4 1 Carnoustie Drive community center Self Initiated Project Alice Meyer
‘Architecture is not about the conditions of design, but about the design of conditions that will dislocate the most traditional and regressive aspects of our society and simultaneously reorganize these elements in the most liberating way, where our experience becomes the experience of events organized and strategized through architecture. Strategy is a key word in architecture today. No more masterplans, no more locating in a fixed place, but a new heterotopia. This is what our cities must strive towards and what we architects must help them to achieve by intensifying the rich collision of events and spaces.’ Bernard Tshumi, Architecture and Disjunction
In a more and more gentrified and stagnant area of London, Caledonian Road, the project aims to provide a strategy, through the development of an interface between different social groups, in order to generate a dymanic resilience. In particular the focus of the project is to enhance the role of women in the area to create programs of exchange of skills, time and local production. The final agenda is, in conclusion, for the women of Caledonian Road to form a political body, able to take decision on issues regarding the neighbourhood which is right now mostly male led, and to be considered as role models by the community. The project is conceived as a process that aims to gradually infiltrate in the existing social and architectural tissue of the site. Through the concept of infiltration the building extends and retrofit existing programs on the High Street and consolidates them at the back of it, on Carnoustie Drive, creating an inclusive community center where 4 different programs collide and intertwine. The final proposal, or ‘final stage’, shows how an area can change, taking advantage of the existing an unused spaces of Carnoustie drive, in order to turn them in public and social space.
SITE ANALYSIS AND INTERFACE
AT THE BACK OF THE HIGH STREET gentrification and site analysis
Gentrified Landscape
Gentrification This map shows in red and bright red the areas more affected by gentrification and by socio-ecomical changes in 2011. It shows Islington as one area where this phenomena is relevant.
Dodgy mobile shop Supermarket chain
Caledonian Road
Off license
Bakery: Potential Local produce
Take-away chinese food
Take-away Charity shop chicken shop Potential: exchange
The site of investigation is Caledonian Road which stands in the middle of the development of Kings Cross and the gentrification happening in Angel.
Cally
The divide
Thornhill square
Caledonian road functions as a division between Bemerton Estate and Thornhill, a waealthy area. To connect the high street to the social estate there are few pocket spaces and a buffer zone, Carnoustie drive.
The buffer zone in between formal & informal Bemerton estate
the backs of the shops Caledonian Road
Bemerton estate
Pocket spaces
Carnoustie Drive
Carnoustie drive is charapterised by the crossing of various social groups from and to the estate. However there is a constint lack in the social activities it could offer. It is a buffer zone, but also a left-over space with potential.
ISSUES AND POTENTIALS_men led environment the social club, the gang, the market
the gangs hidden hierarchies of power
Turkish soical club hidden social activity Tilhoc st
market stall
the 3 old grannies
going back to Bemerton
offering cookie
eurocafe, social space
Hidden hierarchies of power While working in groups we identified gangs acting in the area probably related to Addams familt criminal organisation. The gangs age group varies, from 12 to 20-25 years old boys. Jim the baker
men led enviroment Potential role model
sourranded by the gang
coming from Bemerton
‘I know guys with guns, living there, so the gangs don’t annoy me’
we identyified a potential in giving boys a role mdoel to follow, a system of apprendiships in collaboration with the local activities (Jim the baker)
Hidden social activity meeting space for gangs The market : potential
Area: Carnoustie and the pocket spaces
we recognised the presence of culturallly connotated social clubs. regregated in pocket spaces.
men led enviroment Reveiling social activity
word of mouth
during our intervention we disclosed these activities, with the help of an event happening on site, Cally market.
men led enviroment
apprentiship Intervention Jim the baker
the market stall
the market intervention reveiling social activity
apprentiship the need for a role model
.......WHAT ABOUT WOMEN?
INVESTIGATING ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN the elderly, the young mothers and their lifestyle
THE 3 GRANNIES’ TERRITORY
ELDERLY BEHAVING LIKE THE GANGS, CLAIMING THEIR TERRITORY
Social places Exclusion and Inclusion Unused or Vacant The culturally connotated social clubs in the area are strictly men-only, the pubs even if less stricts do not have woman customers, as well as the Meltdown which serves the not-local younger community.
