CPU : PS2
Building Reuse : The Spirit of Manchester Gin Distillery ...gin, done differently.
M.Arch Year 1 Dimitra-Rafailia Evmorfopoulou
Shambhavi Joshi
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Contents 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
PART A Cover Page Contents Practice Client Brief Narrative Site Photographs Site Elevation Site Context Map Site Environmental Analysis Site History and Evolution Heritage assessment Opportunities & Constraints
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Site Visit Survey Arch Treatment Precedents Reuse Precedents
Gin Making Process Gin Botanicals Hydroponic system Area Requirements Understanding the Users Creating the Gin Experience Fields Analysis Gin Photomicrography Colour Interpretation Idea Specific Precedents
PART B
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Site Plan Urban Realm
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Elevations
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Cross Sections [Existing/Proposed]
Plans [Existing/Proposed] Visual
Longitudinal Section Component Strategy Inner Tanking Details Construction Sequence Visual RIBA Plan of work Energy Assessment Bibliography Individual Reflection
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Practice ATELIER CPU
Our clients are the owners of Manchester Gin. Established in 2013, the company has been very successful in establishing their brand and have won many prestigious international awards for their gin.
Based on Watson street, the brief requires the conservation and renovation of six Grade II listed railway arches.
Jennie Wiggins and Seb Heeley decided to transform their love for gin into a brand, by setting their very first stills in the dining room of their house. In 18 months, they had already achieved their 3 year plan and decided to expand the business. They started their own distillery at Temperance Street in Manchester in 2015.
Preliminary requirements: - Distillery housing a 1000 litre still - Bar - Restaurant - Visitor spaces - Gin experience - Ancilliary spaces - Office
They are now seeking to expand into a prime city centre location based on Watson Street.
Client
brief
Project Narrative PS2 started with an introduction to a reuse project for Manchester Gin Ltd. for their new site located on Watson street. The site consists of Arch 10 to 15 situated at the foots of Manchester Central. Site Visit at Temperance Street We visited the current site of the company where our client Seb introduced us to the process of gin making, idea of company expansion and the detailed program requirements. Site Visit at Watson Street We surveyed the proposed site, took necessary measurements and photographs. The site visit was attended by the client and the architect of this live project. We explored the site surroundings, its Grade II listed heritage, opportunities and constraints. Group work First two weeks, the atelier was divided in 4 groups working on 3D modelling of site, heritage statement, gin making process and arch detailing, respectively. Gin photo-micrography After group work, we split into a group of 2, and worked on preliminary ideas. The idea of depicting ‘gin as a sensory experience’ was explored via a chemistry experiment of making gin crystals. Presentation with the architect The architect helped us understand key details necessary in the building. Practical, on-site issues were discussed, as they affect design in practice. Presentation with the client The client was very excited about the idea of gin microscopy. The images was highly appreciated by the client and, the experiment results are now going to be displayed at the new distillery.
SITE photos
Street ELEVATION
SITE Context Housing Ring road Railway/Tram Stations Car parks Mix-use Buildings Institutions Heritage Buildings Open Spaces Water body Roadways
Zoom in Bars & Pubs Cafes & Restaurants Parking Education & Arts Vehicular access Main Map
site Environmental analysis
THEN & NOW Site HistOry Click to see history
Heritage assessment
Assessment of significance National Planning Policy Framework defines significance:“the value of a heritage asset to this and future generations because of its heritage interest. That interest may be archaeological, architectural, artistic or historic. Significance derives not only from a heritage asset’s physical presence, but also from its setting.” As per Historic England Conservation Principles Policies and Guidance:
HISTORICAL VALUE
EVIDENTIAL VALUE
AESTHETIC VALUE
-Designed by Sir John Fowler -Contributed to the city’s national and international trade, and thus its economic prosperity
-Infrastructure that enabled the distribution of cotton and other products of the city -Interconnected vaults to facilitate the movement of goods to and from the station -Provided covered storage for the goods
-Evident craftsmanship of stonemasons and skill of bricklayers -Marred in places by inappropriate repointing and overpainting
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proximity to listed buildings
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but... limited communal value
-The arches were never a truly public space. Adaptive reuse of the space will bring life to a site that would otherwise be derelict and dilapidated.
opportunities & constraints Vaulted undercroft with intersecting tunnel vaults Inter-connected via transverse arches - ‘cloistered’ character Brick infill walls to the rear separate the site from the rest of the undercroft (which is now primarily car park) New wall linings to be installed on the back walls Springers from dressed stone bands Current floors are modern concrete slabs, poured over historic stone set or flag floor surfaces. Poor current condition and no evidence of historic significance. Badly affected by water penetration. Arches were originally open to the pavement, supporting the railway line above. Used for storage and for movement of goods from the station to the railway warehouses.
