DESIGN DIARY
Ione Braddick Y3 S1
CONTENTS
1.0 WALTHAMSTOW RESEARCH
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2.0 VEHICLE/ INSTRUMENT
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3.0 PRECEDENT STUDIES
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4.0 OUTPOST - Michaelmas Term
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4.1 - Crit 04.12.09
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4.2 - Post crit/ Christmas vacation
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STUDY TRIP - BELGIUM - 08.01.10 to 11.01.10
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4.3 - Mid Year Review 15.01.10
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4.4 - Lent Term
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4.5 - Crit 16.02.10
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4.6 - 1:50 Model
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4.7 - Crit 12.03.10
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4.8 - Post crit/ Easter vacation
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4.9 - Easter Term
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4.10 - Crit 11.05.10
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1.0
WALTHAMSTOW RESEARCH
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WALTHAMSTOW RESEARCH Focused in from Citywide, to Borough scale, to site, to individual people.
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A1 M25
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L E A
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LAND USES Residential Civic and Community facilities Employment Walthamstow Major Centre District Centres Primary Shopping Frontages Neighbourhood Centre Cemetery Recreation in green open space Metropolitan Green Belt Water Water Works
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VA L L
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ING P P FOREST E
ING P P FOREST E
VA L L L E A E Y VA L L E Y
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North Chingford North Chingford
South Chingford South Chingford
Highams Park
Highams Park
Walthamstow Stadium Walthamstow Stadium North Circular
North Circular
Wood Street
Wood Street
Walthamstow
Walthamstow
Bakers Arms
Bakers Arms
Leytonstone
Leytonstone
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Leyton
Leyton
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Y3 S1 09/10 - Waltham Forest Primer
Public Space
1.1 GEOGRAPHIES Overview of
Green Public Spaces
Public Space Research
The borough of Waltham Forest is flanked by Epping Forest on the East and the Lea Valley Resevoirs on the West. With over 70 parks in the borough, from fully equipped sports parks to contemplative memorial gardens, the borough hosts a wide variety of green public space. As well as an array of different facilities within the parks, the level of access to these ‘public spaces’ also varies between the parks/ gardens. The amount of control over these spaces can be mapped in degrees of accessibility: - High; such as forests, open playing fields. - Medium; parks with limited opening hours, museums within green spaces. - Low; spaces that require membership or payment, or have extremely limited opening hours.
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Y3 S1 09/10 - Waltham Forest Primer
Public Space
Lloyds Park Opinion and Use
Lloyd’s Park, Walthamstow
Area: Lloyds Park, William Morris Museaum Gardens
Area: Lloyds Park, William Morris Museum Gardens, Duck Pond.
Area: Lloyds Park, Skate Park
Area: Lloyds Park, Hard courts with basketball nets.
Use of park: Comes to meet friends, route through to main street from home.
Use of park: Family outings to feed the ducks. Good playground.
Use of park: Only skate park nearby. Good skating equipment. Acts as meeting point to meet friends.
Age: 19
Age: (of child) 25 months
Age(s): 11-16
Age(s): 14-16
Comment: Good facilities- lots of football pitches.
Comment: Can feel unsafe later at night, not enough play facilities for very young children (sandpit wanted).
Comment: Want floodlights for skatepark. And a park cafe. Like the graffiti.
Comment: Good for playing against other people because courts are opne. Good place to come in the summer because very busy.
Use of Park: Playing basketball and football.
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1.3 STORIES Henner and Locke Photography Workshop (see seperate booklet) Theatricailty of Suburbia: The local characters of Walthamstow
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Theatricailty of Suburbia: The local scenes of Walthamstow
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2.0
VEHICLE/ INSTRUMENT
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Brief:
The Copper Pavillion, Arcade Site
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Pavillion could display copper not only through materiality but through form.
Precedent for crystal form: Daniel Liberskind’s Serpentine Pavillion
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Copper creates visual link to clock tower of Town Hall, but deconstructs the typical form.
Copper crystal shape leads to folded net for the form of the pavillion.
Pavillion sits in Southwest corner of Arcade site, attracting the public from the market and central station.
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View from North east corner of Arcade site
Interior view of pavillion 24
Form allows physical interaction with the pavillion 25
3.0
PRECEDENT STUDIES
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3.1 Barking Central I AHMM Architects Completed 2007
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North elevation
South elevation
West elevation
East elevation
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3.2 Ideas Store, Whitechapel Adjaye Associates Completed 2005
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WHITECHAPEL IDEAS STORE GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1.200
Ground floor plan
Axonometric showing Ideas store form and context 33
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3.3 Ideas Store Model Model made in pairs with another member of the studio. Painted entirely white, focus was on spatiality and entrance sequence, not on materials. Structure of the hanging envelope created through I-beam running along the roof of the building.
