Feasibility Report Final Project

Feasibility Report

Feasibility Report Students’ Anti-Stress Centre Angel

by Nadezda Suvorova

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Š Nadezda Suvorova Interior Architecture and Design Student ID: 15073550 Module title: Final Project (IAD) Module Code: 6CTA1101-0905 Tutors: Erica Liu, Marek Szubert University of Hertfordshire Sep 2019 - May 2020

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CONTENTS

01 Site Analysis

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Social Analysis

History of the site / Environmental Analysis/ Accessibility/ Weather Analysis/

Age structure/ Economic Activity/ Crime rates in the area/

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Building Analysis

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Heritage statement/ Exterior & Interior Analysis/

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Programme/ Client & Sponsors/ Stress survey/ Precedent studies/ Project brief justification/ S.W.O.T. Analysis/

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Project Brief

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Conclusion

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References

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History of the site / Environmental Analysis/ Accessibility/ Weather Analysis/

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Introduction Scientists have long discovered that “stress pill”, alas, does not exist. Research has shown that students are no less stressed than other groups of people and that can have an effect on their well-being, behavior, mental health, studies and daily life. A huge amount of studies, personal problems, relationships and much more affect people’s well-being and mental health .

The Students’ Anti Stress Center Angel has been created to help students deal with stress.

This center is not aimed to be a clinic, but rather an engaging place to relax with different activities, calm down, even have some fun and put your thoughts in order. Collaboration with a brand such as Instagram will help to achieve the fun factor in the project and attract students to the center.

The site for chosen program is ‘The Mall’ 359 Upper st, The Angel located in Islington, London N1 0PD. Due to it’s central location and good transportation links it makes it easy to access.

It is long and narrow Grade II listed building included in The Angel Conservation area. It is a good challenge to renovate such a building into a unique design without affecting the historical layers.

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History of the site/ Environmental Analysis/ Accessibility/ Weather Analysis/

Site Analysis

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Location Plan

The site is located within the Angel Conservation Area.

Green - Islington Conservation areas.

Black- the Angel Conservation area.

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Block Plan

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Site Proposal 359 UPPER STREET, THE ANGEL, ISLINGTON, LONDON N1 PD

Upper Street is the main shopping street of the Islington district of inner north London, and carries the A1 road. It begins at the junction of the A1 and Pentonville Road and City Road, and runs roughly northwards past Angel Underground station, then past the Business Design Centre, then splits at Islington Green (where Essex Road, formerly named Lower Street, branches off), then past the Screen on the Green cinema, the town hall, ending at Highbury & Islington tube station on Highbury corner, where the A1 carries on as Holloway Road. The southernmost 500 metres (0.31 mi), from the junction to Islington Green, also carries the historical name of Islington’s High Street.

It contains many fashionable shops, pubs, restaurants and theatres, including the now closed Granita restaurant where Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were said to have made their deal on the future leadership of the Labour Party.

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Upper Street

Brief History

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Once known as ‘The Devil’s Mile’ (on account of crime levels and drunkenness), Upper Street has seen it all.

Originally a hilltop village serving local farmland, Upper Street and Lower Street (as Essex Road was once known) have been in existence since the 12th century. Henry VIII (1491-1547) used to hunt for ducks in the ponds just off Upper Street and writer and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (15541618) is said to have owned a pub on Essex Road. There was a sprinkling of public houses by the early 17th century alongside tradesmen’s cottages but as the gentry began to depart, so many of their houses were converted to inns.

Redevelopment really got underway in the 18th century – the first houses were built where Islington Town Hall now stands.

At that time Upper Street and Liverpool Road were well trodden routes by farmers and animals accessing the nearby Royal Agricultural Hall (now the Business Design Centre). That’s why the pavements are high (1m above the road at some points) – to stop pedestrians being splashed by the large numbers of passing animals.

Charles Dickens described the area in 1870 as: “amongst the noisiest and most disagreeable thoroughfares in London.”

(Local Buyers Club, n.d.)

Upper St, looking north c.1840. With permission from Islington Local History Centre

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Stakeholders

1850 Tram Shed 1850

Electricity Substation 1940s

The Mall Antique Arcade

Superdry Store

Jack Willls Store

Restaurant

Sofa.com showroom since 2016

What’s next

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01 Site analysis

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The site is at The Mall, 359 Upper Street, with facades also found at adjacent Islington High Street, Duncan Street, and Gateway arcade. It was built in 1905-6 as an electricity transformer station and tram depot, because of the electrification of trams at the beginning of the 1900s.

Electricity Substation and tram depot in 1909

The building was built by E.Vincent Harris of the London County council architects, with details inspired by George Dance II’s Newgate Prison.

In approx. 1933 the ownership of the substation was passed to the London Passenger Transport Board but as transport evolved the trams were replaced by buses in the early 1960s, and there was no longer a requirement for the electricity substation and tram depot and the building was left derelict for nearly 20 years.

West View of Newgate by George Shepherd (1784-1862)

In 1979 the building was converted internally into an antiques market with individual retail units to the existing ground and basement floors. At one time the Antiques Market housed over 35 dealers. The mezzanine was created during this renovation to provide a restaurant.

In 2008 most of the individual retail units were empty, so site was sold by London & associated properties (LAP) to PRUIPIM and in 2009 the site was refitted into a single retail unit.

Upper Street circa. 1950

(planning.islington.gov.uk, 2014) Until 2016 the site was allocated for Superdry store.

From February it was redesigned for Sofa.com, which is a current occupier of the building.

The Mall as an Antiques Market 2005

The Mall as Superdry Store 2015

Sofa.com showroom 2019

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Site Neighborhood Landmarks Retail Stores As Upper street is a main shopping street of Islington there are many retail stores around the site. There is Also Angel Central Shopping Mall which provides even more varieties of shops.

Cafes & Restaurants There are less cafes and restaurants around the site, but quite few are concentrated on the one side of Islington High Street.

St. John Evangelist Primary School Turning right from the site on Duncan street and passing by couple of buildings there will be St. Jonh Church and St, John Evangelist Primary School.

Royal Bank of Scotland There is also RBS located between the Angel underground station and the site. It is the biggest building in the area.

O2 Academy (3 mins walk west) is an indoor music venue situated in the Shopping Centre accessible via Upper St. and Liverpool St. Business Design Center (2 mins walk north) is one of London’s most popular conference and exhibition venues with over 250 events and 900,000 visitors a year.

Islington Green War Memorial (3 mins walk north) Little Angel Theatre (7 mins walk north) is a 100-seat puppet theatre for children and their families Almeida Theatre (10 mins walk north ) is a 325-seat studio theatre with an international reputation, produces a diverse range of drama, successful plays are often transferred to West End theatres Sadler’s Wells Theatre (8 mins walk south) is a performing arts venue in Clerkenwell. It is renowned as one of the world’s leading dance venues, s also responsible for the management of the Peacock Theatre in the West End.

Retail Stores

Cafes & Restaurants

Angel Central Shopping Mall

St. John Evangelist Primary School

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Circulation Main vehicle routes

Pedestrian routes

From the map it can be clearly seen that pedestrian and vehicle routes are located in close proximity to each other. Both of the routes are loaded which creates a very high traffic density especially during peak hours.

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Transportation How to get to the site Angel area is easily accessed as it is located in the center of London and well served by public transport, it also carries A1 road. This section will be explored through analysis of accessibility maps. It will expore how to get to the site from Hatfield and London King’s Cross Station.

As the site is located near King’s Cross St. Pancras Station it takes around 15 minutes to get to the site with every transportation. However, it takes longer to travel from Hatfield as the fastest travel will take around 1 hour with 1 change.

Accessibility to the site will be explored through: 1) Driving from Hatfield to Upper St. Transit using public transport (bus, train and underground) from Hatfield to Upper St. 2) Driving from London King’s Cross to Upper St. Travelling via Public Tranport: Bus and Undergraound Cycling & Walking from London King’s Cross to Upper St.

Routes and time will be carefully analyzed through use of the map to find the best traveling options.

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DRIVING From Hatfield to 359 Upper St

The Map shows that the fastest driving way will take approximately 1 hour 12 minutes through A1 (M) road.

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Travelling via Public Transport From Hatfield to 359 Upper St

Another way to get to 359 Upper St., is to travel via public transport which take 1 hour 2 minutes. It is faster and no traffic guaranteed (which can affect driving journey).

To get from UH to 359 Upper street you can take a bus (5-10 mins) pr walk (30 mins) to the Hatfield Station. Trains to London King’s Cross departs every 30 mins and the journey takes from 20 to 30 mins. It’s better to take direct train to London King’s Cross rather than getting off Finsbury Park or other stations to avoid many changes which can affect the journey. Arriving King’s Cross Station the fastest way to get to the site is taking Underground to Angel Station and walk from there for 2-3 mins.

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Traveling from King’s Cross

The Map shows that the fastest driving way will take approximately 10 mins from London King’s Cross to the site through A501.

Cycling trough A501 turning to A1 (M) will take around 8 mins. Walking the same way, however, will take longer - around 20 mins.

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Travelling from King’s Cross via Public Transport

Another way to get to the site is via bus. There is a need of going outside and walking for a minute to the bust stop. You can take either 30 or 73 buses where journey will take around 9 mins with no traffic on the roads. As it was said before Central London has very loaded roads especially during peak times it can affect the journey.

