House of Memories Newcastle University Stage 3 Project 19-2020
P RTF LI BA (Hons) Architecture Janet Wolf
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Apologia
CONTENTS
01 Charrette Pestle and Water 05 Primer The Sensory Pod 21 Field Trip Berlin & Hamburg 25 Staging Residential Dementia Pod 37 Realisation &Synthesis Conceptual Design
APOLOGIA I have picked the studio House of Memories as I believe architecture could be used as a form of healing and changing people’s lives. Something else that really interested me was the use of stimulations in order to increase the quality of life within my building. For me architecture is about the people and how they experience the building. Therefore, in my design I have combined the medical research with architectural theories. In order to know how to heal the patients we had to understand what dementia is really is and how it effects their daily lives. Designing a sensory pod was a great way of researching about dementia. This was a group project; in our sensory pods we
have mainly concentrated on two forms of treatment for dementia: community as a therapy and biophilic design. Sleeping pattern and wellbeing of dementia patients can be improved by social interactions. According to Richards medical research, dementia patients who has taken part in social activities has improved circadian rhythm and there has been a decrease in their daytime napping. I have carried on this concept into the design of my building, by creating threshold that specialised for the patients to communicate with the public. I have also concentrated on the multigenerational social interactions. In Netherland’s there are care home where the students can live with the patients rent free by working in the hospice ten hours a week. This creates an opportunity for social interactions. It decreases depression and anxiety of the patients as they find story telling therapeutic. Biophilic design is about bring people closer to nature through designing, with light, shape of the building, materials used and integrating plants into the design. Again, this helps the patients with their high levels of anxiety. Creating a sensory game in our pods was a way of bringing nature into their lives in more fun way and creating a socially interacting game. The game idea was also aimed to slow down their memory loss, by triggering their brain. Visiting Rocker and Mowbary hospice was another form of researching about dementia. Here we have seen an example of a hospice that follows the Stirling University’s suggestions for best design for dementia. Some examples increase no deadend corridors, allowing the patients to wonder, colours they have used to decorate and what
are the activities that’s found. I have taken these suggestions while I was designing a dementia pod during staging. I have mainly concentrated on memories of a how to bring this to a dementia hospice room. I have got inspired from the work of Niall McLaughlin’s and the way he uses neuroarchitecture in his design for dementia. Dementia patients suffers from sundowning and wondering syndrome due to lack of circadian cycle. Many hospitals use artificial lighting the patient’s rooms in order to stimulate daylight at different times of the day to form a natural rhythm. Activating lighting in the morning would be awaking them. I have applied Knowle’s theory of lighting as therapy in my design. With this I have concentrated on the seasonal changes and how it effects the design of the building, through its shading. I have experimented on the type of windows and lighting in provides to the room through the different seasons of the year. I have my whole building around this concept. Instead of using artificial lighting I have organised the rooms within the building where there would be the most sun during that time of the day. The patients would be moving around the building according to what time of the day it is. The circulation within the building is aimed to aid the wondering syndrome and the sundowning syndrome, as it is a continuous loop This allowed me to use movement as a therapy. Movement of the patients allows cognitive stimulation within the patient’s brain. In my design I wanted to focus on how to help with the symptoms of dementia to stop pharmacotherapy. I think it is important to integrate suitability approaches within the building rather than
having them as an add on. My dissertation focused on why architects are not being sustainable. By researching about this topic, I had great opportunities to interview first passive house designer in North East, Mark Siddal and Architype architects. They have encouraged me to design my building with the passive house regulations. I have designed overhanging roof and shading louvers in order to stop the building from overheating. I have thought about the way I can design with thick walls. In the thick interior walls, I have design storage spaces. During the technology essay I had the chance to think about the technologies I can include in my design. For example, underfloor heating, sharp edges like the radiators could form tripping hazards to the patients. I have designed a water features to bring the public to the area that also harvests water. I was able to have both sky lights and solar panels on the roof by having a sloping roof that’s 30 degrees to the south. This way I could have transparent photovoltaic s as skylights. I have attended to small talk by PLP Architect, Ron Bakker. In his lecture he talked about the Edge project which has got an outstanding score from BREEAM. I got influenced by the concepts behind their building, for example the shape they have used and the heating system. I have tried to apply these concepts on a smaller scale within my building. For example, using underground heating. He has also mentioned about the new technologies that is being used to build buildings out of wood, when he was talking about the tallest wooden building Oakwood Timber tower. This has made me use CLT for the structure of my building.
