A Tail of Two Houses Muhammad Shakeel - Year 3
South
North
THE EMPATHIC DWELLING - A TAIL OF TWO HOUSES
A residential tower to house 2 groups, 1 being loud and out going and the other being quit and reserved. The technical ambition of the project is to create a building that can house someone like a drummer and a writer together without there being a problems between them. A atrium is used as a buffer zone between the 2 groups to allow sound to be absorbed and dispersed. The atrium is also used as communal space so it needs to allow sun light to pass down to ground level. The building houses families of different sizes with communal space on every level in an attempt to help the residents form a small community where people enjoy each others company. The environmental aspects of the design is to be as self-dependent as possible this is partly achieved by controlling solar gain, there for reducing the need of air conditioning during the summer. The atrium would to be flooded with natural light, saving on electricity and with the help of the PV panels and perhaps wind turbines the building could generate its own electricity. The atrium needs to encourage the quit people to come out of their flats and spend some time together in the atrium where they can sit, talk and their kids or them can play on the netting between the atrium, allowing them to live a normal and happy life.
Loud and Outgoing Group
Quit and Reserved Group
Coming together as a
There is no defined physical context, the context shall be the reality of living in London now, where space is tight, but used in ever more augmented ways. To help me design the building I decided to design the building with a north, south orientation so solar gain needs to be managed. As my studio did research on wood construction in semester 1 we have to use wood as the main construction element. I decided to use CLT as it allows for big spans and has some sound absorbing properties. It is a panel material, which is made of layers of plywood, this makes it very ridged so its best to make angular buildings with it. However you can make curved by cutting the pieces into small tiles. This project is about sound, light, texture (from the acoustic panles) communal living and contemptibility because I believe that we shouldn’t design everything and we show allow the client to make changes in the future if need be.
New Community
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The Rogers Family
Architectural Needs - Together in one building but separate. - Storage for costumes - Dance studio - Gym
that takes allegiance to Britain as its defining characteristic. Roberta is a mother of 7 and grandmother of..? She has a Union Jack tattooed on her hand ‘Some people wear their heart on DS.04 BRIEF 03 EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS their sleeve, I’m wearing my Union Jack on my hand. It’s just WORKSHOP 01 GROUP A : MODERN INDIVIDUALS all about freedom of expression” and they all take part in a marches to commemorate the founding of the Ulster Volunteer Kayleigh Khosravi Force. Melanie, Georgina Sarah A young, white working-class singleand mother who Description has moved away EVERYBODY NEEDSwith GOOD NEIGHBOURS her children from the ‘temple of consumerism’ and converted - Hedonistic Description to the Muslim faith. Surprisingly, Kayleigh represents the most Georgina and Sarah - SelfMelanie, Acceptance - Family likely group to convert to Islam in the UK. What does Islam offer in the Miss Plus Size International competition. Contestants - Exhibitionist GROUP C: MODERN FAMILIES - Traditional to a young white woman in her twenties? A refuge from nagging Their identities have been forged through a struggle for - Denial/ Ignorant / Deluded - Ironic consumer pressures and the constant, often sexual, scrutiny of acceptance – from others and from themselves – as larger - Big / Large - Denial The Rogers Family women that is pervasive in Western society. Conversion also offers women. Taking part in the competition was the first time many - Voluptuous - AfraidThe of being Rogers are a family that centresand onsupportive ballroom dancing. a strong sisterhood within the congregation ofhad the acknowledged and celebrated their size – ‘a mass of them - Femininity judgedFather as less Colin then is constantly ferrying mosque.daughters Jenna, Amy and coming-out - Woman hood experience’. They are proud and confident and like perfect. Charlotte to classes; mother Janey competes alongside them. to show/ Unfit off their big bodies, however, nowadays we are more - Unhealthy - Competitive Chris Huhne They spend hours and hours