The House of Food Nour Hamade
Atelier Common Ground
Locus
Cultural Diversity Infrastructure Canal Links “One can say that the city itself is the collective memory of its people, and like memory, it is associated with objects and paces. The city is the locus of collective memory� Aldo Rossi The demographics of the city of Manchester suggest a wide range of backgrounds; emphasising the diverse cultures and traditions that are found around the city. The consumption of food is part of everyone’s daily life, but the production and the history of production of the consumed food is left unknown to many. The importance of food in and around Manchester is a culture at itself. Curry Mile in Rusholme signifies the importance of the South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines, Chinatown demonstrates the vast amount of East-Asians in the city, and modern bars and bistros around the city inherit the British traditions. The House of Food comprises of a Market and a Museum, each celebrating an era of time and the progression food, people and architecture. Ultimately, the influence of the diversity in Manchester has manifested itself as the new Manchester, where people create memorable places, and where architecture will aid in creating those memories.
The Urban Artefact
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Site 1968 The site, originally a timber yard, cotton mill and iron works, remained until the 1980s where they were demolished to become the car park we see today. The site, therefore, has a rich history and typology behind it, belonging to a community built around canal networks and industry.
1:200 Site Model
On and around the site, several means of transport are used to move from one position to another. The image shows three of the possible means; including a bus, car and a pedestrian.
After visiting the site multiple times, I took notes on where the busiest areas were and the streets that were quiet. The image was taken at 4pm on a Sunday, and conveys the idle, lifeless Bloom street. The diagram demonstrates where busyness and the loudest sounds come from, relative to the site.
On the approach to the site, the numerous parking lots, empty spaces and blocked off areas convey the relative misuse of the area. As the site itself is a parking lot, it is can be easily noted that there are several spaces that could potentially become positive built space.
Canal street is immediately adjacent to the site, therefore plays a huge role in the history of the area. Canal street now consists of clubs and cafe bars that create part of the gay village, which is a huge part of Manchester’s cultural and political history.
Walking up from Princess and Sackville street, one can appreciate the buildings found around the canal. As I walked from Deansgate up until Piccadilly Station, I walked along the canal for a long duration, hence realising the importance that the canal has in structure and separating the city of Manchester.
The form of the city is described by the architecture of the city, and the city can be seen as a gigantic man-made object; that grows over time. -Aldo Rossi The city can also be seen as a set of urban artefacts, which are characterised by their own history and form. Newly constructed buildings are described as of less importance than urban artefacts as they do not hold as much powerful history as the older structures. The urban artefact is described as a work of art depends on the specific place, event and form of the city. Urban artefacts can be seen as monuments; as landmarks demonstrating the development of the city. The value of a city and its urban artefacts are a result of their permanent forms, not functions; functions are changeable; where as form relates to the time and history of the city.
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The City as History
The diagram maps out the relative proximity of existing monumental buildings of Manchester according to the future building site.
Exhibition displaying the change in food production between the pre-historic period until the post-modern “Frankfurt kitchen.� The concept includes a demonstration of the history of food production from the pre-historical period, through the antiquity and the middle ages and finally, ending at the modern Will hold a collection of: Modern and historical appliances used for cooking around the world Paintings of food/production of food (historical)/consumption of food. Evolution of food types (e.g. shapes of pasta) Old recipe books Programme to include: Museum/gallery space Restaurant/bar (day/night programme) Food lab Interactive food lab/class (users could produce food, experiment with foods, eat their production etc.) Offices Storage (fresh food/freeze/etc.) Small auditorium space (lectures on history of food/presentations/show documentaries on food projection and such etc.) Etc. Manchester Demographics: White: 66.7% Mixed race: 4.7% Asian: 17.1% Black: 8.6% 1.9% Arab 1.2% other ethnicity
Brief
Food as History
The Individuality of an Urban Artefact
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Site A rectangular piece of land with a footprint of around 1000m2.
Ratio Considering the spaces required of each functional element of the buildings, the museum houses more functions, therefore, requires more spaces. This then allows for the site to be spilt by a 7m grid. The museum now uses two thirds of the site, whilst the market uses the other 7m wide space.
House A singular house comprising of all required functions.
Two Houses Dividing the available area into two equal parts; hence, allowing the different functions of market and museum to be separated; essentially creating two seperate structures.
‘Poché’ With the addition of the functional chimney and mechanical hub, the two houses are now physically separated by a large mass in the centre. The poché would act as a functional structure for both the market and the museum; for the market cooking chimney, the mechanical services and for a structural hub.