Attending to TRADA University competition has also helped me to make this decision. Within two days we had to social housing by using wood in our groups of structural engineer, civil engineer, and landscape architect. During this we also had many great lectures about CLT, glulam and other forms of wood. Due to be a care home, the building only has 3 different floors and it does not have great spans therefore CLT was most appropriate structural material. I have also cladded the building from the stones that was demolished from the site, upcycling the materials.
CHARRETE
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I have taken part in Pestle and Water. Our task was to design a shop and learn how market strategies work. We were doing this to help the fruit shop that was located in the Grengair market. With the group we have visited the shop, looked at what might be reasons the shop my failing due to it’s design. We have designed a layout of the shop. In my small group we created the dispenses that will go in the shop.
These images shows the way the dispenses are working. We have designed in for it to have 3 different speeds of flow- fast, slow and closed. We have struggled to calculate the weight that will be in the dispense, therefore when the grains was in it was difficult to turn the rails.
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These dispenser were places on top of a cupboard that was given by the owner of the shop.
CHARRETE
It was a great way of using the CNC machine to cut the perfect fitting wooden parts of the dispenser.
PRIMER
We have explored different materials, technologies to create a learning, remembering and feeling space.
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We worked in groups to design and build 1:1 sensory pods. My group we mainly focused on the way we can make nature more fun to the patients while making them play memory games. The sensory game was also design to create multi-generational activities. We also used the nature to project it on the wall with nature noises. Therefore, even if they
are inside they could feel like they are outside Reading is a way of slowing doen the process of memory game, as it triggers the part of the brain. We have joined this concept with how they remember their past. We created a section with newspapers from the 60s. 70s and 80s. Lastly, we looked at the three stages of dementia. To make our pod suitable for all dementia patients, we have included different activities for each stage.
PRIMER
Designing a sensory pod was a great way of exploring and experimenting the design liked to an understanding of dementia.
We got our initial idea from when we visited Rocker and Mowbray Hospital and got inspired by the ‘nots and crosses’ board game that was located in their activity room. Therefore, we have decided to make a vertical board game that would be attached to the wall.
The Sensory Wall ‘Only 60% of the people living with dementia considered their condition to be a barrier when using outdoor space, whereas 83% of carers believed that dementia limited the person ability’. The drawbacks that stop dementia patients from being outside and having contact with nature is due to their lack of confidence, fears and safety concerns this is why we have decided to bring outdoors inside. This was also evidenced by a lecture that was
given by Doctor Jonathan Richardson, he was enhancing on the importance of gardens. We have intentionally designed the pod in an interactive way. The idea came from basic sliding board games. The sensory board game will prove intergenerational communication and activate senses the senses. Intergeneration is proven to slow down the process of dementia and is a form of stress relief. The game allows the patients
to touch, smell and see different forms of nature and they are asked to match similar texture together. This will stimulate different parts of their brain. Lastly, the game will be a form of distraction which will hopefully make them tired during the day to ensure they have a smooth, quite night sleep. In other works, the patients with sun-downing syndrome will benefit from playing the game.
After a research and interviewing elderly, we decided to incorporate nature into the board game. The game would act as a sliding puzzle game, where the people can role the cube and we have created different categories. While designing the game, we were taking the dimensions of the boxes and the space we got in order for the game to be accessible by wheelchair users, kids and elderly. This is why initially we have considered of making two adjacent games accessible for patients with different heights.
In order to create more integration interactions, we have decided to join the two boards games together to create one so everyone can place at the same time. Also, this way interactions between patients in different stages of dementia will be promoted. When combined both together, the top of the board game would be too high for elderly and kids to reach.
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Therefore, we have decided to delete the top row and have 3 rows and 4 columns, which am the game appropriate for all patients, kids, relatives and carers.
The Curved Wall Corners tends to make people with dementia very nervous and anxious, therefore we have designed a curved wall which aims to stop this. To this curved wall we have attached a sliding seat-
ing area, newspapers, a table for three stages of dementia, a research on how dementia feels, interviews of other elderly, and the time and day, to prevent them from panicking when they
forget the time and day. The curve wall will also prevent injuries if they fall.
