component one by michael_H141

Component one part 1

By Michael Hurley

- Frank Lloyd wright

Page numbers and index Design brief – 4 Location study – 5,6 Community study – 7,8,9,10 Styles of architecture – 11,12 Primary research – 13,14 Architect research – 15,16 Initial models – 17,18,19,20 Mood boards – 21,22 Taking in research – 23,24 First idea – 25,26,27,28 Floor plans for first house – 29,30 First house final outcome – 31 First house exterior renders – 32 interior renders – 33,34 Second idea – 35,36 Second house development/final outcome – 37,38 Floor plans – 39,40 Second house exterior renders – 41,42 Interior renders – 43,44 Third idea – 45,46 Third house final outcome/exterior renders – 47,48 Floor plans – 49,50 Interior renders – 51,52 Testing different scales for final outcome – 53,54 Final layout and design – 55,56 Final outcome renders – 57,58 Evaluation – 59,60

Design brief Our house reveals a lot about us, what we do, what we like, and so on. But, most significantly, it is where we go to unwind after a hard day and, in many ways, it may motivate us to pursue what we love. And one issue in today's suburbs is a lack of distinct architectural styles, resulting in a homogeneous appearance of all residences. Thankfully my new client has hired me to design a brand new community in Dagenham to try and breath new life and new styles of architecture into community's. The client specified that they wanted 3 different looks to the houses with them all keeping roughly the same size and necessity’s. they must also use up to date methods of construction and be cost effective.

Client The location in which we are designing the homes will be suitable for those with a good income since it will be safe, and the residences themselves will be well-equipped. The client's age would be in his or her late twenties to early thirties. The client's gender is superfluous because it applies to everyone.

Specification your design will need to be able to accommodate up to 25 people in total (at least 4 people per house) your design will include outdoor spacing such as a park your design will use all available spacing your design will be easy for people to access your design will need to be visually pleasing your design will need to juxtapose the surrounding area your design will be a peaceful area your design will fit the chosen theme (contemporary) your design will consist of at least 3 different house types

The address is 'Alex Guy Gardens,' which is very adjacent to the West Ham training grounds. It is a common place with 26 residential houses, as well as views of 'Wantz Boating Lake' and Crownlands Golf Club. I selected this location because I feel the homes themselves are dismal and uninspiring, like prisons. I also picked this location since it is close to a variety of luxurious amenities ( lake, golf Corse, park and sports centre)

The most powerful design element in building is undoubtedly sunlight. It adds emphasis and a continuously shifting aspect - shade and shadow - that brings forth the actual essence of shape. and the texture The shadow it creates, which reflects its design shape, accentuates and adds to the solid form.

I've also chosen this area because it has much potential in terms of land. The current space only uses a fraction of what's there and it would be a greater to use all the space 6

Repton park

Repton Park is a more local community that it situated in Woodford green in the London borough of Redbridge. what make Repton Park different from Milton Keynes and Poundbury is that it completely sealed off from the public because it is a gated community. This creates a quiet ambient lifestyle that works alongside the surrounding nature. This also creates a level of security as the site is operated 24 hours a day all year round with the use of onsite security patrol making it one of the safest places to live. As the site doesn’t let the public in to see its rich history or natural beauty it does create a level of luxury for the people as such luxuries like the swimming pool and large gym facilities are of course off limit to the public. And whilst they may seem like unnecessary luxuries, they do have a function besides it and that’s to keep the community flowing giving the people something to do outside of their homes which is very important as people won’t spend all of their time indoors and if their s one thing we've learned in the past 2 years is that people really need a place to go to communicate and have fun within the community. basis the area was first created by Sir Humphrey Repton who was a British architect in the 1700s he was known for being the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century. Although the community is called Repton Park after its late designer Repton Park wasn’t always a community. It was once called claybury hospital a mental asylum for the clinically insane which was commissioned by the London County council in the late nineteenth century it was London's fifth hospital by the 1st of October 1887. the area itself has contains 413 properties with a genital mixture of detached houses to standard town houses with up to five bedrooms that stands at around 2-3 floors excluding the roof/loft over a span of 140 acres of land. The site is surrounded by claybury Forrest a medieval English Forrest which also acts as a nature reserve and child's play area. As there is no demographic statistics to showcase the diversity of the people, I can only assume that its majority consists of rich families as the prices of the house s region from £655,833 all the way up to £1,505,000. The layout of Repton Park bears resemblance to most suburban areas in the UK as it consists of many turns and neat house organisation with a good splash of nature. In a nutshell Repton Park shows that gated community's also work but are mainly helped by people and since its private it can be very hard for it to grow and expand and be free flowing like other larger scale community's although this comes at the cost that not all areas can be safe and secure quite like Repton.

