Sana Tabassum
Design Portfolio
Burslem Basilica Sana Tabassum Building Design ARCT 1073 Unit 18 MArch Year 1 2021 - 2022 Tutors: Pascal Bronner & Thomas Hillier
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Contents 01 // Consumer Culture.................................................... Literary Inspirations ��������������������������������������������������� 5 Catalogue of Artifacts �������������������������������������������������� 6 Metro Centre ������������������������������������������������������������� 7 Durga Puja Pandals ������������������������������������������������������� 8 Mall Pandal ������������������������������������������������������������� 9 deadmalls.com ���������������������������������������������������������� 10 Shopping Typologies ����������������������������������������������������� 11 Anatomy of a Mall ������������������������������������������������������� 12 Cathedral of Consumption ������������������������������������������������ 13 Monuments Left Behind �������������������������������������������������� 14 Forgotten Artifacts ����������������������������������������������������� 15 Festival Events ��������������������������������������������������������� 17 02 // Retail Architecture ������������������������������������������������� Britain’s Worst High Street �������������������������������������������� 19 Anatomy of a High Street ������������������������������������������������ 20 High Street Furniture �������������������������������������������������� 21 Supermarket Articles ���������������������������������������������������� 22 Shopping Devices ������������������������������������������������������� 23 Short Elevation Collage ������������������������������������������������� 24 Glass Chapel ������������������������������������������������������������ 25 Garden of Eat’n ��������������������������������������������������������� 26 Hall of Forgotten Artifacts �������������������������������������������� 27 Supermarket LARP Arena ������������������������������������������������� 28 Sketch Plan & Elevation ������������������������������������������������� 29 RMIT Design Hub ��������������������������������������������������������� 30 Wim Delvoye Sculptures ������������������������������������������������� 31 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ������������������������������������������������� 32 Former Town Hall, Burslem ����������������������������������������������� 33 Opportunities & Constraints �������������������������������������������� 34 Sourcing Materials ������������������������������������������������������ 35 Massing Collage ��������������������������������������������������������� 36 Schedule of Areas ������������������������������������������������������� 37 03 // Shutter Skin �������������������������������������������������������� The Shop Shutter ������������������������������������������������������� 39 Shutter Frames ���������������������������������������������������������� 40 Constructing the Columns ������������������������������������������������ 41 Column Iteration 01 ����������������������������������������������������� 42 Cage Column ������������������������������������������������������������ 43 Shutter Module ���������������������������������������������������������� 44 60 Queen Victoria Street ������������������������������������������������ 45 Shutter Module ���������������������������������������������������������� 46 Wishbin Tension Elements ������������������������������������������������ 47 The Eat’n Booth ��������������������������������������������������������� 48 Eat’n Booth Elevation �������������������������������������������������� 49 Artifact Trove ���������������������������������������������������������� 50 Initial Views ���������������������������������������������������������� 51 LARP Tower �������������������������������������������������������������� 52 04 // Religion of Shopping ����������������������������������������������� Bird’s Eye View ��������������������������������������������������������� 54 Hall of Forgotten Artifacts �������������������������������������������� 60 HoFA Section ������������������������������������������������������������ 61 Wedgwood St Elevation �������������������������������������������������� 62 Market Place Elevation ������������������������������������������������� 63 Moorland Rd Elevation �������������������������������������������������� 64 Shutter Skin ������������������������������������������������������������ 65 Shutter Component Model ������������������������������������������������� 66 Foundation / Column / Floor �������������������������������������������� 67 Booth / Floor / Window ������������������������������������������������� 68 Floor / Roof ������������������������������������������������������������ 69 Supermarket Role-Play Arena �������������������������������������������� 70 Playing Shop ������������������������������������������������������������ 71 Shutter Ceremony ������������������������������������������������������� 72 High Street Promenade �������������������������������������������������� 73 Hall of Forgotten Artifacts �������������������������������������������� 74 Garden of Eat’n ��������������������������������������������������������� 75 Garden of 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01 // CONSUMER CULTURE The first section explores the role of consumerism and material objects within literature and how this connects to the idea of everday ruins in the form of festivals. Although these structures are temporary, they still provide a grandiose atmosphere through hand-crafted details. These form the basis of a new narrative for a shopping-oriented festival with kitsch and abnormal spaces.
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Literary Inspirations 1. Motel of the Mysteries Illustrative book describing the career of archaeologist Howard Carson as he discovers a buried motel room in the year 4022 which allows him to fabricate the story of an extraordinary civilisation. 2. Kingdom Come This novel follows the exploits of Richar Pearson, a rebellious, unemployed advertising executive, whose father is gunned down by a deranged mental patient in a vast shopping mall outside Heathrow Airport.
