“each space contains within it both traces of its predecessors and the seeds of the next� Ian Borden - The Unknown City 2001
Frederick Jackson
design-portfolio. architecture art design
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18.11.2011
Middlesbrough Film Archive A five week project to design a new ‘shop front building’ for North Regional Film & Television Archive (NRFTA)
Middlesbrough Tower Casting As an addition to the building proposal, this outlines the idea for a community event to introduce the Archive to Middlesbrough
BA Charette Week A week long project to design and promote an architectural installation on the Newcastle Campus
Timber Hut Design Competition A competition ran by RiversideOne to design a small multifunctional timber hut
Jesmond Dene Banquetting Hall Student project to design and detailing of an extension to a historically significant Banquetting Hall in Newcastle.
Student Housing Project Student project to design an eight bedroom complex for students visiting Newcastle key:
Artwork Portraiture and Artwork
1. Born - Harrogate, North Yorkshire 1991 2. Lived - Cawood, (Selby & York) 3. School - Leeds 4. University - Newcastle 5. Work for Zueblin - Mercedes Benz Sindelfingen (Germany) 6. Film archive - Middlesbrough 7. Dissertation - Camden (London) full information in attached cv
Middlesbrough is a fragmented patchwork town Satellite Image - most towns ‘hug’ their river banks, Middlesbrough’s riverside territory has been cleared to make way for large scale developments, many of which the local residents do not understand as they have no level of involvement. They are relatively alien & commercial visions that do not relate to the context & history of the town
Middlesbrough College
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with Young People’s Learning Agency and Skills Funding Agency
enterprise & development scheme
Train Station
Film Archive site
Bus Station
MIMA
Library
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
University
scale 1:1000
Northern Regional Film & Television Archive
A tired and derelict urban area
A ‘landlocked’ site between the railway platform and historic square
stills taken from Carol Reed’s films ‘The Odd Man Out’ and ‘The Third Man’
Exchange Square
existing facade
“film is the art of light”
Mark Cousins
“film is a dark room where light matters”
Mark Cousins
1983 the Exhchange building is demolished to make way for the A66 motorway that runs to the South of the site
At one time the Great Hall of Middlesbrough’s Exchange Building was the centre of the World’s steel trade.
the site is trapped in an “urban no-man’s land” Transporter Bridge
Boho 1
Middlehaven + Docks the site
Stadium
The humble beauty of the site
the front maintained the rythm of the street with some wonderful masonry detailing, whereas the back had a more rustic charm
Exchange Square
the site is a bridge between Exchange Square and the railway platform’s old ticket office
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proposal a new solid core for Middlesbrough
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preservation My design philosophy was based around the idea of thoughtfull demolition where necessary, responding to the brief’s requirement of a “new shop front” with a sensitive indication of the archive’s presence.
A sculptural intervention that acts as a ‘stitch’ of varying scales and textures between Exchange Square and the railway platform.
below the railway lines - the archives are housed in temporature controlled cells along cut out of an existing tunnel that has been re-opened.
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new 1st floor extension to platform acts as an extension to the public domain and an outdoor overflow for the cafe
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12a. staff changing 13. archive boothes set into ground cut through vaulted tunnel walls 14. outdoor seating with projection showing selected film from archive. Provides a shop front for Middlehaven/college 15. open gallery for installation 15a. views down to reception and framed view of Exchange square monument 16. reclaimed timber cafe seating boothe 17. kitchen 18. service 19. main auditorium 20. calm space to sit/wait/read/think 21. viewing deck to transporter bridge 22. calm seating area 23. formal art gallery space existing used as feature
RAILWAY PLATFORM
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a-d. group screening 1. reception area 2. gallery with projection installations 3. lightwell-tower 4. lightwell- tower 5. open space toplit with a view of the lattice of staircases that draws the viewers attention upwards 6. view to projection on wall 7. services 8. circulation for educational-archive use with original columns preserved 9. ict + video editing 10. individual boothes 11. teaching space 11a. meeting room 11b. locker/changing 12. staff office
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The structural concept was to encase reclaimed materials between the concrete frame of the building. The materials are re-used as a textural and atmospheric addition without any structural requirements meaning they could be salvaged directly from neighbouring demolitions. I created a number of 1:5 scale studies to explore this idea and found it interesting that they could be arranged as sculptural forms themselves.
“People are moved by the pure experience of space and material. The closer that people feel they are to the material substance, the more secure they feel in their reaction” David Chipperfield
groundfloor interior looking towards stairs - a composition of salvaged materials against angular boardmarked concrete walls make this a dynamic journey with small cinema screening rooms that act as ‘pockets’ for building users to step aside and watch a film
“a bay window can be a private room within a room” Louis Kahn
existing features such as the red brick ticket office are retained, the building respects the humble beauty of the site
Tower Casting
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The brief asked us to look into the potential of reusing materials from derelect sites around Middlesbrough. It struck me that many materials could not be used in the fabric of the building, but may still be of interest if used in a different way. I looked at the work of Zumthor and Rachael Whiteread for ideas of casting imprints in concrete.
SITE IS CLEARED AND TIMBER TOWERS ERECTED
PEOPLE OF MIDDLESBROUGH DONATE OLD OBJECTS AND MATERIALS OF INTEREST
The towers are clad in junk objects donated by the Middlesbrough community. Salvaged materials, buckled bike wheels, broken furnature and ornaments - all useless objects but carry with them a degree of sentiment and memory.
TOWERS CLAD IN TOPROC HEAT RESISTANT CONCRETE
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THE WASTE CONTENT OF TOWERS BURNT AWAY
The ritual burning of the waste content provides an opportunity for the community to gather in the square and watch the event. The flames emerging from the top of the chimney-like towers are reminiscent of the flames of the blast furnaces and Middlesbrough’s industrial past.
