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THE SYMPOSIUM AND LYCEUM: REGENERATION THROUGH REINVENTION

GAVEN WEBB 33038155

We are interested in diurnal cycles: temporary re-purposing of buildings, urban spaces - the deployment of new technologies and art/branding, together with issues of sustainability and disposability this raises: the constant need for re-invention.

Futurists With its decline in tourism and industry, Scarborough is facing a pivotal point in it’s history; if it continues along its current course, it will decay and become another forgotten Victorian seaside town, or it could change, and undergo a regeneration, drawing elements from its former glories, and reinventing what it means to be a seaside town.

The Symposium and Lyceum

Urban Analysis _ Existing

Location_United Kingdom

North Yorkshire in relation to the United Kingdom

Scarborough located in North Yorkshire

Analysis_Scarborough

Scarborough, an historic Victorian seaside town, is located in the English North East, along the scenic Yorkshire coast line. It has grown and developed from a small fishing village in to one of the county’s largest coastal tourist destinations.

There is in Scarborough an unfortunate trend in that it is now a town in decline; the strong diurnal cycles that it once boasted have dwindled, with much of its tourism having moved away for the cheaper and more pleasant climates offered by its Mediterranean counterparts.

To compound this fall in tourism, fishing, the traditional backbone industry of the town has followed this decline. Until recently, Scarborough was one of the busiest harbours for fish landings in the United Kingdom, yet sadly this industry is now all but gone.

The effects of this have been the increase in disused buildings and urban spaces, leaving the town in need of sustainable re-invention.

Location_Scarborough

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Analysis_Scarborough Harbour

Scarborough’s harbour was once the heart of the town, with the busy fishing industry providing the backbone of the towns industry. In recent years this industry has been in constant decline, to the brink of nonexistence.

The town has a rich and varied history, stemming from its vast Victorian heritage, attracting swathes of tourists each year. This too has been in decline over the last few decades.

It is home to a wide selection of society with including the creative industries students and retirees.

With out intervention, Scarborough will continue to fade from its former glories; set against this back drop a re-ignition of industry will drive Scarborough on in to a new stage of its existence.

Location_Harbour Area

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Analysis_Images of Site

Images of site as Existing

Analysis_Site Model

Physical model of the surrounding Harbour area.

Images of physical model, focusing on site.

Analysis_Weather

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These graphs highlight Scarborough’s climate; it is interesting to see how it maintains a more constant temperature due to its coastal location. It also recieves more sunlight hours per year than the UK average.

Summer and Winter Equinox solat analysis, which highlights current overshadowing, and high gain areas.

Analysis_Industrial Decline

The main reasons for this decline are due to tighter Fishing legislation from the EU, which has reduced the fishing quotas, reduced the number of days at sea, and the rising costs of fuel.

Specifically for Scarborough however, is the lack of good fishing grounds near by, which has reduced the number of boats that call in to Scarborough.

These figures show the overall decline in UK fishing industry in the later part of the 1990’s and early 2000’s. Although somewhat dated now, it still tracks the steep decline.

Analysis_Tourism Decline

2nd Home 9%

Camping/ Caravaning 15%

CityBreak 28%

Countryside Holiday 32%

Beach / Seaside 35%

Over the past 30 years the UK residents travelling abroad has increased nearly four fold, but over the past 5 years it has started a rapid decrease.

This has resulted in an increase of UK residents spending their holidays in the UK, with the seaside destination being the favourite, however, seaside and costal towns are struggling to compete with rural destinations and Cities/towns when it comes down to day visits.

The graph indicates the rise in the number of passengers that travel through UK airports over the last 30 years. This has mainly been brought about with the introduction of budget airlines. Although there has been a decline in the last few years, this is mainly due to a poor economic climate.

Research and Narrative

Conceptual image representing the global decline in the fuel industry.

Existing Problems

The reliance on fossil fuels, particularly oil, is rapidly reaching crisis point, with dwindling stock piles to provide our fuel along with the devastating consequences that occur all too frequently, a change is needed in our methods of energy production that will reduce, and in the long term, remove our carbon footprint altogether.

Remaining Fossil Fuel Reserves

We are facing an imminent Global Crisis with regard to fuel. This diagram highlights how many years worth of the three major fossil fuels are left globally. This is measured as providing the whole worlds energy needs.