Kevin mcclouds community

McCloud began his career as a theatrical designer, designing sets for experimental rock band Harvey and the Wall bangers before launching his own lighting design and manufacture company, 'McCloud Lighting,' which employed 26 people at one time. His work includes the carved and painted rococo-style vegetable ceiling in Harrods' food halls, several projects with J.J. Desmond Interiors, and lighting fixtures at Ely Cathedral, Edinburgh Castle, the Savoy Hotel, and the Dorchester Hotel. He now focuses on television, journalism, and product design, including work with British firms. The dwellings' outside walls are composed of hempcrete, a material that is not only very insulating but, because it is manufactured from a plant - hemp – pulls more carbon out of the environment than it puts in. The dwellings also have chimney-like devices on their roofs, which are really ventilators that let the buildings cool naturally. Most importantly, McCloud wishes to establish a community. The Triangle's buildings are organised in traditional terraces, around a sort of village green. Children may splash in water and play on slopes and cleverly positioned logs. Traditional swings and slides, on the other hand, are avoided since they would define the area as just for children, alienating the parents and teens who, it is hoped, will also enjoy the green.

A prime modern example of a built community goes to Kevin mcCloud. mcCloud wanted to establish a community that was affordable and sustainable. The project was funded via crowdfunding and raised a great deal of £1,904,540 towards the community's construction. The money raised is still to this day the largest sum of money raised for a public project his is very different to most kick-starters as there would have been no prizes giving back from the creators and would all be through good will. 650 individuals invested amounts ranging from £100 to £150,00 each. The company in charge of this project was HAB (Happiness Architecture Beauty) founded in 2007 with their main aim being to create well designed affordable and eco-friendly houses. The community's layout is like a triangle with a small greenery area in the centre for people to playing and talk to one another. the lay out also consists of three strips of houses that resemble a regular town house with all houses featuring their own generously sized garden. In conclusion these smaller community's show that Communities don’t have to necessarily be made up of houses but can be made through a series of shops and or work facilities. And, that they don’t always need to be funded by the government or the areas respected council but can be made through uses of crowd funding and charitable donations. It also shows that the impact from the people can have a huge impact on the future of the area as they develop and experiment with the land

Milton Keynes

According to the oxford dictionary the word community is defined as a group of people who live in a particular area for example a country or a suburban area. But the question remains what makes a community, is it the people? Is it the design? Is it the area in which its constructed? And that’s what I’ll try and figure out within this essay. As part of my component one research, I investigated community's all around the UK to really get a sense of what makes a community and started off with Milton Keynes. Milton Keynes is the largest town in Buckinghamshire, England and its situated 50 miles north-west of London. According to the latest census it has an estimated population of around 230,000 people. In the 60’s the UK government concluded that a new generation of cities in the southeast of England would ease the housing congestion in central London. Milton Keynes was labelled as ‘new city’ in the planning papers and was to be the largest yet with a planned population of 250,000 taking up 20,000 acres of land. To develop a landscape strategy chief architect Derek walker the head planer on Milton Keynes assembled a team over the course from 1970-1976 to help the community. It was anoveldesignfor1,000,000 sq ft of retail space with a layout created around covered landscaped streets when it opened in 1979. This complex's design team comprised Stuart Mosscrop, Christopher Woodward, and Syd Green. The buildings received a Grade II listing in July 2010, much to the delight of the 20th Century Society and other conservationists. One of the most well know out of these buildings is the Milton Keynes theatre which is the largest theatre in all of Milton Keynes. Designed by blooski-Heard and Kut Nadiadi and opened on October 4th, 1999. the building used the latest building techniques and the most technically advanced equipment available. The auditorium was designed to accommodate a wide range of different shows from large scale musicals to smaller intimate dramas. They did this by allowing the roof to be raised or lowered depending on the circumstance and giving all the seats free movement by allowing them to be rearranged in many ways. The auditorium can hold up to 1400 people and is managed by the ambassador theatre group.so that tells you about the construction of area but what about one of the most crucial parts of a community, the people. The question remains unanswered when it comes to Milton Keynes. A sustainable city combines an environmentally pleasant atmosphere with green areas and technology to produce a place that is environmentally friendly. Milton Keynes was designed from the start to be a sustainable community, using the most efficient resources, and generating as little trash as possible. Although the main shape of the region is meant to decrease carbon emissions by incorporating as many roundabouts as possible, this design has been very contentious since its completion in 1967. However, it is quite successful in lowering traffic rates, which reduces carbon emissions. In conclusion, Milton Keynes as a community function effectively and demonstrates that a wellfunctioning place with a focus on sustainability can thrive and shows no indications of slowing down.