It is a simple board game, where they are required to match similar materials from the 3 categories; wood, stone and vegetation, in a row or column. For wood we had tree branches, bamboo, plywood. For stone, marble, small and large pebbles and tiles. Lastly, for vegetation, grass, leaves with different textures and flowers.
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We have troubles in balancing the boxes hence why we have 3D printed stoppers, which allows the box to go in only one direction. The edges of the boxes are also softened.
Research on three stages of dementia has made us release the importance of it, therefore we have decided to include it in our design. We have created a space that encompass all of these stages in a planting activity. Hence created a working top where people can enjoy this activity.
Past Newspapers From the film Still Alice we have found out that, people with dementia tend have difficulties with their memory, they are usually stuck in a certain past period of their life and this changes from person to person. That’s why we have attached newspapers from different years that they might remember the most, 1960s,
Again based on our researches, in order to escape the corners and sharp edges of the conventional desk where the patients can hurt themselves we have created a curved wall. With the curved wall we wanted to incorporate seating space for reading their newspaper.
1970s and 1980s. We hope that reading the newspapers will help trigger their memories. Reading adds memory storage capacity without any effort at memorization. It is a good brain exercise that not only enhances memory, but it also slows down dementia.
White interviewing the elderly, someone said that he would never forget the moment that he meets this wife in a cafĂŠ in Tynemouth when he was reading his morning newspaper in year 1964. This is another reason why we picked newspapers as a form of reading.
Curved Wall 3D Text, Colour Contrasting with Background Changable Date and Time Panels Newspaper from 1969
3D Printed Place
Newspaper Articles
Newspaper from 1973
Sliding Sitting from the Back of the Wall
Newspaper from 1980
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Lastly, we have converted the seating into a rolling bench which can be rolled in and out the sensory pod when required. We have decided to incorporate a shelf in the working top area where plants can be put as well as some toxic materials so the patients won’t be able to reach.
Dementia Resident
Sensory Game
Little Lavendar Scents
Three Stages of Dementia There are three main stages on dementia: Mild, Moderate and Severe. At each stage people’s ability to do daily activities change. We wanted our pod to serve the needs of all stages of dementia.
When we interviewed the elderly, many of them said that they found gardening quite calming and one particular lady said that she would not want to forget the times she went to the lavender gardens. We have used gardening as an example to show the three different stages of dementia. At the mild stage, the patient
might be able to follow the full instructions of how to plant. At moderate, they might only be able to water the plant. At severe, they will not be able to any of the instructions and they might just be able to touch and smell the plant.
Time and Day Place Newspapers
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Curtain where a nature is projected with nature sounds
Different Stages of Demetia with example trial
AT THE BACK
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Process video of building
PRIMER
What it feels to have Dementia with headphone and glasses
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FIELD TRIP
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For our field trip we’ve been to Berlin and Hamburg. Germany is know for it’s high tech with it’s sustainability. We have visited many different buildings and saw how they respond to being sustainable in many different ways. We have visited buildings with double skin facade, they have all used double skin differently. The Dutch Embassy used is a circulation, CDU building as an interior courtyard, in Sony Centre as a suspended double skin facade attached to an existing building. Unilever in Hamburg was one of the first to used ETFE for the first time. One building that stood out the most for me was the Headquarters of Henrich Boll Foundation, it is amazing how the whole
building heats up from the energy of the computers. Some concept of heating was used in Freie University and the Reichstag about hot air raising. We also had the opportunity to visit the Jewish Museum where we had an experience of how to represent memories.
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STAGING
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In staging we have focused on the design on a dementia room. I have designed a room that would give home away from home feeling. I have taken many ideas from primer and applied them to a room design. I have concentrate on the patients negativing to their rooms and how could lighting could help this. I also looked at how can the colour of the room could benefit them with their memory and also helping them too see better. The room orientation was thought through, by the way the furniture is placed. It is important what the patient can see from their and how the nurse can see the patients through the door.
Corridor
Entrance to the Room Dementia patients tend to struggle with memory, therefore it’s very important for them to recognise their own rooms. Light and colours is a very good strategy for the patients to recognise their own room. Therefore, every patient will have a differ-
ent coloured door. Ideally this door will have the same colour as their home door colour. Other way to make it similar to an entrance of a house is by adding a canopy. Lastly, there will be shelves on the wall for the patients top put personal things.