Source: World Development Indicators Database

UK Electricity Production

The above indicates how much of the UK’s energy needs are still provided by nonrenewable fuel sources. With such a high dependency, when the Global Fuel Crisis hits, we will be in an extremely vulnerable economic and social position.

Source: World Development Indicators Database

Urban Strategy _ Proposed

The fundamental narrative for the proposed scheme in Scarborough is that of a revival of Industry, a regeneration of Tourism and addressing global sustainability issues. In order to accomplish this the scheme will: •

Introduce new industries to replace the declining fishing industry

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Replace many of the failing, “traditional” seafront shops with modern attractions and facilities

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Re-introduce the concept of the Promenade with boardwalk decking replacing the existing road areas, with a specific focus on restoring the Ramsdale Valley enterence, combined with renewed concrete sea walls to provide increased sea defences

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Introduce inland piers to improve access and connection between the town centre and the wider harbour area

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Introduce a new environmentally sustainable power facility that is capable of growing and adapting over time to provide renewable energy for the harbour area and, in time, the wider Scarborough area

Masterplan Manifesto

Three Objectives for Scarborough Masterplan

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Revival of Industry With the decline of Scarborough’s traditional Fishing Industry, there is an industrial void that needs to be filled, one which is flexible enough to endure the challenges of the future.

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Regeneration of Tourism Scraborough’s struggling tourist industry requires regeneration in order for it to maintain a competitive position with in the UK tourist industry.

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Addressing Global Fuel Concerns With the harbour in its current crisis, it provides an excellent opportunity to explore the development of sustainable energy.

1_Revival of Industry Existing Site Plan SCALE - 1:1250

2_Regeneration of Tourism 3_Addressing Global Fuel Concerns

1_Revival of Industry

North End of Pier

Location of Industrial Revival

As Existing

The highlighted area denotes the extents of the Industrial masterplan along the west pier.

These images show how the site along the west pier is currently.

View to South End of Pier

What we are able to garner from this, is that the traditional industry associated with Scarborough, that of fishing, has declined to the point that it is no longer maintainable. Over the last 15 years, the industry has dwindled to roughly 50% of what it used to be, with the actual output dropping to less than 50%.

Analysis of Industrial Decline These graphs highlight the extent of the decline that the fishing industry has suffered over the last 15 years.

A change is needed to combat this sharp fall in industry.

1_Industry Masterplan

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Industry_ Regeneration

The key issues addressed were the re-pedestrianisation of the pier, which will increase public access in and around the harbour area.

To facilitate this a number of “Public Squares� are added, to provide focal points.

Along with this, the shop frontage would be redeveloped to encourage the local population to visit the harbour area. For this to be effective, the proposed Land Piers would provide easier access to and from the town centre and harbour areas.

Hydroponics

Algaeculture

2_Regeneration of Tourism

Existing North End Shop of Pier Fronts

Location of Tourism Regeneration

Photographs as Existing

The highlighted area denotes the extent of Urban Regeneration, principally the shop fronts along the harbour, the street, pavements and other pedestrian routes.

These images highlight the issues that will be addressed in the masterplan, principally the shop fronts and public spaces.

2nd Home 9%

Camping/ Caravaning 15%

CityBreak 28%

Existing View to South PublicEnd Spaces of Pier

Countryside Holiday 32%

Beach / Seaside 35%

The above highlights the current distribution of Holiday day trips through out the UK. While the beaches and seasides are maintaining the highest proportion, it is significantly lower than in previous years. For a seaside town such as Scarborough this poses a growing problem.

Analysis of UK Day Trips

2_Tourism Masterplan

Leisure _ Regeneration

The key issues addressed were the re-pedestrianisation of the pier, which will increase public access in and around the harbour area.

To facilitate this a number of “Public Squares� are added, to provide focal points.

Along with this, the shop frontage would be redeveloped to encourage the local population to visit the harbour area. For this to be effective, the proposed Land Piers would provide easier access to and from the town centre and harbour areas.

2_Tourism Masterplan

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2_Tourism Masterplan

In order to make the harbour area more inviting, it will be renovated to provide additional berths for leisure boating, along with being permanently flooded so as to provide a “marina� aspect to the area. This will provide another economic factor to the town.

