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CONTEXT
The existing train station lies derelict on the site. Built in 1879, it has stood the test of time over many other building in the area.
The terraces house are the vernacluar in Levenhulme. Ubiquitous and inescapable, they cover the ward
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1. Stockport Road 2. Trainstation 3. Sustrans office 4. Skatepark 5 Fallowfield Loopline
ENVIRONMENT
The densly populated area creates certain climatic conditions, these can be analysed to best suit the program
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1:50 SECTION 1. Stockport Road Entrance 2. Public Office 3. Meeting Room 4. Office 5. Roof terrace 6. Atrium 7. Repair shop 8. Cafe
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PROGRAM 1. Stockport Road Entrance
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2. Public Office 3. Repair Shop 4. WCs
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5. Services 6. Office
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7. Cafe 8. Fallowfield Loop Entrance 9. Atrium 6.
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Ground Floor Plan 1. Entrance foyer
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2. Atrium
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3. Public office
8. Fire Exit
4. Meeting room
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Lower Ground Floor Plan 1. Bicycle repair shop 2. Atrium 3. Entrance from cycle path 4. Cafe 5. WC 6. Pellet heating
STAIRCASE Precast concrete, the stair case wraps around the pillars and joinds the coffered slabs
ACTIVITY
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In a single physcial model, the terrain, skatepark and office are unified as a single unit.
1. TIMBER STRIPS 2. PLYWOD PANELS 3. TIMBER I SECTIONS 4. ROCKWOOL INSULATION 5. CONCRETE COLUMN
ENVELOPE
SKATEPARK POLYPROPYLENE STRIPS
TIMBER POST AND BEAM
SOLID CONCRETE BASE
CONSTRUCTION 1. Concrete strip foundations 2. In situ concrete columns 3. In situ concrete external wall panels
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4. In situe concrete coffered slabs 5. Internal stud walls 6. Oriented strandboard 7. Rigid polystyrene insulation 8. Loose rockwool insulation 9. Timber I-Sections 10. Velfac Windows 11. Pine strip cladding 12. Alluminium coping
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A. 50mm sedum layer 30mm drainage layer 100mm rigid insulation DPM Concrete slab
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B. 45mm pine strips 12mm plywood panel DPM 300mm Rockwool insulation 12mm OSB C. 30mm concrete panel 100mm rigid insulation DPM 300mm concrete slab D. 10mm floor screed 20mm underfloor heating DPM 180mm concrete slab. 200mm rigid insulation
INTERNAL
Meeting Room
Office
Cafe
Entrance to Loop
Atrium
The aims to bring together a complex and diverse program through flexible planning tectonics. Borne from many modernist design ideals, the parti has devloped into a coherant, contemporary construction.