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HOOKE PARK Architectural Association's Woodland Campus

AA Diploma 18

DIPLOMA 18

AUDE-LINE DULIERE DEVLIEGER

Edited by: Connie Lynn Tang

prelude

Diploma 18 would like to thank the HOOKE PARK TEAM, especially ZACHARY MOLLICA and CHRISTOPHER SADD for providing us with information and CHARLIE CORRY-WRIGHT, GEORGIE CORRYWRIGHT and EDWARD COE without whom this publication would not have been possible.

PRELUDE Far from the all-too-often congested hallways of Bedford Square, Hooke Park can be seen as a space of respite. In and of itself, the campus houses a community of designers and researchers - the participants of the Design & Make programme are accompanied by the resources with which they work, operating close to if not at the very forefront of timber construction. For visiting students and tutors from Bedford Square who will to break free from a scale or method otherwise confined to that which is available within the walls of 32 to 39, it becomes a satellite testing ground. Having to go through a process of booking for accommodation and meals ahead of time, one could not however help but to often carry an aloofness, a kind of touristic attitude. For neighbours, their dog and a horse named Bluebell, it is as well a place of for a leisurely stroll. For at least one local cabby, an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;alien film setâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Diploma 18 has spent a good part of the term unfolding questions of what currently stands both above and beneath the ground ; its geology, the flora and fauna that tower and roam above, systems of care and maintenance of the ecosystem, the architecture and its layers of history, the different user groups that are housed within and not least the wider context that situates Hooke Park. Informed by these investigations were probes into issues of housing in the campus. With prospects of enabling a 1:1 model as testing ground, we have explored possible means of occupation in the woodlands in a multitude of different mediums - narratives, references, construction techniques and settlement proposals down to the weave.

The 28-day threshold which at first became a way for us to circumnavigate issues of planning permissions would turn out to be much less rigid than we have thought it to be. Close to a frequency of once-a-year, buildings continue to spring up throughout the main campus with credits due to the Design + Make team and visiting students ; there is enough room. It would be established that it was more an issue of logistics and manpower. For those permanently based in Hooke Park, student to staff ratio is high but just one group of visiting students would effectively double the student population to its full capacity.

prelude

With an understanding of the preceding conditions and opportunities in mind, Diploma 18 continues to propose new forms of occupation within Hooke Park. Unfettered by current limitations, how could we help identify and defend agendas for Hooke Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future that do not only address the needs of site visitors from Bedford square, but also take into account local aspirations from humans and non-humans alike ?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

table of contents

21 23 29 49 67 127 141 143 163 207 215 249 283 295 327 343

INTRODUCTION HISTORY CAMPUS MASTERPLANS DORSET THE WIDER CONTEXT STRUCTURES ON CAMPUS DESIGN + MAKE ECOSYSTEM SECTION PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT SECONDARY STRUCTURES FAMILY TREE GEOLOGY FLORA FAUNA FORESTRY MANAGEMENT LOGS TO LUMBER INSTANCES OF SELF-RELIANT LIVING

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source: Google Earth

INTRODUCTION Hooke Park is the Architectural Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s woodland campus located in Dorset, southwest England. The 150-hectare working forest is owned and operated by the AA and contains a growing educational facility for design, workshop, construction, and landscape-focused activities. Underlying these activities is the opportunity to develop new rural architectures and an ethic of material self-sufficiency.

introduction

Hooke Park is used by the AA throughout the year for activities in three categories: visits by London-based units, the Hooke Park-based Design + Make graduate school programme and for Visiting School short courses.

Hooke Park

Ordonance Survey, 1945-1947

Source: The Francis Frith collection

HISTORY

history

In 1947 Hooke Park was cleared of 90% of its trees and was replanted as a Beech and Norway Spruce plantation. Today, Hooke Park is working towards the transformation of the wood from an evenage structure to a mixedage woodland, of greater aesthetic and biodiversity value.

FOR AUCTION OF SALE OF HOOKE PARK ESTATE source: Messr. Fox & Sons, 1919

A 60 YEAR OLD WORKING WOODLAND

In 1947, the estate was cleared to feed the desperate postwar shortage of timber and was replanted in the early 1950s with a mixture of Beech (fagus sylvetica) and Norway Spruce (picea abies) with some oak and remnant fragments of alder, willow, and hazel. Beech was an important commercial species feeding the large volume UK furniture manufacturers of the time whilst Norway Spruce is the leading structural and general use timber throughout Europe.

history

The Parnham Trust purchased Hooke Park in 1983 and started the negotiation for planning permission to build an educational and residential faculty in the woods.

INHABITANTS

BUILDINGS

PROTOTYPE HOUSE WORKSHOP

Charlie and Georgie Corry-Wrig

WESTMINSTER LODGE

2 3

First Masterplan by

Second Masterplan by

Richard Burton, Frei Otto and Buro Happold

Edward Cullinan Architects

Third Masterplan by

Feilden Clegg Architects

Redwood planting

Post war Clear Cutting

TIMBER SALES

TREES OWNERSHIP

D E

Edward Cullinan commission

Timber Sales

Duke of Cleveland

Earl of Sandwich

S F Salt family Unilever Pension Fund

Forestry Commission

J P John Makepeace purchases Parnham House

Parnham Trust purchases Hooke Park

EARLY HISTORY

1999

1996

1994

1993

1989

1987

1983

1976

1951

1949

1946

1919

1840s

1794

1660

1200

Deer Park

Paulet defines current Hooke Park

Replanting with broad leaves and conifers

MASTERPLANS

HOUSES FOR HOOKE

PARNHAM ERA

COURSES

Design and Make programme, and Annual Summer Make school Maeda Twisting Concrete workshops by Shin Egashira Regular AA unit visits

ght and family

CARETAKERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIG SHED HOUSE NORTH LODGE

SOUTH BIOMASS WAKEFORD HALL LODGE BOILER WOODCHIP LIBRARY SAWMILL STUDENT HOUSE BARN SHELTER ACCOM. TIMBER SEASONING SHELTER

STRATEGIC PLAN

PARK HOUSE

by Andrew Freear and Elena Bartek

Fourth Masterplan by

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Carlos Villanueva Brandt Architects

2001

2000

Fielden Clegg Architects commission

ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION

PROTOTYPE HOUSE WITH RICHARD BURTON, JOHN MAKEPEACE AND FREI OTTO (L-R). Source: AA Photo Library

CAMPUS MASTERPLANS

Hooke Park was set up to create a working demonstration of how a sustainable living and working community could be established in the countryside. A range of buildings were designed that explored different aspects of timber technology in order to investigate how timber, in particular, the local forest thinnings, could be better utilised.

campus masterplans

Ke Yang, Connie Tang

MASTERPLAN

Richard Burton, Frei Otto, Buro Happold, 1983 source: AA Archive

1983 Richard Burton, Frei Otto and Buro Happold Richard Burton, a former trustee, Frei Otto and Buro Happold produced the first masterplan for the woodland school. The Prototype House (1987), The Workshop (1989) and the unbuilt Communal Hall were the main fruits of this collaboration addressing the three problems of wet and round wood construction: timber in tension, timber in compression and how to get a flat floor. These were the only two buildings built from this masterplan proposal as well as Frei Ottoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only two built works in this country. The masterplan shows the extent of the buildings envisaged by the Parnham Trust School for Woodland Industries and first described the dream of an exemplary community revolving around the education of students and public alike, deploying the unrecognised potential of building with forest thinnings.

campus masterplans

The Workshop is linked to the Communal Building, the energy centre and the surrounding arcs of residences for staff and students, with all of them combining to v a village.

MASTERPLAN

Cullinan Studio, 1997 Source: AA Archive

1997 Cullinan Studio Following the construction of the first two buildings and their use by the forestry school, a new masterplan was commissioned to Ed Cullinan (who was a fellow student of Richard Burton at the AA). His interests were in tune with the request to develop a number of replicable dwelling prototypes that would develop the research carried out in the first two buildings, as well as provide a folio of exemplary buildings at Hooke and advertising the advantages of building in this manner. Cullinan designed and obtained planning permission for five additional houses of which Westminster Lodge was the first one and only one to be built out of the five exemplary designs for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Houses at Hookeâ&#x20AC;?. It was intended for housing the students who would be transferred from the furniture school at Parnham to the facilities at Hooke.

campus masterplans

The building was never used due to a shortfall in students wishing to do the course

MASTERPLAN

Feilden Clegg Architects, 1999 source: AA Archive

1999 Feilden Clegg Architects A final attempt by the Parnham Trust to consolidate the development saw the commissioning of Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects to design an accommodation block that used the material agenda and applied it to the process of factory prefabrication. This was the last building to be designed for Hooke Park and it was developed in conjunction with the engineers Buro Happold who had been involved with the three former buildings. The foundation techniques used on the lodge were used again, with footings for the Park House laid in February 2001 on the clearing below the Workshop. In a clear move away from the site-crafted design basis of the three exploratory buildings, Park House developed an advanced system of offsite prefabrication using the roundwood products of Hooke Park.

campus masterplans

As part of the last master plan, extra workshop facilities were proposed on the site of the current car park. However, Parnham Trust decided that Hooke Park would be disposed of and the construction was stopped.

