Walltown Crags | Hadrian’s Wall Outdoor Activities Centre
Megan Ingham Workbook 1
Contents
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Preface
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Introduction to the Site
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Narrative + Site Response (Intergrated Site Analysis)
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Development
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Final Scheme
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Environment
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Technology
Preface The aim of this project is to design a visitor centre and youth hostel situated within the Northumberland landscape. The typology of the centre and the architectural response will be influenced by the specific nature of the site. The scheme will house permanent and temporary exhibition space, education and catering facilities, along with hostel accommodation, sleeping up to 60 people. The design will provide a gateway to the rich historic landmark and beautiful scenery of the chosen site, Walltown Crags on Hadrian’s Wall.
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Site Orientation In 1987 Hadrian’s Wall was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Building restrictions will have to be taken into account whilst developing the scheme.
Northumberland National Park
HADRIAN’S WALL
THE PEACE LABYRINTH
MAIN CRAG
LANDING STAGE
RABBIT HEUGH
CAR PARK
QUARRY LAKE THE ROMAN ROAD
THE ROMAN ARMY MUSEUM
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Site Access The Whin Sill The Whin sill is a unique rock formation that appears multiple times throughout the Northumbrian landscape. The crag face is one of the main characteristics of the Walltown site and attracts many walkers and climbers.
The Whin Sill Access Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Footpaths
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Site Sections Topography
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Narrative + Site Response
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Hadrian’s Wall and the crag face were once a defensive boundary, separating countries and empires. The area is now primarily used by climbers and walkers and these features are now seen as landmarks and way finders. The wall and crag face create natural boundaries and along with bodies of trees and water, unique spaces are created. The features that act as boundaries are also major characteristics within the spaces which should be celebrated as part of the space, rather than the end of it. Within the landscape thresholds become unclear and need to be determined. The idea of a ‘boundary’ within the site will be explored and analysed further in three different ways, each beginning to derive an architectural language.
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The Wall Hadrian’s Wall is the epitome of Roman Power. Its stretches roughly 78 Roman miles from the Soloway Coast in Cumbria to Wallsend in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It took about 15,000 men (three legions) to build the wall over 6 years and in areas it reached 6m in height. The wall was and still is an astonishing example of engineering, crossing the rugged landscape to create an incredible defensive barrier. In 1987, the wall became one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Walltown Tower stood within the site in the 16th century, documented in 1541. It would have been built during the medieval period to protect families from Scottish raids. The exemplar engineering of the wall has inspired local crafts. The LANTRA Dry Stone Walling Association was established in 2004 has workshops within the site. It enables trainees to gain qualifications in a somewhat lost local trade. These local crafts may be something to consider in regards to materiality later in the project.
Diagram by Olivia Needham
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Walking Routes The Hadrian’s Wall Walk Stretches from the Soloway Coast in Carlisle to Wallsend in Newcastle upn Tyne. The Pennine Way Stretches from KIrk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders to Edale in the South Pennines.
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Each of these walks pass the Walltown Crags to celebrate the landmark. Walking bring the majority of visitors to this area. Newcastle Upon Tyne Bowness-on-Soloway
Various organisations organise group trips along each of these long distance walks. The money they take covers the cost of guides, food and accommodation. Therefore this could provide the perfect opportunity to have a hostel within the Walltown Crags.
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1 | Boundaries + Thresholds
This model aims to determine and simplify the manmade and natural boundaries within the site.
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Rock Face
Lakes
Tree Lines 13
Site Constraints Quarry Lake
Rabbit Heugh
The main characteristics within the site, including rock formations and bodies of water create unique spaces within the site. These unique spaces will inform the where the scheme is situated.
Flat Expanses
Crag Face
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Serial Visions
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These boundaries define unique spacial qualities within the landscape, open or enclosed, soft or harsh. These characteristics are depicted in the serial visions above.
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2 | Weathering of Materials
Bodies of Water
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Rock Forms
Tree Lines
The boundaries analysed in the last section are represented by three key materials, water, rock and wood. Walltown Crags has been exposed to harsh physical and man-made conditions over time and this has resulted in the weathering of these materials. The way these materials have been affected in different areas of the site, inform us of the environmental conditions. This could be used to inform the construction methods or materials later in the project.
