WASTE WATER WORKS
AGENDA
Agenda The building program and its subsequent relationship to site are to explore a number of research concepts raised by the following 4 critical texts. Wherever possible, design decisions have referred to these texts, as apposed to case studies of the built environment. In so doing, the decisions are made on a performative and theoretical basis.
Braungart, M. & McDonough, W. (2007) Cradle to Cradle. Remaking the Way We Make Things.
CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS RE-USE WASTE CONCIOUSNESS
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Having gained a holistic view of urban metabolism, it has become possible to explore treatments and morphologies in the city, with a view to generating a built form. The definition of this built form, however, is certainly questioning those commonly held throughout the 20th century.
Woodward, C. Learning from Detroit or ‘the wrong kind of ruins’.
ECOLOGY IN THE URBAN REALM OBSOLESCANCE
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Edensor, T. Waste Matter - The Debris of Industrial Ruins and the Disordering of the Material World. Journal of Material Culture 10 (3)
MATERIALITY AESTHETICS INDUSTRIAL RUINS
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Marshall, S & Batty, M. (2009) The Evolution of Cities: Geddes, Abercrombie and the New Physicalism. Town Planning Review 80 (6).
ENERGETICS BOTTOM-UP VS. TOP DOWN PLANNING
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Water The Stockport Borough links Manchester with the Pennines, and a result, it is subject to a number of complex Urban and Rural conditions. This thesis is concerned with water security in the borough and beyond. Analysis of cycles and networks have given rise to points of stress, compounded by changes in climate.
Flood Risk Areas
Water Polution Levels
Urban Drought Stockport, along with much of the UK, will experience serious water shortages as issues with ageing infrastructure are compounded by changes in climate.
2030 - Warm anticyclones in the UK mean that summers are becoming drier. - Less than one third of the normal precipitation is occuring for the time of year. - The south east of England is the most affected region.
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- Ground water levels drop, providing conditions for wild fire to occur. - Lack of moisture underground means trees lose moisture and become flammable.
2038 - Summers are becoming hotter and drier, and winters are becoming colder and foggier. - River and reservior levels are falling as rainfall fails to counteract evaporation. - Water rationing has begun.
2053 - Crops are depleting as the soil isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t containing sufficient moisture, causing an economic impact and food prices to rise. - Set amounts of water are given to each house in their neighbourhood.
2050 - People are starting to migrate from the south east to the north west, the area of the UK which has been least affected by the lack of precipitation. - People who have stayed in the south are beggining to adapt to their conditions. [Scenario begins]
2070 - People are beginning to adapt to drought conditions. - People are paid to remove grass and put in desert landscaping. - Farmers invest in alternative drought tolerant crops.
2060 - Measures are brought in in an effort to save water, such as media campaigns, hosepipe bans, conserving any non essential supplies of water and only allowing water for a specific amount of time each day.
2090 - The Met Office predicts that by the year 2080. changes in precitation in the UK will fall by about 50% in the summer and the mean daily maximum temperature will rise by 6 degrees celcius
2080 - Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gardens and public parks become Xeriscaped. - There is more planting of vegetation that is resistant to drought, such as cacti, eliminating the need for supplemental water from irrigation.
FORECAST The environmental problems faced by the UK are very real. The water security of the North West is to be under formidable stress as the weather systems are altered and our infrastructure continues to age.
River Goyt
Vernon Park
Cheadle
PROGRAM
WASTE WATER WORKS
RESEARCH
TREATMENT
CORPORATE
LABORATORY
BIOLOGICAL REACTORS
OFFICES
FIELDWORK MONITORING STATIONS
FILTERS HEADWORKS
MEETINGS CONFERENCES
Waste Water Works Challenges the dominant typology of WWTP. Through the implementation of emerging technologies and their careful integration with our work, rest and play it looks to redefine our relationship with waste. Emerging entirely from systems thinking and analysis, it will process the excrement of 18,000 people with a proponsity for immeasurable growth. Until now, the management of effluent has been restricted to the hinterlands of our conurbations.