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1930’s image of non-original arch elevations, since been removed Central doors and modern brick infill side panels to be removed No historical significance Lack of consistency and architectural quality
Listed elements Opportunities for redesign Current finishes/ elevational treatment
Conservation & Management for Heritage Statement & Planning
Survey External Walls
Watsonst
Arches10-15
Construction:
masonry
Materials:
brick
stretcher bond & english bond
Mortar type:
lime exact mix known Brickbased, deterioration -> not excessive moisture
Numerous cementious repairs
Condition:
08.02.19
Substantial brick erosion No structural failure No significant mortar cracks
External joinery
Rainwater goods Roof Internals
No cavity present
Evidence of movement?
No
DPC?
No
Moisture?
Medium
Sub-floor ventilation?
No
Windows
2 per arch
Doors
1 per arch
Materials: Condition:
Steel, not original faรงade Very bad due to corrosion and lack of maintenance, to be removed
Material / age
None
Leaks Access
Yes Yes, bridge access from Great Northern Complex
Piers:
Loadbearing Materials: Decorative condition:
Evidence of movement: No Other issues:
Floors
Condition:
Non-Loadbearing Materials: brick, not matching with listed structure Concrete slab. Original is estimated to be cobbled floor. Badly damaged from excess water leakage.
DPM?
No
Sub-floor ventilation?
No
Material:
suggestion by architect: 2 supply points
electricity / gas
suggestion by architect: 1 per arch
drainage
needs rework
WC / utility / kitchen
None, only drainage pipes
Sanitary Fittings
Type:
WorksRequired
No high pressure washing that could cause brick erosion
SITE VISIT sURVEY
Spray wand tip no closer than 12 inches from bricks
Arch Strengthening
Issues -Poor condition of the COL 120A span, six longitudinal cracks which penetrated the arch barrel and were visible from view of the soffit
Solution
Brick, with decorative stone springer line Overpainting and bad repointing at places. Some bricks broken and decorative keystones missing Moisture: High Efflorescence[?] - white powdery substance on bricks Salts in mortar or brick dissolved by excess moisture
Further tests needed Not historic, to be demolished
water pipes
Pressure not higher than 1000 pounds / square inch (psi)
Lime run off Black / dark brown staining along mortar joints Infills:
Type:
Scrub off white powder & clean with biodegradable detergent
Moss & Dirt Some bricks are of a later date and don't match original type & colour. Wall type:
Services
-Precast arch barrel (6 identical units), positioned on top of cast in-situ pier walls, founded on micropiles -Connected to the existing viaduct brickwork piers via un-bonded post-tensioned bars -Composite action between existing and new structures
Excess Moisture
Issues -Signs of mortar loss, open joints and loose brickwork and -Cracks and fractures. -Leaks due to the vibration of the passing trains
Solution -Drainage downpipe into channel drain to discharge into existing drainage system -Porous drainage membrain to be continuous between existing masonry arch and new concrete arch -Existing arch and wall profiles remain -All details above arch intrados remain as existing
arch treatment precedents
Reuse Precedents
Our design:
Carmel Academic Centre
Insertion -A new, independent element, suited exactly to the existing envelope -Element constructed to fit and located within the boundaries of the existing building -Surface to surface contact
Alignment
Existing
Infill New
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Underground
International Library for Children’s Literature
Intervention -The existing structure undergoes major transformations so that it can no longer exist independently -Old and new additions are completely integrated -Interwined volumes
Disaligned
New
New Interior
Existing
Glue
Neutral alcohol 95% ABV dilute (500
Neutral alcohol 95% ABV litres) is further diluted with Spring diluted (500 litres) is water (500 litres) to 40% ABV. Base diluted with Spring water (500 litres) tobotanicals 40% ABV. are then added into the Base botanicals are then liquid and the mixture is heated to added into the liquid and 81heated degrees. the mixture is to 81 degrees.
