1.2.2 PORTFOLIO BY MSA YEAR 1, Group 8
KA HEI WONG, FREDERICK
THE THREE SIDES - SITE 4
SITE LOCATION, WEEK 1-2
SITE 4 1. Draw on tracing papers
2. Cut out the pieces Facing the site on the western side of Boundary Street East is a recent built 5-storey private housing and The Grosvenor Hall of Residence.
Surrounded at three sides, site 4 opens its frontage to Oxford Road at one of its long side, towards the South-west direction. The Surrounding Buildings are 3 to 5 storeys high, In the Design, I have to consider the long views and interact with the existing enviroment and the road.
To the North, the site faces the 149 Oxford Road Building which contains the Subway Resturant, The Tesco Supermarket and a Japanese and Chinese Resturant. To the north of the 3-storey 149 Oxford Road Building, the Footage Club is located at the junction of Grosvenor Street and the Manchester Oxford Road. To the South, the site is bounded by The Manchester Aquatic Centre, which is opposite to the Geoffrey Manton Building across the road. To the West, it is bounded by the Oxford road and faces the negative space between the Mabel Tylecote Building and the Geoffrey Manton Building, which is the Boundary Street West.
3. Stick them with glue.
4. Final product
Site Model of 1 : 250 Made on 29-1-2014.
View to site from aquatic Centre
View to Site From Boundary Street East
Skyline to The East Proposed Site
Oxford Road
Plan of site 4
THE SITE (3 PM)
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Site 4
SITE ANALYSIS, Week 1 - 2
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Manchester is located on the Northern hemisphere, which experiences a temperate maritime climate, with Warm Summers and Cold Winters. The Site is on a at land along the busy Oxford Road, one of the busiest bus route in europe.
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WhitWorth Hall
9 7 4 Site Model of 1:500 Made on 19-12-2013 by Group 8 (My Group) The Whitworth Hall is part of the university of manchester. It lies at the south-east range of the Old Quadrangle of the University, with the Manchester Museum adjoined to the north, and the former Christie Library connected to the west, designed by Paul WaterHouse.
It runs from Parrs Wood northwards to Rusholme, crosses the River Medlock and reaches the city centre. The road runs through the centres of Didsbury, Withington and FallowďŹ eld, including the major student residential campus of Owens Park, to Rusholme. Oxford Road passes through the University of Manchester campus and the All Saints campus of the Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Our site is on the opposite side of the MMU All Saints Campus, surrounded on three sides by buildings at around 10m.
Key Buildings
Sunshine zone
Spring SunPath
Summer SunPath
Winter SunPath
Building at Sunset
1. The Toast Rack 2. The Art Gallery 3. The Contact Theatre 4. The Holy Name Church 5. The Student Union Building 6. Whitworth Hall 7. The Tin Can (Vistor Centre) 8. The RNCM Building 9. The Aquatic Centre The Whole amazing road made by Year 1 is exhibited on 16-12-2013.
I was chose to do the whitworth hall model with Nathan Cox by wood on 18-12-2013
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SITE ANALYSIS
TOPOGRAPHY ON SITE
1. Draw on tracing papers
2. Cut out the pieces
There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year. The city’s average annual rainfall is 807 mm, one out of two and a half days in the year, the city rains, with a high humidity level, atover 80% all over year.
The site (Oxford Road Area) can be considered as a flat land, there is no hill. and mountains, nor any lowlands. it is around 40m above sealevel.
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The average highest temperature is 20.6 degC in July, the lowest is 1.6 degC in February.
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Soils are in sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial state and stratified drift derived mainly from a red sedimentary rocks and basalt, which is rather soft and permissable for water.
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In the Northern Hemisphere, the sun is normally at the south direction at noon..
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SunPath on Site in different Seasons
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However, the sun follows a lower path in Summer, the radiation is more diffused to the area. In contrast, the sun follows a higher path in Winter, with a more concentrated insulation. The Sun generally shines at the North-east direction in the morning and sets at west or South-west.
Mabel Tylecote Building
Aquatic Centre
At 1813, All Saints Park was a church named All Saints Church. The Site was located in the Boudary street from 1900 to 1960s. Then it was vut at the junction of Oxforad Road and Boundary Street . The Site is located on Boundary Street East.
