JWKB Portfolio by Joshua

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This portfolio contains the design work of: JOSHUA W K BURNS BSc Architecture (2010-present)

ART & DESIGN A-LEVEL Date: 2008 - 10 Tutor: Mr Hodgson, County Upper School. During my A-levels I explored the Human condition in the first year which looked at how people act in society and the restraints which govern our behavioural appearances through photo realism. This was conveyed in a series of films and portraits. The second year of art, I decided to look at realism in architecture and the exagerated landscaape. This led to a series of large oil paintings muchly influenced by artist Carla Klein. Lorry driving under a sign. Oil on Canvas, 95 x 180cm

Front: Telephone Box on the M1. Oil on Canvas, 180 x 95cm Left: 1- Oil on Canvas, 62 x 79cm. 2/3/4 - pencil in sketch book.

A-Level sketch book work exploring artist Carla Klein.

British Museum Roof - Foster & Partners, London. Oil on Canvas,

BSc Architecture - Year 1 (Left) - Assemblage Project, Bird Hide model made from wood. (right) - School Project, Section Perspective and plans for a infants school in Llandaff.

Light Study

Date: Spring 2011 Tutor: Shankaru Raj, Welsh School of Architecture

Date: Autumn 2010 Tutor: Sam Clark, Welsh School of Architecture

Infant School

The First project undertaken in the first year design studio at the Welsh School of Architecture was to create a bird hide or fishing hut situated at the end of a pier. This was to be modelled only with wood. My idea tried to show how the people watching in the hide were themselves, in a metaphoric bird cage. As you were to walk down the pier, you would be able to see the other people inside the cage, yet on the waters edge, visibility to the inside is limited as to not scare the birds.

The spring term of first year in architecture saw the designing of a small school for infants in Llandaff, in Cardiff. It was situated on a strip between a residential area and castle ruins. The idea of this design was to create an interier street, alongside the surface of the wall, in which parents and children can easily access the different rooms, and outside areas.

SECOND YEAR - HOUSE SCAPES

3D Ice Formations derived via varying equations. Using 3DS MAX.

STATE CHANGE Date: Autumn 2011 Tutor: Chris Loyn, Welsh School of Architecture

Having looked at the different properties of water, our group decided that water in the state of Ice is the most interesting characteristic to explore. It can form many different shapes and structures governed by the molecular structure of ice itself, and the immediate surroundings when the ice is formed. Examples are Icicles, snowflakes, ice stalagmites amongst other formations. Through exploring the various structures formed as ice, we found that the most intriguing concept is that of the medium between state-change, and the consequences of this. We were able to represent this as 3D models in 3DS Max, and then through section drawings from the models. The density of the particles in the models can be controlled by a ratio that creates a more or less dense physical model.

Initial group Site Plan and Site Section.

Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Concept Diagram showing how density change can be applied to the site in terms of permanent and semi-permanent fixtures.

Cardiff Central Train Station.

SITE ANALYSIS

Noise Polution

Pollution

SANAA - Tokyo, Japan.

I have also noticed that the site sits on a cycle/pedestrian route which runs through the city centre and past the Millennium Stadium. This is an ideal area in which to link the routes together and open up a forgotten cycle route. It also gets the best of the sun during the majority of the day as there is little but the railway line blocking the sun in the south. It can be said that the site would be able to achieve high thermal gains on a clear day. I think the site is also of importance as it connects the urban city centre to the suburban residential area on the west of the Taff. Here, there is also a regular market that appears once a week selling fresh farmed goods. This could be incorporated into the design somehow.

FUNABASHI APARTMENTS

The site is located between the river Taff, the Stadium and the Train Station. It is an ideal area for residents who wish to have an ease of access to local facilities and public buildings. The Victorian Water tower located on the site used to hydrate steam engine trains on the railway line, and is grade two listed. Previously there used to be offices and an old bus station on the site, which were demolished in 2005. Years ago, the river Taff would have been used as transport to carry the coal to and from the bay. It still has the potential to be used for boats, and the site is on an excellent location for a small dock.

Funabashi Apartments are located in Chiba, Tokyo. The building is located on a small urban site and has been built to the maximum size permitted. Containing 16 apartments over three floors and a built area of just 243.04m2 results in small, compartmentalized rooms so that the occupant can't organise possessions and not spend the entire time in the same space. Nishizawa aimed to diminish hierarchy amongst rooms so that each room could have uses beyond the usual interpretation. For example, or listening to music un the bathroom. he envisaged dwellers growing plants I think the main concept that I took from this precedent study was the idea of entering your apartment through a semi-private space, e.g. a courtyard. By entering your apartment through a courtyard, you have created a zone that enables the use of multiple people yet is more secure than a street. This is exemplified in plan on the circulation drawing, that shows the dispersion of people as they enter the building, then into their shared courtyards, and then into their own apartments. I also appreciated the way in which SANAA have varied the window sizes in order to allow maximum light into each room.

Precedent Study. Funabashi Apartments, Ryue Nishizawa, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan. 8

YEAR II - DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING I decided to explore the relationship of the inside living area and the outside 'living room'. Here I have shown a view from an apartment in the Housing project looking out towards Cardiff Bay. I have tried to respond to the site by including a marsh-land, mud and reeds in the centre of the terrace as a suggestion of wales. It is also an urban environment, and is represented through a concrete wall/roof that appears to be floating above plates of glass. The scene will weather and adapt over time as can be seen through the stains on the concrete.

FINAL HOUSING DESIGN The housing apartments were based on the idea of a central cycling street passing through the complex, with semi-private courtyards shared between every three apartments. Further still, each apartment has it’ s own roof terrace or ‘ outside living area’ . In this way, I tried to incorporate outside living as much as possible into the design even in such a central and urban context. Instead of scraping the origional car park located on the site, I decided to incorporate a large electric refueling car park sunken one metre from ground level. With an extra 1.8m above ground level, the housing really felt as if it were seperate from the city, and the bike route through allowed for a ramp and stairs on each end of the street, which added to the landscaping of the public areas.