Poundbury is an experimental new town located on the outskirts of Dorchester and was founded by the prince of Wales (prince Charles) as part of his personal view of architecture. His royal highness emphasised the necessity of preserving the distinctive character of towns and cities which I am lacking in modern day projects. As well as the need to evaluate already existing planning rules and provide architecture on a human scale. This culminated in the construction of Poundbury, which was built on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall and begun in 1993. "Poundbury would be a high-density urban quarter of Dorchester that prioritises people over automobiles, with commercial structures mixed in with residential areas, stores, and recreational amenities to create a walkable community,". Although Prince Charles had the concept for Poundbury, the architect who oversaw the project was Leon Krier. Léon Krier is a Luxembourgish architect, architectural theorist, and urban planner who opposes modernism design and advocates New Classical architecture and New Urbanism. Krier juggles international architecture and planning practise with writing and teaching. He is well-known for creating the master plan for Poundbury, Dorset, England. His younger brother is architect Rob Krier. As of last year, there is an estimated 4067 people living in Poundbury with 45.4% being male and 54.6% being female with the majority of people being between the ages of 16-64 years old. As the design of Poundbury bears similar resemblance to an old-time village this attracts a less diverse population as only 5.9% of the citizens are black and minority ethnic groups. Interesting though the population of Poundbury is mainly Christian as it takes up 57.9% of the population with the other 42.1% either not being religious or catholic. 93% of the citizens were born in the UK with 81.3% having very good or good healthcare. The socio-demographic data shows that the highest proportion of residents are classified as Domestic successes (31.7) followed by Aspiring homemakers (29.6) and then senior security (14.5). The layout of Poundbury is very much dictated by prince Charles as one of the 17 rules of living there is that “Not without the consent of His Royal Highness to paint or decorate the exterior of the Property otherwise than in the same colour or colours as the Property was previously painted”. Poundbury is intended to be a sustainable community that provides an attractive, contemporary, and appealing environment in which people may live, work, shop, and rest. Through time-honoured ideas, urban design, landscaping, and material selection, special focus is put on the quality of placemaking. The Prince of Wales feels that one of our country's greatest assets is the regional variance of its cities and villages, which are created with locally specific materials. The architecture in Poundbury follows this pattern, respecting local traditions and drawing on Dorset's rich past, particularly the streets of Dorchester. In conclusion Poundbury works as a community but it lacks in the complete freedom that most communities have but shows that they don’t have to be modernised as most of them are. The downside of that shows that statistically lowers the diversification which may show it in a bad light by today’s standards

Biophilic architecture

Biophilic design is an approach to architecture that seeks to connect building occupants more closely to nature. Biophilic designed buildings incorporate things like natural lighting and ventilation, natural landscape features and other elements for creating a more productive and healthy built environment for people. Biophilic design seeks to connect our inherent need to affiliate with nature in the modern built environment. ... Simply put, biophilic design focuses on those aspects of the natural world that have contributed to human health and productivity in the age-old struggle to be fit and survive.

Foster + Partners revealed its design for a masterplan focusing on adaptive reuse and programmatic diversity meant to regenerate the site of a midcentury factory in the heart of Santiago. The practice's first project in Chile proposes the refurbishment of the existing factory building, La Fabrica, while adding a residential development on the adjacent site and introducing timber as a sustainable building material for the extensions.

Spanning the space between the blocks are three new frontages that join together to create a dynamic modulating glass facade – a glass lens of sorts that unifies the whole scheme. The structure is designed to reduce solar gain and, coupled with a chilled beam system, minimises energy use throughout, earning the scheme an ‘Excellent’ BREEAM rating. Inside is a range of flexible, efficient office spaces, and behind the building is a development of 23 mews houses, including key worker accommodation.

