Architecture Portfolio—Sam Bland
June 2010
Portfolio Sam Bland
Architecture Portfolio—Sam Bland
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Dockyard Project Synopsis: A self supporting community. Brief: A self supporting community built onto the body of a disused dockyard loading crane. The design of the system allows a cycle of resources moving degradable waste from the housing to a composting space which then supplies compost to grow food for those living here. The community atmosphere is further expressed through a spiralling garden that flows up the centre of the crane connecting the individual residences. The top of the crane is also taken up by communal spaces allowing residents to grow their own food and also for relaxing spaces with views across the river and surrounding nature reserve.
Section showing entire scheme
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Tilbury Project Synopsis: An ecological research station researching and re-growing the land Brief: The area of Tilbury is a place scarred from years of intense industry and post-war remnants. The scheme is designed to grow across the edge of the river Thames augmenting the land beneath it through stages of research and re-growth. Three major areas are focused on; an established landfill site to the north; a disused quarry and a large area of agriculture to the south. Machines pull apart sections of the land and rebuild the ecology around themselves. The machines self build tracks which are also public accessible bridges that allow the public to see and experience the scheme. Throughout the scheme the idea of Permaculture is followed by maintaining a self sustaining ecosystem that cycles between different land states to prevent land stagnation. The machines that move across that land repeat their processes in turn strengthening the idea of Permaculture.
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Section through quarry section of scheme
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CAD render showing machines moving across agriculture area
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Structural details of agriculture machine 4
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Scale model showing part of agricultural machine 4
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