COMMUNITY CUBE TO IMPROVE, INCREASE AND RETAIN STUDENT COMMUNITY CAPACITY IN the richard hamilton building
P30380 Master Classes 17025351 Rob Goacher 17034784 Simona Puckovicova 17038407 Nurcihan Bektas
BRIEF AND INITIAL THEORY
We have been asked to come up with feasible, place-making interventions to provide temporary benefit to the stakeholders of the Richard Hamilton during the demolition and redevelopment of the Helena Kennedy Student Centre next door, which currently provides some services for the RH, which they will lose during this period.
We will be trying to make sure our interventions, Provide Enable Adapt and Sustain the School of Arts and it’s Community, as per Nabeel Hamdi’s ‘PEAS Model.
Key Ideas -Short term and Long term provision -People focused -Against over-standardisation and flase exactness -Space for students, university and Oxford.
Key Ideas -Enable others to provide.... -Enable Involvement -Enable students to.... -Catalysing effects
Key Ideas -Adaptability of proposals -Adapt to and over time -Adapt to use/inhabitation -Accomodate difference -Sustain as many particulars as possilbe
Key Ideas -Capacity Building -Build resilience
SITE LOCATION INITIAL PHOTOS
CHENEY HALL JOHN HENRY BROOKES
HK
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HH Our site is the Richard Hamilton School of Art on the Headington Hill Campus of Oxford Brookes University, We have been asked to come up with a feasible, place-making intervention/interventions to provide a temporary/adaptive reuse to benefit the stakeholders of the Richard Hamilton during the demolition and redevelopment of the Helena Kennedy Student Centre, which is next door and currently provides some services for the RH, which they will lose during this period.
PROPOSAL AREA
RHB
CLIVE BOOTH HALL
SITE ANALYSIS RH VALUES AND IDENTITY
Moasic of historic styles, Interlocking dynamics
Values of Craftsmanship and Creativity
The artisitic student community and studio life.
Kitchen/ Lockerscapacity for studio life.
Spontaneous student interventions
Flexi-spaceused/“owned”/ inhabited by communities
our initial assessment of the rh building dislike
like
Suspended ceilings
Dark/Dingy Corridors No Natural Light
Rotation of student artwork display Ownership Unique Character Robustness
CLIENT UNIVERSITY and STUDENTS
Brookes Strategy 2020: Mission: Research + Creativity = High Standard Teaching Values: Sustainable, Equality, Diversity = Foundation for Student Experience
Kitchen
Café
Kitchen
Café
Lockers
Social Space
Storage
Art Shop
Better functional studio space/furniture
Studio improvements/ movable panels
Outdoor improvements
Take-away coffee to grab
Vision: Student Experience
There’s already a po-up art sale, no need to programme for this aswell.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ANALYSIS The Students/Staff/Passersby have desires, including a flexible, social space, kitchens/hot drink provision, lockers and noise protection. From our consultation it seemed that a strong artschool community existed but it lacked capacity to interact within the school, univeristy and wider community and ownership was mixed and needed to be improved.
OUR GOALS We analysed what was said in the consultation in line with the University’s goals/ values; The University aims for a student centred experienced-to help them personally, therefore basic kitchen and lockers would impove experience. Within the university’s strategic goals it encourages cost effective services- a coffee van, a valuable service, without the HK Cafe would pay it’s way with little university investment. The university’s goals place importance on Extracircullar policy and improving the ‘human condition’ in Oxfordshire, a flexi-space will allow students to persue extracirrcular activity as well as using it as a social/ common space, working space and community space (especially not in semester times).
INTERVENTION PROGRAMME -Economically Feasible
Replacement Coffee Van Temporary
-Schedule Feasible
-Operational Feasibility
-Technically Feasible
-Culturally Feasible
Placed near RH entrance for students and passerbys
Kitchenette Improvement to facilities in RH Permanent Lockers
Music Practice/Intimate Performances Flexible-Space Semi-Permanent Deconstructed for new use?
Art making-spaces/ Exhibition Social Space
Society/Community users over summer?
