BA ARCHITECTURE | STAGE 3 | 2014-2015
OLIVER WOLF
AP4 : ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHARRETTE 01 GRAINGER MARKET SURVEYING 05 SELLING ARTEFACT 11 BARCELONA 27 THINKING THROUGH MAKING 31 BUILDING ON WHAT IS ALREADY BUILT 35
CHARRETTE WEEK
DRINK THE BAR DRY GROUP WORK A territorial investigation into the public response towards architecture within the city.
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GRAINGER MARKET SURVEYING GROUP WORK The initial phase of the project consisted of surveying the whole of Grainger Market, involving all members of the studio to work collaboratively. I was involved in the creation of a model showing the existing building on the surrounding site.
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SELLING ARTEFACT PROJECT ONE My selling artefact is a market stall that is defined by its key concept: travelling through. During the first term, I analysed Grainger Market, and looked into the traditional linear layout of market stalls. I decided that in my design I didn’t want people to walk past my stalls, but rather wanted them to travel through the market stall. This lead me away from the traditional ‘front and back of shop’ form and resulted in me becoming interested in manipulating routes and looking into forcing people to travel through my artefact by the use of the diagonals within a cube. The result is a simple open plan cube, with pivoting walls that contain the displaying units for the kiosks.
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MODULE ADAPTABILITY
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MARKET AGGREGATION
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BARCELONA PRECEDENT TRIP Not only did we have the chance to see many covered markets, but we also got to visit architecture practices and building sites. We explored four markets, which were all refurbishments of Barcelona’s historic markets. We were able to witness how they worked as markets, as well as social spaces, and understand how the rejuvenation links back to the historic forms of the pre-existing markets. We visited three architecture studios, Flores y Prats, ADD + Arcquitectura and MIAS Architectes. Whilst on the trip, we also had the opportunity to visit two construction sites: historic markets which were in the process of being refurbished. All the sites visited have been marked on the map.
CAN FRAMIS A museum we visited while in Barcelona: Can Framis was originally a factory, which was recently converted into a modern art museum. The limitations in wall space and abundance of sun exposure led to most of the existing windows being blocked up, to allow new windows to be placed in key areas. The lime mortar used to blok up the previous openings create a collage of textures with the existing stonework and new exposed concrete; an aspect I hope to create at Grainger Market.
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THINKING THROUGH MAKING MATERIAL CULTURE The thinking through making week consisted of a series of workshops given by external tutors for stages 3, 5 and 6. The workshops I took part in were mainly focused on modelling with plaster and concrete. I experimented with different materials to use as moulds or components of the mixtures. I tried to focus the week on the project ahead. With that in mind, I attempted to make representations of the existing market out of plaster, and declerations of a concept out of concrete and plaster. During the week, I also made a conceptual investigation of my intervention concept for Grainger Market. A juxtapostion of the old and the new. This took the form of a large scale painting, were I also experimented with different media on paper, including paint, primer, plaster, filler, chalk, pastels and charcoal, as well as spray paint to represent the new.
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BUILDING ON WHAT IS ALREADY BUILT GRADUATION PROJECT In order to tackle what I found to be one of the limitations at Grainger Market, the ability to stay unnoticed by passers by, I decided to fully ‘cut’ the whole building diagonally from the corner of Nelson Street and Grainger Street, to the corner of Nun Street and Clayton Street. My design aims to make the market noticeable and to draw the public in through the creation of a new entrance route and social space. The intervention will also include rearranging the layout of the market hall, introducing new restaurant facilities, public spaces and offices. New housing for the elderly will also be incorporated as well as spaces for social activities.
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SITE ANALYSIS Above are the diagrams made during the first semester group work. They first shows vehicuar routes and the second shows pedestrian routes. Understanding these diagrams, and from investigating on site, I came to the conclusion that the most important corners of Grainger Market are the north-easterly Grainger and Nelson street corner and the south-westerly Clayton and Nun street corner. It is through these two corners that I chose to cut through the existing building for my intervention on Grainger Market, as seen in the Nolli plan opposite.
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elevated corner
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cut through diagonal with single pain facade
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MODELLING
Throughout the project I experimented with various model making techniques. Photographed are initial working models for my intervention on Grainger Market. I used plaster, ink transfer and high density foam to represent the building.
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A section zoom in showing the connection between the new U-glass and glass wall and the old arcade arches. The arches, split at different levels, will be supported by a curved concrete beam that wits on a steel column. A seperate lighter steel structure supports the U-glass.
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1 : 50 DETAILS 1 Double glazed window in the elderlu housing flats.
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2 Existing roof pitch and new glass roof pitch meet above the existing walls. The glass roofs are supported by their own lightweight steel structure. New ‘I’ beams replace the top of the masonry wall to aid support and create a fixing point for the two pitches. Large gutters run along the top of the masonry walls. 3 A ‘C’ beam connects the new glass roof to a modified internal wall. A gutter runs above the beam.
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MATERIALITY STUDY As a juxtoposition to the old limestone facades, the cut through facades are made up of three main materials which are carried through the design. Important precedents used were works by Steven Holl, including his works at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (below) and the Pratt Institute (opposite). I was particularly interested in his use of U-Glass, creating well lit spaces whilst controlling heat gains and light exposure. The ‘lantern effect is also an aspect I wanted to try and recreate at Grainger Market. The dissonance in the beams created at the Pratt Institute to solve a missalignment of floor plates has become a solution for me to tackle the 6 metre height restrictions of U-Glass. In order to create a seamingly open ground floor level, I incorporated 2 by 2 metre glass doors that pivot at their centre. These allow for areas to open onto the street, kept closed or to simply be used a swivel doors for the public to enter through.
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