PORTFOLIO | STAGE 3 Ole Petter Steen BA Architecture Newcastle University 2014 - 2015
Stage 3 Academic Portfolio Author Ole Petter Steen Student Number 120353448 Element Number [AP4] Element Title Final Design Submission Module ARC3001 Year 2014 - 2015 A portfolio submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of BA Hons Architecture Date Submitted
26.05.15
PORTFOLIO | STAGE 3
Ole Petter Steen BA Architecture School of Architecture Planning and Landscape Newcastle University United Kingdom olepettersteen@gmail.com +47 41363190 steenarchitecture.com
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CONTENTS
Semester 1
Semester 2
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CHARRETTE
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STUDIO 6: INFRASTRUCTURES Infrastructure Research Disassemble Exercise Briefs in Response Contraption: PayBook
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GRADUATION PROJECT Project Brief Precedent Studies Germany Field Trip Design Proposal
Nominated for
HADRIANS MEDAL 2015
RESEARCH BOOKLETS Typological Study London Site Visit Germany Field Trip
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CHARRETTE
CHARRETTE WEEK 2014 Seeing Things Differently: Un-wasting Opportunities
This Charrette responds to the theme “Seeing things differently� under 2 complementary points of view. By looking at public spaces and situations as places to host new fantasies (1) and by extending the life of discarded materials which have been thrown away or are waiting to be recycled (2). The idea is to see waste as an opportunity.
GROWING INTEREST A book exchange By combining books and wasted materials, such as glass bottles and pallets, we have created an installation that will re-invent the purpose of various public spaces. ‘Growing Interest’ is designed to attract and draw public attention to the importance of education, while simultaneously extending the life of old books. The tree simply symbolises a growing interest in the use of recycled materials as viable construction method. The aim is to provide a scene for a book exchange in an attempt to boost community trust and development.
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The Public Realm Public space is all around us, a vital part of everyday urban life; the street we pass through on the way to University, the places where children play, or where we encounter nature; the local parks in which we enjoy sports, walk the dog or sit at lunchtime; or simply, somewhere quiet to get a moment away from the busy daily life. In other words, public space is our open air living room, or outdoor leisure centre
Scan to see full video from Charrette Week
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INFRASTRUCTURES
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STUDIO 6: INFRASTRUCTURES Semester One Research and Device Project
Infrastructures Studio has set itself the challenge of addressing the small and intermediate scales of intervention into changing infrastructures in the North-East. Setting scenarios of future change, developing specific material responses to these scenarios, and deploying mechanisms of infrastructural renewal are the primary focus of the studio’s semester one projects.
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STUDIO INTRODUCTION Infrastructure forms the substrata of our lives. We live in amongst a web, a network of connections that intersects almost all areas of urban and rural environments. These infrastructures are always, to some extent, physical – they have a material existence that is in a constant state of flux: as technologies change, their distribution channels alter too. And they leave legacies – ones that offer the potential to be rethought, reimagined and reintegrated into the fabric of the city. As in many (if not all) periods of technological change, we see social and cultural change develop apace. Scenarios once imagined become real. Where once formidable forms of material infrastructures appeared inviolable, they now fall to decline, disuse or disrepair. But they mark our landscapes and cityscapes in myriad ways. In the northeast, the remnants of industrial pasts form a palimpsest of potential: structures, spaces, technologies lie dormant, ready to be reawakened to meet needs and address scenarios of cultural change. Part of Preface in Infrastructure Booklet by Edward Wainwright, Studio Leader
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W E E K LY S T U D I O
VISITS TO ART
CO L L A B O R AT I O N
1:1 CONSTRUCTION
EXTERNAL REVIEWERS
LONDON
GERMANY
TUTORIALS
EXHIBITIONS
W I T H S TA G E 6
IN THE WORKSHOP
AND ENGINEERS
SITE VISIT
FIELD TRIP
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TYPOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Bridges Car Parks Docks Elevayed Highway Railway Staiths
Perhaps slightly counterintuitively, but one of the most fundamental infrastructures for any vehicular transportation is the place where they park. These can been found all around the world, and altough sizes might vary slightly from country to country, the overall spatial organisation is generally remarkably similar. The aim of this typological study over the next pages is to get a deeper understanding of emerging patterns, textures and layouts of car parks. SELECTED TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Please refer to the group research booklet called ‘Typology: Infrastructure’ for a complete study of the other types of infrastructure mentioned above.
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EXTERNAL CAR PARKS
External car parks can been found all around the world, and altough sizes might vary slightly from country to country, the overall spatial organisation is generally remarkably similar. The aim of this typological study is to get a deeper understanding of emerging patterns, textures and layouts of external car parks by comparing them at different scales.