Angel station

The fastest and most convenient way of getting to the site from King’s Cross station is traveling via underground. Underground can be accessed directly from Train station as well ass many other entrances around. Taking Northern line it will take only 3 mins to travel. There is no need to change as Northern line goes straight to Angel Station. There is a need to walk to the site from the station but it only takes 2 mins.

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Weather Analysis One of the key aspects that can affect the building therefore a chosen program as well are sun path & shading. Analyzing sun path can provide us an information about amount of natural light, shadows in the area and temperature.

Understanding this information can have a great impact on the design process which can benefit the outcome in relation to human well-being and health.

Sun path

01 Site analysis

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Shading in the area According to the drawing below taller buildings located on the right side cast shadows. During winter season building get more shadowing from nearby buildings; it gets lesser shadings in summer.

From the drawing it can be also seen that the building way smaller than other buildings nearby which can block the light.

Elevation Duncan St.

Elevation Upper St.

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Sun Path Based on the figures shown on the next page it can be seen that as the sun rises from the west, the site building couldn’t get much amount of sunlight due to the buildings located on the right during winter, however, it gets enough sunlight during summer season and the sun is higher on the sky. The site building only gets the most amount of sunlight during the noon hours. As the building is blocked by other buildings and there is luck of sun due to it’s low position, the temperature during winter will be slightly colder than around buildings which are not blocked.

01 Site analysis

The proposed design (that will be discussed in design proposal section) due to lack of light will include roof replacement to allow the building get more natural light throughout the day. Material and shape of new roof will be carefully considered during the design process to overcome extreme heat during summer season.

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Vegetation According to the research nature has a great affect of human mental health, due to the proposed anti-stress program, we will explore the greenery around the area that can positively affect the visitors.

From the map below we can see that green area is only on the one side of a building, however, there are more greenery opposite the road.

During summer it makes space more attractive and ‘alive’.

Due to the specific building construction the greenery can not be seen from the inside of a building, therefore it might be considered bringing some nature inside for positive affect on visitors well-being.

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Noise Level Noise level map below shows that there are 5 sources of noise around the building. Source A is the noise coming from the A1 (M) road, where are many vehicles are passing by. Due to the location on the side of the road the noise coming from all the transport can have a great effect on the building. Source B is the more weak noise that comes from the people on the streets. It is weaker because many people are passing by the building, there are no street performances or outside sitting areas.

Due to specific construction of a building (will be explored in building analysis section) the noise does not have a great impact to the inside.

But to reduce sound impact even more there are some things to consider: Applying sound proofing materials , dividing activities by noise level, allocating quiet and relaxing activities away from the noise sources to the basement level.

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Summary History of the building can affect the proposed design. It is important to understand all historical factors to preserve important historical layers where needed.

Accessibility is important for analysing as it can affect the proposed design. The central location of the building is beneficial for almost every programme as the site can be easily accessed.

However, in the current project sun paths has a greater affect than other factors, therefore it is needed to create a design that will allow more natural light in the space.

All of the factors discussed above will be taken into consideration while the design process to achieve better performance of the building

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Age structure/ Economic Activity/ Crime rates in the area/

Social Analysis

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Islington

Population

Age Structure

Quantity of males and females in the area of Islington is approximately the same.

Most common resident age in this area is between 20 to 59 which are mosly students and full-time employees.

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Most economically active people in the area of Islington are full-time employees and self-employed people (freelancers and owning a business).

Also there are lots of full-time students who are likely having part time jobs.

Most economically inactive are students, which there are almost the same quantity as self-employed people and even more than part-time employees.

According to statistics there are approximately 22,680 students in the area of Islington which is around 14% of all usual residents.

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Industry

As we can see from the statistics most of the people living in the area of Islington are involved in professional, scientific and technical activities, which is almost 20%. 10% are involved in information and communication activities. Education and human health and social work activities are around 9.7% each together forming another 20% of Industry in the area.

Occupation

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Crime Rates in the Area Analyzing Crime rates in the area can give an understanding whether the design should also address protective functions to the users.

The design features can be made to give extra protection from the variety of threads outside or making opposite - opening up a place.

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This report covers amount and types of crime in the Islington Built-up area sub division in London (GSS code E35000168).

All figures are sourced from the Metropolitan Police Service.

All crimes recorded in August 2019 in Angel area.

According to Metropolitan Police Service there were 209 crimes recorded in August 2019. 54 near Angel underground station and 34 near The Mall on Upper St.

All crimes recorded in August 2019 in Upper St. Taking closer look at the map there were 11 different crimes near Duncan St and 22 crimes near 359 Upper St.

All crimes recorded in August 2019 near The Mall, 359 Upper St. Looking even more closer it can be seen that 15 crimes were reordered between 359 and 357 Upper St. Totally 26 crimes recorded near proposed area.

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02 Social analysis

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Comparing criminal damage and arson rate statistics with shoplifting rate, both are lower than most similar group average, around 5 records per 1000 people. Comparing Islington with Kensington and Chelsea the criminal damage and arson rate is approximately the same, but the shoplifting rate is almost 50% lower.

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Summary Social analysis provides better understanding of people leaving in the area and potential users.

Economical factors are providing information about economical situation in the area and how that can affect visiting rates of the site and it also helps to establish the programme.

Crime rates also help with the design process, whether some part of the building should be better protected to prevent crimes.

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THE MALL 359 UPPER STREET

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HERITAGE STATEMENT Overview

Heritage Category: Listed Building Grade: II List Entry Number: 1297948 Date first listed: 19-Apr-1990 Date of most recent amendment: 30Sep-1994 Statutory Address: THE MALL, 359, UPPER STREET Year: 1905-1906 Architect: Vincent Harris of the LCC Architects dept National Grid Reference: TQ 31537 83397

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TQ3183SE UPPER STREET 6351/65/887 (South East side) 19/04/90 No.359 The Mall Includes: The Mall ISLINGTON HIGH STREET. Former electricity transformer station and tram depot, now shops and restaurant. 1905-6 by the LCC Architect’s Department. Yellow brick set in English bond, stone dressings, roof of Welsh slate. The surviving building is a shed with entrances at either end. The elevation to Islington High Street is divided into three bays by rusticated piers, the rustication banded as throughout the building; the broad inner piers are on either side of the central round-arched entrance and are pierced by ground-floor and mezzanine flat-arched windows, the outer piers are in pairs, flanking round-arched windows with impost blocks; three flat-arched windows in each of the side bays. Moulded stone cornice; brick parapet with stone coping. The elevation to Upper Street, though almost blank, is the most important architecturally. Screen wall with rusticated piers at either end, and two pavilions which form a centrepiece with the intervening bay. Each pavilion contains a niche, with rusticated brickwork to the sides and archivolt and springing band of stone; in each niche a blank aedicule of stone with simplified mouldings; three small windows between the pavilions with flat arches and keystones of gauged brick, the two northern windows obscured by new brickwork. The moulded stone springing band runs the full length of the building, connecting to the end entrances, and running ‘behind’ the flanking piers. Moulded stone cornice with modillions over the pavilions; brick parapet with stone coping to the centrepiece. Metal ventilators along the ridge of the roof. The north and south elevations consist of a massive round arch with broad rusticated pilasters and stone archivolt; modillion cornice and parapet over. Several features of the building, notably the pavilions to the Upper Street front, blank walling and niches with aedicules, were influenced by, and are a tribute to, Newgate Prison by George Dance II, which was demolished in 1902.

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Exterior Analysis This research is aimed at understanding of existing building construction, to understand what can be done to the structural parts and the facade and what can be not.

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From the drawing below it can be easily seen that the area is slightly slanted. Thus, this can affect the existing foundation of the building, which is difficult to analyze without proper study, since it is not visible. There is a likelihood that the building sank over time, then the foundation will be inclined, or the building was originally constructed at an angle to the territory.

The change in levels is around 340 mm.

The drawing also shows that on the Upper St., (Elevation A) there are much fewer windows than on the other side, therefore the building is more closed from external influences of the environment, protecting the insides from wind, heat an cold, absorbs a large number of sounds from the street.

It is also clearly visible that the chimneys on the roof are located at the back of the building.

Looking at the elevations C and D, you can clearly see that the building is not symmetrical and the chimneys are also not in the middle (we will discuss why later below during analyzing the interior), and the building is much larger on the right side. Also, the Facade has a large number of levels (steps) and linearity in the brickwork.

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Exterior Analysis All the photographs were taken on 20th October 2019 From the photographs provided the building look quite dark and monolith ans heavy. There are almost on windows and it is surrounded by roads from all the sides which makes pedestrian walk zone very narrow. Building is mostly done using bricks, but there are some parts made from different material, which were probably added later on.

There are grades on all of the windows which were either made during construction inspired by prison as it was explained in historical background research part, or they were added to protect the building from robbery.

Looking at the building the chimneys with the roof itself (that are on Elevation drawings )cannot be seen at all. The roof is constructed in a way not to be seen and the facade walls are higher so they mostly cover the roof. As roof does not play an important role to forming historical exterior look of the building it can possibly be replaced with new design.

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Side view

View at the windows Islington High St.

Upper St. view

View at the windows Upper St.

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GF existing plan Scale: 1:200

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Interior Analysis

This research is aimed at understanding of interior space, its size and existing materials and it’s condition to start producing the design taking this information into account.

