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TETRIS REINTEGRATION CENTRE A JIGSAW JOURNEY FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE

FARCAS TANIA CRISTINA 170104476 ARC 3001 ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO 2019-2020

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STAGE 3| B.ARCH STUDIO 3 | GHOST IN THE MACHINE | CARA LUND , MATTHEW MARGETTS TANIA-CRISTINA FARCAS

2019-2020 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

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CONTENTS

03 STAGING 01 PRIMER

03.00 PROJECT SUMMARY DASHBOARD 03.01 LAYERED TIMELINE 03.02 SITE ANALYSIS 03.03 SITE STRATEGIES 03.04 PROTAGONISTS STORIES 03.05 COMPOSITE SPATIALISED INTERFACE

01.00 STUDIO MANIFESTO | SYSTEMIC DESIGN 01.01 SYSTEMS MAPPING 01.02 POP-UP 01.03 JG BALLARD PROTAGONIST 01.04 IMMERSIVE INTERFACE MODEL 01.05 UNION MAPPING 01.06 PRIMER EXHIBITION

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02 FIELD TRIP - MOTIONS 00 ABSTRACT 00.00 PROJECT CONCEPT 00.01 REFLECTIVE REPORT

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02.00 COVENTRY ON FILM 02.01 IVREA ON FILM 02.02 TURIN ON FILM 02.03 MILAN ON FILM

04 THINKING THRO MAKING 04.00 LAYERS

05 REALISATION AND SYNTHESIS

CULTURAL BIBLIOGRAPHY + THE FUTURE +

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to give a massive thank you to my tutors, Cara and Mags which challenged, pushed and supported me all the way through even during hard times. The studio has been truly rewarding and something else and unique.

It opened so many new horizons and perspectives in my joruney through Architectural thinking and I am beyond grateful for this learning process.

I would also like to thank my family for bearing with me during an unexpected pandemic which turned out into an amalgam of sketches and thoughts all over the house.

Lastly I want to thank my studio family for 3 amazing years with learning that could’ve never happened somewhere else other than in this special space.

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00 ABSTRACT

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00 ABSTRACT 00.00 CONCEPT

00.00 TETRIS CENTRE CONCEPT Tetris Centre envisions a reintegration into society system for homeless people through spaces that encourage a healthy lifestyle, an educational and employment boost and a wholesome temporary jigsaw experience. All of these have been accomplished by using new, sustainable methods of design and construction that are part of a circular economy. This further informed the skills that are taught and practiced throughout the building -gardening and small scale product manufacture-.

I truly believe that architects must be adaptable and conscious about the crisis the world is facing and help towards it by expanding their design approaches with sustainable manners.

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00.01 REFLECTIVE REPORT

REFLECTIVE REPORT

Reflecting on my Architecture undergraduate degree as a whole, I have come to realize I am ever so grateful and happy for truly discovering something that I am passionate about more than I even thought at the beginning. Throughout those 3 years and especially in this last Final Year I have learnt so much.

Be it how to find, explore and test concepts, how to work to bring to life an idea, technical aspects about a construction, software skills and more than ever how to let my own personal creativity flourish. Newcastle University and the studio Ghost in The Machine has helped me enormously on pushing me to find how I can be myself through Architecture. Coming from a very technical and theoretical background with not much artistic input, the learning curve for me was quite abrupt from the very beginning. With ups and downs, mistakes and accomplishments, challenging and exciting times, all have lead to so much self development both on a professional and personal level. After all, these years have made me realize Architecture is a way of thinking and seeing the world.

The initial stages of Year 3 started with looking into what systems are and how they work. This has had a big informative impact on our main design approaches as a studio and as individuals for our final projects.

By reading JG Ballard and literature on systemic thinking as well as mapping various systems it has been even deeper rooted in me that user centricity and processes inform a big part of a spaces’ volumetry. Moreover, by mapping Coventry’s intangible and tangible systems I started to understand how many systematic problems there are around the city and began to question how could Architecture help towards reducing some of these

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problems. After visting Coventry, my brief became clearer and I knew towards what I wanted to work.

