A M A N U FAC T U R E D L A N D S C A P E
SUSANNA BOREHAM | MARIA ESTEBAN
Slate Quarrying - From the Unrefined to the Refined
3 rd Ye ar Arch i tectu ra l Design : E x pl ora tion s | Un it 1 - Dra win g E n e rgy Ke r re ra - Lisa Moffitt
[ LANGUAGE OF CULTIVATION ] PRECENDENT ST UDY. WHAT TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE DO OUR PROGRAMS REQUIRE? LANSCAPE MACHINERY + BUILDING
SLATE QUARRYING INVESTIGATION
[Booklet 1: Slate Quarrying Investigation] Concertina documenting additional information gathered and drawings made during cultivation research and fieldwork
S U S A N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A E S T E BA N - Additional Booklets
[Booklet 2: Quarrying/Processing/Dwelling Exploration] Trace booklet documenting Kerrera site strategy infrastructural plans: exploring the different site arrangements for Quarrying, Processing and Dwelling.
[Booklet 3: Language of Cultivation ] Precedent study concertina documenting thought processes regarding the different languages of our architecture
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“A man seats himself beside a pile of slates and having before him a piece of thin edged iron he takes up a slate and holding it horizontally, he gently chips off with a cleaver the irregularities along the edge of the slate.�
CONTENTS [Chapter 1]
S l a te Qu a r r yi ng Investi gati on: A Strati g rap hi c Exp osure Cultivation Drawing Refer to Booklet 1
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[Chapter 2]
Fiel dwork: A Human Measure Introducing Kerrera Cultivation Drawings Sited Refer to Booklet 2
[ 11 ]
[Chapter 3]
Site Stra te gy: An Axi s of Refi nement Project Statement Refer to Booklet 3
[ 23 ]
[Chapter 4]
Su sta in a bilit y: An Evolvi ng Landscap e Waste Tip Design
[Chapter 5]
Ma chin e Sto rage: Moments of Rest Among st a Blurr y Landscap e Registering Movement A Controlled Space
[ 31 ]
[Chapter 6]
S l a te Processi ng : From the Unrefi ned to the Refi ned Artificial Labour - A Quarried Space Human Labour - A Refining Space Packaging - A Detached Space
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[CHAPTER 1]
Slate Quarrying Investigation: A Stratigraphic Exposure
S U SA N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A ES T E BA N - Cultivation Drawing
S I Z E S A N D S PA C E S - A Seq uence of Slate Quarr yi ng | 7
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S U SA N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A ES T E BA N - Cultivation Drawing
S I Z E S A N D S PA C E S - Machi ner y Movement Plan | Scale 1.200 | 9
[CHAPTER 2]
Fieldwork: A Human Measure
ISLAND OF KERRERA site
WEATHER - COLD, CUTTING, INTENSE, FLUCTUATING, UNPREDICTABLE | LANDSCAPE: TIRING, HEAVY, UNYIELDING S U S A N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A E S T E B A N - I n t ro d u c i n g Ke r re ra
V I S I T I N G K E R E R R A - Usi ng a Human Measure to g uage top og rap hi es | 11
Slate Seam S U SA N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A ES T E BA N - Cultivation Drawing Sited
Contours and Site Locations
Footpath/Road Network around the Island
GPS Drawing Showing Routes Taken
Amalgamation of Routes C I R C U L AT I N G T H E S I T E | S I T E P L A N S | S C A L E 1.25000
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S U SA N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A ES T E BA N - Cultivation Drawing Sited and Built
C H O S E N S I T E A R R A N G E M E N T Quarr yi ng - Producti on- D welli ng | Req ui red Infrastructural Plan| 15
[CHAPTER 3]
Site Strategy: An Axis of Refinement
Quarry 300 m2
Machinery Storage 50 m2 Port Factory / Workshop 60 m2 Waste Tip 100 m2
Machines
Axial connections / paths
S U S A N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A ES T E BA N - Site Strategy
L A N D S C A P E S T R AT E G Y P L A N N I N G M O D E L S | 17
Waste Tip Quarry
Machine Storage
Slate Processing Slate Storage
Port
Chosen Strategy: Idea of arranging the program according to chronological order of processing and progressive refinement of slate.
