Architectural Portfolio + CV 2018 Kyle Wylde
PART 1: UNIVERSITY The Hatch: A floating vessel through nature A floating vessel uncovering a delicate landscape and offering experiential learning. The hatch is an interpretation centre and a new base for Salisbury and District Angling. More than a mere historical curiosity, the preservation of the water meadows provides not only a living archaeological monument but also vital habitats for nature’s cherished wildlife. Sympathetic to the landscape the project is designed to act both visually and physically as a transitional gateway to the water meadows and beyond. Conceptually derived from key characteristics of the landscape, the new threshold rises and floats amongst its surroundings. Like the water that flows through the channels of the water meadows, the spaces within offer an undisturbed route through to the sublime. The programme is separated into three buildings encompassing a central open space. The exhibition space offers a captivating experience of light piercing through the distinctive facade created from the visual elements of local fish. The viewing room extrudes from the landscape finally offering a moment of reflection with unprecedented views overlooking the water meadows and Salisbury Cathedral.
Exhibition space
Site plan
Component diagram
Inspired by nature
Title Love here Architecture: Installation for Bristol Architecture Centre
STAGE 1: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Capita Architecture Capita Property and Infrastructure formerly known as Capita Symonds is a multidisciplinary company specialising in property and infrastructure. The company has over 50 offices in the UK and 7 internationally. The Bristol based office has expertise in various disciplines including Civil Engineering, Project and Cost Management, Surveying and Architecture. Whilst working for Capita I have been involved with various MOD and other public sector projects such as schools and hospitals. Projects: Haytor View Primary School, ÂŁ2.2m The Grove Primary School, ÂŁ2m
Haytor View Primary School
Haytor View Primary School
The Grove Primary School
STAGE 1: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Place by Design Working here part time alongside my masters degree has given me valuable experience within the residential sector. I have been involved in producing drawing information for small self builds and larger housing developments. Also, I was given the opportunity to work on two architectural competitions including the COOL school and the Barratt/ AJ 2020 Home of the Future.
The new proposal aims to help contribute in providing essential education facilities for 12,000 children of Khovd and for its future generations. Over the years the old school has also fallen into dilapidation, still without indoor toilets and the remaining of run down storage/warehouse facilities. The proposal is for a new extension to be built to provide much needed facilities for the 550 primary school children of Tsast Altai. The aim is help create a building which responds to the freezing climate, constraints of the site and the social and cultural context producing a well designed learning environment for 100 pupils.
COOL school design competition
The site The school is situated to the north in the Khovd capital at the foot of the Mongol Altai Mountains and just east of the Buyant River. The area is characterised by a cold desert climate with long, dry winters, short warm summers and minimal precipitation. Designing a building in extreme temperatures ranging from -45° and +20° encourages the integration of function, structure and details to withstand these harsh conditions. The building The new extension incorporates the functions of two new class rooms with three integrated toilets, a ‘learning hub ‘(multi-functional room), storage and renovating of the existing store to provide more indoor toilets for the whole school. The experience of learning begins upon arrival on the school site, by the pedestrian access the volume of the hub stands proud. The 78m²
hub provides a facility that the local community would own and be able to identify with, a ‘community learning hub’. The approach adjacent to the hub becomes a secondary entrance/exit that supports the main entrance which provides separate and immediate access to the ‘learning hub’. Through its architectural form it creates a sense of safety, enabling natural, passive supervision. In principle, the response to the brief is achieved through the way learning areas, entrance related areas and the circulation areas have been integrated. Incorporating the existing facilities into the scheme such as the library and the small external store/toilet creates a well integrated school with an improved learning environment.
Flexibility and adaptability Flexibility of use is one of the key objectives in developing the scheme and is embedded in the proposed solution. The learning hub is not only a physical recreational space but will also be used as a library resource area, exhibition space, meeting space and staff work area. Due to the ability to accommodate various furniture arrangements, it enables group work activities or individual learning sessions to take place outside of the classrooms. The two class rooms also provides adaptability and flexibility of use. Due to joining two classroom areas by using the shared area as a connector, a large partially open plan space is proposed. It will allow staff and pupils of any age group to move freely within the class base, depending on the particular task.
