Architecture Portfolio Prathyusha Sidheeswaran Year 1
Contents • Residential Building • Observatory • Boat workshop
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Construction And Environmental Fundamentals - The Residential Building
Project Description The proposed residential building will accommodate 2 to 4 people. This project design report is aimed to provide a concise package of information illustrating the analysis of existing conditions, the planning and design, the evaluation of options and finally the recommended concept design approach to the development of the project. This report functions as a tool to communicate the development of the concept design. Concept Design Process: The process of developing the Concept Design was broken into several steps: The first step taken was the inspection of the existing buildings in the site and conditions helped to choose a concept design fitting existing condition. Later we were asked to focus on each building type to understand the climatic conditions and building materials. This house was asked to design to understand the fundamentals of construction technology, enivironment design and building materials that cohesively contribute to sucessful building design.
Site Analysis North
The site is located to the West of Coventry City in the Corporation Street. The entire Area is a residential zone and identically a quiet place. The design is placed on the front of Hill Street Lane to the west. Traffic and general disturbances are the only possibilities of noise to the site. The site and neighbourhood analysis concludes that the area is said to be a perfect choice for any residential buildings.
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Floor Plans North 4 3
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Ground Floor 1. Living Area 2. Kitchen Space 3. Dinning Area 4. Toilet
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First Floor 1:50
First Floor 1. Bedroom 2. Toilet 3. Bedroom 4. Toilet 5. Balcony
Structural Elevations and Section
Front Elevation
Right Elevation Scale 1:50 7
Back Elevation
Left Elevation
Sectional Elevation
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Environmental Strategy
Ventilation and Air quality Renewable Energy Bioclimatic Design
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Insulated Airtight Building Low-energy IT and Appliances
First Floor
Natural daylighting and efficient lighting Efficient HVAC system 1 3
Renewable Energy 1. Geothermal Heat pumps 2. GE Hybrid heat pump water Heater 3. Energy storage 4. Solar panels 5. Small wind Ground Floor 8
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Acoustic Comfort Coventry Noise and Air Quality Average noise level (dB) 75.0 and over 70.0 - 74.9 65.0-69.9 60.0 - 64.9 55.059.9 Acoustic Comfort 4
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Construction Details
Strip Foundation with Timber Framed Cavity
102.5mm Facing Brick-
13mm Plaster board with vapour
125mm NOM. Cavity fully filled with Insulation
140mm Insulation
100mm Blockwork
12mm Plyboard with building
12.5mm Plasterboard
102.5 Facing Brickwork Floor Finish 70mm Concrete screed 75mm Insulation Concrete floor
DPC Weep Hole
Cavity wall - Facing Brickwork
Engineering Brick
Side of 70x38mm Timber
Lean concrete mix in cavity
Non Load bearing Timber stud Partition 15mm GYPORC soundbloc fixed to
Dense concrete block below DPC
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Partition Wall - Timber Stud
Clay Tiles Counter bottens Knauf breatheRocksilk Pitched Roof Crown Rafters Roll 32 sealant to reduce air leakage Wood Packing to the window Insect Window Frame
Rigid Insulation under the Finished Floor Screed InsulaDPM 13mm Plaster Board
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Experimental Design And Communication -The Observatory
Project Description Relationships between inside and outside are the basis of creating meaningful, beautiful and functional space. Human scaled spaces can become places from which to observe the world and changing seasons. The main brief is to design of a small observatory placed in the heart of the City in James Starley Gardens, Coventry. James Starley Gardens is a new public space which was created to open up the city and provide a central gathering place within the Coventry University. The brief is to design a small-scale building of around 16 square metres in plan, which has a primary function of an observatory. Students are free to determine the subject of observation, and are expected to undertake research into both the subject of observation, the human activities and tools which are required for specialist study of the chosen subject. The Observatory was designed with essential elemental, precedent and materialistic studies. My concept of this building was to carry a contemporary design in a small structural building.
