JOHN LANGRAN 2020 MArch Architecture Portfolio Application Number: 21037621
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PARCO DELLE CERAMICHE CERAMICS PARK
2018-2019 Competition with Nothing is Not Nothing Architects Site: Laveno-Mombello, Northern Italy
Nestled in-between the mountainside and the lake the town of Laveno-Mombello has an exciting history. The most notable part was ceramics industry that guided the town for many years. Ceramics Park, a concept that aligns itself with this history. A competition to rejuvenate the old ceramics factory in Laveno-Mombello. The task was to design a space targeting children. Ceramics Park is a concept that captures the excitement of moving through a place, culture and town. To do this new entrance points have been added to the building to allow the space to be opened up. Pathways have been cut through to connect each of the new interventions and transport systems within the town. Simultaneously creating courtyards for children and parents to congregate.
KEY VIEWS SECTIONS AXO 01 Ceramics Park Parco Delle Ceramiche Permeability is important to maintaining an honest theme within the building, pathways and openings enable residents to become excited by the idea of exploring elements that are only just out of reach. Cutting directly through the site on multiple axis so that the building is no longer an obstacle that people must traverse, but an experience that can be roamed through. Both adults and children discovering exciting activities along the way. Activities in Ceramics Park are all based around the need for play, learning and creating. A scaled down ceramics workshop enabling local children to learn about the history of their town through the making ceramics. To the observatory that will facilitate looking outward beyond the town of LavenoMombello expanding their horizons.
DIVISION OF KEY AREAS
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2017-2018 Final project third year BA architecture Site: Brixton
Tensions feature heavily within this project. Firstly the location of the site, on one side there is one of the most prominent and overpowering council estates in Brixton, the Moorlands estate. While on the other sidethere is the Brixton village and the centre of Brixton. An area that has been the subject of gentrification over the past 10 years. This project aims to break both the physical and social tensions, through the use of large sculptural features along with the programme purpose of the spaces within. These spaces center around bringing together the variety of people that both live and visit the area.
Collage of Disrespect
This was created to demonstrate what we consider disrespectful within our society. For example the burning of a flag, which can be seen as disrespectful as you are destroying what is to many people a visual representation of their country.
Site located on Coldharbour lane opposite the Brixton village. It is worth noting that on the site there is an existing building, Carlton Mansions, along with a number of mature trees that line the boundary. Both of these would be retained as part of the proposed use of this space.
Two key cycling routes through this area of London. North - South route takes cyclists either out of London or to Brockwell park. Wheras East - West route takes cyclists towards Camberwell or Clapham common.
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Key elements surrounding site to consider. 1. Brixton Village 2. Raised rail line 3. Neighbouring nursery school building 4. Moorlands Estate
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KEY SITE FEATURES Positioned on Coldharbour lane, Carlton Mansions intersects two iconic zones in Brixton which can also be seen to represent the contrasting communities within the area. The Brixton village which is slowly being taken
over by gentrification and the Moorlands estate which has seen local residents fighting against this process.
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INWARD FACING BUSINESS (1) Aims to cater to local needs Established for over 30 years Conscious of surrounding businesses Part of the community
LOCAL COMMUNITY
Information gathered as part of research conducted whilst interviewing a local community leader DR Mohamad Hashi, who runs the Brixton soup kitchen. This was his take on the issue of gentrification and the tension that exists between the old an new Brixton.
OUTWARD FACING (2) Caters to visitors to Brixton and new arrivals Established within past 3-5 years Owned by larger corporation
“I think gentrification is a positive thing as long as the locals are able to tap into the benefits, however not enough has been done to up-skill people to be able to take advantage of this�. - Dr Mohamad Hashi
INTERNAL SPACES STORY BOARD EXTERNAL SPACES 02 Symbiotic Brixton Final Third Year Project Diagram shows primary route through proposal along with intended orientation of new volumes which have been inserted into the existing building. The tension between old and new has been crucial throughout the formation of this project, these forms have been deliberately chosen to represent this.
Within the Brixton area there have been a number of new, developer lead, interventions which use “soft architecture� in an attempt to disguise their real motives of irresponsibly gentrifying the area. The choice of a visually aggressive design, whilst at the same time implementing a programme that actually benefits the local area, is a way of calling this out and emphasising the ludicrousness of the situation.
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Exploded axonometric drawing showing circulation through floors
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Isometric drawing demonstrating cycling route. Intended system for integrating site within the local context of Brixton.