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Retractable seating for performances Soundproofing inside/outside Cleanable surfaces Retractible seating and tables
INTERVENTION PROGRAMME FEASIBILITY FLEXI SPACE
Used from 8am-10pm
NEED FOR SMALL SPACE BOOKING Very busy schedule-Meeting Rooms no longer available for bookings (possible only for internal meetings early June only) MUSIC REHERSALS RESTRICTED TO RICHARD HAMILTON PERFORMANCES IN UNION HALL
-Operational Feasibility
SITE ANALYSIS SITE ACTIVITY
Activity is varied across the site, the central route from Clive Booth to London Road seems to be the biggest area of activity. Quieter areas emerge around the perimeter of the site. Mostly students and staff use the site with few other people walking through it - this is evidenced by the community consultation. The nearest facilities i.e. Cafe and shops are located at JHBB/the Sports bar (After the HKSC cafe closes in January), this may be too long of a walk. It is obvious that most activity deviates from the central roadway and main entrance, therefore by drawing people from this active route towards RH would be probable, as other access points are fairly inactive, but during pre-construction the constraints limiting access around the roadway will not be present making this space best for the coffee van phase. Key Built Form surrounding area and Headington Hill Site
Student Accomodation
10 min walk for coffee
Bank
Hot drink provision
Hot food provision
Shopping provision
Future Construction Boundary Headington Hill Site Boundary
Pedestrian Routes
Students Users Young, active, dynamic lecture/tutorial venues
Art Staff Creative, Differing needs. Workshops, Offices, Studio
Art Students Users Young, creative, dynamic, Tutorials/Studio work
Law Staff Academic. Office based, concentrate.
CONTEXT RICHARD HAMILTON HEADINGTON HILL OXFORD Stable Block 1824
City Council Pergamon Press 1953
RICHARD HAMILTON ' Daddy pop '
Richard Hamilton Arts School - 1996
Richard Hamilton (1922-2011) The building is named after the artist Richard Hamilton, nicknamed ‘Daddy Pop’, a leading member of the ICA in the 1950s and prominent tutor in various institutions. He was significant in the pop-art movement, being one of the first artists to be an active consumer and contributor to mass culture. He influenced many other pop-artists. He’s connected to Brookes as he used the printmaking workshops in the school and let students watch him work, due to this and his significant contribution to art, the school was named after him when it opened in his presence in 1996.
The Richard Hamilton building overtime; 1890, 1950 and 2017.
The Morrell’s, their home and brewery.
artistic tradition is important to recognise within our ideas.
RICHARD HAMILTON
Intervention built up from pieces of scrap materials and students artwork
Precedent De Young Museum, Herzog and de Meuron, San Francisco 2005 Here the Facade is a layered fabric of metallic mesh. This changing levels of transparency and materiality inspires the collage of our idea.
Portrait built up from pieces of several faces
The Coffee Van will be located at the front of the RH to make use of the high activity along the central roadway.
INTERVENTION LOCATIONS
The Kitchen/ Lockers will be on the 1st floor foyer as it’s one of the only free spaces, easily accessible and public, without ownership by one of the art subject/years to ensure everyone can access them.
We have for numerous reasons described later, including noise, weather, ground and access decided to locate the primary flexi-space intervention in the present smoking area at the rear of the RH building. We shall accomodate the smokers by providing new seating at the rear for them.
SITE ANALYSIS CONSTRAINTS
Trees UNCONSTRAINED & PROTECTED FROM NOISE
Noise
Summer Sunrise 4:47
SITE ANALYSIS TOPOGRAPHY
Sunset 21:28 Winter Sunrise 8:10 -Economically Feasible
Sunset 15:57
Headington Hill has varying ground levels, 20m difference Key: Sun
100m 100m
95m 90m 85m 80m
PROTECTED
Wind Rose
75m 70m 65m
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m
75m
70m
85m 80m
90
95
65m 60m Richard Hamilton is situated on raised land where the height difference on site is 20m
Our site is flat, reducing work and easing the construction of the temporary intervention. <0 mph >3 mph >7 mph >12 mph >17 mph >24 mph >31 mph >38 mph The predominant direction of wind is from South West direction for the site
SITE ANALYSIS CONSTRAINTS new entrance POSSIBLE ROUTE TO AVOID CONSTRAINTS
Key Green Space Constraint
The main constraints include the construction site and limited access opportunities around the main entrance. The assumed construction compound takes a large portion of the site, and due to the few access points the central roadway will be busy, noisy and constrainted, therefore, taking the path to the right of the main entrance towards our identified site may avoid these constraints.