Geoffery Manton Building N The Site is located at the junction of Boundary Street East and the Manchester Oxford Road. It is bou nded by a number of multi-storey commercial buildings, private housings and The Aquatic Centre on three sides. Scale: 1 : 250
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The form of the beak inspired me to think of William Waller’s Battle horn, with larger entrance and smaller exit for air, the speed of air flow acclerates(a) when they rises, which creates an uplift force(F).
The Peregrine Falcons Upper Notch
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, WEEK 3-4
Gravitational Force (G)
The top notch ( The toomial tooth) and the bottom notch fit together. The powerful beak and shape of the notch work together to allow falcons to bite through the cervical vertebrae and sever the spinal cord of their prey with ease.
Tomial Tooth Lower Notch
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Equilibrium
By F = m(a), Newton’s second law of motion. The form is more efficient then a perfect cylinder in giving an upward push to the lift people up.
Air uplift (F)
The metaphor is further developed into an inorganic form. The people is designed to fly upwards and downwards, to feel the speed and excitement of sky diving like a falcon. The air speed to lift a man is about 200 mph, which is about the same speed as the nature’s top gun is diving.
What makes a peregrine falcon so deadly? The answer is, its high speed, its sharp craws, its hunting instinct, and also its powerful beak. To its prey, it is the grip of death. Bird drawing done on 17-12-2013 This particularly interests me, so I have decided to take a closer look at its beak.
Corten Steel was chosen as the facade material, because it is durable, has a beautiful texture, suitable for usage in the humid enviroment in Manchester area and of its sculpture like texture.
The notchin a falcon’s beak is called the tomial tooth, and it’s an adaptation suit ed to their hunting style. The Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine and Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in family Falcoridae. It’s diving speed, 200mph, is also the speed of air flow to lift a man up from the ground into the sky. The dream of flying since childhood inspired me to design a flying centre On Oxford Road, the busiest district in Greater Manchester Area.
As the Corten Steel comes with sheets and it cannot stand by itself under such an organic shape, a specific structural scheme for the building has to be developed. A structural steel frame should be appropiate in this case.
Most of the buildings along Oxford Road are below 4 Stories, so the people who are “flying”should be have a clear view of the surrounding landscapes and enviroment.
The Form Development
Development: An organic tower with a shade
A Diving Falcon can reach 200mph, which is the fastest creature on earth.
The Structural Steel Frame (Simplified) Air Acccelerator (Lifts People up) Instead of a boring boxy design, the form should be organic for both functionality and to be more interesting. Underfloor Services (Heating, Drinage, Electricity systems)
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT The Idea starts from an organic sketch of the bird’s wings and beak. The beak is developed into the prism like main structure, as the form is structurally effecient, fits to the environment and serves the function (flying) well.
The journey of flying inside should have a feeling of free and relaxing, with no restrictions or bounds to oneself.
Hollow Steel Coulmns (Support floors and Carry air inside)
This feeling can be created with an open space, with broad horizons, inwhich the people who are flying should be able to see the Manchester Oxford Road areas.
Air Tunnel
I would like to search for a solution with less columns and structural walls in the interior, at the same time, the structure should be able to hold the heavy weighted corten steel wall panels.
With a smaller surface area as the height increases, much less energy is needed to lift a person up when compared to a uniform surface area structure.
The floors are suspended and loads are transfered to the pile foundations at the 4 corners, and then to the ground.
The Ground
On the other hand, the wing is developed into a shade with a shape of a waving arm, which shields the vistors from rain and the sun, it also welcomes the vistors and defines the entrance space.
Pile Foundation
Steel Walls and floors
Pile Caps (Detailed on the right)
Structure Steel Columns Steel Piles, driven into ground Pile Cap Stressed zone on ground
Front Elevation
Side Elevation
Pile Cap Systems (Long Side)
Front perspective
1. Parts were cut out and sticked together A testing model made on 29-1-2014
Test Model Making
2. The surfaces were polished with colours.
3. The structural framework was made by straws.
4. The 4 sides were assembled.
Side perspective
ISOMETRIC VIEW
ISOMETRIC VIEW
PROGRAM ELEVATION
PLAN AN SECTIONS DEVELOPMENT, WEEK 5-6
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR, LOBBY AND OFFICE Ground floor has a trapezoidal shape. with a floor area of 115 m2. Outside the entrance, there is a wing shape shade facing the main street, Oxford Road, like a waving arm, shading the vistors from rain and the sun, welcoming the vistors. The lobby is loacated at the entrance, which is at the side of the building. Entering the Lobby, there are comfortable seats and sofas for the vistors to take rest and plan their journeys. At the end of the loby, there is a passage towards the office on the ground floor. Vistors can then buy their tickets and seek help from the assistants. The vistors then can start their journey by going the floating stairs in the lobby to 1/F.