S U S A N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A ES T E BA N - Site Strategy
CONC EPTUAL PL AN | A Blurr y landscap e: A Movi ng Poi nt to F i xed Poi nt | 19
S U S A N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A ES T E BA N - Site Strategy
Slate quarrying is usually associated with an invasive scale, however our aim is to introduce a more human and tactile experience to the process. Our aim is to pursue an approach that overcomes the false separation between architecture and landscape. Thus the site and building strategy are one and the same. We intent to create a landscape and buildings which share the same agenda and will allow them to perform as linked interactive systems that heal the environment. Rather than opposing space and matter, architecture and landscape will be seen as an accumulation of independent processes which can be as complex as any machine.
produ c t refin ed fin e fixed poin t a rchitec t u re
Our project aim is to reintroduce the cultivation of slate quarrying on Kerrera which will provide roofing tiles for Kerrera and be exported to Oban and distributed to the surrounding area.
Ra w m a teri al Un refin ed br u ta l m ovin g poi nt l a n dsca pe
P ROJEC T STATEMENT
We will consider the hierarchy of the process of quarrying: the refinement of the stone as it goes through the different stages to create an architectural language that expresses this.
S U SA NNA BOR EH AM | MAR IA E S T E B A N - P r o j e c t S t a t e m e n t
AXIS OF REFINEM ENT - Bi nar y Terms | 23
cones of vision towards sites of interest in the proximity S U S A N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A E S T E B A N - Site Strategy: An Axis of Refinement
I N I T I A L S I T E P L A N | S C A L E 1.500 | N < | 25
Slate Axis
S U S A N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A E S T E B A N - Site Strategy: An Axis of Refinement
Port
Slate Storage
Slate Processing Buildings
Machine Storage
Quarry
Human Axis
I N I T I A L S I T E S T R AT E G Y M O D E L | S C A L E 1: 200 | 27
S U S A N N A B O R E H A M | M A R I A E S T E B A N - Site Strategy: An Axis of Refinement
F I N A L S I T E S T R AT E G Y M O D E L | S C A L E 1.200 | 29
[CHAPTER 4]
Sustainability: An Evolving Landscape
Sustainability in adjectives: productive flux resilient shifting anticipating active We can think of designing ‘sustainably’ as designing strategically, responsibly and responsively in a way that is highly attuned to prevailing social, financial, and physical context.
Social Sustainability Providing value to the community | Offering cultural value - A human axis. Economic Sustainability An architecture worth having | Creating an economy from the land. Environmental Sustaibility Waste Management for building. Refining the waste as means of creating an experiential architecture.
Topogra phica l ju n ction by wa ste:
Waste as raw materi al for constructi on
“…recent changes to the topography [ of the slate islands]have been caused by slate quarrying itself, islands have been joined by waste tips….” - Walsh, J. Scottish Slate Quarries pg. 27 Crown copyright Edinburgh 2000. Published by Historic Scotland
“At present the metabolism of urban areas is a linear system with resources coming in at one end and wastes being produced at the other. Increasing urban sustainability implies the transformation of many of these linear systems into circular systems whereby waste outputs provide the raw materials for resource inputs.” - Rudlin and Falk, 1999. The Sustainable Urban Neighborhood Architectural Press
-Excerpts from Handout 14, Lisa Moffitt
S U SA NNA BOR EH AM | MAR IA E S T E B A N - Sustainability: A Productive Landscape
READINGS ON WASTE AS ARC H ITEC TURE| 31
An E vol v in g L a n dsca pe
S U SA NNA BOR EH AM | MAR IA E S T E B A N - Sustainability: An Evolving Landscape Negati ve Sp aces: q uarr yi ng as a conti nuous p rocess of extracti on and rep osi ti oni ng
PL AN - Axtracti on vs Addi ti on | 33
Re f i ne d Ad d i ti on
Constrai ne d Ad d i t i on
Extrac ti on + Ad d i t i on
Ad d i ti on
Extrac ti on
A Fin a l P rod uc t - Re f i ne d Arch i te c t ure
Refin ed Waste - Waste f rom m ach i ne r y l a bou r becom es arch i te c ture i n th e for m of ga b i on walls
A N ega t ive Sp ace - Sub trac ti on v s. Ad d i t ion . The ext rac te d slate f rom excavat i on wil l c rea te a ne w top ograp hy w i th i n th e exist in g on e .