With my project, the biggest desire I had was trying to find a way in which there was no division between them | the homeless | and us | the wider public |. This was a very challenging task that not only concerns Architecture, however, with the everything I learnt in primer and protagonists always in mind when testing spaces and experiences throughout the building, I think I have come to a point with my project in which the division is a gradient slowly fading away from two different perspectives | SPACE & TIME |: 1. Spatially, with levels.

As you go upper in the building, privacy levels increases whilst as you go lower the level of reintegration increases. Which brings me to my second perspective, the more time spent using the building’s facilities, the more they reintegrate back into society and inevitably ‘go down in levels’. Thus, time and space intertwine.

As the year passed by, along with my dissertation I pushed my passion for sustainable development in the Built Environment and looked at how new materials and technologies can influence new construction techniques. I have tested, experimented and grew my very own bacterial cellulose which is a leather-like material when dried. The most interesting part of the material is its structural properties when all moisture has been stripped away from it. I therefore learnt how easy it is to make these eco-friendly products at home and how this material can be a huge step for Architectural development. This has lead me to incorporate it into my project as the Tetris Centre is based on new construction techniques and their development.

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The theoretical framework that was shaping my design was, again, based on processes and user experiences. I found myself using a lot of diagrammatic sketching to develop my ideas. I found this the most successful way of envisioning both conceptual and more palpable | technical aspects of my projects’ aims. Cedric Price, Smout Allen and CJ Lim were true inspirations when looking at their diagrammatic way of expression for project development.

As I started to get closer the feeling of my building, the Technology module has grounded me as my thinking process was not only to do with form, programme and experiences but it made me question in what way was everything I envisioned be possible to be tangibly created. As sustainability was one of the key factors I had in mind, this module had incredible outcomes on my design as it informed my façade, the exact system used for constructing and deconstructing the modular temporary homes, comfort within the building etc.

In the end, I believe all of these have lead to accomplishing a level of understanding and vision of my building and system in a holistic way. Thus, my project I explored a possible way of reintegrating homeless into society, in a sustainable way. It is my hope that the Tetris Centre evokes questions around sustainable development in the Built Environment and a circular economy strategy, as well as bringing sensibility about social issues such as homelessness and how important they are in our society.

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01.00 STUDIO MANIFESTO | SYSTEMIC DESIGN

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A SYSTEM OF Oxford English Dictionary System noun [countable] “an organized set of ideas or theories or a particular way of doing something” “a group of things, pieces of equipment, etc. that are connected or work together” “a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole” synonyms: arrangement, structure, order, organization, network, complex cc Matthew Margetts

“Why is a systemic perspective an important complement to analytic thinking?”

AN INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS THINKING Systemic Design

“Architectural education is the best systems design education in the world.”

‘Systems thinking is a way of seeing and talking about reality, a perspective.”

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When discussing Architecture, I consider it a way of thinking and looking at spaces, processes, interconnections, people, and truly the art of creation. This studio and our tutors challenged us to look deeper into this perception and explore Architecture holistically through the light of systemic thinking and design. Everything surrounding us is a system, whether intangible or tangible, we live it. Thus, as Tim Brown quotes ‘‘Architectural education is the best systems design education in the world.”

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STUDIO MANIFESTO | SYSTEMIC DESIGN 01.01

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Preparing union mapping base- Primer Show

Primer Show

Contextualising- Mapping processes through our buildings

Realisation Review

Tutorial

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Preparing individual systems on union mapping- Primer Show

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01.00 STUDIO MANIFESTO | SYSTEMIC DESIGN

SCALE - INDIVIDUAL/CITY

TANGIBLE vs INTANGIBLE OPPORTUNITIES

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES MULTIPLE USERS- NAVIGATION

COMMUNITY

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HUMAN CENTRIC-PROTAGONISTS

TIME SHIFT - PAST PRESENT FUTURE

NARRATIVE

SITES ARE LIVING - PREDICTABLE vs UNPREDICTABLE SURROUNDINGS

INTERACTIONS- ACCESS POINTS

EXPERIENCING

RESPONSIVENESS TO CHANGE

FLEXIBILITY

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STUDIO MANIFESTO | SYSTEMIC DESIGN 01.01

GHOSTS THINK DESIGN SHOULD BE...