* Images in the courtesy of their respected owners
SMALL SCALE
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MEDIUM SCALE
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LARGE SCALE
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CAR PARK STRUCTURES Most cities across the world tend to erect multi- storey car parks in order to tackle issues regarding inreasing densifying urban areas. These structures are very land efficient, and are normally constructed using set of standard techniques and materials. Despite varying greatly in size and height, its a common conception that car parks is not particularly aesthetically pleasing, as focus are being placed on function rather than design. By comparing car parks across the country on a set of determined criterias in a typological manner, the differences and similarities become apparent.
* Images in the courtesy of their respected owners
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TYPOLOGICAL COMPARISON 1 OF 3
MANORS NEWCASTLE
WOODHOUSE LANE LEEDS
ALBERTSTREET PARKING BIRMINGHAM
P I C A D I L LY C A R PARK MANCHESTER
WELBACK STREET
LIVERPOOL ONE
CHARLES STREET
LONDON
LIVERPOOL
SHEFFIELD
FACADE
ENTRANCE/ EXIT
VERTICAL L AYO U T
INTERIOR L AYO U T
PEDESTRIAN ROUTES
SMALL SCALE
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TYPOLOGICAL COMPARISON 2 0F 3
MANORS NEWCASTLE
WOODHOUSE LANE LEEDS
ALBERTSTREET PARKING BIRMINGHAM
P I C A D I L LY C A R PARK MANCHESTER
WELBACK STREET
LIVERPOOL ONE
CHARLES STREET
LONDON
LIVERPOOL
SHEFFIELD
FACADE
ENTRANCE/ EXIT
VERTICAL L AYO U T
INTERIOR L AYO U T
PEDESTRIAN ROUTES
MEDIUM SCALE
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TYPOLOGICAL COMPARISON 3 OF 3
MANORS NEWCASTLE
WOODHOUSE LANE LEEDS
ALBERTSTREET PARKING BIRMINGHAM
P I C A D I L LY C A R PARK MANCHESTER
WELBACK STREET
LIVERPOOL ONE
CHARLES STREET
LONDON
LIVERPOOL
SHEFFIELD
FACADE
ENTRANCE/ EXIT
VERTICAL L AYO U T
INTERIOR L AYO U T
PEDESTRIAN ROUTES
LARGE SCALE
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MANORS CAR PARK Type Parking Infrastructure Location Newcastle Upon Tyne Parking Spaces 587 Year 1960’s The A167 is a large, heavily used road which has both through and access traffic. It has a strong relationship to Manors Car Park as it flows both underneath and around the building. The design of the Car park is very much dictated by the highway intersecting it.
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Map of the site with A167 highlighted Number of vehicles on the road at specific locations (2010) Source: www.itoworld.com A A
26,136
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32,520
B C
10,442
D C
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12,500
25,000
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50,000
E Motorway (A167) Manors Car Park Other Buildings
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Map of the site and related parking infrastructure
Number of parked cars in the area
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Number of parking spaces at Manors Car Park
Existing Car Parks Areas of high concentration of parked cars Manors Car Park Other Buildings
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Number of parked cars in the area
Map of safe pedestrian access routes
Map of railroad leading to Newcastle Central Station
Safe Pedestrain Routes
Railroad
Manors Car Park
Manors Car Park
Other Buildings
Other Buildings
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TYPOLOGY OF MANORS CAR PARK
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DISSASSEMBLY EXERCISE To further expand on our studio’s research into infrastructural types and specific material conditions, we were asked to dismantle a fully analogue object. In doing so, I acheived a better understanding of the mechanical process, particularly the relationship between the exterior of the object and its internal working structure.
Please scan QR-Code to see the full clip of the dissassembly process in a time-lapse video.
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EXPLODED VIEW In an attempt to fully understand the intricate internal mechanism of an analogue clock, I tried to put it back together as if the clock was being pulled a part horizontally. And in order to comply with the studio’s infrastructural ethos, I used a suspended bridge as support.
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PAYING WITH KNOWLEDGE In our society money alone is the only currency of true value, which in turn creates massive differences in society. Especially in the manufacturing sector, cheaper labour costs overseas make production companies choose new factories abroad rather than the original country of the product. Employees experience massive lay-offs, as both the product and the knowledge leaves the country. I propose a mechanism that redefines the value of knowledge, and perhaps more importantly, keeps it in the local region.
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CREATING THE BRIEF
SCENARIO DESCRIPTION In later years many major cities see alarmingly high levels of air pollution caused by the increasing number of vehicles in the city centre. This is especially true during rush hours, and in cold weather. In some places governments are forced to implement highre taxes and other restricting measures to try and minimize the pollution. Most countries are also making petrol more expensive as to try and limit car use.
AIR POLLUTION
CAR PARKS
GLOBAL
SCENARIO
PROPOSED
PROBLEM
OF CHANGE
SKETCH
Vehicles are the single most influential cause of harmful smog in cities.
Trees made of recycled plastic infesting an old car park, using a biomimicry inspired method (Humidty Swings) to transform CO2 to O2.