Assumed Construction Area Constraint Road Constraint Historic Wall Constraint Access Route
SITE ANALYSIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE As shown, in the site plans, the HKSC and RH buildings are the most public around the site, but as the HKSC closes the RH remains as the only slightly public building within the site. Therefore it would be apt to plug into the building to maintain the public space and provide some public space in exchange for HKSC. Within the floorplans you can see the foyer is the most public space, a possible site for the kitchenette intervention on the first floor, so it can be accessed by all year groups, the flexi-space could ‘plug into’ the building at GF level connecting to existing fairly public space.
Site Public/Private Relationship (During Construction)
RH Public/Private Relationship
LINK TO THE PUBLIC SPACE
Basement
Key
PLUG IN AT GF PUBLIC SPACE
Public-------Private
ACCESSIBLE KITCHEN Ground Floor
First Floor
Key: Fine Art Students
Circulation Strategy
Film&Digital Media Students Film&Digital Media Students Art&Design Foundation Students Music Students
OLD STRATEGY
-Operational Feasibility
NEW STRATEGY
First Floor
First Floor
Cube
Main Entrance
Ground Floor
Ground Floor
Main Entrance
INTERVENTION PLANS AND SECTION lockers
kitchen
Flexi-Space
Section
Section
First Floor Plan
Nth. Light Transparent Roof
At Ground Floor Level
DESIGN IDEA TEMPORARY COFFEE VAN OUTSIDE RH
-Economically Feasible
Location of Van
We propose a coffee van to be stationed in front of the RH to provide for current cafe users before more permanent kitchenette facilities are installed.
Users:
CB residents, Headington Hill Hall and RH users, Construction workers
Precedent Hackbridge Regeneration, London 2012/3 As part of a wider regeneration project in Hackbridge, Sutton, London by the Mayor of London and others developed by architects Adams and Sutherland, a coffee van with solar panels was oepned to support local business, indicating it was introduced as a catalyst/par t of the wider regeneration of the area.
It could act as a catalyst for redevelopment, bringing people together and introducing intervention strategy to the community. Nabeel Hamdi comments in his book ‘Placemaker’s Guide for Building Community’ (2010) that initial interventions before full strategies are introduced are essential as they can see if future interventions will work, as well as starting to engage with the community.
-Schedule Feasible
-Operational Feasibility
DESIGN IDEA PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS TO RH FACILITIES
-Operational Feasibility
500mmx500mm
150 lockers for around 500 students
Lockers
Portable?
Kitchenette First Floor Plan
Fridge
Kettle
Microwave
Sink
DESIGN IDEA PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS TO RH FACILITIES First Floor Perspective Kitchen Exterior
First Floor Perspective Lockers
First Floor Perspective Kitchen Interior
DESIGN IDEA FLEXI SPACE -Culturally Feasible
New Entrance/Plug-in We have decided due to the previously talked about constraints, we want to encourage people to use this entrance for RH, we shall encourage this via signage, colour and activity. The new Flexi-Space will plug into the building to make the most of the space and encourage use, as people may not want to leave the building into a busy, noisy construction zone to use new space.
Section
Initial Sketch
Site Nth. Light
Transparent Roof
Northern Light Light
Light-windows ploycarbonate Layering Accoustic Insulation
Access Chair storage
Plan
Section
Facade Layering Recyclable materials
DESIGN IDEA FLEXI SPACE PERSPECTIVES
DESIGN IDEA FLEXI SPACE PRECEDENTS
materials straw bale
Material Idea Straw Bale Construction We could use straw bale construction in the flexi-space due to it’s costeffectiveness. High Insulation qualities. sustainability and the fact it’s easy to construct, therefore students could be engaged within it’s construction.
tiny travelling theatre
Precedent Stock Orchard House, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, Islington 2001 Here Straw is used for it’s unique qualities to construct this house, polycarbonate is used to highlight the ‘the straw in its golden glory’ is some sections, whilst other sections are covered in corrugated galvinised steel. We could also highlight the straw as well as using found materials from HKSC as cladding.