Iceland can be considered a social space, with a dislocation of usual chats bewteen friends to chat with the local female cashiers. The cafes are an important meeting point for various members of the community. Vacant or unused spaces are found throught the whole span of Caledonian road.
FRIENDLY INDIFERENCE
“how is the little one?”
“he’s doing great, I’m picking him up in half an hour”
THE TILL AS SOCIAL CONNECTION
women men mixed
WOMEN SPATIAL PATTERNS AND SITE POTENTIAL the elderly, the young mothers and their lifestyle
Site and Concepts the cafe, the children center and Iceland_connected places by women’s routine
UNUSED SPACES AT THE BACK OF THE HIGH STREET
3 DIFFERENT WOMEN’S ROUTINE A
Analysis of the segments of the journey
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B flat 3 C primary school
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Mother no 1 : a kid in primary school
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THE MOST CROSSED PATHS: CARNOUSTIE DRIVE
Carnoustie drive as a link between Bemerton and the high street, from the most private to the public, which could be potentially become a social space, by activating the buffer zone.
THE INTERFACE the elderly, the young mothers and their lifestyle the neighbourHOOD
JUDITH_CALLY BINGO PLAYER
age: 73 retired daily routine: playing bingo, have tes with friends and cook other: loneliness and lack of a encounter space in Caledonian road. potentials: knowledge and quantity of time available
knitting housework
“there are no social centers for us, there is a bingo event in the community center of the elderly residence but we are not allowed”
8 am
to shop
9 am
11 am
12 am
to the cafe
6 pm
watching tv
to the park
“we started meeting in cafes but a lot of us still feel really lonely in our flats”
Cafes and Supermarkets as social spaces
LILY_BEMERTON MUM Lily age: 26 unemployed family: 2 kids other: unwillingness to find jobs or lack of skills potentials: role model and quantity of time available “there is no time for a job when you have to take care of your kids” “I used to meet my friends in Eurocafe but they left and I still go there by myself when I have time”
to school
9 am
to the cafe 11 am
to shop
“there is no place to have fun here, I meet my friends in Camden if I want to go out”
2 or 3 pm to the nursery
7 pm
cooking
EXPECTED AGENCIES + AGENDA the elderly, the young mothers, the kids, and their potentials
communal kitchens _local produce the assembly/bingo hall recreation/meeting point
Skills exchange through a productive activity
Cooperation = forming political body that could take decisions on the market
cafe
Time exchange: help with kids, help with loneliness
a courtyard as social outdoor space of interface of programs
Women seen as role model in the area by young generations playground
to ACTIVATE carnoustie drive
CONCEPT: INFILTRATION TACTICS
INFILTRATION TACTICS Infiltration : ‘to pass into or through (a substance) by filtering or permeating. : to pass (troops) singly or in small groups through gaps in the enemy line. : to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes’
POROSITY + PERMEABILITY
SUBVERSION
‘subverting=undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution)’
“Porosity is the inexhaustible law of life in this city,’ where “the stamp of the definitive is avoided”, giving rise to “the passion for improvisation”. Walter Benjamin
Infiltration as a mean to subvert the gentrified high street, by implementing programs at the back, to attack and revert the existing situation of stagnation of the area.
Infiltrating means cutting, breaking through the urban island, in order to achieve a porous, permeable space, from Caledonian Road to Carnoustie drive.
2015
EXPANDING + RETROFITTING
‘Retrofitting refers to the addition of new technology or features to older systems’
Infiltration as a tool for regeneration involves the expanding of existing programs and the retrofitting of the back of the high street.
2030
AREAS OF INFILTRATION the urban scale
2 actions: HIGH STREET
extension of programs on East-West axis consolidation on North-South axis
CARNOUSTIE DRIVE
How to infiltrate? site divided in zones
hard : changing interiors
consolidation
medium: start implement programs with furniture and openings soft: primary strusture
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Iceland
1 existing social interactions between women
Sunflour bakery Hot wok
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potential: starting point for engagement
James Owner of Sunflour Bakery and involved in Cally Market organisation
Take away open :5-10 pm
local production potential
potential: collaboration with women of Cally
potential: kithens not used until 5 busy during opening hours
PRECEDENTS FOR INFILTRATION
Aldo Van Eyck, playgrounds
Carlo Scarpa, Castelvecchio
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Elemental, playground in Chile
Atelier Bow Wow Pet Architecture
OMA, Parc de la Villette
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHANGE OF LEVELS ON SITE (1 METER)
CREATING OUTDOOR HYBRID SPACES _FOR KIDS AND ADULTS
THIN INSERTIONS
A PROJECT THAT CAN BE READ IN DIFFERENT AXIS
Having platforms at different levels leads people to interact and to be able to chose which space they prefer, creating cross programming and different views.
