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TUTORS HUGO HINSLEY ELAD EISENSTEIN STUDENTS KANAKA THAKKER MARIANA CARDENAL KONSTANTIN SEUFERT
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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA FIGURE GROUND DIAGRAM
Bloomsbury Fitzrovia
Westminster
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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA GROUND-FIGURE DIAGRAM WITH OUTLININGS OF SINGLE BUILDINGS
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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA URBAN GRAIN
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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA COMPARISON 1945 & PRESENT
„During the 1960s a large amount of housing was lost in Fitzrovia and the residential community felt under threat from new large-scale building. The threat from the developers spurred residents in the early 1970s to form a number of voluntary associations to conserve the best of Fitzrovia and resist the efforts of developers to change its character.“ Pentelow, Mike; Rowe, Marcia Characters of Fitzrovia Chatto & Windus (2001)
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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA W1T 4
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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA THE CONSERVATION AREA & DETERMINING PARAMETERS
Bloomsbury Fitzrovia
Westminster
Sites of intervention Edges as points of interaction Dervent London - redevelopments Conservation areas Buildings of townscape merit Buildings of townscape merit Listed buildings
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REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SQUARE MOVEMENT AND DENSITY PATTERN AROUND THE TUBE STATION
Tottenham Court Road
Tottenham Street
Charlotte Street
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Goodge Street Station
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REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SQUARE MOVEMENT AND CONGESTION PATTERN - WHOLE SITE
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POINT OF INTEREST: INTERSECTION BETWEEN TOTTENHAM STREET & CHARLOTTE STREET
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TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF INTERVENTION THE NEW CREATIVE CLUSTER AND THE NEW CULTURAL PARK
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UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE IDLE POTENTIAL
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THE SURROUNDING SQUARE GARDENS GEOMETRICAL DOMINANCE AND ONE SPECIAL CHARACTER
Bedford Square Park Square Gardens
Cavendish Square
Soho Square Hanover Square
Russel Square
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UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE THREE LAYERS OF INTERVENTION
1. AMPLIFYING THE FOUNDLING CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS
2. THE OPEN MUSEUM ADDING ART/SCULPTURES
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UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE THREE LAYERS OF INTERVENTION 1. AMPLIFYING THE FOUNDLING CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS
Measures: * Closing the access to Tottenham Street * Transform the Café building > black coating * Adding lawn to Tottenham Street passage > (Square parks / Cultural Park) * Abolishing obscuring objects (eg: fences banks)
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UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE THREE LAYERS OF INTERVENTION
2. THE OPEN MUSEUM * Adding Sculptures * Temporary exhibitions
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UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE THREE LAYERS OF INTERVENTION
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3. THE PLAY WITH VISUAL PERCEPTION:
* Raising the level of the church basement courtyard > Mouse view on the site * Adding a hidden observation deck on top of Néro Café building - open to the public, external staircase * Gigantic Mirror on the Backside of Néro Café, hiding the entrance to the Staircase to platform > To observate and to be seen by strangers and oneself * Changing the ceiling of new Goodge Street Tube Station > preconfiguration of visitors
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THE CULTURAL PARK SECTIONS
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THE CULTURAL PARK SECTIONS OF
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UPGRADING THE SQUARE INTERVENTIONS
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UPGRADING THE SQUARE INTERVENTIONS
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UPGRADING THE SQUARE INTERVENTIONS
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THE EXPOSED CREATIVITY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
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THE EXPOSED CREATIVITY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
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THE EXPOSED CREATIVITY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
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THE EXPOSED CREATIVITY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
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CONGESTION OF CREATIVITY
THE TWO SITES OF INTERVENTIONS DEALING WITH CREATIVITY
EXPOSED CREATIVITY
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THE TWO SITES OF INTERVENTIONS CORRELATION OF CREATIVITY
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CONGESTION OF CREATIVITY
THE TWO SITES OF INTERVENTIONS CORRELATION OF CREATIVITY
EXPOSED CREATIVITY
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CHARLOTTE STREET - THE NORTH/SOUTH AXIS OF FLOW GOOD URBAN TRANSACTION IN THE SOUTH
Tottenham Street - as demarcation line
Charlotte Street
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Northern Part of Charlotte Street little commercial ground-floor use frontage mainly dominated by large scale buildings less urban transactions -
+ + Southern Part of Charlotte Street + flourishing ground-floor use (cafĂŠs, shops etc.) + fine-grained frontage (original urbain grain) + distinctive urban transactions
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THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT HOUSING & CREATIVE SMALL OFFICES
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THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT MORE CREATIVE THAN ORDINARY BUSINESSES
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Arthur Stanley House temporary extensions
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Arthur Stanley House
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low rise building not in use
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Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre
Margaret Pyke Centre NHS
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THE TWO SITES OF INTERVENTIONS THE CREATIVE CLUSTER
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Multi-unit residential building including social housing apartments communal base floor use: „270° Café“, laundry, fitness, bike and buggy storage
The Creative Tower „Exclamation“ for young small creative offices
Row houses for young / small families
Small Workspaces „The 2nd Row“ artists, students, creative workgroups
Redevelopment to an office buidling with improved basement use
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Area of Intervention: Footprint (total) GFA (total)
2240m² / 24100ft² 1210m² / 13000ft² 5100m² / 54900ft²
Residential Rowhouses Residential Multi-Unit Creative S-Workspaces Creative Tower
395m² / 4220ft² x 3,5 = 460m² / 4950ft² x 5 = 275m² / 2960ft² x 3 = 85m² / 925ft² x 7 =
1382.5m² 2300m² 825m² 595m²
Degree of building coverage 2,3
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