This will be placed behind door for safety To not disturb the patients the door will have a glass, so the nurses can check them. Additionally, a hole in the wall will be made for nurse monitors.
The corridors should not be double loaded corridors. They should also not have any dead ends. The corridor should also be stacked, this is a method of creating difference in order to create reminiscence. I will be using the room layout that is on the right. Sunlight in the corridors should be maximised and they should be looking into nature. I will be using the design on the bottom. At night time, artificial lighting will be used, in case of emergencies and for way finding. The corridors should be will lit at night time.
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There should be way finding events and rest points with rest points with handrails.
Placing the toilet on the window sill only block the amount of natural sunlight that can enter the room.
Skylights in the bedrooms for morning light therapy. The skylights are aimed at the bed in the mornings in order to wake them up naturally. For seasonal changes mechanical louvres were used. This why throughout the year there will always be sun aimed in the bed.
Replacing the toilet on the opposite wall will provide more natural light. However, this creates more edges in the room where the patients can hurt themselves.
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Therefore, the toilet is moved outside the room. This will eliminate the corners in the rooms and also enlarges the room, while stopping the room from two sides.
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These models shows how the louvres would work in the mornings, depending on the orientation of the natural sun light.
Decided not to use this method as they create sharp shadows on the floor and walls. This would scare the patients and they will not the shaded areas
as they might think its a hole on the ground
STAGING
The furniture was changed around to create a view of the toilet from the patients bed. In later iterations the wall thickness was used to hide the edges of the furniture.
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Wall Thickness
1) Wall Colour Champagne- LRV 72.74 2) Furniture Light Oak- LRV 35.4 3) Fabric 1 Iris- LRV 18.61 4) Fabric 2 Straw- LRV 75.21 5) Alarms & Clock Poppy- LRV 16.31 6) Toilet Features Poppy- LRV 16.31 7) Handles Powder Coated Black- LRV 4.06 8) Window & Door Frames Powder Coated Black- LRV 4.06 9) Skirting Leaf- LRV 31.58 10) Carpet Rosemary- LRV- 4.45
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In the walls there will be: - The Sensory game - Medical Equipment - The Wardrobe -The Table and Shelves -The sofa in the Window Sill -The nurse monitor - The memory Shelves
The sensory game and the medical equipment will hide behind the cupboard doors that has the same colour as the wall.
Additionally, it is vet important for two adjacent flooring to have 8 degrees LRV difference to prevent falling.
STAGING
Wall thickness is used reduce the risk where the patients can harm themselves. They will also be used to hide the services.
Light Reflection Value is very important while designing for dementia. Contrast between the walls and doors is critical- it should be at least 30 degrees LRV. A thoughtful design of the flooring can support them while finding their own way and can help them to define different areas and spaces.
Artificial Lighting
Natural Lighting
Artificial lighting was tested to decided which would be the most suitable for dementia patients, as the patients are vulnerable for lighting. These lighting systems should not be sharp and only focused on one area of the room, as it will create shadows. Dementia patients also struggles with their sight due to their age, therefore the room should be well lit.
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Furthermore, in the patients own room the lighting should be less of hospital lighting and be more like ‘home’ lighting.
Room Section
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Room Plan
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REALISATION & SYNTHESIS
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1- 55% of people living with dementia are in the mild stage, 32% are in the moderate stage and 13% are in hte severe stage.
5- 71.8% of people with meoderate Alzheimer’s disease are receiving symptomatic treatments.
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The use of light is very important in order to regulate the circadian cycle of the patients. This way the hospitals can move from medical to architectural solutions. This research has been done by Ralph Knowles- a building that changes with the sun. This theory is aiming to create a rhythm and routine to the patients.
6- 2/3 Alzeheimer’s disease is the most common accounting for 2/3 of all the cases, arounf 500,000 people in the UK.
2- 91.8% of people living with dementia have another health condition .
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3- 31%- Increase in the number of people seen by memory clinics.
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4- 69%- is the average prevalence of people living with dementia in care homes.
7- 24% of people who are living with dementia has depression.
