Tetley’s Brewery Interdisciplinary Week Group 12 Gary Whitechurch AC3.2
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Contents
Introduction
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Schedule
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Site
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Initial Group Response
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Personal Contribution
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Final Group Presentation
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Response to Group Work
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Improovements from Review
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Personal Response to Design Week
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Tetley’s Brewery Interdisciplinary Week Personal Response to Project The aims of the three day group project were to redevelop the neglected industrial space on the site of Tetley’s brewery in Leeds. The project was in collaboration with architects, landscape architects, project managers and urban planners. My personal group consisted of three architects, one landscape architect, two town planners and one urban planner. The objective was to create a space that would appeal to the immediate surroundings and as the space was such a large size, to benefit Leeds as a whole.
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Schedule Wednesday 14th December 2011 10:00 11:00 12:00 15:00 17:00
Meet Groups Discuss initial ideas Site visit as a group to obtain photos of site Return to studio Discuss master plan Decide on individual work for the evening
Thursday 15th December 2011 10:00 Brainstorm Individual work and finalise plans Create presentation Friday 16th December 2011 10:00
Present group presentation to other groups and tutors
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Site On first response the site appeared vast and very large. This may have been due to the site being derelict and empty with no people occupying the space. Most the buildings on the current site were in the process of being demolished and were vast, steel, warehouse structures. There were a few cooling towers which were very tall and could be utilised as they are wide enough for further structural development. There is no green space on the site at all and the ground was fully concreted over with no trees. The surrounding buildings were all residential which created an island of derelict industrial space. The site currently has plans to be redeveloped into an multi story car park which we felt did not respond to the site and would be wasted as such a large site close to the train station and the centre of Leeds could be utilised better. Especially as the site has historical features with the brewery dating back to over a hundred years which could not just be wiped over as if it had never existed.
Vast Tetley’s Brewery Site
Large Cooling Towers over looking the whole site
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Housing and Restaurant area across Waterloo Street
Historical listed buildings surround the Site
Residentual District over looks the Tetley’s Site
Historical Tetley’s factory
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Initial Group Response After visiting the site our ideas and thoughts of the project came across more clearly and there was a more focused idea of what would needed for the site. The surrounding buildings of the site were of major importance when decided what the site should be used for, as these buildings would be most affected. Due to these residential buildings being so close with no green space available a vast park or green space initially sprung to mind, as this would benefit the immediate surrounding population. This newly formed space would provide a large green oasis within a heavily built up area to provide a utopia. Due to the river being so close a more natural green space with the uses of long grasses and mash land could be utilised as a flood plane if needed. This natural space would further contrast the built up surrounding buildings. Raised walkways within this space would provide accessible routes within the open space all year round incase of flooding. As the surrounding areas are under development already with reinvented elegant office space and expensive housing, cultural needs would be required. An outdoor amphitheater which could be used in multiple ways to accommodate multiple activities would be beneficial to the local community. One of the large vast cooling towers on the site would be developed into a high rise bar to retain the historical features of the Tetley’s Brewery. The bar would provide views right across Leeds creating an renowned aspect which could attract people from further parts outside of Leeds. To link this newly found utopia to the the rest of Leeds a Tram line would be proposed to improve connections to the inter city. The tram line also has the opportunity to be introduced as a phase system throughout Leeds and can improve leeds transport system as a whole. The new tram line would lead to a newly constructed ‘hub’ consisting of building such as shops and restaurants to draw people into the area. To further retain the historical aspect of the site reclaimed materials from the buildings on the current site would be used to construct the new buildings. The new buildings would be reconstructed to comply with modern sustainability building regulations. This would also mean that the materials would be sourced locally and would cost very little.
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Historic red brick
Link to City through Residentual area
Brick Recycled from existing site
Large Appartment blocks
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Personal Contribution Throughout the design on the project I contributed to several aspects within the; amphitheater, high rise bar, master plan design with the landscape architect and sustainable features within each. The amphitheater was designed with the brewery in mind trying to retain some of the historical features of the site. The massing on the structure was done so it resembled the process of churning the hops for fermentation. The main master plan, which was not used in the final presentation of the project, was a collaboration between the whole group but was finalised between myself and the landscape architect.
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Final Group Presentation
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Inter-Professional Studies URBAN UTOPIA Anthony Hogan Alicia Hunston Charlie North Tom Baxter Gary Whitechurch Hannah Cawthorne Chris Pepper
If Carlsberg did eco-parks, this would be the best eco park in the world!
Vision Statement:
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The redevelopment of the previous Tetley Brewery Site will encourage community involvement within the South East Leeds area and Leeds as a whole. The regeneration in this area will be sustainable and environmentally friendly; with the intension of providing a open space mixed use development, for everyone to use for leisure and events.
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Site Analysis:
Aims & Objectives
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Feature 1: Creation of an Amphitheatre. Feature 2: Developing the existing chimney into a viewing platform and sky lounge. Feature 3: Keeping the carbon footprint low, and introducing numerous sustainable processes to the site.
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Amphitheatre
Chimney Development
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Walkways & Bridges
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Series of bridges and walkways over water, and marshes. Design to support wildlife in the area, also used as a SUD, to negate the impact of ooding (which has happened in the area).
Café Complex
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•Rolling Sedum Roofing •Pod Design •Solar Panels •Large Glass fronts to let in natural light.
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Sedum RooямБng
Further Sustainability Ground Source Heat Pumps Air source Heat Pumps Solar panels / Solar lighting Rain Water Harvesting
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The Vision:
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Response to Group work Initially the group worked well together and we stuck together when exploring the site. Ideas within the group seemed to flow well and were in turn with everyone else and even the project managers, whom I did not expect to contribute to this aspect of the project, were getting involved with the design process. However on the second day after everyone went different ways for the evening, there seemed to be a very different atmosphere. All three of the project managers seemed to be more laid back and took a more, ‘managerial’ role. Although this is what their name entails, I do not think it is fair to expect the whole project to be completed by the architects and landscape architect. Within the group work I felt that one of the planners sole inputs to the project was to notify the rest of the group of things that could not be done. For example, that is the reason why the tram line was not followed through to the master planing. I understand that installing a tram service is a vast project, however I felt that it is aspects like this limited the projects even though it was the idea that matters. I did not realise that feasibility played such an importance in the project as, how feasible is a super multistory car park. On the third and final day the majority of the powerpoint project had been changed by one of the project managers overnight, with only a few of our visuals being used. In the place of our project an inadequate sketchup model was its replacement, which totally disregarded the master planning of the landscape architect. This did not go down well when it was the landscape architect that was one of the presenters on the project, which totally put him on the spot as he did not understand the new design.
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Improvements from Review From the review on the friday morning one of the main statements we picked up on what that we were ‘trying to do too much’. We were trying to design everything which was not needed, where as basic ideas would of been adequate. This means that we would have spent too much time designing insignificant details and which in turn compromised the overall master plan. The presentation proved that our presentation skills as a group were poor and needed much improvement. However the aspects of the raised pathways within the newly created landscape were appreciated within tutors feedback because of the contrast from the built environment to the green space and was unique.
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Personal Response to Design week Personally I agree with the idea behind the project as it would create a better understanding of how architecture works within other professions. However the time to produce a project like this was far too short and we would have benefited more if the project was more substantial and in depth as I feel I have not gained enough from the experience. I also think this project was not managed well enough, as through the entire three days we did not have the opportunity to consult with a tutor once, and felt forgotten about. When it came to presentation day we obviously needed that consultation. The project was also at the wrong time of year, at a critical time of our term, just before the christmas break when critical targets in our studies needed to be met before leaving for the year.