

yes

approach concrete structure damp proof membrane insulation at roof and when the walls meet the floor. solar cells embeded in glazing, wind towers for passive cooling, concrete structure passive cooling , river water harvesting and recycling, local materials sourcing fire proof layer on the roof timber louver screen system creates a barrier against noise pollution from the adjacent motorway.

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1:10 Terracota Cladding detail

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Heat insulation

Legislative Framework Aprooved document and Meeting Regulation Construction-Sustainability issues Structural safety

Reference

Meet regulation

compliance

design based on Eurocodes and Standards Ground moovement requirement Code for Susainable Homes certificate

no Column terracotta panel

Sustainability

Clamps

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ENVIRONMENT- ENERGY STRATEGY The environmental strategies start with form and orientation and move on through fenestration and integration. In Dubai the climate is hot and humid through out the year (fig. a)therefore no heating provisions were taken into consideration.

(fig. a)

However, initial calculations using Autodesk Ecotect and Vasari (fig.b) showed that the selected site is optimally oriented on the SW-NE Axis. If the side towards North East is higher then a ‘buffer’ area is created. As mentioned before, in order to create and maintain a cool environment in such a climate passive ventilation and other sustainable methods of maintaining a building’s thermal mass will be taken into account.

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summer sunpath

winter sunpath

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SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS Most of the chosen materials for this proposal are locally sourced in order to minimise transportation emissions. The ground floor of the building consists of Rammed earth walls, while sand and water is sourced locally to form cement and thus, concrete used for the main structure. Terracotta tiles cladding on one facade of the building also make use of local sand. Furthermore, timber louver screens will be placed on the south east-west side facing the motorway since it is the facade which is most exposed to the sun. For passive ventilation wind tower structures will be used.

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TACTICS

Acoustics In order to prevent sound pollution from the motorway, these timber louvers will be used on the facade facing the street

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Library and workstation area

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Legislative Framework Aprooved document and Reference Meeting Regulation Environment-Energy Electrical Safety P Ventilation

louvers screen covers from noise and excess heat gains from daylight.

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Meet regulation

compliance

apply standards for electrical installation Passive cooling

yes

wind tower naturally ventilates floors & provides with natural lighting

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Blue pipes: cold water Red pipes:hot water Black: waste Yellow: electrisity current

Services diagram

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Fire Strategycirculation Fire Equipment: -Fire alarms in every room, -Fire detectors in every room -Fire extinguishers next to stair cases -door fastenings onto exit doors -emergency lighting above the exit doors

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Legislative Framework Aprooved document and Meeting Regulation Services and integration Drainage and waist disposal

MEANS OF ESCAPE

Sanitation Hot water and Safety and water efficiency

<30m

R <10m

<30m

escape exit

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Reference

Meet regulation

compliance

yes

solid waist storage -drainage system water supply system

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