Glass structures

The development not only provides new homes and offices; it invites the public in. We reclad the ground floor entirely, devoting it to stores, cafés and restaurants, and added a major new entrance through the central facade that leads to a spectacular seven-storey atrium.

Primary research

Here East is an innovation and technology campus situated in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Hackney, East London. The former Olympic Media Centre was left in the wake of the 2012 Games, and in 2014 was reinvented, courtesy of a privately funded, £120m regeneration project. Today, the architectural masterstroke unites culture, enterprise, entrepreneurship and education under one roof, whether the focus is dance, digital technology or game development.

the here east campus is at the centre of its local community as it’s a place where anyone can go to relax and talk with there friends

Communities don’t always have to be a place for people to live however some act more like a spider’s web full of different activities or restaurants and one that springs to mind is the Here east campus in Olympic Park. Just across the park from Stratford station is here east campus a centre that holds many different facilities and competitions. The facility's range from workshops used by many universities all over London to smaller cannel side restaurants for people to have lunch by. At my time at the Here east campus, I took part in the people’s pavilion competition. During the competition I really got a feel for the community as many different types of people walked through from your everyday businessman to groups of young skaters and it all felt very inviting and safe. The main trophy of the site is the main building which is called a land scraper because it takes up as much room horizontally as it would if it was on its vertical axis. The exterior of the building was inspired by WW1 battleship camo as its covered in geometric shapes and dots. The campus gained its popularity back in 2012 as it was the main broadcast centre for the 2012 paralimbic games and since has held that popularity. the site also shows that the people have a tremendous impact on it as the winners of the people’s pavilion competitions design was built on the site and is till there to this day.

The History of Spitalfields Market London's demographic variety is regarded as an international metropolis. The diversity of civilizations represented in the East End has long been recognised. Spitalfields was a microcosm of this polyglot civilization, a’ melting pot' of east and west. It has historically housed a transitory community, mostly of recent immigrants. Prior to the Great Fire of London, Spitalfields was largely rural. By 1666, traders had established themselves outside the city walls, on the site of today's market. Truman's Brewery was founded in 1669, and in 1682, King Charles II awarded John Balch a Royal Charter granting him the right to organise a market on Thursdays and Saturdays in or near Spital Square.

When looking further into what makes a community I found myself in Spitalfields market located in of all places Spitalfields. As I walked around the area I noticed that the area is very depend on people because without them their would be no life in the area. For the last many years the area has been used a market place having many different stands for food clothing records and other items. Due to the areas market place its constantly brining in new people which keeps the area fresh with new faces and the community thriving

ieoh ming pei

The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramided du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid designed by Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum.

I was intrigued into the louver because of the architects use of large geometric shapes and the large quantity of glass used to allow light to pass through with ease.

I've also done a few SketchUp's of it to capture the views

Frank Lloyd Wright

Fallingwater (1935), dubbed "the finest all-time achievement of American architecture," reflected this concept. Wright was a significant figure in the twentieth-century architectural movements, influencing architects all over the world with his works and hundreds of apprentices in his Taliesin Fellowship.

I was intrigued with the falling water house because of its unique geometric shape and the way it lets water pass through it keeping the ecosystem alive.

The Palmer house is a 2,000-square-foot Usonian residence. It is built into a hillside and is made of red cypress and brick. There are no straight angles in the construction, therefore it has a triangular geometry. A central doorway leads to three wings: a bedroom wing to one side, a living room and terrace wing to the other, and a smaller carport perpendicularly. The tall and dramatic hipped roof has a low pitch and large overhangs stretching over each wing; it is covered in cedar shingles and copper.

When creating my first set of models I experimented with different shapes to see what works in a communal environment

For this set models I used a combination of triangles to make a tent like structure. After drawing the models I realised that I the triangular shape of the structure didn’t work well and would be more fitting for a community centre

For my next set of models I went with more geometric shapes to appose the triangular shapes of the first set. I found that overall shape of the models worked well when placed next to people and would be the design style I would be using moving forward

Initially, I experimented with how the houses could look by creating simplified models. Then I arranged them in a variety of ways to get a sense of the overall layout of the space. Initially, I considered making the roads at a sharp angle, similar to my research on shards of glass, but I didn't think this would work well with the shapes of the houses, which are very square and geometric. Then I considered making the roads diagonal to create a field-like appearance.