The need for a courtyard makes sure that the social activities are not only going to be inside the building, but partly exposed on site, to activate Carnoustie Drive.
Thin volumes allow for the program to develop gradually and for the strcture to be continuosly added, but without being disruptive to what is already there.
The experience in the building changes radically according to where to enter and to exit. This make sure every peson has a different experience of the building and that can have glipses of what is happening in other places.
Bernard Tschumi, Parc de la Villette
GRID: A SENSE OF REFERENCE FOR A GROWING RENEWAL BEYOND THE SITE The structure of the builsing is therefore a grid in order to change and add programs in the future
How to infiltrate? TOOLS sketch models representing conceptual/architectural insertion
RAMPS _LINKING THE EXISTING AND THE NEW
PROJECTING FACADE_ OUTDOOR COURTYARD
THIN ONE FLOOR VOULUMES THAT SUPERIMPOSE OVERTIME
ENTRANCES ON BOTH NORTH SOUTH AND EAST WEST AXIS
FACADE COMPOSED BY MODULES
INFILTRATION PROCESS AND FINAL PROPOSAL
INFILTRATION PROCESS_ICELAND
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IN 5 YEARS crèche implemented + strollers parking infiltrating Iceland
IN 15 YEARS main strcture infiltrating at the back +glimpses of programs in Iceland
bingo 3.00 pm collective 6.00 pm laamiga 9 pm crèche
crèche
ANALYSIS OF MOMENTS
no interface between elderly and young mothers, sharing the same space
Iceland crèche 2x1 time sharing/exposure/curiosity from others the interface begins to develop with the exposure of the crèche, when elderly and mothers share the same interests
Iceland 4 x1 time sharing/skill exchange/inclusiveness the interface between women does not produce exclusive space for the relative social group, but spaces that are frequented by men as well and that be experienced without joining every single program of the building.
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the double flow develops and creates new routes to reach Carnoustie Drive, where a piazza appears.
breaking through the back of Iceland, producing a double flow from the High Street and Carnoustie Drive.
frames framing views
panels
TOOLS + SITE TISSUES + AGENCIES TO TACKLE THE SITUATION
programmatic circulation
circulation as meeting place
change of flooring
Caledonian Road_Social + economical stagnation
forming a political body _assembly/bingo hall
stroller parking
time exchange
production _communal kitchens
Carnoustie Drive_Buffer zone + unused
women as role models soft + medium and hard tissue infiltrated
soft and medium tissue infiltrated
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GENERAL GROWTH + SECONDARY ACTORS
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Emua President of Laamiga Charity which involves woman’s mentoring and training
Jim Owner of Sunflour Bakery and involved in Cally Market organisation
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EXPANSION_ Iceland (1) and Bakery(2) expanding, into crèche(3) and cafe(4) IN 5 YEARS
CONSOLIDATION_assembly/bingo hall (5) + dining hall (6)+viewing platform (7) IN 15 YEARS
MATERIALITY, ADDRESSING THE TENSION
Carnoustie Drive - Bemerton estate
Carnoustie Drive - The back of the shops of Caledonian
INFORMAL/FORMAL On site there is a clear distinction of materials, on one side, the weathered and temporary looking backs of the high street while on the other site there is the estate in concrete and panted plastic sheets cladding. The structure on one side is old, decaying but has a distinct ‘character’ while on the other side the modular section of the estate do not allow adjustability or customisation.
emergency staircase whethered steel
upper floors
emergency staircase : STEEL
WORKING WITH THE EXISTING
CONCEPT
MATERIAL
continuity
_ EXTERIOR
brickwork
continuity
_ INTERIORS
flooring continuing outside
MODULES: PLASTIC AND CONCRETE
bricks
painted bricks
ACTIONS
PRECEDENT
site picture
alluminium
weathered metal barriers at doors
WEATHERING
weathered concrete painted
barriers at windows
informality
_LIGHT
spruce weathered or recycled
ground floor
bricks
blockwork
tarmac asphalt
painted wood
Beach Hut on Runners on Whangapoua Beach stone tiles patterns
Tension
informality
_HEAVY
corten steel different stages of weathering.
