PROFILE: CYPRIAN IZU 09. 05. 91.
LOUGHBOROGH UNIVERSITY Research in Civil and Building Engineering
P O R T F O L I O 2015-16
16 Barle Gardens, South Ockendon RM15 5QP Essex. 07538955854 Email:
07589661163
izucyprianozoh15@yahoo.com
A RENDERED VIEW OF ARTIST STUDIO AREA.
REMODELLED FACADE & APPROACH ELEVATION FOR ART-GALLERY .
DESIGN: The project involves the remodelling of an old and derelict car garage into an Art-gallery for 10 artists and two (2) sculptors. The design provides a welcoming reception area, circulation and exhibition space, Gallery display area and research IT suite.
SECTIONAL ELEVATION
METHODOLOGY: A survey was carried out on the existing building. Using ethnographic photography and observation, the materials and methods of construction of the existing fabric were ascertained.
CROSS-SECTION OF EXISITING STREET AND SITE MASSING.
AERIAL VIEW OF EXISTING BUILDING AND THE SITE CONTEXT.
OUTCOME:
RENDERED VIEW OF ENTRY AND RECEPTION AREA
The final design uses Revit Architecture 2015 to analyse the daylight performance and carryout thermal improvement of the spaces in the gallery. The result were presented in three (3) stages:
An improved daylight strategy of the space in accordance to CIBSE guide.
Rendered images of key spaces in the gallery and ;
A report on the upgrade of the Thermal performance of the space in accordance to Part L of the approved document.
EXISTING FAÇADE OF DERELICT CAR GARAGE.
INITIAL CONCEPT SKETCH OF LIGHTING STRATEGY.
RENDERED VIEW OF CIRCULATION AND EXBHITION AREA.