Looking at existing plans we can see that loadbearing walls are the structural bearing elements.

There are also steel T columns which are supporting existing structure due to it’s age and making it stronger. There are only two existing levels : ground and basement.

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GROUND FLOOR: The Building has two entrances/ exits located on both ends of the building. Main area has an open-planed space. Because the building is very long and narrow there is no need to separate and cut space into sections which will make it look smaller and more clustered with things. On both sides of the building there are small spaces that are used as window displays at the moment.

There are two sets of stairs located in the middle of the building and lift leading to the basement level. In the middle there is a door which is not is use and remains closed all the time.

BASEMENT: As the building is quite long and narrow the basement has an open planed space as well.

On one side of the building there are openings which were natural smoke ventilation (remain uncovered), now they provide some natural light from the street, but don’t play a big role. There are two main staircases on the opposite side leading to the Ground Floor located in the center of the building. As the building is very long it had two fire exits leading directly outside the building.

Central area of the basement is keeping open, however both of the ends of the building are separated with partition walls and used for staff rooms (on the top of the plan) and for different goods presentation of an existing stakeholder (sofa.com).

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Interior Analysis All the photographs were taken on 20th October 2019.

Looking at the photographs of the interior the first thing that catches our eyes is height of the space (which is about 8500 mm) and massive ventilation right in the middle right under the dark black roof. Despite that the space looks bright enough and there are windows on the both sides, the roof actually covers the space from receiving more natural light. The chimneys don’t play a role at all as they are not functioning and even can not be seen from the inside.

As it was said before during analysis of floor plans, steel columns and beams are forming supportive structure that supports bearing walls and roof. The windows are positioned are quite high in relation to general human height.

Presence of columns and it’s high position allow us to propose construction of a mezzanine floor.

All the walls on the ground floor are covered with glazed bricks, half brownish half cream white.

However, in some parts bricks and glazing are in a bad condition (as it can be seen on bottom right corner), which need restoration or conservation.

As it was mentioned previously the building is not symmetrical, it can be understood why taking look from the inside. On one side of the building there is slanted ceiling right under the main staircase.

If to ignore this part of the building, roof is located right in the center of the rest of the space which can be seen from the ‘Main View’ (top left corner).

Going down to the basement the first thing you see and feel is the ceiling height which is way lower than on the round floor (2500mm).

The ceiling is actually suspended which brings it’s height to 2300 mm, almost as in residential space. In this space bricks are glazed no more, but are painted with matte white painted, which helps the space to feel lighter and more open a little bit. There also natural ventilation (‘natural ventilation‘ top right corner) that brings a littlr more natural light .

Ventilation view

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General basement view

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Summary Building analysis gives better understanding of the existing building state, its dimensions and materials that the design will depend on.

The Mall is long and narrow building therefore it might be better to keep it open-planned not blocking it. Accordingly to environmental analysis and looking at the existing roof it might be worth replacing it wit glass to allow more natural sunlight into the space. Building exterior to remain the same to keep historical importance and aesthetic.

However, the interior brickwork due to its state to be restored and re-glazed, possibly covered with extra walls for preservation.

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Program/ Client & Sponsors/ Stress survey/ Precedent studies/ Project brief justification/ S.W.O.T. Analysis/

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Client CITY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON City, University of London is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. It has been a constituent college of the University of London since 2016. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City University was created by royal charter in 1966.

It is main client that is aimed at investing at their students mental health and well-being providing a place to relax and de-stress.

Also can be used by students from other universities. City, Uni of London students get earlier access and discounts.

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Programme ANTI- STRESS CENTER for students Students are one of the groups that is highly affected by stress.

Large volumes of work, deadlines, personal problems and more greatly affect our well-being and daily life. According to FORTH (fothwithlife.co.uk) statistics young adults struggle with stress over 12 days per month, on average. Stress has a longer effect on our physical and mental health. Many of the Universities provide professional medical help, but don’t have a place where students can go any time when they feel stressed.

This program is aiming to create a space where students can relax and de-stress through different activities other than the normal counseling sessions, that some are not confident in attending due to the nature of how serious it seems. By creating this anti-stress space for students, they can feel a sense of freedom & openness, which allows the mind to feel at ease.

Other than therapy, the lesser serious activities that is common way to de-stess are going to a spa, doing yoga exercises, playing sports, video games, reading, eating, watching movies & many more as it varies to each individual. The anti-stress center will include active (GF) & passive (basement) spaces for different type of activities that each student or group may feel more comfortable with to de-stress.

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Client City, University of London is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. City has sites throughout London, with the main campus located at Northampton Square in the Finsbury area of Islington. The Lord Mayor of London is CITY’s Rector.

Facilities and equipment provided: 1. Wind tunnels (aeronautics) 2. City Sight Eye Care Center 3. Interaction Lab 4. Performance space and recording studios 5. Legal advice (Alongside their studies, City, University of London

Law students provide a range of services including free, confidential and independent legal advice and clinics on all areas of common law and employment law)

6. CitySport, City’s sports and fitness centre

Partnerships and collaborations: Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) City of London London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange (LCACE) WC2 University Network Erasmus Mundus MULTI UCL Partners (one of five accredited academic health science groups in the UK)

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The Student Counselling & Mental Health Service is comprised of two teams offering confidential psychological and practical support. ‘We work collaboratively within the Multidisciplinary team to provide you with the best possible support, enabling you to manage your wellbeing and academic studies and get the most out of your time at university. This may include: An initial consultation or E-consultation, Specialist mental health advice, reasonable adjustments and mentoring, Group therapy, Brief individual psychodynamic and cognitive behaviour therapy, Psychoeducational workshops, Self-help material’ (City, n.d.).

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As we can see University provides mental health support, but does not have a specific space where students can relax.

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Sponsor 1 UCLPartners is an academic health

science centre located in London, England. It is the largest academic health science centre in the world, treats more than 1.5 million patients each year.

Together, partners cover a total of 26 boroughs in England and serve a population of over six million people.

UCLPartners focuses on three areas to ensure to meet the needs of the partners to deliver a sustainable health and care system for the population: Discovery science harnesses world-class academic and clinical expertise to speed up the development of new treatments, diagnostics and prevention strategies.

UCLPartners’ research priorities are divided into the following 11 key programme areas: Infectious Diseases Neurological Disorders Eyes and Vision Cardiovascular Health Children’s Health Women’s Health Immunology and Transplantation Cancer Mental Health Oral Health Ear, nose and throat

Innovation and improvement into practice enables academics, healthcare professionals, industry and patients to work together to create a culture for improvement and to speed up innovation into routine practice in health and care.

Population health will lead UCLPartners in supporting population-based transformation for the six million people served by the partnership and those further afield. This will include providing a platform of support for organisations that are connecting across the system to deliver sustainable populationbased (or place-based) care.

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Sponsor 2

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CENTER for students Fun, engaging space to relax with varieties of activities, divided into two zones with active and passive (calm) de-sress zones suitable to every taste. Activities can be changed weekly or monthly, so students can socialize, get involved and therefore relax from studies and reduce stress using facilities provided.

CLIENT, City, University of London City, University of London is main client that is aimed at investing at their students mental health and well-being providing a place to relax and destress.

Also can be used by students from other universities. City, Uni of London students get earlier access and discounts.

Proposed site is located 5 mins walk from the Uni Campuses.

SPONSOR 1 UCL Partners UCLPartners is a unique academic health science partnership that brings together people and organisations to transform the health and wellbeing of the population. One of their key interests of research is mental health and how to improve it. Sponsoring the project will give UCL Partners a research base on how to improve students well-being in particular.

SPONSOR Instagram is the most popular and used social media nowadays, which makes them a good candidate as the investors for the project. Also, showing interest in improving students mental health is good PR drive. It would stimulate & lure visitors, giving a FUN factor (understanding that it’s not a clinic, but a fun space to get rid of stress).

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UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STRESS SURVEY

SURVEY RESULTS ANALYSIS This survey is an exploration to gain further understanding of students’ level of stress, factors that cause it and the ways that students usually get rid of it. A key aim of this research is to explore how stress can affect students’ social and mental wellbeing and use this information to build Destress environment.

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There were two surveys taking place on different platforms: Survey Monkey and Instagram. There were only nine questions about levels of stess, what is causes and what students usually do to get rid of it. The Survey Monkey questionnaire was open for one week from 17.10.2019 to 24.10.2019 and total got 91 responses. It was mostly answered by UK students. Also, some of the responses were collected directly from City, University of London students that I met in London.

Instagram survey collected around 80 responses within 24 hours. This survey involved students not only from the UK, but also from Russia, Australia, Germany, China, South Korea, as well as some other countries.

These results will help to compare and understand the level of stress, its’ causes and students’ de-stress solutions not only in the UK, but in the other countries as well.

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Despite the fact that the question was about past month, almost half of respondents had high level of stress, and only 4 respondents had no stress about university.

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Other: Family problems, job, house mates (fighting with each other), mess in the flat/house that caused by house mates.

Looking at the results we can clearly see that students stress about future careers the most of all, then they stress more about their studies, finances and everyday life.

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Other: keeping everything in control, obsessive-compulsive disorder

More than 50% answered that they have lack of sleep. That gave me an idea to create an individual rooms/spaces/capsules where students can relax and even sleep. Anxiety can be helped with varieties of activities, not leaving students with their own thoughts all alone.

