Component 1 Kevin
Design brief. With GCSE's become more difficult each year, students are more incentivised to revise for upcoming exams than ever. Therefore, they need a quiet, relaxing space to study near the school hence my space will consist of a large 2 floor library with a social area and a small café. This will provide the school students and locals a place to study and relax while also an area to buy food and drinks and have a chat. With the local area being very anti-social and to themselves even with the many houses around, this space will give the community a chance to come together and socialize, creating new friendships and helping the youth with their future. The overall building will also help develop the area to make it more aesthetically pleasing, given how right now it looks very basic and doesn’t stand out towards people who go through the area. I plan for my building to be geometric and stand out due to its shape however will fit in with the other houses in terms of the colour, materials etc. The themes I have chosen, modernism and geometric, will work well within the residential area as the houses are very rigid and edged.
Specification. The building (library) that I will be designing will be one large library building which will need enough space for 2 other small areas. Modernism and geometric will be the main theme as I want this building to stand out in terms of the shape however the materials will be the same as the houses around. The main area, the library, will be two floors. Bottom floor will contain: • Front desk • Study spaces • A few bookshelves • Large glass windows Second floor will contain: • Many bookshelves • Large glass windows There are 2 other areas within the large building: • Social area • Cafe These two will need to be connected as people will be able to buy food and drinks and then easily be able to go back to where they were sitting. It will also be done this way to separate the quiet library space with the social space, therefore the people in the library are able to concentrate in silence. They will contain: • Soft seats • Tables • Purchasing desk • Air conditioning and heating
Location. The location I have chosen for this project is a village in East London called 'Rainham'. The area in Rainham that I have chosen is a small place close to a large field and a secondary school. Rainham is one of the most historic areas in Havering as It dates to the Saxon period! It is approximately 3200 acres and has a resident population of 12500. It is also considered one of the most prestigious of the Medway Towns. With lots of nearby schools, there are no large, well functioned libraries nearby accessible to all. Therefore, the library location will be close to multiple schools and will be very close to a main road where lots of cars drive past. There are roads all around the site. The road Infront of the library will have a carpark which is able to hold 20 normal sized cars (varies with the size of the cars). There will be plenty of greenery around. More trees can also be added around the building.
Location used.
Design site The site I am using for my design is already fairly old and not as modern as some of the other buildings in the area. An example for the 'better looking building would be the care home that’s located behind this area.
My replacement design will work much better with this building than the already odd-looking houses that are placed strangely around. The new library building will fit into the site much better and will seem natural next to the care home. This will make the area look overall more pleasant looking, which may encourage people to enter the library or come back to the area again another time.
When I was walking past the houses, I notices how small they were. They seemed to be built for only one person to live in --> meaning it is very compact.
There are 9 of these small houses/bungalows. The site already has car park very close by which can hold around 20 cars so the new building may not need one.
Type of project Commercial Domestic etc.
Theme Structures & Environments
Ideas and directions Farming Centre etc
Influence Words Technical, Community etc
1 Sport
-Organic
-Leisure centre.
-Health
2 Infrastructure
-Movement and flow
-Sport centre
-Community
3 Commercial
-Natural
-Library
-Quiet area
4 Domestic
-Modernism
-Theatre
-Relaxing area
5 Entertainment
-Geometric
-School
-Education
6 Leisure
-Industrial
-Swimming
-Mental health
7 Educational
-Contrast
-Rock climbing building
-Exercise
8 Hospitality
-Environment
-Arcade store
-Experience
9 Retail
-Freedom
-Music place
-Calming
10 Commercial
-Restrictions
-Boxing
-Technical
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