2009 STRATEGIC PLAN

Carlos Villanueva Brandt Architects, 2009 Source: AA Archive

2009 Carlos Villanueva Brandt Architects The AA took ownership of Hooke Park in 2002. The 2008 Hooke Park Strategic Plan was put together by Andrew Freear and Elena Barthel after consultancy with an advisory group, a team of consultants, AA students, and staff. (Including the existing Hooke Park residents, AA tutors and students of Diploma 9 (2006-2007) who made proposals for the site.) The 2008 Strategic Plan identified existing problems and outlined a vision of academic pedagogy and master planning which included ethics for sustainable development and community relationship. The plan helped set up the Design + Make programme in 2012 and provide guidance for the existing visiting workshops such as the Maeda Twisting concrete workshops from 2008 and the Summer Build Programme from 2010.

campus masterplans

The masterplan for the development of the campus was redrawn and construction restarted in 2011 for a new workshop, accommodation and teaching spaces, including the “Big Shed” Assembly Workshop, The Caretaker’s House, Student Lodges in 2012 and 2013 The Timber Seasoning Shelter.

HOOKE PARK MASTERPLAN Richard Burton, Frei Otto and Buro Happold, 1983

HOOKE PARK MASTERPLAN Cullinan Studio, 1997

NEW DEVELOPME

Feilden Clegg A

Building Footprint

Living (㎡)

Work (㎡)

Leisure (㎡)

Living (㎡)

Other (㎡)

Work (㎡)

Leisure (㎡)

Other (㎡)

Living (㎡)

Prototype House

315

Town House

Park House

522

Student House

850

Village House

180

Oak House

181

Workshop

702

Shelter

225

Autonomous House

277

Study Hall

740

Ecotechnology House

277

Westminster Lodge

229

Westminster Lodge

229

Workshop

Boiler House

Wood Storage Subtotal Total

1165

1442

0 2657

Workshop

702

Study Hall

740

Training Workshop Study Centre

Reflectory

105

Seminar Room

Saw Mill

Boiler House

Saw Mill

130

Boiler House

Subtotal

985

Total

1442

105 2662

Refectory

Wood Storage Subtotal Total

COMPARING FLOOR AREA IN DIFFERENT HOOKE PARK MASTERPLANS Ke Yang, 2019

1209

Work (㎡)

Leisure (㎡)

Carlos Villanueva Brandt, 2009

Other (㎡)

Living (㎡)

Work (㎡)

Leisure (㎡)

CURRENT CAMPUS PLAN 2020

Other (㎡)

Living (㎡)

Westminster Lodge

229

Westminster Lodge

229

New Student Houses

480

Caretaker's House

150

Teacher Houses

480

South Lodge

Caretaker's House

189

North Lodge

Work (㎡)

Leisure (㎡)

Other (㎡)

702

Workshop

702

Workshop

702

840

Offices

Big Shed

559

620

Study Centre

200

Wakeford Hall

200

Design Studio

Dark Room

Seminar Room

Foundry

New Workshops

150

Refectory

105

Refectory

105

Outdoor Cooking

210

Kitchen and Dining

Timber Shelter

184

340

Toilets

Woodchip Barn

250 54

105

2362

105 4016

Shed

500

Sawmill Shelter

Boiler House

Biomass Boiler House

550

Subtotal

Subtotal Total

1378

1272

215 3415

Total

72 550

1430

174

376

2530

Comparing the floor area of the proposed Hooke Park Masterplans to the floor area of the existing campus shows that the current area of built living space is about half of what was proposed.

campus masterplans

Architects, 1999

HOOKE PARK STRATEGIC PLAN

ENT MASTERPLAN

HOOKE PARK MASTERPLAN Richard Burton, Frei Otto and Buro Happold, 1983

HOOKE PARK MASTERPLAN Cullinan Studio, 1997

Built Existing Modified Outline Proposed Abandoned

EVOLUTION OF MASTERPLANS : BUILT AND ABANDONED PROPOSALS Ke Yang, 2019

NEW DEVELOPME

Feilden Clegg A

Carlos Villanueva Brandt, 2009

CURRENT CAMPUS PLAN 2020

campus masterplans

Architects, 1999

HOOKE PARK STRATEGIC PLAN

ENT MASTERPLAN

DORSET Ele Mun

We explored the South-Western landscape of England in search of a better understanding of Hooke Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wider context.

dorset - the wider context

We started by getting to know some of the many key-players around the area, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expertise in different fields helped broaden our understanding of the region.

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VISIT TO RESELLERS ROUTE Ele Mun, 2019

- Charles Brooking Museum of Architectural Detail - Oxford Wood Recycling Ltd - Salisbury Demolition & Salvage Ltd - Swanage Handmade Bricks - Haysom Quarry - St Catherine's Flint - Hooke Park - Dunkerton Dismantlers - Bath Reclamation -?

a b c d e f g h i j

dorset - the wider context

CHARLES BROOKING MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL

dorset - the wider context

Charles has a vast collection charting the evolution of the English window, the door, the staircase, and the fireplace. He is also a collector of rocks and flints, his private collection can be found on display at his house.

SWANAGE HANDMADE BRICKS

dorset - the wider context

Swanage Handmade Bricks have been in production for 150 years. Today they form a part of Ibstock Brick, a major brick supplier in the UK.

HAYSOM QUARRY Haysom Purbeck Stone is an 11th-generation family business specialising in the quarrying and working of Purbeck Stone. The masonry work is conducted in Purbeck, east of the Jurrasic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset. The quarries within this area is particularly unique in that it consists of a large variation of stone types in a small area.

dorset - the wider context

It is possible to view 185 million years of sedimentary rock, deposition in the 95-mile coastline.

Warehouse 701 Hereford [2.5hour drive from Hooke Park]

Tobys Reclamation Exminster [1hour drive from Hooke Park]

Bath Reclamation Newton Saint Loe [1.5hour drive from Hooke Park]

Ace Reclamation Ferndown, West England [1hour drive from Hooke Park]

Harvey Stone Stoke-sub-Hamdon [0.5hour drive from Hooke Park]

Boatbreakers

dorset - the wider context

Gosport [2hour drive from Hooke Park]

HOOKE PARK

Parnham Trust, 1983 source: AA Archive

STRUCTURES ON CAMPUS Andrew Robertson, Ke Yang, Shidi Fu

structures on campus

The primary structures are built works from different eras of Hooke Park. Since its AA time, there are annually accumulated projects from Design + Make to fill the currently masterplan of Hooke Park.

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

PROTOTYPE HOUSE 1987

Team Architect Richard Burton (ABK) and Frei Otto Engineer Ted Happold and Michael Dickson (Buro Happold)

structures on campus

Construction William Moorwood (ABK) and Dowding & Udall

PROTOTYPE HOUSE Source: Aude-Line Duliere

PROTOTYPE HOUSE Parnham Trust, 1983 source: AA Archives

PROTOTYPE HOUSE Parnham Trust, 1983

Concrete Slab & Pier Foundations

structures on campus

source: AA Archives

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

THE WORKSHOP 1989

Team Architect Richard Burton (ABK) and Frei Otto

structures on campus

Engineer Ted Happold and Michael Dickson (Buro Happold)

THE WORKSHOP

source: Aude-Line Duliere

THE WORKSHOP

Richard Burton & Frei Otto, 1989 source: AA Archives

THE WORKSHOP

Richard Burton & Frei Otto, 1989

Concrete Slab-on-Grade Foundation

structures on campus

source: AA Archives

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

WESTMINSTER LODGE 1995

Team Architect Edward Cullinan Architects Engineer Ted Happold and Michael Dickson (Buro Happold)

structures on campus

Construction William Moorwood (ABK) and Dowding & Udall

WESTMINSTER LODGE ABK Architects, 1994 source: AA Archives

WESTMINSTER LODGE ABK Architects, 1994

Concrete Pier & Shear Wall Foundation

structures on campus

source: AA Archives

First

Ground

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

CARETAKERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOUSE 2012

Team Students AA Intermediate Unit 2 2009-10 (Schematic Design) Teaching Team Charles Walker, Martin Self Executive Architect Piers Taylor, Invisible Studio Cladding and Fit-out Design Hannah Durham Engineer Buro Happold

structures on campus

Contractor Greenheart Sustainable Construction

CARETAKERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HOUSE source: Aude-Line Duliere