Control Room 180sqm
Headworks 40sqm
Canteen 100sqm
Reception/Foyer 70sqm Disc Filters 25sqm
Blowers 20sqm
Control Room 20sqm
Mini Kitchen 10sqm
W/Cs 24sqm
Storage 30sqm
Biology Laboratory 62sqm
Reception/ Office 18sqm
Plant 40sqm
Plant 73sqm
Chemistry Laboratory 100sqm
Office 20sqm
Biological Reactors 900sqm
Conference Hall /Lecture theatre 200sqm Meeting Room 15sqm
Meeting Room 15sqm
Offices 200sqm
Waste Water Works operates 24 hours a day, with the treatment process being coordinated at the Control Room. Offices are concerned with the day to day management of the plant as well as the wider ventures of United Utilities.
The analysis laboratory if required in the production of sludge in order to monitor for pathogens and parasites. The research laboratory is concerned with the development of species in the remediation tanks.
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Excess Sludge Disc Filters Research Blowers
Wastewater Sludge Office Work Laboratories Services
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Systems There are two systems within the Waster Water Treatment plant: The Machine and The Processor.
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The Machine receives the human waste, and through three stages of biological re-mediation, the sludge is separated from the clean water. This sludge is then dried and burnt by The Processor, to produce water, heat and electricity for the building.
Seperation Disinfection
Pretreatment
Effluent
Influent Sludge
Processor
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Clean Drinking Water
Ash
Electricity
SITE
In 2050 the UK will experience major seasonal variations in precipitation, as a result of a global temperature increase. Environmental pressures are compounded by our ageing infrastructure. How do we develop intelligent systems of harvesting, circulation and retention, that are able perform in an uncertain future?
Dalyhurst Sewage treatment centre.
Brinksway
Major transport nodes
Bus Station
Merseyway shopping precinct
Merseyway industrial park
Vernon Park
Historic market town
Contemporary shopping precinct
Civic Centre
Access to the waters edge is restricted through Stockportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s city centre. It is only from here though, that the towns monuments can be admired. The project looks to build at basement level, in order to unlock this potential for public engagement.
1950s garage cantilevers over waterfront
Existing warehouses are occupied by a hairdressers and two gyms.
Viaduct reaches a height of 34m
Built int the 1980s, Regents House sits partially over the canalised route.
Wear Mill built 1840
Neighboring mill is occupied by a timber yard.
Bus station is a primary interchange, occupied 24 hours a day. The point at which the viaduct intersects with the River Mersey is a major transport node. Although the area receives much footfall, there are quiet pockets within the territory. The scheme will occcupy the existing car parks and the disused waterfront.
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Criticl sections through the site show grate variations in scale, as all the buildings were contructed through different decades, employing different construction methods.
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The site will bridge the gap between the victorian infrastructure and modernist towers.
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Transient programmes in surrounding warehouses
Existing Fabric
Stockport viaduct Densely vegetated river front condition
A central element of the Material Assemblage is the already existing built fabric of the Warehouses and shelters of the site. Although built long after the cotton and milinary trading boom of Stockport, they are constructed primarily from red brick, referencing the surrounding monuments of the Viaduct and Wear Mill. Aswell as generators of memory and nostalgia, they are in some ways a sinister reminder of the post-industrial decline felt by the town. Either derelict of fulfilling transient programs, they are in vital need of reinvigoration.
‘It’s not changed around here for fifteen years, nobody comes or goes’ Building Manager, Regents House
Accesss from Astley Street
Second gym of breezeblock and concrete construction.
Existing warehouse currently occupied by ‘Functional fitness gym’
Asbestos roofing is not fit for use
Red masonry construction consistent throughout the district.
1980s House of reinforced concrete construction
1920s workshop lies derelict
Areial View from Regents Tower
Pedestrian and vehicular traffic River Goyt
Existing warehouses Disused riverfront Site for construction Area adjacent to river occupied by parking
Refuse and detritus reflect the transience of the site.
High security fences divide the site from the river.
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Microclimate Surrounding structures have a great impact on the microclimate of the site, as with sun and wind paths are affected by the viaduct. It will be important to maximise use of midday sun as the site sits in shadow during morning and evening. The prevailing wind changes throughout the year. During the Autumn it will be important to ensure the ventilaiton strategy makes the most of the Southerly winds, whilst the site will remain largely still through the spring and summer as the Westerly winds will be blocked by the viaduct and warehouses.