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3_Sustainability

Existing Access and Use of East Pier

Location of Tourism Regeneration

Photographs as Existing

The highlighted area denotes the area to be used for the sustainability aspect of the masterplan. It’s primary use will be the research, development and implementation of sustainable fuels.

The pier is currently used very little, with only a few line fishermen heading down to the end to cast. The proposed masterplan aims to redevelop the pier so it becomes a more travel route.

View along the length of East Pier

Most of the electrical need of the UK is provided by fossil fuels of some sort. Currently between as little as 6-7% of the electrical need is provided sustainably. The masterplan aims to provide a prototype system that allows individual towns to be come self-sufficient, reducing their carbon foot print, and providing new industries where existing ones have failed.

Analysis of UK Fuel Usages

3_Sustainability Masterplan

Photobioreactor The green house effect of the Photobioreactor causes a higher temperature inside the Photobioreactor, relative to the ambient temperature, which causes the water to condense.

Sunlight enters the Photobioreactor causing the Water / Ethanol mix to evaporate.

This then cascades down the interior of the Photobioreactor, in to collection channels, from which it enters the main piping system for further purification and distillation.

Sustainability _ Algae Research

The East Pier will be re-purposed, forming the backbone of a new, Algae / Ethanol based industrial facility, with a flexible framework that would allow for expansion along the full extent of the pier.

This facility would expand research and development in to the efficiency and uses of Algae, with the long term aim of providing all of Scarborough’s power requirements. This will be achieved through the development of an off shore Algae Farm that would be built and maintained within this new facility.

Scarborough has approximately 20,000 homes; the algae farm wihen at full capacity wlll provide the average electricity requirements throughout the year.

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Phase Two 3500 platforms providing power to 4900 Homes for a Year

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Phase Three 7000 platforms providing power to 9800 Homes for a Year

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Phase Four 14000 platforms providing power to 19600 Homes for a Year

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Introduction of Wooden Boardwalk

Conceptual Imagery for Public Square

Modern Steel railings

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Ramsdale Valley as it was in 1904

The fundamental narrative for the proposed scheme in Scarborough is that of a revival of Industry, a regeneration of Tourism and addressing global sustainability issues. In order to accomplish this the scheme will: •

Introduce new industries to replace the declining fishing industry

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Replace many of the failing, “traditional” seafront shops with modern attractions and facilities

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Re-introduce the concept of the Promenade with boardwalk decking replacing the existing road areas, with a specific focus on restoring the Ramsdale Valley enterence, combined with renewed concrete sea walls to provide increased sea defences

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Introduce inland piers to improve access and connection between the town centre and the wider harbour area

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Introduce a new environmentally sustainable power facility that is capable of growing and adapting over time to provide renewable energy for the harbour area and, in time, the wider Scarborough area

Masterplan Manifesto

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Proposed Site for Industry Proposed Site for Tourism Proposed Site for Sustainability Public Square Inland Pier Redeveloped Shop

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Proposed Masterplan

Proposition and the Masterplan

Conceptual image of the proposed Algae Research and Development Centre.

Proposition Precedent

View of a proposed expansion to the Centre

Algae Cell

Large Open Pond Harvesting System

Algae Growth Experiements

Large Area Required

Algae and Photosynthesis

The San Diago Centre for Algae Biotechnology is a vast complex of Algae growth tanks spread out across the desert.

The main research facility is fairly small when compared to the overall complex, as the components and process involved with the research are based on micro organisms.

The open ponds used here work well in areas that have abundant sunshine.

San Diago Centre for Algae Biotechnology, San Diago

Proposition Precedent

Algenol’s Principle Research Centre

Designed Growth Patterns

Sustainable Inputs / Sustainable Outputs

Expansion Space Required

Large Area Required

Flexible, Modular Pods

As with most Algae based research facilities, the Algenol complex is built out of re-purposed industrial unit, and covers a vast area with its farms.

The system employed by Algenol is the system that will be employed but the Scarborough facility.

Algenol Headquarters and Research Centre in Bonita Springs, Florida.

Concept Image of The Algae Farm

Taking the principles form the Algenol Company, a modular, flexible system will be used, allowing maximum efficiency, with vast amounts of expansion space, in a system that greatly encourages growth and development.

The pods will need to be designed to cater to specific needs of the North Sea.

Industry and the Component

Process Flow Diagram

Flow diagram showing the in and outputs of the entire process, from the algae “Micro Ethanol Factories� through to the use of Ethanol as fuel for cars, aircraft and power plant electricity production.

