FHS Portfolio by Fran Heathcote Sapey

FRANCESCA HEATHCOTE SAPEY PORTFOLIO 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CURRICULUM VITAE 6 PROJECT ONE | WALKING INTO THE OCEAN site installation 10 PROJECT TWO | ROOFTOP WORKSHOPS building intervention 14 PROJECT THREE | GENTLEMEN’S CLUB building design 20 PROJECT FOUR | SUSTAINABLE CONNECTIVITY masterplan 28 PROJECT FIVE | STRATFORD’S SNAKE urban design framework 36 PROJECT SIX | SOUTHALL’S ECONOMY primary economic research 46 GRAPHIC DESIGN 52 PHOTOGRAPHY 56 WRITING 60

CURRICULUM VITAE

‘I am an unashamed cityphile. I share the concern of many of my contemporaries over the deteriorating physical environment […] over the destruction of the earth’s life support system. I share with them some of their critiques of industrial society, of technology run wild, of sprawling suburbanization. But I do not share the anti-urban sentiment that is increasingly part of these concerns and critiques. The city may be harsh, but it is exiting. It may be cruel, but it is tolerant. It may be indifferent, but it is a blessed indifference. In sum, I share the Aristotelian judgment of the urban world “Men come together in cities in order to live life. They remain together, in order to live the good life.’ Lyn H. Lofland

EDUCATION MSc Urban Design & City Planning UCL | Bartlett School of Planning | London 2016-17 Interdisciplinary degree focusing on the intersections between urban design and planning at different scales. Modules Placemaking; City Planning; Real Estate; Sutainable Futures by Design; Critical Debates; Guidance, Incentive & Control; Collaborative Practice; and Layout, Density & Typology. Major Research Project Public Space & The Homeless Supervisor: Kathryn Firth

MA Cultural & Critical Studies UoL | Birkbeck University | London 2013-14 Dissertation Title Tangibly Reconnecting Society Transforming Urban Spaces into Places

BA Architecture LSBU | London South Bank University | London 2009-12 Baccalaureate in Science & Mathematics Colegio Nra. Sra. De Las Maravillas | Spain 2008-09 Classical & Humanities Studies Liceo Salesiano Valsalice | Italy 2004-08

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Editorial Assistant | Freelance Vivendo | London | January to March 2017 Planning social media content throughout all networks; assisting with newsletters and web content; helping shape the marketing plan and branding for the company.

Planning Document | Freelance Antic London | London | April 2016

Assisted in preparing a Design & Access Statement.

New Business Administrator Maccreanor Lavington | London | 2013 to 2016 Worked at Maccreanor Lavington for almost 3 years. During my time there, the role changed and evolved. I started as PA to Directors, then Studio & Office Administrator, then Project Administrator and finally New Business & Bids Assistant to the teams. During my time there I joined the Environmental Task Group as well as the QA Task Group, with whom I developed new and sustainable procedures for the company. As the New Business & Bids Assistant I helped research potential work opportunities as well as collated bid proposals for clients and competitions.

Exhibition Sales Executive Clerkenwell Design Week | London | 2012 to 2013 Researching new leads and clients. Creating, maintaining and building databases of information as well as relationships with potential and existing costumers. Promoting the event and supporting the marketing team. Selling exhibiting space and supporting and advising on spatial stand design/ display.

Press & Marketing Officer | Freelance Estudio Teresa Sapey | Madrid | 2009 to 2016 Creating and implementing tailor-made Press & Communication Strategy plans. Developing Social Media Internationally. Translating marketing documents into English, Italian and Spanish. Researching and developing competitions and awards submissions. Liaising with press and researching new leads.

Student Ambassador London South Bank University | London | 2009 to 2012 Helping, assisting and delivering higher education events at several schools and institutions. Became Ambassador for the London Engineering Project too.

Language Tutoring 2006 to 2012 Tutoring and teaching English, Italian and/or Spanish to students of all ages.