From the models I've seen at the MAKES Architect studio they where mainly 3D printed and laser cut for a more refined look. Some were also made out of metal or large blocks of wood shaped to look like the identified buildings.

From my research I found that the best looking models are very simplistic in the way that they're designed. Most are just plain blocks of wood that are shaped into the rough design with thin glass posing as windows with a dim warm light in the back

Using research in my ideas

With the main shape of the my design I want it to bear resemblance to Frank Lloyd wrights falling water house as I like how geometric it is with all the long rectangles and cubes phased into one

During this time I also experimented with different methods of drawing for example I researched and taught myself how to draw in fish eye perspective and birds eye perspective. I found both of these methods easy it just takes a lot of set up and practise and most of all patience. From my research I decided that I want to add a small green social space that I saw in Kevin mcclouds community to increase moral within the space.

Whilst looking at ieoh ming pei work on the louver it gave me the idea that I could possibly add a skylight to each of the buildings to give it more natural light or I could add larger windows that would give the same effect.

For my first design I've gone with a classical look with 2 floors that fits the classical look. I have used old Georgian brick technics in the corners and the windows of the building to really give the house some texture and make it stand out from the surrounding area.

On my first development I extended the balcony and made the end round give it a more complex look and added more detail on the exterior with the arches around the roof and windows. I also added extra window on the roof so the higher level are more prone to sunlight and letting the space breath

With further development, I've changed my style and atheistic from classical to contemporary in order to still stand out from the surrounding area while also looking more modern, as classical/ Georgian is no longer used due to the complexity, price, and detail. I was still inspired by classical designs, but I added a contemporary twist by raising the entrance and extending the front by 0.50m. I've also added a chimney on the right side, which I've merged into the bottom foundation. To give it a modern look, the exterior is made of wooden cladding with large glass panels as windows.

Following discussions with the client, they requested that the roof be changed from slanted to flat, as this makes the design more interesting and fits in better with the contemporary look. This hasn't changed the space of the building because it keeps the same dimensions and indoor space; it's just the outside that's changed. Fortunately, I hadn't planned what the loft would look like up until this point, so this saves time.

Ground floor The ground floor contains a main hallway, living room. Lavatory's, Kitchen and dinning room.

First floor The first floor contains, main bedroom and guests or spare bedroom both including their own lavatory.

Main entrance

lavatory lavatory

Master bedroom

Spare bedroom Outdoor balcony

balcony

Final design

For my final development I decided to add supports on the front pillars for style and not because it needed it and I've also added a staircase that connects onto the upstairs balcony for more convenience. To make the building more natural looking I added a curve to the roof of the building instead of it being squared.

Living room

Living room from different angle

Looking out from the kitchen

Main hallway/entrance

Bedroom 1 (looking out)

Bedroom looking at wardrobe area

For the second design, I retained the flat roof but stretched out the structure to make it broader. I've also built a little front garden that matches the foundation ( all houses will have front gardens its just that this one has a step leading up to it). The front window has also been converted into a balcony overlooking the front lawn. The rear of the building has also been constructed with outdoor space in mind, with trellis included to provide a natural overhead for customers.

After further development and talks with the client I've added a skylight that will be located over the living room and will give natural lighting through most portions of the house. Ive also changed the colour of the cladding to match the first design This design contains - 3 bedrooms a living room - kitchen -Dining room -study -2 lavatory’s (one on ground floor and one on the first floor)

I also decided to play around with the choice of colours for the exterior of the building to make it work with the surrounding area I ended up going with a white cladding with a dark oak wood

On my final stage of development I completely flipped the design along its axes because I preferred the look of and also again changed the colour scheme to match the colours of the first design. Along with that I added supports under the wooden trellis as the structural engineers told me that it wouldn’t work otherwise.

I've also added a skylight to the top of the design to make it easier for light to access the building

I also added more stone slabs by the entrance to create a zen like entrance to the building

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study Living room

Main hallway

lavatory

Kitchen / dining room

stairs

Bathroom

Master bedroom Upstairs hallway

Laundry room

Master bedroom with balcony balcony

Renders

Living room

study

kitchen

Master bedroom

bathroom

Second bedroom

Early design

For my last design I experimented with different elevations of geometric shapes to try and give the feeling of chiselling a statue out of marble . I wanted the shape of the house to be different from the rest whilst also keeping the same style and luxury. After sculpting the house shape I landed on this shape as I feel it has a good consistency of levels

After more sculpting I came to a result that I was happy with. I rounded the front of the design and played around with the idea of completely rounding off the top but decided to scrap that idea because it wouldn’t work with the rest of my designs

I got rid of the sphered roof and went back to the original design and added a unique style to the supports under the balcony that matches the cladding along with extending the balcony out.