Sean Godsell
MODULAR PANELS, INFORMAL MATERIALS
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To address the tension of materials on site the material scheme proposal is composed by similar modules like Bemerton facade but with materiality charapteristics of the back of the shops of Cally road. The two shades of Corten steel are then places from the more solid and bright to the light timber on the facade towards Bemerton.
FILTERING giving glimpses to the outside REVEILING
PROTECTING sense of discovery
MESH WITH DIFFERENT SIZES OF GAPS, THINNER FOR PROTECTION(KIDS), WIDER FOR SENSE OF DISCOVERY(KITCHENS)
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TRANSPARENT GLASS
Xeros house by Blank studio
Elemental, playground in Chile
EXPERIMENTATION_WHAT IF? the start of the project and the tools development
WHAT IF? The starting point of the project, what if a small crèche whould be implemented in the supermarket? Interaction between elderly and young woman
Till as social interaction
time exchange
Microwave turns into Structure expanding and merging into a slide
The tools: first iteration
cafe Arches as visual reference
Movable Shared furniture communal elements that start from iceland Horizontal frames threshold to another program Levels to cretate different spaces in the corners and the feeling of being an actor in different programs
Permanent Backbone Facade modular structure from with all the programmes of the building develop from and collide horizontally Elevated footpath view point + point of reference
CARNOUSTIE DRIVE
CALEDONIAN ROAD
Axos showing the development of primary and secondary structure, levels and circulation
Synergy with the existing the facade is kept, only minor changes are applayed to the front of the building
Superficial Vertical panels to guide the circulation in a spontanoeous way + relation to human scale to be achieved Portico guide towards entrance and to make the infiltration subtle on the pavement
EXPERIMENTATION_CONSOLIDATION REVISITED
THE DOUBLE SKIN _CONSOLIDATION
THE ASSEMBLY HALL _ CONSOLIDATION
One of the first designs involved the use of a double skin to unify the building. the final proposal will involve only a facdes with galleries and portico, so a less solid double skin, that will form a membrane. with a wider sidewalk.
The consolidation of the programs through the assembly hall changed from being a solid floor with a square to a double height connected to a rectangular, but divided space.
THE LEVELS In the initial iterations, the levels would show only when hard and medium tissue meet, it developed in spreading the levels in the extensions as well.
visual connection feeling of protection _mesh
1:100 ground floor plan _final stage 1.Iceland 2. crèche 3.playground 4.courtyard 5.bakery kitchen 6.bakery cafe 7.bakery shop 8.chinese takeaway 9.communal kitchens
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communal kitchens exposed _view from above _exchange
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cafe with a double view _inside&outside
visible courtyard from inside_threshold
5 exposed kitchen _switch program keeping the structure
connected kitchens _sharing knowledge
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1 beginning of infiltration
1:100 first floor plan _final stage 1. bingo/assembly hall 2. dining hall 3. viewing platform 4.Iceland flats
double height_ view on the creche _feeling of attachment to kids not lost
double height_ program continuity related to food and sound
double height on entrace/exit from courtyard
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3 viewing platform _open to bemerton _glimpses from the high street
view on Iceland _glimpses from below _view on flats entrance corridor
1 levels_ dividing the space for different purposes
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CALLY-CARNOUSTIE FLOW 1:100 cross section
Carnoustie Drive Caledonian Road
curious neighbour from flat above Iceland _glipses on assembly hall MOMENT 3 entrance for the assembly hall through courtyard
view on the courtyard _playground extends
stroller parking start of infiltration
entrance of assembly hall _pivot door double circulation MOMENT 1
MOMENT 2 gallery_ repeated frames
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a1 The section shows how porosity is achieved between the High Street and Carnoustie Drive. The
threshold to the courtyard _pivot door double circulation
the program propaganda _advertisements
IN AND OUT continuity and moments in and outside the building
view on Carnostie drive_day light in the gallery Corten steel interior cladding view on the courtyard but also on the dining hall
glipses of Bemerton from the inside furniture extending in the supermarket
MOMENT 1: the view from Iceland to the courtyard
frames to achieve a human scale a nd a sense of continuity and rhythm