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3 | Verticality + Vernacular
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The Crag The Whin Sill stretches through Northumberland and County Durham. It is a key feature within the North Pennines and the Northumberland National Park, appearing multiple times between Teesdale and Berwick. The Walltown Crags are only a small part of the Whin Sill. It is made up of a tough Dolerite, very hard and dark. This rock is locally known as ‘Whinstone’ and isn’t a very build-able material. The Sill formed over 295 million years ago when molten rock pushed through layers of limestone, sandstone and shale. Eventually the molten rock solidified forming vertical columns. Over the years the weather has caused the rock face to crack, giving it its unique vertical appearance. Erosion of the landscape over the years has exposed the rock face and now draws many walkers and climbers to the area. The tough dolerite rock of the Walltown Crag attracts many rock climbers, appearing on both the Northumberland Climbing and UK Climbing websites. Along with walking, it is one of the main reasons people visit the site.
The main boundary and feature on the site is the large rock face of the Whin Sill. This unique rock form has noticeable vertical qualities due to the magma rising through the layers of sediment. This verticality can be reflected within the design.
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Vernacular Architecture
Lightweight Timber Structure
Pitched Roof
Heavy Stone Base
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Throughout the Northumberland landscape, vernacular barns appear. They have a heavy stone base with a light timber roof. In the models, this combination of heavy and light is used to show the extraction of the vertical elements of the Crag, however, they could also inform the materiality and construction later in the project. 21
Development
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Personal Brief The Walltown area is primarily used by walkers and climbers, however, the local community are trying to encourage more young people to get active as part of Walltown Crags Adventures within The National Park Weeks. The Walltown Visitor Centre and Youth Hostel will provide a permanent outdoor activities centre, whilst also accommodating for the thousands of climbers and walkers trekking the Pennine Way or Hadrian’s Wall walk. The activities centre will facilitate numerous activities including climbing, walking, canoeing, woodland obstacles etc. featuring an indoor climbing wall. It will accommodate for not only experienced climbers and walkers, but also school groups and Duke of Edinburgh organisations, encouraging young people in the local community and beyond to be more involved with what the landscape has to offer.
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The Outdoor Activities Program The National trust are currently developing a discovery and adventures programme within the Northumberland National Park. This scheme aims to encourage younger generations to take part in a wide range of outdoor activities, including archery, woodland crafts, geocaching, zip wires, rock climbing and water sports. A temporary activities park is set up within the unused quarry of Walltown Crags.
Education Space
Communal Spaces
Bunks
Visitor Centre
Hostel Accomodation
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A more permanent centre to accommodate this programme will beneficial to not only the site but also the community. To encourage a wider audience, artists accommodation pods will be situated across the lake. The work produced by the artists will be exhibited within the visitor centre.
Exhibition Spaces
Users Activities Centre
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Massing Combination
Concept 1
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Site Plan
LANDING STAGE
HADRIANS WALL PEACE LABYRINTH
MAIN CRAG
RABBIT HEUGH
Proposed Site for the Main Building
QUARRY LAKE
Buildings used by Activities Centre
Installations for Walkers and Climbers
1:2000 Site Map Master plan Pavilions in the Surroundings Walltown Crags Activities Centre Megan Ingham 27
Grey Space | Giambattista Nolli + Kisho Kurokawa ‘The Nolli Plan’ In 1748 Giambattista Nolli etched a map of Rome. This map depicted the public and private spaces within the city, using black and white to distinguish between the spaces. The idea of black and white space works welll within the context of an urban environment as thresholds are defined. Within the rural landscape, thresholds become less obvious, therefore, the theory of ‘grey space’ becomes more relevant.
‘“grey space” is a kind of transitional space between the indoor space and the outdoor space.’ The famous Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa developed the theory of ‘grey space’. Japanese architecture traditionally consists of lightweight construction with moveable screens to determine each space; they bring the outside in and celebrate it as part of the space. Kisho Kurokawa develops these methods within his own architecture to depict the notion of ‘grey space’. Typically he uses courtyards, corridors and transitional spaces. These spaces are neither public nor private and therefore cannot be defined as black or white like in the Nolli plan.
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This method makes thresholds less defined, something which becomes important when designing in a rural environment. In the large open landscape, ‘black spaces’ are ones with boundaries and ‘white spaces’ and the ones without. To introduce architecture to a landscape, this notion has to be carefully considered.
‘As a landscape factors, grey space can enrich the landscape level, increase the depth of the landscape, and result in strong contrast.’ 28
Chen, Y. (2014) ‘Grey Space’ in landscape and space design - urban design. Available at: http://2013-2014.nclurbandesign.
org/generic-post/grey-space-in-landscape-and-space-design/ (Accessed: 25 April 2016).