of exhausting practice perfecting a likely to see a growing health problem. - Self-absorbed - Exuberant politician. Huhne fell grace when his wife revealed glitzy formalised version ofDisgraced the boy-girl relationship. Thefrom irony - Figure used to represent DS.04 BRIEF 03 - Glamorous thatFake he had asked her to take miles the blame for a speeding offence so is that Colin and Janey are divorced and he lives a few Wealth, Health and Beauty. Confused - Unique bond that did not lose licence. He resigned from theand cabinet WORKSHOP 01 away but dancing means that hehesees more ofhis hisdriving daughters Paula Tomato - Were Insecure Passionate - Devoid and was subsequently jailed for perverting the course of justice. than many a live-in father. Pressured A deaf couple with two deaf children who see their deafness Prison and condemnation appear to have had no effectnot onas hisa disability but as an enriching and rewarding identity. Performers confidence and identity. He attributes this to ‘a class thing’. Paula Grayson andneeds Tomato were enthusiastically congratulated by the Architectural refers to him as “Default Man: a white, middle class, middle aged, deaf for community - Storage costumeswhen it was revealed that their children were The Jesus Army heterosexual man, an identity group that hides infor plain sight. I have also hearing-impaired. ‘It is misunderstood,’ Paula explains, competitions The Jesus Army are a Christian group that work with homeless represented Chris as a series of repeat patterns. This ‘because is a riposte people don’t believe a deaf culture exists.’ Using signKitchen people. They live in ‘families’ in shared houses, their to the common Defaultpool Man’s defence that he is an ‘individual’ and language - Party room and seeing themselves as a linguistic minority rather money and sometimes wear and Dayhismilitary-style achievementsclothes and behaviour have nothing to do with a disabled group reclaims deafness as an identity. But it has caused than - Swimming pool Glo red crucifixes. They liveidentity. a quite Iascetic existence have smashed thewith vase no and repaired it with problems gold to with Paula and her Jewish parents as she prefers to Lift television or alcohol, but have a strong community. symbolise that vulnerability might be an asset in relationships for - Gymidentify with deaf culture over any sort of religious affinity. such a person.”. - Cat walk
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Alex White Jack, John and Shea Stewart Hill young female-to-male transsexual featured Jack and John are gay men, Aboth white. Three years ago they from Bromley, who Theof Jesus A wounded Afghan War veteran. He carries a photograph his Army in the first episode of the TV series. There was a brilliant scene in adopted Shea, a mixed-British boy. Jack has said, ‘We are a troop crossing a shallow river in Afghanistan - the last photo which Alex returned with Grayson tofor Sedgehill School, the Catford modern family. We don’t confirm to the norm, even the norm taken before he and his fellow soldiers were attacked, when that he attended as the a girl. Confident and liberated, Alex talked adoptive families. In many school ways we represent what world he received a head wound that would change his life. “Just to students at the school, a symbol for me of how at least some in the is becoming.’ Because they are not a typical nuclear family Jack beyond there was the line of departure, the starting point of the Description education system are willing to afford teenagers the intelligence to and John are consequently very aware of the process of good operation, the boundary between ground we control and that - Famous deal with complex and challenging issues. parenting. controlled by the enemy.” Stewart now faces the challenges of - Fake/ Facade Rylan Clark
civilian life and requires ongoing care for his injury. - Media Architectural needs Rylancontrolled Clark - Conformist - Security/ privacy Rylan Clark came fifth in the talent show The X-Factor in 2012 and Christopher and Veronica - Superficial - Place to address fans won Celebrity Big Brother a few weeks later in January 2013. Now - Unhappy Christopher has Alzheimer’s. The incurable disease is Conference room presenting Big Brother’s Bit on the Side. Rylan has become famous - Schizophrenic destroying his memory, robbing notshort just him but - Rehearsal space in a very period ofalso time.his In some ways celebrities are like the Self critical / partner Veronica of their- shared memories of their life together. - Computer to connect aristocracy of our times. The fame Rylan pursued