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SKETCH PROTOTYPES 02 Symbiotic Brixton Final Third Year Project Parasitic and symbiotic architecture feature heavily within this project. This concept influenced not only the form of the building but also the means by which the programme is expressed within the project. These sketches were an instrumental aspect of the process of when creating the form of the building.
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An exploration into using folded sheet material as the inspiration for the form
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Preliminary section showing the interaction between new and old
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Initial sketch exploring the parasitic form that could burrow through the building
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Key sketch showing the primary access disecting through the existing building
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EAST SECTION 02 Symbiotic Brixton Final Third Year Project
Studios For resident artists
Structure 1 Entrance ramp
Mechanic space Bicycle shop
This section demonstrates the variety of experiences each user would have access to within the building.
Structure Two Viewing Platform
Structure Three Commercial space
Circulation - Cycling - Wheelchairs - Pushchairs - Other wheeled access
Structure Three Metal Workshop
INTERNAL ATMOSPHERE COLLAGE The primary route users would take through the building. This image demonstrates the environmental qualities that would be expected After the working day is over.
BRIXTON HISTORY POSTER Poster created in reaction to hearing about the negative events that have happened in Brixton’s recent history, from Dr Mohamad Hashi. It was also inspired by a site visit to the Moorlands estate and noticing the CCTV cameras on top of the poles. This imagery can be seen as similar to a shrunken head placed on top of a spear. The comparison came from an analysis exercise into
cultural practices that was used as a way of understanding the patterns that exist across cultures.
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REGENTS CANAL PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO
2016 Initial project second year Site: Actions lock Regents canal
Key Themes: Rhythm / Sequence Light Repeatable structure Relationship with the canal.
SECTION EXPLODED AXO 03 Regents canal Photography studio Second year First project
A key theme exhibited within this project was the idea of rhythm and sequence, this was implemented through a series of perforations in the skin of the intervention. This created a rhythm to the space in three ways. Firstly the way that light was allowed in; secondly the way that the user navigates around the space; and thirdly the way that passers by would be allowed glimpses into the building at key points.
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Entrance Main staircase
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View from main entrance looking through the length of the exhibition space.
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An exploded axonometric render showing inhabitation, building envelope and structural techniques used.
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Rendered sectional view demonstrating the relationship between the two programmatic spaces within the structure. It was also a way of understanding the connection that the studio would have with the adjacent canal and lock.
Lower area of canal Entrance ramp
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Internal courtyard Structure
Internal courtyard
Gallery
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Living space Space can accommodate 1 resident
Photography studio The resident will be a photographer
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Canal
04 2017 Final second year project Site: Oval Space, Hackney
Image A view from the public entrance towards the internal yard space where different facilities face each other as a way of encouraging collaboration.
OPEN ACCESS WORKSHOP
Second floor Visual connection to ground floor of workshop
Concrete foundation and flooring
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AXONOMETRIC MATERIALS
Images from top: Internal model view The structural elements can double as a place of rest, distanced from but still close to the workshops, which was an important element within the spaces that are loud and busy. It was important to include these within the exposed substructure of the building to allow the users to have a transparent experience within the building.
Workshop Space used for toxic environments would allow for extraction vents
Canal Visual connection to the canal
Base of canal
Ground Clay bed Underneath foundation
Facade details Key material composition, from top; detail connecting wall to roof of intervention allowing diffused natural light into workspaces below; Yakisugi (charred timber); concrete base and algae covered bricks from the canal wall.
Rendered Axonometric view Demonstrating layering of materials in relation to various horizontal planes within the building. Spatial quality where void has been created was deliberately considered to give a direct line of sight from the top floor down into the workshop.
MODEL SKETCH VIEWS 04 Open access workshop Second year final project
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Model view showing scale of void space, within the proposal along with structural footing and building envelope.
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Axonometric drawing showing thresholds and internal yard space, both key elements within this project
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Sectional drawing of space describing the inhabitation, along with key areas such as the interaction with canal boats.
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View from inside the ceramics workshop, one of the main buildings in the complex. The structure is instrumental to the spatial quality of the workshop inside.
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PLANS SECTION
Images: 04 Ground floor plan Open access workshop Spaces oriented around a central yard to give access to incoming / Second year final project outgoing deliveries as well as ease of movement between selected workshops.
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3D Printing lab Wood Workshop
Canal framed by building Upper Deck
Roof Plan Implementation of the roof structure along with walkway/ bridges to enable circulation around this level of the workspace.
Circulation
Long Section through site Displaying internal workings of the building alongside the internal structure and how people could inhabit the space. This was a key tool in describing the atmosphere of the space as well as how each layer came together.