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Grey Space at Walltown Crags
Existing Black and White Spaces
Proposed Black and White Spaces
The Inbetween
Objects in the Landscape
The existing areas with distinct boundaries on the site are purposely designed to allow people to congregate, whether it is a car park, picnic area or building. These are the ‘black spaces’. The open landscape is the ‘white space’
The proposed scheme will create more ‘black space’. This can be quite harsh within the rural landscape, transitional spaces will be needed.
By separating the mass of buildings, ‘in between spaces’ occur. These can be corridors, courtyards and transitional spaces. This will be ‘grey space’. They are neither public or private spaces. They make the thresholds less defined and therefore the building becomes less imposing on the landscape. This also means the outside can be celebrated as part of the inside.
By placing objects, for example, walkers pavilions and viewing points within the wider context, the transition to the main building becomes less intrusive. It allows visitors to be gradually introduced to the scheme on approach.
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The Experimental House | Alvar Aalto
Precedent Objects in the Landscape
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Alvar Aalto’s experimental house sits within a rural landscape. On approach to the main building, there are smaller objects and pavilions placed at regular intervals. The objects start as just wall segments and slowly develop into more sophisticated forms. This creates a journey which slowly introduces the visitor to the site. It introduces multiple thresholds. The use of courtyards introduces the idea of ‘grey space’
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The concept of placing smaller objects in the landscape could be used within this scheme. These objects could be smaller walls or sculptures, developing into walkers pavilions and view points.
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Katsura Villa Imperial | Kobori Enshu The Katsura Villa Imperial once belonged to a prince. The main villa is situated within the gardens and is surrounded by tea houses. The villa celebrates the gardens as part of the building. It is constructed with traditional Japanese architecture. This consists of lightweight screens which can retract and open up the internal spaces to the landscape. The terraces form transitional grey spaces which are neither inside nor out. This concept of lightweight architecture and retractable walls could be considered within this scheme to connect the interior to the exterior.
This diagram shows how the in between spaces, such as courtyards and corridors create grey spaces between the individual building, connecting them to form a whole.
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‘Way finding’
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Schedule of Accommodation When considering the programme and adjacencies, the service and private spaces will be situated so the priority areas can exploit the views. The natural approach and paths taken by walkers from the Pennine Way and Hadrian’s Wall walk will also be exploited. The open areas and building entrances will be situated appropriately and ‘external paths’ will provide routes through the buildings, the stone wall planes acting as way finders.
Climbing Centre Reception - 12 sqm Indoor Climbing Wall - 100 sqm | 20m high Equipment Store - 25 sqm Changing Rooms w/ Lockers - 50 sqm Toilets - 50 sqm First Aid Facilities - 10 sqm 248 sqm
Visitor Centre Entrance + Reception - 9 sqm Exhibition Space - 100 sqm Auditorium - 50 sqm Seminar Room - 20 sqm Cafe (60 Covers) - 150 sqm | Kitchen 25 sqm | Bar 8 sqm Retail Space - 25 sqm Toilets - 75 sqm Staff Area - 12 sqm Study Space/ IT Facilities - 15 sqm Server + Plant - 12 sqm 468 sqm
Hostel 60 Bed Accommodation - 525 sqm 4 Bed Staff Accommodation (with sanitary provisions) - 50 sqm Toilets + Showers - 140 sqm Laundry, Drying Room + Linen Store - 20 sqm Luggage Store - 10 sqm Self Catering Kitchen - 20 sqm Common Room/ Lounge w/ Bar - 20 sqm Quiet Room - 10 sqm Games Room - 20 sqm Server + Plant - 15 sqm Boot/ Dry Room - 5 sqm 835 sqm 34
Adjacencies
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Toilets
Seminar
Equipment Store
Indoor Climbing Wall
First Aid
Changing + Lockers
Auditorium
Study Space
Plant Room Staff Area
Cafe Toilets
Reception
Retail
Exhibition
Staff
Self Catering Kitchen
Games Room
Boot Room
Plant Room
Toilets + Showers
60 Bed Accomodation
Laundry + Linen
Bar + Lounge
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Luggage Store
Quiet Room
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Country Brick House | Mies Van Der Rohe Although the project was never built, Mies van der Rohe’s Brick Country House, conceived in 1923 or 1924, is an early piece that anticipates his later work, presenting ideas about architectural forms and construction considered visionary at the time. It’s the drawing of the floor plan that has most captured attention. It reflects aesthetic interests of the time, Cubist ideas about space, and is a work of art in its own right, reminiscent of De Stijl paintings. The project was a step towards Mies’ goal “to bring Nature, houses and people into a higher unity”. He broke the convention of orderly, enclosed boxes for living. As he says:
‘In the ground plan of this house, I have abandoned the usual concept of enclosed rooms and striven for a series of spatial effects rather than a row of individual rooms. The wall loses its enclosing character and serves only to articulate the house organism.’ Organism is a term as ambiguous as it is resonant. The rooms flow into each other without clear definition of their boundaries or their separation from the exterior, as they do in his Barcelona Pavilion built a few years later.