comes at a cost Aware It is robbing him, effectively, hisitidentity. They attend with a widerhelp audience inof that unbalances relationships with strangers and friends alike. - Open (or was partners this has become His personality somewhat schizophrenic in terms of his - Gym groups with other sufferers and their and Veronica a face too?) public person ‘Rylan’ and his private life as ‘Jonny from Dagenham’. constantly shows Christopher their photo album as a way to try Scared to keep his memory alive. He says: “I don’t think I’ll ever be happy. It’s all fake.” - Desperate Whateverfor you think about it, celebrity is deeply entrenched in our fame modern culture. People desire it, many see it as an ambition in itself. Description We are not the first generation to suffer with this but in our world of - In Transition/ Adjusting You-Tube and reality TV shows, fame can be immediate and obtained - Lost in the past without a notable or worthy achievement. - Masculinity - Physicality - Depressed - Nostalgic - Stressed - Heroic
Architectural needs - Storage for past experiences - Customisable furniture - Rehabilitation centre - Security - Ramps - Lift
EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS DS.04 BRIEF 03 GROUP B: MODERN TRIBES01 WORKSHOP EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS
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GROUP C: MO Jason, Jonathan, Roberta and Jean Loyalists from the Protestant, working-class Newtonards Road The Rogers Fa area ofFAMILIES East Belfast. Belfast is a city where tribal identity is GROUP C: MODERN The Rogers are painted on the walls: the famous murals make cultural, religiou Father Colin is The Rogers Family and political affiliations manifest. There, LoyalistsCharlotte are a group to cl The Rogers arethat a family that centres on ballroom dancing. takes allegiance to Britain as its defining characteristic. They spend ho Father Colin is constantly ferrying daughters Jenna, Amy and Description Roberta is a mother of 7 and grandmother of..? She hasformalis a Union glitzy Charlotte to classes; mother Janey competes alongside them. - Minimal / undecorated Jackand tattooed onexhausting her handpractice ‘Some people wear heart on an is that Colin They/ spend hours hours of perfecting a their - No judging Accepting away but danc their sleeve, I’mboy-girl wearing my UnionThe Jackirony on my hand. It’s just - Communal/ glitzyCollective formalised version of the relationship. - Humble/ Humility allJaney aboutare freedom expression” and they all takethan partmany in a a li is that Colin and divorcedof and he lives a few miles - Sharedaway resources marches commemorate but dancing meansto that he sees more ofthe hisfounding daughtersof the Ulster Volunteer - Caring / Charitable than many a live-in father. Force. - Rescued / found
The Jesus Arm
- Lack of Privacy The Jesus Arm Architectural needs - Family valued - Place to leave messages people. They l The Jesus Army - Evangelistic Melanie, Georgina and Sarah Storage for instruments money and som - Controlling The Jesus Army are a Christian group that work with homeless Contestants in the Miss Plus Size International competition. Communal space - Converting Glo red crucifi people. They live in ‘families’ in shared houses, pool their - Place toidentities pray Their have been forged through a struggle for or a - Empathy money and sometimes wear military-style clothes and Daytelevision Optimized - Euphoric acceptance othersexistence and fromwith themselves – as larger Glo red crucifixes. They live–a from quite ascetic no - Shared - Devout women. part incommunity. the competition was the first time man television or alcohol, have a strong - Cheap butTaking - Security - Stage of them had acknowledged and celebrated their size – John ‘a mass Jack, and - Coltish
Jack and coming-out experience’. They are proud and confident andJohn like Jack, John andtoShea adopted Shea, show off their big bodies, however, nowadays we are more Jack and John are gay men, both white. Three years ago they modern family likely to see a growing health problem.
adopted Shea, a mixed-British boy. Jack has said, ‘We are a adoptive famil modern family. We don’t confirm to the norm, even the norm for is becoming.’ B adoptive families. In many ways we represent what the world and John are c Paula and is becoming.’ Because theyTomato are not a typical nuclear family Jack parenting. and John are consequently very aware ofdeaf the process of good A deaf couple with two children who see their deafness and Veronica parenting. not as a disability butChristopher as an enriching and rewarding identity.