STUDIO MANIFESTO Before starting to map systems relevant to Coventry, our site city, as a studio we pin-pointed what important aspects influence design as well as what principles are key in order for design to be lead into a direction that influences our quality of lives/systems in a benefic way. Here is what we came up with: 1. Simultaneously having in mind both an individual -smaller- and city -wider- scale is key. They interconnect.

2. User centric design assures an in depth wholesome experience to the protagonists for our designs.

3. Systems can intertwined and consequential.

4. Systems can be either tangible or intangible.

5. Time shift is key, spaces are subject to variables you cannot predict.

6. Spaces mean experiences.

7. Places can be viewed from different perspectives: individual, organisation, society etc.

8. Designs should have narratives. A logic, a story, an argumentation to any decision.

9. Design should respond to change and ever-changing surroundings.

10. The context’s community quality of experience is important to keep in mind and try to improve.

11. Sites are living entities, not static.

12. Design should be flexible.

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01.01 SYSTEM MAPPING

“Mapping the possible unintended as well as intended consequences of our actions in casual diagrams can help us anticipate and address problems before they arise.”

KIM, D. , Introduction to Systems Thinking

2D MAPPING SYSTEMS IN COVENTRY’S PUBLIC REALM The first task in the journey of Stage 3 involved mapping different systems in Coventry’s Public Realm which is located within a ring road.

The mappings covered both tangible and intangible systems and infrastructures such as : E M P L ECONOMIC C L C R 22

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In the next few pages I showcase the relevant system mapping to my developed final brief: Homelessness. These supported a lot of process work and informed a major part of the site and site context research.

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The map shows the employment opportunities in Coventry.

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Hedges Trees Evergreen trees

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Markers highlight the institutions of clinical psychologists and drop-in centres, specialised in the diagnosis and management of mental health conditions. Most of these centres are placed in and around residential areas.

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The map shows noise and air pollution.

The map pin-points the locations where it is likely to find food and drinks.

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The map shows areas covered by surveillance cameras and where they connect.

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The map shows areas of a variety of communities and political organisations.

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The map shows areas which affect mental health in both positive and negative ways.

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01 PRIMER 01.02 POP UP

MAPPING CRIME | JUSTICE POP UP Our second task in Primer was looking at 2 systems and mapping them in a creative way through a popup model. Ironically, the 2 systems I was randomly allocated were Crime and Jusice which interconnect and have influences on one another. Therefore, I put together a collage in a pop-up book page format. The middle page contains on both sides words which are relevant to Coventry’s Crime and Justice systems. When designing the model, I considered placing the words in such way they are somewhat antonyms to one another. You can either choose to flip through different words or, when multiple words are flipped, the whole system of words is automatically dragged to one side. With this, I was trying to show how key elements from a system can influence the bigger picture and have a domino effect on the status of the other element within the system.

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CRIME | JUSTICE

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READING CONCRETE ISLAND CHAPTER 01 Through The Crash Barrier To gain a better insight into various systems, our third task was reading chapters from JG Ballard novels. JG Ballard discusses in his books many systems both tangible and intangible. Whilst reading about the main character, we were asked to create a back story in how the protagonist engages with different systems and what effects this has on them.

This drawing reflects the relationship between the protagonist and the transport system. It emulates the idea that the modernisation of the transport system is changing the way we think and the way we act. The visualisation of car parts and roads pouring out from the persons head is a depiction of the fact that we are so unaware of the ways modern technology affects us in our day to day lives.

“Once inside a car some rogue gene, a strain of rashness, overran the rest of his usually cautious and clear-minded character.�

In Concrete Island, Robert Maitland is the key protagonist. Maitlands car is crashed after he passes the speed limet on the new M4 Moterway. The chapter describes Maitlands thought in the half an hour after the crash, from the feeling of relief as he had survived the crash but also the isolation and helplessness as no one stopped to help him.

A key aspect of this chapter is the relationship between the protagonist and the system of transport.