Element Studies
In his book “Analysing Architecture” Unwin Simon describes an engaging introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design. Unwin exposes its underlying patterns to reveal the organisational strategies that lie beneath the superficial appearances of buildings. These study sketches are few of my elmental research for the Observatory building. 16 Prathyusha Sidheeswaran
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Site Analysis
James Starley Gardens is a public place situated with in the Coventry University, next to the Hub. Observatory is located at the end of the site to ensure a quiet and peaceful environment. The primary function of the observatory is to gather public and to provide a communal space. James Starley Gardens
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Plans And Elevations
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4m
Section
Roof
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3m
Elevation 3m
North
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3m
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Material Studies
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Spatial Design -The Boat Workshop
Project Description This project was to design a community workshop on a site adjacent to Coventry Canal within the Foleshill neighbourhood of Coventry. The design was featured to explore ideas of the collective human inhabitation of the community workshop, placing emphasis on the environmental factors relative to comfort, spatial performance and the weather. Client is a local organisation who will run the workshop as a community enterprise. The building establishes a clear architectural identity and reflects the character of the canal neighbourhood, a focal point for the community. The purpose of the design is a “Boat Workshop” of 216 sqm along with a Café on the first floor. The major approach is to determine an attitude of creating a sense of place, and responding to the existing urban context.
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Site Analysis Foleshill is a neighbourhood lying to the north of Coventry. The site is situated to the south of Foleshill along the canal to the west. The pedestrian path is been redesigned for the entry of boats.
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Concept Design
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User Studies
-User’s can access form two different entrances. -The main entrance from the road is to obtain regular clients and a second entrance from the canal is designed to serve the boating purpose. -A movable pedestrian path for people is to establish a secure corporation with boats and the community.
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Environmental Strategy -A curved roof is introduced to Highlight the cafeteria and to seperate other service sectors of the design. -The increased height of Roof ensures the construction of Lift room to fit inside the design for a more sophisticated outcome -Vent Windows on the Roof to shelter good air flow and ventilation -Single sided Ventilation -Cut holes in the geometric window for a smoother air circulation
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Plans and Elevations
Front Elevation 24m
7.9m
1. Cafeteria 2. Open Kitchen 3. Material Storage 4. Restroom(staff) 5. Restroom(1) 6. Restroom(2) 7. Staff changing room 8. Elevators
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10.9m
1. Boat Workshop 2. Extended Canal 3. Restroom(1) 4. Restroom(2) 5. Elevators
Back Elevation 9m
7.9m
Scale 1:50
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Right Elevation
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Left Elevation
Sections -Ground Floor Work shop: Extended canal ensures an ease of access for the boat’s spacious environment has been designed for a better acoustic comfort such that the cafeteria isn’t disturbed. -First Floor Cafe:The area is sectioned into two spaces; Cafe and other services as a hub for the community.
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Material Studies
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1. Vertical garden 2. GFRC panels 3. concrete wall 4. Cavity wall 5. Concrete block work 6. Plaster boards 7. Window frames
1.Skylight-Glass + Aluminium 2.Rooftop- GFRC panels 3.Geometric Windows- CNC panels 4.Walls- Concrete + brick 5.Cavity walls- Blown mineral fibre insulation + Gypsum boards 6.Skin- GFRC panels + Stobe Cladding + Vertical garden 7.Landscape- Concrete bed + vegetation 8.Sub structure- Concrete + water proofing 9.Base structure- concrete + Reinforced steel
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Construction Details
Cavity tray DPC Ground level
Steel Fabric reinforcement
Compacted hardcore with upper surface blinded with 50mm coarse sand
Mass concrete edge beam
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External wall Finished floor joist
Water proofing
Insulation
DPM Floor Joist
Decking
Joist
Finished floor joist Floor screed Rigid insulation DPM
Minimum gap of 50mm for cross ventilation
Ground level
Ground and Upper Floor Scale 1:10 Vapour control layer Cavity wall
Plaster Board
Facing Brick
Blown fibre Insulation
Rigid insulation fixed to wall and ceiling joist
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Construction Details
Columns are been rearranged to withstand the curved Roof and to support the First floor. Construction of core walls in the building will reduce the number of columns and produce a Smooth appearance to the design.
Cantilevers
Core walls are constructed from the foundation and raised upto the building. In this type of building, the wall itseld acts as a column. Core is used to install lifts, Staircase and the exterior facade. Such types of acrh can withstand wide floor where the end are connected to the footing of columns. Example: Bridges.
Core walls Arch
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