Air pollution is not only high levels of CO2, but also harmful particles and dust.
Tidal energy runs a fan that extracts polluted air through a system that, by using condensation caused by the difference in temp. collects dust particles.
CO2 is lighter than air and needs to be captured before it reaches the atmosphere.
Using people going from one side to another, this device constantly paints the bridge with Titanium Dioxide. Reacts with UV and reduces air pollution.
As we move towards a more sustainable future, we would hopefully see a decrease in the demand for cars. This trend of less driving and auto ownership is making designers rethink the future for car parks. Cities can take the lead by rewriting zoning and building codes to require garage developers to meet the minimal adaptability requirements. As for the developers themselves, Fisher says they’ve been very receptive to the idea, perhaps because they see a less-car dependent future coming. “I think they’re worried about building parking garages that don’t really have a long-term use,” he says.
DOCKS
BRIDGES
SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT 1 OF 3
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SCENARIO DESCRIPTION We generate about 177 million tonnes of waste every year in England alone. This is a poor use of resources and costs businesses and households money. It also causes environmental damage - for example, waste sent to landfill produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. We want to move towards a ‘zero waste economy’. This doesn’t mean that no waste exists - it’s a society where resources are fully valued, financially and environmentally. It means we reduce, reuse and recycle all we can, and throw things away only as a last resort.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
GLOBAL
SCENARIO
PROPOSED
PROBLEM
OF CHANGE
SKETCH
S TA I T H S
Following urban growth of large population centres in England, the buildup of waste in waterways causes rapid deterioration in levels of sanitation.
Revers the cycle, using the staiths as a filter to catch the waste and transport it away using trains. Could be used for biofuel elsewhere.
E L E VAT E D H W Y
Dramatic increase in waste for disposal, especially along roads and underneath elevated highways.
Create symbiotic parasites that crawl along the motorway, cleaning the roads. The waste are used to charge the parasites to do more work.
Floating plastic in waterways is an increasing problem, in is a threat to both wildlife and the global environment.
Mass production of self-dissolving ducks that in turn bring Plastic Eating Microbes along the major ocean currents to dissolve floating plastic debris.
BRIDGES
SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT 2 OF 3
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SCENARIO DESCRIPTION Due to advances in technology and communication the last century trade and production are no longer limited to the country of origin. Cheap labour and low transportation costs make it lucrative for western businesses to move production abroad, making a lot of people unemployed in the original country of production. This does not only cause economic unrest for a lot of families, but its also a major source of CO2 emissions world wide. For instance, its cheaper for a Norwegian Salmon company to send the locally sourced fish to China for preperation and then bring it back on massive ships, than to do the same job in Norway. Is it time we look past the economic side of production, in favour for a more sustainable future and more local labour? “If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods” - Barry Commoner
PRODUCTION OVERSEAS
GLOBAL
SCENARIO
PROPOSED
PROBLEM
OF CHANGE
SKETCH
RAILROAD
Typically overseas factories have poor working conditions and also damaging transportation costs, both economically and environmentally.
Self-controlled cargo trains to be used on disused train lines. Expandable to avoid crash on single track. A moving “toolbox” of services for local labourers.
CAR PARKS
Much like international production companies, owners of car parks are purely driven by economical gains. Prices for parking, especially in city centres, have increased greatly.
Inspired on the Mining Institute, an old library for centralise knowledge within the region. A car park where you pay with books/knowledge.
BRIDGES
Jobs moving abroad due to lower production costs overseas, causing people to loose their jobs here within the country.
Create a modular market/exchange module, that can expand and change after needs. Fully self-sustained and easily transported.
SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT 3 OF 3
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SELECTED SCENARIO
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PRECEDENTS STUDY
SOCHI, RUSSIA In order to raise awareness about the (at the time) upcoming Winter Olympics in 2014 hosted by Russia at Sochi, the government implented Metro ticket machines that dispensed ‘free’ tickets in exchange for 30 squats.
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY Trying to help the many stray dogs in the captiol of Turkey, the government has produced vending machines that give out a portion of dog food in exchange of plastic bottles. Plastic recycling is seen as more valuable than money, making bottles into a form of currency for food.
BEIJING, CHINA When a passerby inserts an empty plastic bottle, the machine’s sensor scans it to assess the value of the plastic and spits out a public transportation credit or phone minutes. This system, with its free rewards, makes recycling more appealing, and is a good step forward for a city that’s already notorious for its environmental degradation.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
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Books slotted through an opening at the top, and skids down a tilted wooden slide
The book slides down into a wooden container, and its own weight lowers the entire tray
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A timber pivotal arm being pulled up by weight, and lowers the stamp down
The wooden structure tilts and hits a vertical metal bar, activating a series of pulleys
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A stamp with nails forming the letter ‘P’ (for parking) pierces the paper ticket
A heavy counterweight lifts the wooden tray back to its original position once empty
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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC Materiality and structure
HOW DOES IT WORK?
