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the alpha & omega project. 6th year individual work.
“The only thing certain in life, is death”. Death is viewed as the ultimate end, but can experiential architecture change the way in which we mourn our loved ones in the future? Using promession, the alpha & omega project proposes a new and ecologically friendly way to put our loved ones to rest. The San Teodoro valley becomes a central foci in which spaces for the promession process, areas for reflection, services and body storage, as well as the landscape itself work as a natural unmarked burial ground for the ‘humus’ or crystallized remains, ensuring that life continues beyond the physicality of the human body, and returns to earth instead. The project proposes to be used as an exemplar alternative lower carbon solution to cremation and traditional burial methods. The initial design of the project focuses on paths and way-making as a way of developing form, with the scheme having a running linearity to it representing the traditional processional route.
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“il viaggio, la sezione, e l’intervento”
masterplan denoting the 5 spheres and city wide architectural interventions.
6th year masterplan group work.
The masterplan in essence became a topographical study of the varied landscape of Genova. It was decided that in order to respond sensitively and appropriately to the needs of the city architecturally, a solid study of CONTENTS the city itself would be needed. During this study it was discovered that the city had five main ‘characters’ 1. INTRODUCTION TO GENOA to it (based on Geddes’ valley1.0section INTRODUCTION and the doorn ANALYSISthe isolate, the hamlet, manifesto by team 10) these2.were: the village, the town and the2.0 TOPOGRAPHY city. Each sphere or 2.1 POPULATION OF GENOA character was responded to appropriately. 3. DEVELOPMENT OF SCHEME 3.0 URBAN DESIGN THEORY
The masterplan encouraged3.1 CURRENT both and GENOA engaged 3.2 MASTERPLAN OBJECTIVES responsive architectural interventions relevant to each 3.3 APPROACH ‘sphere’. The theories behind the masterplan and 4. URBAN STRATEGY the context essay moulded and4.0 STRATEGY shaped what the CDP proposal would be. There was 4.1aTHEstrong interest in an FIVE LAYERS experiential and emotive architectural narrative, and 4.2 GENIUS LOCI AND AREAS OF INTERVENTION THE TRANSECTS the most fitting sphere in the 4.3 masterplan for this was VISION the ‘isolate’, with the idea being4.3 THE that a project that was 5. THE FUTURE intimate, and with a narrative that was contextually 5.0 PHASING reflective of the attributes of the isolate. 6. APPEN DIX 6.0 SUSTAINABILITY 6.1 COSTING 6.2 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT 6.3 BIBLIOGRAPHY
above: site model left: concept diagram below: section through site
life into the L8 postcode.
structural section through terraced _ STRUCTURAL + TECHNICAL DETAILS: + SERVICES
the algae project.
5th year individual work.
This project was designed in response to the brief of the proposal of an Energy Hub in Toxteth, taking into consideration the solar orientation of the site and the elevated position of the large disused resevoir beside it, The Algae Project focuses on re-associating the L8 postcode with sustainability, community and innovative design solutions.
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NORTH ELEVATION 1:200
_SITE PLAN : 1500 3D SECTION 1:25
_ SEMI DETACHED DIVISION
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_ COMMUNITY PARK
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1300L OF OIL WITH A BOILER EFFICIENCY OF 90% = 12542 KWH (0 PENCE)
_ MATERIALITY
reducing energy costs in the long run, whilst
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THE AVERAGE 10 HOME USES AROUND 4,000 KILOWATT HOURS A YEAR OF ELECTRICITY
generating energy. _TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION The
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= THE MINIMUM ALGAL AREA OF THE SITE 11 CAN PRODUCE ENOUGH ENERGY TO POWER THREE HOMES COMPLETE
forseam use roof 0.7mm [0.15 1 _ Zinc harvested Standing in the biomass CHP // greenery POROSITY W/m2K] generator located in 2 _ Celotex insulation board 80mm the old reservoir.
+ the MAXIMUM CAN POWER OVER 15 HOMES
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// algae louver double skin facade panels
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3 _ Waterproof Membrane EPDM system 12mm
_ TERRACES
4 _ Rockwool insulation 400mm _THE ALGAE 1. CLOSED PHOTOBIOREACTOR SYSTEM TO PRODUCE ALGAE.