DESIGN FACTORS 1. The Main facade is made of glass, where corten steel wall are supported by structural steel frame. The Floors are made of reinforced concrete for better insualtion. 2. Hollow Steel Columns on G/F and 1/F suppost and transmit air to the air accelerator on 2/F. 3. An wind tunnel entrance is placed outside the facade, and the air circulating system is built underground, connected by hollow steel columns.
ISOMETRIC VIEW
ISOMETRIC VIEW
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN, GIFT SHOP AND WASHROOMS First floor also has a trapezoidal shape, with an area of 105 m2. The floating stairs are located at the west side of the building, and connect to the washroom in the south and the gift shop in the north.
SECOND FLOOR, THE AIR ACCELERATOR FIRST FLOOR PLAN The Second Floor is the beginning of the flying journey. It is seperated into two rooms, one as platform and passage, the other one is the wind tunnel.
When the Vistors enter first floor from the ground, They can see the gift shop and a view of the busy oxford road through the glass facade. There are seats for them to take rest and wait for the flying journey, and a television showing educational films and instructions on sky diving, where the vistors can learn the basics and the science behind it.
On the North side of second to the fifth floor, it is the large wind tunnel. There is a large air accelerator on second floor, it brings up air from the hollow steel columns beneath it and accelerates it to 120mph or above to lift up the flyers against gravity.
The washrooms are located behind the gift shop, where the vistors can find lockers and changing rooms for them to wear the flying suits.
The air uplift can be altered by changing the speed of air flow with the accelerator, such that the flyers can fly upwards or downwards.
Visitors can begin their flying experience by going upstairs to the wind tunnels on second floor.
There is a large air cushion and a nylon mat on the floor as safety measures. The vistors enters the wind tunnel by going up a few steps right in front of the entrance. The front facade is made of glass and leans towards Oxford Road to frame a better view for the flyers and let the pedestrians see them flying.
DESIGN FACTORS
DESIGN FACTORS
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Corten steel comes in sheets, a structural steel frame work is designed to lift it up.
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The Hollow steel columns below the air accelerator connects to the large circular air pipe below the ground. Air is drawn to the accelerator from the air entrance in front of the facade.
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120mph is the speed of air to hold a man in air on second floor, if we want to lift him upwards, we need a larger air uplift to break the eqilibrium with gravitational force. With around 200mph (the Speed of the Falcon diving), we can lift up a man to lift him to the fifth floor.
1. The floating stairs are cantilevered to the west facting wall. Loads are transferred to the side beams on the steel frame, then to the main columns and the then to the ground. The floors are suspended slabs where the loadings are transferred to the structural steel frame, then to 2. FACTORS DESIGN the pile foundations.
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3. The Windows are double glazed for better thermal insulation. Heating systems are installed under the concrete floors.
Air uplift and air drag when a peregrine is flying
Gravitational Force acting on Centre of gravity (C.G.)
ISOMETRIC VIEW THIRD TO FIFTH FLOOR PLAN, THE WIND TUNNEL
FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
THE FLYING DREAM “Dreams must be able to Fly high, You should never agree to surrender your dreams.” Jesse Jackson, the American civil rights activist and Baptist minister
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. ” Martin Luther King Jr.
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
GiftShop Shop Gift
Lobby Lobby
Wash Room
Office
LIGHT AND TIME When there is light, there is shadow. Light changes with time in a day, so as the shadow. With its beak like form, we can imagine the whole building as a large sundial. It is tall (20m) when compared to the surround buildings. Effects of light and shadow changes at different time of a day.
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Late Morning
Noon
View from Geoffery Manton Building at Sunset View from Oxford Road in an afternoon
View from Aquatic Centre at noon