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STRUCTURAL GRID - GROUND FLOOR
EVENING SUN RESIDENTIAL FORM IS TALLER
THAN THE COMMUNITY
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CENTRE IN ORDER TO ALLOW DAYLIGHT INTO THE COURTYARD SPACE AND THE APARTMENTS THE RESIDENTIAL WING
WILL EMPLOY PASSIVE VENTILATION STRATEGIES THROUGH THE USE OF THE WINDOWS AND ACOUSTIC
CORRIDOR VENTS SOUTHERN WINDOWS HAVE ALUMINIUM SOLAR SHADES
IN ORDER TO MINIMISE DIRECT SUNLIGHT INTO ROOMS ALL APARTMENTS HAVE ACCESS TO SOUTHERN
FACING WINDOWS TO ENSURE THEY ALL RECEIVE DAYLIGHT SEVERAL WALLS AROUND THE SITE LEFT OPEN IN ORDER TO DISPLAY GRAFFITI AND STREET
ART, WHICH IS ONE OF THE INITIAL ELEMENTS I STUDIED FOR MY CONCEPT MORNING
SUN
ATRIUM HAS SKYLIGHTS TO CREATE A BRIGHT AND LIGHT SPACE. THE SUN IS ABLE TO PENETRATE INTO THIS SPACE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY PLANT ROOM LOCATED IN MIDDLE OF THE SCHEME IN
ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY ISOMETRIC
ORDER TO HOUSE A HEAT EXCHANGER CONNECTED TO THE GROUND SOURCE PUMP
10.2m
8m
SKYLIGHTS ABOVE MAIN WORKSHOP AND ENTRANCE ATRIUM TO ENSURES HOT STALE
AIR CAN BE VENTILATED AS THESE WILL BE A BUSY SPACES OPEN SITE CIRCULATION ALLOWS FOR SOUTHERLY WINDS TO FLOW THROUGH AND INTO THE COURTYARD