Skylight
Roof covering (Zinc Standing Seam)
Insulation (wool)
Compression ring (steel)
Rafters (Timber)
Rigid Board Insulation
Porous lighting screen (Timber)
Storage wall (Block & painted finish)
Parapet
External Wall (Block & Brick with sheep wool insulated cavity)
Floor plate (Concrete)
COOL school design competition
2020 Home of the Future
House Type 4: Multi-generational families
Beds: 3/4 Persons: 8 Living/Dining area: 20.2m²
Kitchen area: 13.8m² Bed 1 area: 15.0m² Bed 2 area: 14.0m²
Bed 3 area: 11.9m² Bed 4/Living area: 14.8m² Study: 7.1m²
Frontage Width: 6.3m Unit Area: 155.1m² Storage Allocation: 6.3m²
Lifetimes homes and CAT. 2 compliance
Ground Floor Plan Scale: 1:100
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Roof Plan
2020 Home of the Future Rear Elevation
Side Elevation
Front Elevation
Shared surfaces Family oriented areas predominantly defined by two storey homes
Black frames
Grey fibre cement tile
Public open space Shared tree line avenue defined by three storey town houses aiding legibility
Village green Three storey town houses act as ‘bookends’ which provide a gateway into key areas.
Grey frames
White frames
Brown plain tile
Grey fibre cement tile
Render
Coloured render
Various door colour options
2020 Home of the Future
Render options
Brick options
Timber cladding
Glass juliet balcony options
Glass balcony options
Timber balcony options
Air Heat Exchanger and heat storage tank in the attic
Rainwater harvesting for flushing toilets District Heating Network, supplying Hot Water
The envelope of the properties would be highly insulated to ‘Passive House’ standards with heating and hot water supplied through a ‘District Heating System’, this would make the most effective use of energy within a community. Sharing the costs associated with creating hot water and heating by centralising the production, which is then distributed through a network to each house. The minimal heating required, would be assisted through an air heat recovery system, taking stale internal air from internal rooms and transferring this into fresh warm air. This would ensure every house is working toward becoming carbon neutral. The houses would have solar PV optimised at the most efficient pitch of 30 degrees, ensuring every house can produce its own electricity to offset any usage taken for the grid. The increasing trend toward the use of electric cars over the next 10 years would also be met by the inclusion of charge points in the car ports, permitting a secure and covered charging area. The New Part M requirements could pose particular problems for large house builders. The new standards mean that the internal
areas typically used by most house builders will become obsolete with the new standards putting an emphasis on minimum space standards which many existing house typologies fail to meet. In addition an increased focus on accessibility will require many open market house types to be re-imagined. All of our house designs include the criteria set for Part M Category 2. This includes, minimum furniture provision, opening clearance, accessibility, wheelchair use and adaptability for future users. The construction method of the proposed units is envisaged to work with current and emerging standard building techniques. The designs are not structurally complicated, and thus are easily adapted to traditional, block cavity or timber frames solutions. By using base block footprints the plans can be linked seamlessly (avoiding awkward roof junction and associated detailing) and interchanged as required to create variety within the streetscene whilst maintaining a simple and where required, connected construction.
2020 Home of the Future
DIP
STEP
CLIMB
DIVE STEP
BOMB CLIMB
DUCK
Working with a client on a live, community based project, the brief asked us to develop and design an intervention at Redcliffe Wharf. In the form of a feasibility study, as a small group we were tasked with designing options for an outdoor swimming pontoon on the Bristol Harbour.
DIP
APPROACHING THE THRESHOLD UWE live project: Redcliffe Wharf Outdoor Swimming
DIVE
BOMB
DUCK
PART 2: UNIVERSITY - Final project Digital Realities The intervention at Eden seeks to engage minds and provide experiential learning in a continually evolving project. Digital Realities emerges in the new era of ‘digital craft’ and serves as a new focal point along the coastal landscape of Cornwall. Establishing itself as a transitional gateway into the Eden Project, the facility enables houses to be built for the people, by the people. Here, all age groups can learn about parametric processes, and how homes can be created with precision whilst using sustainable materials. Promoting a sense of place, this scheme will be focused towards hands on education, where people can establish and develop their own identities.
#LIVEWORKMAKE
The current situation in the south west is that more affordable homes are required then are actually being built every year. The process of digitally fabricating homes could help to address this inadequate housing supply, whilst creating homes which are classed as ‘decent’.