COURTYARD COMPLEX SECTION PERSPECTIVE

Site Plan

I created this perspective in order to show how each space is divided in section. The central courtyard of the three apartments has room for a tree, a pond and even storage for bikes. The tree is able to grow because earth runs all the way through the car park. This also helped to shape the car park so that it is not just one large open space. The entrance to the courtyard can be seen where there is a cyclist entering. This is located under an arch which signifies a natural threshold between the cycle street and the courtyards, without the need for a gate or door. You can also see the cycle ramp and stairs, that lead to the elevated street, in the site plan and in the renderings on the right. It creates an urban road running through the apartments and is open to the public. One of the main ideas of the design was to re-connect the essence of wales into the heart of Cardiff. To me this includes bring nature and boggy marshes into the design. I have included this aspect inside the courtyards as rainwater from each apartment will collect into the central ponds, and also in the digital render it is possible to see the potential marsh that can be constructed on the private terraces.

Year II Housing Project. Section Perspective and digital model. 13

PERSPECTIVE RENDERS My Final design consists of a group of housing units, each with shared courtyards for semi-private space, and a street running through the centre of the project to accommodate for pedestrian traffic including cyclists. The ground floor of the housing development is raised 2m so that enough room can be made for a car park underneath. Access to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comes from two large ramps, with a very low gradient, on either end of the site. In this way, cyclists are able to take an easy route avoiding heavy traffic from the main road. As you walk or cycle down the street, you would see archways on either side that lead into the courtyards. This idea has been taken from the town-planning of Cambridge, as a similar effect happens as you walk down the main streets. The renders opposite show the change in level with the use of the ramps and steps. They also show how the housing units as a massing appear from eye level, as if you were walking through the street. From an aerial view, the design looks like a miniature city in itself, one that could almost be compared to a shanty town. This is of course intentional, as the project is meant to have a very personal feel, so that the scale of the housing can relate to the people that live there. I am pleased with project, found the

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FIGURE GROUND PROJECT MANIFESTO Date: Spring 2012 Tutor: Colin Rose, Haworth Tompkins + Welsh Shool of Architecture.

I am interested in the social role associated to architecture and how this can provide a base for collective behaviour of people. In particular, I believe with the use of a constructivist ethos, the regeneration of Rhyl and in particular the Honeyclub site, will enable an interactive relationship between residents, and seasonal visitors. For example there could be communal spaces whereby a capitalist system is broken down to provide a service that is fair to its users. In this way, people can use services that in turn give back to the community, or can be used without the necessity of finance (e.g. to be able to listen to music outside an auditorium or to be able to use a community space for free). Strategizing the system will involve the use of different architectural techniques. I am interested in Layering and constructivism. The topic of layering promotes multiple thresholds on different scales. Similar to the different layers in a waterproof jacket, this can be applied directly to the different layers of a facade, or applying multiple layers of rooms to create a sequence of thresholds. Temporal layering could be applied just as Carlo Scarpa has with the facade of Castelvecchio in Verona. Here, he distinguished from the old by imposing an orthogonal geometry

and by use of material. Temporal Layering could also be understood through activities that take place, such as having two ticket desks, one for the day and one for the night. In this way, social interaction can be mapped and even influenced through design. By thinking of the special arrangement of the design through architectural promenade, I can imagine the experience to consist of multiple thresholds that give numerous views. Also through Topology, there is a story to the circulation of space that is not wholly functional. This can be seen in gimmicky buildings such as the Epcot Centre in Disney World. Rhyl already has a fun fair characteristic which should be embraced as a good thing, and implemented into architectural design along the promenade.

Manifesto Collage manipulating the facade of the site building and Narkomfin Building by Moisei Ginzburg (a constructivist exemplar).

The material layering of the design should consist of glass, steel and cement, but also to explore Hemp and Lime construction for non-structural barriers. Here, Walls can intersect and separate to create interior and exterior spaces. With the use of these materials and the idea of layering, I want to permeate the building to different certainties of translucency. Also, with concrete, I can define what becomes heavy and what becomes light. In this way, I have the idea of articulating the buildings silhouette to compare with that of the surrounding residential buildings. Rhyl, Denbighshire, North Wales, U.K.

Initial Sketch of possible performance centre.

Zaha hadid - Cardiff Opera House Main Object inside a Service of Objects

CAR PARK

SKY TOWER

SKATE PARK

SWIMMING POOL

CAR PARK

OUTDOOR THEATRE

SKY TOWER

MINI GOLF

SKATE PARK

SWIMMING POOL

CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND

OUTDOOR THEATRE

DRIFT PARK

MINI GOLF

CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND

DRIFT PARK

WASTELAND SITE

SEAFRONT HOUSING

TEN PIN BOWLING CENTRE

‘PALACE’ ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

CAVERNS CAFE

McWALTERS CAFE

WASTELAND SITE

‘MRBS’ BOWLING AND POOL CENTRE

‘BIG AND BEEFY’ BURGER RESTAURANT SEAFRONT HOUSING

‘PARKERS’ WELSH ROCK SHOP

‘NEW TATTOOS’ TEN PIN BOWLING CENTRE

‘PALACE’ ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND

C AV CD AFHEONEY CLUB (SITE) NE OS DN NR AE AB

CASINO LOUNGE

McWALTERS CAFE

‘LES HARKERS’ AMUSEMENTS AND BINGO ARCADE

‘BIG AND BEEFY’ BURGER RESTAURANT

‘NEW TATTOOS’

‘MRBS’ BOWLING AND POOL CENTRE

‘FISH CORNER’ RESTAURANT

ARCADE AND RESIDENTIAL ABOVE ABANDONED HONEY CLUB (SITE)

‘QUEENS’ INDOOR MARKET

‘QUEENS’ BOWLING CENTRE & ARCADE

CASINO LOUNGE

‘LES HARKERS’ AMUSEMENTS AND BINGO ARCADE ‘ZUBAR’ BAR AND LIVE MUSIC

‘THE BRIGHT SPOT’ ARCADE

‘THE QUEEN’ RESTAURANT & TAKE AWAY

ICE CREAM STALL

‘FISH CORNER’ RESTAURANT

CORNER CAFE

B & M BARGAINS SHOPPING CENTRE

GALA BINGO ARCADE AND RESIDENTIAL ABOVE

‘QUEENS’ INDOOR MARKET

‘QUEENS’ BOWLING CENTRE & ARCADE

‘THE QUEEN’ RESTAURANT & TAKE AWAY

ICE CREAM STALL

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GALA BINGO

‘THE BRIGHT SPOT’ ARCADE

B & M BARGAINS SHOPPING CENTRE

‘PARKERS’ WELSH ROCK SHOP CORNER CAFE

Locals

Tourists, locals

Over 18s – curfew for young people at 2100, cannot go around in groups > 3

Tourists, locals

Older demographic

Families and children

Warmer weather (Late Spring and Summer) as opposed to the colder months.