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THERAPY OF MOVEMENT Movement will be helping the wondering syndrome of dementia patients. With the good lighting it is said that the orientation and memory of the patient will improve. Activities is created to make the patients move. 0.8m high ramps are designed to challenge the patients. This is a form of neuroarchitecture.
Marital Status
8% Divorced
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11% Widowed The biggest marital status group in Newcastle is married followed by single
Newcastle has equal amouns of females and males
15.1% 65 and over
46.6% Passed GCSE
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84.9% 64 and under
88% 15.1% of the population in Newcastle is 65 and above.
British All people in household aged 16 and over have English as a main
Achieved 5 A* - C in GCSE.
THERAPY OF COMMUNITY Improving the social activities of the patients will lower the hours the patients nap during the day. Patient relative can isolate their relatives because they are ‘sick’. There will be students that will also stay in the hospice to increase multi generational social interaction.
REALISATION
Males
Site Analysis
Noise Pollution
Views from the site
Sun analysis of the site
What’s around the site
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Existing Building
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Programme
Massing
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Floor Massing Plans
Floor Plan Iterations
Ground Texture
Below shows my first floor plans. I have carried on my main design ideas however this design had many white empty spaces and it created uncomfortable corners and edges. There were rooms within rooms which mean there was not sunlight entering those rooms.
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The connection between old and new building was not thought through.
Reception & Waiting Room
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Draught Lobby Car Drop Off Point Zebra Cross
Ambylance Drop Off
Hospice Car Park
Pedestrian Route Car Drop Off Patient from Drop Off
The entrance also has seating areas outside and under the canopy. There are different levels of seating area for patients with different needs.
The A&E entrance is separated from the main entrance. The road is designed as a loop in order for the ambulances to operate safely. There will no view of the car park from any of the patient rooms. Trees are used to stop noise pollution from the road.
REALISATION
Green Area
Entrance of the hospice is a theshold for the building. The patients needs to feel welcomes when they are arriving to the hospice and not be scared. I have re-used materials from the buildings that was demolished from the site.
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Lower Ground Floor Plan
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Open Public Theatre Charity Offices Community Centre Classroom Reception of the Community Centre Community Centre Offices Staircases to the Ground Floor Plant Room Children Playground Area for Flower Beds Grass Area for Sitting Tree Area Car Park
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Hospice Entrance A&E Entrance Hospice Reception/Lobby Treatment Waiting Room Treatment Room Assessment Room Doctors Stairs Student Stairs Mini Kitchenette Dining Room Living Room Music/ Tv Room Reading/ Quite Room Sensory/ Game Room Memory Lane Bathroom Laundrette
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Patient Rooms Nurse Station Morning Room Sun Room Nature Pathway Patients Only Courtyard Community Centre Dancing Room Community Centre Classroom Kitchen Cafe Auditorium Green Area Car Park Connection of existing and new building
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Dementia patients suffers from wondering syndrome, this is when they starting walking aimlessless. They might have been looking for something, and forgot what they were looking for. Therefore, they carry on walking. It is very important to design spaces to allow them to this, in order to prevent them from getting stressed. I have designed a loop system, so if they start walking they will be able to return to the point they have started from. It is also very important no to have any double loaded corridor (it creates confusion) and not to have any dead ends. In this journey they will have amazing view and resting places. The circulation routes of the staff, community centre and patients will be different.
Memory Lane
View of the Flowers View of the Outside Theater View of the Road View of the Outside Theater View of the Children Playground
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The hospice is design around the concept of a sun dial. Every patient will start of their day from in their room, then they will move to the coffee room, where they will have their breakfast served in the morning. As the sun moves from East to South, they will move to the sun room. It is very important for the patient to get maximum sunlight to help their anxiety and to get vitamin D. If it is a sunny day they will be allowed to go to the garden. Sometimes they will have lessons with community centre again, these windows are south facing. As the sunset they will be on the East wing of the building, getting sun light from the West. In the evening when there is no sunlight they will be in the memory or tv room. To go to bed they will pass from the memory lane to calm down before bed.
can be seen from the patients room and from their courtyard.