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CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE First a solid timber frame is constructed, and then the mechanism is placed securley within. After the pulley system was in place, thin sheets of MDF was situated on either side to guide the moving shelf. The external polycarbonate and timber cladding have no structural significance, and provide merely external protection in addition to make the mechanism visible from the outside.
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CONSTRUCTION D E TA I L
PROGRESS
D E TA I L
COMPLETED
FRAME
S TA M P
SLIDE
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FINISHED MODEL 1:1 SCALE
This is the finished 1:1 model of the PayBook device. The base of each polycarbonate sheet is fitted with changing LED lights. Although my model had them change randomly, the idea was to have them respond to the number of parked cars, giving a visual indication of the remaining capacity of the car park.
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Photomontage with PayBook Device placed by the entrance/exit at Manors Car Park, UK
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PRESENTATION LAYOUT [AP3] FINAL CRIT 28.04.15
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GRADUATION PROJECT
Nominated for
HADRIANS MEDAL 2015
GRADUATION PROJECT
Counter Consumption: Self-Storage and Exhibition
With the basis in disused and derelict land, the aim of the project is to resolve global problems locally through architectural strategies. I am attempting to interpret the issues surrounding over-consumption in our society, with a particular attention to excessive personal consumer belongings. By exposing the core of the consumption problem in a combined commercial and public structure, the architectural program tries to exhibit the current waste cycle while simultaneously offer a solution to the problem.
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FACT SHEET | Self-Storage Facilities
US
UK
Previous Page: 48,500 Self-Storage facilities in the US 11,000 in the rest of the world combined 57
SELF-STORAGE USES
SELECTED USES FOR THIS DESIGN
Student storage Wine storage Lack of home storage Exhibition
As a society we have now reached a point where we have so much stuff that we are willing to pay a monthly fee to get it out of sight, out of mind. While the avarage length of stay is more than 38 weeks, a large portion of storage containers are never emptied, and it ends on the landfill. I want to break this cycle, and see discared possessions as an opportunity for reuse and recycle.
Back-up Secure storage Business storage and offices Moving
Many start-up businessowners have previously used standard self-storage units as a starting ground for their company while waiting to become big enough to rent a normal space. This has led new self-storage facilities to include offices spaces with increased security, wi-fi and AC. I plan to include a fully functional office, with the same feel and function as other offices in London
Military deployment Decluttering Collectors Home improvements Change in personal circumstances Travelling Sport
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Some users see self-storage units as an opportunity to store their own personal collections, whether it’s Star Wars figures or old music records. In some storage facilities these collection become so big that they open them up for the public. I intend to accommodate for this in my structure, by having a path for visitors that intertwines with the units to expose the various collections.
SELF-STORAGE CYCLE STANDARD CYCLE
IMPROVED CYCLE
Initial need for self-storage
Initial need for self-storage
Standard industrial storage units with limited flexibility in terms of use and control
Custom designed self-storage units for each individual uses. Offices have standard properties, and collection units have public viewing access
Some units become emptied and the content returns to the origin of the cycle, while the rest of the containers are left unpaid for and become the property of the company The discarded content are either sent straight to the landfill or opened up for public auction. While auction in theory alllow for a great degree of re-use, most stuff end up on the landfill eventually as buyers only want economically viable products.
SELF-STORAGE UNITS
DISCARDED UNITS
SELF-STORAGE UNITS
EMPTIED UNITS
PUBLIC AUCTION
DISCARDED UNITS
COLLECTION UNITS
LANDFILL PUBLIC EXHIBITION
SEPERATE CONTENT
SORTING DEVICES
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THERMAL ENERGY
NEW MATERIALS
RESTORE WORKSHOP ANTIQUE/ CHARITY
P M P
RECYCLED MATERIALS
EMPTIED UNITS
RECYCLE PLANT
PUBLIC AUCTION
Discarded self-storage units are automatically moved to a supervised service area where the content is emptied to seperate re-usaeble stuff from recyclable waste. After being devided, parts of the original content are moved across to a separate building where it will be restored, fixed or re-developed in order to extent its life cycle. Through a series of charity shops and antiques stores, visitors can purchase art, furniture and other products. All waste materials are sent through a custom designed sorting infrastructure, where a series of automated systems separate it to four different categories: P Plastic M Metal P Paper G Glass The end product is containers of specific materials that will be carried of site to produce new materials. Bio-mass waste (timber) are incinerated on site to heat the building.
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PRECEDENTS
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT Abalos & Herreros
BUILDING USE Waste Facility
DATE & LOCATION 2001 Madrid, Spain
EXTERIOR
Issues of responsibility and maintanence are carried through the construction process, with the extensive use of polycarbonate for cladding and a simple, bolted steel structure that can easily be dismantled and reused for future construction projects.