Residential buildings on north side of the canal facing the site
Canal delivery space Canal delivery space
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2018 Toyo Ito Competition Park space in Kesenuma, Japan This project focused on creating a public space using a disused car park above the main fish market in Kesennuma. The project would breathe new life into the town which was razed to the ground by the 2011 earthquake and resulting tsunami. It would also double as a refuge should another tsunami hit the area.
VIEWS URBAN PLAN 05 Home for all Toyo Ito Competition
This car park was one of the few buildings that survived the initial wave and was also able to save the most amount of people (upwards of 1000). Onsen Park highlights and celebrates this by creating a public space that sits on the axis of the four key areas of the town; industrial, residential, commercial and recreational.
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View of public users facing towards the ocean.
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Zones identified within the city: Industrial Residential Commercial Leisure
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A public Onsen and swimming pool where the local residents can bathe. Sanitation spaces were important to the ethos of this project as there was a shortage of them during the 2011 disaster. B
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LVMH: GREEN STORE
“The Journey” was a proposal for an LVMH competition to design an environmentally friendly concept store. It draws inspiration from the famous Caspar David Freidrich painting “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog and contained four of the key areas that can be identified within the painting. Initially starting with the valley; progressing through a cave area; continuing by climbing up to the mountain and finally returning back down to complete the journey in forest. Each space targeted a unique brand that exists within the LVMH maison.
Mountain Bar / Viewing platform
Forrest Viewing Platform
Facade Algae tubes
Cave Cycling
River Circulation Valley Suitcases travel items
The pinnacle of this would be the bar on the balcony where customers would be able to reflect back on the journey that they had just taken through the store and enjoy whiskey tastings as a reward for accomplishing the journey. The selection of materials used in “The Journey” emphasise LVMH’s (at the time) new approach towards environmentally conscious consumerism. Every aspect of the shop would be made from either recycled materials; ones that can be recycled; or that actively improve the quality
of the environment. For instance Mycellium was chosen for its versatility to create forms whilst being completely biodegradable, it makes for a capable replacement for materials such as MDF.
Foundation show June 2015
Installation for foundation degree exhibition using a tessalating hexagonal pattern made from three key elements. Green tree branches cut into thirds; plywood cut into strips and cable ties to hold the three elements together.
June 2018 Undergraduate degree show
Third year degree show exhibition, precut CNC routed plywood in combination with structural softwood beams to create an arrangement of enclosed spaces for each studio. These were arranged around a joint central area.
EXHIBITIONS
June 2017 - Second year end of year show
Student initiated end of year show to celebrate the final projects from that year. Curated and constructed by a small team of 6, we chose to attach the display elements on the existing structure so that there was an element of synergy between the existing building and the work.
September 2019 PLUTO PANTOKRATOR
Performative drawing installation in Belgrade. The driving force behind creating this installation was making a piece that could continue drawing autonomously without human input. So that the artwork would continue its drawing and transforming even after the artists had left the premises.
SHOREDITCH HOUSE 6TH FLOOR Worked as part of the team creating the design for the renovation of the 6th floor of Shoreditch house, which included a new, pool, bar, lounge, back of house, w/c and balcony areas. Another key feature was a new retractable
roof above the bar lounge area. The space is currently used for a variety of events as an intimate music venue that features the backdrop of London.
WELL KNEADED Whilst working at Nothing is Not Nothing architects. Well Kneaded is a small family run pizzeria in Earlsfield, they started out as a pizza van and were interested in creating a more permanent space of their own. A key aspect of the
behind the design was to enable the client to slowly add flourishes when they chose, which will enable them to make it their own.
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL OBJECTS OF PLAY
Working With Studio S/HE in Brixton to run creative workshops with local people to create objects of play for the London design festival. The workshops provided took local participants through a course of concept development, prorotype-making and crafting objects. These objects would then be played with in the garden of St Matthews Church.
ITV IDENT FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH A collaboration with London artist King Owusu to create a sculpture depicting Ashanti queen mother Yaa Asantewaa surrounded by light and Adinkra symbols of guardianship, leadership and charisma. This project to me was about
taking a step back, listening and learning. It had a huge impact on the way that I now approach projects going forward.
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CURRENT PROJECT - SHEPHERDS HUT Currently in the process of building a shepherds hut that will be located in the countryside in Sussex. This project was concieved as a result of my enjoyment tackling the practical aspect of architecture. It was also because of my
desire to undertake a built project that I could have more creative control over from beginning to end. It has been extremely useful to understand what it means to create a habitable space from nothing.
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