Alcohol vapour goes through pipes vapour goes steel tank (made into aAlcohol chilled stainless through pipes into a chilled through counter current of cold water stainless steel tank (made which is stored tanks through counterin current of for re-used) and cold water which in condenses backistostored an alcohol liquid.
Liquid goes into a storage tank with the second set of botanicals (specific gin flavours) for approximately 2-3 days.
tanks for re-used) and condenses back to an alcohol liquid.
The mixture goes through filters into through a storage tank where itThe is mixture mixedgoes with filters into a storage tank spring water to dilute the alcohol where it is mixed with spring content to 43% ABV before tasting water to dilute thetoalcohol to 43% and ABV before ensure each batch meetscontent the flavour tasting to ensure each batch quality standards of the distillery.
meets the flavour and quality standards of the distillery.
WATER
Mancunian Spring Water
Base Botanicals
Second set of Botanicals 98% ABV
NGS NGS VODKA NGS VODKA VODKA
Waste Water stored in tanks for re-use
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FILTER
81ËšC 40% ABV
76% ABV
42% ABV
50% Mancunian Spring Water
STILL
CONDENSER
Wendy Victoria Emmeline Wonder Wend
BOTTLING
Glass bottles are filled with Manchester Gin using hand operated vacuum filling bottling machinery. Glass bottles are filled with Manchester Gin using hand operated vacuum filling bottling machinery.
STORAGE TANK
DILLUTION
2-3 DAYS
STORAGE TANK
gin makiNg PROCESS
CORK PRESS
The bottles are closed with a hand operated cork press. The bottles are closed with a hand operated cork press.
LABEL MACHINE (TOP DOWN VIEW)
Label machine rollers remove backing from label adhesives and roll on the bottles one at a time. Label machine rollers remove backing from label adhesives and roll on the bottles one at a time.
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SEAL
Batch number and seal is added to the cork. Batch number and seal is added to the cork.
STORAGE
Placed in a box for storage and shipping. Placed in a box for storage and shipping.
GIN Botanicals
We grouped the botanicals according to size, sunlight, pH and humidity levels required for optimum growth. European Food Safety Authority’s Compendium of Botanicals was consulted to assess the safety of the plants listed.
Hydroponic System
Specialist equipment • 3-watt LED grow lights: Blue LEDs 425-495nm UV LEDs 300-400nm Red LEDs within the range of 620-710nm with special attention provided for the 660nm wavelength Far-red LEDs 710-800nm (especially around 730nm)
Out of the systems explored, nutrient film technique is the most efficient with the small botanicals, allowing for vertical or stacked growing. It is compact and lightweight. The plants with edible roots require deep water culture, to allow for extra root ball space. The same system can be used for growing trees hydroponically.
Aeroponics
Hydroponic reservoir per group to match required pH level and control nutrient solution. Soil mix with perlite to improve root growth and fast drainage. Add sand or peat moss as required.
http://www.ledgrowlightshq.co.uk/
• Air pump & air stones: Energy efficient pump with quiet mode Recommended adjustable pump [40-400 litres per hour] Air stones to produce a mixture of large and small bubbles Size and number depending on the tank and air flow rate • Extractor fans: To avoid overheating of LEDs and improve their lifespan Recommended to be lightweight and energy efficient for a sustainable and modifiable solution. • Misting equipment: To raise humidity in the air and balance the evapotranspiration rate from the leaf surfaces Contains piping, nozzles, filter, pressure regulator, solenoid valve and timer or controller
Hydroponic experiment: We sowed our own botanicals and observing the differences in germination time and growth rate, using different types of soil mix, colour of LEDs, nutrient solutions and humidity levels. The experiment has lasted the duration of the whole PS2[5 months].
Drip System
Deep Water Culture
Nutrient Film Technique
Installation of all specialist equipment should follow the system manufacturer’s recommendations.