The system is designed to interconnect with itself, so that the CO2 produced from any of the tertiary facilities is redirectd to the Algae Farm, where it is reabsorbed to provide the next batch of Ethanol.

The system is designed to be flexible to allow for any growth or shrinkage. The aim is to create a Closed Loop Cycle between the Algae and electrical generation, to minimise CO2 outputs.

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1) Hopper 2) Hydraulic Motor 3) Barrel 4) Heater 5) Reciprocating Screw 6) Mould Cavity 7) Mould 8) Stationary Platen 9) Moveable Platen 10) Rear Platen

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Component _ Injection Moulding Injection moulding utilizes a ram or screw-type plunger to force molten plastic material into a mold cavity; this solidifies into a shape that has conformed to the contour of the mold.

Injection moulding consists of high pressure injection of the raw material into a mold which shapes the polymer into the desired shape. Moulds can be of a single cavity or multiple cavities. In multiple cavity moulds, each cavity can be identical and form the same parts or can be unique and form multiple different geometries during a single cycle.

When thermoplastics are moulded, typically pellets of raw material are fed through a hopper into a heated barrel with a reciprocating screw. The material feeds forward through a check valve and collects at the front of the screw into a volume known as a shot.

Shot is the volume of material which is used to fill the mold cavity.

When enough material has gathered, the material is forced at high pressure and velocity into the part forming cavity.

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Component_Photobioreactor

1) Plastic Film Canopy 2) Canopy Housing 3) Drainage Channels 4) Fixed Hinge 5) Trough 6) Side Panel 7) Egress pipe work 8) Stabilising Fin 9) Ballast 10) Platform Framework

Component _ Photobioreactor The algae farm is comprised of a number of these Photobioreactors (PBR). They form the primary function of algae growth, and ethanol extraction.

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Exploded Isometric of Photobioreactor

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The Photobioreactor Pods have been specifically designed to allow for maximum Ethanol production in the rough North Sea. Specific care was taken with regard to size and composition. A large, single body pond would not have coped with the swells and troughs generated out at sea. To that end, each pod is individually connected to the platform.

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To provide stability, and to prevent overturning, a fin and ballast are attached to the bottom of the unit, taking inspiration from leisure craft.

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Photobioreactor when assembled in Pontoon

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Distillation

“The vapour pressure of an ideal solution is directly dependent on the vapour pressure of each chemical component and the mole fraction of the component present in the solution.”

Raoult’s Law

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Reflux Drum Bottom Liquid

Following the growth and extraction of the Ethanol / Water mix from the Photobioreactors, it becomes necessary to separate the two compounds; this process is called distillation. There are multiple methods of distillation, but the two main methods are Simple and Fractional.

In simple distillation, the vapour is immediately channelled into a condenser. As a result, simple distillation is effective only when the liquid boiling points differ greatly (rule of thumb is 25 °C) or when separating liquids from nonvolatile solids or oils.

Fractional distillation is the most common form of separation technology used in petroleum refineries, petrochemical and chemical plants, natural gas processing and cryogenic air separation plants.

This industrial distillation is typically performed in large, vertical cylindrical columns known as “distillation or fractionation towers” which have liquid outlets at intervals that allow for the withdrawal of different fractions or products having different boiling points.

By increasing the temperature of the product inside the columns, the different hydrocarbons are separated; The “lightest” products exiting at the top, the “heaviest” products exit from the bottom of the column.

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1) Feed 2) Reboiler 3) Boiler 4) Condenser 5) Reflux Tank 6) Distillate

Component_Distillation

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The distillation process is energy intensive. Initially, this energy will have to come from existing fuel sources. However, once the Algae farms are running to capacity, this will be taken over by the produced ethanol.

The modular nature of each component will allow for multiple Distillation modules to be incorporated in to the machine, to cater for the growth of the Algae Farm over time.

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Machine and Movement

To address Scarborough’s economic deline, a new interpretation of what a coasal town is capable of is required, taking elements from the town’s past, and present to reinvent he local economy.

The Symposium

Machine_Form Precedent

Today’s buildings are more like evolving landscapes than classical temples in which nothing can be added and nothing can be removed.

