Project 5 (ARC 4015) Rosamund Benton-Hutchings S17101340
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Contents 1. The Client 2. Precedent studies 3. Screen printing process 4. Storyboard and sketch models 5. Site analysis - location and history 6. Site analysis - sun path and wind 7. Plans, sections and elevations 8. Visualisations
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Precedent studies Mark Fairhurst Architects (2016) Koops Mill. Available at: https://www. archdaily.com/782727/koops-mill-mark-fairhurst-architects [Accessed 6/3/2018] Eames Foundation (n.d.) Eames House. Available at: http://eamesfoundation. org/house/eames-house/ [Accessed 6/3/2018] Slemish Design Studio Architects (n.d.) Modern House Straffan, County Kildare. Available at: http://slemishdesignstudio.co.uk/modern-house-straffancounty-kildare/ [Accessed 6/3/2018] Gibson, E. (2016) Rise Design Studio adds glazed extension to north London house. Available at: https://www.dezeen.com/2016/06/09/rise-design-studioglass-extension-north-london-burrows-road-house/ [Accessed 6/3/2018] Williamson, C. (2015) A Modern Loft Conversion in Vienna. Available at: https://design-milk.com/modern-loft-conversion-vienna/ [Accessed 6/3/2018] Ednie, C. (2015) Kingdom of Light: A Modern Beach House in Scotland. Available at: http://www.interiordesign.net/slideshows/detail/8604-kindomof-light-beach-house-in-scotland/2/ [Accessed 6/3/2018] Griffiths, A. (2015) University model-making workshop ny Atelier ARS features walls that fold open. Available at: https://www.dezeen.com/2015/04/16/ atelier-ars-clads-mexican-university-workshop-slatted-screens/ [Accessed 6/3/2018] Contemporist (2018) A New Home of Stone and Wood Arrives on the Island of Guernsey. Available at: http://www.contemporist.com/new-home-of-stoneand-wood-arrives-on-the-island-of-guernsey/ [Accessed 6/3/2018] Tony Holt Design (n.d.) Old End (remodel) Available at: http://www.tonyholtdesign.co.uk/index#item=old-end [Accessed 6/3/2018] Osvaldo Luppi Architects (2018) Villa Boscana / OLARQ Osvaldo Luppi Architects. Available at: https://www.archdaily.com/890289/villa-boscanaolarq-osvaldo-luppi-architects [Accessed 6/3/2018] BBM Sustainanle Architects Ltd (2016) New House, Little England Farm / BBM Sustainable Architects Ltd. Available at: https://www.archdaily.com/787825/ new-house-little-england-farm-bbm-sustainable-architects-ltd [Accessed 6/3/2018] Screen printing Mollie Makes (2013) How to make an Embroidery Hoop Screenprint. Available at: http://www.molliemakes.com/craft-2/how-to-make-an-embroidery-hoopscreenprint/ [Accessed 15/3/2018] Mollie Makes (2014) Mollie Makes Meets: Hazel Nicholls. Available at: http:// www.molliemakes.com/interview-2/mollie-makes-meets-hazel-nicholls/ [Accessed 15/3/2018] Site history British Library (2009) Birmingham 24. Available at: http://www.bl.uk/ onlinegallery/onlineex/ordsurvdraw/b/002osd000000024u00216000.html [Accessed 16/3/2018] Edina (n.d.) Historic. Available at: https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/ [Accessed 16/3/2018]
Mollie Makes is a lifestyle magazine for those who live creatively. • The latest crafting trends in easy-to-follow how-tos. • Celebrating creative industries and giving up-and-coming designers their first platform. • Hot topics in the design world with lots of insider tips.
A selection of printed artworks from the magazine There is a theme of geometric patterns
The magazine was launched in 2011, and now has a readership of 44.7 K and a total media outreach of 1.7 M. It is published monthly by Immediate Media, who are responsible for many creeative magazines such as Simply Sewing, Jewellery Maker and Love Crochet. It regularly features screen printing artists, (and other types of printing) so I have chosen to use it as my client.
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The Eames house was designed and constructed in 1949 by Charles and Ray Eames to serve as their home and studio. It reflects the need, the importance of the direct experience, the relation with nature, the life in work and work in life, the importance of details.
Vienna Loft Conversion – Bernd Gruber Architects. The angled walls and black and white colour scheme make for a dramatic, yet minimalist interior.