Decent housing for all
Masterplan
1. Reception 2. Forum space 3. Seminar room 4. Lecture room 5. Library/Quiet study 6. Computer studio 1 7. Computer studio 2 8. Computer studio office 9. Workshop 1 10. Workshop 2 11. Workshop office 12. Assembly area 13. CNC facility 14. Materials store 15. Assembly area (covered) 16. Plant 17. Admin/Offices 18. WCs 19. Lockers 20. Cafe 21. Food prep 22. Store 23. Construction terrace 24. Construction area 25. Events area 26. Bike Storage 27. Recycling area 28. Roof terrace 29. Balcony
Site plan Hierarchy of shape and scale
Digital fabrication process
Roof plan
Programme diagram
The layout of the building is informed by and expresses the process of digital fabrication. A central spine of circulation connects the entrance where initial ideas are established, to the assembly areas where digital craft projects become real. The entrance or digital hub acts as the think-tank to the entire building, and the form thereby expresses this through a hierarchy of scale and shape. The building creates a relationship between the messy areas of workshops and assembly to the cleaner room functions, which is delineated by a line of separation. This is expressed in the layout and form of the building, whereby the blocks are juxtaposed and appear to have their backs to each other.
The building itself is informed by the functional basis, however the other architectural qualities such as form and sensory experiences are also importantly sought after to create a more meaningful piece of architecture. This approach relates to the thinking of Tadao Ando where he describes ‘after having secured the functional basis of a building, I search how far it can be detached from function. Architecture lies in the distance between it and function’.
First floor plan
An educational facility
Section through linking bridge
Entrance to digital hub
A wiki landscape
Site cut through
Mechanical Heat Recovery Ventilation
Native species planting
FSC Certified Timber Cladding
Prevailing winds
Shading to cool in the summer, solar gain in the winter
Lots of insulation (recycled), Super air-tight, minimal heat loss
Low temperature underfloor heating
Environmental strategy
Section through workshop
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95x18mm Vastern Brimstone Ash boards fixed with
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50x50mm Counter-battens @600mm centres painted black.
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50x50mm Battens @600mm centres painted black.
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18mm plywood.
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265mm Warmcel insulation 100 infill under pressure.
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95x18mm Vastern Brimstone Ash boards fixed with
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50x50mm Counter-battens @600mm centres painted
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50x50mm Battens @600mm centres covered with 2mm
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EPDM membrane flaps.
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2mm EPDM membrane.
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10. 18mm plywood. 11. 365mm Warmcel insulation 100 infill under pressure.
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12. Gutter. 13. Membrane 14. Velfac 200 energy window module.
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15. Aluminum drip tray
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Thermally modified timber (TMT) from Vastern Timber limited will be used throughout the scheme including the cladding and canopy elements of the design. This timber is more stable and durable, which will last decades longer than standard timbers and also turns a silver colour over time. These test samples highlight the potential to engrave patterns and create textures using a CNC router which can then be applied around the building.
Approaching the new gateway
STAGE 2: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Capita Architecture The Bush Consultancy AHR Architects
Hawkins Lane South
Site Plan
Hawkins Lane North
Bristol Rugby Club Training Facility
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P2
92.165 m
1100.0
Roof Type RF02 u-value 0.17W/m²K NBS 20-50-30/170
1665.0
10 mm single layer bituminous membrane 140 mm insulation 200 mm concrete planks
91.065 m
External Wall Type EW06 Insulated White Render u-value 0.19W/m²K NBS 25-80-79/120
3865.0
Specialist Science Laboratory 02.051
2250.0
R2
1050.0
15 mm Severe duty rated plasterboard Vapour barrier 100 mm Mineral wool insulation within 250 mm SFS 12.5 mm Cement bonded particle board 120 mm Insulation 10 mm Render finish
200 mm Precast concrete planks with 75 mm screed topping
87.200 m
3600.0
General Classroom 01.064
2250.0
12165.0
300.0
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Acoustic resilent layer
Aluminium window with integrated louvres above
1050.0
Acoustic resilent layer
200 mm Precast concrete planks with 75 mm screed topping
83.600 m
300.0
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External Wall Type EW01 - Brick u-value 0.19W/m²K NBS 25-10-55/150 15 mm severe duty rated plasterboard Vapour barrier 100 mm mineral wool insulation 250 mm SFS 12.5 mm sheathing board 60 mm insulation 75 mm cavity 102.5 mm brick finish
1050.0
3600.0
2250.0
Constructional Textiles 00.059
Reinforced concrete slab with DPM & Gas membrane below
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Science
80.000 m
Brakenhale Academy
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