Warmer weather (Late Used seasonally. Used seasonally. In the warmer months it isSpring and Summer) utilised day and night. Notas opposed to the colder months. used much in colder weather.

Cold & Windy

Abandoned. Small. Unoccupied. Well Kept. Cold & Windy Not well maintained. Odd. Cold

A small open-aired A mini golf facility that looks Ramps for skate Swimming Pool, amphitheatre abandonedChanging Rooms, Water Play boards, scooters and bicycles area

People of allPeople ages of all ages Families and People of all ages children People doing road shows

Older demographic People of all ages

building wraps around looks like a polstyrene massing into the side street model. character present on water street and cresent cream canvas road

opportunity for graffiti but none at the moment

Layering Strategy Carlo Scarpa - Museum

Dated, antisocial Upsetting – next to bur

Stand-offish, Not a very attractive

antisocial Stand-offish, Not aDated, very attractive Not a very pleasant façade

Overlooks, noisy road

Run down, shabby

Retail opportunities for community, employment

Attracts young families, opportunities for community, Unused upper storeys – Unused upper storeysRetail – Unused upper storeys – developlarge windows wouldUnused make upper storeys – developemployment development opportunites development opportunites ment, arcade – attract more tourists ment, arcade – attract more tourists use of view if accessible

now mostly northern people travel to here

Cheap property, availableto developPossibility of propertyrefurbishmentto accommodatehigher Huge opportunity, prime location, on the corner straight opposite Huge the opportunity, prime location, on the corner straight opposite the income families. train station. train station.

all year 2100 0900-1900, new one0900-2100, year old building

Lively Not a very pleasant façade

Encourages individual gaming, Encourages individual gaming, View to beach blocked View to beach and sea is spending money is necessary – may spending money is necessary – may by Apollo cinema ned Overlooks, noisy road Run down, shabby blocked not be suitable for building young people not be suitable for young people down without income, relies heavily on without income, relies heavily on tourism. tourism.

0900-1900, new one year old building

2100 -

Lively

Upsetting – next to bur

People of all ages Children People doing road shows Teenagers

View to beach and sea is blocked

View to beach blocked by Apollo cinema ned down building

Attracts young families, large windows would make use of view if accessible

Swimming Pool, ¼ full car park space Changing Rooms, Water Play area Tower not in use

Ramps for skate boards, scooters and bicycles

¼ full car park space

of all ages Car People Park: parking for cinema goers Tower: Not in use

Children Teenagers

Car Park: parking for cinema goers Tower: Not in use

Used Seasonally All year (Open April-September)

All year

Tower not in use

A nice outdoor area for children to run around and people to relax and enjoy the sea view

Good space for children to run around and have fun.

SECTION FROM TRAIN STATION TO THE BEACH LOOKING EAST

A more fun Landmark and A nice outdoor areafun forand children Good space for area for little plays and A nice A more productive play area comto run around and people run productive playtoarea com- children to small pared to the relax and enjoy around andconcerts. have paredthe to sea the view arcades on the fun. arcades on the opposite side of the promenade enade

People of all ages

All year

Casa de Musica - OMA

Nice feel ofFun architectural space The pictorial timeline of Rhyl’s Lively history is interesting.

The steps should beadeeper of strong and Due to the strong wind of strong winds The issue of thesteps strong wind be deeperThe Used as drink- to Wall blockswinds the view The should to problem The problem and The issue of the strong wind allow the option for at people the rain Mimicry of the sea feels confrom the sea, sand from the sea ing spot night to allow the option for people to thethe rain from the sea sit on them as a bench. people from going gets blown prevents more people sit on them from as a bench. discouragestrived discourages people from going prevents more people fromfrom the beach to the mini golf course. into the faces of pedestriusing this space as it is quite to the mini golf course. using this space as it is quite ans. cold and not sheltered. cold and not sheltered. Lack of wind buffers prevent people from using this space A nice areaCould for little beplays madeand small bigger and secuconcerts. rity improved for at night.

Material pallete

Funarea Large Lively Unconnected

Fun Lively

Large area Unconnected

blocks the view WallWall blocks the view to the sea the sea feels conTheMimicry tower isofabandoned trived

Used as a drinking spot at night

Wall blocks the view to the sea The tower is abandoned

Landmark Puncturing the wall to explore views out to the sea Creating a public plaza The tower to be utilized in other ways (ie:advertising, etc)

Could be made bigger and security improved for at night.

Puncturing the wall to explore views out to the sea Creating a public plaza The tower to be utilized in other ways (ie:advertising, etc)

New Modern Lively on weekends & holi days

Begins to block the view to the sea.

Plaza Extension

SECTION ACROSS TH

SECTION FROM TRAIN STATION TO THE BEACH LOOKING WEST

Munster Stadtheater (Theatre) Different ways to use a theatre space

1: 500 Section

The figure ground project was sited in Rhyl, North Wales between the town centre and the sea front. I had decided to demolish the existing derilict building located on the site in order to give way to a fresh contemporary building breaking the regularity of the seafront facades. Our site study shown in the image above tells the story of the facades of the neighbouring buildings in Rhyl, and helped later to influence the design of the performance centre. Since this project is heavily aimed at regeneration of a dwindelling community, I felt it was best to intorduce a multidisciplinary facility to accomodate various functions. In this way the people of Rhyl can gather at this centre for entertainment, educational classes, eating and private functions. It would hopefully also give a reason for people to use the seafront more during the winter months. 17

What?