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Circulation core sits in centre of building providing link between all floors. It is the first thing encountered when entering the building. 36
Exposed structural soffits on ceiling. Alternate directionon each floor.
Hanging facade stops 3m from ground. Allowing market stalls to continue uninterrupted. 37
4.0
OUTPOST Michaelmas Term
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4.1 OUTPOST BRIEF
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4.2 SITE
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Site panoramic
LAWNS Incline of 4m over the lawns of the Town Hall 46
MAIN ENTRANCE Processional route for cars and pedestrians down middle of front lawns 47
BUFFER Railings along entire front of lawns
ALLOTMENTS Sit hidden behind Town Hall and Magistrates Courts. 48
PORTAKABINS Serve as temporary offices for council workers on site
ENTRANCES Apart from main central entrance avenue for cars, smaller entrances to the side 49
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Initial site responses
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Initial responses to brief
CAFE at heart of building, encouraging interaction between all users
LOW LYING building, to maintain iconic views of Town Hall
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INITIAL PLANNING centred around the cafe 55
BAY SYSTEM as
possible method of planning the building
Different roofs for each bay, representing function underneath 56
Initial ideas for entrance into building 57
Elevation of different roofs of bays
Diagram of roofscape 58
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ENTRANCE via sloping roof
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Precedent: Oslo Opera House, Snohetta Architects
Example of use of the slope of the site, creating new spaces on top of the building that link the different levels, and are able to be walked on.
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1:500 Initial massing models
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Access routes across the site, how to connect roofscapes to one another
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Visible slices of interior through roof folds
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Central route across roofscape to Town Hall- keep direct route to Town Hall
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4.1
OUTPOST Crit 4.12.09
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Plan considering green roofing vs hard landscaping on roof
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Plans 76
Section
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1:500 model of alternate roof folds
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View from South-east corner of site 81
Ideas for indoor public cafe space • • • • •
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Airy Light Glazed facade Levels within building Mezzanine
Facade of public space (north facing) • • •
Glazed Shows different levels Abrupt end to slope
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Interior view of public cafe area
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Crit Notes
For whole studio: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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Demands a landscape response Reaction plane of ground that is needed- need to find the scope for the entire landscape 3d imaginative view needed Horizontal landscape Swap between physical models and projector ‘Horror of the formality’- but everyone is adhering to this formality? Scale needs to be addressed for Town Hall site, with bolded moves needed Need to consider very carefully the relationship with the Town Hall, a civic response Do we need to respect the Town Hall so much? Need to use scale plans and precedents (models and studies) Challenge the brief more Overall all schemes are lacking in imagination A third year student project so budget is NOT an issue- need to go wild. Whole of public space needs to be addressed- all of the lawns.
4.2
OUTPOST Post crit/ Christmas vacation
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Folded form moves further across whole landscape?
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Precedent: City of Culture, Garcia Peter Eisenman Shows cutting into earth, using contours of land for design
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Experimenting with different roof forms through 1:500 massing models
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Zamet Sports Centre Croatia 3LHD Archtiects Long section Aerial View
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Investigating extrusions from the roof surface through 1:500 massing models
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STUDY TRIP BELGIUM
08.01.10 to 11.01.10
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Concertgebouw, Concert Building. Bruges, Neutelings Riedijk Architects • • • • • • •
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More impressive exterior than interior Intersting concrete knuckle where ceiling folds meet Beautiful interior concrete finish Views out across medieval Bruges not taken advantage of
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Menen Town Hall NOA Architects • • • • • •
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Attached to existing Town Hall Integrates old masonary structure with new concrete structure Large central courtyard/ atrium Offices of domestic size Counter system for one stop shop Large foyer with black and white diamond tilings
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Interseting relationship with ceiling and rooflights, rooflights almost seem as another skin on top of the building
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Distinct material change from white plaster finish to dark wood walls and floors. Strong interior theme
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STUK art gallery Neutelings Riedijk Architecten • • • • • •
Outdoor cinema Interactive theatre space Large public courtyard Dance studios Large cafe Sits on slope from road down to courtyard
Theatre/ cinema coomplex working simultaneously
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PLAN / SECTION
Looking down steps of outdoor cinema
Central courtyard 105
Large stand alone I-beam, very obvious exposed structure Colour of structure contrasts with ceiling and floor
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Rabot Youth Centre Gent Stephane Beel Shared by 3 youth groups the building provides individual space for the groups which pops out of the ground.