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This question was created to understand in what ways students prefer to relief stress: active or passive. Therefore the decision was made to create different areas on different floors for different needs: more bright and light for people

who like to have more active relax, and a bit darker and quiet space for people who prefer more passive way of de-stressing (for example have a sleep).

This question helps to understand if people like more individual or group activities. It will help to divide them in different groups by level of social activity for comfortable use.

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Other: Smoking, looking at animals, sitting in a place full of plants of flowers.

This question aims to understand what students usually do and what activities they prefer to relief the stress. It helps to shape the space, gives us the ideas what activities can be actually added in the center. For example nature helps to de-stress therefore one of the areas can be designed as mini indoor garden or there might be a screen where different movies will be shown weekly.

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Last questions were aimed to get information if students would actually go th that kind of antistress center and what they would like to see there, what they would actually do there.

QUESTION: If you would go to destress center what would you like to do there? (eg. sleep, read, pillow fight, do some arts or crafts etc.)

Many respondents answered that they would like to have a place to sleep. Therefore there is definitely should be that kind of place. Than many respondents were saying that they like to see a space where they can socialize, meet new people and make new acquaintances by interests. Also some answered that they would like to do some sports, sing, meditate, pillow fight or break dishes, beat the punching bag, scream, do some arts and crafts, playing different intellectual games, do some arts and crafts and enjoy nature.

Here are some of the answers: ‘An active area but different then a gym as I don’t like people seeing me work out an makes me more anxious and it’s expensive so can’t really afford it. If a charity’s with specialist subjects came to provide counseling that the uni doesn’t provide. The uni give you a leaflet but the place is usually to far away so many so of the places could have rooms an book time there ?’ ‘be somewhere comfy and relaxing, suitable for sleeping, or just chilling with some activities to do somewhere with lots of nature’ ‘socialize with people with same interests as me (arts/film/etc)’ ‘Make art, listen to music, drink coffee’

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Previous question provides an information of what students would actually want to see and do in the center, what will be actually used for better performance of the space. That gives an idea what activities and different accommodations can be put inside, how they can be divided by level of activity. As the proposed design space is not too big, but there are quite many different activities wanted the idea is to make central space of the ground floor more flexible, so activities can

be changed for example weekly(arts, music, gaming, science etc), therefore providing interest for many groups and connecting people by same interests as well. As place to sleep is one of the most wanted things to do, there will be temporary place with individual areas/capsules. Dividing activities by floors will provide sound migration and will create completely different atmospheres for active and passive relax.

There is also an idea of creating a room completely separated from the rest of the space, for example making an extension on the roof or on the side of a building, because some people need to cut themselves off from the rest of the world. In that kind of room additional professional help might be provided anonymously. Many people need to share their problems but usually they don’t want to tell their worries and thoughts to the people they know, so it might be kind of a place where students can just speak out.

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SURVEY As it was mentioned in the very beginning Instagram survey has collected around 80 responses in 24 hours and involved students from different countries.

STUDENTS FROM WHICH COUNTRIES TOOK PARTICIPATION IN THE SURVEY.

Q1: OVERALL, WHAT WAS YOUR CURRENT STRESS LEVEL FOR THE PAST MONTH?

Comparing with SurveyMonkey results international students are in a more moderate stress section while students in the UK have high stress level

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Q2: WHAT CAUSES YOU TO STRESS?

As well as students in the UK international students worry mostly about their future career, second position takes health. In the UK second place take deadlines and finances while for international students it takes only third place.

Q3: HOW HAS STRESS AFFECTED YOU?

According to the results international students are rend to nave an anxiety and mood swings more than UK students where lack of sleep prevails.

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Q4: WHAT WAY DO YOU PREFER TO DE-STRESS?

Q6: IF THERE WERE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN DE-STRESS IN YOUR UNIVERSITY WOULD YOU GO? In the previous question you can see that international students trying to tackle stress the mostly the same way as students in the UK, so they have a lot in common.

In comparison with UK students results are completely different. International students prefer more passive way to de-stress while UK students prefer active.

In this question many students have answered yes ( as well as UK students) which means that they actually would be interested to go in that kind of center.

Q5: HOW DO YOU TACKLE YOUR STRESS? Here are most common answers: Taking medication Doing arts Going to gym Yoga Socializing Cooking Wrapping myself in blanket Drinking tea Playing with my pets Being alone Hugs Talking to my friends about my problems Facetiming parents or friends Sleeping Watching Movies Reading Punching my pillow Partying with my friends Playing video games Going out Swimming Eating Playing musical instruments

Q7: IF YOU WOULD GO TO DESTRESS CENTER WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THERE? This question helps to define what activities students are interested in to use this information for creation of a perfect de-stress atmosphere suitable for different types of students with different needs.

Here are some of the mos common answers: Sleep Looking and interacting with nature Have art classes Playing with animals Have some coffee Have a place with water (fountain for example) It should be warm, calm and soft in there Chit-Chat with new people with same interests Do some fun activities that won’t cost a lot Having professionals that you can talk to Have good calming atmosphere Read books Play table and video games 73

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BEST IN LONDON Due to the fact that there are no proper antistress centers rather than spa-complexes or yoga spaces, and chosen program focuses on different way of relaxation (providing multiple activities and leisure spaces), this section will provide an overlook at the best anti-stress activities or other places to de-stress rather than spa that can be found in London.

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Drop-in Drawing at National Portrait Gallery in London With a different artist leading the group each week, the drop-in drawing sessions at National Portrait Gallery are a serene alternative to most Friday night activities in London! The sessions are free with all materials provided. Suitable for all levels of ability, this is a unique and artistic way to destress.

Drawing is another way to get rid of stress and get destructed. As main area in proposed building is meant to be flexible, and can be changed according to request and needs of visitors periodically, drop-in drawing can be one of those activities.

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Ballie Ballerson Ball pit bar London Soho 53-54 Berwick Street Shoreditch 97-113 Curtain Road ‘Truly a grown-up’s playground, London’s famous ball pit cocktail bar is jam-packed with two giant ball pits, pulsating lights, quirky entertainment, pizzas and the best mix of RnB, disco and house beats to party. While they’re real fun, we’re a lot more than just ball pits. Our nostalgia-inducing cocktails come served in giant, flashing Capri Sun packets, garnished with Dip Dabs or even a tiramisu twist on an espresso martini—quirky drinks for a quirky club’ (ballieballerson, n.d.).

Whole floor fitted with balls is a great place to have some fun, relax and forget about daily routine. The idea of jumping and diving in the pool full of soft balls is very unusual way to de-stress.

That feature can be used for creation a separate space/ room or a pool full with soft balls, where people can jump in

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Welcome Collection 183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE

Welcome collection itself is a free museum that aims to challenge how people think and feel about health. Unlike many other museums Welcome Collection has a comfortable library at the very top floor of the building providing many books and health related material. The key of this space is relaxed environment with warm colors, a lot of sitting spaces, cushions. People even can sit or lie on the floor or stairs. They also provide some regular entertaining activities for visitors such as putting a big mirror in the space and asking visitors to draw their self-portrait and pin

it to a board, or giving out postcards with abstract paintings asking people to write what they see or think can be portrayed there and then again pin it yo the board or put it in a box. Sometimes they use such fun things as a base of their research.

The space itself can be used as a place to rest as well. Overall Welcome Collection is a great example of how small activities can be used for entertainment (I personally was participating in those activities and they gave me positive energy for the day) and for health research purposes.

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Psychedelic Gong Bath The Round Chapel, Lower Clapton Rd, London, E5 0NP Psychedelic Gong Bath is another activity that can be found in London that can help people to relax, de-stress and forget about daily routine.

This is more of a sound sensory way to relax, as sounds can have an effect on our mental health and help it’s stability. Such an idea can be one of temporary activities to be practiced in passive relaxation zone. £12 Per person per Visit ‘As you lie on a mat on the floor, gongs, Himalayan singing bowls and overtone singing will be used to weave a tapestry of sound. The vibrations create a feeling of being ‘bathed’ or carried away into the space, with participants variously reporting subtle or powerful bodily sensations, a deep meditative state often accompanied by rich imagery and visions, or feelings of timeless nothingness and bliss’ (psychedelicsociety, n.d.)

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Justification It is important to understand clients and partners.

Writing a brief helps clarify client’s priorities, that will help us matching client’s vision with budget, time and relevant resources, it will also enable client and designer consider all the important technical and statutory aspects of the project.

As this project is aimed to create free stress space for students, before moving to the specific requirements and actual brief it is crucial that we understand not only a client, but the users as well, problems, the need behind the proposed program and local competitors (to see what we can do better). All of this will have an impact on the proposed design functions and interior as design plays a role in affecting people’s mental health. All the research is forming the needs and priorities, shape the design proposal and address all desired ideas accordingly to the clients and users needs.

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Objective To provide relaxing atmosphere for students.

Create engaging space to relax with varieties of activities, divided into two zones with active and passive (calm) de-sress zones. Activities can be changed weekly or monthly, so students can socialize, get involved and therefore relax from studies and reduce stress using facilities provided.

Target audiences The current project mainly focus on ages between 16 to 25 students who mostly study in City, University of London, but students from other universities are also welcome!

Strategies This project will be featuring massive yet comfortable relaxing place for students. Unique rooftops will be designed in order to improve the natural lighting of the interior, but the historic layers of the building will not be damaged.