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Social communication is key for the dementia patients, this is to slow down their memory loss and also not to feel left out. It is also know they elderly likes people watching. I have created areas within my building were they can communicate with the public and themselves. The level change on the site has helped to create two different ground levels- one is patients only and the other is open to the public. I have designed an open theatre that
Community teaching space
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Sustainability
Sustainable Materials
Transparent Solar Panels Ishar Stone This stone will be used in order to macth with the neighbouring buildings. It is also recycled from the demolished existing buildings.
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CLT Transparent solar panels are used in the sun room that is facing the south at an angle of 30 degrees. In order for the sun room to get maximum light as well as for the solar panels work efficiently.
CLT is a very sustainable material. it’ made out of wood panels stuck together on opposite sides. This will be used for the structure. It would be ideal as its only 3 floors. It would also be build very quick from pre faricated panels.
Water Harvesting System Fig 2
Zinc Roofing Production of zinc uses less energy compared to other type of metals. It is also a lightweight material, therefore it is easy to make the height changes roof at angles up to 30 degrees. Water harvesting will take place a special design in order to create a water feature. These are located near to the north of the site and near to the patients bedrooms. Water sound is known to have a calming sound. It also aims to get more public into the site, children playing with it and adults watching it
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Glulam Glulam has greater spam compared to CLT. Therefore, it will be used where the roof will be overhanging. Also, it will support the room vertically in the courtyard.
Passive House 1 Continuous Super 6 Solar Shading in Summer
High Performance Insulated Envelope
Exhust Air
Internal gain from people and equipment Fresh Supply Air
Exist Air
Green Concrete In the public courtyard, the pavement will be made out of light coloured concrete. So, will the seat on the outside theatre (Water resistant material). The concrete will be green as it will use the aggregate from the demolished buildings.
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Outside Fresh Air
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Roof Details:
CLT panels are used as the main structure for the roof. The panels support the structure for the zinc cladding. The panels span from the central ridge beam to the CLT structure walls and to the glulam. The roof CLT is cut diagonal to fit each other. This is a tertiary structure.
Exterior Glass Wall:
The glass wall steel framing will provide secondary structure.
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Facades cut into CLT panels:
The facade of the retail are cute into the prefabricated structure walls. This will be secondary structure.
Cladding as Teriary Structure:
Cladding will be fixed on the CLT panels as tertiary structure.
CLT Walls
The CLT walls will slot between the primary strcture walls.
Cut outs for the flooring:
Cut outs made in the flooring for the stairs, lifts and for the fouble height walls.
Secondary Structure Glass wall
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The glass wall framing made out of stell in the sunroom will provide secondary structure.
Second Floor Primary Structure:
There will be cut outs for the door and windows within the CLT panels.
Existing Building:
The existing structure will provide it’s own structure. The structure will be strengtened if needed.
Glulam Beams:
Glulam beams will be supoorting the roof structure and there will be beams when the span of the room is greater than 10m. They will be providing primary structure.
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Primary Structure Panels:
Screed Flooring : This is primary structure of the CLT structure. These are the first to be placed onto the foundation adn then the walls will be fitted on to.
Foundation:
CLT structure system is supported strip foundation which bear the load of the supporting structural walls. This is then fitted with hardcore and screed flooring is built over the foundation.
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Taken from technology essay
REALISATION
These are the first to be fixed on as the primary structure. The will be supporting the the floors above and the roof.
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Detailed Elevation
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REALISATION
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Detailed Section
Primer
Initial Concept Drawings
Initial Concept Model
How walls attached to the walls for safety
Initial Concept Drawings
Moulding Tree bark
Making of the Curved Wall
Box Calculations
Box Process Model
Process of making the sensory wall
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CULTURAL BIB During the Easter term I attended ‘Trada university challenge’ competition centred around sustainable architecture. It was great to experience this alongside fellow architects and engineers from across the country as it this area of architecture is a huge passion of mine. The opportunity presented itself with a challenge to design social housing in the surrounding neighbourhood of Cardiff University (where the competition took place). Although we didn’t win the competition, I felt that it gave me a great insight into working with other people across the field and gave me the opportunity to meet with industry professionals. I also attended many small talks throughout the year, that were put on by my stage three peers. The lecture that particularly resonated with me was the talk by PLP architects. This firm created the highest rating BREAM building which fed directly into my dissertation work. The architects are also working on the tallest timber building which was particularly inspiring when creating my wooden structure for my graduation project
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