Total Area of Site : ~550 m2
Area calculations
Services
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
Seating Seating
Entrance
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Entrance
Deliveries Export
Gin Production
27.17 % 15.15 %
20.33 % 37.33 %
Administration
Experience
Spatial Linkages
Restaurant
Packaging
Activity Specific areas Program requirements Categories of spaces
Experience
Office
Drinking Area
Kitchen
Production Botanicals
Equipments
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
Gin experience
Administration
Gin making
Toilets
Services
(82 m 2) Plant room Gas meter Toilets Cold Store Circulation -
Bar
4.8 m 0.8 m 2 32.0 m 2 4.3 m 2 30.0 m 2 2
Experience (220 m 2) Bar Drinking Area Restaurant Gin Experience -
20.0 m 2 62.0 m 2 85.0 m 2 53.0 m 2
Administration Office Storages Kitchen -
(97 m ) 2
62 m 2 15 m 2 20 m 2 Time
Gin Production (147 m 2) Gin Making Mezzanine storage Packaging -
Storage
86.5 m 2 24.0 m 2 36.5 m 2
Service closets Plant Room Cold Store
Circulation
Services
User activity timeline
Creating the gin experience Gin, done differently. Can sight, touch and smell change the way we ‘taste’ Gin?
• Microscopes & screens: Interactive gin crystals display. Visitors can see the patterns and colours of the crystals of different gin types at a variety of scales.
• Hydroponics: In house growing and harvesting of botanicals for gin production. Visitors can see the botanicals that give Manchester Gin its flavour.
• Touch & feel boxes: smells of botanicals of gin Visitors can touch each ingredient separately, through fermentation of the ingredient that releases its aroma.
• Steam pods: Botanicals aroma diffuser Visitors can smell each ingredient separately, through fermentation of the ingredient that releases its aroma.
• Hydroponics: -Hydroponics are introduced to ensure maximum quality and consistent taste. -Part of the gin experience. This acts as part of the narrative of gin production.
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fields analysis Fields allow us to get a unique reading of a space which we can then manipulate for augmenting spatial experiences. In the mathematical field of dynamical systems, an attractor is a set of numerical values toward which a system tends to evolve.
Similarly, a detractor or repulsor pushes values away from itself and systems evolve away from it.
CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO PLAY ANIMATION
Here, we used two types of grids - attractor grid and detractor grid to help us understand different components of the design. Extents exploration
Facade positioning exploration
Step by step introduction to variety of spaces required
Repulsor grid
Attractor grid
- Used in design to determine position and extent of ramps in the arch design and steps in urban scape
- Used in design to annotate location of trees and shaded areas in urban scape. Also used in marking direct contact points in design Spin Force exploration
GIN photomicrography
We would relate Gin to its taste, but a physics or chemistry expert would want to know what’s in it in terms of molecules, composition, proportions, fractrals, scaling microscope at different levels to observe patterns, etc. Coincidentally, most of these words apply to an architect’s approach as well. We analysed our client’s product using photomicrography to understand geometry, composition, light filtration, scaling, layout and proportions.
Gin crystal making process
Experiment Results
ColoUR INTERPRETATION The results obtained from Gin crystals provided us with the data to analyse alcohol visually. Its fractals refract light creating variety of wavelengths, forming series of different colours. These colours - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green Blue, Indigo and Violet, when used in a space, can stimulate certain set of emotions. Combinations of these colours can be used together to give any space an ‘ambience’. We have attempted to classify the space existing in the arches using Fields. Choosing control points as the spaces required, we segregated each arch into its set of colours that could be used and emotions that could be triggered using them.
Arch 10-11 functioning to create a Gin Experience space
Arch 12-13 to be used as space for Restaurant
Arch 14 to be used as service spaces like toilets and kitchen, Arch 15 is for Gin production
Activity and light patterns created by merging the use of all spaces together. This denotes active-passive spaces, with the possible colours that could be used for lighting that space
idea specific precedents Solar spectrum art- Peter Erskine • Laser cut prisms and mirrors to manipulate ordinary sunlight. • Has been exhibited at 2000 year old Trajan’s Markets, Rome.
Korean Pavilion, Venice Biennale- Kimsooja • Physical and psychological sanctuary using light and sound. • Translucent film diffracts sunlight to create spectrums of light. • Mirrors create infinite reflections.