INTERIOR
Inside the buildings the material choices and spatial layout is designed to provide the most efficient infrastructure for recycling waste. Although the entire process is exposed, all human walkways and access points are elevated and safe from moving parts.
This recycling plant in Valdemingomez is part of a wider political initiative to reevaluate and regenerate an area southwest of Madrid, which has been used as a large dumping ground and suffered social and environmental deprivation as a result. Built for Vertrsea-RWE Process and Madrid City Council, the waste facility is 22,500 m². The entire complex was built for a lifetime of 25 years, after it may be dismantled and elements recycled elsewhere, a final gesture towards mending the damage resulting from years of abused by the city.
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PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT Wansleben Architekten
BUILDING USE Event Centre
DATE & LOCATION 2002 Düsseldorf, Germany
PEC - Port Event Centre is located in the middle of Düsseldorf’s Media Harbour, and it’s constructed with a massive external truss that levitates the entire structure over the buildings below. Even though it might apear that it’s completely seperate, the historic harbour sheds below is actually part of the building, and was refurbished when PEC was build in 2002. I visited this uncompromising building during our Germany study trip (see next page for more photos from the trip), and it influenced for my graduation project greatly with its exposed structure, services and walkways. It also reminded me not to be afraid to push the design all the way.
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GERMANY FIELD TRIP
12.02.15 - 16.02.15
The destination of the field trip was set to central Germany in the area around Düsseldorf. Exploring various sites in the heart of Europe’s industrialised land, the aim was to get a deeper understanding of different types of infrastructure, and the consequent effect it imposes on the built environment.
Ruhr Museum and Zollverein Park
Emscher Landschafts Park, Duisburg
Gasometer Exhibition Centre
Bruder Klaus Field Chapel
Please refer to the photo booklet called ‘Germany Field Trip’ for a complete selection of pictures from the above mention locations amongst others
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Staircase in the refurbished Ruhr Museum in Germany. To distinguish safe pedestrian movement through the preserved industrail spaces, key circulation routes were constructed using a bright and visual material palette.
Museum Design HG Merz Architects Heinrich Bรถll + Hans Krabel, Essen Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Rotterdam
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SITE LOCATION
England
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London
A40 Westway
Westbourne Park
Westbourne Park
Great Western Road (A4207)
Bus Depot
Pedestrian Path
Railway
A40 Westway
Harrow Rd (A404)
Canal
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LONDON PLAN After developing and refining the project description from semester one, the individually chosen sites was required to be located along the A40 leading out west of London. In order ensure a successful implementation of my brief and desired outcome, I carefully assessed the context of the area and surrounding conditions. Upon reading the London Plan, a document collaborated by the Mayor of London for future developments of the city, it became evident that the regeneration of the Paddington Basin would provide the ideal setting. Not only was the political goal to erect large scale buildings in the area, but also to ensure that any new construction would have a certain environmental profile.
Please scan the QR-Code to see a timelapse video recorded at the site, focusing on use, movement and sound in the area.
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BUILDING DESIGN
With a site liocated along the A40 Westway out of London, I tried to maximise the use of disuesed land caused by the imposing elevated infrastructure. I also tried to keep in mind other types of infrastructure on the site, such as the canal and the railway, and respond with an architecutral program accordingly. By extending the storage block above the road the structure becomes visibel for all passing traffic, standing as lighthouse of warning for commuters in either direction. The two buildings create a secluded, but open public square that is partally sheltered from the railway, while aslo inviting passing pedestrians along the canal onto the site. With all major external walls facing directlu south, I aim to maximise solar gain and thus potentially provinding the inhabited spaces with enough heat during daylight.
1. Maximise use of derelict land underneat the A40 highway by the Paddington basin
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2. Vertical extrusion to make building visible for passing vehicles
3. Rotate inhabited part of the structure to face directly south to maximise solar gain
4. Extend building east to allow for additional number of self-storage containers
5. Externally expose circulation systems, along with storage and recyceling infrastructure
6. Expand volume west to make room for exhibtion floor and internal sorting system
7. Economically viable objects need to ‘exit’ the current waste stream and turn into sumething re-usable
8. Connect the building through a bridge transporting both goods and visitors to the solution building
9. Adjust angles of buildings to both invite more light between them, and to control movement on the site
10. Insert basement level into the sloping ground to seperate commercial use and general visitors
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PROJECT SITE
Render View
After a thoroughly investigative visit to London, I chose a site situated directly underneath the elevated highway, in order to maximise the effective use of deprived land and to comply with the city’s agenda. As mentioned earlier, infrastructure is a central theme of the studio, and this particular location was interestingly also composed of four intersecting types of infrastructure. The site connects the canal and the railway with the passing commuter on the motorway above.
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SORTING INFRASTRUCTURE Steel frame struture to house a costum designed material sorting infrastructure to be placed at the heart of the building. This will not only dissassemble the content of disused storage units, but also act as controlling body within the structure. The tower will have waste going downwards, visitors ascending through it, as well as dictate the height an layout of the surrounding spaces. By exposing the process of recycling, I aim to evoke an increased public interest for looming issue of over-consumption in our society.