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

BIG SHED 2012

Team Students Nozomi Nakabayashi (Design + Make); Elena Gaider, Eyal Shaviv, Olivia Putihrai, Samuel Nelson, Sanem Alper (Diploma Unit 19) Teaching Team Martin Self, Piers Taylor, Kate Darby, Charley Brentnall Executive Architect Mitchell Taylor Workshop Structural Engineer Atelier One Civil Engineer Buro Happold Timber Testing Prof Richard Harris, Nick Gathercole, Bath University

structures on campus

Contractor Greenheart Sustainable Construction

THE BIG SHED

source: Aude-Line Duliere

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

NORTH LODGE 2013

Team Students Thiago JosĂŠ Barros, Elizabeth Cunningham, Bojana Grebenar, Hugo Garcia Urrutia, Natalia Iliadi, Abdulla Omar Asghar Khan, Evangelia Papageorgiou, Karjvit Rirermvanich (Design & Make)

structures on campus

Teaching Team Martin Self, Piers Taylor, Kate Darby, Charley Brentnall

THE NORTH LODGE source: Aude-Line Duliere

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

TIMBER SEASONING SHELTER 2014

Team Students Meghan Dorrian, Kawit Ko-Udomvit, Omri Menashe, Glen Stellmacher Teaching Team Charley Brentnall, Stewart Dodd, Martin Self Workshop and Site Supervision Charlie Corry Wright, Edward Coe, Jack Hawker Structural Engineer Arup Membrane Supply Architen Landrell Timber Testing Nick Gathercole, Bath University

103 structures on campus

Foundation Construction Beacon Foundations

TIMBER SEASONING SHELTER source: Aude-Line Duliere

TIMBER SEASONING SHELTER AA Design + Make, 2014

Concrete Strip Foundation

107 structures on campus

source: AA Archives

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

SOUTH STUDENT LODGE 2014

Team Students Carlos Chen, Stephanie Cramer, Sarina Adelle Da Costa Gomez, Iosif Dakoronias-Marina, Elizabeth Lawrence Teaching Team Martin Self, Charley Brentnall, Stewart Dodd, Piers Taylor, Forester, Christopher Sadd Workshop and Site Supervision Charlie Corry Wright, Edward Coe, Jack Hawker, James Stubbs Consultants Arup, Buro Happold, BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials, Brooks Devlin, C&G Safety and Environmental, Oculus Building Consultancy Ltd, Peter George Electrical Contractor, Southwest Eco Systems

109 structures on campus

Build Volunteers Steve Anderson, Waleed Arafa Hassan, Maria Brewster, Yasmina Chami, Sean Corry-Wright, Emaad Damda, Federico Forestiero, Francesco Fumagalli, Dominik Herrlinger, Amanda Holden, Dominika Kubieniec, Myrto Matala, Leo Sooseok Kim, Matt Stones, June Tong, Mark Torrens, Camino Vilanova Rodriguez

SOUTH LODGE

source: Aude-Line Duliere

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

BIOMASS BOILER HOUSE 2015

Team Students Sattaveesa Sahu, Yingzi Wang Site Managers James Stubbs, Oscar Emanuel Timber Professionals Jack Hawker, James Vooght Masons Martin Drake, Harry Drake Engineer Arup Foundation Construction Beacon Foundations

Build Volunteers Sioned Holland, Anastasia Cecan, Anne-christine Dittmann, Beatriz Gonzalez Rodriguez, Thomas Hen derson Schwartz, Joe Mercer, William Greaves, Manvir Hansra, Daniel Wilkins, Emily Cropton, Heloise Franco, Rosy Jones, James Smith, Joanna Rammou, Francis Naydler, Fabrizio Dicosimo, Alina Klukowski, Ray Clarke, Oliver Berry, Beatriz Gonzalez Rodriguez , Joe Mercer

113 structures on campus

Boiler Supply Treco

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

WOODCHIP BARN 2016

Team Students Mohaimeen Islam, Zachary Mollica, Sahil Shah, Swetha Vegesana, Yung-Chen Yang Teaching Team Toby Burgess, Charley Brentnall, Martin Self, Emmanuel Vercruysse Workshop and Site Supervision Charlie Corry Wright, Edward Coe, Jack Hawker Estate Manager Jez Ralph Forester Christopher Sadd Structural Engineer Arup Robotic Developer Pradeep Devadass Robotic Support UWE / Bristol Robotics Lab, Robots in Architecture

115 structures on campus

Constuction Team Timothy Hallbery, James Vooght, Aurimas Bukauskas, Summerbuild Volunteers

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

SAWMILL SHELTER 2017

Team Students En-Kai Kuo, Evgenia Spyridonos, Eleni McKirahan, Rolando Madrigal, Trianzani Sulshi, Paolo Salvetti, Diego Saenz Penagos Teaching Team Martin Self, Emmanuel Vercruysse, Zachary Mollica, Charley Brentnall, Jack Draper Workshop and Site Supervision Charlie Corry Wright, Edward Coe, Jack Hawker Forester Christopher Sadd Engineer Arup

117 structures on campus

Aluminium Cladding Phase 1 Design + Make Student 2017

SAWMILL SHELTER source: Ke Yang

Ground

First

1:200 PLAN

Source: Hooke Park - Zachary Mollica

WAKEFORD HALL LIBRARY 2018

Team Students Aitor Almarez, Pedro Bran, Kevin Kim, Mariela Reyes, Veda Barath, Xin Tu

Teaching Team Martin Self, Emmanuel Vercruysse, Zachary Mollica, Jack Draper Workshop and Site Supervision Charlie Corry Wright, Edward Coe, Jack Hawker, William Moorwood Forester Christopher Sadd Engineer Arup

121 structures on campus

Robotic Developer Michael Arnett

WAKEFORD HALL LIBRARY source: Aude-line Duliere

DESIGN + MAKE Shreya Kochatta

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Primarily a school site, Hooke park is home to the Design + Make course. The course aims to push forward the current research and expertise in timber technologies and fabrication methods. The students live in and around the Forest having a rich experience of the Dorset life. The following chapter contains interviews with these students about their life in the woodland campus.

"Not interested in standing behind computers"

The interviews were conducted in order to gain more information on the everyday routineof the design and make students in the Hooke park. The format for the interview was informal and they were asked to select a place where they were comfortable to talk or liked spending time..

D18 - Why did you choose this course? CM -I have done scripting and other things. well, scripting is good, but I am not interested in standing behind computers. This looked interesting, you can learn about vernacular, so yeah, it made sense. D18 - Did AA play any role in your selection process? CM - Not really. This is a different school. You know what I mean? Like we get all these mails about parties in London, they are irrelevant. It won’t be possible for me to go from here and vice versa of course. D18 - Do you ever go for a walk in the park? Like how does the park help you in your daily life? CM - Well, when we were staying in Westminster lodge, I used to go for nice walks every day. Now since we have moved to a different location not so much. I do prefer cycling to the school though. D18 - Where are you staying right now?

Carolina Menezes

CM - In a B&B in a farm. We usually share the two cars provided by the school to come here. D18 -How do you feel about having your school in the forest? CM - I feel privileged, lucky to be here. Like I won’t be here if I was not privileged. Forest is a resource; it is an entity – I don’t necessary feel it is for me

D18 - You have studied in an architecture school before, do you miss anything? CM -I miss exercising, mountains – things to play in. I suggested that we should build a skate park or ninja warrior zone for Halloween. I also miss interactions – like students who come here we never really interact with them. We sit on different tables in the canteen during lunch. You guys are amongst first we have talked to. D18 - What about your course and your routine? CM - We have a very free schedule. We have seminars Tuesday and Friday. Rest of the time we are in workshop. I come here every day because it is better to be here than at home. D18 - What were you working on right now when I disturbed you, sorry for that? CM - It is alright. I was working on the induction build. Charlie is in till 5 pm, so I usually work till 5. D18 - What do you think about having more students in the Hooke park? CM - yeah, why not. In my previous school there were just 30 students, so I am used to a small size. But if we can have more people to interact with it is obviously good. As long as they don’t take all of Charlie’s attention.

CM - Well it as just been one month and no I haven’t interacted much. But Omar is the person who knows a lot. You should ask him.

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D18 - Do you get to interact with the locals?

"Wi-Fi is good, we have 1-day amazon delivery"

D18: Why did you choose this course? OE: I have always enjoyed the making part of design more. I came across this course design and make, set in a forest It sounded amazing. Before this I lived in Bangalore, the IT hub of India, very noisy massive traffic, super urban. Here I feel my general health has improved. D18: So, you love it here? Why so much? OE: Yes absolutely. I did my schooling and bachelors in India in Manipal University. There were set times and rules, everything was so managed. Firstly, the tutors are excellent. I can manage my time easily here and have time to do more. Also, Charlie, yes there is only one Charlie. D18: Do you think being in a forest helps?