Stewart Hill
Paula and Tomato were enthusiastically congratulated by the a Christopher deaf community when it was revealed that their children were Christopher ha Christopher and Veronica also hearing-impaired. ‘It is misunderstood,’ Pauladestroying explains,his Christopher has Alzheimer’s. The incurable disease is partner people not don’t deafhis culture exists.’ UsingVeron signdestroying his‘because memory, robbing justbelieve him butaalso It is robbing h Supporting language seeing themselves linguistic minority rather partner Veronica of their and shared memories of their as lifeatogether. Loving groups ot than disabledofreclaims deafness as anhelp identity. But it haswith cause It is robbing him, effectively, his identity. They attend Helpful constantly groups with other sufferers andPaula their partners Veronica problems with and her and Jewish parents as she prefers sho to Understanding to keep his constantly shows Christopher theirculture photo album a way identify with deaf over as any sorttooftry religious affinity. me Description to keep his memory alive.
- Importance of remem- Architectural needs - Storage for archives bering of their life Stewart Hill - Loss / Disappearance - Place to meet sup- Fissure / void getting A wounded Afghan War veteran. He carries a photograph of hi port group -Becoming one sided troop crossing a shallow river in Afghanistan - the last photo - Security - Shift in dominance taken before hegroup and his fellow soldiers - Privet space were attacked, when - Support - Outwould door space - Loss of he received a identity head wound that change his life. “Just Nostalgic beyond there was the line of departure, the starting point of th - Caring operation, the boundary between ground we control and that - Loving
controlled by the enemy.” Stewart now faces the challenges of civilian life and requires ongoing care for his injury.
Rylan has a hair brush as his memento as it is a metaphor for how he keeps himself well groomed for the camera.
The plus size women would take the tiara they would get from the Miss Plus Size pageant.
Stewart Hill’s memento would be a part of his armor that may have saved his life.
The Christopher and Veronica’s memento is their wedding ring as it is a symbol of their love.
The Jesus army’s memento would the Holy Bible as it was religion that brought the group together. The Rodger’s memento are their ballroom dancing shoes as thats what makes them a family.
Table Plan The Loud group is on the straight table as it is a metaphor for how easily their able to socialise and make connections in with other people.
The quit people are on the round table as they seem to ce closed of from the people around the and find it hard to fit in with other people.
Jesus army 5
Jesus army 4
Jesus army 6
Jesus army 3
Jesus army 7
Jesus army 2
The Roger’s Kids
Jesus army 1
Roger’s mom
Sarah
Georgina
Rylan
Melanin
Veronica
Stewart
Roger’s dad
Christopher
Raylan Clark, Total Minimum Internal Fool Area - 50m2
The Rogers Family, Total Minimum Internal Fool Area - 106m2
Melanie, Georgina and Sarah, Total Minimum Internal Fool Area - 96m2
5m2
8m2
6m2 R.C Bedroom 12m2
9.1m2
3.2m2 1.5m2
R.C Living room 13m2
R.C Outdoor space 5m2
M.G.S Bathroom 4.4m2
M.G.S Bedroom 12m2
10.9m2 R.C Storage 1.5m2
12m2
6.8m2
R.C Bathroom 4.4m2
M.G.S Living room 16m2
8.3m2
R Storage 1.5m2
36m
2
M.G.S Bathroom 4.4m2
R Bedroom 12m2 M.G.S Kitchen 8.3m2
M.G.S Storage 1.5m2
16m2 R.C Kitchen 6.8m2
17m2
4.5m2 13.2m
Single Bedroom
W.C
Storage
Outdoor Space
Living Room
Circulation Space
Kitchen
Privet
Dining Room
Public
R Living room 17m2
6m2
2
2.4m2
M.G.S Bathroom 4.4m2
M.G.S Bedroom 12m2
2.4m2
13.2m
2
R Bedroom 12m2
M.G.S Dining room 4.5m2
M.G.S W.C 2.4m2
Bathroom
R Bathroom 4.4m2
R Storage 1.5m2
8m2
R Bathroom 4.4m2
R Kitchen 9.6m2
R Storage 1.5m2