Contemporary interior provides different experience in different areas when people walk into the center. Through the use of an interior the space should feel welcoming,warm, engaging, fun where appropriate, open, soft and relaxing in areas. It should look light, bright, open, neutral (not too much), organized and minimal in some areas.

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S.W.O.T. Analysis Strengths

Weaknesses

There are many students around that area that obviously benefits chosen program and the site location. The site is also located in the central area of London where are a lot public transportation links therefore an the area can be easily accessed.

There area itself is not ‘dead’ as there are many cafes, restaurants, shops, shopping mall, exhibition center and couple of different theaters.

The building itself is a historic building which played important role in forming history of the area. Thick walls of the building protect the interior from various environmental impacts, such as partially reducing noise from roads and passing by people.

As well as in many other areas in Central London The Angel area has quite high crime rate.

Other thing that benefits the area, but can have an effect on design is the protected facade, so there are not many alterations that can be made.

As it was shown on the building analysis section the building is partially blocked from receiving sun light by nearby buildings, which can have an effect on the design proposal as well.

The area around the building is very congested, there is a lot of transport going around the building, as the building located on the side of A1 ( M ) road and surrounded by couple of the roads from all sides. There are also a lot of people especially during peak times as the area is mostly oriented on business rather then residential use. As the building is located near the road, so it can be quite noisy.

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Opportunities

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It is possible th change the roof because it has no architectural and historical significance for the appearance of the building, but it should not dominate over the existing historical exterior.

The creation of an anti-stress center will help to improve student’s well-being and their mental health, which will have a positive effect on their performance not only during study, but in society as well.

Collaborating with Instagram makes it possible to use creative approaches and attract visitors to the center, as Instagram is the most popular social network among students nowadays, which implies fun and creativity. This will help to avoid thoughts and feelings that the center is a ‘mental clinic’.

As there are no alterations can be made to a facade, to make it more attractive, projections on a facade can be used to change to look of the building not touching the historical layers.

External and internal facade building maintenance might be a problem as it is protected and should keep the same function, fabric and appearance to save it’s historical importance.

The structure of the building, since it is also protected, can affect the design as the main walls cannot be changed in any way, and the design should be shaped around existing environment.

The protectors of the building may oppose the new design despite the fact that it will not propose any crucial change to historical layers of the building.

The building is very dark and not attractive, on the one hand it is good that it does not attract too much attention due to crime rates therefore reducing the likelihood of robbery, on the other hand it is less attractive to students and it is possible to put some kind of light or decor (which will not affect building historical layers) to attract the public, thereby making the building look less dark and conservative.

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Summary As the programme is aimed at students the survey will help with deciding what is needed and most wanted in the building that will drive the design process.

Understanding of local competitors will provide an information about what is already existing in the city and what can be done to make the project better and different from other spaces. We can see that there are no centres and spaces that are fully aimed at relaxation combining different activities, therefore accordingly to students survey the space will be providing different areas with different purposes to full-fill the needs of visitors.

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Project: Students' Anti-Stress Centre Angel Site Address: 359 Upper St., The Angel, Islington, London N1 0PD Designer: Nadia Suvorova Date: Task Approve the site Site and Clent's Research Diagramming & Brainstorming Programe research Survey Brief Writing Concept Sketches & Models Social & Environmental mapping and research Heritage strategy Draft Layouts Sketch Model Design Development Concept Development Site Plan Final GA plans Final roof design ISO drawings Final sections Construction Details Final Model Final Renders Final reflected ceiling plans Design report Proofreading, Printing, Tyding All Up Degree Show

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Design Concept Proposal The concept of this project is to achieve best performance of anti-stress center through the use of cubism and some supportive design strategies.

There are some rules you need to obey when it comes to designing the space using cubism such which we will explore further. Minimalist design techniques will be developed in this project to minimize cluttering in the space, keeping it more simple, light and clean . The space could look bigger when minimal design is applied.

Furthermore, some techniques of biophilic design will be applied as natural elements have a positive affect on human mental health.

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CONCEPT STUDIES

Fernand Léger

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Juan Gris “Violin and Guitar”

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What is cubism?

Cubism was one of the most influential visual art styles of the early twentieth century. It was created by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) and Georges Braque (French, 1882– 1963) in Paris between 1907 and 1914. The French art critic Louis Vauxcelles coined the term Cubism after seeing the landscapes Braque had painted in 1908 at L’Estaque in emulation of Cézanne. Vauxcelles called the geometric forms in the highly abstracted works “cubes.” Other influences on early Cubism have been linked to Primitivism and nonWestern sources. The stylization and distortion of Picasso’s groundbreaking Les Demoiselles d’Avignon painted in 1907, came from African art. Picasso had first seen African art when, in May or June 1907, he visited the ethnographic museum in the Palais du Trocadéro in Paris.

The Cubist painters rejected the inherited concept that art should copy nature, or that artists should adopt the traditional techniques of perspective, modeling, and foreshortening. They wanted instead to emphasize the twodimensionality of the canvas.

So they reduced and fractured objects into geometric forms, and then realigned these within a shallow, relieflike space. They also used multiple or contrasting vantage points.

In Cubist work up to 1910, the subject of a picture was usually discernible. Although figures and objects were dissected or “analyzed” into a multitude of small facets, these were then reassembled, after a fashion, to evoke those same figures or objects. During Analytic Cubism (1910–12), also called “hermetic,” Picasso and Braque so abstracted their works that they were reduced to just a series of overlapping planes and facets mostly in near-monochromatic browns, grays, or blacks. In their work from this period, Picasso and Braque frequently combined representational motifs with letters. Their favorite motifs were still lifes with musical instruments, bottles, pitchers, glasses, newspapers, playing cards, and the human face and figure. Landscapes were rare.

While Picasso and Braque are credited with creating this new visual language, it was adopted and further developed by many painters, including Fernand Léger, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Juan Gris, Roger de la Fresnaye, Marcel Duchamp, Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, and even Diego Rivera.

Though primarily associated with painting, Cubism also exerted a profound influence on twentieth-century sculpture and architecture. The major Cubist sculptors were Alexander Archipenko, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, and Jacques Lipchitz.

The liberating formal concepts initiated by Cubism also had far-reaching consequences for Dada and Surrealism, as well as for all artists pursuing abstraction in Germany, Holland, Italy, England, America, and Russia.

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Cubism in Architecture Cubism architecture borrowed heavily from cubist art regarding geometric forms and shapes. At first, this manifested itself in the design of radical experimental buildings. The most common characteristics shared were transparency, spatial ambiguity, form-faceting, and multiplicity. Cubism Architecture brings out conceptions like abstraction, geometrization, symbolism, distortion, fragmentation, and illusion. The buildings are characterized by sharp, clear lines to enable perspective viewing. The windows have a cubic or rectangular form and do not necessarily line up with each other, creating a revolutionary appearance. The use of reinforced concrete structures also gave cubism an edge in the building industry.

Debate On Cubism Architecture Cubism Architecture was not received well in its early days. People believed that it was a bizarre betrayal of modern architecture. Many cubist buildings were made of bricks which were difficult to cut into geometric shapes making their construction costly and demanding.

Concrete soon became a more ideal mode of construction as cubists could pour it into any flexible geometric form. The goal of cubist architects was to embrace ornaments, making the shape so dynamic that it could perform an ornamental function. People also made a mockery of the tendency of cubist architects to over-emphasis the beauty of exteriors and ignoring interior design completely. Finding furniture that could blend in well with the unique interior of these houses was a difficult challenge. Cubist architects believed the style was meant to produce a complex work of art and challenged interior designers to be creative. Eventually, cubist furniture, lights, coffee sets, paintings, and other cubist decorations were available to answer the critical design question.

Acceptance Of Cubism Cubism in architecture became revolutionary because it had no historical comparison. Like any other idea, cubism faced opposition from players who wanted a steady and structured change. Cubist architects stood for their principles and created a design masterpiece that was eventually embraced over time. With the growth of architectural technology, cubist buildings have become easy and affordable in the modern world.

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Josef Chochol – Hodek Apartment House, 1913 Prague, Czech Republic

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Cubism in Interior Design Cubism has also found its reflection in interior design. It has become a very popular design movement in recent years and has developed in such design movement such as neo-cubism. Both are getting its great popularity through social medias like Instagram, as it is very photogenic (this is what all Instagram about).

Cubist Interior Design Strategies: Use of simple lines, forming unusual shapes and forms when intersecting Strict line geometry Colors: - Neutral colors as a base -Using main color scheme from paintings such as purple, green, blue for patterns or furniture - Furniture materials should be simple Last, but not least: - All surfaces such as walls, floor, ceiling are moved on one plane, expanded on one sheet and then geometrical pattern to be drawn on top When “folded“ back, all lines start coming from the floor continuing on the walls and then ceiling forming a pattern.

Therefore space looks and feels different from different observation angles.

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URBAN REVIVO London Flagship Store / DOMANI

‘The space concept is uncharacteristically open and transparent, with a large wall as the main image of the store and as a metaphor for Western political conservatism. The hornshaped device ‘THE SOUND’ has become a fun element to break the metaphor of thick walls.