I also added a stair case that connects the ground floor to the first floor for more easy access. I've also made the building darker so it fits better with the atheistic. Finally I decided to change the colours of the building to match the previous designs.

Renders

FLOOR PLANS

Kitchen/dining room

Main hallway Washing room

Living room

Outside balcony

Lavatory

Walk in wardrobe

Lavatory

FLOOR PLANS bedroom

bedroom

balcony

Living room

Living room (when viewed from ground level)

Kitchen

Living room (when viewed from upstairs)

Bedroom 1

RENDERS

Main hallway

Bedroom 2

Early models

These are some early developments that I 3D printed to get a rough scale for the final model. And the picture above is a diagram showing how sunlight will refract throughout the house

I also mad a few handmade versions of my first house design and a small surrounding area for context to see how each house would look in not only an environment but also how they would look all together

I also mad a slightly larger version of my first house model at a 1:100 scale to improve upon detail and also made a small surrounding are using medal rods to pose as trees

Final model for component one For my final model I decided to 3D print my houses at a small scale because otherwise it would have been to big to make. I started off my scaling down the houses at a reasonable scale and then printing them all out over the space of a week. Then I traced my area on 2D design and cut It out on 3mm MDF. After that I measured out how much grass is needed to cover the required space and precisely cut it out and stuck it down to the board. The final process was sticking all the houses in the requested spots and adding all the trees and bushes.

The houses themselves are made from a white PLA filament layered in a hexagon pattern.

Final model

Final render

Evaluation of part 1

Overall I'm really happy with how my final design turned out. My brief wanted me to design a community of houses with a different style of architecture to the surrounding area that had enough space for 25 people. In the end my community can fit up to 44 people had all the necessity's that an average household needs. I successfully designed 3 different houses that all fit the same shape and style and work well when paired with its surroundings. In the end I believe that I stuck to the brief very well and created a visually pleasing area for people to live in.

What I would have changed I would like to have changed my model by experimenting with acrylic as I think it makes the model look more professional but sadly I couldn’t find a piece big enough for its intended purpose. I also would’ve liked to changed my location as I felt very limited on space because its surrounded by many other buildings and facility's.

Compound 1 part 2

Design brief after competing my last project my previous client contacted me because he needed my assistance on a different project He told me that he had recently bought a set of flats and wanted to convert them into university accommodations for the nearby university. My client also told me that he wanted to change the exterior to make it look more appealing and freshen up the area by adding a garden like area Client this project isn't made for my client but for the users of the housing. As its designed to be university accommodation the users will be between the ages of 18-21 a with the rooms being just big enough for them to work in and also socialise.

Index Location research – 2 Community style building research – 3,4 Highrise building research and natural structures – 5,6,7,8 Primary research – 9,10 Early stages and development – 11,12 Balcony/ communal garden design – 13 Early floor plans – 14 Early location renders – 15,16 Refined floor plans – 17,18 Final renders and side views – 19,20 Final location renders – 21,22 Creating final model – 23,24,25 Final model – 26 Context model for both part 1 and 2 – 27 Evaluation - 28

Peverel house, Hawkwell house and laburnum house

Peverel House is a 17 storey - 93 flat tower block on the Becontree Heath housing estate in the Borough of Barking and Dagenham, East London. It was built in 1970 and is 50m tall. The building is owned by Barking and Dagenham London Borough. Stour Road Becontree Heath RDA Romford London RM10 7HY Nearby cities: Coordinates: 51°33'36"N 0°9'12"E After more talks with the client they have decided to take me on to design their next site which is to redesign the 3 Peverel house flats located just west of the last site in the middle of Becontree heath. They tasked me to redesign the buildings since they are quite old but to also include some new features such as a garden area. The client also wanted to make the building a little taller at a cap of 25 stories tall. From my research into sunlight patters ive determined that the garden are of the building will face towards the south as that’s where most light hits

The Cube is a 25-storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, England. Designed by Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects, it contains 135 flats, 111,500 square feet (10,359 m2) of offices, shops, a hotel and a 'skyline' restaurant. It is the final phase of The Mailbox development.