Mohammad Omar Eqbal

OE: Yes, definitely it does. When I feel crowded by my thoughts, I take a walk. It is allowed for a change in lifestyle, I feel much healthier here. I enjoy the environment. D18: What do you think of this school in the forest? OE: I feel like somehow the ecosystem works. I know coming from London you feel what do these guys do here, but truest me it is nice. Wi-Fi is good, we have 1-day amazon delivery except for the public transport we have everything. Yes sometimes, I do feel I am sick of seeing the same faces but then I go to London, stay andparty for a week and honestly, I feel thankful when I come back. How do you guys do it there?

D18: What about the connection with larger school community? OE: I am the student representative, so I get to go and attend meetings. I do agree there is not enough interaction but when groups like yours come to Hooke park. We get to know about your curriculum. D18: What about interaction with others? Like people studying different courses or the locals. OE: Yes, we do lack in cross-fertilization of ideas. It is just design and make students here. As far as locals are concerned, I have a good relationship with them. But it is just me I love to talk and inquire. I just stop while biking and talk to people, ask them what they are doing. It is fun. Yes, the old people here enjoy that (he laughs)

D18: Is there anything you miss here? OE: Not really, but something we do miss is the lectures that happen in London. We need to request them if we want to see them. Collaboration is lacking but give it ten years, this place will boom. But that will have its own effects- bigger the group more the exploration in wood techniques, but the more commercial it becomes, the more commercial the education will be. Right now, We are like a family here. Really, we have fights, arguments, we like some people more some people less. We still have to share and stay together. The drama, the fun, the quarrels are nothing short of a typical family.

D18: Well, I can never do that in London. People will report me to the police. OE: yes, so the main entrance-the road is public, so I meet a lot of people who come to walk their dogs, ride their horses, different animals and what not. It really is a nice place. open?

D18: Do you ever have classes in the

OE: No, the tutorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time is very important for us. But I do take my book and read somewhere in the forest. I have many spots in the forest.

OE: we have barbecues, they are good.

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D18: Do you have parties?

"Our relationship with the forest is Transactional"

Shengning Zhang and Nasia Pantelidou

Nasia: Well for me, this provided a more hand on approach. Doing construction, working on site and living in woodlands. Shengning: Yeah, the idea of actually building it, that is why I selected this course. Interviewer: What do you think about the life here? Nasia: Well, one of the reasons to come here was to live in the woods. We have barbeques, do little hikes here and there. But at the same time, I know we are missing a lot of opportunities that are available at the AA in London, you now to go to lectures and visit exhibitions. Shengning: Well, yes, we get to do all of those and miss the others. But this is what I always say, ‘It feels like we are in Big Brother’ We have 10 students for a year and 5-6 staff. We work and live at the same place so there is less communication outside of this. We are forced to come to the workshop because we share two cars. Nasia: Literally, in the morning it is announced that this car is leaving. Hope in if you don’t wish to miss it. Interviewer: And do you get some time to take a walk? Have a relationship with the forest? Tutorials in the forest?

Shengning: Well again, walks yes sometimes but our interaction with the forest is transactional. We use it to get wood for our projects. We have work, we don’t get too much time to interact with the forest. For our project- 80% of it is made of wood and yes, the wood comes from the Hooke park. Interviewer: So, the forest is not a part of your daily ritual or routine? What governs your routine here? Shengning and Nasia: The cars, lunch break at 1 pm yes. Interviewer: Is there anything you feel you miss as a student in a school here? Shengning : Well, Ok as part of the “ AA” we expect certain design rigor. Last time nobody came to our final jury. This time we have asked them to call people who understand what we are doing, give us critical feedback and just help us better. Interviewer: What about interaction with others? Like outside your course, with people that visit Hooke park? Shengning : If the interaction is through a project, some share of knowledge and skills yes it would make sense. You mentioned your unit is about reuse and salvage. I think you should collaborate with some of the new students of design and make. That would be interesting.

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Interviewer: Why did you decide to go for this course?

HOOKE PARK WORKSHOP Source: AALOG

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Table Saw

CNC

Welding Station

Copy Lathe Metal Lathe 4-side Planer

Spindle Moulder

Chop Saw (Metal) Chop Saw (Portable)

Bench Grinder

Band Saw

Metal Router

Table Saw

Belt and Disc Sander Mortiser

Planer (1 or 2-side)

Horizontal boring press Pillar Drill

Standing Lathe

Hand Tools

Plunge Router

HOOKE PARK WORKSHOP Nicole Ng Hooke Park is shared by Design + Make MSc and MArch students, visitingAA units,AA summer schools, and at times local craftspeople. There are two buildings dedicated to design and production. The fabrication workshop is the original furniture school. It houses machines for wood and metalwork. The assembly workshop, also known as the Big Shed houses the robotic arm and is used to large construction and assembly project.

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Charlie and Edward are the two main workshop supervisors that provide advice and inductions for using any of the machines in the Fabrication workshop.

Wood workshop

Handle Handle Adjustment

Adjustment Clamp

Handle

Emergency Stop Emergency Stop

Foot Switch Angle Adjustment

Spindle Power Feed Blade Unit

Adjustment Emergency Stop

Emergency Stop

Extractor

Foot Brake

Adjustment

Digital Fabrication

Catalogue of Hooke Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workshop machines

Prepared by Nicole Ng, Ele Mun and Sorana Mazuli, 2019 Source: Some images from hookepark.aaschool.ac.uk

Emergency Stop

Metal Workshop

Emergency St

Handle & Switch

Emergency Stop

Clamps

Adjustment

Emergency Stop

Emergency Stop (Behind)

Material insert Adjustment

Foot Brake

Material Insert

Emergency Stop

top

Adjustment

Emergency Stop

Adjustment

Emergency Stop

Switch

Handles

Speed Adjustment

Live centre (Spindle)

Dead centre

Angle adjustment

Switch

See supplementary Hooke Park Workshop Pack for more information about the function of each machine and tool.

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Handles

The section depicts the various systems of inter-dependencies that human and non-human residents in Hooke Park share. The campus is part of a forest landscape which is an ecology that encapsulates human processes like timber production and energy generation together with natural processes such as the soil nutrient, water cycles and wildlife ecosystems.

ECOSYSTEM SECTION

Diploma 18, 2019 Drawn by: Alice Nobel, Andrew Robertson, Joyce Ng, Lydia Liu, Nicole Ng

PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT Ke Yang

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This chapter explores the different possibilities of creating structures as permitted developments without the need of acquiring planning permission under different circumstances.

DIAGRAM OF POTENTIAL PERMITTED TEMPORARY STRUCTURE Ke Yang, 2019, London

The use of any land for any purpose for not more than 28 days in total in any calendar year, of which not more than 14 days in total may be for the purposes of: â&#x20AC;˘ the holding of a market; â&#x20AC;˘ motor car and motorcycle racing including trials of speed, and practising for these activities,

TEMPORARY STRUCTURE AS PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT General Permitted Development Order, 2015, Sourced at: http://www. legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/part/4/crossheading/class-btemporary-use-of-land/made

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and the provision on the land of any moveable structure for the purposes of the permitted use.

DIAGRAM OF POTENTIAL PERMITTED EXTENSION Ke Yang, 2019, London

An single-storey extension or addition to your house is considered to be permitted development, not requiring an application for planning permission, provided certain limits and conditions are met. • On designated land* - no cladding of the exterior. • On designated land* - no side extensions. Rear extension - No permitted development for rear extensions of more than one storey. The regime for larger single-storey rear extensions (see point 9) does NOT apply to houses on designated land. • No more than half the area of land around the “original house”* would be covered by additions or other buildings. Sheds and other outbuildings must be included when calculating the 50 per cent limit. • No extension forward of the principal elevation or side elevation fronting a highway. • Materials to be similar in appearance to the existing house. • Side extensions to be single storey. Width of side extension must not have a width greater than half the width of the original house. • Side extensions to have a maximum height of four metres and width no more than half that of the original house. • If the extension is within 2m of a boundary, maximum eaves height should be no higher than 3m to be permitted development. • Single-storey rear extensions must not extend beyond the rear wall of the original house* by more than 4m if a detached house; or more than 3m for any other house. Where not on designated land (Article 2(3)) or a Site of Special Scientific Interest, this limit is increased to 8m if a detached house; or 6m for any other house. • Maximum height of a single-storey rear extension of 4m. • Maximum eaves and ridge height of extension no higher than existing house.