Height When examining the importance of each structure, the programmatic spaces required and aesthetic qualities, the museum would then extend to house additional floors for more programmatic spaces of exhibitions and offices. The museum is then pushed back to create a distinguishable entrance space than the market. The hub would also require to be extended to ensure that the entirety of both buildings is being treated.
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Both the houses manifest the same materiality but demonstrate the various methods of construction and the treatment of surfaces, which create opposing atmospheres and experiences. Within the House of Cultures (Market), the structure is the space, left bare and imminent, the untreated concrete columns, floors and walls are exhibited to demonstrate the primitive period of cooking and architecture. Resembling a cave-like atmosphere, the interior atmosphere of the Market is somewhat cold and completely covered by the perforated brick skin, leaving only small pockets of light and views. As for the House of Artefacts (Museum), it expresses the post-modern means of cooking and architecture. An all-white interior with completely crisp and polished surfaces creates an almost clinical motif within the Museum, resembling the concept of a newly polished kitchen. The details below demonstrate the opposing differences of the skin build-up, minimal build-up within the Market, which create a minimal boundary between the external and internal environments. The Museum, contrarily, includes an immense amount of insulation to ensure that the internal environment is kept the same at all times, where one is secluded from the external environment.
Integrated Structural Section through the Museum, Market and PochĂŠ
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The visitor follows a route that creates an intended circulative experience: Introduce Learn Relax Observe Interact Eat
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Near to the end of the Journey within the House of Artefacts, the visitors then get to the ‘interact’ with food, where they are able to cook in the clean and modern kitchen. The last stop within the Museum is meant to evoke the idea of modernity and cleanliness.
Food Lab Interact
A sectional interior model (at 1:50) demonstrating the internal atmosphere of space within the market. By making the model, I was able to better visualize the scale and atmosphere of the space. By physically seeing and touching the space, materials and furniture components, I was able to comprehend the character of the market; specifically in opposing the crisp and clean character and materials of the museum.
Crafting the Space Eat
1:50 Market Skin Detail
The Heart(h) of the City
The main faรงade, located on Chorlton Street imposes the concept of the two houses. All three buildings are showing within the street scape and are exhibited as the three distinguishable artefacts. The adjacent buildings are mirrored and represented onto the two houses. Bolton House, on the left, is clad in the infamous red British brick; a material that is relevant to the history of the city and the progression of architecture. The red brick is mirrored onto the perforated skin faรงade of the House of Cultures (Market). The natural red brick is a representation of the raw materiality of the market itself; resembling the rawness of the clay pot. The engineered white bricks of the House of Artefacts (Museum)
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Tapestry Tapestry
Tapestry
The House of Artefacts
The market manifests and celebrates the notion of creation. The building is designed to function purely as a space for food, allowing the function to become the space. The structure is the space; left bare and skeletal to reminisce and celebrate the basis of architecture and evolution; a primitive cave. The market embraces the structure of the building and building process; allowing visitors to experience the true notion of built form. The visitors are able to touch and interact with the physical structure of the building, as well as the natural materials. The process of construction is embedded into the final design of the market; embracing the materials, structures and rawness of the atmosphere.
The House of Cultures
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Introduce Learn Relax Observe Interact Eat By conceptually thinking of the intended route a user should take, the programmatic functions of the building manifested themselves into separate spaces. The split between the two houses creates spaces that oppose each other, but also function together to have a circulative experience on the visitors. The vertical circulation followed a one-way route, where visitors do not pass through the same space more than once, meaning that each space is experiences once, uniquely.
The Visit
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Eat The Museum aims to educate the younger generation on the importance of food production and the modern exploitation of fast food and machine-made food. The journey is taken from the perspective of a young visitor that experiences all six of the main functions of the two houses. Their journey starts in the House of Artefacts, being introduced to the concept of the Museum, and the intended programme, followed by watching a short film on the historical production of food and the advancement in the processes. The ‘relax’ part of the journey is at the cafe, where the atmosphere and etiquette of eating differ than that of in the Market hall. After enjoying a fine-dining snack, the visitor then makes their way to the main exhibition space, observing and learning on the history of cooking and food production, observing artefacts that range from 5000BC to the late 20th century. The Food Lab follows, where the young visitor gets to ‘interact’ with food and the modern methods of cooking, set in an almost clinical kitchen, representing of the modern methods of cooking. Finally, the visitor ends in the House of Cultures, where they are able to enjoy foods and beverages from the local food vendors, ranging of a variety of traditional foods from the diverse people of Manchester.
The Collective Memory