The chapter suggests that once Maitland is met with the system of transport, he becomes he becames a different person and therfore rekless in his driving. SYSTEM TYPE: TRANSPORT

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3D MAPPING

IMMERSIVE MODEL | DREAM BOX The theme of pods indirectly started in Primer. This funnily happened to be the main concept that my future final project revolved around. However, in this task I decided to create a timber pod structure on a smaller, individual box, scale. Thus, I unconsciously explored pods from the very beginning till the end of the year on many different levels and scales.

which gets closer and drums loudly whilst uncovering giant lizards. When awake he can still hear the sun beating and tells other people about his dreams, inevitably influencing them to have the same dream. Towards the end of the chapter the dreams get so deep and intense, he starts to wonder what’s real and what’s not.

In JG Ballard’s Drowned World, Chapter 5, we find Kerans, the protagonist, in a metal box cabhaving a dream. This dream is a recurring dream about the giant pulsing sun rising 30

By creating the dream box my intention was that the user gets into a comfortable state of mind whilst asking himself if what they see is real or not. I tried to create that by

placing pictures of real or modified/fake memories of peers around the year. In this way I desired to create the same perception and effect from the box on every single person that gets in it, just like the protagonists in the chapter have the same feeling lead by the same dream.

“The terrestrial and psychic landscapes were now indistinguishable.”

SYSTEM TYPE: THE BRAIN

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ENTRANCE FIXING SCREWS

ATTACHED PICTURES

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YELLOW PAINTED PANEL AS SUN

GREY PAINTED WOOD PANELS

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UNION MAPPING COVENTRY SYSTEMS

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3D MAPPING

UNION MAPPING | CRIME and SURVEILLANCE As Coventry has the highest crime rate in the UK, the CRIME system was a key piece to be expressed on our union mapping. After 2D mapping CRIME and SURVEILLANCE, a link between the two was found. Thus, I collaborated with another GHOST in order to map out this 3D system. The location we have chosen for the placement of this piece was an intersection between the area with the most crimes committed and CCTV ironically, working, or not.

So, the model pin-points 3 places common for multiple types of crimes commited .

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The model consists of three main elements: the crime scenes, the crime area, and the surveillance system.

The crime scenes are made using 3 tubes connected to syringes that carry red liquid mimicking blood. When the user presses on one of them, the liquid starts pouring and eventually dropping on one of the 3 locations aimed to be shown.

The wooden poles were strategically placed with this in mind.

Surveillance cut functional and non-functional (with a red cross) cameras are attaced to the

metal rods holding the big crime area. The dimensions for them were carefully calculated as we desired the diameter for the functional cameras not reaching the crime scenes.

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FIELD TRIP COVENTRY As Primer came to an end, our understanding of what systmes are and how we can express and expose them developed.

So, we took it a step forward and visited 4 cities to tangibly feel their systems. Our main focus in the UK, Coventry with its sites, and 3 cities in Italy. All of them host buildings which have taught us a great deal on the

TURIN functionality and practicality of a building and how important flexibility is in our world.

In Coventry we discovered our future project sites, as well as a slight underdeveloped world which made me feel almost like in a somewhat dystopian world.

Turin showed us some stunning

IVREA modern buildings such as Lavazza Headquarters as well as some contemporary design in the Regional Theatre. Remarking as well from Turin was the Lingotto Factory for Fiat.

Ivrea was the home to Olivetti manufacturers which formed a community that you could in fact see all along the programme

MILAN of the architecture. The most impressive piece, Hotel La Serra showed us how utopia can be transformed in dystopia upon weathering.

Finally, our last destination in Milan concluded with a truly inspiring building: Prada Foundation.

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COVENTRY ON FILM 02.00

COVENTRY Coventry Cathedral, site visits, Coventry University buildings Coventry’s cathedral designed by basil spence is the central focus of the city, and acts as a memorial for the devastation caused in the blitz. Spence provided a harmonious relationship between the modern cathedral and the old ruins by creating a central threshold which picks up architectural elements from both styles. This is depicted in my sketch of the cathedral (left, top). Though the cathedral has maintained the historical ruins of the cathedral, the rest of the city emanates an underlying feeling of historical amnesia due to the city being completely rebuilt by Donald Gibson.

Coventry became a city built primarily on the ideals of the 1950’s and 60’s; traffic free shopping precincts (left, bottom) dominate the city centre with rooftop car parks located near the perimeter of the ring road. Though Coventry became one of the most popular retail city’s in the UK following the redesign of the city centre, it slowly lost its cultural value and is now empty and vague in atmosphere.