Virasat e khalsa, India- Moshe Safdie • Sensor-activated technology through storytelling environments • Recreating history through artistic representation and craft techniques.
View of Restaurant seating with an open kitchen plan
Bar Precedents
Urban realm Existing site
Proposed 1- Overhead bridge 2- Ramp access to Urban realm level 3- Steps 4- Entrance to Gin Experience 5- Ramp provision to parking 6- Steps 7- Tall growing botanicals 8- Seating spaces 9- Canopy 10- Seating spaces 11- Parking for deliveries
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Arch 14- Gin school, Toilets and Office
Arch 14- Gin making
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Gin experience entrance Manchester Gin History Microscopy room Water feature with LEDs Architectural representation of wavelengths ‘Condensation’cave, light refraction room Restaurant seating area Restaurant entrance Restaurant Open kitchen Cold store Accessible WC Female WCs Male WCs Gin School Distillery Entrance for deliveries and exports Distillery Equipment Bottling & Packing area Mezzanine, Spring water tanks
View of Hydroponics and LED projection
Cross SECTIONS
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LONGITUDINAL Section
1- Gin microscopy 2- Hydroponics 3- Water feature 4- LED projection 5- Wavelength Panels 6- Crystal Cave 7- Touch and Smell tunnel 8- Restaurant seating area 9- Bar seating area 10- Kitchen 11- Bar 12- Gin School 13- Office 14- Gin production
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Component Strategy
urban REALM: 9. MCC’s Strategic Regeneration Framework (SRF) [latest Autumn 2018] for the Great Northern Complex includes the plans for productive re-use of the viaduct arches. It is intended to create a new pedestrianised “street” at ground floor level positioned towards the southern end of the cinema running the entire length of the property from Great Northern Square to the Hilton Hotel.
Facade: 1. Arches 10-13[gin experience, restaurant] are the most publicly accessible and together with arch 14 [gin school], have the maximum glazing to the elevation. The functions along with the exposed brick and stone structure of the arches are visible from the public realm when the interior is illuminated.
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2. Arch 15 [distillery] has industrial electric roller shutter doors for delivery and dispatch of goods with clear opening 2800x3500mm.They offer high level of security and weather resistance. Electric shutters require a steel box section[50x50mm] (both sides) to allow for motor unit and safety brake. The framing is set approximately 100mm behind the front face of the masonry.
No.1 Spinningfields- Simpson Haugh Entrance installation and facade details Visual representation of the chemical composition of cotton.
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Materiality: 4. Arch 15: Installation of new lining system with tanking system. This is to protect mechanical equipment materials that could be affected by damp in this area [tissue, paper, cardboard etc] associated with packing & production. It also protects the historic structure from hazardous fermentation and distillation fumes.
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Our design:
Lights and dry-lining require fixing to the roof. All fixings are to be into mortar joints, not into brickwork. These changes are reversible.
Paneling as aggregates of the botanical’s chemical compounds
Microscopy room:
Roof:
7. Lightweight sculpural structures of varying scales
6. Roof to be retained as existing, although the top of the structure is not part of the listing. This is to avoid unecessary loading of the historic arches that would result in need of strengthening, which would hide the exposed structure. It currently serves as a pathway towards Deansgate station.
Our inspiration
Canopy: 8. Fibreglass and aluminium panels with steel columns for canopy in urban realm
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Chromatogram- Lazerian, Purcell Installation in 18th century Grade II Cotton Exchange, Blackburn. Sculptural forms representing the semi-isolation of workers in the industrial society Contrast between modern and archaic
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5. Arch 14: All partitions introduced are free standing, and require no fixing to the historic structure.
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Partitions:
inner TANKING DETAILS Inner tanking to the distillery arch [arch 15] is crucial to create a sealed environment for gin making. Wooden battens are aligned on the wall either on longer or shorter end depending on depth of the arch vault. The battens are then cladded with lining of PVC sheets. After this process, mezzanine is erected for water tanks and gin stills are hoisted and arranged in place.
