UNIVERSITY PORTFOLIO IAIN BLAMPIED UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY SEDIMENTARY - YEAR 5 - 2011 THEATRE OF EROSION - YEAR 5 - 2011 HYDE CYCLE CENTRE - YEAR 4 - 2010
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH EMSWORTH ACTIVITY CENTRE - YEAR 3 - 2007
SEDIMENTARY SYDNEY UNIVERSITY - YEAR 5 - 2011
As the second largest mineral extracting nation on Earth, Australia has over 400 working mines. Once these spaces of raw destruction become exhausted of there mineral qualities a dormant scar remains. A space of scale and power, that seems distant and out of reach. The intent of this proposal is to explore architecture as an activator for reclaiming space in the wake of mineral extraction in a semi urban context. A Conceptual framework that draws on notions of geological biomimetics, specifically sandstone focusing on adaptive sedimentation and chaotic flow. A public route carved through the centre of Cultural Arts and Education; progressively flowing through the structural body into the depths of Horsnby Quarry. The dynamic adaptive skin wraps the program responding to spatial and environmental requirements.
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SPATIAL CONNECTIVITY
In section a standard structural grid system denotes rigid space division and movement between levels.. A standard system uses columns and beams that have a primary role of structural stability
The Floor plates were fractured, forming a stronger visual link between levels. Breaking each floor plate into three created a set of progressive plateaus that lead to the level below.
Linking the plateaus with ramps increases the physical connection between levels. A natural hierarchy of levels began to form, the route down the building was carved out between the plateaus.
Linking alternate levels formed a line of connection between ramp surfaces this became a component for structural stability.
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The flowing circulation is within the structure, forming two major circulation pathways, vertical (local) and horizontal (global) routes.
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Entrance Bridge Lifts Public Ramp Entry Cafe Ticket office + Building information centre
MODULAR TRUSS SYSTEM Using the human body as an origin for scale and conceptual thinking provided a strong link between the building occupants and the architecture they would experience. A logical approach was taken, evolving the conceptual ideas into a framework of design that derived at a component. The component was an element of the building, 3 floors. This small section of the building was evolved, detailed and resolved so that it could be used throughout the full height of the building. Circulation between levels and spaces evolve around a system of differing speeds and distances. A continuous route is carved through the floor plates, progressively shifting spaces in a fluid like motion, forming a communal space down the building. The route contributes to the flow of people at a regional scale, transporting them into the quarry, while also forming connections between spaces on a local scale. A spine of the circulation is high speed vertical movement through mechanical transportation, lifts.
SPATIAL ADAPTATION A degree of varying transparency between the public and private spaces, views down and up into the private spaces can be altered according to the requirements of the individual spaces.
RESEARCH ACCOMMODATION Self contained apartments
ENTRY LEVEL Cafe / ticket office SERVICES LEVEL WC / stores
RESEARCH CENTRE Geological extraction research
EDUCATION CENTRE Extension to the existing TAFFE
PERFORMANCE CENTRE FOYER PRACTISE ROOM / HALL
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THEATRE OF EROSION SYDNEY UNIVERSITY - YEAR 5 - 2011 Partnered with Oliver Hessian
The eroded walls begin to unfold and open to frame views towards the Hall, inspiring a strong relation to The Quadrangle. Inside, oblique views and skylights chandeliers engage the audience in an ethereal atmosphere
‘Theatre of Erosion’ explores a passage from space to place: the transition of an audience from reality to intrigue. Set inside the monumental stone presence of The Quadrangle, the project takes as its departure point the movement of an audience as a force that erodes away the remaining volume surrounding a performance space. Through various digital explorations, the project investigates a geometry based on stages of transition, modelling the external and internal volumes of an abstract mass according to parameters that control the intensity of inner theatre space; establish transparency; orchestrate key views to the main space; and respond to fabrication criteria. The project simulates natural landscapes of erosion, thus creating a dynamic sequence of spaces where views continually changed as part of a slow removal of the audience from their daily concerns. The journey takes an audience around the periphery of the venue, traces a path through the grotto of the bar spaces, leading inside and ultimately past the stairs to the centre of the seating bank. The erosion geometry is generated using a metaball definition to define the path and volumes of the spaces, over a field that varies according to length, radius and density of cylinder elements, and with sine curves applied to the proposed sections. The form is constructed by a multitude of differently sized cylinders of plywood, from which panels are formed, that can be assembled in a relatively short time. Cylinders are both stacked and hung from the scaffolding of the theatre seating underbelly. The theatre’s elevations read continuously from outside and inside, in density and size of the cylinders complementary to the mood of the transition stages, and the relationship to the host building in which the theatre is embedded.