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IVREA Hotel La Serra Ivrea hosts Olivetti’s community old buildings.

The whole town developed under the aim of offering Olivetti’s workers the most comfortable and wholesome way of living. Ivrea and its buildings was amongst the firsts for its time to couple living and working in the same built construction.

Thus, Hotel La Serra was once a model for workers rights and an inspiration for wll known mised-use programme in Architecture.

The building has an impressive form reminding of the Metabolist movement and was inspired by Olivetti’s creations: the typewriter.

Its design helps uniting people through activities and interrupting more or less the clear line between public and private which was a key aspect for the Tetris Centre.

However, above all this building and town showed us how structures which are built in a specific way for a specific purpose (i.e the rooms cantilevering) and are abandoned they can no longer be re-used and become redundant. This taught us how architects need to look at a wide frame of time when designing and consider the surrounding site alive.

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MILAN Prada Foundation Milan presented some exceptional architectural points such as shadow gaps and material finishes. The Prada Foundation was particularly influential as it helped me understand how materials can be used together to create a dynamic and engaging experiences. The mushroom room (middle left) was exciting as it used lighting and textures to engage the viewer. The Prada Foundation was Particularly interesting as it focused on interesting architectural details such as staircases, handrails and materiality, which envoke both harmonious and invigorating compositions.

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REINTEGRATION SYSTEM Identification of SITE

The site is located in Coventry City Centre’s Public Realm. The city centre is outlined by a ring road and has multiple types of areas within. The location of site 4 is in a dense commercial area with multiple retail points. However, as seen on our mapping explorations in Primer, this area has multiple issues regarding the crime system. Thus, I was interested to explore it on our trip to Coventry.

As I had an insight into what the site had to offer, I quickly came to identify multiple homeless people trying to find a roof to shelter under. Therefore, I asked myself a crucial question which turned to be the key to the next steps in my project: What’s the link between CRIME and HOMELESNESS? Can Architecture help towards improving it?

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Importance of our studio mainfesto statements according to my project’s initial design strategies.

After researching about Homelesness, and looking into what causes it, I then began to think what architectural solutions could be created to help them. The diagram aside shows the initial thoughts, mapped out.

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-bed and breakfast (B&B)-homeless hostel-self-contained rented flat or house-eligible for homeless who have referrals from council, self-referred, book by a certain time, have a local connection, might have to be claiming benefits to live in them, some have conditionings for pets/alcohol etc-running only during the night -free sometimes 2/5pounds-around 3 months whilst the application is being processed-

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Conditions: (1)legally homeless- have been evicted from your home, are asked to leave by friends or family, must leave due to violence, can’t stay due to fire or flood, are sleeping on the streets; (2)meet the immigration conditions; (3)in priority need ex pregnant, have kids etc; (4) homeless through not your own fault; (5)need connection for the area

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HOMELESS

TYPE 1 coming to centre to reintegrate, learn get financially independent and leave

HOMELESS

TYPE 2 long term not being able to work, because of disability or old age

65% alone 35& couples

LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNEMPLOYMENT OR LOSING JOB POVERTY- LOW INCOMES

MENTAL ILLNESS AND LACK OF SERVICES SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND LACK OF SERVICES

JOB AND ACCOMMODATION

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POSSIBLE SOLUTION

REASONS FOR BECOMING HOMELESS

JOB , ACCOMMODATION, SERVICES, SENSE OF COMMUNITY

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WIDER PUBLIC

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POSSIBLE SOLUTION

SEXUAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE FAMILY BREAKDOWN VICTIM OF CRIME

JOB , ACCOMMODATION, MENTAL SUPPORT

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modular

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HOUSING UNITS

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lightweight

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through nature

treatments for different diseases

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courses/classes

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SKILL LEARNING AND EDUCATION

educational spaces for kids-kindergarten a space to socialize and learn

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After analysing, researching and trying to understand how homelessness works, what approaches are being dealt with nowadays in the UK and what exactly are the reasons for becoming homeless I began to try and find methods in which spaces could try and help solution these reasons. The first thing I knew my system needed was a reintegration unit as I believe experiences and actions can change more than just a temporary hostel. Therefore, I began to look at what potential spaces could be used.

