STITCH YARD
VERTICAL LANDSCAPE STUDIO
Needling the Programmme
fabric exposition
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PROGRAMMATIC EMBEDDING
CLOTHS RESEARCH
There are both positive and negative environmental implications for each different way of managing unwanted clothes. Around 50% of clothes are re-used at present, which is the most resource efficient strategy for managing unwanted clothing. The research shows that there are more cloths beign given to charity shops than thre are people collecting them which points to the stigma attached to pre-owned cloths
THE LOCAL.
Based on my research into the surrounding areas in the site based on my point of interest in charity shops I found not very much options in terms of places where cloths could be taken or given. An important mention is the geffrye museum located opposite the site 32 cremer.
EXPOSITORY
The exchange method of my proposal will take the form of a physical interchange. Clothing items are what are being exchanged and the public brings these items to the site. The establishment of my exchange derives from a previous interchange project but after investigating further, the notion a cloth swap, new information was found about the charity setups like over a third of the UK population having purchased clothing from a charity shop in the past but however data suggest there is a stigma attached to pre-owned purchases which is reflected by more members of the public donating clothing than those interested in wearing pre-owned clothing and in the different socio-demographic profile of the donators and purchasers of pre-owned items. Based on these findings, the items of clothing that will consequently be exchanged will be in the form of unusual, vintage and upmarket clothing. The exchange process engages communities from the Shoreditch area but will especially engage the neighboring parts of Cremer site, which will accommodate at least 25+ persons. People bring in cloths that would fit the aforementioned criteria to the site for recycling and these items are then sorted into section of what needs mending and what could go straight to display they are then sent to the dry-cleaning and drying section of the building. Once items are steamed and ironed they are then exhibited in a galleria like space. Then on set dates the public are afterwards allowed access to the galleria where the items are being displayed and auctioned off. Clothing which the programme mends are displayed and retailed off consequently generating revenue for the site. The exchange process occurs during the early evenings from 4 – 7pm while the receiving and sorting of items occurs from mid-morning at 8:30am. For the laundry aspect of the process it will require cleaning and sorting rooms with adequate ventilation, changing rooms for items of clothing to be tried out and a gallery like space for items to be displayed. The generic feature of the whole process will be open plan and gritty in terms of material. Materials like exposed bricks/concrete, reclaimed wood would define a spatial familiarity in keeping with the current profile of the building.
fabric inception
Expository Drawing MARQUIS OF LANDSDOWNE Vertical Landscape
Fabric of the Site
View of front facade of the Marquis of Lansdowne pub [ standing across road looking South of and East of simultaneously]
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View from front South facade of the pub [ looking down the road towards overground bridge ]
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View from front South facade of the pub [ looking East towards cafe ]
Fabric of the site analysis looks to the urban grain of the area which takes into account the relationship of the site and its adjacent building. As with this site in paticular I was interested in picking the thread of the area . What do you percieve from the building how does it affect the other buildings which all take a centain urban grain.Colours scheme and materilaity was a starting point for me to contnuing the project.
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IThe images and line drawings on the map represent sight lines which looked to “expose the building” a theme which links back to the initial stages of researh undertook to stitch a programme to the site. To expose the process of the pre-owned clothing market down to the already dilapitated cremer site which is in disrepair their seemed to be a novelty to things being shown as they are . In essence bringing down the facade.
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The site 32 Cremer St. was originally a pub, called the Marquis of Lansdowne, however its doors were shut in 2000 to the public. its is currently the only building left on Cremer street. The site represents centuries of east end culture even though it isn’t Grade II listed. The Geffrye museum owned site is currently being used as the HQ for designers block who host events and exhibitions. They have had tenancy for free for the past 11 years. Hackney council refused permission for the demolition of the Marquis of Lansdowne in 2013 due to public uproar about a landmark being torn down, which represented east london culture. Since this rejection of David Chipperfiled’s proposals, the museum has fresh proposals from Wright and Wright Architects which would turn the pub into the museums cafe.
1:500 Site Map - Shoreditch 4
MARQUIS OF LANDSDOWNE Vertical Landscape
The Geffrye Museum which the site shares a garden view with looking north of the building. The collections at the museum convey the changes in interior and how our ever changing socirty and fashion is illustrated through the ever changing styles of interiors. The collections travel through past eriods of architecture [ Georgian, Victorian, and modernist styles prominent in london now. The buildinhg is situated in 18th century arms houses and surrounded by gardens.
SPATIAL & PROGRAMMATIC ANALOGY
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FIRST FLOOR CLOTHING SORTING PROCESS
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Wall in the library room. North facing entrance to toilets.
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Fireplace wall in front room (West facing)
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Spine wall facing south
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Fireplace wall facing west elevation (Back room)
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Structural wall in Backroom facing east looking towards the stairs.
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Wall next to stairwell running up west of the building facde.
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Wall facing the east elevation in kitchen (structural)
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Wall on the left coming in from the entrance east .
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BASEMENT
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Walls adjacent and opposite the stairwell.
The analogy looking at worn clothes and comparing them spatially in regards to what wall partions are worn and could be repaired or patches and what walls are thread bare which would need disposing of. Diagarmmatoc illustration of the existing notes were and what walls are identified . 4 Point strategy gives for a simple course of action from identifying the deteriorating state of the existing then point 2 which would involve sticthing the salvageable and also identifying ehat is not needed or thraed bare and cut away.
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the third strategy of deconstruction embraces the nature of deconstruction and from this a new roof detail will take its plsce
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the last strategy involvesthen exposing this process the old and new. Celebrating the patchwork of the sticth.
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STRATEGY
facade deterioration - wear and tear - cloth (de-construct)
sewing/sticthing the structure
deconstructing the roof profile
MARQUIS OF LANDSDOWNE Vertical Landscape
exposing the structure & programme
Light Study
MARQUIS OF LANDSDOWNE Vertical Landscape
1-50 BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
new extension - Laundry space
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1-50 GROUND FLOOR PLAN
new extension - Changing rooms, Toilets & Lift
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new extension - Sewing workshop
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Interior Perspective Making the cut through the building
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12 Structural beam - steel
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10 Steel mullion frame
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6 Metal roof framework
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4 Framework beams - wood
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1 Copper Cladded roof
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DECONSTRUCTING THE SEAMS
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10 Aluminium profile 11 Interior glass joint 12 Double glazing 13 Glass board
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