JOSHUA PAGE PORTFOLIO 2013 - 2016
LabsforLearners | Aalto University, Helsinki The project aimed to redesign the traditional curriculum, through innovative spacial and service design. LabsforLeaners took a new approach to educational architecture, designing ‘School as a Service’ rather than a ‘product’. An agile modular system was developed for flexibility in spaces. Single CLT modules combine to make Single, Cluster and Community environments, that adapt to give identity to a diverse campus.
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Each modular environment’s construction method is proportional to it’s size. Single modules are simple post + beam systems, fixed with tenon and mortise joints. However community environments use CLT rail construction for adaptable facades, featuring glazed, louvre, solid and PolyCarbonate panels. These modules are slightly different, yet all hold the same coherent language at heart.
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The Community module is a parasitic invasion of a proposed school hub building. The CLT boxes intrude into the facade, opening up formally small offices into larger social spaces. Each floor features overlapping modules, creating gaps and cantilevers that form balconies and double height spaces. The building form is dictated by the module’s dimensions, and is focused around a central boulevard and courtyard, centered via a single oak tree and sunken seating arrangement.
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Auditorium + Chalk Wall
Education Boulevard street view
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The Otaniemi campus has a distinct lack of designated public spaces for recreational activity. This modular cluster arrangement aims to improve the situation by providing sheltered fishing facilities. The hut is split into two areas, contemplation and activity. The southern box features an open viewing platform, whilst the northern rectangle holds storage, seating and a semi-sheltered timber deck. The hut transitions from permanent land bound CLT walls, to louvre panels and then open space.
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Medical Centre | University Campus, Bath Medical Centre was designed for all ages, situated in a busy student hub. The centre is designed as a retreat from the bustling campus, featuring a sky-lit double height waiting space, opening out onto a courtyard, semi-enclosed by public and clinical wings. Timber cladding wraps around the building, serving as louvres protecting a glazed wall. Environmental issues were considered throughout, leading to a sustainable solution.
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The medical centre had a holistic design approach to environmental sustainability. The central atrium provides daylight, and opens to buoyancy and wind driven natural ventilation. A plethora of ‘green’ initiatives were utlised, such as: biofuel heat pumps, rainwater harvesting, adaptable louvre daylight systems and greywater treatment systems.
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The site opened out onto the Southern parks of the university campus. Therefore circulation was kept central and visually accessible via courtyard focused glazed walls, whilst private quarters faced away, overlooking the tranquil landscape.
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Community Centre | Combe Down, Bath The brief was to design a mixed-use community centre, situated in a small village adjoining bath. The functions varied from village gatherings, to sporting events, up to rehabilitation meetings. I followed the project from 1 : 1250 site planning, down to 1 : 5 detailing. I responded to context through use of bath stone, which is punctured by a corten frame wrapped in wisteria vines.
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Open Webb Steel Joist Roof Construction 1. 300mm Primar y Steel I-Beam 2.560mm Deep Open Webb Steel Joist (100mm Supporting Joist, 60mm Secondar y) 3.13mm Gypsum Board 4.80mm Steel RHS Panelling Support 5.80mm Corrugated Steel Panel 6. Vapor Barrier 7.160mm Rigid Insulation 8. 40mm Steel RHS Cladding Support 9. 40mm Ventilated Cavity 10. 20mm Copper Standing Seam Roof Cladding
Sliding ‘Sky’ Door Cill Connection 1. 28mm Double Glazed Door Panels 2. 65mM Steel Door Frame 3. 180x50mm Steel C-Beam Bottom Rail 4. 40mm Rigid Insulation 5. 170mmx60mm Supporting Timber Joist 6. 120x40mm Door Cill 7. Copper Cill Flashing 8. Damp Proof Membrane 9. 100mm ‘Aco’ Drainset into Concrete Bed
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Brick House | Unknown. Bristol Area Brickhouse pushed me with a limited 9x6m site, requiring both living and work spaces in one harmonious building. I designed a private courtyard into the heart of the site, creating a natural partition between work and living. Views were accessible from all communal spaces, yet sheltered from the outside world, creating An enclosed secret garden.
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The sectional perspective and 1:20 scale model emphasised the monolithic nature of the project. The brutalist Staffordshire blue brick faรงades are punctured only by expansive glazed strips on both stories.
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Holsbau [m] | Exhibition Pavilion Holzbau[m], Roughly translating as timber structure, was an exhibition designed to showcase vintage wine casks. The timber frame mirrors that of a cask in production, with beams fixed together by a steel band. You circulate via the central cask, guiding you to the wine tasting booth behind. holzbau[m] rooted my passion for timber architecture and design.
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Riverside Cafe | Bristol Centre This one week pavilion project was set in the bustling pedestrian centre of Bristol. The concrete structure was split into two, in order to prioritise dining and serving functionality, and maximise the central water flow through the site. A river flows between both building halves, with water echoing between tall tunnel like voids.
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Transformations | Pavilion Transformations was a sculptural project, focussing on practical skills. The triangulated design makes maximum use of minimal materials, transforming simple shapes into a complex geometries. Through model making, technical drawing and fabrication, the project taught valuable lessons in design.
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A comparison between the two week design stage, to the later construction point. The design needed structural alterations, teaching crucial lessons in design practicality.
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Illwerke Zentrum Montafon Analysis | Hermann Kaufmann
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Metla Forest Research Centre Analysis | SARC Architects
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Visuals
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Contact E: jp728@bath.ac.uk M: +44 7545968896 Barn Cottage, High Street, Blackford, Wedmore, Somerset, BS28 4NN