STAGING 03

COMPOSITE SPATIALISED MOMENT OF INTERFACE 03.05

A JOURNEY FOR SOCIETAL REINTEGRATION SYSTEMATICALLY EXPLORING PROGRAMME OPPORTUNITIES

COMPOSITE SPATIALISED DRAWING Moment of Interface Through this diagrammatic programme I explored routes which the private -yellow- and public -red- users would take in the building.

Homeless people would have a separate route from the public passers, yet intertwining in some points. This informed the design strategy I took for the internal spatial configuration of the building as I desired to find a way in which integration of the ‘private’ to the ‘public’ happens indirectly through the space with a play in levels and views.

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WOOD FACADE A MINI POD STUDY One of the biggest aims in this project was finding an appropriate way to temporarily and adaptably accommodate homeless people around the main service part of the construction complex. I had roughly decided an open source design method would be approached as it seemed the most appropriate for making personal, quick, adaptable and affordable pods for housing.

Therefore, looking into how these are built from plywood, I wondered if I could express the purpose of the building through the facade. Thus, a CNC cut 90

screen facade started being explored for the external materiality of the centre.

I started testing different ways of using wood fins and arranging them in multiple ways to not only see the aesthetics it offers but to also explore a play of light and shadows.

Moreover, by imagining layering them in front of a transparent surface I tried to arrange them at different distances and heights and explore how these would create different levels of privacy and transparancy.

Lastly, another aspect I had in mind when playing with this study was rather technological, thinking how much shading these would provide during summer or winter months depending on the facade orientation.

In the end, I found this really helpful for deciding the most appropriate facade design, when having all of the above factors in mind. This system would be not only appropriate on a large scale for the centre but also for the small housing pods facades.

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STRATEGIES DESIGN A HOLISTIC FEELING OF REINTEGRATION After looking at types and reasons for becoming homeless and trying to find an answer and solution for each, I looked at how could Architecture have a saying and support in reducing the number of homeless people in Coventry.

I understood that reintegration doesn’t only mean services or housing separetly, but rather they work hand in hand. So, my main aim was to provide a type of ‘Housing First’ system like in the nordic countries, where the homeless people 96

have access to a house, essentially an addres, which provides them numerous job opportunities just from the simple fact of owning an ID. Then, the other factor that has driven me to take any decision was giving them opportunities to learn skills. Perhaps, some of them have not had the chance to an education, so, a vocational teaching system seemed appropriate. More than that, after learning certain skills in these vocational spaces, I wanted the users to have a

direct opportunity of employment in the centre with the skills they were taught there. Another aspect I also had in mind was encouraging them through the spaces for a healthy, wholesome lifestyle for improved mental health and wellbeing. Lastly, but certainly not least, through my Architecture I looked to have common spaces for both newly welcomed homeless users and the wide public for a holistic feeling of integration and reintegration.

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HOW CAN SPACES | ARCHITECTURE HELP

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MASTER PLAN STRATEGIES TESTING IN CONTEXT After exploring my design strategies I started to think deeper into the context and site analysis that I have done earlier. I started to wonder how the people move through the site, and how i could still atract them into my building for homeless reintegration purposes.

I didn’t want my building to have a massive impact on the current planning, but what I did

How can I leave circulation flow through the site whilst inviting people in?

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How can I improve greenery and nature around the site?

How can the building be private yet still public for reintegration purposes?

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SYSTEM

MAPPING SPATIAL MASSING THROUGH PROCESSES The next step I took was looking at the processes that would happen through my building. As protagonists and users are a crucial part of my design, I found this approach very rewarding.

Using wires and different transparencies of materials I tried to look at the routes the protagonists would take through my building and identify where the public and the private are intertwining.

Besides this I tried to map out privacy levels through the building using layers.

The most informative part of this mapping was exploring how private and public spaces can be combined. This model showed me that this could be done through plays in levels. Moreover it pushed me to find an appropriate construction system for the modulars which I imagined would be assembled through a JIGSAW|LEGO system for flexibility and temporality.

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SKETCHES DEVELOPMENT

Through these sketches developments I explored the spatial configuration of the building after the contextualising model. I knew I was looking for a main threshold that would allow the public to have a pathway through my building to invite them in. I desired to make this invite and threshold because the building’s system in itself is a threshold from being homeless to reintegrating into society. Moreover, these sketches let me explore ways I can play with levels for indirect encouragement of integration between public and private.