Open ended, adaptable frameworks with large, well-serviced and well-lit floors, on the other hand, offer the possibility for a long life span for the building and a variety of possible uses.

For example, Mossbourne Community Academy will be able to adapt over time to progressive approaches to education.

This concept was developed in earlier buildings such as Lloyd’s of London and the Pompidou Centre, solutions that include spaces that can be used for multiple activities in the short term, as well as having many alternative long term uses depending on future requirements.

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Machine_Form Precedent

Whitby Piers are a prime example of the two tier pier structure that Scarborough could adapt. While Whitby enables public access to both Upper and Lower piers, there are certain limitations with regard to fishing access; the lower tier of the West Pier only.

The extended piers shown here were built on to the existing pier in 1905, extending the length by 152 meters. The concrete base topped with a wooden frame structure allows for continuous access to along the entire extent of the pier, without affecting the views or light of the lower pier; in fact it creates a somewhat surreal liner tunnel in opposition to the Upper Pier’s unlimited open space.

Using such limitations as a guideline it is possible to graft an upper story to Scarborough’s East Pier, limiting access via control points, or by having one, central access point to via a new intervention at the head of the pier.

Whitby Piers

Machine_Form_Bacher and Bacher

Bernd and Hilda Becher were German artists working as a collaborative duo and are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures.

Industrial architecture such as these are often overlooked by the wider community and the general public in particular; such styles are often seen as offensive and oppressive, yet there is a subtle beauty to the interweaving of the services which appear fully exposed. These buildings are naked, without the need to hide behind a facade.

Becher and Becher

Machine_Form Development Sketchwork

Sketch work displaying the developmental processes behind the decisions for the site, originating from the desire to have as little contact with the pier as possible. From that point on the structure continued to disseminate through and along the pier’s structure.

The separation of public and private spaces being of critical concern, there was need for a control point that would act to divert the pubic away from the private areas, and down to wards the end of the pier. To allow for this, it was obviously necessary for the public to still have complete access to the whole of the pier, informing the notion of the raised structure.

Development Sketches

Machine_Inital Massing and Movement

These are the development iterations of the Structural Framework.

The main concept of the structure has come from the industrial nature of the scheme, combined with the existing architecture associated with the fossil fuel industry, such as oil rigs, refineries and power plants.

In addressing the issues associated with the imminent global fuel crisis a bold and brutal typology is required to being to combat the issue.

Component_Distillation

After exploring the heavy, brutalistic framework, it ended up feeling too heavy, and too imposing. It completely overpowered the pier, to the point where it would create an unpleasant experience for those using the pier for any form of leisure activity.

Machine_Assembly Precedent

Transportation to Site

Crane Assembly

Circulation Space

Multiple Orientation Options

Connection Detail

Exterior image Highlighiting how disassembly is diffacult

For the machine to work as intended it will need to make use of Plug In Architecture. The Nakagin Capsule Tower is an excellent example how prefabricated modules designed for smaller purposes can be connected and combined to create large spaces. These modules were designed to be removable.

Kisho Kurokawa _ Nakagin Capsule Tower

Machine_Phases

Machine 1.0 _ Research and Education

Machine 2.0 _ Production and Manufacture

Initial research in to the uses and potential of Algae, running parallel with an Educational facility for the local community informing them about Algae and its uses.

Following on from the research generated in Version 1.0, there is need to fabricate the Photobioreactors.

Plug-in Requirements:

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Laboratories

Storerooms Plastic Press Factory Line Dispatch Unit

Ancillary Units: Public Building

Machine 3.0 _ Refinery and Maintenance

Machine 4.0 _ Products and Outputs

The Ethanol / Water mixture produced by the Photbioreactors requires distillation before it an be used further. Along with this, it is a given that the Photobioreactors will require maintenance.

Making use of the Algae / Ethanol with an aim to provide products to both the local and wider community.

Plug-ins Required: Distilleries Workshop

Plug-In Requirements: Laboratories Storage Bottling Plant Factories

Machine_ Conceptualisation

Machine_ Conceptualisation

Machine_ Conceptualisation

Activation and Initialisation

At the intersection of the Work and Play aspects of the masterplan create an interface that discusses the nature of algae, in a manner that elicits excitement and recreation, and also continues the research of Algae as an alternative fuel, separating the public and private realms, while maintaining an interface.

In-ter--face: Noun: The point where two systems, subjects, organisations etc meet and interact.

