Year 2 Final Project by Mohamed Joheb Patel

ARCH 2051

PORTFOLIO

MOHAMED PATEL P17196985 MARK HILLIER

CONTENTS DESIGN BRIEF NARRATIVE

SITE ANALYSIS: EXISTING SITE PERMEABILITY SITE CONSTRAINTS SUN PATH STUDY

PRECEDENTS: PROCESS: PROPOSAL: SITE PLAN FLOOR PLANS SECTIONS ELEVATION AXONOMETRIC

RENDERS: EXTERIOR RENDERS INTERIOR RENDERS

TECHNICAL DRAWING: A1 BOARDS:

DESIGN BRIEF

This studio aims to design a new extension to the New Walk Museum to house. The new building will provide an ‘art + architecture’ school as an extension to the existing ‘New Walk Art Gallery’. The building should consider light as the prime generator of the architectural form - the idea of light and architecture is evident in al buildings that admit light - your goal is to manipulate light to provide: an emotive force within the building; to provide the best possible light for the activities within the building, and; to provide a sense of well-being for the users of the building. The proposed building should be predominantly below ground level (min. 80% below ground). This will allow you to consider the setting of a smaller building above ground and thus give you the possibility to consider the landscaping of the remaining site with more imagination. The setting of the building should respond to the surrounding b uildings and its immediate relationship with the surrounding landscape.

NARATIVE

The project is to build an arts and architecture school consisting of an exhibition centre and cafe open to the public. The site is located in New Walk 5 min away from the city centre. The area is a small conservation site beside the New Walk Museum which exhibits artwork on a global scale. From a design perspective I was inspired by the criteria in the brief which required us to build an arts school which sparked the idea of creating a building in the form of an art piece. So, I designed a building which looks like a sculpture from the outside inviting the public to view the artwork inside. The idea of the slanted walls comes from the angle of the sunlight during the day, which is at 33 degrees, so the walls are slanted to ensure maximum light from the lightwells. The building has been separated into private and public space with the exhibition and café acting as a public space and all the rooms underground for student as a private space. The key part of my design was to allow the students to circulate through the building with ease and making as many walls follow the same angle of 33 degrees. The rooms have been arranged to give maximum light into areas such as studios and library as my researched showed a correlation between light and the mental health of human beings. The rooms such as workshops and lecture rooms consist of artificial light and rooms such as library have been prioritised with natural sunlight as these are heavily occupied areas.

SITE ANALYSIS

EXISTING SITE

PERMEABILITY

SITE CONSTRAINTS

SUN PATH STUDY

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12:00

15:00

18:00

21:00

Overall from the study it shows that during summer months the site gets light throughout the day whereas during winter months its minimal. This is due to adjacdent buildings casting shadow over the site.

PRECEDENTS STUDIES

LOUVRE ABU DHABI

RONCHAMP

RODEN CRATER

EXHIBITION CENTERS

FORM CREATING & DEVELOPMENT

FORM FINDING

DEVELOPMENT

PROCESS

Started project looking at ways to bring in light through a building and how light can be refracted, reflected or directly brought in. Also started looking at existing work in the world and techniques theyve used.

Using the main central tree and a basic site plan i started to look into connections of the rooms required in the building. This would help with the desiging of the floor plans and the development of the overground building. It would also help to understand the circulation of people around the building. One key thing is that it would help to understand which rooms required most natural light and which one required less.

PROCESS

Using sectional drawings as the main way to communicate the idea and show the entering of light i started drawing sections showing room allocations and how light would enter those rooms. This picture shows that a main central staicase or central area which is uninteruppted would allow the light go down to the bottom floor. Also this design uses a glass walkway to allow light in a room which cannot benefit from the central space

In this picture ive started to experiment different ways to bring in light which include an outdoor light well and having more glazing on roof to increase the amount of natural light into the lower floors. Also considered using glass walkways indoors to allow additional light underground.

PROCESS

This drawing shows another concept which would have two light wells allows both with glass walkways. The middle one would be used as a staircase and acts as an access point into the underground floors.

Another similar concept but this one having a glass walkway outdoors and having the light come right through to the studio space underground. At the point i decided to have the studio space at the bottom as that takes up the majority of room in the building. Also i had planned the overground buildings as the exhibition center and the cafe opent to public.

PROCESS

This drawing increases the amont of light underground making the light access points to three. Also i started to play around with the underground walls making them slanted which reflects my final deisgn proposal.

This drawing shows a different approch with making the internal underground walls offsetting to the left slighly. This again reflects on the way i deisgned the final idea.

PROCESS

Another concept where i wouold have two sets of light wells going down but one would be outside and acts as an exterior hanging garden. The idea was to have outdoor seating for the cafe where people would be able to see into the lower floors of the school

PROCESS

This idea was having double stairwells for easy access and using the same idea of the the cafe next to the hanging garden. The green shows the natural entering the building.

At this point i have looking into ways of bringing light into the building underground but i still had to figure out how i would add light into the overground structure so i came up with multiple forms and looked at way natural light could be maximised and allow the light into the underground building without blocking.

PROCESS

Using my previous form and using the development of the lower floors i pulled together a section which would bring in enough light into the main rooms underground. This is where i started to consider the positioning of rooms and making sure it all fits and gets enough light. I started to look at all the ways light could be brought in and what additional things i could do to increase it. I made some changes by adding glass walkways and see through floors which would allow some sort of light beneath without losing privacy.

I continued developing this form and rearrange the rooms to improve natural light. In this particular page ive added a new light source which is fibre optics. i did some research into fibre optics and how light could be caught above ground and brought undergound without having to add huge amount of glazing.