The SOUND, which symbolizes different cultural fragments from around the world, was set up as a sonic sensor in the early stage of the creation. It will play the collection of different cultural fragments from the world with subtle sound materials, and micro-voice control through the sensing distance between customers and devices. so that customers ‘postures and devices can have behavioral correlation.

The gauze-wrapped device insinuates the loss of cultural diversity caused by a single political logic’ (Domani, n.d.).

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The storefront with differentiated colors creates a unique charm in the traditional commercial color community, and thus drives the effective introduction of people.

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It can be clearly seen that the concept which is ‘uncharacteristically open and transparent’ was created using cubist design techniques.

Simple lines interacting all together and with color creating stylish and attracting atmosphere. There is strict line geometry which can be observed throughout the space not only visually, but also on the plans.

The designer played a little with the angles of inclination of certain lines, but still there is a strict linearity and organization of the main guide lines through all floors vertically and horizontally.

‘The high hollow combined with the vertical moving line enables the effective activation of the second-floor commercial area. The hollow top view is made up of the two-story platform surface. The fierce scale of the interval greatly enhances the spatial interest of different commercial blocks, thereby balancing the balance of the flow of people’ (Domani, n.d).

The transparency of the two-story large-area commercial space allows customers to quickly establish dynamic line logic at different points through different device coordinate points, while effectively identifying complete product range information.

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Sky Club House / DOMANI

‘Nature light is a character, in a construction that is designed for this character, it has all possibilities and freedom. Whether it draws the outline of material, or making interesting interaction with fixed installation, nature light has full of variety and that is what creates impression of construction interior.

People are resting, excising, communicating and taking all kinds of activities in this space. We hope that construction with abstract entrance can introduce people’s sight to exterior and above.

After all, sky and water surface flow worth more observation than all solid construction’ (Domani, n.d.).

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Sky Club House is a production project that DOMANI researched in for Times Property.

Architecture, interior and device display are all created by Ann Yu, Director of Creation.

As a permanent building, the club has been completed in Time Berlin and Time Sky, and will be presented in Times Property’s flagship plate one after another.

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Created by the same team, design of the Sky Club House also follows strict line geometry. Linear organization of all furniture, fittings, main walls and partitions, staircase again follows cubist design techniques. It makes space quite simple, minimalist, but with the use of right materials and colors very attractive. Following cubist principles we can also see same repeating shapes such as rectangles which are getting smaller towards the center of the building.

Such organization and use of cubism together with minimalism, linearity make space to feel lighter and more open, which can be used for creation of anti-stress environment.

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Cubist-influenced house in Paris

by Moussafir Architectes

Geometric furniture complements the Cubist stylings of this Paris house by Moussafir Architectes, which also features a weathering steel facade and a large pivoting door (+ slideshow).

Jacques Moussafir’s studio – whose previous projects include a house featuring patterned-cutout shutters – designed the two-storey property for a family with two children, on the city’s Avenue du Faubourg Saint Antoine.

‘This interplay between solid and void references the Cubist style of art that emerged at the start of the 20th century, and influenced architects including Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier. It prompted the project name Cubist House.

The Cubist combination of solids and voids offers an intelligent solution that brings ample natural light into the eight-metre-deep interior of a house surrounded by seven- and eight-storey buildings. At the same time, the fragmented facade relates to the history of the site defined by successive additions and transformations’ (Moussafir Architects, n.d.).

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Not only exterior design was driven by cubism, but all featured in interior as well. Shapes of all furniture and fittings in relation to the rest of the space create a linear cubist pattern.

On the ground level, the concrete floor is interrupted by sections of parquet that match the dimensions of the suspended rooms on the upper floor.

The geometric division of the floor space is echoed in the cubic forms of the freestanding furniture.

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1WOR Flagship Shop in Shenzhen / DOMANI

Pablo Picasso inspired cubist flagship shop was actually inspired by bringing cubism from 2D to 3D space in a contemporary way.

‘This is a fashion business platform that links global fashion designers to China market. In addition to the observation and interest of emerging fashion business model, our ambitious is to design a space to capture sights of trendy people of the city. They are a group of people of contradiction, strong consumerist, sensible, indifferentism, keen sense, self-centrism who needs prove themselves in life, warrior seeking beauty in adventure. Thus, the transitional logic of 2-dimensional business plan display was abandoned back to this wired angled space, the outline of space is used as the base of the design and generate circulation line by folding the plan to create a new two-dimensional sequence in space, from the sequence extend four-way in the space, then integrated four color map and color extraction and material decomposition from a installation art work, created a spatial design that seemed based on inspiration but actually based on logic creation. In this scenario, wall color extended to floor and ceiling, created blocks that penetrate and break through the space, mirror represents vanish, the top view is composed by mirror reflection of ceiling plan and shelve system, the control that can be controlled, the organization that can be organized, and the existence of uncontrolled and unstructured part lies randomly in the space may be the most reasonable way of procedure’ (Domani, n.d.). Shelves and all main lines are formed in orthogonal geometry, it can be seen that they were organized in a slightly skewed shape. Allof the lines in the space following cubism strategies, translating 2D ideas to a 3D space intersecting and continuing each other.

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1939, Pablo Picasso painted a surrealism and cubism work, Women’s head. In 2017, digital artist Omar Aqil transformed it into three-dimensional and redesigned it into installation art work, the interesting thing about this crossover is that the core of surrealism and cubism lies in the breakthrough of logical and orderly theory of present, emphasizing the instinct, the subconscious, the memory, exploring and believing that ‘absolute reality is the true consciousness beyond fact.’ Hundreds of years later, this untouchable image has been recreated in three-dimensional and physically present to audience. The complete representational form, material and even texture are frolicking in the form of a contemporary way to remind people that reality is hard to be detached.

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Gemelli Design Studio

This example shows different way of using cubism in the space through more complexed and extreme shapes.

With cool colors and quirky abstract lines they present the room from multiple view points and make a mockery of perspective. The complication of angles cleverly throws off all dimensions too, adding interest, and dividing even the smallest space into a maze of zones, which makes a tiny room appear bigger by distracting the eye from the real proportions.

This wild kitchen appears as a disco of stationery green laser beams, certainly not a place you’d like to face with a migraine, in fact that is probably true of every room in this design style, but on the other hand the energized interior would give you a boost in the morning, who needs coffee with all this going on! home -designing.com

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This design definitely differs from previous designs by motion, energy, it also cuts space into different shapes in a very unusual way, which looks very peculiar, but at the same time it makes you look and trace where this or that line leads. This example is more of an example of extreme cubism, which is more likely to be suitable for public places, galleries and exhibitions, or maybe temporary sets, rather than residential projects, as the human eye will be very tired from too sharp obsessive figures striking here and there. The idea of transferring lines to a plane is a very interesting solution, since the lines will dissect all space. This design technique will be applied during creation of an interior for proposed program. Since an antistress center to be created, the idea of dissecting space will be applied, but the lines themselves will not be so large and bright, but more minimalistic helping in stress reduction rather than irritating stressed minds even more.

There is no doubt that this would entertain the eye for a time, but the question is could you live in a place like this on a permanent basis?

The answer is probably ‘NO’ for most of us, and this is where neo-cubism comes very handy.

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Supportive Concept Studies Minimalism*

When less Is more

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The style of minimalism is a design approach that is characterized by austerity and laconism in decoration. It is mainly achieved through the use of functional furniture and interior objects, geometric shapes and a combination of usually not more than two basic colors. It is extremely important in such design to correctly divide the space.

Minimalist interiors are usually compact, black or gray, and have a strict geometric shape.

Delving into the theory of “less is more,” we need to rethink minimalism as not just a plain white box or cool ultramodern space, but as a concept that simultaneously showcases exceptional functional design while artistically creating a simplified way to live.

Minimalist design started in the 20th century as a reaction to traditional and overly wrought classical details. In a nutshell, it’s design that’s stripped down to its essential purpose and identity by eliminating everything unnecessary. This pared-down aesthetic exemplifies simplicity at its best.

One of the first to embrace minimalism is Mies van der Rohe. In fact, the term “less is more” came from the German architect and educator, who used glass, steel and wide-open spaces to create his unembellished modern visions. His use of crisp lines and wellplaced rectangle shapes created a sense of order. Accordingly, creating functional design elements in the most compact way is key in minimalist design. Take a simple rectangular floating wall. In many cases, it divides a space and doubles as a closet or concealed storage piece. But it also stands on its own as a piece of art and a focal point.

Eliminating clutter and extraneous objects is also a hallmark of minimalist interior design. This simplicity allows the focus to remain on the room’s purpose and function, and on the beauty of its carefully selected furnishings. Similarly, keeping color combinations to a minimum further enhances the serene and balanced environment.

This doesn’t necessarily translate to keeping everything black and white. Pops of color, monochromatic hues of any color, and layers of textures such as wood and wool work well in any minimalist space.

Why Minimalism Works Minimalism not only looks great, it also has several benefits. First, an uncluttered, clean space is known to increase our happiness and health. Not being able to find something easily is a surefire way to dampen any mood and increase stress.

Next, having something streamlined and designated for one purpose — without all the bells and whistles and multi-functional purposes we have grown accustomed to — creates a neat, fluid and relaxing environment.

Another obvious benefit: Streamlined furniture gives you more space, even in the smallest rooms. Plus, a calm palette or limited color choice makes a room feel serene and less chaotic.