1. Annual shadow paths indicating highlights the difficulty in achieving insolation during morning and evening. 2. Summer and Winter shadows 3. Seaonal Wind Roses Autumn
4. Prevailing South Westerly wind is heavily softened by the viaduct.
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PROGRAM + SITE
Massing The basic organisational strategy shows the treatment process to inhabit the existing buildings whilst the construction of a new building will house the public and corporate interfaces, which necessitate higher levels of comfort from ventilation, insulation and technological requirement.
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Solar and Wind Analysis
Solar and wind analysis gives rise to patterns, which can inform the morphology. The building must adapt to seasonal variations in wind (fig.1) and precipitation. Figure 2. illustrates that solar gains can be increased if the facade is angled towards the sun.
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Precipitation Central to the agenda is not only the shortage of precipitaiton during Summer months but the increase seen during the Winter. The facade now merges with the landscape to ensure efficient drainage intot the river, whilst incorporating necessary circulation routes.
Preliminary aerial perspective depicts the building as a landscape.
Long site with a small south face.
Insolation increased by sloping the south facade.
Assembly space protrudes to meet GA requirement.
Multi-level landscping meets circulation needs.
Main apertures are addressed.
The building allows for efficient drainage.
The building envelope connects three datums at the south facade; water/footpath level ground level 1st floor/planting level. An iterative process of modelmaking helps to design such an envelope.
Section 1. Office 2. Courtyard 3.Canteen 4. Office + Meeting Rooms 5.Assembly Space 6. Entrance/ Foyer 7. Biology Lab 8. Chemistry Lab 9. W/C 10. Lab Plant 11. Plant
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Environmental Diagram
River Goyt
Low level natural light to assembly space
Solar Gains into offices
Cross ventilation through mezzanines.
LED internal lighting.
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Ground Floor Site Plan 1. Biomodules 2. Blowers 3. Disc Filters 4. Reception/Foyer 5. Biology Laboratory 6. Chemistry Laboratory 7. Assembly Space 8. Square 9. Public Footpath
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Massing Definition Evelope variations are produced as the requirements of the landscape counteract with those of the internal spaces, as the project moves between plan, section and model.
Exploded axonometric The are two distinctly different structural systems in place in the Terracotta tiling+ Glazing
Alluminium portal frames
Masonry Control room
Diagrid timber frame
Floor slabs + service voids
Polystyrene pontoons Omniprocessor Masonry cladding
Biomodules
Concrete tanks+ Foundations
Staggered concrete landscaping
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Second Floor First Floor 1. Botanical Garden 2. Control Room 3. Headworks 4. Canteen 5. Office 6. Courtyard
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Nuances Once the organisation has been established, a ful three dimensional understnading of the building can give rise to sublteties to be explored. The ways in which light finds its way into the building are copled with micro cirlulation patterns to further inform the plan at the human scale
Enhancing the Entrance Experience
Light paths into the basement stair
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Atrium The atrium has a central role in the organisation of the building, from here can the public and private division be drawn, whilst adhering to performative aspects of ventilation and heating in the building.
Sectional Perspective
Linking node between outside/ inside + office/ gardens Atrium joins office, labs and assembly space
Waterfront access, incl. cycle path. Main Entrance from Astley Street
Biomodules housed in concrete tanks
Permanent botanical garden
Bio-remediation Park
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Envelope
Through anayslis of precedent and environment, the material assemblage begins to take form. Ceilings and raised access floors are required for the netoworking of complex mechanical and ventilation systems of the laboratories as well as the office space.
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The design development of the Biological reactors has incorporated flexibility in level changes. Concertina structures can mediate according to the ammount of waste received, whilst the plants will act as a collective barometer of the types of nutrients passing through.
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102.5mm masonry DPM 350mm Reinforced Concrete 300mm Polystyrene Pontoon Influent
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350mm Reinforced Concrete foundation Fine aeration mechanism Collapspible Biomodule
Node The primary structural system in the building is that of a laminated timber, joined by steel Nodes. These components are joined to produce a diagrid for much of the timber frame. Although it is a less dense material, timber is far preferable to a steel frame for the production when the embodied energy if reviewed. Through the lamination of timber, it is possible to achieve the desired wide spans of the atrium and assembly space.-