ADD A SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION AS PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT Planning Portal, 2019, Illustrated by Ke Yang, Sourced at: https://interactive. planningportal.co.uk/mini-guide/extensions-single-storey/0

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* The term ‘original house’ means the house as it was first built or as it stood on 1 July 1948 (if it was built before that date). Although you may not have built an extension to the house, a previous owner may have done so. * ‘Designated land’(Article 2(3)) includes national parks and the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, conservation areas and World Heritage Sites.

DIAGRAM OF POTENTIAL PERMITTED EXTENSION Ke Yang, 2019, London

An two-storey extension or addition to your house is considered to be permitted development, not requiring an application for planning permission, provided certain limits and conditions are met. • On designated land extensions of more than one storey are not permitted development. • Extensions (including previous extensions) and other buildings must not exceed 50% of the total area of land around the original house. * Sheds and other outbuildings must be included when calculating the above 50% limit. • Maximum eaves and ridge height of extension no higher than existing house. If extension is within two metres of a boundary maximum eaves height should be no higher than three metres to be permitted development. • Extensions of more than one storey must not extend beyond the rear wall of original house by more than three metres or be within seven metres of any boundary opposite the rear wall of the house. • Roof pitch of extensions higher than one storey to match that of the existing house, as far as is practicable. • Materials used in exterior work to be similar in appearance to those of the exterior of the existing house. • Any upper-floor window in a wall or roof slope in a side elevation must be obscure-glazed and nonopening unless the parts which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which it is installed. • No balconies or verandas are permitted development.

ADD A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION AS PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT Planning Portal, 2019, Illustrated by Ke Yang, Sourced at: https://interactive. planningportal.co.uk/mini-guide/extensions-two-storey/0

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DIAGRAM OF POTENTIAL PERMITTED CONSERVATORY Ke Yang, 2019, London

Adding a conservatory to a house is considered to be permitted development, not requiring an application for planning permission, provided these limits and conditions are met: • On designated land* cladding of any part of the exterior of a dwelling (and extensions/conservatories) with stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, render, timber, plastic or tiles is not permitted development. • On designated land conservatories extending beyond any side wall of the original house are NOT permitted development. • Conservatories (including previous extensions) and other buildings must not exceed 50% of the total area of land around the original house. • Conservatories forward of the principal elevation or side elevation of the original house and fronting a highway are NOT permitted development.Side conservatory must not have a width greater than half the width of the original house. Side conservatories to be single storey with a maximum height of four metres. • If conservatory (at side or rear) is within two metres of a boundary maximum eaves height should be no higher than three metres to be permitted development. • Single-storey rear extensions must not extend beyond the rear wall of the original house* by more than four metres if a detached house; or more than three metres for any other house. • Where not in designated land (Article 2(3))* or a Site of Special Scientific Interest, this limit is increased to eight metres if a detached house; or six metres for any other house. • Single-storey rear conservatory must not exceed a height of four metres. • Maximum eaves height should be no higher than the eaves of the existing house. The highest part of the conservatory should be no higher than the roof ridge line of the existing house.

ADD A CONSERVATORY AS PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT Planning Portal, 2019, Illustrated by Ke Yang, Sourced at: https://interactive. planningportal.co.uk/mini-guide/conservatory/11

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DIAGRAM OF POTENTIAL PERMITTED ROOF EXTENSION Ke Yang, 2019, London

Loft conversion or roof extension on a house is considered to be permitted development, not requiring an application for planning permission, provided these limits and conditions are met: • Loft conversions are NOT permitted development for houses on designated land. • To be permitted development any additional roof space created must not exceed these volume allowances: 40 cubic metres for terraced houses. 50 cubic metres for detached and semidetached houses. • Bear in mind that any previous roof space additions must be included within this volume allowance. Although you may not have created additional space a previous owner may have done so. • An extension beyond the plane of the existing roof slope of the principal elevation that fronts a highway is NOT permitted development. • Materials to be similar in appearance to the existing house. • No part of the extension to be higher than the highest part of the existing roof. • Verandas, balconies or raised platforms are NOT permitted development. • Any side-facing windows must be obscure glazed and nonopening unless the parts which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which it is installed. • Roof extensions, apart from hip to gable ones, to be set back, as far as is practicable, at least 20cm from the original eaves. The 20cm distance is measured along the roof plane. • The roof enlargement cannot overhang the outer face of the wall of the original house. • Work on a loft or a roof may affect bats. You need to consider protected species when planning work of this type. A survey may be needed, and if bats are using the building, a licence may be required.

ROOF EXTENSION AS PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT Planning Portal, 2019, Illustrated by Ke Yang, Sourced at: https://interactive. planningportal.co.uk/mini-guide/loft-conversion/10

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* ‘Designated land’(Article 2(3)) includes national parks and the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, conservation areas and World Heritage Sites.

DIAGRAM OF POTENTIAL PERMITTED OUTBUILDING Ke Yang, 2019, London

Outbuildings are considered to be permitted development, not requiring an application for planning permission, provided all the conditions are met. • On designated land* outbuildings to the side of the house are not permetted development. • Outbuildings are not permitted development within the grounds of a listed building. • In national parks, the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and World Heritage Sites the total area to be covered by any outbuildings more then 20 metres from ANY WALL of the house must not exceed 10 square metres to be permitted development. • Outbuildings are not permitted development forward of the principal elevation of the original house*. • Outbuildings and other additions must not exceed 50% of the total area of land around the original house*. Sheds and all other outbuildings and extensions to the original house must be included when calculating this 50% limit. • To be permitted development, any new building must not itself be separate, self-contained, living accommodation and must not have a microwave antenna. • Outbuildings must be single storey with a maximum eaves height of 2.5 metres and maximum overall height of 4 metres with a dual pitched roof, or 3 metres in any other case. • If the outbuildings is within 2 metres of the property boundary the whole building should not exceed 2.5 metres in height. • Balconies and verandas are not permitted development. Raised platforms such as decking are permitted development provided they are no higher than 300mm. • Containers, such as those used for domestic heating purposes, must not exceed 3,500 litres capacity to be permitted development. The other permitted development conditions which apply to outbuildings listed above also apply to containers.

OUTBUILDINGS AS PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT Planning Portal, 2019, Illustrated by Ke Yang, Sourced at: https://interactive. planningportal.co.uk/mini-guide/loft-conversion/10

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* ‘Designated land’(Article 2(3)) includes national parks and the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, conservation areas and World Heritage Sites.

DIAGRAM OF POTENTIAL PERMITTED FORESTRY BUILDING Ke Yang, 2019, London

The carrying out on land used for the purposes of forestry, including afforestation, of development reasonably necessary for those purposes consisting of:

FORESTRY BUILDINGS AS PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT General Permitted Development Order, 1995, Illustrated by Ke Yang, Sourced at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/418/schedule/2/part/7/made

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• Works for the erection, extension or alteration of a building; • The formation, alteration or maintenance of private ways; • Operations on that land, or on land held or occupied with that land, to obtain the materials required for the formation, alteration or maintenance of such ways; • Other operations (not including engineering or mining operations).

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planning permission no planning permission required

MAP OF STRUCTURES Ke, 2019

source: Hooke Park

PLANNING PERMISSION

The buildings in AAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hooke Park campus can be categorised into two types: buildings that required planning permission, and buildings that did not require planning permission. Buildings in grey have planning permits to build such as the Big Shed which submitted its planning application in 2011 and completed in 2012. Buildings in pink did not require planning permission as they are used for the purposes of forestry, for example the Wood Chip barn and the Saw Mill Shelter.

Prototype House Workshop Westminster Lodge Big Shed Caretakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House North Lodge Timber Seasoning Shelter South Student Lodge Biomass Boiler House Sawmill Shelter Wood Chip Barn Wakeford Hall Library The Foundry Outdoor Cooking Space The Darkroom

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SECONDARY STRUCTURES Hooke Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s woodland accommodates a number of built projects, produced by the Design & Make programme, visiting schools, summer workshops, and AA students. These temporary secondary structures are either taken down or left to decompose over time. A hand-drawn exploratory map, provided by Zachary Mollica, shows the secondary structures that still exist in the woodlands.