LANGUAGES

ORGANISATIONS Member Young Urbanists | London since 2017 Committee Member Architects E17 | London since 2015

IT SKILLS

English Native

Spanish Native

Italian Native

French Basic

AutoCAD, Rhino, SketchUp Adobe Creative Suite Social Media Platforms Web Editors (Wix, Wordpress) Microsoft Office PC & Mac

EDITORIAL & PUBLICATIONS

Paper | Today’s Marketplace L’ADC | Ed. Ettore Vadini TBA 2017 Article | Coming to Life Billionaire Magazine | Ed. Clara Le Fort March 2017 Contributing Writer & Photographer Stories Ethically Sourced | online since 2017 Contributing Writer & Photographer Azahar Literario | online publication since 2015 Senior Editor Last Night I Had A Dream | online publication 2015-16 Contributing Writer & Photographer La Tundra Magazine | online & printed since 2013 Contributing Writer & Photographer Lamp & Owl Magazine | Birkbeck Publication 2013-14

PROJECT ONE | WALKING INTO THE OCEAN

The site for this project is located along Sardinia’s west coastline, south of Porto Pino. The brief encouraged students to develop a seaside promenade, interconnecting the beach at different levels, while also providing some infrastructure and facilities. From analysis of the site and its surroundings, it emerged that the topography was quite varied and included lagoons, dunes, sand and sea. Therefore, we thought that it would be more useful to create a promenade that connected east to west, cutting across the beach, rather than a typical seaside promenade that runs parallel to the beach.

The design was guided by the following key concepts: • •

Developing a promenade that conceptually went from the more urbanised, static mainland to dive into nature, the waving sea and into the horizon. Sustainable design in terms of materials, structure, efficiency and spatial adaptability to different uses and activities.

Consequently, the design comprised of: • • •

One main pavilion providing a range of services such as restaurant and toilets, located on the beach, towards the inland. A wooden walkway running from the main pavilion, across the sand, towards the water and into the horizon. Three smaller floating pavilions, along the walkway, hosting different activities above water.

SITE & INTERVENTION

VISUALISATION

PROJECT TWO | ROOFTOP WORKSHOPS

This project is located on the rooftop of the Savoy Hotel in London and involved developing a cluster of spaces within it.

This project seeks to reactivate certain spaces by echoing their original uses, within a contemporary setting.

This proposal draws from a previous project, which analysed the disused spaces located in the old underground basements of the Savoy, such as wine and beer cellars, as well as storage rooms for salt, tobacco and ceramics.

Furthermore, the dialogue between past and present, underground and rooftop, passive and active, continues throughout the architecture itself, through games of dark and light, and voids and solids.

This intervention re-activates these spaces by projecting their footprints onto the rooftop, extruding them, and turning them into active workshops. Furthermore, this workshops can be used by the hotel guests or others, to learn about ceramics, wine and beer tasting, and so forth.

Materially, the exterior cladding of the clusters seeks to evoke, respect and provide a continuity with Savoyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rooftop tone.

SITE LOCATION

N SCALE 1:1000

MASSING & CLUSTERS

INITIAL PLANS

FINAL PLANS

N SCALE 1:400

PROJECT THREE | A GENTLEMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CLUB

This project is located in Hackney Wick, East London. The brief encouraged students to aggregate two completely different types of buildings and activities and bring them together in one site and one project. This proposal combines a gentlemen’s club and an underground office for Wikileaks in London. The architecture of the gentlemen’s club allows information to leak down to the offices, secretively, in certain points of the building. These intersecting points are highlighted in bright pink in all drawings. The entire project revolves around an ironic game of contrasts:

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The club’s floorplans are based on English mansions from the 19th century and while their indoors elegantly host their members, the façades are made of concrete and echo a big bunker. Private and public are constantly present. Privacy levels increase from the ground floor, more public, to the second floor, where bedrooms are found. Plan-wise, the west wing is for the staff, while the centre and the east wings are for the customers. The concrete changes from rough to polished, and windows go from narrow to large, reflecting this division.

And while people are playing billiard, enjoying a drop of scotch, smoking a cigar, and discussing their business, they are being spied on unaware.

PLANS

Ground floor level floorplan | scale 1:500

Ground floor | Club floor plan Scale 1: 1000

Second Floor | Club Floor plan Scale 1:1000

Wikileaks bunker | -1 Underground floor plan Scale 1:1000

First Floor Club | Club floor plan Scale 1:1000

SECTIONS & ELEVATIONS

Elevation | Scale 1:250

East to West Section A | Scale 1:300 25

Elevation | Scale 1:300

South to North Section B | Scale 1:300

PROJECT FOUR | SUSTAINABLE CONNECTIVITY

surrounding context by improving connectivity through and across the site; by linking it’s green spaces and greenway to the existing greenscapes; and also by providing activities and jobs to support the locals and attract new visitors and tourism.

