Initial Design Virtual Project (14036120) BE1341 – Virtual Project Assignment 001
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................... 0 Aims for Boulmer Educational Centre ...................................................................... 2 Schedule of accommodation ............................................................................... 2 Initial changes .............................................................................................................. 3 Removal of extensions ............................................................................................. 3 Changing the roof ................................................................................................... 3 Removing the windows / Stone reclamation ...................................................... 4 Shell of Boulmer ............................................................................................................ 5 Additions ........................................................................................................................ 6 Entrance .................................................................................................................... 6 Mezzanine floor Level / Roof .................................................................................. 7 Extension / Space division .......................................................................................... 8 ........................................................................................................................................ 8
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B Aims for Boulmer Educational Centre The aim is to refurbish Boulmer from being a lifeboat station into an educational facility. However from the site report, it is clear that this Building has a long history in the community. I do not want to make this building offlimits to the locals so I would like my educational centre to have two purposes. Firstly I would like the building to be a multipurpose education outreach centre that can be hired out for a variety of purposes to meet different audiences. The reason behind this is due to the fact Boulmer is very isolated. If I were to make it dedicated solely to one target market, I feel the building would spend a considerable amount of time unused, or at least, under inhabited. A good looking and comfortable building is a good step to bringing in clients. I am aiming for a building that could hold educational event days for children, learning facilities for adults, and a place to be hired out for small business board meetings. Secondly so that the site is not taken from the local community, I will have one room that can double up as a library. Then when the building is not being used in its intended context, it can still be used by the local community and keep a more steady flow of traffic. Schedule of accommodation
Entrance/lobby Educational space /board room User WCs Staff WCs Staff Room Meeting room / Library Storage room Car park to fit 5 cars.
I aim for Boulmer Lifeboat station to still resemble its current self once redeveloped. I would like to keep a significant part of the building so it looks largely the same as it always has, so I have decided to not drastically alter the main building which would have housed the life boat and tractor. While I would like the new building to look modern, I also aim to make it stay in keeping with the village’s rustic aesthetic.
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Initial changes Removal of extensions First of all, I want to remove the small extensions that have been added to Boulmer lifeboat station. These are not of the same quality as the rest of the building, and are aesthetically lacking, in my opinion. They are not made from stone blocks with high gabled rooves, but instead a pebble dashed render and flat felt roofing.
Changing the roof I also think it’s best to change the existing roof areas. While they add character to the building, their current gable system takes up a lot of space for a mezzanine floor level that I would like to put in place. These roofs are also uninsulated, which is fine for a life boat station but not fine for an educational facility. I would like to keep similar roofs, though ones that can be braced without so much space taken up. I would also like them to follow a similar gradient and be tiled, to fit in with the rest of the village.
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Removing the windows / Stone reclamation The windows in the Life boat station are single glazed with wooden frames. As the windows need replacing anyway, I’m just going to move their locations entirely. This will involve having to fill in the gaps of the fenestrations. Stone is an expensive material so I would like to reuse stone from another part of the building I am going to demolish. I’ve been thinking to demolish the area of the site to the right hand side of the above picture where the crewmen relax. I will be adding several new extensions anyway to the rear of the Boulmer site so I could get better use out of this stone through reclaiming it and using it elsewhere. IE, filling in the windows. This has the added benefit or saving money on procuring new stone, and also having to transport it. However it will slow down a demolition process if the stones have to be carefully removed.
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Shell of Boulmer
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This leaves me with the 2 large doors used for launching the life boat. These are no longer needed so I will remove those as well to be left with the empty shell of the Eastern sections of the building. This is largely what I hope to preserve of the original site, so I don’t wish to take away much more from these structures if I don’t have to. However, the area circled in red is also pebble dashed. I will be changing this to a more aesthetical material, and probably will choose stone from the reclaimed blocks.
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B Additions
Entrance My initial thought with the front of Boulmer station was to turn the large door opening into the main entrance and curtain wall the smaller opening. However I decided against this. When conducting the site survey I realised that if I stood in front of the building, the wind and rain coming in off the sea was horrible. If I moved around the side and behind the (removed) extension, it was quite pleasant with little affect from the wind. Having the entrances on the front would mean every time the door opened on a bad day, everyone inside could be disturbed which I would like to avoid.
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I have instead decided to place the entrance on the north side of the building and completely out of the way of the sea winds. Not only does this stop cold gusts coming through the building, but it can also serve to shelter the entire area directly behind the new entrance from strong winds.
Mezzanine floor Level / Roof As I am removing the roof supports, I will be able to add a suspended second floor to the main building. This gets more use from the available space though presents problems in securing the roof. After consulting a building contractor’s website specialising in loft conversions, this problem can be remedied by using a steel beam that runs horizontally along the roof ridge. Wooden rafters can be placed along the roof slopes attached to this beam to provide lateral bracing. Use of collars, the horizontal beams shown below, can provide further lateral bracing.
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B Extension / Space division
Above is a basic spatial layout I would like the station to take. This will fit on the site and will provide enough room for everything my design requires. I have chosen to keep my extensions to the rear of the site, in order to not block out the view of the sea where possible. Dimensions will be given and materials stated in the Detailed design section which will be created using Autodesk Revit.
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References
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