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CIVIC ARCHITECTS- LOCHAL LIBRARY

FOSTERS + -OPEN OFFICE BUILDING

MVRDV - Roskilde School

3XN - UNSW Mixed use tower

After making progress with the sketches, knowing the type of public circulation and open walkway I desired for my design, I searched for appropriate precedents. All the precedents I looked at inspired me from different perspectives such as: materiality, lighting, accessibility, openness, engagement with the public and circulation.

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After I decided that the newly homeless people would be welcomed in, have a temporary housing unit, be encouraged to a healthy lifestyle and learn skills, I then looked at how I can accomodate all of these programmes into my building. Each floor has a certain privacy level, the higher you go, the more private it gets, yet shafts are provided for a play of level and views.

I was looking to have a circulation that flows, hence why potentially craning in bridges. This was everywhere through the centre except I was looking to make a cut in the levels where the public has access through the public stairs on the first floor due to privacy reasons for the upper levels. It was a true challenge to try and think how could both homeless and the wider public be satisfied, but I tested more and more.

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Rehabilitation and Mindfulness POD type 1 POD type 2 Housing roof Educational Workshops, offices, educational Retail and cafes Basement pod workshop Structure and cores

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STRUCTURE STRATEGY A

insulation

18mm structural plywood CNC cut frame

structural beam assembled by fixing of cut plywood frames as a jigsaw and some wood/steel pegs

18mm x2 structural plywood connector

18mm x2 structural plywood battens

EXISTING BULL YARD BUILDING

EXISTING CONCRETE FRAME

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WikiHouse JIGSAW

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Moreover, besides having sustainability in mind, as the whole concept of reinte made, I looked closer to their way of assemblage. As they fit together just like a building for this reason too, as the internal and external pods and spaces fit as

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egration in the centre revolves around temporary housing and their way of being a JIGSAW, I decided to go for a contained arrangement of the spaces inside the s cubes into their designated space, informed by the structure, just like a puzzle.

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When developing the plans for the pods I asked myself how can the same structured be easily changed, dettached and be replaced for the new users. How can I internally configure it in such way that it can be used in almost the same way. Having space above, stacking seemed the right answer and having different roof structures with higher or lower pitches.

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A SYSTEM OF PODS

‘It’s easier to ship recipes than cakes and biscuits’ THE LIFE OF THE POD THE STATUS OF REINTEGRATION The system I chose in the end for building temporary housing for the homeless was using inspiration from WikiHouse. I found this system incredibly intriguing and really appropriate for the cycle I wanted to create with the housing units. First of all, I chose this because I was looking to give the homeless people the opportunity to feel like they belong to something personal, of theirs, a home. One that they could design, put their hands on, construct, and make personal by cladding it in their own way and even designing the furniture for it in the basement workshop.

I looked at this cycle as not only a sustainable solution but as a status metaphore for their reintegration journey. When they are welcomed in, their status is full, as they use the services, learn skills, employ themselves their status goes weaker and weaker and in the end they leave the centre behind. The ‘life’ of the pod is in concordance with this status.

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IN REINTEGRATION CENTRE

1.Homeless people welcomed to reintegration centre

ADAPTABLE FACADE MODULARS

4. Disassembly of facade. Facades taken to recycle. Structure remains until next homeless decides the appropriate modular type.

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THE CYCLE LIFE OF TEMPORARY PODS

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As I have explored previously in Thinking Through Making, I would’ve liked to keep the materiality and facade of the Tetris Centre to express the purpose and use of the building.

Therefore, I decided to go for a screen cladding system in order to allow for change when newer ways of construction and materials are developed in the building. Thus, I imagined now this could be created on site, in the basement workshop. I chose accoya wood as it is a weathering resistant type of wood. cc Accoya, 2019

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As years pass by new technologies come our ways . Biomaterials are a keen interest of mine and whilst exploring with them in depth this year I realised how easy it is to play and grow them . For this reason the Tetris Centre has fermentation workshop spaces for such materials which could be potentially used in the future on t he f acade or all around .

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