circulation as meeting point/rest
MOMENT 2: the view from the gallery to the courtyard
view on the ramp leading to Iceland
the entrance of the assembly/bingo hall timber cladding the cafe exposed on corners to allow elderly to observe
frames give a sense of incompleteness of the structure _suggesting expansion
MOMENT 3 : the view from Carnoustie drive pavement to the entrance of the assembly hall and courtyard
SYNERGY WITH THE EXISTING 1:100 long section
viewing platform _visible from high street _suggest a possible expansion of the building
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programmatic circulation communal kitchen _elderly and young mothers
The section shows how the building is related to the context on the NorthSouth axis, going from a solid form to disappear with a platform
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MOMENT 4 dining hall
MOMENT 5 ramp to the bakery _framing the views _continuity
assembly hall _different degrees of exposure
double height _ crèche sounds travels up _visual conncetion _no windows south facing
MOMENT 6 playground
IN AND OUT layers of exposure
framing reappering in the interior
visual connection
existing brickwork exposed
the facade projected outwards framing: continuity and incompleteness
interior timber cladding
the cafe exposed on corners to allow elderly to observe
divided rooms but connected visually through internal openings
frames that can be cladded in the future to form other spaces
view on Bemerton the table follows the thin form of the building
ramp leading to the cafe
flooring leading towards courtyard mesh : playground protected but visible
MOMENT 4 : from the dining hall looking at the viewing platform
MOMENT 5: from the Bakery looking at the cafe and Carnoustie drive
MOMENT 6: view from Carnoustie drive to the playground
INFILTRATION TOOLS _ STRUCTURAL AND MATERIAL RESOLUTION
the module 1.20 x1.20x2.4
THE MODULE_TECHNICAL STUDIES + its cladding iterations
facade module 1.20 x1.20x2.4
The project is conceived as a process, the structure and programs evolve at the same time. For this reason as I need a really flexible arrangement
and a simple structure that can be repeated and adjusted. A chose a module unising a frame steel structure. Beams and columns can then be added as the programs evolve. Steel in this case is a light material and durable material so that even if a floor needs to be added in the future the structure won’t suffer from consistent loads.
corten steel on the inside
The axo on the right shows the composition of a module for the infiltration of the programs on the soft tissue of the site.
spurce timber cladding composition
timber joists attached to metal other timber joist in other direction positioned in between the steel beam, connected to it by a steel plate joint (sketch on the right)
steel frame, second floor attached to the other steel primary structure by steel plates Universal beam 203x103
window panel attached to metal frame attached to steel strcture timber studs frame to be connected to the steel structure with steel plates joint
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1. general wall composition: in between studs plywood, vapour barrier, insultation, wood panel + cladding
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I chose steel as a material for the primary structure beacasue it can be easily added and jointed to extend the programs. I chose a modular structure also to be able to refer to the layout of the estate and to have a clear building strategy that can change throught time.
THE CONTEXTUALISED GRID Structural grid + 1:20 detail
Roof-Wall Detail: Sealing Layer with mineral aggregate Zinc flashing and capping Rigid Foam Board for thermal Insulation 38 mm Leveling battens Wall and Roof Primary structure:
precedent : Xeros House, Blank Studio, in Detail magazine
sketch of my joint
steel I beam + Universal Columns 12.7 mm plywood sheathing 12.7 mm plasterboard
timber joist
steel plate
timber stud fixed into I Beam
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Steel Beam Continuing the Primary structure (in elevation)
I Universal Beam 200 mm Timber Internal Cladding: Timber Panels Vapor Membrane Plywood sheating boards Timber Nogging with Insulation Plywood Spruce Cladding
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Floor Slab: Timber flooring Timber Joist (behind insulation) Timber Joist section and Insulation Plaster Board
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Steel Glass Framing The structural grid adopted is also meant to follow a modular pattern from the facade of the new to the existing, taking the same avarage width of the brikwork houses as span for the steel beams, without breaking the existing rhytm on the of the high street. The structure then funcions as a compromise between the two existing and opposite facades on carnoustie.