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Paring back Barbican apartment to “a state of emptiness” by John Pawson British designer John Pawson has applied his signature minimalist aesthetic to a Barbican flat, which is simply arranged around a timber volume.

Set within London’s brutalist Barbican estate, the apartment has been overhauled to feature pale surfaces and just small amount of smattering furniture.

“The architectural reimagining of the space began with the idea of paring away everything to a state of emptiness and using three axes from the underlying structure to shape the new geometry,” (Pawson studio, n.d).

Bessborough Residence in Montreal by Naturehumaine “The challenge was to open this 900-squarefoot space by maximising living spaces while keeping a certain sense of spatial division. The architectural concept is built around three ‘blocks’.

One of these blocks acts as the redesigned core of the house, and is wrapped in evenly spaced black rods that run from floor to ceiling. The unit conceals steps down to the lower level, as well as creating room for a coat closet’(Naturehumanie Studio, n.d.).

This volume creates different feeling of transparency by using a rhythm between full and empty. This feeling aslo is achieved by the use of glass.

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Renovated Lisbon apartment

by Filipe Fonseca da Costa Portuguese architect Filipe Fonseca da Costa has renovated an apartment in southwest Lisbon, creating bright living spaces while highlighting structural details. Complementary pale cabinetry is installed in the kitchen, while a light grey sofa dominates the sitting room. Splashes of colour are provided by a mottled green rug and potted plants that sit atop the dark wood dining table.

The white colour scheme continues through all the space keeping minimalist design and simplicity everywhere.

Lisbon’s Carnide Apartment

by Lola Cwikowski Studio Locally-based Lola Cwikowski Studio has overhauled this Lisbon apartment to feature calming minimalist interiors that offset the hectic lifestyles of its owners. ‘Situated on the outskirts of Lisbon, Carnide Apartment has been stripped of its “jarring” mix of colours and finishes to form a calmer environment where its owners – a pair of physicians – can unwind at the end of their long workdays. The original interior was conscientiously updated to serve as a pristine haven for the pair of professionals with busy schedules’ (Cwikowski L., n.d.).

Looking at all examples above, it can be clearly seen that in all projects there is small amount of furniture, all lines are linear, even and clean, there is plenty of light, almost no decor, a lot of light colors and natural materials. Some of these strategies can be used to apply in a current project to create relaxing, anti-stress atmosphere.

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Key Design Aspects of Minimalism:

-The interior design in the style of modern minimalism implies a lot of space, so it is desirable to get rid of partitions in the room.

-There is a need for massive windows to fill the room with enough light.

-The color scheme is created using the game of halftones. The most common choice: white color combined with graphic gray.

-Materials: chrome steel, glass, plastic, ceramics, artificial and natural stone, textured wood.

-Table, sofa, furniture, and chandeliers in the style of minimalism have a simple geometric shape. Forms are allowed with a slight bend, but not a spiral.

-Artsy decor and ornaments are not a choice. Walls can be decorated with a couple of minimalistic paintings.

-The design is characterized by flat reflective surfaces. Each piece of furniture has strict proportions and color.

-Instead of curtains, horizontal or vertical blinds are used.

-The light is scattered.

- Abandoning lots of decor and non-functional parts.

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Supportive Concept Studies Biophilic Design* WHAT IS BIOPHILIC DESIGN? ‘Biophilia (meaning love of nature) focuses on human’s innate attraction to nature and natural processes. It suggests that we all have a genetic connection to the natural world built up through hundreds of thousands of years of living in agrarian settings. It is a term popularized by American biologist Edward O Wilson in the 1980’s, when he observed how increasing rates of urbanisation were leading to a disconnection with the natural world. With high rates of migration to urban settings in the developed world and soaring rates in developing countries – Biophilia is of ever increasing importance to our health and well-being in the built environment.

Biophilic Design uses these ideas as principles to create a human centred approach that when applied improves many of the spaces that we live and work in today, with numerous benefits to our health and well-being’ (Oliver Heath Design, n.d.).

WHY IS BIOPHILIC DESIGN RELEVANT TODAY? ‘The World Health Organisation expects stress related illness, such as mental health disorders and cardio-vascular disease, to be the two largest contributors to disease by 2020. With a diminished connection to nature, the increasing pressure on urban space & the ubiquitous technological presence we have less opportunity to recuperate our mental and physical energy. Incorporating direct or indirect elements of nature into the built environment have been demonstrated through research to reduce stress, blood pressure levels and heart rates, whilst increasing productivity, creativity and self reported rates of well-being’ (Oliver Heath Design, n.d.).

In Terrapin Bright Green’s ‘14 Patterns of Biophilic Design’ paper, we learn that the patterns are tools to recognise and articulate the individual elements of what constitutes biophilic design. They use science and psychology to help us define it, so that we can understand how to apply each point when considering human needs within design. Not every space can be designed to incorporate all the principles, but a few contributory Biophilic Design elements will collectively enhance the well-being properties of an interior.

The 14 Patterns are grouped into three categories; Nature in the Space Natural Analogues Nature of the Space

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Nature in the Space Direct sensorial contact with nature in a space doesn’t simply mean proximity to a pot plant or two.

Interaction with the natural world can be tangible from the presence of a stimulating view of nature; or by using plants, water features, natural air-flow or breezes, sounds and scents. Design using this group of patterns will create meaningful, direct connections with natural elements through diversity, movement and multisensory interactions

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– Stimulating views to elements of nature, living systems and natural processes; such as a window with a garden or sea view, potted plants, flowerbeds, courtyard gardens, green walls and green roofs.

2. Non-visual connection with nature

– Often undervalued design interactions that stimulate our other senses of sound, touch, smell and taste to remind us of our connection to nature.

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3. Non-rhythmic sensory stimuli

– The rich sensory stimuli of nature in consistent, yet unpredictable, motion; such as the gentle sway of grasses or leaves in a breeze, or ripples on water.

4. Thermal & Airflow variability

– The subtle changes in air and surface temperature, humidity and airflow across the skin that mimic natural environments.

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5. Presence of water – To see, hear or touch it.

6. Dynamic & diffuse light

– Clever use of light and shadow to mimic the lighting conditions or circadian processes occurring in nature.

7. Connection with natural systems

– An awareness or proximity to natural processes, such as seasonal changes, reminding us of the process of healthy ecosystems.

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Amazon ‘The Sphere’ Office Seattle, USA , by NBBJ Visual connection with nature.

Amazon’s The Sphere Office is a great example of implementation of Biophilic ‘nature in the space’ category.

‘The immersive, nature-rich environment of The Spheres offers an innovative workplace typology that restores the mind and stretches the limits of biophilic design. At the same time, The Spheres is a proper botanical conservatory, home to more than 40,000 plants across 700 species and emphasizing the conservation of plants from the world’s tropical cloud forests. Intensive planting displays include trees reaching over 50 feet alongside orchids that can fit on a fingertip.

The interior landscape integrates numerous informal gathering areas within the four-story glass building, providing a variety of places to linger and connect with others, or breathe deeply, meditate and reflect. As a guiding principle,

the design team studied Attention Restoration Theory to investigate what landscape qualities could offer the greatest benefits to health and wellbeing. The premise is that extended, focused attention of work-related activities can lead to mental fatigue and stress. In contrast, the restorative quality of natural environments can transport a person from their daily concerns and offer “soft fascinations” that capture attention in an effortless and involuntary way. By design, the landscape architecture encourages deep engagement with the natural world and stimulates innovative thinking that invites curiosity, relieves stress and sparks creativity.’ (World Landscape Architects, 2019).

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Natural Analogues With Natural Analogue patterns, we use elements with an indirect connection to nature that create a cue to the brain that sparks the same sense of well-being as the natural world. By mimicking the finer details of nature with textiles, artwork, light, shapes or patterns you can re-create the biophilic human connection, and therefore the healthy responses, to the great outdoors.

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– Symbolic representations within the design of the patterns, shapes, textures or numerical arrangements found in nature.

9. Material Connection with nature

– Using materials, grains, textures and elements in design that distinctly reflect the environment to create an overarching sense of the natural world.

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– An abstract but visually appealing concept that uses the rich sensory information of the symmetries, hierarchies and geometries found in nature, within design.

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Harbin Opera House Harbin, China, by MAD Architects Biomorphic Forms & Patterns

façade composed of smooth white aluminum panels becomes the poetry of edge and surface, softness and Harbin Opera House can be rightfully considered sharpness’ (Ma Yansong, n.d). as one of the examples of natural analogues in Biopmorphic forms are used not only in exterior, but Biomorphic design. continuing through all interior spaces as well following ‘Embedded within Harbin’s wetlands, the Harbin same flud shapes flowing around corridors, seating, Opera House was designed in response to the force stage. We also can see that ‘material connection and spirit of the northern city’s untamed wilderness with nature’ was used as another implementation of and frigid climate. Appearing as if sculpted by natural analogues. It is represented through the use wind and water, the building seamlessly blends in of wood (probably most obvious material to use, but with nature and the topography—a transfusion of still most efficient) all over interior space. Contrasting local identity, art, and culture. On the exterior, the with the rest of plain white interior fluid wooden walls architecture references the sinuous landscape attract visitors attention and create a feeling of being of the surrounding area. The resulting curvilinear connected to outside nature.