SEA FRONT TO SHOP FRONTOpen to tourists (the focus) and residence. Only groups of three allowed at the Promenade after 21:00. Dogs are not allowed on the beach during summer.

SHOPS AND FLATS

When? Feelings

Problems

Opportunities

locals

Daytime Nightime not allowed in groups of 3

Precedents

Standard opening hours.

Some use by residence and tourists.

More use on weekends when there is a market

It is exposed to the strong wind. Area is dottedby litter. Some suspicious behaviour on the beach after hours. Empty public toilet building which is a waste of space. Potential Flood area

Quiet, not much thoroughfare.Uninviting/ run down facades.

Showing the layering strategy and constructivist ideals. Zaha Hadid’s drawing of the theatre embeds the complexity in layers from back stage to circulation stairs. I would like to layer the facade with a translucent element that might be panels of steel mesh.

Adding public furniture. Generating the wind to generate energy. Capturing the view of the sea. re Re-landscaping the promenade so that the beach is mo connected to the town, and the coast is more comfortable to walk along (shelters). Re-use of the empty buildings furthering the urban re-generation project and the connection to the sea.

Many abandoned retail units and residential units. Nogreen space, no public space. `Lack of treatment on the façade makes it look battered and derelict.

SHOPS AND RAIL STATION Bee Hotel closed down, no longer advertisements on the fronts in business, boarded with artistic panels some flats above are boarded up

mix of new and old windows homes above the shops

Open and public,

butchers/market stall cross over area, used as a shortcut from bodfor street to water street. business looks good, yellow brick public building shop sign pulled down glazed frontage metal grilled windows quite busy. centre of town closed down, no longer in business focal point recently regenerated public square and toilets

Improving facades. More greenery and public spaces. Converting the old hotel buildings into retail units and more substantialresidential dwellings (attracting higher income families).

Potentialfor higher end independent shops. More public space dedicated to greenery. Popular attraction market stall. Could be a grander feature as it classifies as ‘centre of town’

dead zone business closed, forgotten opportunity for flytipping possibly for a while someones back garden

business shut for the day

red brick material pallette seems to effect the surrounding metal fencing on some of the windows.

abandoned entertainment build ing

Mainly locals

Diagonal Seating means the user gets an arm rest.

9-5 open 7 days a week

early 1900’s?

old-granny look

Poorly maintainedfacades. Several abandoned units.

stands out on the street, doesn’t fit into the terraced house theme looks like a it could have previously been a church metal guards on windows, which are more noticeable here because of the classic architecture

Steel Structure

late victorian style?

building wraps around looks like a polstyrene massing into the side street model. character present on water street and cresent cream canvas road

0900-1700

Stand-offish, Not a very attract

now mostly northern people travel to here Overlooks, noisy road

opportunity for graffiti but none at the moment

Cheap property, availableto developPossibility of propertyrefurbishmentto accommodatehigher income families.

B & M BARGAINS SHOPPING CENTRE

White Rose Shopping Centre: i clothing stores, restaurants and brick masonry building with gla front

holiday goers commuters

FEELING A nice open space (rare in the area). Community feel,connects the surrounding area and the people using it. A nice place to stop,green and relatively peaceful.

Loitering Disorder Litter

WHITE ROSE SHOPPING CENTRE

Cold, shaking hand sketching.

1800-1850s.

Cold and wet. Very windy.Picturesque. Some feeling of shelter. Large open and grey car parks.

Steel pannelled Facade

Warm detailed hand sketching

used to be a frieght station for cargo, so needs a long platform taxi/bus meeting point public building. Tourists, shoppers, residents

Who?

CHURCH AND PUBLIC SQUARE

BEACH

1: 500 Section

Sound reflections for an opera hall. Epcot Centre Fantasy, Gimicky but also impressive.

WALKWAY

SKY TOWER

CAR PARK

HONEYCLUB

CRESENT ROAD

BUILDING FOR SALE

NORTH WALES WOMENS CENTRE

HIDDEN

ELLIS’S BAR

BAY TREE CAFE

LIL ANGEL BABY WEAR

CORFU KEBAB

TEMTATIONS TANNING SALON

ISLAMIC CULTURE CENTRE

MAC’S DISCOUNT D.I.Y

SOVEREIGN TROPHIES

ABBEY PETS

MS CARPETS

BEDFORD STREET

DIAMOND CUTS HAIR SALON

CLOSED DOWN SHOP

KEBAB SHOP

SWINTON INSURANCE

SEASHELLS PORPERTY LETTING

POST OFFICE

WELLINGTON ROAD

HSBC

AGE CYMRU

ARGOS

CASH CONVERTERS

THE BORDER PUB SPORTS BAR

CREDIT UNION

HUGHES CYCLES

CARMEN ANITA’S SEAMSTRESS

Steel Pattern

TATTOO PARLOUR

Community Interventions: Urban Regeneration

Abandoned.Fun Small. Unoccupied. NiceWell feelKept. of architectural space Not well maintained. Odd. ColdThe pictorial timeline of Rhyl’s Lively history is interesting.

Due to the strong wind from the sea, the sand from the beach gets blown into the faces of pedestrians. Lack of wind buffers prevent people from using this space

opposite side of the prom-

RHYL

Could be used all year round. Used seasonally. Used seasonally. All year Used Seasonally Could be used all year round. In the warmer months it is (Open April-September) utilised day and night. Not used much in colder weather.

Munster Stadtheater (Theatre) Ceiling fixture

OFF LICENCE

now mostly northern people travel to here

stands out on the street, doesn’t fit into the terraced house theme building wraps around looks like a polstyrene massing into athe side street model. looks like a it could have previously been church metal guards on windows, which are character present on water street and cresent cream canvas more noticeable here because road of the classic architecture

2000-2300, 0900-1700

BEE HOTEL

Poorly maintainedfacades. Several abandoned units.

stands out on the street, doesn’t fit into the terraced house theme looks like a it could have previously been a church metal guards on windows, old-granny look which are more noticeable here because of the classic architecture

0900-2100, all year

WILLIAMS ESTAE AGENTS

old-granny look

late victorian style?