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Joyce Ng, Ke Yang, Shidi Fu

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Map of Secondary Structures Ke Yang and Joyce Ng

Source: Hooke Park, Zachary Mollica

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Main Gate Entrance Platform Hooke Court Play Cairn From Tate Pole Barn Sawmill Shelter Wood Chip Barn Watch Tower I Warden Hill Trail MakeLab Tower Ravine Bridge Centre Point Fountains Stairway to Nowhere : Arup Tower Deer Hide Concrete Stepped Sluice Watch Tower II Tri-Platform Tetrahedron Laura's Gate

Visiting

School

Design + Make Students AA Student Work

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MAIN GATE

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ENTRANCE PLATFORM

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HOOKE COURT PLAY

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CAIRN FROM TATE

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POLE BARN

POLE BARN PLAN Lydia Liu, 2019

dle

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RUIN 1

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RUIN 2

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RUIN 3

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BRIDGE 1

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MAKELAB TOWER

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CENTREPOINT FOUNTAINS

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STAIRWAY TO NOWHERE ARUP TOWER

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DEER HIDE

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CONCRETE STEPS

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RUIN BRIDGE

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BIRD TOWER 2

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TRI PLATFORM

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LAURAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GATE

FAMILY TREE Connie Lynn Tang

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The Hooke Park community started with Christopher, the forester, who first visited as a student during the Parnham Era and began working on site ever since the 1980s and through the Architectural Association handing over to now.

OTHER HOOKE PARK STAKEHOLDERS

CONSULTANTS

NEIGHBOURS

Forestry Planning Advisors Engineers Hooke Parish Council Cost Consultants Environment Energy Systems West Dorset District Council Donors

Dorset Inhabitants: Trail through the forest Children for school activities

VISITING UNITS

DESIG + MA

AA Diploma Units eg: Dip 11, Dip 18

16-month

12-month

AA Maeda

Programme by Shin Egashira

Design+Make

Summer Build

AA Members Visit

FAMILY TREE

Connie Tang, 2019 source: Hooke Park

h MArch

h MSc

CHARLIE

GEORGIE

ZAC

MARTIN

Christopher Sadd

Charlie Corry Wright

Georgie Corry Wright

Zachary Mollica

Martin Self

Forester

Workshop Manager and Caretaker

Catering Manager and Herbalist

Warden of Hooke Park, Studio Tutor

Design+Make Programme director

1980s Witnessed the building of the very first structure to the most recent one

1990 Course in Forest Manufacturing (by Parnham Trust)

1994 Been living on site since then

2014

Founding Director of Design+Make programme.

Been living on site since 1994

JACK

SIMON LAURA WILL

Edward Coe

Jack Draper

Simon Withers

Laura Kaddey

Will Gowland

Thomas Parker

Technical Coordinator

Make Tutor

Thesis Tutor

Administrator

Technical Consultant

THOMAS

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CHRIS

RESIDENTS OF HOOKE PARK MAP Connie Tang, 2019 source: Hooke Park

PERMANENT RESIDENTS

The community has been growing with the creation of the Design + Make programme and the visiting students from Bedford Square campus (such as the visiting units and summer courses) who live temporarily in Westminster Lodge. Charlie & Georgie have been living on site since 1994, and now live in the Caretakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house, built in 2012. Zachary Mollica, the campus warden, and course tutor lives in the Student Lodges (constructed in 2013).

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Students from the Design + Make programme live in the South Lodge (built in 2014) on a shift basis, with each group of students staying there for a few months.

GEOLOGY Hooke Park sits on bedrock from the Upper Greensand Formation and the Jurassic Period; hence the diversity of the geology on site. We can find an abundance of flint, mudstone, gault clay throughout the site, on the banks of streams, around the campus and deep in the forest. This chapter includes information from the British Geological Society as well as our site findings of various types of soil, clay and stone, and the resulting landscape characteristics.

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Lydia Liu

source: British Geological Survey

BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF HOOKE PARK Chalk, Zig Zag Chalk Formation Upper Cretaceous Period 10m thick Sandstone, Upper Greensand Formation Upper Cretaceous Period 0-70m thick Mudstone, Gault Formation Jurassic Period 0-75m thick Mudstone, Frome Clay Formation Jurassic Period 45-70m thick Calcareous Mudstone, Fuller's Earth Formation Jurassic Period 2-260m thick Ooidal Limestone, Inferior Oolite Group Jurassic Period 0-106m thick Sandstone, Bridport Sand Formation Jurassic Period 0-1.2m thick SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS Clay-with-flints formation

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source: British Geological Survey

1 Sedimentary rock with quartz and silica

2 Sedimentary rock with quartz and silica

3 Sedimentary rock with high iron content as shown by red traces

4 Sandstone

5 Mudstone

6 Calcareous mudstone with traces of iron

Sandstone Mudstone Mudstone Calcareous Mudstone Ooidal Limestone Sandstone Clay-with-flints

Stone samples taken from Hooke Park

source: UK Soil Observatory

clay

% Clay

% Silt

silty sandy clay clay clay loam silty clay sandy clay loam loam loam sandy silt loam sandy loa silt my loam silt sa sand loam nd

% Sand

SUBSOIL CHARACTERISTICS OF HOOKE PARK Rudaceous A sandy or gravel-rich subsoil. Freely draining acid loamy soils over rock. Soil parent material: Colluvium Soil texture: clayey loam pH: acidic Soil depth: >1m deep Argillic-Arenaceous A layered subsoil of clay, silt and sand, slowly permeable and seasonally wet Soil parent material: Sandstone Soil texture: sand to sandy loam pH: neutral Soil depth: Around 1m deep Argillaceous A clay and silt-rich subsoil. Soil parent material: Claystone/mudstone Soil texture: clayey loam pH: alkaline Soil depth: 0.5m deep Argillaceous A clay and silt-rich subsoil. Soil parent material: Limestone Soil texture: sand to sandy loam pH: alkaline Soil depth: 0.5m deep

source: UK Soil Observatory

SUBSOIL CHARACTERISTICS OF HOOKE PARK

Soil Sample 1 A small gully had been dug out for unknown purpose, by the concrete foundations of Park House. Soil with high moisture content, small aggregates and linear traces of black sediment.

source: UK Soil Observatory

SUBSOIL CHARACTERISTICS OF HOOKE PARK

Soil Sample 2 A fallen tree leaves topsoil exposed. A compact hill of topsoil disintegrates by hand digging, into small sandy lumps with a slight green appearance.

source: UK Soil Observatory

SUBSOIL CHARACTERISTICS OF HOOKE PARK

Soil Sample 3 At the same site, the fallen tree exposes the subsoil. The sample is taken around -1.5m, and is more clay-like and high in moisture content.

source: UK Soil Observatory

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Soil Sample 4,5 Large and small lumps of gault clay can be found at the crest of the water stream. A powerful flow of water smoothensand solidifies the large lumps of clay.

SITE PLAN

Joyce Ng, 2019

source: UK Soil Observatory

Soil Sample 6 At the western edge of Hooke Park the landscape is generally flat and one can find plentiful small pebbles and watery clay at the base of the still stream.

source: UK Soil Observatory

RISK OF WATER EROSION GEOLOGY OF HOOKE PARK Very high. Rills1 likely to form most seasons and gullies2 form in very wet periods. High. Rills likely to form during wet periods. Sediment seen in run-off.

A rill is a shallow channel (no more than a few tens of centimetres deep) cut into soil by the erosive action of flowing water. Wikipedia.

A gully is a landform created by running water, eroding sharply into soil, typically on a hillside. Gullies resemble large ditches or small valleys but are metres to tens of metres in depth and width. When the gully formation is in process, the water flow rate can be substantial, causing a significant deep cutting action into the soil.

source: UK Soil Observatory

SOIL RUNOFF GEOLOGY OF HOOKE PARK Soil runoff seen in most years during wet priods

source: UK Soil Observatory

RISK OF WIND EROSION GEOLOGY OF HOOKE PARK Soil is very prone to wind erosion

source: UK Soil Observatory

MASS MOVEMENT GEOLOGY OF HOOKE PARK Clay deposits from landslides

source: UK Soil Observatory

SOIL MOVEMENTS DUE TO WIND AND RAIN GEOLOGY OF HOOKE PARK RISK OF WATER EROSION Very high. Rills likely to form most seasons and gullies form in very wet periods. High. Rills likely to form during wet periods. Sediment seen in run-off.

SOIL RUNOFF Soil runoff seen in most years during wet priods

RISK OF WIND EROSION Soil is very prone to wind erosion

MASS MOVEMENT Clay deposits from landslides

FLORA

Alice Nobel, Ele Mun

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This chapter presents the various wood species as well as some of the fungus found in in Hooke Park. Nearly all wood material used in Hooke Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workshop is sourced from the surrounding forest. As the woodland holds a mixture of conifers and broad-leaved trees, there is a great selection of both hardwood and softwood.

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TREE SPECIES MAP Ele Mun, 2019

Source: Hooke Park, Zachary Mollica

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There are 15 mapped tree species within the boundaries of Hooke Park, the two most dominating being the Beech and the Norway Spruce. Each cluster succeeds in formulating its own environment, creating a plethora of different conditions to explore through the seasons.

