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BRIEF
‘ A G i f t o f W i n g s ’ a c e l e b r a t i o n o f B r i s t o l ’ s
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An AVIATION MUSEUM is to be built on the waterfront in Bristol. Adjacent to the site is the Arnolfini Bush House, an arts centre and gallery. The site includes Mud Dock Cycleworks(a hybrid cyclist’s store and cafe) at the NorthWest corner, a car park at the East boundary, and the Mud Dock at the South boundary. The site is highly prone to sunlight and Southwest prevailing wind. The surrounding Context, environmental factors and function requirements are all carefully considered into developing a realistic and successful design.
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ARNOLFINI BUSH
REDCLIFFE WAY
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EXISTING CAR PARK (SOUTH BOUNDARY)
EXISTING CAR PARK (WEST BOUNDARY) MUD DOCK CAFE
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FLAPPING ROAD ACROSS HARBOR
M SHED | PRINCE ST BRIDGE FERRY LANDING
OPPOSITE WATERFRONT (SOUTH)
OPPOSITE WATERFRONT (SOUTHEAST)
S I T E A N A LY S I S
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Dimension
Tra n s p o r tat i o n
Movement
Sun Path
Pro
Dense circulation around site Ease of acces from Bristol centre (5min) or from train station (15min) Good sight lines from all almost all directions
Sight Lines
Con
Mud Dock Cafe sitting at the centre of the site might be an obstruction Site is highly prone to SW prevailing wind and sunlight
Opportunities Museum can be designed to be landmark of the water front
Concept
Volume Arrangement Access Around Volume Possible Site Entrance
Pro Con
Display/ Exhibition Service
CAFE
Waiting Area
Largest possible single volume on site, best for housing
Volume is separated to create central pathway thus
Volume dominates the water front
Longest elevation along water front, best for LED ban-
aircrafts
more accessible
Most connected to Queen Square
ners or showing interior display to oppsite water front
Inconvenient access from one volume to another
Blocks view from Mud Dock Cafe
Requires cutting down of most trees on site
Broken continuity of volume visually
Lowest Capacity
Least connection to context
Admin
Shop
Relation diagram of different function areas
Follows Axis from North, most connected to city centre Limits access pathway along water front
PRECEDENT AMERICAN AIR MUSEUM
Foster + Partners, Sep 1995 - Jul 1997 Duxford Airfield, UK
The American Air Museum has an organic interior space that follows the natural movement of people. The centre core of the building serves as a plane exhibit with the main circulation path wrapping around it. The SE-facing glass wall exposes the exhibits to the runway outside. A single concrete curved roof encloses the whole museum as a motif of planes’ organic shell.
TOP 1:200@A3
Fluroscent lights are embedded into the ground covered by glass to create a lighted up waterside pathway
Trees are repositioned to provide natural shadA huge skylight sits right above the four aircrafts, allowing natural daylighting into the museum across most interior areas
ing for carparkings from direct sunlight
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:200@A2 The workshop is viewable from the corridor by glazing parition
More than half ground floor areas are surrounded by aerogel insulated walls, which provide both natural daylighting and privacy from the outside, and some lighting to waterside pathway at night
Customers at the open cafe can look at the aircrafts and the lobby galleries while enjoying their drinks
Entrances facing two opposite directions increase accessibility and visibiliy for visitors coming from all directions
FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1:200@A2
An open office plan is adopted to allow more flexibiltiy
Visitors get fresh air at the balcony outside of the
in space arrangement and better daylgihting; staffs will
temporary exhibtion hall; it also extends the wonderful
be able to interact at ease and thus more efficient
harbor view from the Mud Dock CAfe. For security reasons, only customers with tickets issued at the musuem main entrance can enter through the balcony entrance
Columns not only provide structural support but also exhbitiion spaces
Closed exhibtion area for exhibits (documentary projection etc) requiring more attention
SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1:200@A2
Roof of the museum extends till the end of the connection bridge to the Mud Dock Cafe
Double height space for the admin office and the temporary exhibiton hall
Both first and second floor are 2m offset from the ground floor area (except N facde) to provide more exhibition space without compromising the waterfront pathway; it also acts as a canopy for the pedestrains
N O R T H E L E VAT I O N 1:200@A2
Bridge connected to Mud Dock Cafe provides shelter to access to the waterfront
SECTION 1 1:200@A2
Elevators are positioned next to the aircrafts; it allows visitors to see the entre picture from bottom to top in close distance
N O R T H E L E VAT I O N 1:200@A2 PV panels are installed on glazings to express the interior partitions, making use of the sunlight to generate power for the museum
The huge glazing directs the harbor panorama into the exhibition halls and adds life to the exhibits; it is slightly slanted downwards
SECTION 1
to avoid direct exposure to sunlight
1:200@A2
A triple height space appear immediately behind the entrance, where four aircraft were hung from the ceiling to gain visitors interests; light coming through the skylight above creates a dramatic effect when shone onto the aircrafts
EXTERIOR VISUAL WAT E R F R O N T
AXONOMETRIC
exterior visual
C I R C U L AT I O N
ENTRANCE
interior visual hall 1
INTERIOR VISUAL GROUND FLOOR LOBBY