KINMEL STREET

early 1900’s?

SALON AND BOUTIQUE, FASHION

open 7 days a week

OFF LICENCE

early 1900’s?

ELWY STREET

Cheap property, availableto developPossibility of propertyrefurbishmentto accommodatehigher income families.

0900-1700

Over 18s – curfew for Tourists, locals young people at 2100, cannot go around in groups > 3

Locals

area with several A small open-aired A mini golfwith facility that looks A play area A play area with several Soft landscape out of blocks playground activities for amphitheatre abandoned playground activities for benches made of tree trunks children children

TRAIN STATION

Potentialfor higher end independent shops. More public space dedicated to greenery. Popular attraction market stall. Could be a grander feature as it classifies as ‘centre of town’

2000-2300, 0900-1700

Locals

A ROAD

open 7 days a week

Poorly maintainedfacades. Several abandoned units.

0900-1700

Tourists, locals

Soft landscape area with benches made out of blocks of tree trunks

9-5

FEELING A nice open space (rare in the area). Community feel,connects the surrounding area and the people using it. A nice place to stop,green and relatively peaceful.

Loitering Disorder Litter

Mainly locals

ABANDONED PUB AND HOTEL

Potentialfor higher end independent shops. Improving facades. More greenery and public spaces. More public space dedicated to greenery. Popular attraction market stall. Converting the old hotel buildings into retail units Could be a grander feature as it classifies as and more substantialresidential dwellings (attracting higher income families). ‘centre of town’

1800-1850s.

Locals

Arcades

STREET

Adding public furniture. Generating the wind to generate energy. Improving facades. Capturing the view of the sea. More is greenery and public spaces. re Re-landscaping the promenade so that the beach mo connected to the town, and the coast is moreConverting comfortable the old hotel buildings into retail units to walk along (shelters). and more substantialresidential dwellings Re-use of the empty buildings furthering the (attracting urban higher income families). re-generation project and the connection to the sea.

Opportunities

Loitering Many abandoned retail units and residential units. Disorder Nogreen space, no public space. Litter `Lack of treatment on the façade makes it look battered and derelict.

1800-1850s.

Mainly locals

Honey Club abandoned building, large floor area, 3 floors, art nouveau style facade, used to be night/pole-dancing club,

SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS

Many abandoned retail units and residential units. Nogreen space, no public space. `Lack of treatment on the façade makes it look battered and derelict.

holiday goers commuters

BANK

It is exposed to the strong wind. Area is dottedby litter. Some suspicious behaviour on the beach after hours. Empty public toilet building which is a waste of space. Potential Flood area

Problems

FEELING A nice open space (rare in the area). Community feel,connects the surrounding area and the people using it. A nice place to stop,green and relatively peaceful.

More use on weekends when there is a market

holiday goers commuters

Corner CaféArcades

STREET

It is exposed to the strong wind. Area is dottedby litter. Some suspicious behaviour on the beach after hours. Empty public toilet building which is a waste of space. Potential Flood area

Quiet, not much thoroughfare.Uninviting/ run down facades.

More use on weekends when there is a market

9-5

Open and public,

TOWN HALL AND MAIN LIBRARY

Quiet, not much thoroughfare.Uninviting/ run down facades.

Standard opening hours.

Open and public,

Honey Club Arcade, take-away restaurant, bar, abandoned building, market, unused largeupper floor storeys area, 3 floors, art nouveau style facade, used to be night/pole-dancing club,

Arcade, take-away bar, Corner Café White Rose Shopping Centre: indoor restaurant, White Rose Shopping Centre: indoor Gala Bingo, B+M Bargains, Gala Bingo, B+M Bargains, market, unused upper storeys and cafes. clothing stores, restaurants and cafes. unused upper storeys clothing stores, restaurants unused upper storeys brick masonry building with glass shop brick masonry building with glass shop front front

THE CENTRAL PUBLIC SQUARE

Cold and wet. Very windy.Picturesque. Some feeling of shelter. Large open and grey car parks.

Standard opening hours.

Some use by residence and tourists.

abandoned entertainment build ing

THE UNITE CHURCH

Daytime Nightime not allowed in groups of 3

Some use by residence and tourists.

red brick material pallette seems to effect the surrounding metal fencing on some of the windows.

SHOPS

Feelings

Tourists, shoppers, residents

locals

butchers/market stall butchers/market stall dead zone dead zone business closed, business closed, cross over area, used as a shortcut from cross over area, used as a shortcut from forgotten forgotten entertainment build used be a frieght station for cargo, Hotel closedmix down, no longer Bee Hotel closed down, no to longer a while while red for brick mix of new and old possibly forabandoned of new and old possibly for a brick bodfor street to water street. business looks good, yellow bodfor streeton to the water street. business looks good, shop sign pulled down opportunity advertisements fronts shop sign pulled down advertisements on theBee fronts business shut opportunity flytipping for flytipping ing yellow public business building shut brick public building glazed frontage metal material pallette seems a long platform grilled quite busy. quite busy.glazed frontage metal grilled windows business, with artistic panels some in business, boarded so withneeds artistic panels flatsof above some flats above are in boarded up boarded windows centre of windows town windows centre town are boarded up back garden someones back garden for the day for the day someones to effect the surrounding taxi/bus meeting point closed down, no longer in business closed down, focal pointno longer in business focal point homes above the shops homes above the shops metal fencing on some of recently regenerated recently regenerated public building. the windows. public square and toilets public square and toilets

STREET

Opportunities

Cold and wet. Very windy.Picturesque. Some feeling of shelter. Large open and grey car parks.

used to be a frieght station for cargo, so needs a long platform taxi/bus meeting point public building.

HOUSES AND SHOPS

Problems

When?

SHOPS AND RAIL STATION

OLD ARCADES

Feelings

Daytime Nightime not allowed in groups of 3

SHOPS AND RAIL STATION

SEA FRONT PROMENADE

When?

Who?

CHURCH AND PUBLIC SQUARE

APOLLO THEATRE

Who?