Norway Spruce

Larch

Douglas Fir

Corsican Pine

Beech

Ash

Alder

~ 27 m

35 - 55 m

~ 40 m

30 - 40 m

20 - 30 m

20 - 25 m

60 - 75 m

100 m

10 m

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Red Cedar

Sycamore

Sweet Chestnut

Sitka Spruce

Red Oak

Poplar

Oak

23 - 37 m

30 - 37 m

28 - 43 m

24 - 35 m

50 - 60 m

40 - 50 m

Alder Timber veneers, plywood, charcoal for gunpowder, clogs and piles/support systems - the Alder Tree is easy to work with both the hand and machine tools and is especially easy to sand down. Although severe reactions are uncommon, the Alder in the Alnus Genus has interestingly been reported to cause eye, skin and respiratory irritation.

Ash The Ash responds exceptionally well to steam bending, a process often experimented with at Hooke Park. Ash is often used for furniture, flooring, millwork, box/crates and turned objects such as tool handles.

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It has also been reported to cause skin irritation and disruption to the lungâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s functions - again, severe reactions are uncommon.

Beech Timber from the Beech responds well to steam-bending as well. It machines and turns well, and is often used for firewood, boats, veneer, flooring, turned objects as well as musical instruments, down to piano pinblocks.

Corsican Pine

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The Corsican Pine is good for general building work, ornament, staircases, and doors. The timber is often processed into plywood for general use. Corsican Pine glues and finishes well, but is often considered inferior when compared to the Scots Pine.

Douglas Fir The Douglas Fir towers over Hooke Park. It typically machines well but has a moderate blunting effect on cutters. It accepts stains, glues, and finishes well. The timber is often used for beams, veneers, furniture, cladding, decking, and flooring.

Larch

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The Larch has the characteristics of hardwood and is therefore popular for cladding. It is a deciduous tree and loses its needles in the autumn. Often used for heavy carpentry, exterior, and interior joinery as well as flooring.

Norway Spruce The Norway Spruce is easy to work with, particularly when there are no knots present in the grain. It holds onto Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gifts for you during Christmas and is also used for musical instrument soundboards.

Oak

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The Oak is good with both hand and machine tools, it responds well to steam-bending and is one of the hardest, most durable timbers available. Used for cabinetry, furniture, interior trim, flooring, and boat building, it has a signature smell that is common to most oaks.

Poplar Poplar is easy to work with, but is very soft. Due to its low density, it can sometimes leave fuzzy surfaces and edges. It is used for pallets, crates, upholstered furniture frames, paper, and plywood.

Red Oak

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The timber produces good results with hand and machine tools, it has moderately high shrinkage values, resulting in mediocre dimensional stability, especially in flatsawn boards. It is used for cabinetry, furniture, interior trim, flooring, and veneer.

Sitka Spruce Small trees are particularly useful for paper, while matured trees are used to make boats and ships, pallets and packing boxes. It typically takes 35 years for a faster-growing Sitka Spruce to be harvested.

Sweet Chestnut

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The chestnut, easy to work with both hand and machine tools, although it splits easily. Therefore it is important to take extra care when nailing and screwing the wood. The tree is widely cultivated for the edible seeds which it produces and is used for furniture, veneer and carvings.

Sycamore The timber is excellent for carving and works easily with machine tools, although the interlocked grain can be troublesome for machining operations. It has been largely debated as to whether or not the species is native to the UK. Sycamore is used for veneer, plywood, interior trim, pallets/crates, flooring, furniture, tool handles, and other turned objects.

Red Cedar

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The Red Cedar dents and scratches quite easily due to its softness. There is quite a difference between the earlywood and latewood as far as density is concerned. Used for shingles, exterior sliding, boat building, and musical instruments, the timber gives out a strong aromatic scent when worked with.

The Woodlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Unsung Heroes

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FAUNA Joyce Ng, Ke Yang

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Hooke Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fauna play a significant role in the wellbeing of the woodlands. It hosts a range of large animals from deer, foxes, badgers, birds, bats, squirrels and mice. There are also moths, butterflies and other types of insect species that are native to Hooke Park. Hooke Park is known to have a variety of insect species, which feed the larger animals of Hooke Park, but they have yet to be fully studied.

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Clara Schwarz, Connie Tang, Ke Yang, 2019

Based on observation and information from the Hooke Park team, this speculative drawing has been made as an attempt to map out the different animals

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The Ecosystem diagram above shows the animals that inhabit Hooke Park and how they interact with each other. The forester of Hooke Park plays a role in managing the biodiversity of Hooke Park to maintain a healthy woodland.

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SPECTROGRAM OF HOOKE PARK FOREST SOUNDSCAPE Ke Yang, 2019

Deer are known to overpopulate Hooke Park. The number of deer are managed to ensure and protect the trees in the woodland. They are occasionally spotted in the woodlands.

Foxes are commonly found in Hooke Park. They prey on many animals that inhabit the woodlands- birds, squirrels, and mice.

Badgers holes are commonly found in Hooke Park but the animal themselves are hardly seen wandering in the woodlands. Their main diet is insects.

Pheasants are often found in Hooke Park and can be seen and heard during the day. They are sometimes hunted.

Owls are not commonly found in Hooke Park due to the age of the trees which do not have holes for nesting. However, they are important animals to regulate the wildlife of the woodlands.

Hooke Park houses a large population of squirrels. They are hunted to regulate the wildlife of the woodlands.

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Mice are commonly found in Hooke Park woodlands as well as campus. They could be better regulated with the presence of owls.

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FORESTRY MANAGEMENT Nicole Ng

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Hooke Park is a designated Ancient Woodland because it has historically been woodland since the 1600s. Centuries of undisturbed soils and accumulated decaying wood have created the perfect place for communities of fungi and invertebrates. These ground conditions are what make Hooke Park important.

"Our ancient woodlands are quintessential features of England's much-loved landscapes - irreplaceable, living historic monuments which inspire us and provide us with a sense of place and history in an increasingly frenetic world" HOOKE PARK IS DESIGNATED AS AN ANCIENT WOODLAND

Jim Knight, MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity), Ancient Woodlands Guidance Document, 2019

Despite being designated as ancient woodland, the trees at Hooke Park are only 60 years old, planted after the Second World War. Under the Ancient Woodland Designation, Hooke Park is required to promote Broadleaf tree regeneration, as the species is native to the UK.

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"In the few centuries following the last ice age, most of England developed into woodland â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the so called wildwood. The fragments of this once extensive woodland which still survive are our ancient woodlands, but they now cover only around 3% of Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s land area."

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POLITICAL DESIGNATIONS AFFECTING HOOKE PARK

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Despite having ownership of the woodland of Hooke Park, the AA is subject to national policies and designations that define its use. The woodland is also a public space for the local community so Hooke Park has to balance the interests of its stakeholders. The limitation of special designations for Hooke Park is that conifers are more suited for the needs of Hooke Park's programmes. They grow faster and are more suitable construction material. However, under the Ancient Woodland designation, native Broadleaf species are protected and encouraged for regeneration.

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Hooke Park was initially planted as an even-aged structure with 90% of the woodland replanted in 1947. Over the years, Christopher Sadd, the head forester has been introducing strategies to make the woodland a more diverse structure, by felling trees prematurely and introducing experimental species into the woodland. Since 2000s, Norway Spruce species have been ready for felling. Trees have been felled in phases and gradually over time. 2050, 20% of Hooke Park's timber species which is Beech will reach maturity. A varied strategy will be applied to manage harvesting and income generation.

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TYPES OF TREE SPECIES IN HOOKE PARK

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Alder trees are the oldest trees in Hooke Park. In 1947, the Forestry Commission replanted mainly Norway Spruce and Beech, and a mix of Oak and Douglas Fir. Today, there is a 50-50 proportion of conifers and broadleaves.

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CONIFERS (Softwoods) Fast growing, good as construction material 50 Years to maturity

TYPES OF TREE SPECIES IN HOOKE PARK

Illustrations from Forest Commission, Scotland. Accessed 2019

Norway Spruce

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BROADLEAVES (Hardwoods) Protected native species 100 Years to maturity

Broadleaves are considered native species and require protection. Conifers are alien species but have been planted extensively throughout the UK. Compared to conifers, broadleaves take double the time to grow to the same diameter in trunk size.

THINNING

Forestry Commission, 2011

Source : Thinning Practice : A Silvicultural Guide

THINNING

In many woods, trees grow so close together that very little light gets to the woodland floor. In some wood, this is good for the species living there, but in many others, it means that few herbs and shrubs can survive and the wood looks dark and uninviting. Because the trees are all competing with each other for the light they often become tall and spindly.