M.G.S Storage 1.5m2
Double Bedroom
R Single Bedroom 8m2
4.8m2
36m2 M.G.S Bedroom 12m2
R.C Dining room 3.2m2
R Bathroom 4.4m2
9.6m2
4.4m2
13m2
11.4 m2
M.G.S Storage 1.5m2
4.5m2
R Bedroom 12m2
M.G.S Outdoor space 6m2
R Outdoor space 8m2
R Dining room 4.8m2
R W.C 2.4m2
Wheelchair W . C with Shower
Stewart Hill, Total Minimum Internal Fool Area - 61m2
The Jesus Army, Total Minimum Internal Fool Area - 121m2
Christopher and Veronica, Total Minimum Internal Fool Area - 70m2
5m2
10m2
J.A Bedroom 12m2
13m2 6.1m2
J.A Bathroom 4.4m2
J.A Storage 1.5m2
10.9m2
S.H Bedroom 12m2 J.A Living room 17.3m2
9.4m2
S.H Storage 1.5m2
12m2
3.6m2
J.A Bedroom 12m2
17.3m2
J.A Storage 1.5m2
2.4m2
17.6m2
8m2 7.5m2 J.A Kitchen 10.9m2
14m2 J.A Bathroom 4.4m2
J.A Storage 1.5m2
J.A Bedroom 12m2
J.A Bathroom 4.4m2
J.A Storage 1.5m2
S.H Single Bedroom 8m2
24m2
C.V Bedroom 12m2
7.5m2 S.H Dining room 3.6m2
C.V Bathroom 4.4m2
C.V Storage 1.5m2
3m2
3.6m2 S.H Kitchen 7.5m2
8.8m2 C.V Living room 14.8m2
C.V Kitchen 7.5m2
J.A W.C 2.4m2 S.H Outdoor space 5m2
J.A Outdoor space 10m2
C.V Bathroom 4.4m2
C.V Storage 1.5m2
4.5m2
14.8m2 S.H Living room 14m2
J.A Dining room 6.1m2
9.2m2
3m2
6m2
J.A Bedroom 12m2
C.V Bedroom 12m2
S.H Storage 1.5m2
48m2 J.A Bathroom 4.4m2
6m2
S.H Wheelchair W . C with shower 3.6m2
C.V Dining room 4.5m2 C.V Outdoor space 6m2
R Storage 1.5m2
Communal Space Options
Living room
Option 1: Taking 10% of the area from Living room, Kitchen and Dining room for communal space. Total space accumulated:
Option 2: Taking 30% of the area from circulation space and all of the outdoor space for communal space. The roof could instead be used as a communal outdoor space. Total space accumulated:
Rylan Clark
Rylan Clark
Melanie, Georgina and Sarah
R.C Circulation space 9.1m2 R.C Living room 13m2
Melanie, Georgina and Sarah
M.G.S Circulation space 10.9m2
Dining room
Kitchen
Option 3: Taking custom amount of the area from Living room, Kitchen, Dining room, circulation space and out door space for communal space. Total space accumulated:
Rylan Clark
Circulation space Communal space
Melanie, Georgina and Sarah
R.C Living room 13m2
M.G.S Living room 16m2
M.G.S Living room 16m2
M.G.S Outdoor space 6m2
R.C Outdoor space 5m2 M.G.S Outdoor space 6m2 R.C Kitchen 6.8m2
R.C Kitchen 6.8m2
R.C Outdoor space 5m2
M.G.S Kitchen 8.3m2
R.C Dining room 3.2m2
R.C Dining room 3.2m2
M.G.S Dining room 4.5m2
M.G.S Circulation space 10.9m2
R.C Circulation space 9.1m2
M.G.S Dining room 4.5m2
The Rogers Family
R Living room 17m2
Stewart Hill
S.H Living room 14m2
S.H Kitchen 7.5m2
The Rogers Family
R Circulation space 11.4m2
R Outdoor space 8m2
Stewart Hill
S.H Circulation space 9.4m2
R Kitchen 9.6m2
S.H Dining room 3.6m2
R Dining room 4.8m2
R Dining room 4.8m2
J.A Living room 17.3m2
Christopher and Veronica
C.V Living room 14.8m2
The Jesus Army
J.A Circulation space 13m2
S.H Living room 14m2
R Living room 17m2
S.H Outdoor space 5m2
R Kitchen 9.6m2
The Jesus Army
Stewart Hill
The Rogers Family
Christopher and Veronica
C.V Circulation space 9.2m2
R Outdoor space 8m2
R Circulation space 11.4m2
S.H Kitchen 7.5m2
S.H Dining room 3.6m2
S.H Circulation space 9.4m2
Christopher and Veronica
The Jesus Army
J.A Living room 17.3m2
C.V Living room 14.8m2
C.V Outdoor space 6m2
J.A Kitchen 10.9m2
J.A Dining room 6.1m2
C.V Kitchen 7.5m2
C.V Dining room 4.5m2
J.A Outdoor space 10m2
J.A Kitchen 10.9m2
J.A Dining room 6.1m2
C.V Kitchen 7.5m2
J.A Outdoor space 10m2
Outdoor space
C.V Dining room 4.5m2
C.V Circulation space 9.2m2
One floor arrangements
Entrance / Exit
All of these arrangements are based around the idea of an open floor plan, creating flexible spaces which can change with the edition of partitioning walls. Arrangements like this could also allow for the circulation space to be used for something else.