_ COMMUNITY
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5 _ Ply Deck 25mm
2. BIOMASS CREATED FROM ALGAE SYSTEM USED IN A BIO GENERATOR
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3. ENERGY PRODUCED IS USED TO POWER HOMES
6_ Structural steel frame
This project has been designed in repsonse to the brief of the proposal of an Energy Hub in Toxteth, taking into consideration the solar orientation of the site and the elevated position of the _ COMMUNITY CENTRE + large disused resevoir beside it, The Algae Project focuses on AQUAPONIC FOOD HUB reassociating the L8 postcode with sustainability, community and innovative design solutions.
The site layout itself allows for a small communal hub housing small shops and cafe’s, an aquaponic centre to supplement the residents food needs and a play area for everyone to use.
_ GREEN ENERGY HUB
7 _ Kawneer AA 3200 Sliding Door 1.
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8 _ Bergen Oak HDF Laminate Flooring 192mm x 1285mm
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“Sustainability can’t be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge.”
The innovative aspect of this project comes from the Bioreactive algae double skin facade of each building, 1 tonne of algae can sequester 1.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Algae can also be used as a food source, a fertiliser and can be sold, giving it the well deserved title of one of the best clean, renewable fuels of the future. The site has been designed to allow for maximum housing capacity with three varying typologies to suit different people and different needs. These are; Flats, SemiDetached and Terraces. The site layout itself allows for a small communal hub housing small shops and cafe’s, an aquaponic centre to supplement the residents food needs and a play area for everyone to use
housing (not to scale)
+ LIVING SPACE SECTION + ELEVATION 1:25 SOUTH ELEVATION 1:200
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using all three to breathe new
The innovative aspect of this project comes from the Bioreactive algae double skin facade of each building, 1 tonne of algae can sequester 1.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Algae can also be used as a food source, and can be sold, organisms, giving it the well _ WHY ALGAE? Algae are a fertiliser auto-trophic meaning they utilize CO2 as a carbon deserved title of one of the best clean, renewable fuels of the source, they sequester more CO2 from the atmosphere than they release, And they reduce the future.
amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
The site has been designed to allow for maxiumum housing three varying typologiesSEQUESTER to suit different people ABOUT 1.5 TONNES OF CO2 1 TONNE capacity OF with ALGAE WILL and different needs. These are; Flats, Semi-Detatched and Terraces.
_ SITE ELEVATION 01 : EAST
_ SITE ELEVATION 02 : NORTH
9 _ Toughened Glass Balustrade 15mm
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10_ Western Red Cedar Bevel Cladding 3. 12mm x 140mm [0.35 W/m2K] 11 _
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Timber Battens 25mm x 25mm
12 _ Plasterboard 12mm 13 _ Wall Finish White Matte Emulsion _
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TERRACES36mm + COMMUNITY 14 _ Triple Insulated Glazing with PARK Argon Filling [0.6 W/m2K]
15 _ Bergen Oak HDF Laminate Flooring 192mm x 1285mm 16 _ Timber Batten 200mm x 300mm 17 _ Solid Plaster 12mm 18 _ Bergen Oak HDF Laminate Flooring 192mm x 1285mm 19 _ Concrete Slab 300mm 20 _ Rockwool Insulation 100mm 21 _ Concrete Foundattion
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22 _ Damp Proof Membrane
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23 _ Compacted Fill
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24 _ Gravel 25 _ Algae filled Bioreactive Solar Leaf External louver brackets on a steel grid structure.
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nanhua university competition. year out work with LUD studios.
proposed materiality
The Nanhua scheme was a competition bid for Nanhua University in China. The month long intense group project between myself Rui Lui, Marjan Colletti and Marcos Cruz of UCL. The scheme proposed a more centralised corridor of spaces that branched off of a main ‘stem’, with accommodation, classes, public pavilions, café’s and water features at the heart of the site, encouraging a more modern, engaging space for young adults to be in. The bid was successful but currently on hold due to funding.
sections through landscape
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percy thrower’s garden centre refurbishment. year out work with LBF studios.
The Percy Thrower’s Garden Centre refurbishment was part of a country wide refurbishment of all the Wyevale Garden Centre Group’s stores. The refurbishments mainly consisted of changing the design of the entry points, changing the restaurant fit outs completely, changing the kids play areas and occasionally a complete redesign for some of the more dilapidated stores. To the right is an example of one of the redesigned entrances for the Percy Thrower’s store, as well as the redesigned entrance to the kids play area (shown in the photo below)