STEPHANIE DENHOLM Interior Architecture Portfolio
GARAGE CONVERSION Dundee, Scotland
GARAGE CONVERSION Dundee, Scotland
Project Brief: This project will undertake a small-scale architectural project within a defined urban context. It is designed to encourage exploration of the creative and cultural potential in the refurbishment and or/re-working of an existing small-scale structure. You will design solutions to a client lead brief, dealing with public and private space. There should be clear stages of this design including: the collection of analytical data, conceptual design, scheme design, and presentation of final design solutions.
This project was to re-design the existing garage situated in the private garden of an existing town house. This garage conversion had many conditions to consider including: retaining privacy in the private garden; to access the new conversion from Shaftesbury Place with the idea of safety and security; to allow a substantial amount of natural light in as the private house casts shadows over the garage. The final design of this building was a one bedroom apartment with a home-office, bathroom and open living space.
SHAFTESBURY PLACE PERTH ROAD
Ground Floor
First Floor
Above left: exterior entrance from Shaftesbury Place. Above right: interior of bedroom.
MICRO-BREWERY
Acheson House, Old Town, Edinburgh
MICRO-BREWERY
Acheson House, Old Town, Edinburgh
Project Brief: This brief is to further develop complex issues of spatial, formal, functional, and structural order in the public realm with the cognisance of relevant historical factors. The aim is to individually develop a design project that references the historical context and framework of an existing building and its immediate environs. To this end, to realise a scheme design that re-uses and adapts the existing ‘container’ in a sophisticated, appropriate and sustainable manner.
For this project I studied the Canongate area and its history to understand what is there and has been there in the past. For such a historic building I thought it was important to bring that idea of time and history back in to the space. Breweries and schools were once very apparent in this area a few centuries ago so I thought to bring these two different sectors together to create a space that could educate people on the brewing process of beer. In the decline of beer drinking in pubs I thought this could be a great place for people to meet as part of there weekly routine. The Canongate extends from the Royal Mile which is the centre point of tourism in Edinburgh. This building has the potential to attract tourists and Edinburgh locals to use this space and apprectiate the history and time that is put into making beer. Designing a micro-brewery within this complex building posed to be quite difficult. I listed out exactly what would be needed to create a micro-brewery and visited existing ones in Scotland to understand the beer making process. This allowed me to know what kind of space was required for the equipment and the space for storing the ingredients. There are many aspects to this design but the main idea of this is to bring people together and enjoy the tradition of beer drinking. There would be an exhibition space for people to walk round and view images and articles about the history of beer. This space extends out on to a viewing gallery of the micro-brewery. The micro-brewery is designed to be in a new building that extends out from the existing building. There would be a bar that interweaves between the two and out to a south facing beer garden that also has views onto the brewery. A restaurant is situated on the second floor and an apartment in the attic for those who wish to study the beer-making process with the idea of learning and working in the brewery during the day.
SITE PLAN
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1. Apartment 2. Restaurant 3. Micro-Brewery 4. Tour 5. Storage and Services 6. Staff and Services 7. Micro-Brewery and storage 8. Bar 9. Services and Storage
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Proposed plans of each floor. From left: Ground Floor, First Floor, Second Floor, Attic
Above & Right: Exterior views, exhibtion space, viewing of brewery, welcome desk in restaurant and attic space.
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Visualisation of each floor and function: 1. GF - Entrance to tour and circulation zone; bar; beer garden; W.C’s. 2. FF - Exhibition; viewing gallery of brewery; staff office. 3. SF - Restaurant, kitchen, W.C’s
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4. Attic - bedroom, shower room and toilet, sitting area and basic kitchen.
The Micro-brewery is situation in the south courtyard to allow views from the beer garden, the resturant, the bar and the viewing gallery. There is no direct sunlight in to the microbrewery during the day but towards the evening the sun is lower and less powerful and should add a warm glow to the space. The addition to the existing Acheson House takes into consideration the existing design elements such as the proportions of the windows and the materials that are similar in colour and finish. Access to the beer garden through the bar for security purposes but there is access directly to the courtyard for deliveries and services the exit for fire safety.
HARBOUR COTTAGES East Coast, Scotland
HARBOUR COTTAGES East Coast, Scotland
Competition Brief. YIDA (Young Interior Designer Award) 2013. This competition is tasking the new generation of students, studying the design of interior space, to create a project that demonstrates innovative forms of meaningful interior inhabitation. Projects might involve the development and realisation of innovative spaces in which to live, work, relax, consume, perform, exhibit, learn, consume, become well, acculturate and many other forms of human inhabitation. The wide range of possible project 'types' reflects the student choices and preoccu-pations in the field that they have studied. The wide range of projects, sites and ideas reflect the diversity and dynamism of the discipline of interiors, a field of study that reflects the multiplicity of ways in which humans can meaningfully inhabit space.