Having revisited the existing planning proposals for the Earl’s Court Opportunity Area, this project encouraged students to come up with an alternative masterplan for this site in West London. The initial stage involved developing a vision for the area and two draft masterplans. Following from the analysis of the planning context and the site, we developed a vision based on character, sustainability and connectivity with the aim of allowing people to gather together. The two draft proposals we came up with responded to this vision from two different perspectives: •

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The ‘enclave or burger’ proposal focused on preserving the site’s seclusion by improving connectivity for the residents, but without opening it up to external uses and traffic; by providing green spaces at the centre of the existing enclaves; and also by pin pointing strategically some retail units to serve the local community. The ‘integrated or pizza’ proposal instead focused on opening up the site and integrating it with the

The second stage of the project saw the development of a detailed masterplan. We decided to take the best from both initial proposals and combine them into ‘Pizburg’, our final proposal, which comprised of the following key points: • • • • •

Retention and improvement of existing housing estates and landscape. Improved connectivity within and across the site, focusing on pedestrians and cyclists. Greenway running north to south along the old rail tracks. New housing and work space. Two main activity clusters - one retail focused, running west to east on the shared space avenue; one culture focused, located in the old station Depot, along the greenway.

VISION

character

connectivity

gathering people together

sustainability

Collage showing the harmonious coexistence of the old and the new built.

MASTERPLAN

N SCALE 1:3000 31

KEY CONCEPTS

STREET HIERARCHY

main secondary tertiary

BUILDING HEIGHTS

+10 7-9 storeys 4-6 storeys 1-3 storeys

GREEN SPACES

public semi public

KEY CONCEPTS

PRESERVATION

retained new

LAND USE

community education hotel retail office residential industrial

TYPOLOGIES

warehouse style mansion blocks point blocks adapted perimeter block terraced housing slab blocks

TEXTURE & MATERIALS

coniferous trees

red grey brick

local trees

wood

yellow brick

cobble

Collage of the old station depot, once refurbished into a cultural and community hub.

VISUALS

USERS, GATHERING & CIRCULATION PATTERNS

residents

new residents

office workers

visitors

PROJECT FIVE | STRATFORDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SNAKE

This project required students to develop an urban design framework, focusing on placemaking, for Stratford’s High Street, in East London. To animate and connect the High Street, we decided to introduce the Startford Snake, a walkway that activates the High Street and brings together the different neighbourhoods that are located around it. In addition to activating the High Street, it also strengthens each neighbourhood and provides it with an activity node. The five neighbourhoods are: •

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Carpenter’s Estate which will accommodate carpenter’s and skills workshops; will remain mainly residential; no demolition will be carried out; additional routes and small retail will be provided to supply it’s local community. Stratford Works will accommodate an outdoor pubic gym and health space; and it will combine the existing residential units with new offices, attracting new workers and company’s to the area.

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Stratford Canals will see a floating market along the canals and it will mainly provide additional housing, including river front luxury flats. Channelsea Park will accommodate a community canvas space in its park, enabling locals to talk and be heard, kids to play around, people to pin up event flyers, etc.; it will also see the development of additional housing and some infrastructure supporting the arrival of new residents and workers to the area. Three Mills will comprise of allotments serving the entire areas community; it will offer a variety of business spaces including studios, workshops, co-working spaces, light industry and offices; the site will also host additional housing and infrastructure such as schools, libraries and medical services.

The frontage along the High Street will be activated and become interactive and interconnected.

VISION & OBJECTIVES

animate

connect

promote connectivity for pedestrians

create fun and engaging spaces for the locals

give voice to the locals and a platform to interact

provide sustainable housing for all

create healthy environments

increase biodiversity and improve air and water

create work opportunities for skilled and unskilled work

strengthen the local economy

Collage showing the proposed vision for Stratfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Snake.

MASTERPLAN

N SCALE 1:10000 39

FRAMEWORK STRATEGY

CONCEPT DIAGRAM

SECTIONS

A. Current High Street Layout

B. Converted High Street Layout

C. Raised Snake Section

VISUALS

Stratford Works Neighbourhood

Three Mills Neighbourhood

PROJECT SIX | SOUTHALLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ECONOMY

This project investigates the economy of the assigned study area in Southall, West London. Furthermore, it explores how the study area and its economy may be affected by change and development. This study is intended to form an evidence base leading to a greater understanding of the economy in the area. Firstly, we looked at the site as a whole, its planning context, the business types based within it as well as the building types used by different economies. Secondly, we focused on two specific areas within the site and carried out further in-depth research as well as interviews. The two sites are very different in character as one is part of the high street and the other is an industrial estate, mainly focusing on wholesale. From the data gathered, we established the following evidence based conclusions: •

The site encompassed by Southall’s OAPF 2014 shows that currently little change has occurred within the area. However, in the near future, with the impending redevelopments that will see 3,750 new homes built on the former gas works and the construction of Southall’s Crossrail Station, the area and its economy are most likely to undergo drastic change.

