Alice Meyer (2015) 4 for 1: Carnustie Drive community centre

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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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

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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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new programs

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.