Completing Mies van der Rohe’s brick country house (no date) Available at: http://archinect.com/features/article/133573310/ completing-mies-van-der-rohe-s-brick-country-house (Accessed: 25 April 2016).
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The Walls When people walk through the landscape, the do not take one defined path; they naturally roam and explore. The main building will be situated on the Hadrian’s Wall Walk and the Pennine Way footpath, defined by an OS map. Heavy walls, that complement the topography have been placed on a grid defined by cardinal points. These walls will guide walkers into certain areas of the site, encouraging meander and explanation. They will stumble across buildings and courtyards unintentially.
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Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre | Cullinan Studio
Fountain Abbey Visitor Centre consists of lightweight timber frame buildings within a heavy stone wall. This combination of heavy and light materials contrasts well and is complementary to the surrounding landscape. The buildings are situated around an internal courtyard space. This creates a grey space in which people congregate.
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Deriving the Form
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Deriving the Form The diagrams below show the development of the form, combining the fluidity of Mies’ plan with the breakdown of the vernacular architecture. With the undulating deck to complement the topography, this combination aims to create a combination which sits appropriately within the Northumberland landscape.
Heavy Walls
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Development Models
Lightweight Structures
Vernacular pitches
Undulating Decks
Conceptual Sketches
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Schematic Diagrams The scheme consists of four main elements: - The undulating deck - The heavy walls - The lightweight frame - The glazing The positioning of each of the elements is important to allow each space to function to its maximum potential. These diagrams show these key schematic decisions.
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Servant + Serve
Public + Private
Wind Shelter
Maximising Natural Light
Main Route
Encouraging Meandering
Decks on the Topography
The In-between Space
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Landscaping Board-walk and smaller sections of wall stretch into the landscape, slowly introducing visitors to the site.
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Serial Visions
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Components
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Roof Design Precedents
Sutherland Hussey Harris The Yan
GAFPA Tourist Infrastructure
GAFPA House Extension
GAFPA Renovation Dance Studio’s
Activities Climbing/ Activities Centre
Potential Roof Design
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Visitor/ Education Centre
Hostel + Accomodation
Artists Studio Accommodation
Somerville College | Niall McLaughlin
The Tower The tower will be a focal point of the seen and can be seen from all over. It will be a navigation point, whilst housing the climbing wall. The climbers will have the opportunity to climb to a platform, giving access to a panoramic viewing platform. This will also be accessible to other visitors via a staircase and/ or lift.
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The roof systems are determined by the requirements of each space. The change in system creates different spacial qualities as a visitor travels through the building. These are shown in the sketch sections opposite.
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Santana House | CC Arquitectos
Structure
The Santana House is situated in Mexico. The lightweight timber frame compliments the heavy existing brick wall. This creates large open spaces, the glazed walls providing views out across the gardens.
Division of Space
The stone wall is exposed in side and out, adding texture and atmosphere to the internal spaces. This combination of materials will work well within this scheme and will compliment the Northumberland landscape. In-between Space
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Development Time Line
Development begins through massing. Walls begin to be placed within the landscape to break up the circulation routes. The initial plans are too simple and required further development.
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Spacial qualities begin to emerge with the analysis of the program, however, the plan seemed to constrained and not fluid enough. The form also begins to develop, influenced from the vernacular.
The plan is developed in regards to becomes more sophisticated and s There is a sense of form and move a volume. However, the walls have require more along the North/ Sou building to another.
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The form becomes more sophisticated, integrating with the topography of the landscape. The plan is fully functional and developed. Visitors can move both through the building and between the buildings through the ‘in- between’, also known as grey space.