Verb: An Interaction with.

In order to integrate the Symposium into Scarborough, it requires an anchor point that links the existing elements of the community; the University campus and the peoples of Scarborough.

The Lyceum

Conceptual image of a community focal point.

Proposition_ Education

View of a proposed expansion to the Centre

The proposed intervention will be well situated to take an active role as part of the University of Hull’s Scarborough campus, particularly the Coastal Marine Biology, Ecology and Environmental Science courses.

It would provide a valuable resource for both students at academic staff with in the University, and could possibly lead to a greater incorporation over time, with the Symposium providing the staging ground for new courses.

Proposition_ Research Facility

Along with the higher education aspect of the building, it will also need to cater for those engaged with the day to day research conducted on site.

Provisions would need to be made for work spaces outside of the research laboratories, such as office space, conference suites and archive / library facilities to store and maintain the research generated.

Proposition_ Community

Perhaps the most important connection that needs to be made by the proposition is that with the existing community of Scarborough; those that live there all year round.

For all intents and purposes, this is the main focus of the proposition; if the local population can not be accommodated for, the entire project will fail to take off. From this, it will be key to include the local population within the design phase, as well as being key parts after the handover process is complete. This will also include a new tourist information point to refocus the harbour side.

Precedent_ Dana Centre

The Dana Centre of the Science Museum in London is another touristic and educational building that helps promote the advancement of and education of the community.

Predominately aimed at an adult audience, the Dana Centre encourages this education through various methods, including open dialogue sessions, performances that marry science with theatre, comedy and live art.

This alternative approach to edu-tourism would embed itself well in to the Scarborough community.

Precedent_ Educatorium

The Educatorium in Utrecht derives its form from the spaces that it encloses. The auditorium spaces, extend out of the buildings footprint, highlighting the buildings function before entering.

The interior of the building provides large open spaces

Spatial Analysis

Venue 150m2 Bar Staff Room

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Toilets 36m2

Seminar Room B 35m2 Seminar Room A 35m2

Toilets 36m2

Theatre 150m2

Programable Floor 300m2

Tourist Informaion 100m2 Toilets 36m2

Reception

The ground floor will consist of a reception area, the new Tourist Information Centre, along with various display and discussion spaces.

The first floor will provide the educational facilities, including the Auditorium, Discussion Rooms and break out spaces. It will also house the laboratories.

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Plant Room 25m2

The third floor will have a mixed use; providing the bar and performance space for “Education through Entertainment� component, as well as the archives for the research and development facility.

Form Generation

The buildings form began with the proposed axis of the Structural Framework developed to house the research and development components associated with the Algae Farm.

This presented a linear intersection on the site that suggested a focal point within the structure; initially a central atrium that would provide the core circulation space of the building.

One of the biggest factors was the existing pier structure; as a Grade Two listed building, it would be inappropriate to alter it.

Form Generation

Development sketch work, taking in to context the East Pier, and how its presence would affect the nature of the design. From the beginning it was decided not to build up on to the pier, but to reach out over it creating sheltered overhangs to reflect the sensitive nature of the site.

These initial sketches were too firmly fixed to the ground; while a heavy design was required in order to secure the building and framework to the site, a more elegant solution was required.

Form Generation

These were stage two development sketches, focusing on raising the mass of the structure up, so that it would appear to float above surface, and appear as a counterweight to the framework expanding along the East Pier.

Form Generation

Following the refining from the sketch work, sketch models were drawn up to see the building in 3D, in order to better understand the geometries.

Form Generation

Along with the sketch models, multiple CAD models were also created to further refine the design of the building, culminating in the split building final design.

Internal Analysis

Lighting Study

Examples of facade studies to determine size and shape of the perforations that will cover the glazed areas of the building. The idea behind this was to maintain the monolithic nature of the Corten, yet to also allow natural light to penetrate the building and provide views out of the building.

Site Plan

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Time line of development along the East Pier

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Ground Floor

1 - Reception 2 - Tourist Information 3 - Display Area 4 - Discussion Space 5 - Offices

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1 - Auditorium 2 - Conference Rooms 3 - Laboratories 4 - Discussion Space 5 - Atrium 6 -Breakout Space

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Second Floor

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East / West Section

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North / South Section

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External View of Enterence

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South East View

Internal - Main Atrium

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