I was drawn to the cube because of the unusual outside of the extruding cladding panels, which I imagined would look great with my design, as well as all of the destinations inside the structure, such as the retail centre, hotel, and restaurant. I was also drawn in since the top of the structure is relatively open, with a garden space in the middle.

I was interested in the 20 Fenchurch street building or as its more commonly known as the walkie talkie for its most iconic feature the sky garden because it’s a key feature that the client wanted to include in the design

20 Fenchurch Street is a London business skyscraper named from its site on Fenchurch Street in the historic City of London financial sector. Because of its unusual form, which is claimed to resemble a two-way radio handset, it has been dubbed "The Walkie-Talkie." The three-story "sky garden" opened in January 2015, after construction was finished in April 2014. The 38-story structure stands 160 metres (525 feet) tall. Lee Kum Kee Groups has owned the building since July 2017.

Organic and pre built waterfalls

i decided to look into organic design and how other architects use nature in their designs and I came across this sky scrapper in china that has a built in waterfall that constantly cycles the water all day long. Then I expanded that and looked deeper into waterfalls and how I might be able to incorporate it into my design. In the end I decided not to use actual water but instead shape the glass on the building in a similar style to a waterfall.

i also looked into a building in Milan that is covered in greenery that reminds me of an apocalyptic building from last of us. That led me to look into a parasite called strangler figs. Strangler figs cant support themselves so they latch onto nearby trees and grow round them eventually cutting off all sunlight water and oxygen to the tree killing it. People have also managed to manipulate strangler figs to form bridges across dangerous rivers and large caverns.

The Luna The Luna is Make’s second residential tower in Hong Kong, and the first Hong Kong scheme to complete for client Vanke. Originally invited to a competition to design the interiors and facade for an existing building, we put forward a second proposal that answered the original brief as well as maximised the potential of the site by improving the form of the tower and the apartment layouts to prioritise views – a move that won us the job. The tower, located on Lun Fat Street in the bustling commercial district of Wan Chai, sits on a triple-height podium set in a newly landscaped communal garden with outdoor rooms, entertainment space and exercise equipment. Both tower and podium are clad in champagne-gold powder-coated aluminium rainscreen panels, with balconies covering the north and west elevations. The balconies’ square shape and perforated motif reference the area’s history of printing, echoing traditional printing blocks.

Designed by Sean Affleck, Anahita Chouhan, Marcus Dante, Paul Miles, Matthew Seabrook, Roman Shumsky, Ken Shuttleworth and Roderick

12-24 Lun Fat Street Hong Kong

I decided to research this apartment building because I loved the way the balcony's where designed ensuring that each apartment had one and the way they ensured enough space for each member. And will definitely be something I will include on my final design.

for my primary research I looked into organic structure in mushrooms or more specifically shitake mushrooms and oyster mushroom and how they grow in all different ways. I looked into oyster mushrooms because they look similar to towers with flat roofs. I took some pictures of the mushrooms from perspective like views and even sliced one in half to get a feeling for the texture.

Primary research

The shiitake is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is now cultivated and consumed around the globe. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine.

Pleurotus ostreatus, the oyster mushroom, oyster fungus, or hiratake, is a common edible mushroom. It was first cultivated in Germany as a subsistence measure during World War I and is now grown commercially around the world for food. It is related to the similarly cultivated king oyster mushroom. I also looked into shitake mushrooms and documented how they grow in a similar formation to a large oak tree trunk. Shitake mushrooms also have this long string like fur on the stalk. I also decided to slice one in half to again get a feel for the texture

For the development of this building I want to integrate nature into it through plants and also how the building looks. First I started with smoothing the corners of the building to make it look more organic.

I also expanded the gap between the building because I plan to add a sky garden area for people to socialise in.

From my research into the waterfall tower I decided to add a glass frame to fill the gap to pose as a waterfall. Then after a while I decided that it be a good idea to let fresh air flow through the area so I removed a chunk of the glass frame. This doesn’t completely remove the waterfall aspect but now acts like a gap in the waterfall.

To make the glass look similar to a waterfall I decided to split the glass into different lengths to make it look uneven.

To fill in the gap I added in larger public balcony for people to socialise. And since I decided to not use water and instead use glass I still wanted to find away to include the water feature by letting water fall through certain gaps in the balcony.