PROCESS

I started to draw up solid sections so that it is easier to see the areas where light could be brought in. I started to look into ways to improve lighting into the main studio and add some sort of light into all the rooms.

Using the sections i started to draw out floor plans and see if the arrangments works as circulation is very important. I would have the overground and lower floor the same plan but have the lower floor 2 much larger which would house the main studio. In these floor plans i added the staircase which is a vital part of the circulation linking the overground building to the underground.

PROCESS

This Drawing shows the circulation of the building and where the entrances could be. I also started to look into possible materials for the overground structure as i had to make it sculptural as possible. This drawing also includes a new development with having a large hole in the center having the staircase.

PROCESS

Using my research data and the brief i started to plan out my spaces with sizes and looking into arrangments of WC and staircase. I decided on the entrance to be on either side of the cafe for easy access and one for the exhibition center. Also planned on the orientation of the building to maximise natural light.

Using the overground building as a model to work on i started to do a new arrangement of rooms to priorities some rooms than others in terms of natural light. Using sectional drawings i put arrows where natural light into the rooms would be possible

PROCESS

Looking at the section i started to draw out different designs in floor plan and how the arrangments would work. I started annotating which rooms goes where and how the circulation is.

Here i started to look at the light wells and positioning as rooms such as lecture halls dont require natural light.

PROCESS

Using Overlaying techniques i continued to develop the the section and improve the amount of light. I started to look into how i could keep the slanted walls underground and make the staircase slanted. I noticed that i would need to make the overground building big enough to increase the space for staircase as having a narrow staircase wouldnt allow much light into the underground areas.

I started to look into possible facade design for the overground structure. I thought about what i wanted the building to be which was sculpture so i decided to do a corten steel cladding. In this drawing i started to look into how the cladding would be attached to the concrete wall and how the underground structure would be made.

PROCESS

I started to develop the section and floor plans into a model which highlighted few issues with the overall design. It allowed me to address these issues and see if the rooms actaully fit together properly. Making a model and using tools from revit allowed me to see the actaul size of the rooms and what additional space i had.

From the sections i understood how the staircase would work as its slanted. But creating a model helped me out i could use the staircase to place the rooms bit better.

PROCESS

The early model sections show that the cafe would host the toilets and lift and the exhibition center hosting the main staircase. The front light well on the left would be a main source of light into the library and the rear one would be for the studio

This just shows how thee staircase works as it drifts along from left to right following the 33 degree angle.

PROCESS

I moved the staircase back to the wall and used the wall to keep the staircase in line. This allowed the staircase to slowly move forward to give that slanted feel. I also increaed the space for the admin office and the lecture hall.

PROCESS

This drawing shows the slanted walls which goes into the underground and also shows how the staircase works as it also slants with the wall.

In this picture u can see the overall design and how the glazing works. It also shows that nearly every wall is angled to give the whole feel about the building being slanted.

PROCESS

I inputted the model into the site so see how the orientation would work and how the building generally looks on the site. It also gave me a better understanding of the landscape and what ive got left to work with.

I started drawing out possible landscape ideas and i wanted to use the current around the building to make the paths. I also looked at the movement of public in the park as its important that it doesnt stop the flow of people.

PROCESS

One of the most important part of the building was having the fire escapes. After many ideas i decided to make the fire exit to an external point. It would require me to have an additonal staircase for this and it wouldnt fit into any part of the existign building and floor plans. I decided to create a small corridor which would lead into a small staircase going up. The staircase would be away from the building. Also it meant that i could use the small corridor for the WCs so that its not directly visible in any room.

I used the same corridor for the lower floor creating and series of corridors leading out of the building. This allowed the main building to be undistrupted.

PROCESS

Started to develop a detailed section on how the corten stell cladding would join and the structure of the wall.

PROPOSAL

SITE PLAN 1:500

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:200

The final floor plan has changed alot since the start and the big change i made to the final plan was the entrance point. The entrance is now from the front which is a glass walkway over the library and the commons room. The entrance also holds the WCs now as it does not disturb the flow of the building. The cafe hosts a central island with seating around it which allows a continued flow between the exhibition centre and the cafe.

LOWER GROUND FLOOR 1 1:200

The Lower ground plan 1 is a complex plan with the staircase slighly moving places due to the slanted walls. The area around the staircase becomes the main circulation area and also becomes a key part which of bringing natural light underground. The lecture hall is on the right and the admin offices on the left. The studio in at the bottom with the large lightwell to bring in the majority of the light from overground.

LOWER GROUND FLOOR 2 1:200

The floor plan changes again for the lower ground plan 2 with the staircase shifting again slightly due to the slanted walls. The large studio is illuminated with the lightwell and also the library at the front. On either side of the plan there is a small corridor for WCs and on the right the corridor will lead into the fire exit.

LOGITUDINAL SECTION 1:200

The section is probably the best drawing as it shows alot of things. The angles are very clear and how they become the main focul point of my design and how the entire building revolves around it. The section also shows the placement of the lift and where it starts and end.

SHORT SECTION 1:200

This short section is very important to see the arrangements of the rooms. It shows how the central circulation space links into the rooms around it. It also shows the amount of glazing in the interior to maximise the use of natural light.

EAST ELEVATION 1:200

NORTH ELEVATION 1:200

SOUTH ELEVATION 1:200

WEST ELEVATION 1:200

AXONOMETRIC

RENDERS

EXTERIOR VIEW

INTERIOR VIEWS

TECHNICAL DRAWING

DETAIL SECTION

A1 BOARD