After the event, people can enter the towers and look inwards at different levels. The towers act as dramatic lightwells allowing people to identify objects that they donated to the project. The desired effect is to create an initial memory and sense of attatchment to the building engaging with the local residents of the town.
THE CHARRED INPRINT OF THIS COMMUNITY EVENT REMAINS IN THE CORE OF THE BUILDING
RETHINK
Paper BA Charette Week 2011 Our group inhabited a small neglected corner of the Quadrangle (Newcastle University Campus) with an installation made entirely from recycled a4 paper. Our intention was to create an ‘incident’ that would pull people aside from the flow of the busy ‘Quad’.
People look through the cones at the three towers that usually go unnoticed. The cone shape points people towards the stairset as the white of the paper stands out against the dull backdrop.
At the bottom of the stairs the archway is filled with paper triangular prisms that allow people glimpses into the dark services space where a paper installation hangs from the central light.
left close-ups of the installation right flyer used to promote the event
The simple concept was to create a building that could ‘stitch together’ the Riverside One site. The building should have the capacity to act as a mediator between the different architectural styles. It was therefore important that they took a consistent and identifiable shape which would be easy and cheap to construct but could still be adapted to suit mixed usages such as a miniature cinema, coffee bar, shop or beach hut. The prefabricated glulam panels are constructed off site, making the huts quick to assemble. These are readily insulated and can be recycled. The buildings can benefit from solar heat gains collected and stored in the movable partitions that act as thermal mass, using phase change materials. These partitions can be reused and reconfigurated continually. The rockpanel external facade cladding is a lightweight, dimensionally stable, highly durable tile made of 20% recycled materials. These tiles can be recycled themselves. The roof material is rubberized Stucco which acts as an continuous insulation system as well as providing a protective coating which is highly resistant to mould growth. It allows for a consistency of colour from the walls to the roof and minimises uncontrolled air flow. In the adaptable façade panels, naturePRO natural wood fibre insulation is used matching the green properties of the other materials.
TIMBER HUT COMPETITION
The simple concept was to create a building that could ‘stitch together’ the Riverside One site. The building should have the capacity to act as a mediator between the different architectural styles. It was therefore important that they took a consistent and identiiable shape which would be easy and cheap to construct but could still be adapted to suit mixed usages such as a miniature cinema, coffee bar, shop or beach hut. The prefabricated glulam panels are constructed off site, making the huts quick to assemble. These are readily insulated and can be recycled. The buildings can beneet from solar heat adaptable, environmental, temporary, multi-functional gains collected and stored inbuilding the mov-
Adaptable - interchangable panels
Living Memories in the Park
Jesmond Dene Banqueting Hall The project was to design a modern extension to the existing Jesmond Dene Banqueting Hall. The brief specified that we needed to house a Victorian cook school, an exhibition outlining the history of the Dene as well as a recording studio and offices for the ‘Living History North’ organisation, who record the memories of World War II Veterans. This challenging brief forced the consideration of disabled access to the Hall, as well as a landscaping element which encouraged us to create a sensory element to the Dene’s already dramatic landscape. I intended to create an extension that avoided the pastiche, but rather contrasted and made obvious any modern interventions to this Romantic Victorian ruin. I felt sensitivity and appropriate material choice would be essential to this project.
The North facade + extension site
The site has historic significance within Newcastle. Sometimes referred to as ‘The Green Wedge’, the Ouse Burne Valley spans from Jesmond to the River Tyne - a large, man-made Victorian landscape which can be attributed to the wealth and fortune of Lord Armstrong. This rare landscape has strong links with the city, with many opportunities to introduce highly populated areas such as Jesmond to any project or activities taking place within this area. There is also the opportunity to create educational links between the Victorian Landscape and the surrounding schools such as Heaton Manor. The Dene itself is an extremely beautiful setting. Mature trees line both sides of the steep banks to the Ouse Burne, flowing through weirs and water falls. This project is set in Lord Armstrong’s Banquetting Hall. The Hall itself is a ruin, with the gatehouse and reception space inhabited by local artists. The burnt down kitchen block on the North side of the Hall provides the site for a new extension. Given the significance of this site, I decided that an extremely sensitive approach was needed. It became clear that any modern extension should contrast with the heavy rough existing stone, but regress into the landscape in order to preserve the dominance and importance of the Hall.
Site Section showing South Facade
First Floor Plan
Ground Floor Plan
This section shows how the retaining wall hehind the original staircase is encorporated on the first floor design, and how the extension staggers back into the hillside
Visual impression of the new extension at ground floor level. The arched opening to the Banqueting Hall is obscured by dark zinc panels inset as a screen behind the stone, that directs the visitor into the smaller stone arched entrance which I observed from the site visits had a quality that drew people towards it.
The back of the new extension at first floor level up the hill. There is a small entrance at this level. The first floor is cantilevered back into the hill around the existng retaining wall. The building acts as a frame to the historic masonry, and only has a glazed connection to it. The bridge leading to the lift encourages people to lean over and observe the planting in this area. The first floor has a green roof for both sound proofing and environmental values. Rare species of invertibrates can be observed from the bridge.
Elevation - East facing facade The slate roof on the Hall sits above the original stone with a glazed connection between the two. The imposed steel frame allowing for two elements to be separate.
Construction Detailing The Hall Roof - Floor
Construction Detailing The extension Roof - Floor
I wanted the extension to be ‘discovered’ by the visitor. My scheme attempts to draw people through the open porch of the gate house, out through the original side door to the servants quarters. Only then is the extension visible.
A study of the bridge detailing
Student Housing Project
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