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Catalogue of Artifacts The book is a satirical take on the archaeological profession, our views about past society and how objects are the gateway to learning more about the way we live our lives when importance is given to material culture.
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Metro Centre Collage of Metro Centre from Kingdom Come, novel by J.G. Ballard set in dystopian West London where shopping is treated as the sole cultural activity, removing the need for other community spaces in the city.
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Durga Puja Pandals Durga Puja Pandals take on a temporary presence within the streetscapes of Kolktata. They are inticately hand-crafted, emphasising the grandeur of the festival that encroaches on everyday spaces, causing a shift in the urban fabric. 1. Pandal taking over the street corner, pedestrianising the space 2. All remnants of the pandal are erased, returning back to its original purpose
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Mall Pandal A second iteration of a mall-inspired collage, exaggerating the use of Gothic architectural elements with the warm tones typically used in Pandals.
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deadmalls.com Dead malls are a phenomenon made popular by the closure of hundreds of malls in the past decade alone. These are documented and archived by ‘retail historians’ on their website. 1. Abandoned mall in Randall Park, Ohio 2. Jamestown Mall in Florissant, Missouri 3. Dead mall in Montreal
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Shopping Typologies Relationships between various shopping typologies in the UK including High Streets and shopping malls in relation to suburban homes. There are overlapping characteristics in each as well as distinctive features that make each one an evolved version of the last.
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Anatomy of a Mall Pictured are both Westfield Malls in London, each with an indistinguishable architectural language, designed to replicate the qualities of the outdoor market place (or high street) and introduce natural qualities whilst providing a clear circulation throughout.
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Cathedral of Consumption A visual representation of possible mall spaces at varied scales, ilustrating potential ideas relating to shopping as a religion or escape. This collage expresses a temple-like structure situated in Stratford.
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Monuments Left Behind This collage represents an exclusive and secretive architecture that is fenced off by columns that act as monuments for this shopping festival which are left behind each time the building moves location, making its mark on the high street.
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Forgotten Artifacts Imagining a future society where the activity of shopping in actual shops is a mere myth, the hall of forgotten artifacts displays history’s most valued and purchased items and memorabillia through the decades.
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Festival Events
Kumbh Mela
Shopping Mall
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Prayer songs are recited twice a day on a platform near the Ghats (banks of the holy rivers)
An exclusive collection of worldy possessions and material objects from lost eras of civilisations that are exhibited in an immersive digital wonderland
The priests lift the dazzling lamps and start rotating them in circles whilst mantras are chanted
Artifacts include plastic credit cards, disposable face masks and the biggest collection of coins
Deep Dan: The Lighting of Earthen Lamps Lighting of handmade earthen lamps called Diyas that are placed inside the temples, near river banks and in other sacred spots This ritual is to symbolise driving darkness out from any place
A Shopping Trolley: The Musical
Theatrical performance re-enacting life through a series of decades that explore the ritual of shopping and its transformation that led to the demise of shopping A historical and educative experience
Snan - Religious Bath
Shop Till You Drop
The religious bathing is the most significant ritual of the entire festival which starts from as early as 3am
Free-for-all shopping experience that revives lost retail chains and stores with veteran actors and exact shop replicas of some of the world’s most famous shopping malls
Pilgrims take a dip and bathe, hoping to achieve atonement of their sins and reach salvation
Shoppers are given digital spending credit based on their performance through the year
Darshan: Interacting with the Sages Darshan is a form of interaction with the Sadhus; orthodox religious worshippers who are free from materialistic desires This interaction is also known as Pravachan where the saints recite notable texts from holy books as a way of passing on the teachings of the religion that are rooted in Hindu mythology
Superstore LARP
An exclusive, interactive role-playing activity where users can take on the persona of the shopper, employer or employee to indulge in several levels of shopping. Treated as a popular game, the LARPing has an incredibly competitive side as shoppers race each other and compete at checkout tills.
Mahaprasada and Langar: Celebratory Feast
The Garden of Eat’n
Street vendors set up stalls to indulge locals and tourists with local cuisines. Auspicious food is also prepared and distributed to pilgrims as a blessing of God.
Traditional shopping-mall food is not the only thing available in this multi-faceted food court.
A communal, vegetarian feast is prepared for the priests and hungry pilgrims that is funded by donations
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The court is perfect for all ages ranging from children on sugar highs, teens on awkward first dates or adults enjoying the cocktail bars. The Garden also has amazing views of the entire festival.
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02 // Retail Architecture By diving further into what makes up the essence of the British High Street, the project begins to extrapolate and dissect these objects and reconfigure them into architectural spaces. Imagining a mall where these objects form the structures as well as the interior elements allows us to reinforce the idea of shopping as a cultural obsession.
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Britain’s Worst High Street Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent is the country’s biggest ghost town, with 44 shops sitting empty, at a time when High Streets across the country are experiencing record store closures.