The final plans will be further enhanced through the use of materiality, landscaping and occupation.
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Materiality External
The materiality of the deck is defined by the grey space. Board walks stretch out from the deck into the landscape, guiding walkers in. These will be a larch timber and will weather over time. The internal floors will have a stone slab finish and the external decks that interact with the internal spaces will also have this finish, the rest will be timber. Having this contrast in materials will give a sense of hierarchy.
Stone Flags
Timber Decking
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Materiality Stone Walls
Secondary Materials
Glulam Frame
There are multiple variations of how the stone wall could be constructed. Although a more uneven, randomly bonded stone may be aesthetically more relate-able to the traditional dry stone walling in the area, this would mean a heavy mortar joint to span the height required. A more linear coursed bond enables a smaller, more concealed mortar joint. This is the more desired effect. Constructed with uncut stone will create a more textural effect, casting unusual shadows. This will be the chosen method, putting a more modern touch to a traditional local craft.
Shingle Walls
Corrugated Metal Roof
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Approach When approaching the site, the visitor is met by heavy stone walls protruding through the landscape. Visitors are forced to meander through and stumble across the lighter timber structures which lie within.
Approach to The Tower
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Approach from The Crag
Approach from Behind 57
Final Site Plan
1:500 Site Plan Walltown Crags Outdoor Activities Centre Hadrian’s Wall 58
Final Plan
View Tower Plan
Climbing Wall
Education Centre Cafe Reception Exhibition
Communal Hostel Spaces
Accommodation
Artist Pods
2nd Floor Accommodation Plan 1: 200 Plan Walltown Crags Outdoor Activities Centre Hadrian’s Wall 59
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1: 200 West Elevation Walltown Crags Outdoor Activities Centre Hadrian’s Wall
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Sections
Section through Exhibition + Cafe
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Section through Education Centre + Gallery
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Section through Climbing Wall
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The Tower
The main attraction to the site, encouraging Walltown as a climbing and activities destination for all generations whilst providing astonishing views over the Northumberland landscape. The tower will house a 15m climbing wall and a panoramic viewing platform. This platform can be accessed by visitors via a lift and staircase within the climbing centre. The climbers will also have the opportunity to climb up to the viewing platform.
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1:200 Ground Floor Plan The Tower 1. Equipment Store 2. Changing Rooms 3. 15m Climbing Wall 4. 1:200 Plan of the Panoramic Viewing Platform
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The Education Centre
The local community is trying to encourage young people to get involved with outdoor activities. This area is also encountered by D of E students. The education centre will provide computer access and study areas on site. It will mainly be used by local D of E students and passers by. It will have appropriate facilities and an outdoor area to practice pitching tents.
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Approach to the Education Centre
1:200 Education Centre Plan 1. Computer Stations 2. Store Room 3. Server 4. Classroom Space 5. External Area
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The Visitor Centre
The visitor centre is the heart of the scheme. It is the space in which people congregate and relax. Greeted by a reception and retail space, before wandering through the exhibition space which wraps around a central sculpture. The exhibition will be occupied with the work of the resident artists whom regularly stay in the artist pods on the lake. Beyond the exhibition is a cafe space with and external seating deck and views overlooking the lake and crag face.
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1:200 Visitor Centre Plan 1. Reception 2. Retail 3. External Courtyard with Sculpture 4. Exhibition Space 5. Cafe 6. Toilets 7. Kitchen 8. Plant Room 9. External Seating Deck
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Accommodation
Looking for shelter from the harsh Northumberland landscape, walkers, climbers and visitors stay within the warm and comfortable accommodation provided by the Walltown Crags Outdoor Activities Centre. The Hostel will accommodate a number of different people. Bunks will accommodate larger school and D of E groups. The double story accommodation pods will have a single room and shared bathroom on the ground floor with a double room above. This can be used as separate entities or as a family unit. Lastly, there will be six artist pods situated on the lake with a wide variety of views. These will have en-suite kitchen and bathroom facilities with a bedroom and living area.
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1:200 Hostel Accommodation Ground Floor 1. Communal Spaces (Bar, Lounge, Kitchen + Games Room) 2. Staff Accommodation 3. Reception 4. Luggage Store 5. Laundry Room 6. Boot Room 7. Bunk Rooms (24 beds) 8. Single Bed Rooms (5 Beds)
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9. 1:200 First Floor Plan Double Room Accommodation (6 Beds) 10. 1:200 Ground Floor Plan Artist Pod
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Perspectives
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Environmental Strategy
Natural Solar Shading Existing tree lines will prevent the low winter sun from causing solar glare within the south facing buildings .
