Lost Spaces | An Appetite for Change Leith Walk Site Development
Jonathan Piper | Shimal Morjaria
Contents
Locating & Establishing Leith Walk ....................................... 3 Implementing Food as a Catalyst for Change....................... 5 Proposed Masterplan Development....................................... 7 An Appetite for Change - Community Learning Centre ...... .15
Existing Location Site Qualities Plan 3 3
Leith is home to people from various multifarious backgrounds. As a result, the area comprises of a wide range of businesses relating to the cultures of its inhabitants. Leith has developed into somewhat of a halfway house between Edinburgh’s Docks and New Town. Garages Schools/Education Empty/Unused Bars etc. Others NHS/Dentist CafÊ/Bakery Groceries/Off-Licence Charities/Second Hand Newsagents Barber/Hairdresser/Tanning/Tattoo Fast Food/Take-Away Casino/Betting Construction Specialists
Leith’s Current Commercial Programs 4
The development plan for Leith Walk introduces the notion of implementing food and culinary activities as a social catalyst for community growth. Introducing opportunities of interaction, sociability and education among Leith Walk’s residents, the masterplan poses a response to the growing culture in food among the area.
Food & Nutrition - A Catalyst for Community Change 5
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Leith’s multicultural consistency is evident in the urban fabric. One such instance takes form in the emergence of a variety of cuisines from diverse cultures. These establishments give the area it’s contrasting living conditions, tiling the streetscape with various forms of culinary expression.
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Leith’s Current Culinary Related Locations 6
Implementing food as a catalyst for community growth 1
Housing the apprentice chef. Residential units for individual chefs in training, on placement within local restaurants.
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Housing the family business. Residential units for families of three to four, where living is provided above individual restaurant spaces.
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Appetite for Change Centre - Previously a storage facility for Edinburgh’s trams, this pitched roof building accomodates training spaces, cafes and new cultural restaurants to the area. While each protagonist feeds from and offers to the development program, the centre provides cooking classes, training and family team building to the residents of Leith Walk.
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Family owned restaurants - Housing for the Family Business
below Selection of small cafes/bakeries and bars units - Housing for apprentice chefs
Centre New restaurants -Appetite for Change
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Restaurants CafĂŠ/Bakery Groceries/Off-Licence Fast Food/Take-Away Appetite for Change Centre Educational Bars/Pubs
Proposed Leith Culinary Related Locations 8
Perspective (Foreground - Housing for the family business | Background - Housing for the apprentice chef) 9
Perspective (Foreground - Housing for the Apprentice Chef | Background - Housing for the Family Business) 10
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Aerial View 14
Tram Shed - Appetite for Change Centre 15
1. Learning Centre - Entrance/Lobby/Administration 2. Educational Culinary Hall 3. Cooking Equipment Storage/Washing Space 4. Pantry 5. Seating/Dining Space 6. Community Outreach Centre - Lobby 7. Public Hall (Rentable) 8. Public Cafe 9. Restaurants 10. Learning Centre - Winter Garden
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Tram Shed - Ground Floor Plan (1:200) 16
11. Learning Centre - Flexible Teaching Space 12. Educational Culinary Hall Mezzanine 14. Restaurants Mezzanine Level
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Tram Shed - First Floor Plan (1:200) 17
Tram Shed - Cross Section (1:100) 18
Existing Structural Columns & Trusses
Utilising Exisiting Brick Gable Walls
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Division of Three Zones New Restaurants Cooking Education Centre Public Cafe/Administration/Rentable Hall
Partition Walls & Floors
Reinstalled Sheet Roof
Tectonic Extrusions - Entrances to Restaurants & Cooking Centre
Tram Shed Isometric 19
Exploded Isometric 20
Appetite for Change - Central Cooking Space 21
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Tram Shed - Long Section Through Interactive Learning Spaces (1:100) 22