A glazed extension to the rear of a house in London, by Rise Design Studio, improves light and circulation.
Precedent Studies Modern House Straffan, County Kildare, is a house that lets in plenty of daylight, open plan living and cheap to run. It uses natural and local materials such as stone and timber cladding.
A Modern Beach House in Scotland. The zinc roof integrates photovoltaic panels. It has OSB cladding on the interior, and siberian larch accents on the facade.
This university modelmaking workshop by Atelier ARS features walls that fold open to let out dangerous fumes. Steel I-beams were bolted together to create a framework for the timber facades and floors.
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A house on the island of Guernsey by DLM Architects. Guernsey granite and reclaimed brick, was predominantly sourced on site. A steel frame cantilevers above the eastern side and is covered in a living wall.
Old End by Tony Holt Design. Materials include a crisp white acrylic render with powder coated aluminium windows with the use of the local vernacular natural stone.
The Process of Screen Printing
1. Coat screen in emulsion and leave to dry in a dark place. Layer the image and the screen on top of each other and place in a UV exposure unit. The emulsion will harden where it is not covered by the image. Rinse off the unexposed emulsion and dry the screen thoroughly.
2. Apply a generous amount of paint onto the screen, above the image. Using a squeegee, drag the paint towards you. Do this whilst the screen is hovering above the table. This is called flooding.
3. Place the paper on the table and lower the screen down onto it. Pull the squeegee towards you again, but only take a thin layer of paint with it when printing. Flood the screen again after each print to prevent it drying out.
4. After you have finished printing, wash the screen and all of the equipment thoroughly.
A drying unit can be Put finished prints on a used to help screens dry drying rack. quicker, but they are very large and not essential.
Interview with Hazel Nicholls, a London-based illustrator (Mollie Makes, 2014)
Hazel Nicholls came to London from Northern Ireland to study the arts and has delighted our tea towels and picture frames with uplifting images and phrases. She learnt how to screenprint four years ago. How would you describe your style and who would you say has influenced this the most?
I suppose if I were to sum it up quite simply, I’d say, words of wisdom or love paired with hand-drawn imagery. My mum is a real whiz with a needle and thread, so I grew up surrounded by beautifully detailed pictures, which featured reassuring messages. I think this has definitely had an effect on my own work. Which comes first: line or design?
Sometimes the line and design will come at the same time, but most of the time I think about the line and try to feature it within an appropriate image. More recently, I’ve been experimenting with hand-drawn decorative type so the words become the image. How do you begin a new project? Take us through your creative process
Step 1 is me having the idea. At times they seem to be very few and far between, then other times they’ll flood into my head one after the other. Step 2 is drawing – lots and lots of it! As soon as I begin to draw, what was initially in my head evolves into something quite different and hopefully a little more refined. Once I’m happy with it, I draw it in pen and then scan the drawing into my computer. Once scanned, I move on to step 3 when I fill in the artwork using Photoshop. This enables me to print out a film that can be used to make a screen for printing. We imagine screenprinting to be a space-invading craft. Where do you work and how do organise your screens?
I use a shared studio and I only own four screens! As soon as I’ve printed an edition I strip the screen down again so it’s ready to host my next idea.
These are the screenprints I made after learning the process. I drew the design in Adobe Illustrator. It is a perspective of the house/studio I have designed. I also printed the Mollie Makes logo to make it specific to the client.
In your opinion, what’s the best-kept screenprinting secret?
I use Dymo tape for registering my prints. It’s gotta be fluorescent so it’s easy to spot against the dark surface of the screen bed.
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Sketch models
A Vectorworks model of the route
Story board of the journey from the site to the city centre
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Historic map Around 1860, shortly before Birmingham became a city. Shows New Street Station (large rectangle) and the site (small rectangle). Scale 1:500 N Grass
Roads
Buildings
Site analysis - Location I have mapped the different features of the site using patterns found in the lastest issue of Mollie Makes magazine.
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Site analysis Wind and sun This is a diagram of the path of the sun and the prevailing wind. The sunpath influenced the design of the building because it is important to have a north facing studio to avoid direct light.
Scale 1:500
morning
noon
afternoon
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West elevation
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Scale 1:100
Plans, sections and elevations For the context of the ground floor plan I used similar patterns to the location plan, and they are also inspired by the most recent issue of the magazine.
Section A
Ground floor plan with context
First floor plan
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Visualisations
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