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Layouts for plus size girls
Layouts for Celebrity
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit Entrance / Exit
Ballroom dancing family
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Army veteran
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Alzheimer’s couple
Entrance / Exit
Jesus army
Entrance / Exit Entrance / Exit Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
Entrance / Exit
One Floor layout
Party House Rylan is on the edge of the complex so he could address his fans from a balcony
Plus size girls are in the middle as I think they would get a long with everyone around them.
By arranging the complex on 2 floors I was able to reduce the amount of bathroom used becuase of the close proximity between the bedroom the residents would be able to share.
Caring House Christopher and Veronica’s house is a bit separated from the rest of the housing complex as Christopher may need more privet space.
This house is shared by the Jesus army and the army veteran, he is on ground floor as it would be convenient for him.
Rodger’s dad is at the bottom were as the mother is at the top so they don’t have to spend much time together.
Compact Community
This arrangement came to be because of the potential relations that could be formed between the residents. A small community could be formed because of the inward looking nature of the building design.
One Floor layout
1 Alzheimer’s couple 2 3
1
2
Jesus army Army veteran
Ballroom dancing family
4
5
Plus size girls 6
3
4 6
5
Celebrity
Exploring the space saving characteristics of a tower arrangement. Which is best suited for a growing city like London.
Floor 1 + Communal space
Floor 2
Floor 3
Floor 4
Floor 5
Floor 6
Floor 7 + Communal space
Exploring diferent communal arrangements with a residential tower being the heart of the complex.
Design 1 Trying to integrate the benefits of a suburban home, namely garden and privacy with the density of a modern urban apartment building.
Floor 1 used to house Stewart Hill and the communal spaces.
Floor 3 used to house Christopher and Veronica.
Floor 4 used to house the Rodgers family.
Floor 2 used to house the Jesus Army
Floor 5 used to house the Plus size woman.
Floor 6 used to house Rylan and a community tarrace.
3 Story houses
Main Road
3 Story house Road used for parking Private Garden
Side
South
This design developed so you can tell that there are 2 parts to the building, reflecting the 2 groups. However there isn’t much interaction between the residents as all of the families have their own floor and they can only interact on the ground floor and top floor. This reduces the feeling of a community as the families can’t interact through out the building.
Windows in the basement could be deep like Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Church. Steel frame supporting opening walls.
Double height balcony to allow more sun light Half of the basement is above ground level to get sun light in it. Grass growing around basement on a slope acts as a buffer zone between the building and the street.
Thinking about what could be around the building.
G -1
Storage Storage
Meet Rooms
W.C
G -1
Plant Storage Ballroom/ Events Space
Storage
Meet Rooms
W.C W.C
Gym Plant Storage
Ballroom/ Events Space
W.C
Gym Storage
Community Design- the living spaces are able to open up to the atrium space by sliding the walls to the side
G+0
G+0
Double bedroom
Double Double bedroom bedroom
Kitchen
Kitchen
Study
Communal Atrium
Storage Kitchen
Kitchen
Double bedroom
Study
Double bedroom W.C with Shower
Bath room
Living room
Communal Atrium
Living room
Open Lift Storage
Double bedroom W.C with Shower Bath room
Living room
Living room
Open Lift
Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP. I would like to use similar glass bricks for the lift core in my design.