CHURCH AND PUBLIC SQUARE

Cold, shaking hand sketching.

BEACH

Tourists, shoppers, residents locals

SHOPS AND FLATS

1: 500 Section

PROMENADE

Warm detailed hand sketching

What?

WHITE ROSE SHOPPING CENTRE

1: 500 Section

SEA FRONT TO SHOP FRONTOpen to tourists (theAND focus) and SEA FRONT TO SHOP FRONTOpen to tourists (the focus) and SHOPS FLATS residence. residence. Only groups of three allowed at the Promenade after 21:00. Only groups of three allowed at the Promenade after 21:00. Dogs are not allowed on the beach during summer. Dogs are not allowed on the beach during summer.

BEACH

WALKWAY

SKY TOWER

CAR PARK

PROMENADE

BEACH

WALKWAY

HONEYCLUB

SKY TOWER

CRESENT ROAD

BUILDING FOR SALE

NORTH WALES WOMENS CENTRE

CAR PARK

HIDDEN

ELLIS’S BAR

PROMENADE

BAY TREE CAFE

LIL ANGEL BABY WEAR

CORFU KEBAB

HONEYCLUB

TEMTATIONS TANNING SALON

ISLAMIC CULTURE CENTRE

CRESENT ROAD

MAC’S DISCOUNT D.I.Y

ABBEY PETS

BUILDING FOR SALE

SOVEREIGN TROPHIES

NORTH WALES WOMENS CENTRE

BEDFORD STREET

CLOSED DOWN SHOP

HIDDEN MS CARPETS

ELLIS’S BAR DIAMOND CUTS HAIR SALON

KEBAB SHOP BAY TREE CAFE

SWINTON INSURANCE LIL ANGEL BABY WEAR

SEASHELLS PORPERTY LETTING CORFU KEBAB

POST OFFICE

TEMTATIONS TANNING SALON

ISLAMIC CULTURE CENTRE

MAC’S DISCOUNT D.I.Y

ABBEY PETS

SOVEREIGN TROPHIES

MS CARPETS

WELLINGTON ROAD BEDFORD STREET

DIAMOND CUTS HAIR SALON

CLOSED DOWN SHOP

KEBAB SHOP

AGE CYMRU

SWINTON INSURANCE HSBC

ARGOS

SEASHELLS PORPERTY LETTING

CASH CONVERTERS

POST OFFICE

THE BORDER PUB SPORTS BAR

HUGHES CYCLES

CREDIT UNION WELLINGTON ROAD

WILLIAMS ESTAE AGENTS

CARMEN ANITA’S SEAMSTRESS HSBC

TATTOO PARLOUR

KINMEL STREET AGE CYMRU

ARGOS SALON AND BOUTIQUE, FASHION

CASH CONVERTERS OFF LICENCE

BEE HOTEL THE BORDER PUB SPORTS BAR OFF LICENCE

ELWY STREET

CREDIT UNION

HUGHES CYCLES

CARMEN ANITA’S SEAMSTRESS

WILLIAMS ESTAE AGENTS TRAIN STATION

TATTOO PARLOUR

KINMEL STREET

OFF LICENCE

SALON AND BOUTIQUE, FASHION

BEE HOTEL

OFF LICENCE

A ROAD

ELWY STREET

ABANDONED PUB AND HOTEL

TRAIN STATION

STREET

SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS

A ROAD

1: 500 Section

What?

SECTION ACROSS THE LOOKING PROMENADE OUT TO THE SEA SECTION ACROSS THE PROMENADE OUTLOOKING TO THE SEA

SECTION ACROSS THE LOOKING PROMENADE SECTION ACROSS THE PROMENADE INTOLOOKING THE CITYINTO THE CITY

SECTION FROM TRAIN STATION THE BEACH LOOKING WEST SECTION FROM TRAIN STATION TO THE BEACHTO LOOKING WEST ABANDONED PUB AND HOTEL

BANK

STREET

TOWN HALL AND MAIN LIBRARY

THE CENTRAL PUBLIC SQUARE

SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS

THE UNITE CHURCH

BANK

STREET

TOWN HALL AND MAIN LIBRARY SHOPS

STREET

THE CENTRAL PUBLIC SQUARE

THE UNITE CHURCH

HOUSES AND SHOPS SHOPS

STREET

OLD ARCADES

SEA FRONT PROMENADE

HOUSES AND SHOPS

APOLLO THEATRE

BEACH

OLD ARCADES

BEACH

APOLLO THEATRE

SEA FRONT PROMENADE

SECTION FROM TRAIN STATION THE BEACH LOOKING EAST SECTION FROM TRAIN STATION TO THE BEACHTO LOOKING EAST

Retail opportunities for commun employment

Huge opportunity, prime location, on the corner straight opposite the train station.

Concrete

The performance centre is split into three sections: Main Hall, Restaurants/ Cafe’ s and Community rooms/studios. Each facility caters for the different needs of the general public and employees. For instance the hall is accessed from the lower ground floor upwards,

meaning that the public have to gather beneath the courtyard first in order to access the hall. Directly beneath the hall is the indiviual changing rooms and prop/docking bay which has immediate access to the lifts. The studios for rehearsals can be found on the ground

Lower Ground Floor

floor north of the main entrance, meaning that dancers and musicians have to cross the underground lobby benath the courtyard and purposefully pass the general public. One of the main features to the design was to incorporate an outside stage for people in the courtyard

enjoy. This was accomplished by opening the rear of the stage to the courtyard with an adjustable facade. The msin influence of this design came from Zaha Hadid’ s unbuilt design for Cardiff’ s Millenium Stadium where she made the main hall sepereate from the other ‘ service’ building. I have

Second Floor

One of the main features of the design was to include an expanded metal mesh facde so that people can see out in a certain direction from the window, but not in the other direction. Similarly, people on the outside can only see in at certain angles. The metal facade is also reflective creating a inspring sight when the sun is reflected in the morning or evening light.