1. Side walls battened 2. Arch is battened 3. Option 2 for short arches 4. Back wall and front of arch battened 5. Sheet cladding
Process of preparing the distillery after completion of cladding
Construction Sequence 1. Barricading the site while leaving space for pedestrian flow through Watson street, cleaning the arches [as on pg. 9], removing existing pipes and ducting, removing electrical lines, demolishing partition walls between transverse arches. Beginning excavation upto -3 metres. 2. Excavation stops above existing foundation of the arches, followd by levelling of ground and erecting formwork for casting retaining walls and floor. 3. Water-proofing the levelled ground, laying of pipelines for drainage and water, laying of pipes for water tank for hydroponics. Casting concrete floor and pad foundations for steel stanchions. Casting retaining walls. 4. Erecting steel stanchions in the pad footings.
5. Constructing finished floor at Level -1. Centering layout of walls, constructing dry walls at Level -1, adding necessary MEP connections and layout, setting up formwork for upper floor, adding necessary fixtures and fittings. 6. Construction of ramps and staircases at Arch 10-11, Arch 13 and Arch 15 respectively. 7. Casting new concrete floor to Arch 15, constructing steel decking floor system for Arch 10-14, constructing steel assembled ramp from Level 0 to mezzanine level at +1 metres. Mounting the pre-cast staircase at Arch 13 and Arch 15. 8. Completion of final checks of Level -1, adding light fittings, furniture and other fixtures. Completion of flooring at Level 0, adding furniture for restaurant, gin-school and other areas. 9. Mounting and installing off-site manufactured panel glazing system at the entrance of each arch. Curved panel system for Arch 10-11 and overall glazing for Arch 12-14 with louvres beyong stringer line of arch. Facade of Arch 15 to have factory door and enclosed system. Installing internal tanking system for Arch 15 and mounting gin equipment. 10. Development of the urbanscape. Laying new pavements, ramps and steps. Marking points for planting trees. Casting footings for canopy. 11. Planting tall growing botanicals in designated spaces, planting trees at marked points. 12. Assembling on site and hoisting the off-site manufactured canopy.
13. Final checks, clearing of site and hand-over.
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RIBA PLAN of work
-Overview of client’s Brief and requirements. Draw up building contract and sign it off. -Identification of the heritage assets on and around the site -Advise on possible heritage grant funding. -Review of current urban planning strategies and surrounding prospective developments.
-Site condition survey of historical arches and other listed design elements. -Measured survey of site and surrounding buildings. -Feasibility studies and advice from the restoration consultant. -Draft heritage statement of significance. -Feasibility feedback from the client.
-Draft design & access statement and impact assessment. -Carry out non-intrusive surveys on the historic fabric and undertake research on best approach of restoration. -Archaological assessment of foundations of arches in prepartion for excavation of basement level. -Refine the design proposal as per client’s feedback & outline structural approach, services systems and initial costing projections. - Construct BIM model if required.
-Complete heritage statement and impact assessment for planning and listed building consents. -Review specialist’s reports and complete design & access statement -Submit applications for listed building consent. -Advise on design detailing and specification. -Identify specialist suppliers and supply chain.
-Final ammendments on applications for planning approval. -Procurement of specialists and supply chain. -Detail design and specification schedules. -Technical design from structural and M&E engineers. -Overview of planning and listed building consent conditions.
-Parallel offsite and onsite manufacturing to reduce build time and avoid potential damage to the existing structure. -Monitor protection of listed elements. -Record site conditions and on going works. -Health and Safety files -Contractor to comply with construction-specific Planning Conditions.
-Confirm compliance with listed building consent conditions. -Clear site of construction materials and equipment. -Equipment and services testing. -Advise on future maintenance and repair. -Complete record of works.
Pre-construction work
Construction
-Develop the conservation management plan and review every 5 years. -Carry out regular inspections of the listed structure. -Post occupancy evaluation a year after occupancy has commenced.
Checks and Hand-over
Strategic Requirements Project Brief Condition Surveys Archaeological Surveys Heritage Statement Planning Application Building Regs Scheduling Preliminary Design Tender Off-site Manufacture Site Clearing, Removal and Demolition Excavation and Levelling Foundations and Damp proofing Concreting Plumbing Services Ramps and Staircases Steel Framework MEP, Furniture and Fixtures Tanking, Cladding and Still Facade Development Landscaping Canopy Finishing Works In Use 0
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