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
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[1]Box Office [2]Entrance [3]Bar [4]Spotlights [5]Cave [6]Auditorium Entry [7]Seating [8]Stage [9]Side Stage [10]Void
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TRANSITION PHASES
ENFOLDED ELEVATION
Transition Stages
Focus 1: Sculpture in Quad
Focus 2: Quad
Focus 3: Spotlights
Enter Quad + arcade
Enter Venue to framed views of Quad from bar
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Focus 4: Performance
Focus 5: Stage
Enter the low cave and lose touch with Quad
Up stairs to emerge in seating bank
YOUTOPIA EXHIBITION
Photos by Kathrine Lu
CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAM
In order for the fabrication to be as straightforward as possible we have limited the cylinder radius to nine sizes. These could then be ordered in bulk at their standard length and cut to size for the panel assembly. These prefabricated panels would then be bolted together on site. SCHEME MODELS
HYDE CYCLE CENTRE SYDNEY UNIVERSITY - YEAR 4 - 2010
Serving the needs of Sydney’s eastern suburbs commuters, the HYDE CYCLE CENTRE is a strategic part of the Sydney 2030 framework. Positioned at the confluence of key entry routes to the city, the Hub sits over an existing underground carpark – providing new activity to the street and an important new transport alternative. The Hub will act as a catalyst for continued change in the city’s transport modes – from a reliance on increasingly frustrating vehicular commuting to healthy, energizing cycling journeys. The Hub is focused on two key user groups: members and tourists. Members of the Hub have 24-hour access to bike storage and change facilities. Tourists can rent bikes and access the Hub’s facilities during operating hours. A café also operates in the building, providing a meeting point and an opportunity to catch breath before and after riding. The Hyde Hub is a dynamic building that makes using it an exhilarating experience. The street extends into the building, allowing cyclists to ride up a ramp and directly into the storage space. The extension of the street provides a continuous space that stretches and contracts to provide entry points, storage space, and transitions in movement. This leads to the building’s upper levels where cyclists can access the ‘refreshment block’ – the core of the building containing showers, lockers and other change facilities. Filtering down to the ground floor, users can then enter the café.
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Member Bike Storage
Retail and Bike Repairs
Eat + Drink Street
Tourist
Causal expirence, slowly make way into the city
Occasional cyclist
Public transport
Heavy exercise
Gentel exercise
Light exercise
Arrive hot and sweaty
walk into the city from accommodation
Arrive reasonably fresh
Arrive fresh
BICYCLE HUB
Store bicycle long or short term
Hire bike + equipment
Store bicycle short term
Changing facilities, toilets, showers and lockers
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Changing Facilities Tourist Bikes
Daily commute
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Connect to bike, helmet on, become one with bike and ride into city
Bicycle Repair centre Bicycle repair
Member Bike Storage Flexi Housing
Member of the bicycle hub
Bicycle route maps of the city
Guided tours
Eat + Drink at cafe
Walk to locations wthin city
Cycle around the city
Return for bicycle from store
Return with bicycle
Lockers
SCHEME MODELS
SITE
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STORAGE TOWERS
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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KEY 1. Bicycle entrance 2. Plant room 3. Staff area 4. Servery - food and bike members 5. Cafe 6. Kitchen 7. Bike repair centre 8. Tourist bike dispenser 9. Members bike storage tower 10. Female lockers 11. Female Showers 12. Female toilets 13. Members bike storage tower 14. Male lockers 15. Male showers 16. Male toilets
Storage tower - structural steel frame clad with frameless glass, secondary use as ventialation ducts for car park below.
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Structural steel diagrid with curtain wall infills to the ground floor and a poly carbonate backing screen to the street space above. (See detail b) PHASE 4
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WEST ELEVATION (DETAIL A)
SOUTH ELEVATION (DETAIL B)
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EMSWORTH ACTIVITY CENTRE PORTHSMOUTH UNIVERSITY - YEAR 3 - 2007
PARTI DIAGRAMS Conceptual Studies led me to investigate the threshold between land and sea (above). In a direct response to the study, and the curve of the mill pond path, a thick wall was placed across the site to create enclosure becoming a dominant element of the design. The wall has three phases beginning with staggered pillars, that allow people to pass into the site. The main element that runs the length of the building, spaces are create within the wall between the structural pillars. Finally the wall thins out and slips into the sea. The roof flows above the wall providing shelter for spaces below, with no internal columns and only glass hitting the timber underbelly, thus portraying a floating aesthetic.
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WALL - ROOF
WALL - ROOF - ENCLOSED SPACES
GROUND PLAN 1. Boat maintenance 2. Female staff changing 3. Male staff changing 4. Staff area 5. Canoe / Sailing store 6. Wet room 7. Climbing store 8. Wind surfing store 9. Male changing room 10. Female changing room 11. Disabled toilet /shower 12. Plant room 13. Lift 14. Male toilets 15. Female toilets 16. Foyer 17. Staff offices
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1. Boat maintenance void 2. Fire exit bridge 3. Class room 3 4. Class room 2 5. Class room 1 6. Lift 7. Foyer void 8. Viewing terrace
CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES
SCHEME MODELS