For the lower side of the building I also placed another greenery so the people on the lower flows didn’t fell left out.

for the people to feel integrated with the surrounding nature I wanted to place at least one balcony per room so people can wake up and feel right in the nature.

Public garden area/ inner balcony's

My initial idea for the public balcony's started off as a basic social space but when looking back over my research I went back to the waterfall idea. That gave my the idea to add large holes into the balcony's that water could flow through whilst also making sure that the balcony's themselves are structurally sound.

Early designs for the floor plan

For my early layout design I decided to have 6 rooms on each floor and with a total of 22 floors that measured out to be a total of 132 rooms each one having all the necessity's of a simple university home.

To get an idea on what my idea would look like in the area I edited a photo of the location to include my idea. From this I was happy that my idea stood out from the surrounding area but also looked like it could’ve always been there.

When it came to refining and designing the layout of the accommodation I realised that I could maximise the space by splitting two of the rooms into 4 separate rooms now totalling a minimum capacity of 176 people. In the final layout of the rooms I made sure to include all necessity's or the customers that includes a bedroom living room and kitchen and a lavatory.

Public garden

When it came to finalising my design I decided to add more balcony's on the side of the buildings so now every room has one balcony and the room count has increased from 6 rooms per floor to 8 rooms per floor. I also removed the dome as it didn’t fit with the rest of the building and wouldn’t work because their would be no supporting structure.

Final location renders

As my design changed I decided to do the same renders in the surrounding area to again get an idea of the final outcome. The buildings still looked like they belonged there even with the increase in detail.

I started of my final model by using cad mapper to select the surrounding area in the correct scale 1:200 Then I designed the buildings on 2D design and cut them and the base out. After hours of gluing I finished the outside of the building but I wasn’t very happy with the result since the bend part couldn’t be portrayed in 2D so I modelled and printed 2 curves that fit in the spot perfectly.

At this point I still wasn’t happy with the result because the colours where mismatched and it didn’t feel like the building had any depth so I again modelled and cut out 402 individual balcony's to stick onto the side of every buildings.

When It came to designing the glass bend in the middle of the building I intended to use acrylic but couldn’t get the exact shape correct so I decided to order some natural coloured filament and 3D print the glass bend and stick it in the middle creating a tight fit keeping it in place. Although they were printed I didn’t stick them down yet because I knew I wanted to change something else

To decorate my layout I printed a simple version of the surrounding buildings to add depth to the base and engraved all the surrounding roads.

Even after the glass was fitted I still wasn’t happy with the look so I thought I would paint it but instead of using a brush and getting horrible brush marks I brought in my own personal airbrush and gave all the buildings a even coat of dark grey. After I could finally add the glass bend and the vegetation around the building that I was unfortunately unable to do on cad because it wouldn't work well and end up slowing down he computer.

After I had airbrushed all my models down I realized that I no longer liked the look of the base as it was made of MDF and didn’t match anything else on the board so I decided to start a fresh base made from 6mm acrylic and did the same engravings on all the roads but decided to go a step further and add even more depth by raising certain parts with grey card to show detail on all the curbs and heights and elevations.

Final model

Context model

To showcase my ideas on a small scale I laser cut the surrounding area of my site from both my part 1 project and part 2 just to show how they will both stand out in the desired locations. I did this by copying the location off of google maps and tracing all the nearby buildings and then laser cutting them out in order to get a sense of scale.

Evaluations of my buildings

Overall I'm really happy with how my design came out I used a wide range of techniques and materials for my model and the outcome was way better than I expected. I also thought I really stuck to the brief and didn’t drift off and do something completely different. Each building can hold a minimum of 402 people with each room having all the basic necessity's for a university accommodation. I also feel like I was inspired by my research as I added more and more depth to my design by looking into natural structures like water falls and strangler figs.

Things I would’ve changed. for my final model I wish I could’ve added some miniature people to fill the area but sadly couldn’t because theirs no people at the requested scale and any other size would've looked odd. I also wish that my design could go into a more Highrise area because I feel that the vegetation surrounding the building would’ve made it stand out. On the subject on vegetation I also wished that I could’ve added plants to my SketchUp models for rendering because then you would’ve got a true understanding of the design. The reason I was unable to was because it would’ve taken too long to add each individual plant to the side of the building.