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Nature of the Space The Nature of the Space patterns define how we relate to the building, room or space around us on a deeply human level. We have an innate desire to want to see beyond our immediate surroundings and can be fascinated with the slightly dangerous or unknown. Obscured views, design revelations, installations and moments of mystery or peril excite us and maintain our interest and enthusiasm. Combining these elements with patterns from the other two groups provides maximum impact in biophilic design.

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– We have an intrinsic desire to see beyond our immediate surroundings or over long distances, dating back to an anthropological theory of survival.

Prospect patterns consider a wider-frame or bigger-picture view of your environment. Elements of interior design that best represent this include the addition of balconies, oversized windows or skylights, mezzanine levels, open-plan spaces or offices and glass or transparent partitions and walls to rooms that provide uninterrupted views.

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12. Refuge

– Similarly to Prospect, the Refuge pattern focuses on the ability to look out over your surroundings, but from the safety of a protected position away from the buzz of central areas of activity. An acoustic pod within an open-plan office, for example, provides a safe-haven to concentrate away from noise or stimuli, whilst maintaining a view of the world around it.

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– Replicates the excitement and unknown elements of the great outdoors in our built environment. The promise of more information; achieved through partially obstructed long-distance views, design revelations, surprising installations or unexpected architectural features; draws us in and engages us with our environment. The success of the Mystery pattern is in the anticipation of what might be around the corner, which creates a strong and undeniably pleasurable human response.

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14. Risk/ Peril

– The thrill of danger from an identifiable risk, coupled with the sense of a reliable safeguard.

Evolution designed us for survival. Whether it’s a high walk-way, or glass wall overlooking a city skyline, the Risk/Peril pattern triggers the rush of living on the edge of safety.

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Concept: CUBISM

partially influenced by neo-cubism

Simple lines (forming unusual forms when intersect with each other) Strict line geometry ‘Unfolding’ the building and drawing/ applying cubist painting on all planes, then folding it back again creating lines continuing from floor to walls and ceiling.

Salvador Dali’s paining as a base for lines Repetitive line geometry through all floors and roof

Minimalism

supporting with some design strategies

Neutral color palette Flexibility Clean lines Natural materials and textures Light & Bright space

Biophilic design supporting with some design strategies

Natural materials & textures (such as wood) (natural analogues) Visual connection with nature (nature in the space in some of the areas) Prospect, open-plan space, mezzanine, skylight (nature of a space) Mystery* (nature of a space)

* visitors interest in tracking lines all over the space, finding Salvador Dali’s painting.

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Concept sketches Applying painting to the floorplan

The idea it to apply Salvador Dali’s Stereoscopic Painting on all of the surfaces (floor-plan and interior elevations) and use main lines to continue through all of the space.

As the space is meant to be more minimal and there are too many lines in the painting, they will be simplified.

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& Idea development Extracting and simplifying main lines from the painting to apply to the floor-plan and internal elevations.

The Design proposal is aimed to create mezzanine level and new designed roof. The idea is to choose one of the main lines on the drawing and apply it to create the rest of the floors, but slightly changing the angle starting from one point as it shown on the illustration on the left. That will for m the shape of the proposed mezzanine, staircase position and angle of the roof panels.

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Existing section drawing, proposed mezzanine level.

Proposed roof height section skecth

Following the idea of three lines extracted from the drawing will be applied to create a roof design.

The design is inspired by Glasdach Staatliche Bibliothek in Passau, Germany.

The third line will be used to form the angle between the direction of main glass parts.

As it can be seen on the example from the entrance view such angeled position creates a unique look.

Also that kind of a roof design will not dominate over the historic building even if to be extended higher. However, during summer period the building might overheat if there will be no coverage, which should be considered during the further design.

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Lift

Lift Storage

Sitting Area

Sand Therapy

Coffee Bar Main Passive Relaxation Area

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Main Active Space (Flexible)

Individual Consultation Room

Sitting Area (Hammocks)

Soft Pillow Fight Room

Main entrance Basement

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List of accommodations: Soft Seating Area ‘Huge Pillow’

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Reception Sitting Area Main Active Space (with chenged activities) Coffee Bar Lift (to all floors) Sitting area with hammocks Soft Ball Pool Slide (if possible) Green Area ‘Huge Pillow’ sitting area Sand therapy screens Main passive relaxation area (quiet and calm, flexible) Storage WC’s Individual Consultation Room Soft Pillow Fight Room Fire exits Device and shoes storage

Mezzanine floor to be constructed to provide extra sitting.

Existing staircase to be demolished to new one to be constructed to lead to the basement and mezzanine, providing open planned space.

Existing lift to be moved to the back of the building due to slanted ceiling, therefore providing access to new proposed mezzanine.

The roof to be removed and replaced with new design allowing more natural light, protection from over heating will be considered.

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Same principle was applied for next concept model which is intended to show main lines extracted from the painting (process of extracting was shown on previous page) to see how they relate to each other and to a space as a whole.

Similar to previous model it cam be folded to see how the lines will be continuing from floor to walls

Applying Salvador Dali’s Stereoscopic Painting to a floor plan. The model is divided into three parts, two of which are symbolizing walls. It can be folded to see how shapes and lines will continue from floor to the walls

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Third model is more detailed showing the position of lines in the space in relation not only to each other and all of the surfaces but also to windows and all curved surfaces (as walls are not one big strait walls, but they have some deepening s).

It is also aimed to show how lines will intersect windows, columns, doors etc.

Concept model of the roof was inspited by

by Glasdach Staatliche Bibliothek in Passau, Germany. It is aimed to show the angles between the roof pieces. Also, from certain points penetrating through the glass will create glares on the walls.

Model at the bottom is aimed to show construction of mezzanine floor and roof angles developed from three angles idea.

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Main colors are White, Light pastel green and Light pastel yellow that will be used throughout the whole space.

Wood is going to be used for coffee bar desk, furniture, wall cladding and some areas of flooring.

Flooring will be divided into different zones and each will be using different materials, polished concrete, wood, soft green carpet.

As interior glazed brick walls are listed, and brick pattern creates grids, all walls will be covered and protected, new walls will be painted white with continuous green lines from the floor (to represent Salvador Dali’s painting).

Some areas will have greenery.

All metal pieces (decor or furniture as well as some wall lines) will be golden color to match yellow undertones.

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Inspirations This page provides an overlook at the facilities, furniture or equipment that can be included into the project. Selected images are meant to represent FUN aspect of the program.

Accordingly to Survey taken in October 2019 many students have replied that as well as passive relaxation they would like to have some fun activities. Ones for consideration: poll with many soft balls, pillow-fight room, slides, hammocks etc.

To make area more relaxing and adjusting it to individual needs the idea of inflatable and deflatable individual capsules will be applied on basement quiet area (to free the space if needed), that will allow long and narrow space be more flexible.

Mezzanine floor to be created to provide extra sitting space. To be made all soft as one huge pillow.

Some of the furniture will be soft and pillowlike to provide maximum comfort.

The roof to be replaced full glass to get rid of pressure feeling and allow more natural light into the area.

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Flexible space that can be transformed according to futher needs

Pillow fight room

Fun, soft walls, ceiling and floor, lots of pillows, sound insulation

Relaxation area with soft surfaces

Hammocs Modern roof extension for individual use

Suspended net that people can lie on

Slide from mezzanine floor Individual relaxation capsules

Fun and unusual furniture

Pool with soft balls

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Summary Cubist concept will help to keep the space quite simple and organized what is crucial for not getting stressed and destructed. Applying painting on the surfaces will give the space unique look and make people to look where the line is starting and where it is ending therefore leading people through the space and dividing space into zones keeping it open-planned at the same time. Minimalist and biophilic design techniques will provide better space organization and stress relief performance as biophilia is aimed at this.

Accordingly to survey activities to be divided into active (ground floor) and passive (basement).

Keeping neutral colour palette will help eyes to relax and not be destructed at any point.

Some design furniture and fittings will give space a modern and artistic touch.

Next steps: Following the lines organize the areas and create furniture. Divide floors with colours and activities.

Link the space all together with furniture, shapes, materials and colours.

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Conclusion The Mall, 359 Upper St., in The Angel area, Islington is an appropriate site to redevelopment as anti-stress center for students . Based on the site and social analysis, N1 0PD is a site that can be easily accessed public due to its’ central location. Furthermore, the site is located around 5 mins walk from the City, University of London who is the main client for the chosen program.

Collaboration with UCL partners will provide greater mental health care and research function.

Instagram as a sponsor will provide an interest for the students to the center, and, as a creative platform will help to shape the deisgn in more creative way at the same time providing ‘FUN’ factor, so visitors will undstand that it is not a clinic, but rather a fun unusual way to relax.

One of the most important factors that will have a great affect on the design is the fact that the building is listed (Grade II). However, the design will be shaped around the existing facades that likely to be protected. The roof is going to be replaced to allow more natural sunlight, as it is does not play a significant role in forming the historical look of the building. While designing the roof the fact that the space should not be overheating during the summer should be taken into account.

Simple cubist design with strokes of minimalism and biophilic design will perfectly shape the interior keeping it simple and light, quet to relax and fun in some areas to help students de-stress in different ways. Materials and color palette are carefully chosen to fullfill the interior look and improve students performance and mental health. The project will be further developed with cubist concept and the use of minimalist and biophilic design strategies as simple and clean design would be the best option for the space.

As a conclusion, the report shows that the site is feasible for the development of Students’ AntiStress Center.

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