The location of this site was crutial to fully comply with the project brief. I chose an existing site of 2 cottages that are connected on a harbour in Scotland. They are built almost in the sea which made me want to use these instantly. This allows for a connection with the external envirnonment everyday which I think is important in the everyday home. I decided to divide the space up in to different zones so that the space is fully functionable and easy to navigate. In the west cottage is the open plan living space, the connecting building will situate a staircase to enter the upper levels of the 2 cottages and the east cottage situates bedrooms and bathrooms. This allows for a space that the occupants can either be all together, or have their own space. The views out to see are facing north so the natural light comes in through the back of the building which allows a natural flow and direction to the space. The use of light colours in the space creates a natural feeling environment where the views can be fully appreciated without much distraction. The consideration of private and public space is important as the cottages sit on the public harbour. There is a private space at the west of the cottages that allows the occupiers to appreciate and maintain their view of the sea through an aperture in the exterior wall.
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Left: Location maps of site; Plan of existing cottages. Right: Section of cottages looking East. Basement fits car and boat.
Module: Minor Project No.1
Ground Floor Upper
Tutor: Scott Gowans Matriculation No. 09002051 Year 4 Job Title
Coastal Cottages Rennovation Scotland East Lothian Drawing Name
Existing Plans Drawing Status
Design Investigation
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Stephanie Denholm
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Site plan of cottages. North is the sea and south is the harbour. Drawing of the 3 zones of the buildings.
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1. Ground Floor Plan 2. First Floor Plan 3. North Facing Section
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SPA DESIGN Lighting Project
SPA DESIGN
Lighting Project
Project Brief: To create an architectural space that specifically manipulates natural light. Create a visually stunning architectural space using innovative combinations of apertures, materials, colour and reflective surfaces. The design should provide the occupants with a sense of time. As such, the design must produce distinctly different lit effects at different times of the day and/ or times of year. There must also be a design for night time that uses only electrical light. The electric lighting should also involve change over time.
I decided to create a spa in a coastal environment that is north facing to the sea. There are 3 zones to this project all in which have their own function and specific lighting designs. In the main reception area there are apertures at different angles and heights on the walls to allow for natural light to stream in at different points of the year. This also gives a sense of time of the day and year. It acts as a natural clock/calandar. In the evening electircal light fills the edges of the room and the apertures in different colours acording to the time of the year. The corridor is all translucent glass but only clear glass in the north facing wall that has views out to the sea. The translucent glass acts as a white diffuser so there is no direct sunlight and will be a space that has a natural glow of light. The treatment room has very small apertures within a glass frame. This allows the same effect as in the reception area but considers privacy for the occupiers. At night electrical lighting is hidden behind the small apertures so it gives a softer effect which seems to ‘twinkle’ at night.
Above: Day Light Study
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Above: Sketch of corridor. Lighting study after daylight. Left: treatment room. Below: entrance and corridor.
Left (clockwise): Reception and outdoor lounging area during daylight hours; transitional lighting for seasons: winter/ spring/ summer.
Above: Lighting diagram showing electrical lighting in red and natural light in white. Section cuts through East facing wall.
INTERCHANGE
Calton Hill, Edinburgh
INTERCHANGE
Calton Hill, Edinburgh
Project Brief: Undertake a detailed and insightful analysis of an urban location to make a proposition for a piece of architecture or architectural intervention that is responsive and sensitive to the physicality of the local environs, and observed activity in and around the location. Develop a brief that displays a unique view on what represents interchange and you will be tasked with creating a piece of architecture that facilitates human interaction and incorporates spatial situations that offers the potential for unique user-defined activities.
This brief allowed me to find interesting aspects of ‘interchange’ in Edinburgh. I chose to video different forms of it around the city and concluded with a natural shadow cast upon the static pavement with a linear controlled movement that passed through the mulitple layers (a car and its shadow). This initial research allowed me to go on and develop this idea of natural happenings being interrupted by linear and controlled movements. I applied these ideas to Calton Hill as this is a place in the centre of Edinburgh where not many people go. The idea of this design was to create an event at the top of this hill that would attract attention from afar as it would be lit at night. There would be a car park created at the base of the hill with a clean-lined glass lift to take the guests to the top and walk along a pathway that has been designed following a particular grid where they would arrive at an outdoor seating area whilst they await for the event inside the glowing glass box. The minimal glass box wraps around the existing historic structure that has been left unfinished and would pose as the main feature of this building. Inside there would be a bar situated infront the of the existing columns so from the outside silhouettes of people would be seen. A cinema would also be featured in the building where short films would be played and it would feature as a cultural meeting point for arts to take place in a unique form and in the centre of Edinburgh.
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Below: Carpark entrance and lift to pathway on Calton Hill; shadows behind the columns of people in the bar.