This leads underground to the communal areas such as the large multi0functional hall.
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Rabot Youth Centre (continued) Also as a precedent for underground/ sunken buildings
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4.3
OUTPOST Mid Year Review 15.01.10
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IONE BRADDICK STUDIO 1 TOWN HALL OUTPOST
Project 1: Pavillion My pavillion hoped to act as a marker for the Town Hall in the centre of Walthmstow. By using a copper cladding to imitate the iconic green clock tower of the Town Hall, I hoped to abstract the form of the pavillion enough to encourage a new way of considering the Town Hall. The folded form is derived from the octahedral copper crystal, and the unusual shape aims to attract locals and tourists alike, to regain the public interest in the council. Project 2: Outpost Through research of green public space and meeting many of the locals of Walthamstow I decided to aim to transform the space occupied by the lawns in front of the Town Hall, to create a new public realm that is inviting and interesting for the public and council workers alike. The lawns have great potential as a space for a catalytic building, changing the environment of the Town Hall site, as it sits directly off the main Forest road. The current lawns distance the Town Hall from the public of Walthamstow making it a formal and unapproachable building. My design aims to integrate into the current landscape. By proposing a large low building I hope to maintain a strong view of the Town Hall from Forest Road. I aim to use the existing angle of the site to its advantage, creating a sloping roofscape that encourages pedestrian access to a new public space/park and a route across from the main road to the Town Hall. By placing light wells and cuts into this sloping plane natural light can enter the deep building and these will articulate the pedestrian roofscape. The building itself will house the muchneeded canteen, also acting as a public cafÊ, to encourage interaction between public and council. Key areas such as the offices, the main hall and the smaller hall, and the meeting rooms will all stem off this vibrant central cafe/circulation space. The design aims to be an exciting intervention that doesn’t oppose the existing Town Hall, but instead creates a ripple in the front lawns that is necessary to revitalise the site as an accessible and lively place to visit or work.
Mid-year review presentation sheet for the examiners 115
Post Belgium notes
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Considering route across to Town Hall and extrusions of buildings
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Simplified plan to allow intersting roof shap above
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Axonometric showing filling of earth and extrusion of buildings out of landscape
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View from South-east corner of site 127
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4.4
OUTPOST Lent Term
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Considering different placing of building across site and impact on surroundings
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Rethink back to orginal key ideas Abstracted/ figurative sketches for these ideas and ways to consider them differently
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Meeting rooms provided with views out across the landscape
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Somerset House • • •
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As a public space Different uses Variety of activities
Cafe in summer
Ice rink in Winter
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Sketches/ massing model showing extrusions or pavilions rising out of ground 138
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Creation of new Town Hall square
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Sketched landscape plan
Sketched landscape + building plan 143
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Sketch of landscape and North-facing openings
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Skecth section of entrance and cafe
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Sketch view of outdoor cinema in connection to cafe space
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Landscape strategy
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1:1250 Folded landscape model made of trace and card
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Sketch of sculpture garden
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Sketch of gallery interior
Sketch of outdoor cinema
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New landscape form
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View from top of outdoor cinema steps
View from entrance off Forest Road
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1:500 Model of folded landscape
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OFFICE DESIGN
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Consideration of Offices 163
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ROOFLIGHTS
Folded roof impacting on the rooms belowView of Main Hall 170
View of bar with rooflight incorporated into the folds
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Brick House Caruso St John Precedent of folded roof plane and rooflights
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Use of compression as you go deeper into the buidling
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Rooflights highlighting the depth of the roof above
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Detail of saw tooth north light
Light/ painted walls to reflect the north light into the rest of the room
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Rooflight iterations in sketches • • • • •
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As lightwells As lanterns On a human scale Relating to the folded landscape Create interesting cuts in ceiling below
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Model investigating rooflights formed out of formal folds
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Model investigating rooflights formed out of formal extrusions
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Model investigating rooflights formed out of formal folds and movement of users due to changing surface/ planting
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4.5
OUTPOST Crit 16.02.10
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1:500 Sketched plan
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Use of landscape
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Night view from Town Hall
Landscape plan 191
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View looking North-east suggesting different strips of planting
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Interior view: Entrance foyer 194
Interior view: Bar mezzanine level 195
Interior view: Cafe space 196
Interior view: Main Hall 197
Crit Notes
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4.6
OUTPOST 1:50 Model
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Planning the 1:50 model
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Testing roof folds/ slopes on the landscape 204
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Testing roof folds/ slopes on the interior 206
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Different types of rooflights in main hall 208
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Different types of rooflights in cafe 210
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STRUCTURES SUPERVISION
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Felix Candela Thick columns seen as an extension/ part of the ceiling/ roof 215
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Looking at different methods of using columns in a large open space
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Considering columns as extension of heavy roof
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Considering columns affecting the Hall space
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4.7
OUTPOST Crit 12.03.10
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View of cafe From 1:50 model shot 225
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View of Main Hall From 1:50 model shot 227
Elevation looking North towards the Town Hall Opposite page: Plans of the central building
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Universit채tsspital, Basel Herzog & de Meuron Precedent for rooflights/ basement lighting with concrete forms
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Crit notes
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4.8
OUTPOST Post crit/ Easter Vacation
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CAR PARKING
Shift the car park from within the site into my building programme • • •
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Pedestrianise the site How to absorb the car park? How many spaces to offer?