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Although the feedback provided by the interviews indicates positive feelings towards development, the lack of information and approach by the Council has le many business owners, especially along the high street area, confused about the future. The survey of the planning applications that have been carried out in the past five years, indicates that some change has occurred, particularly within industrial uses. In fact, today, out of the 32% planning applications affecting industrial uses, 17% only have remained industrial. In terms of planning, the figures indicate there is a high percentage of new build planning applications across Southall, especially on brown field and open green spaces. This indicates the Council’s ambition to densify the area, yet the OAPF does not delve into the economy in enough detail Furthermore, the data indicates that there are dense networks of local economies particularly offered by and to the local population, especially the multicultural groups of Southall. The OAPF fails to identify the local B2B links within the site and the importance of industrial typologies to businesses other than those expected to be found within them.

PLANNING CONTEXT ANALYSIS

Permission granted: Away from industrial

Application pending: Away from industrial

Permission granted: Towards industrial

Application pending: Towards industrial

Permission granted: Remain industrial

Application pending: Remain industrial

Permission granted: Remain non industrial

Application pending: Remain non industrial

Permission refused of withdrawn: Away from industrial

Permission granted (special conditions apply): Remain industrial

Permission refused of withdrawn: Towards industrial

Permission granted (special conditions apply): Remain non industrial

Permission refused of withdrawn: Remain industrial

Southall OAPF Development Areas: Mixed use development

Permission refused of withdrawn: Remain non industrial

Southall OAPF Development Areas: Residential development

NEW USE >

OLD USE > KEY Temporary Build

Office mix use

Retail Services

Office

Retail convenience

Industrial mix use

Residential mix use

Industrial

Food and accommodation Education, health, community Car Care 49

BUILDING & BUSINESS TYPES

N SCALE 1:15000

BUSINESS ACTIVITY BUILDING TYPE KEY Terraced

Industrial shed

Block

Brick warehouse

Detached converted resi

Big box retail

Industrial building

Purpose built religious

Garages Purpose built community Gas stations 51

GRAPHIC DESIGN | SAMPLES

The following spread displays three examples of graphic work carried out, respectively two event flyers and a set of logos. The event flyers have been designed for Architects E17. I am a committee member for AE17 and we organise community events, including public talks. I have designed the flayers for the last two chit chats we have organised. The set of logos instead has been designed for an online creative platform called Azahar Literario. They wanted the fountainhead to be part of their logo.

FLYER CHIT CHAT II

LOGOS FOR AZAHAR LITERARIO

FLYER CHIT CHAT III ‘Pecha Kucha’ - an informal style of presentation devised in Japan that roughly translates as ‘chitchat’. We present several short, illustrated presentations on a broad range of topics and about 6 minutes each. Each subjected is designed to inform and entertain, and there will be time for a few drinks and even more chit-chat between and after the presentations.

#chitchatE17

CHIT CHAT

YOUR THOUGHTS ON MEMORIES OF WALTHAMSTOW

Join Architects E17 and guest speakers for an evening of discussion and presentations on MEMORIES OF WALTHAMSTOW

EMAIL NAME

Thursday 15th June at 7 pm | £ 2 on the door Mirth, Marvel & Maud | 186 Hoe Street | E17 4QH

WWW.ARCHITECTSE17.WORDPRESS.COM/CHIT-CHAT

EMAIL: ARCHITECTSE17@GMAIL.COM

FILL ME AND LEAVE ME AT CHIT CHAT | POST ME TO TWITTER OR INSTAGRAM @ARCHITECTSE17 #chitchatE17 | TELL THE COUNCIL @WFCOUNCIL

LOGOS FOR AZAHAR LITERARIO

PHOTOGRAPHY

WRITING

DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT EXTRACT Extract from a design & access statement submission to the Council In support of a Planning Application, for Antic London

This statement has been prepared in support of a planning application for the refurbishment of the lower floors of the Forest Tavern and the rehabilitation of its upper floors. Currently, the lower floors are in good state and are operating as a public house, whilst the upper floors are vacant and in decay. • •

The lower floors underwent an initial refurbishment in 2013, undertaken by the applicant, and will remain as the main trade areas of the public house. These floors will only undergo minimal alterations to efficiently support the rehabilitation of the upper floors. The upper floors, meant for staff accommodation, currently vacant and in decay, will be rehabilitated in order to accommodate 10 B&B rooms and 3 studios. For this purpose, a small rear extension at first floor level is hereby proposed.