1. Standard Steel Frame
2. Weight of Consumption
3. Smaller Footprint
4. Dictate Spaces
Separation Area
External Roof
Office Storage 2
Office 2
Office Storage 1
Office 1
Exhibition Start Exhibition Floor
3m x 2m I-beam steel frame to fit a standard size self-storage unit as well as human movement through the sections.
While the content trickles throught the structure, it becomes smaller and smaller as its dismantled and separated.
Parts of the steel frame are reorganized on the visitors floor to better exhibit the stream of recycled materials.
Four slots to allow for sorting of the four most common materials in a self-storage unit:
This is also to give an expression of the overwhelming ‘weight’ of consumption in our society sumbolised by having all the storage units at the top of the building.
This will also result in a smaller footprint of the structure at basement level, allowing for better access and efficency in the recyceling plant.
Paper Glass Metal Plastic
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Exhibition Floor
The exhibition floor cuts through the structure to showcase the current stock of our society’s waste products almost at the end of the process.
The height of the vertical beams is carefully designed in relation to the intended spaces around the structure. By removing section of the structure I’ve created room for the two office floors, as well as allow for sufficient head room to pass through and access the office storage spaces from either of the office floors. The visitors walkway starts in the compressed part of the tower, and as you walk upwards it become less dense to expose the source of the problem; the self-storage units.
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"More and more stuff comes in and it's not going out. I want to say it's a throwout society, but it's not the case because people are keeping their things around" Cory Cooke Professional Organiser, London
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The initial design process started with roughly situating the various spaces and uses throughout the structure, in order to get a better spatial indication. These massing diagrams are designed to offer a coherent overview of how the different uses in the design work in relation to each other.
MASSING DIAGRAMS
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C I R C U L AT I O N
S E L F - S TO R A G E A N D R E C Y C L E PAT H
WORKSHOP, LECTURE HALL AND SHOPS
EXHIBITION TOUR
OFFICE WITH STORAGE
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MATERIAL STRATEGY BLUE SLIDING GARAGE DOORS By using traditional self-storage doors, fittings and colours, users will immediately understand the function of the building despite not being there before. The doors slide upwards vertically to allow for wide and unhindered access to the self-storage unit. "t's a monument to our acquisitive society - the brightly lit shed on the edge of town offering "storage solutions�. Society has always had its hoarders. But in the 21st Century people are farming out their junk to the growing number of self-storage facilities" Trying to mimic previously built self storage facilities across the world, I have carfully chosen a material palette that is easy to acquire, simple to put together and cheap. By carfully combining these, I aim to achieve a building design that is both quick to construct and effortless to dismantle when the need for the building (hopefully) is no longer there. The chosen materials will also give a visual indication to visitors and users about the intended purpose of the building - even when you are driving past on the A40.
SIMPLE GLASS CURTAIN WALL Placed mostly on south-facing walls, the curtain walls are designed to allow for maximum solar gain, especially in the areas of the building that are not continuously inhabited, such as the storage floors. This will make the spaces mostly self-sustained.
RECLAIMED CURRUGATED SHEETS Easy to aquire in large quantities, and extremely light weight, these sheets provide a perfect skin for most spaces of the building. Being very easy to join with a steel frame, they will reduce the construction time (and deconstruction time) considerably.
AGAED COPPER PANEL Used on the lower roofs visible from the ancient canal and by passing pedestrians, this aged material is meant to symbolise the historic importance of the waterway as type of infrastructure. The plates also protect sound insulation in the roof under the A40
RECLAIMED I-BEAM STEEL FRAME Although producing new steel itself require tremendous amounts of energy, the unusual large life span of steel makes it many ways sustainable. Designed my building entirely from standard 254mm x 146mm I-beams, I’m able to use old recalimed steel frames.
DOUBLE-SKIN POLYCARBONATE SHEETS With its exceptionally good thermal performance, polycarbonate sheets provide the perfect building fabric, especially where natural light is also required. In my building this will be mostly used in areas of circulation, exposing structure and movement.
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Section D-D as seen on plans
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Separation Station
Restoration Workshop
Economically viable product come across the bridge to be restored in the workshop. This can be anything from old clothes, or worn furniture, to antiques. Finished products are sent down through the building to be sold.
Beginning with exposing the current stock of waste, visitors expereince the end of the cycle, before they take a step back, and walk backwards up the recycle tower to find the source of the problem and a solution.
Exhibition Containers
Antique and Charity Shop
Through an industrial lift object from the workshop enters directly down to the backroom of the sjops to be sold. Placed on the ground floor facing the canal, these shops are designed to invite passing pedestrians.
Viewing Platforms
The exhibition tour follows a controlled path throught the structure that doesn’t affect the commercial use of the building. Throughout the exhibition tour, severela viewing platforms are showcasing keymoments of the process.
