NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MATERIAL RESEARCH

NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MANUFACTURERS/ CONTRACTORS/ SUPPLIERS Allgood - Ironmongery Kvadrat - Fabric Arch Timber Fire Impregnation TMEC - Ironmongery Geze - Ironmongery Solaglas - Glazing Eckelt - Glazing Reckli Lace Mould Manufacturer

Caruso St Johns SITE & LOCAL BUILDING FABRIC THe site is located at Nottingham’s Lace Market, the quarter is characterized by warehouses and brick factories, to the west side there is a major road and tram line running right next to the building. surrounding buildings were mainly built with bricks of dark brown and grey colours, another main feature would be the immediate brick built victorian railway cutting at the site

LOW GRADE INDUSTRIAL PLOT VERSUS new and trendy Lace Market District

Altro - PVC Lining MDM Props - Signage (Neon Sign) Kaydee Blinds - Blinds

FACTS

Powershield Doors Doors (Steel Doorsets) Torclad - Roofing (Green Roof System)

Client Nottingham Contemporary Structural engineers Ove Arup and Partners/ Elliottwood Partnership Services engineer Ove Arup and Partners QuanTIty Surveyor/Project manager Jackson Coles Theatre consultant Charcoalblue AcousTIcs TimLewers

Architectural Products Ltd Rooflights Trent Concrete External Cladding (Pre-Cast Concrete) Northfield Construction In-Situ Concrete Frame Dorma - Ironmongery Silent Gliss - Curtain Rails Adstone - Structural Steelwork

AESTHETIC STRATEGY: FORM RESEMBLES SHIPPING CONTAINERS - INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS USED - GOLD AND TEXTURAL ORNAMENTS - TRENDY LACE MARKET DISTRICT

McKenzie Grant - Windows, Doors, Curtain Walling Group Members: Oliver Boaler, Keith Chan, Aoife Cullimore, Henry LascelleS

NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MATERIALS RESPONDS TO THE SITE (INTERIOR FINISHES)

WHY CONCRETE? MOULDABLE/SCULPTURAL DURABILITY LOW MAINTENANCE PREFABRICATION

CHARACTER OF THE INTERIOR CORRESPONDS TO THE TOPOGRAPHY & SPECIFIC QUALITIES OF THE SITE - SANDSTONE CLIFF

Caruso St Johns PLAY OF MATERIALS (EXTERIOR CLADDINGS)

FACADE ELEMENTS: GLOSSY GOLD ANODISED ALUMINIUM HUGE GLAZED WINDOWS MaTTe, Textural Green CONCRETE

UPPER FLOOR GALLERY WHITE PLASTERBOARD TIMBER FLOORING BRIGHT WITH SKYLIGHT SOME GALLERIES HAVE GLAZED WINDOWS TO THE OUTDOORS

GOLD ANODISED ALUMINIUM [CONVEX] THE BILLOWING PROFILE NOT ONLY CONTRASTS WITH THE CONCAVE SHAPE OF THE PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS BELOW, IT ALSO SERVES TO STIFFEN THE VERY THIN & TALL SHEETS OF ALUMINIUM.

STAIRCASE CONCRETE EXPOSED CHROMEFINISHED HANDRAILS

CONCEPT OF “FOUND SPACE” BASEMENT SPACE DARK, ROUGH CONCRETE yet with TIMBER FLOOR suggests SOME PRESTIGE IDEAL FOR PERFORMANCE ART and FILMS

USE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS TO CREATE JOURNEY As you make youR way down to the lower levels, the construction and the materials turns more robust.

GREEN PRECAST CONCRETE WITH LACE PATTERNS [CONCAVE]

TOP FLOOR - GALLERIES LIGHT, BRIGHT - INSTALLED WITH SKYLGIHTS, WHITE, TIMBER FLOORING AND SMOOTH FINISHING LOWER PART - ROUGH, DARK AND ROBUST, GIVES IMPRESSION OF A STORAGE SPACE. THE ARCHITECTS WANTED TO GIVE THE FEELING OF THE ROOM BEING EXCAVATED deep into the sandstone cliFF.

THIS PROFILE ALSO HELPS WITH THE PROTECTION OF THE CASTED SURFACE SINCE THE PATTERNS CURVE INWARDS. SHADOW MAKES THE PATTERN STAND OUT MORE WHEN LIGHT IS SHONE AT AN ANGLE

NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY

Caruso St Johns PRECAST CONCRETE LACE-ORNAMENTS FACADE TEXTILE ORNAMENTAL QUALITY PAYS HOMAGE TO LOCAL HERITAGE

The design is based on a sample of Victorian lace found in a TIme capsule from 1847, unearthed when a new supermarket was being built in Nottingham.

The pattern was given to SPECIALISTS, who then used digital imaging and laser technology to capture and replicate the exact pattern in 3 dimensional form.

This technical approach was used to produce a master mould.

The mould was then sent to Germany, where rubber mould supplier Reckli was able to transfer the design onto a durable rubber mat. The mat was then used

by Trent Concrete in Nottingham during the casting process.

1. LACE SAMPLES

2. DIGITAL IMAGING into 3D

3. RUBBER MOULD DONE

4. POUR THE CONCRETE IN WITH THE MOULD CAST

5. FINAL PRODUCTION CONCRETE PANELS PREFABRICATED, EACH PANEL CONTAINS A PAIR OF PATTERNS 6. SENT TO SITE FOR CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS TO EXPRESS CULTURE?

ALL CASTING WAS DONE IN NOTTINGHAM BY TRENT CONCRETE

NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION & DETAILING HOW CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF MATERIALS AFFECT SPACE MAKING The galleries are defined by thin, non load bearing walls, and are connected by large glazed openings that afford views across the width and length of the floor and which lend flexibility to how this suite of rooms can be used.

CORNER DETAIL

Steel roof construction allows numerous skylights to be installed and thus create such open and bright gallery spaces.

The 1.5 metre depth of the concrete beams that span the space accommodate a fully flexible theatrical rig.

Caruso St Johns

MATERIAL INFORMS CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION INFORMS SPACE-MAKING STRUCTURE IN-SITU REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME STEEL STRUCTURE for Roof and cladding ANODISED ALUMINIUM COPING

[GREEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION]

CURVED PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS WITH LACE PATTERNS

STAINLESS STEEL PRECAST PANEL FIXING STEEL UB I-BEAM PRIMARY STRUCTURE Insulated golden anodised pressing aluminium frame SECONDARY STEEL STRUCTURE

DOUBLE GLAZING WINDOW U VALUE =1.3 W/m2

WHITE PLASTERBOARD FINISH

Timber Flooring

BLACK POLISHED PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL