Podyssey by Catherine Campbell

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induction programme Welcome What is Podyssey? About us How to find us About the host How it works City skyline

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Enter Ground level Living walls Your work assistant First level The workshop Second level Choose a seat Roof Tower Drone control tower Upper deck For your safety Section A-A Section B-B A look inside Facade v2 update Green wall Power on East elevation

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welcome, user. Ready to work?

what is podyssey? | Welcome to Podyssey: Scotland’s first Open Access, PostPandemic, Co-Work Hub. We are delighted to have you join our large community of creators, entrepreneurs and innovators across Glasgow and Scotland’s main towns and cities. I’m PAL, Podyssey’s Artificial Life, and I will be guiding you through your introduction today. Great question. Let’s explore what Podyssey is and how it can help our community.

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Podyssey is a collection of five projects across the city, each with different functions but the same strategy and concept at the core. These five nodes are Work, Live, Care, Learn and Grow. Today, we will focus on the Work node. Podyssey is a response to the COVID-19 Pandemic which immensely changed the way we live and work. This state-ofthe-art workplace has a post-pandemic mind by providing amenities not traditionally used to host office workers, such as 00110010100111010 a daycare and artist studios. We pride ourselves in becoming a 00110011101010101 host for the community who can use and adapt the building to their needs through a ‘plug-in’ approach, in a similar manner 010011010 to computer operations. Whether you are a digital nomad or 00110111010 are a member of Podlife, you can connect to Podyssey and run the programmes you need whether it be office meetings, quiet 00110011101010101 workspace or to take advantage of our Open Access maker010011010 spaces and workshops.

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We are a host for the community to encourage collaborative and flexible working for a better, healthier lifestyle. Your health and wellbeing is important to us. Therefore, we have ensured that Podyssey promotes sustainable work routines and healthy, comfortable environments to help you perform 010011010 at your best. We also care for the health of our environment and our Garden City. Next, let’s find out about Our Dear Green Place that we live in. N.B. Please familiarise yourself with the colour coded system for this induction of Podyssey: Orange = Existing built environment / within existing building footprint Green / Blue = New construction / additions

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about us. Circular Bakery Urban Farm and Aquaponics

Podyssey

The Climate Neutral Innovation District is in the heart of Glasgow, covering three communities: the City Centre, High Street and Calton. The district uses a ‘whole systems’ approach, combining multiple innovative strategies that use both the natural and built environment to move towards a ‘climate ready city’. One key project within the district is using the River Clyde as a heat source for large scale district heating. Additionally, nature based solutions are at the core of the Climate Neutral Innovation District, promoting green walls, roofs and the green Avenues Project. The Climate Neutral Innovation District has four key aims: deploying climate solutions, enhancing wellbeing, at the forefront of innovation and ensuring community are involved within the process. Inspired by Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City Vision, there are fundamental magnets that attract people to a place. The diagram details the modern day attractions to both ‘Garden’ and ‘City’, which combine to produce the aims of the client. These aims are the core of the Garden City which Podyssey was born out of.

Integration with Nature

Glasgow’s Ministry of Craft and Innovation

Botany + Herbanium Institute Water [re]cycle Tower

Wellbeing

Bee Sanctuary The creation of Podyssey aligned alongside the 2030s Garden City movement of Glasgow. The Garden City that we live in today was designed in collaboration with The Climate Neutral Innovation District and the University of Strathclyde. These clients are partners with Podyssey today.

Clyde Power Station

Holistic and Wellbeing Spa

Climate Solutions

Increase Physical Activity

Green Transport Club

Innovation

Net Zero Innovation Research Centre

Garden Festival Expo

Social Inclusion

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Circular Glasgow Nightlife and Community

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Multifunctional

GARDEN CITY

Lower Living Costs

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Renewable Energy

Employment Opportunities

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Clyde District Heating

Education System

Cleaner Air Quality Fresh Produce

Lack of Urban Sprawl

Active Travel

Business Start-Ups

Mental Health

Reduced Obesity

Biodiversity

Culture and Society

Open Space

Technology and Innovation

Data Collection / Analysis

Smart Cities

Access to Amenities

Connection and Mobility

about us. This is our thriving Garden City today. The people of Glasgow have embraced the growth of nature and acceleration of technology to form this Bio-tech City. Podyssey embodies these same values to strengthen the Garden Cities key principles: [re] imagining the streets The re-imagining of our streets as climate corridors, full of nature and biodiversity will improve the environmental quality; reduce air pollution & noise, provide safe and secure areas, increase accessibility for all, and is essentially better use of space for the people first. Below the streets, the district heating infrastructure runs through the city gaining additional heat from larger buildings. Recycling systems work through undergrowth systems of disused railways and tunnels. [re] purposing the buildings Through re-purposing, the contribution to climate change has significantly reduced as waste is minimised from the beginning. As cars are no longer used, multi-storey car parks become redundant and can be re-purposed as vertical farms and nonpollutant based renewable energy stations with solar PVs and wind turbines. [re] using the voids The Garden City has identified and strategized the use of stalled spaces as new green zones or community gardens within the city blocks. This has fostered a greater sense of community involvement and engagement within the city whilst growing community relationships.

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[re] cycling the city The city functions as a circular ecosystem. Communities, businesses and the people work together to optimise all sectors from waste to production. Any new buildings feed into this circular system in order to aid other industry’s across the city. This keeps the city moving towards a net zero future.

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how does podyssey fit into the garden city? |

dundant reuse

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Did you know that 50,000 buildings in the UK are demolished every year? That’s 1 building every 10 minutes. At Podyssey, we believe that the existing built environment is an opportunity for future development as they provide a skeleton for new functions and programmes to take place. Using the assets that the city already has cuts future 00110010100111010 carbon emissions, saves wasted energy and reduces construction waste.

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Empty High Streets revived with niche craft and skill experiences.

Retail moves from High Streets to online platforms. Street shops empty.

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Decrease in wellbeing and physical activity. Increase in mental health cases.

Increase physical activity space and greenspace with focus on mobility.

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Increase access to smart healthcare. Early intervention and prevention. Drones used as first response to ease shortage and reduce response time.

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Hospital bed shortage. Pop-up hospitals and vax centres required.

Skill building workshops and business support.

Social media culture of misinformation. Online platforms changing youth activists.

Cultural events and entertainment moved online. Reduced pollutants and emmisions through travel restrictions and lockdown.

Implementation of 20 minute neighbourhood initiative.

Hybrid platform for youth activists.

Community sessions for learning and engagement in political, science and other sectors.

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Doctors to prescribe arts, music and exercise to combat mental health.

On demand event space for meetings and workshops.

Business start-up surge.

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There are 5 broad sectors that have been impacted by the pandemic, as seen in the diagram opposite. These outline the 5 different functions of each Podyssey node within the network - Work, Live, Care, Learn and Grow. Within the solid circles, key impacts of each sector are highlighted. On the outer circle lies the response that correlates with each impact. This Work Node of Podyssey focusses on the Technology and Business Sector which has had both negative and positive impacts after the pandemic. After a surge of business startups, it is evident that space for work, training and collaboration was needed for these entrepreneurial minds. Additionally, the traditional office does not have the same routinely function as many move online to hybrid working methods. Therefore, Podyssey provides a flexible, open access workplace that is open for more than just office hours.

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Podyssey is a Post-Crisis response. The flexible nature of the Podyssey scheme can be used as a framework to responding to future crisis. Currently, this project focuses on the post-pandemic response.

Higher education links, spaces for lectures, apprenticeships + workshops.

Home-school increase through online platforms. Decrease in education.

Empty offices filter into community, entertainment, education and social use.

‘Digital nomads’ rise with working from home. Office spaces are empty.

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Increase accessible education hubs for online school and daycare services.

Co-working local hubs part of the wider city nomad network.

Virtual interactions and social media rises.

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Drone delivery increase.

Technology access, innovation and development spaces.

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Continued strive for 1.5C - transport, food production, construction industries.

Increased use of single-use plastics.

Increase social spaces, including outdoor environments.

Combined digital + physical inclusive approach to culture + entertainment.

Materials reconsideration local and biomaterials.

Refocus on recycling and circular economy.

about us. Work Node Care Node Learn Node Grow Node Live Node High Line

The initial 5 nodes of Podyssey are highlighted above. They are located across Glasgow, specifically within the communities of the City Centre and Calton, however future expansion will see the nodes spreading into the West and South ends as response to crisis increases. Each node repurposes a redundant building which is highlighted and are connected via the Garden City High Line. The Podyssey Node approach has been applied to each major city within Scotland to create an overarching network.

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podyssey work location? | You can find us, the Podyssey Work Node, located at: 010011010 Cowcad

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This node reuses the former Scottish Ambulance Service Building which is situated between The National Piping Centre to the South and St Andrew’s First Aid to the North.

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The redundant building is constrained between two buildings which creates a challenge of drawing light into the existing building. Additionally, this creates two façades with the Maitland Street facade acting as the main and using the East facade as a secondary service zone for workshops and quick access to the building for members.

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Within walking distance, there are many amenities that enhance the location of Podyssey such as the energy plaza, Innovator and Testing Park, Avenue project and the Theatre Royal. These spaces can be used by our community to enhance their work-flow and ensure a work / life balance. The integration of greenspace within this location promotes a healthy lifestyle for all users of Podyssey.

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Why not get to work by walking or cycling on the High Line which passes through the building as highlighted in this Drone’s Eye View. You can expect to see many drones buzzing around the building as they aid your work flow and service the wider city. All drones dock in the Drone Control Tower by scanning the QR code for their landing bay as seen on the runway.

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about the host.

Designed by Skinner, Bailey and Lubetkin, the former Scottish Ambulance Service Building (SASB) was built between 19661970 and is recognised as a Category A listed building. The three storey building is adjacent to the current St Andrew’s First Aid towards the north, previously having direct entry connections between the two buildings. The St. Andrew’s House wing functioned as the public facing service with reception areas, auditorium and conference rooms. The SASB acted as the operations side, with an ambulance garage on ground level and admin offices in the two storeys above. Towards the south is The National Piping Centre, facing into the City Centre.

Scottish Ambulance Service Building: Conservation Statement

Colour Study for the Ambulance Station Toby Paterson

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Scottish Ambulance Service Building: Conservation Statement

The main massing of this block has developed over time, originally once a dense slum area. Currently, there is a student residential scheme making up the east half of the block. This area is also home to the police, fire and first aid as public service centralisation was an iteration of the Bruce Report and Glasgow’s ‘Post War Inner City Redevelopment Plan’. The proximity of emergency vehicles to the motorway was a key driver for this location.

Scottish Ambulance Service Building: Conservation Statement Source: British Listed Buildings

Upper Level Office Space post Previous Listed Building Application and subsequent Downtakings

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This concrete structure acts as the ‘host’ element to Podyssey. All communal spaces are within this existing building and any new additions act as the ‘parasite’. Modifications have been made to this existing structure to enhance light, communal spaces and flow meanwhile retaining the key components of the concrete walls, floors and core stairs. Source: reGlasgow

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Images above: Acorn Property Group Design / Access + Conservation Statement // September 21 produced by Elder + Cannon Architects

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Podyssey is a model that can be applied to further redundant reuse Podyssey projects. There are a 8 key steps, as outlined above, which acts as a ‘How to’ manual for future projects no matter the building program.

city skyline.

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The skyline of Glasgow is changing as construction rises to the skies. As seen in the contextual elevation above, the High Line weaves through the city and connects the built environment whilst promoting active travel. The facade continues the repetitive nature of the existing buildings meanwhile playing with depth which the Theatre Royal also explores. Scale Bar (m) 0

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For the next part of the induction, we shall explore the facilities of your new co-workspace. This elevation view depicts the main facade and entrance on Maitland Street with open windows to the cafe, reception and market space within the public realm. The ‘green’ solar facade provides shade to the co-workspace and oscillates throughout the day to create different shadows and patterns.

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ground level. including curtilage.

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Reception foyer - access gates, information bots Cafe counter and information desk Cafe workspace - casual work environment Communal kitchen - hosts evening classes Cold store Dry store Urban vertical farm Plant Room Craft Studio Secondary entrance - access gates Robotics testing Open access workshop Pop-up market Accessible W/C Male W/C and shower changing area Flexible workspace - storage walls Atrium - events stairs Flexible workspace - storage walls Female W/C and shower changing area

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A Maitland St. The ground floor is allocated to the public realm towards Maitland Street with a cafe for casual work, reception and pop up maker-space. Make sure to swipe your member card at reception to pass through to the atrium for large events or spill out working from the surrounding flexible workrooms. The ground floor also hosts the workshop maker-space , robotics testing and craft studio, all of which are open access for creator and innovator use. Scale Bar (m) 0

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living walls.

Locations of main living walls

The walls within the host building are living, usable walls to increase the opportunities for tertiary collaboration and working - also known as ‘water fountain’ or ‘photocopier’ chat. These moments of unplanned connection and communication with our coworkers are crucial to creativity and productivity as ideas can form out of these conversations or they help you to focus on something else besides your work, allowing you to take a break for a little “how are you? how’s the kids?” chat. Inspired by a jungle gym frame, the furniture promotes standing working to help keep you moving. Acoustic panels line the walls and booths which allows area for private phone calls.

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Good morning, Dave. Ready to begin your morning routine?

your work assistant.

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Podyssey is a one-of-a-kind workspace that comes with it’s own work assistant, me. I’m PAL, Podyssey’s Artificial Life.

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As demonstrated in the atrium, PAL uses augmented reality to assist with capturing workspace data to help plan your day, book rooms, prepare for meetings, find a seat, encourage active breaks and organising your routine to help you get more out of your work and workspace. Simply ask PAL questions or give it commands such as: ‘When is my next meeting, PAL?’ ‘How do I get to the Daycare, PAL?’ ‘Set a 10 minute timer for a walk break, PAL.’ ‘Open the Podlife doors, PAL.’

first level. Within existing building footprint New additions

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Level 1 hosts a variety of co-work spaces which can be altered via PAL to tailor your needs and optimise the workspace. Looking for a quiet meeting room for 4 people? PAL can highlight the best area according to building capacity and use on that day or even arrange an area with sliding panels. On this level, you can also find the daycare to provide for your family situations as a result of ‘work from home parenting’. The auditorium can be attached when required and is used to host lectures, screenings, pitches as well as entertainment for after typical working day hours. Podyssey functions outwith the typical 9-5 office as each individual works differently and it can host a variety of evening and weekend events.

Hotdesk zone Robotically configured co-work zone Store and St Andrew’s First Aid Access Print Room Store Male W/C + shower changing, Accessible W/C adjacent Flexible workspace - storage walls Studio Fitness studio Atrium - pop-out work spaces, integrated lockers in wall Break Bar - tea and coffee break area Female W/C + shower changing area Flexible workspace - storage walls Daycare reception Daycare playroom Daycare garden Media room Media room Store Auditorium foyer Auditorium - attachable and detachable

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the workshop.

The open access workshop is inspired by BloQs. BloQs is a entrepreneurial company that provides creators and makers with affordable workshop space and access to professional machinery as well as creating a space for the community of creators to gather and share ideas. The workshops provide space for woodwork, metal work, fabric sewing and engineering. The UK’s first Open Access BloQ factory is located in Meridian Water, London and part reuses a former vehicle testing facility. The project aims to use lightweight and sustainable materials with many creators in their own docks, surrounded in partitions with communal open spaces. Podyssey’s workshop works in a similar way. It is open access for creators to easily access the state-of-the-art equipment and machinery for their wood-crafting and metal work needs. The craft studio houses the machinery for smaller crafts such as screen printing or sewing. The workshop is divided by movable partitions to allow makers to work in their own space and spill out into the communal open area of the workshop and communal machine area which looks into the active corridor. In a similar way to BloQs, Podyssey uses the waste material from the timber workshops to heat the building, creating a circular ecosystem. All Images source: Claudia Agati / Timothy Soar / BloQs

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Within existing building footprint New additions

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Level 2 continues to host a variety of flexible, tailored co-work spaces including an amphitheatre which steps into the floor slab. This level provides two areas for outdoor working or relaxation so that you can enjoy the fresh air. Use the outdoor screening area to host your short film premier or work award ceremony. Stop by the garden to collect some vegetables for lunch or why not move your 3pm to the outdoor workspace so you can soak up some sunshine whilst talking numbers. An open access computer and VR studio is also located on this level where you can even level up your software skills with training courses.

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PAL is here to assist you in locating the optimum workspace for your tasks. Need a quiet space? Or do you prefer casual conversation and collaboration with fellow co-workers? PAL uses real time data to help you choose a seat and get started.

roof.

Inspired by Niall McLaughlin’s Built Environment in Hull, Podyssey takes a mechanical approach to a roof garden. Instead of a typical green roof, this robotic garden is filled with sculptural wind turbines and solar panels that track the sun and prevailing winds. The energy created filters into the building to help power workplace robotics and lighting. This technology continues the bio-tech nature of Podyssey.

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tower.

The tower is formed of a steel structure which extends up from one of the existing cores. The pods slide in and connect to each side of the tower with limits of small pods (3 frames) on the East and West façades. As the stairs wrap round, two landings are formed at differing heights. This creates a staggering of pods as they slot in up the building. The above plans depict a variety of arrangements as an example, however, the combinations are endless.

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drone control tower.

The Drone Control Tower sits as a beacon at the top of the Podlife Tower. This area is used for operation oversight as pods are inserted into the tower. Additionally the control room tracks and analyses drones data to service the building and wider city as drones are now used in the security, traffic control, agriculture and blue light service sectors. The tower also has a drone depot for storage. Scale Bar (m) 0

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upper deck.

Inspired by an aircraft carrier, the upper deck provides an observation zone and a runway / landing strip that is aligned to Glasgow’s prevailing wind. The QR code allows drones to scan and receive data of the Podyssey node and landing / docking availability. The towers communicate with each other within the Podyssey network. Scale Bar (m) 0

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for your safety. For your safety, please read and familiarise yourself with the following fire safety conditions. The following pages contains fire escape plans. These can also be highlighted by PAL in real time in case of emergency.

2.1 Compartmentation 2.1.1 Maximum Compartment Areas Within an office building, the maximum compartmentation area is 4000m2 with a medium fire duration for compartmentation. This project complies with 2.1.1 as all areas are below 4000m2. Additionally, there is an automatic fire suppression system meaning unlimited compartmentation areas. 2.1.3 Smoke and heat exhaust ventilation systems Automatic smoke and heat exhaust ventilation systems are located in each stairwell, atrium and the workshop areas of the building as this has greater fire hazard. The atrium allows any smoke from adjacent open workspaces to billow out as these areas are the most commonly used. The workshop has AOV roof-lights and centre pivot windows to assist in ventilating the hazardous area.

2.2 Separation 2.2.1 Separating Walls and Separating Floors As Podyssey reuses an existing reinforced concrete building, there is a long fire duration for walls and floors in the main building workspaces. As the Tower is above 18 meters, a long fire resistance has been specially engineered for each of the pods and Drone Control Tower. The steel structural frame of the Tower also has a long duration to comply with 2.D.3. 2.2.4 Combustibility As the building is above 18m, the materials of the separating walls and floors of the pods achieve a European Classification of A1. The walls are constructed to ensure that the insulation and lining meet European Classification A1. Any pipes, wires and services within the pods have a fire engineered enclosure.

2.4 Cavities 2.4.1 Cavity Barriers All cavities have a cavity barrier of short fire resistance. 2.4.2 Dividing up cavities The distance between each of the cavities within the project is not more than 20 metres.

2.7 Spread on External Walls 2.7.1 External Wall Cladding The external cladding has been fire engineered to ensure that it achieves European Classification A1 in the areas that are less than 1 metre from the site boundary. All other cladding, more than 1 metre from the boundary achieves European Classification A1 as the building functions as an assembly building and is greater than 11 metres in height. This complies with 2.7.1.

2.15 Automatic Suppression Systems 2.15.1 Automatic Fire Suppression Systems Podyssey has a state-of-the-art automatic fire suppression system which covers the building. The system follows the Life Safety System standard following BS EN 12845: 2015. 2.15.8 Phased Evacuation Phased evacuation is required as the tower is above 25m which can effect external rescue as fire apparatus cannot reach. Therefore, the automatic life safety fire suppression system is provided on every story of the tower. This system is in accordance with LPC Automatic Sprinkler Installations 2009 rules and BS EN 12845: 2015. Additionally, the drones aid rescue as they act as ‘blue light’ sector, including fire, within the Garden City.

2.9 Escape 2.9.1 Escape Principles Each stairwell has been fire engineered to act as a protected zone in need of escape. Both lead to a final exit door and place of safety. The Tower uses an external escape route method as the stairs are partially exposed with escape leading out to the High Line, roof and drone control tower above for rescue. 2.9.2 Occupancy Capacity The occupancy load factor for co-work areas is 6 with the common kitchen and market area at 7 and workshops at 5. Therefore, in the main building, co-work spaces have a occupancy capacity of 313. Workshops have a capacity of 65. The kitchen, cafe and market have a capacity of 58.5. 2.9.3 Travel Distance See escape routes. Two exits are available at each floor in the host building meaning all routes are less than 30m .

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You are here Real time fastest escape route Escape route Protected zone AOV Final escape Fire alarm call point Fire extinguisher

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a look inside. Podyssey provides you with a range of amenities to help you power through your work day. In this section alone, there is: Open access workshop Living walls for flexible work Garden with planters for fruits and veg Co-work collaboration space Events atrium with projector Indoor vertical farming Auditorium

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03 Soft robotics solar panels with steel rod fixture

04 Aluminium parapet capping 05 Screed finish 06 Existing lightweight precast concrete slab with waterproof membrane

07 Previously bronze coloured PPC Aluminium double glazed centre pivot units, now replaced with floor to ceiling insulating curtain walling Reynaers Aluminium CW50-SL

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09 Trickle vent to allow for natural ventilation

10 Addition of reinforced, recycled concrete slab made from existing building concrete that has been removed in construction process

11 Existing reinforced concrete frame with inner blockwork infill 12 Revived random split face stonework 13 Aluminium framed automatic sliding glass door

14 Existing in-situ concrete slab with claypot permanent shuttering insulated render soffit

15 Levelled screed flooring 16 Existing white terrazzo steps 13

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green wall. Thin-film photovoltaic panel

Source: ETH Zurich / Arno Schlüter

Panel adapter Orientation sensor PV junction box Electronic shield Soft-material pneumatic actuator

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Inspired by a typical green wall of the Garden City, covered in vegetation, Podyssey has it’s own take on what a ‘green’ wall can do and in this case it is green energy. Using soft robotic solar panels developed at ETH Zurich, electricity is generated through the panels oscillating and tracking the sun. At the same time, the panels provide intelligent solar shading to the co-work space to reduce overheating and regulate the indoor climate. This hybrid of energy generation and savings achieves an optimal energy balance for the building. The panels adapt to areas which need shade the most or even rotate to allow more light into the space depending on the users and building needs in real time through the use of PAL. The requirement for shading or light could depend on how many people are using the building, the time of day or year, weather conditions or even type of work carried out in the co-work space. The panels are attached to the existing building structure using a lightweight steel rod-net structure. This green wall energy strategy is key to the host and parasite theme as these new parasitical robotic elements attach to the host in order to generate energy for the host, creating an ecosystem dependant on each other.

Source: Moritz Begle / ASF

Cantilever Steel rod-net structure PV power cable Pneumatic-control module Robotic Solar Panel Detail

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Additionally as the panels sit together, they form an ‘X’ shape which reminisces the old lettering of the former SASB as seen in the images above.

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Podyssey listens to your needs to keep you at optimum health and wellbeing. The building uses mixed mode ventilation with first relying on natural ventilation to reduce energy usage. The cold air filters into the building from trickle vents in the curtain wall facade and other operable windows throughout Podyssey. This cold air heats up from people, machines (such as computers, workshop equipment) and areas which produce heat such as the kitchen and workshops. This hot air rises and escapes through the atrium space. However, as Podyssey is a smart building, it uses PAL to gather data and insights from users if the space is too hot / cold or at a good comfort level. Depending on the data analysis, if natural ventilation is not sufficient, the Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery system will kick in at the required locations of the building. This ensures that Podyssey is energy efficient by listening to the users and adapting to different environments according to that day. In addition to the ‘green’ wall, a mechanical garden takes place on the roof. This garden is inspired by the Built Environment Centre in Hull, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects. The garden contains PV panels which track the sun and micro wind turbines. This generates direct current (DC) electricity onsite which reduces use of any fossil-fuel powered electricity supply. The DC is converted to alternating current (AC) through a generator which powers elements of the buildings such as the smart lights and robotics. Again, this adds to the host and parasite concept as the addition of these structures provides for the host as they are co-dependant. Additionally, inspired by BloQs, Podyssey uses the timber waste from the workshops to contribute to heating the building. This creates a circular ecosystem and further co-dependency between function of building and the operation of it.

Source: Niall McLaughlin Architects

east elevation. The east elevation acts as the secondary entrance with a smaller reception and security pass accessible from the street. Additionally, the High Line connects into the tower to encourage active travel. This elevation caters for service access and deliveries for the workshop, craft studio and robotics lab which are located on the ground level. On the levels above lies the daycare with a planting garden, the fitness studio, computer suite with VR testing and the tower plant room as these spaces require distance from the co-work zones and tranquillity towards the High Line.

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Source: m-ch / micro compact home / Richard Horden

Welcome to Podyssey’s Podlife. You are our newest member of our growing Pod community. Podlife enables you to have your own personal workspace within Podyssey and continue to gain access to all of the facilities the main host building offers. The pods act as a parasitical element that docks to the tower of the building. The pods connect and use electricity, water and other services, if required. As a member of Podlife, you can design your own pod around your work needs - are you a business start up? growing graphic designer? or maybe a team of entrepreneurs that require a larger collab space? Podlife accommodates all through its flexible and adaptive nature. The key to Podlife is sustainability. Rather than designing a standard set of small, medium and large pods, your pod can grow or contract along with your business - meaning no ‘office’ moves in the future if you need to change size! This is a more environmentally friendly way to design and work as you only take what you require and reduces waste through prefabrication. Inspiration for these pods came from the Micro-Compact Home (m-ch) by Richard Horden at the Technical University in Munich. The dwelling is a 2.66m cube which can be an individual home or clustered in a village with others. The intention of the design is for ‘short stay smart living’ such as student accommodation or business trips with built-in furniture. The units can also be moved around and Podlife also functions in this flexible manner.

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After the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home and hybrid working became the new norm. The flexibility has enabled users to situate themselves at the best location for the tasks at hand. Additionally, studies have shown that having the option of remote working has improved mental health and creates a healthier work / life balance. Working from home has also been shown to increase productivity as time is not used on commuting and getting ready. After the pandemic hit, the option for flexible work was integrated into all suitable industries. Therefore, your pod can travel with you. Would you like to work from home today? Well, your pod will be manoeuvred by drones and situated in your charging dock in your garden or attached to your house. Need to use the host building amenities? No problem, the drones can fly your pod back into the Podyssey docking tower.

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Additionally, the pods can cluster to form work villages. This could be a cluster of independent artists, a group of business start-ups or even a gathering of mixed workspaces to provide education classes and mini workshops for the University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow and Caledonia University. As the Garden City no longer has need for car-parks due to the electric city service system, these clusters can form within this empty land or as part of the stalled spaces act within Glasgow.

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Needing something a bit bigger or different? These frames are a variety of double width and height, inspired by tiny home furniture with compressed single foot step staircases. These frames also come with the furniture and window options as seen previously. The Chrysalis and Oasis are add-ons that you can also hire for a period of time. The Chrysalis acts as a ‘think tank’ where you and your team can collaborate and transform and grow your ideas together. The Oasis acts as a quieter workspace for thought and reflection where you can sit within the acoustic seating and look out of the window.

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The construction of the pod is inspired by Glasgow’s growing space industry as the pods are manufactured in collaboration with Glasgow’s satellite and rocket companies. Additionally, it is inspired by aircraft construction as it has a lightweight structure meaning thinner walls but higher performing materials. 300x300mm structural steel hollow section CO2 de-cycling facade panels Aluminium facade insertion structure with 50mm air gap Lightweight aluminium isogrid structure (spacecraft manufacture) with rigid insulation infills 05 Breather membrane 06 100mm aerogel insulation 07 Vapour control layer 08 50mm timber panel 09 Steel bracket for fixtures 10 2 x hygienic lab board panels (panels differ depending on pod use) 11 100x50mm steel c section frame 12 100x100mm steel SHS frame Timber board 13 14 Lightweight aluminium isogrid structure (spacecraft manufacture) with rigid insulation infills Expanding and contracting rubber frame 15 16 Platform floor treatment (dependant on pod use - potentials include timber, screed, recycled rubber) Vapour control layer 17 18 150mm rigid honeycomb insulation (aircraft construction as reference) 19 150x100x46mm PFC steel section 20 Damp proof course Lightweight aluminium isogrid structure (spacecraft 21 standard) with rigid insulation infills 100x50mm steel c section frame 22 Rigid insulation under cil board 23 Sealant to back of frame 24 DPC under cill and window 25 26 Flashing over cil Double glazed window 27 30 min fire resistant insulated cavity barrier 28 Sealant to back of window head 29 Insulated plasterboard to reveal 30 31 Dropped aluminium panel structure for exposed services

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As part of the structural appraisal, this is the detail for the pod connection to the new steel structure. The frames are connected through the 300x300 structural SHS and joined by bolts. The panels also have a stepped joint which slots together and bolted (Detail A). Inspired by the Nakagin Capsule Tower, the pods are connected to the steel columns of the tower through inserting the SHS to the steel connection on the column and bolting (Detail B). The sides of the frames are connected in this manner to the beams of the tower. All bolts can be taken out to allow for flexibility.

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materials. Exposed Steel Frame This steel creates the structure for the tower to which the pods are connected to. The pods also have an exposed steel SHS structure as they connect to each other. The structure is glorified rather than hidden and left exposed for ease of connection for the assembly drones. Lab Graded Hygienic PVC Cladding The internal materials are specific to the use of the pod. Plasterboard is the typical finish, however in specialised pods such as a robotics lab, the material would be Lab graded Hygienic PVC Cladding. Due to the nature of activities within labs, the cladding must meet hygienic and safety needs. This lab graded cladding is resistant to scratches, which enables a long lifespan. The cladding resists chemical substances, is easy to clean for daily purposes without damage, lessens the absorption of dangerous gases, limits flammability especially in the case of chemical fires and has anti-microbial properties.

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Aerogel Insulation With this substance being 99.8% air, it is currently the only known material with the highest insulation value with the thinnest application. Developed further by NASA, the insulation has been used in space missions including the Mars Pathfinder Sojourner rover and for battery protection on the Mars Exploration Rovers. Isogrid Structure Podyssey taps into the growing Scottish space sector to transfer skills, materials and technologies. Satellites and space capsules are constructed using an ‘isogrid’ which keeps the structures lightweight by reducing the thickness of material but maintaining strength. This structure is applied to the pods to reduce the wall, roof and flooring widths and keeping it lightweight yet robust.

Aerospace Isogrid Use

Acoustic Timber Polyframe Panelling

Image Source: Office Snapshots

Lab Graded Hygienic PVC Cladding

Image Source: Fundermax

Exposed Ecoscreed Flooring

Made of Air De-Cycling Cladding Bio-char cladding for exterior which is made from plant waste in Garden City. Made in panel form to continue verticality of the pod and polygon form for curving shutters on the Chrysalis node.

Image Source: Mitch Harris // Unsplash

Acoustic Timber Poly Frame Cladding Provides acoustic umbrella atmosphere in Chrysalis Node. Flooring The flooring is customisable to the needs of the user. The most popular options are ecoscreed - which uses recycled glass from the existing building as a substitute for sand, and timber flooring to match the interior inbuilt furniture.

Aerogel Insulation

Image Source: Jet Propulsion Lab NASA

Made of Air CO2 De-Cycling Cladding

Image Source: Material Driven

Timber Floor Planks

Image Source: Chaunceys Timber Flooring

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Simply select your frames. Select Build. Watch on the drone controller as the drones assemble your pod.

meet your neighbours.

Congrats, you have docked your pod into the Podlife Tower at Podyssey_WorkNode. Let’s get to know your neighbours and learn how they use their pods and the host building.

Abigail | Pod #27 | Standard 3 Frame Artist | Glasgow based | living the tuft life

Hey I’m Abigail, Abi for short and I’m a Scottish tuft artist currently working on a new exhibition. You can check out my last collection in the Pop-up Market downstairs too!

Pod Use:

Solo art sessions

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Exhibitions

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meet your neighbours. Jack + Jules | Pod #04 | 5 Frame + Chrysalis Hire Graphic Designers | Glasgow based | love helvetica

Hi there! We’re Jack + Jules, a small graphic design studio. We’re currently hiring out the Chrysalis to brainstorm new ideas with our product photographer, Jenny. Feel free to check it out.

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Computer work

Idea generation

Pitch practice

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Printing and craft

meet your neighbours. Bots | Pod #41 | Lvl Up 5 Frame + Oasis Robotics Start-Up | Glasgow based | likes heavy metal We’re Bots! We’re a start-up robotics studio that was born out of COVID-19. The 6 of us are currently developing bots in the healthcare industry to have a doctor’s care at home.

Pod Use:

AI coding

Idea generation

Microrobotics

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Testing

Client pitches

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meet your neighbours. Made in Glasgow | Pod #13 | Dbl 6 Frame

Stop Motion Animation Studio | Glasgow based | has a lot of patience Hello! We are Made in Glasgow, a stop-motion animation studio full of designers, filmmakers, producers and directors. Currently, the 6 of us are working on a new film - it premieres in the auditorium next Tuesday and on the outdoor projector in the roof garden next Wednesday if the weather holds!

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Movie editing

Idea generation

Filming

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Set building

Character sculpt

Movie premières

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Make sure to download the Podyssey PAL app to get the most out of your work day.

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Bio | Hey there, I’m Paige! I’m a mystery writer

and currently working on my new detective series. You can check out my work from the pop up market and you are welcome to my book reading every Thursday at 7pm in the amphitheatre.

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1:50 sectional model through atrium space and tower. Standing at 1.4m, this model is made of kappa board for walls and floors and timber battens to depict the steel structure of the tower.

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Closer view of Drone Control Tower and host building workspace and atrium with flexible walls and sunken amphitheatre.

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The changing angles of the soft robotic solar panel facade as conveyed in the model above. Catch a glimpse between the panels of the cowork space behind.

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The silhouette of the structural tower and Drone Control Centre.