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Anatomy of a High Street Relationships between various shopping typologies in the UK including High Streets and shopping malls in relation to suburban homes. There are overlapping characteristics in each as well as distinctive features that make each one an evolved version of the last.
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High Street Furniture Kit of Parts; typical high street objects and external furniture that is commonly found in a British high street.
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Supermarket Articles Kit of Parts; typical supermarket articles that involve some kind of interaction with the user. These will begin to inform the materiality and structure of the building in further design studies.
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Shopping Devices Kit of Parts; a collection of various shopping devices and objects which is usually on a person. Since shopping isn’t restricted to a location the objects are also part of this lexicon.
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Short Elevation Collage Prospective collage utilising high street furniture and consumerist objects to create a building structure that encroaches on a space without being permenant.
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Glass Chapel Designed by Rural Studio, the chapel serves multiple purposes including a transportation stop created from salvaged car windows that make up the striking roof form. In a similar way, we can repurpose shopping objects to form architectural elements.
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Garden of Eat’n Food Court and Viewing Deck The Garden is a autonomous atrium that caters to a diverse range of cuisines from fast food to gourmet. A minimal conveyor system helps deliver food to the exclusive viewing booths.
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Hall of Forgotten Artifacts Exhibits Archive of lost British memorabilia Lost artifacts and quintessential British objects are displayed in inter-connected hallways of the exhibition, taking the participant on a sensory journey with various material culture.
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Supermarket LARP Arena Live Action Role Play Replica of British Supermarkets Set in replicas of supermarket aisles, the LARP arena is a fluid space where participants are able to re-enact the shopping experience known as the ‘grocery run’. The space is then closed with a grand shutter ritual.
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This sketch plan envisions the previous spaces connected and arranged as one entity. Playing with the scale of the forms allows for a greater variation and creates a new language overall. The food court space is centrically located, ideally suspended and connected to the other areas. The short elevation depicts shop shutters as a cladding material which becomes part of the festival.
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RMIT Design Hub The facade of the RMIT Design Hub is comprised of a double glazed inner skin as well an an automated operable second skin shading device, reminiscent of the way a shutter opens and closes.
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Wim Delvoye Sculptures Delvoye’s sculptural work involves adorning mundane objects such as cement mixers, shovels, and gas cylinders with decorative Delft patterning. This process can be applied in a similar way by treating the shopping objects as the building blocks for the architecture instead of traditional materials. 1. Cement Truck 2. Concrete Mixer
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Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent The chosen site for the project is a small town in Stoke-on-Trent. Burslem is known for being Britain’s most depressing High Street. Formerly a thriving trade town, often referred to as the ‘Mother Town’ of pottery, it is now a derelict and low-functioning area with only a small number of retail businesses. Choosing this site to redevelop and regenerate, almost as a test site for a new phase of ‘shopping’ is intentional and will ideally benefit the larger community.
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Former Town Hall, Burslem Located on the site is the Old Town Hall of Burslem, a Grade II* Listed Building which has been the host to a number of programmes across the years since it was completed in 1854. Former Town Hall (Burslem Recreation Centre), used over the years as a library, recreation centre and Ceramica Visitor Centre. It is currently being used as City College (Haywood Sixth Form Academy) whilst the rest of the site has become a public space.
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Opportunities & Constraints The site is located in the heart of the High Street on a traffic island which is surrounded by various shops and residential buildings. Many of the buildings located around the site are also locally and Grade II listed, further highlighting the area’s historical architectural value. There are plenty of transport links around the site.
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Sourcing Materials The architectural elements that make up the building materials will be sourced from the surrounding shops that have closed down in an effort to celebrate shopping as an activity. These have been identified according to their categories and purposes as well as picking out common street furniture that may also be used.
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Massing Collage A collage of the individual spaces layered together in plan as well as from a perspective view from the street corner. This collage shows the scale and initial massing for the scheme taken from existing forms and sketches.
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Schedule of Areas Figuring out the key spaces within the buulding and how they connect to each other. The circulation of the building is designed around the shopping arcades leading into some of the other areas. The sizes of the spaces are based on typical floor areas from existing shopping places.
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03 // Shutter Skin The facade and exterior shell of the building is comprised of shop shutters, exaggerating its original form to create a building skin which is vital to the core structure as well as integrating itself within the surounding context of the historical architecture. The notion of combining these elements helps to create detailed iterations of the key areas in the building.
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The Shop Shutter A key part of the architecture of High Streets in Britain is the shop shutter. The shutter is part of the threshold yet also a key element of the facade. It is designed to keep valuable protected, preserving the shopping objects inside. The project aims to use these shop shutters not only as part of the exterior facade but also as part of the shopping festival.
