Studio The Bowling Green Kitchen Refurbishment of an Abandoned Pub to a Soup Kitchen
Manchester School of Architecture 2014/2017 Hani Namirra Abdul Nasir
Introduction
The project envisions a permanent space for a new soup kitchen and a grocery store by reusing an abandoned pub located at the centre of St Mary’s Hospital. The idea is to provide free hot meals to anyone in need, a cafe for those who can afford to pay, cooked-food sourced from the grocery store, a food pantry and a homeless shelter. There is a number of rough sleepers on Oxford Road which needed a place to stay and a free hot meal and snacks. The new soup kitchen is funded by visitors paying for the food, shopping at the grocery store and donations.
The Abandoned “Bowling Green” Pub
The “Bowling Green” pub was opened in the 1970s and unfortunately closed in 2011 as the owner was struggling to keep the business open, facing competitions from other various cheap, student-friendly pubs along Oxford Road. The pub is hidden behind the Manchester Royal Infirmary, a student-housing area and a 10-minute walk from Oxford Road. The pub has been abandoned for six years.
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PARKING SPACE
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MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
THE BOWLING GREEN PUB
GR STR AFTO EET N UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
OXFORD ROAD CORRIDOR The pub is located near the Oxford Road that stretches out south from St Peter’s Square in the city centre to Whitworth Park and where two campuses University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan City are located. Oxford Road University of Manchester Manchester Royal Infirmary Stores/ Cafes & Restaurant
UPPER BROOK STREET
BARBER SHOP
THE BOWLING GREEN PUB
NORTH ROAD
CHILDREN’S CLINIC (MRI)
Users and Programme USER REPRESENTATION
PUBLIC VISITORS
VOLUNTEERS
Eating and shopping at the soup kitchen and the grocery store.
Cooking and managing the soup kitchen, grocery store and homeless shelter.
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED
NUMBER OF ROUGH SLEEPERS
For a temporary shelter and free hot meals. 70
2015
78 The number of people sleeping rough in Greater Manchester has risen dramatically. On Oxford Road, the number of rough sleepers are visible, on the steps of Sainsbury’s and in front of Barclays bank.
2016
BUILDING PROGRAMME
TEMPORARY SHELTER Bunk beds are provided.
SOUP KITCHEN
LOADING BAY
GROCERY STORE
KITCHEN
CASHIER COUNTER DINING AREA
Products are received from suppliers or donations.
Products are directly placed into the shelves to be sold
Foods from the grocery store are cooked to give for free or sell.
People have to queue for a free or paid meal.
COMMON ROOM To relax and hang out.
Design Concept & Strategy CASE STUDIES
DESIGN ITERATIONS
GRID-FRAME STEEL STRUCTURE: CENTRE D’ART CAL MASSO, SPAIN
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Núria Salvadó Aragonès David Tapias Monné
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A new space for a courtyard, a bar and an office is extended at the back of the old building with a grid-frame steel structure. PERFORATED METAL CLADDING: FREIM HEADQUARTERS, ITALY
IN TA B N I U MA NT P O FR
MAINTAIN FRONT PUB AND REMOVE OLD SHED
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THE SITE RESTRICTIONS
OUTLINE AN L-SHAPED DESIGN
Enables me to design according to the available space.
To maximise the available space.
REMOVE THE SHED
GRID STRUCTURE
NEW EXTENSION
The shed is in a terrible condition so it needs to be removed.
A grid-frame steel structure added to the old building.
The final design and adding new materials to the new extension.
DESIGN CONSTRUCTION Onsite Studio The idea is to define the boundaries of public and private spaces by using a perforated metal cladding. It creates a tree - like shadow which creates a sense of calmness among the occupants. SAWTOOTH ROOF: COOKING SCHOOL (FORMER SLAUGHTERHOUSE), SPAIN
Summer Winter
SOL89 Responding to a restricted plot, the building is designed to have a pitched roof and large opening windows to allow natural light into the building.
The “Bowling Green” Kitchen
Using the concept adaptive reuse, it utilizes the historic and cultural value of the building and re-purposes them to be functional. The “Bowling Green” Kitchen was previously an abandoned British pub and has transformed into a soup kitchen and a grocery store. The soup kitchen, located at the old refurbished pub’s ground floor, offers free food for those who cannot afford but the meal is still priced at an affordable cost. While the grocery store is located at the new building extension with priced items and a food bank to donate to those in need. The first floor is a semi-private area where a small temporary homeless shelter is located for the rough sleepers to seek shelter especially during the cold months.
The “Bowling Green” Kitchen
1 Open Bar/ Kitchen 2 Dining Area 3 Storage Room
Ground Floor No-to-scale
4 Cold Storage Room 5 WC 6 Cashier Counter
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7 Grocery Store
The “Bowling Green” Kitchen
First Floor No-to-scale
1 Office 2 Main Staircase 3 Common Room
4 Ramp/ Bridge 5 Temporary Homeless
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Shelter 6 Shared Bathroom 7 Staircase
The “Bowling Green” Kitchen
The pub’s structure was made out of timber and red brick cladding. Therefore, it is important to maintain the old material by extending the red brick wall to the new extended building. The new extension uses a grid-framed metal structure with perforated metal cladding and large double glazed windows to allow natural light and make it look spacious.
The “Bowling Green” Kitchen
Section No-to-scale
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1 Dining area 2 Office 3 Open Kitchen
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4 Extension 5 Common Room 6 Grocery Store
Materiality
1 ROOF
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Roof tiles on sarking felt battens and counterbattens 50 mm x 38 mm battens on 22mm counterbattens Thermal roof membrane Roof truss 50 mm airspace 400mm warmcell blown cellulose insulation 89 mm battens and service cavity
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2 INTERMEDIATE WALL 2
70 mm x 96 mm x 223 mm reused bricks Airspace Batt insulation Existing wood stud Gypsum plywood
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3 EXTENDED GLASS ROOF 8 mm toughened glass + 20 mm cavity + 8 mm laminated safety glass with translucent film HEB 300 beam HEA 300 steel pillar 4 INTERMEDIATE FLOOR 5 mm foamed polyethylene resilient flanking strip Floating floor treatment Mineral wool insulation in between steel brackets Precast concrete HEB 300 beam 5 GROUND FLOOR
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Industrial floor Polystyrene insulating layer Ventilated Crawl Space HEA 300 steel pillar
The Grocery Store
The Soup Kitchen