This proposal has been designed to improve the current state of the FT, widen its customer appeal and allow additional revenue streams to support its operation. This design and access statement aims to establish compliance with local and national planning policies in order to secure planning consent.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION “ADAM” Product description for Teresa Sapey’s design “Adam”(Vondom)

For Vondom, Italian architect Teresa Sapey has produced an evocative design, which perfectly suits any type of space or ambience thanks to its contemporary style. The head of Adam, the first man, recalls the ancient busts as well as the future ones, due to its modernist angles and corners. As if it had been cut out from a diamond, this object is available in three different sizes, allowing for a more versatile use. Adam’s head offers different formats and finishes: as a pot/vase or as a stool, with internal lighting or without it, opaque or shiny, making it suitable for both interior and exterior decoration uses. The multiple colour options also make it the perfect present, harmoniously bringing together design and functionality.

ARTICLE EXTRACT “PAUL KLEE: A UNIQUE AND EXPLOSIVE DOUGH” Review of Paul Klee’s Exhibition at Tate Modern in 2013 Published by Lamp & Owl Magazine in 2013

A good exhibition is like dough. In fact the artist, the work, the curatorial input and the catalogue are key ingredients, which need to be brought together within the appropriate bowl - an exhibiting space or museum in order to release an unforgettable taste. Artists themselves and their work can be seen as dough: they merge their professional and private lives; they undergo several stages; they bring in the surrounding context and splash it onto canvas. Artists are dough that creates dough. Generally, artistic displays tend to be arranged by theme. This is not the case with Klee. In fact, the guiding line of the show has been defined by Klee’s own cataloguing method, which he created in order to keep an organised database of his work. The layout is chronological and, consequently, it is possible to get a complete and overwhelming overview of his entire career and life. Besides this, within art, there is a general (yet needed) tendency to frame artists by tagging them under a specific movement, accordingly with the highest peak of their career although really, each artist has undergone a much broader evolution. When it comes to Paul Klee, it is not enough just to tag him under one school. In fact, throughout this exposition, not only all of those evolutionary stages emerge but also how he gave birth to his own, very personal, signature – which encompasses a variety of movements, and by doing so creates his own constantly high-peaking, ‘-ism’: ‘Klee-ism’.

ARTICLE EXTRACT “COMING TO LIFE” For Billonaire | The Aesthete Issue, Beauty 2.0 with Clara Le Fort

In 1939, pioneer Scandinavian modernist Alvar Aalto was selected to design and curate the Finnish pavilion for the prestigious World Fair in New York. Finland was only able to rent a narrow, rectangular-shaped space. Inside this concise volume, Aalto focused on the interiors to interpret the Finnish pavilion’s motto: land, people, work, products. He chose architecture to abstractly stage the nation’s natural resources such as forests, lakes and the aurora borealis. Aalto shaped an extraordinary space that emanated movement and vitality in every corner. This multidisciplinary approach was visionary. Space understood and designed as a nurturing place for the body and the soul is pivotal to Scandinavian and Japanese architecture. Architect Sverre Fehn’s competition entry for the Scandinavian pavilion at the World Fair held in Osaka in 1970 is an emblematic example. Fehn imagined a futuristic envelope that brought together two air-filled, interdependently moving chambers. Inside, the atmosphere was cleansed and protected from outside pollution. The organic white structure expanded and contracted like a breathing organ — it projected a message of purity and immaculateness, in response to Osaka’s and the world’s growing pollution. Like Aalto’s work, the pavilion embraced and displayed Scandinavian nature at its core. Shaped like a luminescent cloud that meets a balloon, the interior space offered visitors a calm and clean environment, where both mind and body were challenged, while minimalism and functionality prevailed. “Together they form a creature that lies there and talks. e two balloons symbolise breathing; inside it is possible to feel and breathe clean air, and smell the fresh scent that contrasts with what lies outside,” said Fehn.

Francesca Heathcote Sapey francesca.hs@gmail.com +44 (0) 7527127042