Walltown Crags is a remote site with limited access to the national grid and local waste management systems. Therefore, environmental strategies have to be carefully considered to allow the building to fully function. Ground Source Heat Pumps Ground temperature is much more regular during seasonal changes than air temperature. Ground source heat pumps will be used to heat the building in winter and cool it in summer. Water will be pumped through a high density polythene pipe which is capable of dumping or receiving heat from the soil. This will be a supplementary resource, boilers will also be required, located in the plant room.
Water Harvesting Northumberland is one of the wettest regions in the country. The rain water will be collected from a combination of roof system, previous surfaces and bioswales and re-used within the building for potable and cooling systems. This will be a reserve or supplementary resource. Toilets
Plant Room
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Wind Shelter The existing tree lines and rock faces will provide shelter from the strong prevailing winds. The solid walls will also be positioned to provide shelter, mainly from the North Westerly winds, which are most common on this site. 76
Waste Management It would be very expensive to connect this building to the local sewage system. Therefore, a septic tank will have to be buried underground to contain the waste from the toilets. This will be emptied on a regular basis.
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Controller
Walltown Crags could connect to the Greenhead energy supply, however, this could be expensive. An alternative could be wind turbines. Wind Turbines Walltown Crags is a very windy site with wind speeds of 15mph, wind turbines will make the most of this and transform the wind into energy which will provide electricity to the building. There will be two 2.5 MW turbines situated in a field opposite the site. This will minimise noise pollution, This alone will be enough to power the buildings. As this is an off-grid system, batteries will be required to store the excess energy to avoid waste.
Internal Environmental Strategy Ventilation The building will be naturally ventilated through cross ventilation, The open, long and low nature of this scheme, combined with the high levels of wind create the perfect situation for this to occur.
Underfloor Heating The water heated by the ground will be carried through an underfloor heating system to keep the internal environment at a comfortable temperature.
Thermal Mass The heavy stone walls that surround each of the buildings will store the heat from the sun and release it slowly back into the building. This will help regulate the internal environment but will require night-time ventilation.
Roof Lights Overhead glazing provides spaces with the most natural daylight without causing excessive solar glare.
Sun Spaces Heavily glazed spaces will allow lots of solar gain. This heat will be stored within the stone floors and like with thermal mass, this heat will slowly be released back into the space.
Heywood, H. (2013b) 101 rules of thumb for low energy architecture. London: RIBA Enterprises.
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External Circulation
Internal Circulation
In-between Space
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Main Crag
Little Crag
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Public
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Lake
Maximising the Views
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Structural Axonometrics The structural language will remain constant throughout the entire scheme. It will sit on undulating decks, sat on retaining stone walls. Glulam frame structures will appear from within the walls with heavy glazing and a lightweight corrugated roof. These materials and construction methods relate back to the vernacular barns in the area.
Structural Grid
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Axo of Visitor Centre
Timber Decking
Stone Decking
Stone Walls
Glazing
Corrugated Metal Roof
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Technical Details
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1:20 External Deck Detail
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1. Larch Timber Decking Panels 2. Galvanised Steel Angle Plate 3. 10mm Damp Proof Membrane 4. 300mm Glulam Floor Joist 5. Service Zone 6. Retaining Stone Wall 7. Concrete Pad Foundation 8. Pile Foundation
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1:20 Window Detail 1. Roof Capping 2. Corrugated Metal Roof Finish 3. Timber Batons 4. 10mm Damp Proof Membrane 5. 200mm Rigid Insulation 6. Oak Ceiling Panels 7. 300mm x 300mm Glulam Beam 8. 300mm x 300mm Glulam Lintel 9. Double Glazed Unit 10. 150mm Stone Wall 11. 100mm Cavity 12. 10mm Damp Proof Membrane 13. 150mm Rigid Insulation 14. Stainless Steel Wall Tie 15. Plywood Capping
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Corrugated Metal Roof 50mm x 50mm Timber Battons 10mm DPM
200mm Rigid Insulation
Oak Cieling Panels
Glulam Beam
150mm Internal Stone Wall
150mm Rigid Insulation
10mm DPM
150mm External Stone Wall
Flitch Plate Detail
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Model Construction Sequence
Foundations
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Deck
Retaining Walls
Frame
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Roof
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