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Thinning removes the less healthy or less desirable trees and gives the remaining trees more space to develop. It also allows light to the woodland floor, encouraging an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;understoreyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of small plants, shrubs, and trees to develop. The art of the forester is to change the light levels to the benefit of the understorey and ground flora, to allow the remaining trees to develop better crowns but without letting in too much wind, which may cause damage.

PRUNING

Improving Your Woodland, 2015 Source: Royal Forestry Society

PRUNING

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The most valuable trees for timber are those where the trunk is perfectly straight and branch free. To achieve this, the trees must either be allowed to grow extremely densely or you can remove unwanted branches with secateurs while the branches are still very small.

DEER SPOTTING TOWER IN HOOKE PARK Andrew Robertson, 2019 location: Hooke Park

MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE

Hooke Park is as much a home to wildlife, as it is to people. However, unfortunately, some wildlife is detrimental to the management of the woodland.

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For example, deer eat young growing trees, which is especially problematic when trying to repopulate felled areas. Strategies that are used in Hooke Park to protect saplings include deer hunting, fencing young plantations, and protecting growing trees individually with plastic tubing.

FENCING PROTECTS YOUNG PLANTATIONS Nicole Ng, 2019

location: Hooke Park

PIPING PROTECTS INDIVIDUAL SAPLINGS Nicole Ng, 2019

location: Hooke Park

“ISLAND” OF HOOKE PARK Source: Google Satellite Imagery

“ISLAND” OF HOOKE PARK

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An unmanaged patch of forest disconnected from Hooke Park’s main woodland is known to Hooke Park-ers as the “Island”. Planted at the same time as the main forest, the island was intended to be managed but never was due to difficult access. As it can only be reached by crossing a neighbouring field. The forest shows what happens to an artificial wood when left alone for 50 years.

DIPLOMA 18 ENTERING THE “ISLAND” OF HOOKE PARK Nicole Ng, 2019

location: Hooke Park

SELF SEEDING WOODLAND SUPPORTING MULTIPLE GENERATIONS Nicole Ng, 2019

location: Hooke Park

UNTHINNED AND UNPRUNED WOODLAND Nicole Ng, 2019

location: Hooke Park

LOGS TO LUMBER Nicole Ng

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This chapter follows the life of a log.

Felling trees with chainsaw

Tree felling and harvesting

Marking trees

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PROCESSES FROM TREES TO LOGS TO LUMBER Drawn by Nicole Ng

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Removing logs using a winch and truck

TIMBER HARVESTING SCHEDULE Contract Ref: HP/ Thin/Oct 2017/Sherwood Estate/Owner: The Architectural Association

Wood: Hooke Park DT8 3PH

Cpts: 7a (total boundary marked in blue on attached map) Crop (Age & Species): 60yrs NS/OK Area (ha): c.7.85 (total area) Approximate Quantity: N/A General Details of Work: Selective thinning of both species. The initial work to prioritise the NS. Trees to be felled are marked with ORANGE paint (discount all old marks). A minimum of feller selection where necessary, can be carried out. Directional felling to be carried out keeping damage to main crop oaks to a minimum. Fresh windblow to be salvaged. Keep damage to the shrub and natural regeneration understorey to a minimum. Avoid damage to standing trees during skidding operations. Plan extraction so as to minimise ground damage. Any additions or revisions to these General Details will be discussed and agreed beforehand. These will be noted. Please refer to Environmental Constraint map attached. Timber Specifications to be cut in order of preference (the owner reserves the right to alter specifications at any time) Product Species D & M Log NS/DF

Size Quality 5.1m (ideal), 6.1m & 4.1m x 30cm absolute min td ub.

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Additional specifications will be notified verbally and noted. D & M and agreed volume and spec. Tbc Extraction & Stacking/Loading Bay/s: Pontrilas logs to be stacked ‘local’ to each cpt. and adjacent to main forest track for ease of collection by lorries. Chip to be forwarded to chip barn and stacked. D & M Log to be forwarded and stacked adjacent to main drive. Site tbc. All log td’s to be presented in the stack as one face. 1/2

PREPARING THE SITE Christopher Sadd, 2017, Felling contract for Sherwood Harvesters

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Areas due for harvest are marked out a map in accordance with the woodland management plan. Individual trees are marked by Christopher Sadd (Hooke Park's forester) in accordance with the felling contract that is provided to the contractor. This contract outlines the specifications needed for various timber products.

TIMBER HARVESTING

Source: Lucas Wilson, Hooke Park

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Forwarder Winch

Source: Zachary Mollica

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Trees are felled by a man and a chainsaw. After felling, the harvester chops away the branches and leaves them deadwood. He connects the logs to a winch and the harvester vehicle (located on the dirt road) pulls the logs towards itself. These logs are loaded and stored at accessible locations along the dirt road.

TIMBER SAWMILL

Photographed by Nicole Ng, 2019, Hooke Park

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After trees are felled and extracted from woodland using a winch and a forklift, they are taken here to the sawmill to be sliced. Any leftover or waste is taken to the woodchip barn to be used as a biofuel.

TIMBER SEASONING SHELTER

Photographed by Nicole Ng, 2019, Hooke Park

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After going through the sawmill, the lumber has to be dried. Most lumber in Hooke Park is air-dried under this shelter. Air-drying reduces the moisture content down by 20% within a few weeks of seasoning it.

INSTANCES OF SELF-RELIANT LIVING Clara Schwarz, Sorana Mazilu

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This chapter looks at how the community of Hooke Park has achieved selfreliance.

VEGETABLE GARDEN Clara Schwarz, 2019

KITCHEN GARDEN

The Hooke Park Kitchen Garden provides produce for the meals in the refectory. It is an evolving project that is being managed by Georgie Corry Wright. The garden was designed and laid out by AA students during a series of Permaculture Workshops that were held in 2012. The Kitchen Garden requires care and maintenance, however as students come and go, there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a regular team to properly look after the garden.

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Tomatoes, eggs, courgettes, and apples, are just some of the produce that has been grown in the past.

SURVEY OF GEORGIEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S VEGETABLE GARDEN Shreya Kochatta, 2019

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Permaculture design also looks beyond the food production, addressing issues such as household and farm energy, habitation, structures, and waste management (there need be no waste on a farm!)

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Permaculture is a design system that sprang up during the 1970 oil crisis, as a reaction to food insecurity and the desire to be self-reliant. Combining attitude and practical application, it encompasses anything from recycling, reusing and regenerating, to simply observing.

BEEKEEPING

Nicole Ng, 2019

BEEKEEPING

Bees are responsible for the pollination of thirty percent of our food, thus it is important to recognise the vitality of bees and honey production in our ecosystem.

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Bees create their own kind of permaculture, as they have developed a system that effectively sustains itself. They store their data in the cells of the comb, and this allows them to return to flowers at the optimal time for pollen gathering. In permaculture, beekeeping has been taken on with a more natural approach, allowing the bees to live as bees were meant to live with a minimum of beekeeping interaction. Beekeepers will still harvest honey, but an emphasis is placed on the health of the colony above how much honey is to be taken. Bees supplement your permaculture environment by pollinating your flowers and providing you with a fun, engaging challenge.

THE HOOKE PARK CANTEEN Diploma 18, 2019

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Plan of power supply in Hooke Park done Mains water pipes Electrical cable Foul water pipes BT

WATER & ELECTRICITY SUPPLY Sorana Mazilu

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All the buildings in Hooke Park are heated by a central boiler installed in 2014 as part of a Design and Make project. The boiler is a 200kW Guntamatic biomass boiler located in the center of the campus at an approximately equal distance between the refectory, workshop, and Westminster Lodge.

Provided with electricity External water source Provided with water

THE BOILER HOUSE

The boiler is an experimental architectural structure designed and built using low-quality roundwood thinnings supplied from the forest and uses minimal processing to produce a low-embedded-carbon structure. The boiler house also contains a 35m3 chip store. Fuel is self-supplied from the forest. Harvested and seasoned roundwood is brought to site and cut into a bulk chip. The bulk chip store, like the boiler house, is constructed from low-value timber from the forest. The system is enclosed. All the fuel is sourced from the Hooke Park woods, the entire processing is done in house, from logs to woodchips, generating a sustainable system.

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Hooke Park Staff Woodchip Barn

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The campus is expanding regularly and new extensions are added to the district heating system as and when new buildings go up.

WOOD CHIP BARN

source: Design + Make, 2016

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The structure provides long-term storage for wood chip to fuel the Biomass Boiler House. With a storage capacity of 400cu.m, the barn will enable the Hooke Park estate to process and use itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own timber for renewable heat production.

BIOMASS BOILER HOUSE source: Design + Make, 2015

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The building contains the boiler, chip-store and buffer tank for the district heating system that now provides heat energy to all of the Hooke Park campus.

BIOMASS BOILER HOUSE source: Design + Make, 2015