Due to the limited interior space of the structure only a very small audience may witness the performance, creating a particularly intimate concert-going experience. for those experiencing ‘tiny travelling theatre’ performances from the exterior, the architects have equipped the traveling theater with a chain-lowered table for a relaxed, café-like environment
Mini entertainment venue designed by aberrant architecture
DESIGN IDEA FLEXI SPACE PRECEDENTS
The Innovative Americas Designed by DSGN AGNC and partners
Framing Structures for cubes
“The Innovative Americas booth is designed to facilitate discussion and questioning through flexible elements that allow multiple uses.”
Exhibition/seating cubes
Shifting Ground
Exhibit Areas for exhibition elements
Make initial connections
Changes throughout week
Cube/Exhibit
Posters, for instance, are replaced with “cubes that can be taken out of their frame, examined and used as seating.”
Bleacher
Precedent Foldable/Retracable furniture To increase the flexibility of the space, furniture including seats and tables could be incorporating into walls, into cupboards or onto hooks.
Panel
Cube/Seating
Game
Chalkboard
Table
Bookshelf
Tables can be aggregated
INTERVENTION FLEXI SPACE MATERIAL REUSE
-Economically Feasible
Material Reuse From the demolition of Helena Kennedy Student Centre, we will collect materials that we feel might be useful in the construction of our interventionprincipally the cladding of the flexi-space. This increases feasibility, as it will bring costs down and is more sustainable. It can also provide a continued link from the old HKSC into the future uses within the site.
FACADE BUILDUP -Technically Feasible
Insulation, (Straw Bale)
POP ART CLADDING
MATERIALS FROM HK
STEEL FRAME
SOUND ISOLATION
Frame, (Timber Frame Construction) Additional Suports (Timber) Layered Facade. Found Materials Student Artworks Polycarbonate Other Layers...
INTERVENTION PROGRAMME TIMELINE -Schedule Feasibility
NO COFFEE
NO ACCESS to Helena Kenedy
NO STORAGE DEMOLITION/CONSTRUCTION NOISE
NEW BUILDING FACILITIES
CLOSING OF HELENA KENEDY JANUARY 2018 DEMOLITION OF HK Coffee Van replacement
JUNE 2018
NOVEMBER 2018 - AUGUST 2020/2021 CONSTRUCTION OF ‘CATHEDRAL OF MAKING’ SEPTEMBER 2021 NEW CATHEDRAL OF MAKING OPENING
Construction of Flexi-Space begins
Planning application put forward
Smoking area replacement Approved planning application Flexi-Space opens September 2018
De-construction of Flexi-Space after new facilities open
FUTURE USAGE? SUCCESS REVIEWS
Keep
INPUT COMMENTS
Feedback
In Use Adapt
EVALUATE SUCCESS Dismantle Not in Use
Another Usage?
Material Library
Materials recycled for Art/Architecture Student work-models
CONSEQUENCES OF THE INTERVENTIONS We can evaluate our proposals via Nabeel Hamdi’s PEAS model, which Hamdi argues in ‘The Placemakers’ guide to building community’(2010) (linking to the Universitie’s Community and Student Experience goals) define the ideals and activities of responsible practice.
Our Interventions -Short term, Increase Capacity in Studio Life by new facilties. -Long term, Increase community capacity and improve student experience with new flexi-space and facilities. -Space for students/university.. society, social, exhibition. Flexi space, destroy ‘flase sense of exactness’ (Hamdi, 2010)
Our Interventions -Enable more varied inhabitants, with society and arts uses -Increase student community capacity. -Involve students as part of development programme. -Catalysing effects of increasing capacity/ownership and Coffee van.
Our Interventions -Incrementality of the programme. -Incrementality of the space, student involvement. -Flexi-Space, adaptive space. -Increase ownership
Our Interventions -Sustainable using found materials, environmentally friendly materials. -Building Community resilience by increasing it’s capacity.
-Increases Student Community Capacity and Resilience -Enhances University Goals of Student Centred Experience/ Extracircular Policy -Reinforcement of Identity and Ownership