Car parking/ vehicle access Pedestrianised area
Free up space to North of site
New free space New site
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Possible space for building development Extension of the allotments Extended playing fields New sports pavillion
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Car parking option 1: Underground linear
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Car parking option 2:
3 separate car parking areas
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Car parking option 3: 2 flanking car parks
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Car parking option 4:
Car parks between buildings
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Sketch section displaying car park option 1 in relation to other rooms, landscape, and existing road height
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Diagram showing buildings plan with linear car park
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LANDSCAPE AS SERIES OF LEVELS
Car park leading onto the buildings on lowest level
Office building revealing itself and level change as a North facing courtyard
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Landscape is created more as terraces of hard landscaping with soft landscaping in between
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Plan showing landscaping strategy with levels and spot heights
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Meydan Centre, Dubai Foreign Office Archtiects
How to mediate between levels? Steps/ slopes
Sketch view of levels and ‘ha-ha’ wall of the central terrace
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4.9
OUTPOST Easter Term
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STRUCTURES SUPERVISION With terraced scheme the ceiling no long folds in conjunction with sloping lawns, so a flat concrete roof needs to be supported instead, Emphasize being underground by exposed structure. Very clear that the heavy earth roof needs support and structure. Weight and depth of roof is highlighted by the structure
Possible use of portal frame in cafe space, as a exposed structural system.
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Depth of beam required to span large length cuts off 1m of head space from mezzanine floor
Possible portal frame spanning in perpendicular direction.
But perpendicular beams detract from the clear panorama of the Town Hall from within the cafe space.
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Portal frame types and information
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Concrete slabs to span the large areas between structural grid.
Concrete slab construction
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ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERVISION
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HAMSTOW TOWN HALL SITE climate sketch
Microclimate of the site
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Heavy rooftop planting • • •
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Drainage system Soil depth Waterproofing
Construction axonometric through green roof
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LANDSCAPE STRATEGY
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Opposite page: Axo showing layering of stretgy- built environment, landscape, pathways, series of pavilions. Landscape ebcomes divided up by routes/ pathways
Pathway layout decided by users desire lines and access routes. Both public users and office workers taken into account.
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Pathway Strategy Model testing pathway routes
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Sketch placing pavilions on pathways
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Making the 1-500 landscape model
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1:500 Landscape Model 265
Sketch plan showing pathways dividing the landscape use and planting
Skecth detail of how pathway can meet landscape, to create informal immediate meeting.
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The High Line, New York Diller Scofido & Renfro Architects Precedent showing how pathways can be integrated into landscape to create less formal, more intermediary feel to routes.
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Overall landscape strategy sketch
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Planting Strategy Wild planting near the road, moving to more ordered towards the Town Hall to create space that can be mroe easily used for human activity
Experience of the civic architecture of the Town Hall is altered by the planting that it is view over.
More colour, variety, biodiversity brought to the site.
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Wild flowers and grasses altering scenes and paintings
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View showing wild planting looking towards the Town Hall from outside the office building and pavilion
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PAVILIONS
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Sketch detail of how to connect pavilion into ground
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Pavilions look alien in comparison to the landscape
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Bold materiality of pavilions seen throughout the buidling
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Chrome columns, both exposed structure and decorative. Not too industrial. H columns or cruciform?
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SCULPTURE GARDEN AND STUDIOS
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Outdoor walkway along the front of the glazed studios
Sculture garden- not formal but more interactive
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The North Wall Theatre. Haworth Tomkins Precedent for studios which open out into courtyard.
Rentable studios lead straight out onto sculpture garden and memorial
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4.10
OUTPOST Final Crit 11.05.10
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Plan taken at ground level of Town Hall
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Plans showing ground cut as well as building cut. All measurements taken from Town Hall ground level
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