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Shutter Frames The shutter component is comprised of lightweight steel frames that have been recycled from previous projects. These can be arranged in various formations to create visual interest or a linear design. Some of the ground floor shutters may also open up in a non-conventional way to act as openings for some of the spaces.
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Constructing the Columns The primary structure is comprised of bespoke columns that have been designed using retail waste, notably grid cage and sack truck trolleys. These columns have evolved to adapt to the scale and size of the scheme.
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Column Iteration 01 The first iteration of the structural columns included heavier elements and beams supported through a tensile cable rod.
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Shutter Module The shutter module is comprised of two of the main columns and a series of shutters which are connected through the primary and secondary structural elements. The curved roof element is made up of corrugated polycarbonate which allows through partial light.
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60 Queen Victoria Street Office in London, England, constructed in 1999 by Foggo Associates. The bronze facade offers the gravitas of stone which is a similar aesthetic to the shop shutters on the perimeter of the building. Similarly, in the current scheme, the shutters are part of the grand opening and closing ceremonies that take place during the shopping festival but they also act as vital elements that tie together the core spaces.
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Shutter Module Sectional and axonometric projection of a single shutter module which ideally fits within the structural grid around the site.
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The wishbone element is connected to the primary structure, creating tension across the floors which allows for a lightweight frame which holds up the glass dome. It is created from various styles of public bins as well as recycled tension cables. These provide the necessary support for the rest of the structure.
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The Eat’n Booth
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Eat’n Booth Elevation Connecting the modules together forms the initial language and structure for the Garden of Eat’n that emulates a typical shopping mall architecture, replacing the shops with booths that are connected to extracts and sensory elements to heighten the experience throughout.
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Artifact Trove Similar to a bell tower, the treasure trove is a highly decorated element, created from a number of retail objects with unique materiality. This ornament sits on top of the Hall of Forgotten Artifacts.
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Initial Views The collages show the ground floor perspectives from the entrance, facing the Hall of Forgotten Artifacts and a street side view.
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The anchor element in the building houses the LARP (Live Action Role Playing) arena which allows users to experience shopping in a supermarket. The tower is situated on the corner of the building marking the intersection of the high street roads.
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04 // Religion of Shopping The final part of the portfolio deepens the idea of shopping being the foundation of the building, from the core structure to the purpose of the spaces inside. Shopping is thus treated similar to a religion, presenting moments where the extravagance of religious festivals is mirrored through the key components.
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Ticket Office High St Promenade Staff Office Plant Room Lift Staircase External Shutters Crèche Toilets Central Courtyard Food Court Vestibule Market Stalls Escalators Lockers Kiosk On-site Workshop Main Entrance Store front Sets
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High St Promenade Historic Exhibit Shops Storage Lift Staircase Dressing Room Stage Set Hall of Artifacts Private Booths Garden of Eat’n Escalators Shopping Arcades Kiosk LARP Arena
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The Hall is one of the key spaces within the building, housing vintage memorabilia related to shopping, ranging from iconic products of the past all the way to redundant objects used whilst shopping such as plastic bags and trolley coins. The structure itself is comprised of retail waste, most notably food display counters which form the dome structure, emphasising the importance of the objects inside.
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HoFA Section Being the central element in the building, the Hall of Forgotten Artifacts is the most important space, connecting the Shopping Arcades and the rest of the internal areas. The use of the cage columns and shutter cladding is also repeated here. The space is crowned with the Trove Tower, a sculptural piece that is comprised of discarded retail waste that has been designed to mimic the clock tower on the Old Town Hall in order to match the surrounding context yet remain subservient.
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The exterior skin of the building is comprised of shop shutters, creating a metallic facade which partially reflects the surrounding architecture of the High Street. Selected shutters will also remain open throughout the day in order to provide access and daylight. At the end of the day, these are mechanically closed during the Grand Shutter Ceremony, marking the end of the trading day.
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Foundation / Column / Floor This particular detail explores the primary structure which involves the bespoke columns which are placed at strategic locations throughout the site.
In relation to the structural load, they are connected to a pad foundation which is also supported by a beam of concrete which runs underneath the secondary structures and offers further support to avoid the columns from buckling.
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Booth / Floor / Window The Garden of Eat’n booth is a luxury, sensory experience situated in the food court space. This particular detail explores the cantilevered bay window booth which is set apart from the shutter facade in order to act as a private moment, playing on the theme of shopping as a sacred activity. The booths comprise of elements of retail waste, using the pegboard shop shelving as a cladding material as well as any reclaimed timber for the flooring.
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Floor / Roof Part of the Hall of Artifacts, this detail explores the roof structure which comprises of curved glass panels taken from hot food counters and display fridges to use as a material for the roof. This may seem like an unusual choice but it plays to the narrative and builds upon the ideas that this space is the most prized area, treating the construction almost like a cathedral or sacred place but for shopping.
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