G +1
G +1
Double bedroom
Double bedroom
Study Storage Double bedroom Storage
Double bedroom Bath room
W.C Study Bath room
Lift Storage
Storage Bath room
W.C
Lift
Bath room
G+2
Kitchen
G+2
Kitchen
Double bedroom
Bath room
Kitchen
Communal Netting
Double bedroom Storage
Double bedroom
Bath room Kitchen
Double bedroom Storage
W.C Bath room Single bedroom
W.C
Living room
Storage
Bath room
Communal Netting Living room
W.C Balcony
Single bedroom
Balcony
Single bedroom Storage W.C Balcony
Living room
Living room
Single bedroom
Balcony
Double-leaf sliding door (within wall)
G +3
Double bedroom
Storage
Double bedroom
Storage
Storage
Double bedroom
On Suite
Storage
Double bedroom
Bath room
Bath room
On Suite
G+4
Kitchen
Kitchen Walk in Wardrobe
Storage Communal Decking for Events
Communal Garden Living room
Living room
Balcony
Communal Storage
W.C
Single bedroom
Communal Storage for Garden
On Suite
A rooftop garden uses steel armatures with perforated metal panels to provide relief from the sun.
G+5
Soundproof glass panel
Double bedroom
Bath room
Bath room
Double bedroom
Benches on the roof for people to site together and enjoy the space. Grid shell for the roof of the atrium with open-able panels to allow air circulation.
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June
September
2
December
Image 1 shows that in June the sun goes too deep into the apartment, so I extended the balconies out so the apartments don’t over heat in the summer.
Key aspects of the design 1) Community event void
Floor 2 Plan Scale 1:50
2) Blured Privacy - houses open up to all of the resdients 3) Flats orientaied around the sun so the living spaces are floudedwith natural light. 4) Double hight living spaces - which leads to the hight of the atrium 5) Curved Facade - facing south, so the balconys could act as solar shades for the flat below.
Jerry House by Bangkok studio Onion, has layers of springy nets stretched across an atrium at the centre of this beach house in Thailand. This creates a vertical playground that can be used to travel from the top floor to the bottom.
Floor 3 Plan Scale 1:50
IS / Yo Yamagata Architects staircase Steel for all of the elements in the atrium to allow air circulation through the atrium space, and to allow as much light through to the floor below as much as possible.
Communal Decking
unal Comm n Garde
Half of the walls on the living spaces slide open, allowing better interaction between people this creates the opportunity to make a well connected community. Ground floor of the atrium is used as a common room with bean bags. A net between the atrium to create a relaxing place for people to read or for kids to play. perforated steel sheets are used for elements in the atrium to allow more light though and it provides an interplay between light and shadow.
Private
Private/ Public
Public
Communal Space Living spaces
Private/ Public
Private
Living spaces
Living spaces are able to open up to the atrium space by sliding the walls to the side. Creating a better sense of community as people will be able ]to interact between the atrium without them having to go out of their flats. This interaction Continues through out the building.
This design became too much about communal living and looking into other peoples spaces. This design isn’t very empathetic to the quit and reserved people as it but them on show. I kind of forgot my idea of really controlling acoustic levels.
CLT Case Study 52 Whitmore Road, London by Waugh Thistleton Architects. The project is made of cross-laminated timber(CLTA) and sweet chestnut cladding in a mixed-use project overlooking Regent’s Canal in North London. The building houses two floors of offices, a photographer’s studio, and three triplex apartments. I would also like to clad my design with Sweet chestnut because I think its ascetically pleasing and represents the construction elements.
External wall
Floor and ceiling detail
Structural model scale 1:10
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2 - Cork 3 - Wooden floor 4 - Plaster board for fire protection but mostly for people to colour their flats with the option of going back to a wood finish if they want.
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5 - Steel bracket 6 - Sweet chestnut cladding boards with insect mesh behind.