Recycling Plant
Auction Hall
End of Exhibition Tour
Storage Containers opened by staff, and econmically viable products such as furniture, antiques and fabrics are separated and sent across the bridge to the workshop. The rest continues down the Sorting Tower to be recycled.
After the content is properly dismantled as it passes through the sorting tower, each category gets deposited into ‘Jelly Bean’ glass container according to material and size. This is the first visitors see at they enter the exhibition tour.
Keeping all the different materials seperate, it passes down to a system of conveyor belts, and ends in specific containers. Bio-Mass becomes incinerated to heat the buidlings, while the others leave the building to be recycled.
Many users store their antiques and art in self-storage units, and many pieces are forgotten, and today these are auctioned away as whole unit. I offer an auction hall to ensure proper curation and minimize waste created.
Start of Exhibition Tour
The exhibiton tour ends in the building of change, with the workshop at the top, lecture theatre below, and at the shops and cafe at ground level. In the besement is an auction hall selling particular valuable forgotten objects.
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5. Manual opening and rough sorting of discarded self-storage units conducted by staff.
4. Fully equipped creative studio designed to refurbish or create reusable paroducts to be auctioned or sold.
3. Area where discarded self-storage units are opened and content sperated. Visitors observing on platform.
2. Antiques, furniture and fabric is excluded from the waste stream, and carried across to a workshop.
1. Unpaid or discarded storage units are automatically shifted out and transported externally to be recycled.
12. All sorted material ends in the recycle plant in the basement to be transported with lorries to be re-used.
11. After sorting process, all content end in large transparent containers exposing the current waste stock.
10. Many store their most valuable family posessions in selfstorage units, and these can be auctioned away.
9. Content is led through a sorting systems seperating objects based on material, size and weight.
8. Along the canal, both an antique shop and a cafĂŠ invite passing pedestrians to engage with the building.
7. Visitors walking on suspende walkways through storage units specially designated for collectors.
EXPLANATION OF SPACES
6. Equipped with two lecture theatres, visitors who wants to learn more about the environment can attend guest talks.
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AXONOMETRIC DRAWING
Key Problem: Self-Storage Units Process: Recycling and sorting infrastructure
Lecture Halls, Shop, CafĂŠ and Auction Hall
Solution: Furniture workshop and fashion studio Result:
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STRUCTURAL DETAIL After a meeting with a structural engineer, it was advised that I used deep reinforced concrete pile foundation for my structure. This is due to the size of the buidling and ground condtitions of the site, and a pile foundation will be the best solution to distribute the load to the ground CAD Detail Drawing
Plan view of top concrete slab of pile foundation showing the spatial layout.
Sectional detail of pile foundation. Depth aprox. 7m
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Section B-B Sectional drawing of the self-storage building, demonstrating how the recycling tower forms the central core of the building and dictating the movement of both waste and visitors. The exhibition floor is on the same level of the canal, inviting passing pedestrians through a sheltered entrance underneath the elevated A40 highway.
Unwanted objects from auction hall sent back to be properly recycled.
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Exhibition Recpetion (6) Staff Room and Office (7) Staff Locker Room (8) WC (9) Exhibition Start Floor (10)
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SORTING TOWER Key Moments and Functions
WC Located at every floor for convenience.
Supervisors station to ensure safe movement of storage units.
Recycleable material are moved on a conveyor belt to be recycled in the sorting tower. This side of the tower will display all different types of paper products at the exhibtion floor. On the exhibition floor, these large transparent containers will pause the waste stream to showcase the current stock of discarded materials in the storage units. At this point in the sorting process all the content will be fully seperated and devided by material, size and colour. Each side of the tower display 1 of 4 different recycleable materials: Paper Glass Metal Plastic
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All moving self-storage unit has a standard size of 2x3m. The sorting tower has a circular conveyor belt that allows other mechanisms too pick out the different materials. To pick out plastic bits, a Finnish company has prouced automatic robotic arms using complex xcanners to pick out the specified material. This side of the tower will display all different types of plastic products at the exhibition floor.
After passing through the exhibition containers, the content is shifter down into the basement where conveyor belts carry it to specific containers to be transported away for proper recycle and reuse.
ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY
H E AT E D , PA R T LY H E AT E D A N D COLD PARTS OF THE BUILDING
N AT U R A L S U N L I G H T
THERMAL MASS STORING AND R E L E A S I N G E N E R GY AT N I G H T
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Section A-A Section through the building of solution, where the workshop on the top floor provide a place of resoreation for object that could be sold in the shops and auction hall below. The building also offers public lecture halls, to provide arena for community awareness about issues regarding environment and a sustainable future.