New Art Museum, SANAA

Expanded Metal Mesh Facade

STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT THE WELSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Date: Autumn 2011 - Spring 2012 During my second year at the WSA, I took responsibility of the architecture society as president organising numerous events and functions, in particular the highly regarded Lecture Series. I had decided on the title â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Open Lecture Series: Alternatives in Architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nd successfuly saw 12 external lecturers participate throughout 2011/12 including the Sterling Prize winning architect Paul Williams from Stanton Williams. These are some examples of posters that I created for the lecture series.

SECTIONS + DIAGRAMS The centre can be seen to be split into the surrounding building and the main hall, connected via a lobby lowered my two metres underground. The main hall is mostly open space seen in section compared to the surrounding building that clearly has three floors. The diagrams on the right show the circulation routes to access the courtyard from the streets, and the green space which makes up the courtyard. This is useful as it helps to understand how well connected the building is to all directions, in order to make it easier for the people of Rhyl to acces the facility or simply pass through it.

Perspective view from above as to how the performance centre will fit into its context.

Architecture Technology - Year 3

Date: Autumn 2012 Tutor: Jacob Hotz, Welsh School of Architecture.

Architecture Technology 3 Group 17 - Sarah Lionetti, Josh Burns, Juan Gurrea

Rentable Floor Area

Introduction Having collated design ideas for efficient work spaces in offices, we progressed on our layout with the aid of structural and ergonomic design. Firstly, the plan has been derived from our main concept of peripheral work stations combined with internal temporary meeting rooms and ‘dead’ spaces. In this way the occupants of the office are able to work under natural daylight whilst using the inner facilities only when necessary. This system of work stations – temporal facilities – work stations, created a natural circulation route through to either end of the building. Another major element to our design was the structural grid. By using a grid based on the spanning of beams and slabs, we were able to master a coherent layout that corresponded to the working environment that initiated the design.

The lighting analysis of the open space floor in the Web Design Company shows that mostly light is able to reach sufficiently into the centre of the storey. Small volumes of the circulation space will be over shadowed by obstructions. However this is a relatively small area in comparison to the majority of the open foor.

Ducting, Lighting and Fire Safety

Core Facilities

Gross Internal Area: 547m^2

Circulation Spaces Core Outline

Core (+Circulation): 111m^2 Rentable Area: 431m^2 Net Floor Area: 78.8%

Senior Partner’s Office

Typical Floorplan - 1:200

Marketing and Accountant’s Office Partner’s Office 1 & 2, Office Manager’s Office and Project leader

The fully air conditioned system for the office building has been designed according to the volume of area surviced by the pipes, rather than on the number of people in the space. As flexibility is one of the greatest added values to the building, sizing and placing the pipes according to the volume of air and the predisposed grid allows the system to be able to function efficiently regardless of the internal division of the space and intensity of use. The ventilation pipes, for both supply and return, have been sized as follows, starting by considering the smallest standard unit of space in the grid:

Rear Stairs - Escape Deatil 910

Open Space Lighting Analysis

4.8m

Secretaries and Reception

The overall plan and volume of a single storey can be subdivided is 4.8m by 4.8m units of space, either separated by partitions or part of an open plan. the ceiling height is averaged to 3m. The volume of this standard unit has been calculated to be 69.12 m^3.

4.8m

Meeting Rooms (15 + 8 People)

Kitchenette Technical Library

1250

By focusing our entrance and our main stair-well at the front centre of the building, we were able to provide a clear entrance that also acts as a protected corridor for fire safety. Here, there is a generous reception on the ground floor followed by individual optional receptions on the respective storeys. The arrangement of space on the Web Design Company storey shows that the major offices and reception/waiting area are located on the west wing of the office whereas the main open plan working environment is in the east wing. This allows each cellular office to its own privacy and natural daylight,with respective secretaries situated outside. The centre of this arrangement is not wasted to circulation but occupied by the flow of visitors and the technical library.

1299

Site Plan

1250

4.8m 4.8m

Web Design Company - 1:100

Floor Slab Layout - 1:200 Volume x 4 = Required Supply per hour 69.12 x 4 = 276.48 (m^3)/h Required Supply per second 276.48 : 3600 = 0.0768 (m^3)/s

Air supply per second : maximum speed of air = cross sectional area of pipe

Open Plan Floor

0.0768 (m^3)/s : 1.7 m/s = 0.045 m^2

Ratio of 2:1 implies that L=2h of pipe Cross sectional area A = L x h =2 x (L^2) L= sqr(2 x 0.045) = 0.3 m h= 0.3 x 2 = 0.15

In some instances the secondary brunches will have to service two units of space and theerefore their complessive calculated volume is 138.24 m^3.

An office space fully air conditioned need at least 4 airchanges per hour to satisfy the need for fresh air and maintein a healthy and comfortable enrivenment. Therefore, the volume of air that needs to be moved through the office in an hour equals to 276.48 (m^3)/h. Consecutively, in a second the amount of air that needs to be supplied and returned from the space is 0.0768 (m^3)/s.

910

Main Stair - Escape Deatils

Lighting Plan - 1:200

The maximum speed for the air travelling through the pipe is then selected according to the type of pipe and its position on plan. In this example the supply ends in a diffuser in the office space and therefore the speed of the air is 1.7 m/s. This implies a cross sectional area of the pipe of 0.045m^2. The dimensions of the pipes are calculated following a ration of 2:1 between length and height of the pipe to ensure an efficient use of the ceiling space. To conclude, the dimensions of a diffuser for supply or return of air are 0.3m by 0.15m, allowing to service a standard unit of space considered.

Ground Floor - Main Emergency Exit Detail

Duct Plan - 1:200

Escape Route Angular Displacement

Cellular Layout

This diagram shows the sngular displacement between the two partitioned stair-wells from a point on the office floor. In order for the escape route to be increased to 45m on the floor, there would have to be a seperation of at least 45 degrees between the two exits. We designed out this feature as our stair cases are purposefully located in the centre of the building. Therefore we are limited to an 18m escape routes from any given point.