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7 - Space for a window frame
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8 - Acoustic panels in atrium
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9 - Panelled Rock mineral wool 10 - Vertical batten providing ventilation 11 - Waterproof membrane
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14 -Caulk gypsum board edge to stop cracks from warping. 15 - Rock mineral wool
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Need to know 5 things if you want to control sound? Sound bounces through perforated surfaces filling the space behind with sound.
1. Sound bounces of walls, cling and floor to fill an inclosure.
4. Absorbers are used to reduce the strength of sound, to a sound wave it looks a bit like a hole in the wall so some of the energy doesn’t come back from.
2. So Refle un cte d d 2. If direct and reflected sound is released at the same time the reflectional sound reaches the ear after the direct sound as it has to travel further.
Wooden Acoustic panel
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3. Too much reflected sound can be a problem because of the delayed sound reflection there is “Destructive Interference” which changes the original sound. Original sound waves are distorted by strong later- arriving reflections. The pattern below shows how the “Destructive Interference” happens.
Original sound
5. A curved surface also reduces sound strength and it works by scattering sound reflections in different directions smoothing out destructive interference throughout the room.
Reflected sound
Acoustic panel pattern designs scale 1:10. You can make an almost endless amounts of patterns that could theoretically work well as a diffusers. I set myself constraints by cutting pieces at an angle.
Making the building it self the sound controlling machine instead of having them as add ons.
Could make it by cutting CLT ribs by using a CNC machine and then inter locking them together to create a shell which is then clad with wood.
Trying to workout how the staircase is going to work in this atrium.
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Acoustic analysis of the basic shape. This shape seems to focus the sound near the middle which is the opposite of what I want. Plan
Lift and stair cuts blocked so I can see how much light the windows let into the basement.
The is a sharp contrast between the light and dark but you can see that a lot of the light bonus on to the ceiling which could help to disperse the light throughout the basement by having a presume that bends light.
Polished aluminium to reflect light
By having the cuts open the basement becomes much lighter, there isn’t much intense light being focused on one point.
Could use fibre optic to get light into basement, could light the edge of the glass so it transmits the light through the glass. Glass tiles
Fibre optic
Reinforced concrete
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Side Elevation
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Acoustic analysis of the Zig Zag design. This shape seems to disperse the sound everywhere.
To further control the sound made by loud people
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Plus Size Girls
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Army veteran
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Ground 1 - Living / Kitchen 2 - Double Bedroom 3 - Sound proof door 4 - Open Hydraulic lift 5 - W . C with shower
Communal Basement 1 - Ballroom / Mixed event Space 2 - Storage / Extension 3 - Seating area 4 - Meeting room 5 - Storage / Extension 6 - Gym 7 - Storage / Extension 8 - Fire Exit 9 - Plant
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Ballroom dancing family
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G2 1 - Sliding glass Sound proof door 2 - white netting 3 - Perforated steel panels 4 - Communal seating
G1 1 - Double hight Cieling 2 - study area 3 - W.C 4 - Double bedroom 5 - V oide 6 - Lift
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Celebrity
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Alzheimer’s couple
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Staircase is used as place for residents to talk without restricting the circulation space. A building hoist lift is used as you don’t a lift core, allowing more sunlight to flood into the atrium.
Platform on the 2nd floor Is used as a communal space thanks to the free movement allowed by the netting between the platform.
Seats are designed to fit between the corners of atrium walls to encourage residents to use the space more.
Depending on the amount of sound you wanted to Control different acoustic planes can be added to the CLT walls.
The structure for the atrium and the platform is anchored To the CLT elements,
Building integrated Solar panels are used for the atrium roof as they allow sunlight through and allows the building to be more sustainable.
Slopping communal garden formed from the earth dug out for the Basement.
Polished aluminium frames and fibre optics used to get sun light into basement.
More light reaches the basement thanks to the perforations made in the concrete floor plate.
Glass tills are placed in the perforation in a pattern that echo the design of the atrium walls and the floor blow.
Wooden lovers are used on the south facade to control solar gain and to visually connect the two buildings.
Green roofs as well As wind turbines to be installed depending on The characteristics of the site.
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