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Interior and Architectual Design-

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Kyra Petrou

DESIGN BRIEF

In this project, I plan to redevelop a plot of neglected land lacking purpose and character. I aim to turn this into a community space for the ultimate purpose of providing a safe environment, welcoming students from local institutions to socialise, study and take advantage of the facilities.

During this project I aim to help to reduce the number of children hanging about in unsafe areas, exposed to street crime and preventing them of being victims of other crimes during after school hours. By providing a safe space for young individuals to be creative and grow, I hope to reduce likeliness of students getting involved with gang related crime, creating an overall safer community.

LOCATION

My chosen site is located between multiple educational institutions, I have intentionally done this as within my research i noticed there is nowhere in the local community providing a space for students during afterschool hours. Therefor I aim to create a place within walking distance of the college and schools, this is important to my project as I aim to promote environmental sustainability within it therefore choosing an appropriate location to help avoid students travelling far to attend .

6038m2

The total area of the plot of land I found is 6038m2 therefore I only plan on redeveloping part of the land into my youth centre preserving the rest as a functioning field/park besides it to preserve the nature and wildlife

Location Research

Whilst trying to choose a location for my site I mapped out the local area and researched the surrounding buildings and their functions. During this research I found that within this small area of the community there is 3 educational institutions and many residential areas. Following this information, I investigated communal areas available to students and found that there was one church allowing access and the rest of the area was predominately building and construction sites. The closest youth centre is a 30minute bus ride away from this location therefor I wanted to create a safe space for students within walking distance.

Education

Work and construction sites

Community buildings

Residential and Housing

Royals Youth Centre

As research for my project, I've decided to investigate other spaces providing for youths in the local community, to get a closer idea of what aspects need improvement or what is missing within my own projects. One of these locations is royals' youth centre in Rainham (the closest active youth centre to my site).

During my research I discovered although they are open to 8–19-year-olds in the community they can only attend at set times provided for each age and have one activity set for their time slot.

To avoid creating this issue in my design I will allow all ages access at all times and will not limit them to set times or days.

THE LOCAL AREA

THEMES

I've decided to follow a theme that embraces and portrays the sustainability I seek to achieve with the location of my site. For this reason, I have chosen to have nature and organic as my project theme.

I would like to further explore organic forms to influence structures throughout my site such as pavilions, shelters, building exterior and interior. I seek to have my site saturated in greenery, nature and wildlife. Since the surrounding area of my site has a lot of Contruction and lacks character, I feel this is highly important to stand out creating an inviting space to the community. The effect I'm aiming to achieve through my chosen themes is a contrast between the hard and dryness of my organic structures including a touch of urban décor, lifted up with the surrounded warmth of nature, I feel this theme would create a calm and welcoming habitat for students who intent to study and relax at the centre. This project would also be a great opportunity to promote environmental sustainability to the younger community.

Natural and Organic Forms

PRIMARY RESEARCH

Flowers

Colour pallet

This flower outline of this flowers could represent the organic shape of a building and the petals used as room divides

The way the petals fall in a spiral flow could be used as a kind of flow system with greenery and outdoor seating all spiralling into the middle with the main building

Colour pallet

Colour pallet

This succulent plant can be used as a structural form for a pavilion, by taking apart the shapes I can see and following the flow of the petals

This flower could be used to inspire a plan view of the building, the petals representing the different floors

Colour pallet

Floor 2

Floor 1

Floor 2

Floor 3

Floor 3

Succulent plant development

To create my first model I was inspired from my flower forms research and took apart the flower petals to see what organic shapes I could see and further develop them

Models 1 and 2

Primary photo

Development of flowers

flip

Experimenting with model

This is the final outcome of my first model, I tried to represent the shape of one layer of petals placed opposite eachother,

Model 2

Greenery within architecture

I researched into other ways of incorporating organic and nature into a building without using the physical shape. The vertical forest is a high rise tower that is covered in greenery and wildlife. With thousands of different species of plants and even providing grass balconanys with trees. They also used privacy glass barriers with nature prints frosted into the glass which I found a nice subtle detail.

The Vertical Forest

The building is 112 metres tall and the structure its self is a very shape edgy form

By covering the building it creates a soft warm feeling in comparison to the building without the nature showing the effect greenery of buildings can have.

SECONDARY RESEARCH

Los Angeles LGBT+ Centre

This is the second building I researched into. Its exterior has a combination of curving edges and harsh corners accompanies by circular imprints

As you walk through the building there are nature and wildlife cubes that are full of lucious greenery

Zaha Hadid

Lotus temple

The design of the building was inspired by the lotus flower. The building is made up of 27 free-standing marble petals arranged to form the 9 sides of the temple. The central worship hall inside is 40m high and has capacity for 2,500 people.

The lotus temple is surrounded by pools of water with 9 bridges

Model 5

Model 3

Model 4

Model 6

For my 6th model I took my model 5 and developed it into a functioning building rather than a shelter as I felt the shape and flow had more potential if I thickened out the structure and placed walls

The centre will be saturated in greenery with hanging vine leaves planted pats and featured plants

Featuring outdoor natural grass areas throughout the centre

I plan on using a variety of woods and organic materials to give a natural rustic feel

Sheltered outdoor and indoor seating

Final model development

This is a simple floor plan showing the different floors by colour code, on the second floor there are various locations that are not supported by the groud floor bellow, these areas will be supported by beams and serve as oudoor shelter that provides seating

Ground floor

Grass roof top Grass roof top

SECONDARY RESEARCH- spiral staircases

On the exterior balcony of the 1st floor there will be a stair case that leads to the 2nd floor outdoor area. Researching into organic shapes and natural forms such as the rose flower I was inspired the incorporate a spiral stair case to embody an organic yet modern style stair.

In the middle of the spiraling stair cases I am going to display a set of plants in vases to tie into the theme of nature

More the material of my stair case I am going to use a glass to match in line with the other glass aspects on building such as the railings and the windows and doors

I feel this is also a clean contrast with the rustic organic aspects of the rest of the exterior