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STRUCTURAL DETAIL
Cavity Closer (timber) Storm Drain Plywood (16mm) Kingspan Roof Insulation (51mm) Drain Pipe Insulation Roof Insulation Steel Girder
Coping Fix System Damp Proof Membrane Asphalt Roof Sheets (4mm) Steel Roof Deck
The building of solution is constructed using a much more permenant construction method, as this building could possibly be standing even if the storage facility become deconstructed when the need is no longer there. The external cladding will be concrete panels to give the illusion of weight and permenance, but the primary structure is in reality a steel frame. The thickness of the wall allow for sufficient insulation and plumming fixtures to carry drain water from the roof to the ground.
Drainage Pipe
Insulation around the pipe will also insure that the inhaitants won’t hear if rainwater is pouring through
Internal Gypsum Plates
Even though its a flat roof, it is required to have some slope to allow for enough drainage. Storm drains are placed at either side of the roof carrying rainwater away.
Wall Insulation with DPM External Gypsum Plates Pre-cast Concrete Slabs
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DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADE In order to keep with the buildings environmental profile, the main south facing sides of the building is covered in a double-skin facade. The adjecent spaces are the rooms that are continously inhabited, such as the offices. With adjustable external sun shades, and controllable internal ventialtion ducts, double skin facades can greatly improve the energy performance of the building. During the summer, hot air are ventialted through the void between the two facades, and stack ventilation carries it up and out. During colder seasons, the sun radiation warms the air in the gap, which in tur rises up and taken into the building to heat the room.
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Images in the courtesy of The Big Yellow Self Storage Company advertising group
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COLOUR CODES
Some users see self-storage units as an opportunity to store their own personal collections, whether it’s Star Wars figures or old music records. In some storage facilities these collection become so big that they open them up for the public. I intend to accommodate for this in my structure, by having a path for visitors that intertwines with the units to expose the various collections.
Some users see self-storage units as an opportunity to store their own personal collections, whether it’s Star Wars figures or old music records. In some storage facilities these collection become so big that they open them up for the public. I intend to accommodate for this in my structure, by having a path for visitors that intertwines with the units to expose the various collections.
Some users see self-storage units as an opportunity to store their own personal collections, whether it’s Star Wars figures or old music records. In some storage facilities these collection become so big that they open them up for the public. I intend to accommodate for this in my structure, by having a path for visitors that intertwines with the units to expose the various collections.
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SORTING TOWER Spatial Layout and Systems
Big vertical metal shute to churn and break all content for easier dismantle job later in the process.
Industrial sized recycle drum sieve that seperates objects based on size and weight. Lighter objects gets spun out arely on, while heavier objects go furter down. Together with magnets, this will seperate most metals from the rest. This side of the tower will display different types of metal found in storage units, such as steel, aluminium and copper.
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The sorting tower also dictates the spatial layout of the offices. The office storage is located on the other side of the tower, meaning they ave to go through the structure to access their products. The tower also acts as the main control of circulation. The visitors walk on central staircase in the middle, while the stairs between the two office floors penetrates the sturcture on one side. The access to the office storage units are also through the tower. While all the waste goes downwards, visitors can trace the steps backwards to find the source of the problem. This side of the tower will display both clear and green glass at the exhibition floor.
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ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY
DOUBLE SKIN FACADE AND THERMAL MASS
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N AT U R A L V E N T I A LT I O N THROUGH SORTING TOWER
S O U N D I N S U L AT E D RO O F E N C LOS I N G T H E LO U D H I G H WAY
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STRUCTURAL STRATEGY
PRIMARY STRUCTURE The primary structure of the building mainly consists of reclaimed universal steel beams and columns arranged to form a series of identical steel frames to optimise load-bearing capabilities. The structural steelwork is collected and emended off-site and then bolted together during construction. One of the benefits of this is that it allows complex shapes and designs to be fabricated. Connection plates are welded onto the steel sections to allow them to be bolted together. Additional fillets or haunched beams are often fitted to increase the strength of the structure. SECONDARY STRUCTURE The primary structure of the building provides a framework for the external cladding can be attached to, usually via secondary steelwork. The identical size of the steel frames and sections, It is easy to attach polycarbonate and corrugated sheets to seal the building envelope. TERTIARY STRUCTURE The primary and secondary structure provides the support for the tertiary structure to be fitted. This consists of the normal necessary structure, such as floor boards and internal cladding, but more importantly it allows for the storage infrastucture to be inserted throughout the building.
TERTIARY STRUCTURE: Self-storage and recycling infrastructure
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PRIMARY STRUCTURE: Reclaimed universal steel beams and columns arranged to form a series of identical steel frames to optimise load-bearing capabilities.
SECONDARY STRUCTURE: The external cladding (currugated polycarbonate sheets) are attached to, and suported by a secondary steelwork.
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PRESENTATION LAYOUT [AP3] FINAL CRIT 28.04.15
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OLE PETTER STEEN BA Architecture School of Architecture Newcastle University United Kingdom olepettersteen@gmail.com +47 41363190 steenarchitecture.com