Insulation to avoid Cold Bridge
The primary structure represented in the axo is the one that is infiltrating in the ‘soft tissue’ of the site. (diagram above) I took inspiration for measuments and structure layout from the existing on site shown in the sketch on the left.
Steel plate in the back of insultation to join timber joists Timber secondary structure frame
The detail was drawn looking at matching the structure of steel grid of my proposal with a similar design of Xeros house in Phoenix by Blank Studio that I used as a reference for my material strategy as well.
EXISTING AND NEW Existing/new structure + foundation
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The plan shows hoe my proposal infiltrates the existing structure,. I am not demolishing any loadbering wall but I will cut openings in the brick walls and reinforce them with steel frames. In the plan are also shown the existing and new walls and the social interactions I aim to achieve
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demolition/opening new walls
insulation to avoid cold bridge Ground Floor Slab: Timber Flooring Underfloor Heating Vapor Membrane Insulation 100 mm Reinforced Concrete Slab 150 mm Binding 50 mm Impermeable Banner, Hardcore 75 mm
Foundations: Steel plate Bolts concrete foundation (1000 mm depth)
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 1:50 Section: Ventilation and Sunpath + Wind on site
Considerations: The building is ventilated through natural cross ventilation but also with the help of mechanical ventilation systems.
In the building I tried as much as possible not to have direct sunlight as the facade south facing is cladded with either spruce or Corten steel, but to have indirect sunlight. I
The temperature in the atrium leading to the assembly will be substancially higher than the ground floor as the double height make sure that almost all the heat will rise from the ground floor until that level. For this reason the facade facing South needs to have the least windows possible but still have opening to get fresh air throught. That could be achieved through ventilation movable fins that spin with the wind.
summer solstice
mechanic movable shutter : opening towards the bottom
the shape of the building follows the flow of the wind, without being an obstable but creating a smooth barrier for the back of the other shops that are not infiltrated by the the programs
hot air going out of the building equinoxes
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glass door on this side not in section brings cold air in
glass door on this side not in section brings cold air in
winter solstice
nursery playground section aa1
brick wall partially protecting the playground
wind from SW
greenery in the courtyard redirect the wind and stop it from creating a wind flows in the courtyard
TOOL KIT
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creche/playground
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cafe
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communal kitchens
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assembly/bingo hall
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iceland
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sunflower bakery
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chinese take away
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dining hall the assembly sticking out_ symbolic roof, context related to butterfly roofs
double heights_ glimpses of other programs the module 1.20 x1.20x2.4 SCALE 1:150
beams continuing _sense of incompletness and adjustability
internal bridge_one with the structure MOMENT 2
B the staircase a cupboard linking and exposing circulation both in the cafe and the communal kitchens
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three rooms in the assembly_ one or separated bingo hall/collective
A the staircase at the entrance of the assembly all is also a parking for strollers for the crèche
external platform _ viewing point continuity+ incompletness MOMENT 4
B possible extension of crèche_steel arches
the programmatic circulation_ strollers parking/kitchen cupboard
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courtyard _the point of connection of all programs, colums formimg extruded facade
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soft tissue_vertical panels
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circulation as meeting point _MOMENT 1 refurbishing interior _ flooring leads circulation _MOMENT 5
framing the views
creating a sense of reference with arches_MOMENT 3
EXTENSION AND CONSOLIDATION 1:200 elevations
extension of the existing: elevation in context on Bingfield Street
mesh extending from communal kithens up to the terrace and horixontally to the viewing platform
glass facade in the courtyard to expose and connect the different parts of the building
glass reveiling circulation and overlapping of activies in the kitchens
steel mesh when stroller parking is
glass reveiling part of the atrium
assembly hall corten steel shell iteration of butterfly roof at the back
mesh protecting and exposing playground
diagrammatic facade: consolidation of the programs_ materials scheme of Carnoustie drive, facing Bemerton
THRESHOLDS 1:50 cross section with detail
The sinergy betwenn old and new is achieved by the subtle infiltration of materials in Iceland and the change of flooring which guides the circulation. The opening on the roof allows natural light in the supermarket and suggest a relation with the outside. One in Iceland the women of Cally have the change to see what is happening in the crèche but also have glimpses on the courtyard. From the first floor instead the circulation leading to the assembly hall is facing the flats above Iceland and allows for a visual connection both with the supermarket and the entrance corridor of the flats.