Emergency Exit

Ground Floor - 1:100

Emergency Exit

Ground Floor - Rear Emergency Exit Detail Emergency Exit

Emergency Exit

Divided Offices

Escape Distance and Stairwells

The other side to the office is connected with a short open corridor where the workstations are in open plan. The glass meeting room in the centre is the only divide. This open plan design shows the difference in hierarchy from the other offices whilst an increase in desks means added productivity. The main stairwell between the east and west wing provides a template for a possible divided storey with entrances and toilets placed on either side of the core. This enables the use of only half a storey in the event a prospective company wishes to occupy less rented space.

In conclusion, with a Net Floor Area of 78.8%, there is a rentable area of 431 metres squared per storey. With these design elements taken into consideration, we have enabled not only a fire-safe and structurally sound office plan but a basis on which increased productivity and profitability are ultimately achieved (Structural monetary implications are discussed on the separate poster).

The diagram shows that there are 18m or less from each corner of the occupied floor, required by stairs that are not seperated by 45 degrees. This also shows where the stair cases are located and the entrances to the protected corridors.

Ceiling Plan - Duct and Lighting - 1:200

Architecture Technology 3 Group 17 - Sarah Lionetti, Josh Burns, Juan Gurrea

RE-DESIGNING PARLIAMENT SQUARE IN LONDON (Current Project)

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Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republic of China

FLAG

A SYMBOLIC STATEMENT IN STITCHES Red sky (Sheperds delight?) Peasents

Urban Bourgeoise

Big Star - The communist Party

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

An Englishman A Scotishman + An Irishman.

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(A Welshman?)

THE FLAG AS A DRAWING, A MAP, A SYMBOL, AN ACTION, AN EVENT.

Axial, Centred, Dominating Space

Tolerating and Democratic Space

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I created this experimental piece of embroidery as a means to explore the effect of representing ideas through sewing. The act of sewing allows an understanding to be embedded with an element of randomness. This action follows a natural direction that in turn can reflect the patterns of human behaviour in society as well as in the hand. Here a obscure representation of China is sewn onto a white cloth, giving a sense of movement. A flux of people moving about a space, or a spacial diagram of territory?

Forensic Architecture

Big Ben overshadowing Monument, Spacial understanding of Negative Politics.

Here I have started to look at Tiananmen Square in China as a precedent, and am mainly interested in the soft and hard monument of the Square. This will be translated to Parliament Square where an appropriate architectural response can be designed...

Workers

National Capitalists

Tiananmen typology overlayed onto Parilament site. This generates a clear mix of authoritive planning and monumentality.

Spacial Layout as Political Trademark

Political Space and Time,

Monument

Recording the Student Protest of June, 1989

and National Propaganda.

The Monument

Refers to an analytical method for reconstructing scenes of violence as they are inscribed within spatial artefacts and environments.

Temporary Instillations in the square auspicious but ephemeral symbolic representation of holiday season. These are â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;soft monumentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Inscribing events of Tiananmen protests of 1989. The protestors used White flags and signs to represent their goals. This is an act of peace in comparison to the governments use of an oppresive red colour.

Two types of Monument: - Hard - Architectonic monuments in classical tradition, constructed from concrete elements. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;grand narrative of theoretical causalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; - Soft - Immaterial with representations of momentary instantaneous expression. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;petty narrative of practical opportunityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Visual culture since 1990â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - water jetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hidden under pavement only come to life on National Day celebrations. Fireworks, Laser projectors - these are contemporary monumentality

BEIJING CENTRE New Government sits in relation to the Old Imperial Government. However this construction destroyed a centuries worth of local constructions in less than two years. An axial route with a sense of hierarchy still dominates the line of sight. In addition the postrevolutionary architecture dictates the space with itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hard Monumental structures. This gives a false sense of scale and place.

Wrapping monuments in Tiananmen square with scaffolding leaves a feeling of the ordinary. Disrupting the order of a carefully constructed political environment.

Prototype Architecture

An object and design that is temporal in itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nature. An architecture of itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own, in purpose and in practice. Designed as a medium to permanency - A â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Soft Monumentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

PROPOGANDA SPACIAL PLANNING IN-DIRECT POLITICS Examples from Uk, US and Chinese Government Parliaments can be clearly identified by their spacial arrangements. Also the capacity of occupancy boasts one government from another. The two opposites are the UK and Chinese situations where China has over 2,500 members and the UK only 650. Also, the positioning of seating is crucial in identifying the porlitacl stance of the government. China is authoritive in itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one direction seating and the UK is democratic with seats in opposition.

- The use of political images enforce an illusional authority over its people. By portraying a progressive government of the people to the public is a conscious effort to symbolise revolution and the communist regime and most importantly their absolute authority. - In contrast, propoganda of the western world, and now also in china, can be compared to the imense amount of advertising from consumerism.

LONDON

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT RESUMES EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; - Tiananmen Square is recognised as the origin of public time, with an absolute authority. - Tourist attraction - Everyone taking photos on a particular day shared the same digits - Little aesthetic appeal, not momumnetal! - Concept of political time and space. Represented on the face of the museum of chinese history, between traditional and post revolutionary (1840). - Clock is the first long-term (temporary) structure added to the square in almost 20 years. - Negative count down to Hong Kongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return symbolizes the conclusion of the revolution

Parliament Square Collage indicating a fantasy like authoritarian persepective. Monumental structures fill the space whilst a desert of paving draws the eye to the horizon. Such open spaes induce tourist factor of which mostly chinese take numerous photographs of the same objects.

Quotations from Chairman Mao

Tiananmen and its surroundings locating the masacre of the 1989 protests.

Standardized, cheap and disposeable regime book. Ideology, Identity and relations to spatial practices and international politics.

Possible phone application for re-inventing the historic scenes of june 1989 - Goddess of Democracy + Tank Man

Mapping the Tiananmen Massacre Beijing saw 3,000 innocent protestors murdered between the 2nd - 4th June 1989. The majority of these were students.

John Hejduk - The Collapse of Time

Ocuppying Bedford Square in London. This temporary design resonates perminance through itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s symbolic nature.

East Coast Europe

Today, people in Beijing think of their murdered children shamefully, as they conducted behaviour that was against the communist regime. It seems a new flux of capitalism and 10% growth each year is able to satisfy the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republics democratic rights for riches.

Markus Miessen