Wa ste Tip - a d i f fe re nt way of exp e ri e ncin g the topograp hy
Q u a r r y - ext rac ti on as p rod uc t i on of wa ste m a te ri al
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Waste materi al wi ll b e dep osi ted to create exp eri ences for the p ub li c by enclosi ng and exp osi ng areas i n the landscap e wi thi n the axi s. The more q uarri ed the land b ecomes, the more extreme these exp eri ences are. S U SANNA BOR EH AM | MAR IA E S T E B A N - Sustainability: Waste Tip Design
M ODEL 1.100| 35
S U SA NNA BOR EH AM | MAR IA E S T E B A N - Sustainability: Waste Tip Design
PL AN - Enclosure and exp osure wi thi n the waste ti p | VIEW - Among st the waste ti p | 37
[CHAPTER 5]
Machine Storage: Moments of Rest Amongst a Blurry Landscape
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Machine Storage Shed 1: Static Space 1. Space for JCB excavator 8014 CTS 2. Space for 37 kw Diamond Wire cutting machine 3. Entrance into concrete space
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S U S A N N A B O R E H A M - Registering Movement
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Quarry Workers Space Ground Floor: Cleansing space 4. External entrance from quarry side 5. Entrance space for removal of boots/bulky clothing 6. Toilet 7. Showers x2 8. Toilet 9. Stairs to upper floor 10. External entrance from axis side Machine Storage Shed 2: Space for Fine movements 11: Entrance into concrete space 12: Service pipes for showers/toilets 13: Space for JCB excavator 8065 RTS
G R O U N D F L O O R P L A N | S C A L E 1.200 | < N | 49
Machine storage shed 1: 1. Service pipes for kitchen
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Quarry Workers space Upper Floor: Slumber Space 2. Stair up to first floor 3. Kitchen/bar area 4. Seating pocket space Machine Storage Shed 2: Fine movements 5: Small overhead crane allows servicing of machines
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S U S A N N A B O R E H A M - Registering Movement
F I R S T F L O O R P L A N | S C A L E 1.200 | < N | 51
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S U S A N N A B O R E H A M - A controlled Space within two Permeable Spaces
S E C T I O N B - B | S C A L E 1.50 | 53
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S U S A N N A B O R E H A M - A controlled Space within two Permeable Spaces
pockets come off corridoor and spaces are held overlapping shed space
heavy conrete space allows respite serviced by machine shed space
C
S E C T I O N C - C A N D D - D | S C A L E 1.100 | 55
public circulation, route from axis
Concrete space intersects with roof to let in light
S U S A N N A B O R E H A M - A Controlled Space
lift shaft into quarry
quarry worker route from quarry via vehicles
R O O F P L A N S C A L E 1.200| A N D C I R C U L AT I O N D I A G R A M S | 57
S U S A N N A B O R E H A M - Moments of Rest Amongst a Blurry Landscape R O O F P L A N S C A L E 1.200| A N D C I R C U L AT I O N D I A G R A M S | 59
steel sheds are a storage space for machines and hold all servicing pipes for concrete core
concrete core holds regeneration space for quarry workers
steel fins inserted into landscape streamline vehicular movement and register impact of quarrying on topography by acting as a constant measure
lift shaft allows access to and from quarry
[CHAPTER 6]
Slate Processing: From the Unrefined to the Refined
Packagi ng - Cli ni cal
Hum an Lab our - O rgani c
Arti f i c i al Lab our - Rough
Re f i ne d - F i nal P rod uc t
P rocessi ng
Un re f i ne d - Raw M ate ri al
The refinement of the stone as it goes through the different stages calls for an architecture that responds to its hierarchical processing.
M ARI A E S T E B A N - Slate Processing : From the Unrefined to the Refined
CONC EPTUAL PL ANS | 61
A Proces s o f Refinement - From the Ra w Ma ter ia l to the Fin a l P ro d u c t
M ARI A E S T E B A N - Development work
N e gat i ve Sp aces - Subtra ction | Addition
Con n e ctin g Spa ces - Stu dies
[In]b et ween Landscap e and Bui ldi ng - Axonometri c and Persp ecti ve V i ews
SC ANS FROM SKETC H BOOK | 63
Ar ti f i c i a l L a b o u r
H u m an Lab o u r
Pa cka gin g
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B
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M ARI A E S T E B A N - Development work
INITIAL PL AN - SC AL E 1.200 | SEC TION A A - SC AL E 1.200| 65
M ARI A E S T E B A N - Development work
INITIAL SEC TION B B | SC AL E 1.100| 67
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Topographical Studies
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+ 6 .0 0 M M ARI A E S T E B A N - Relating to topography
SEC TIONAL PL ANS - SC AL E 1.1000 | M ODEL - SC AL E 1:200 | 69
This space is an experience rather than a perception - we are put in contact with the mountain.
Rough, Threatening, Dark.
Exp e ri e nc i ng th e M ach i ne Lab our
A R T I F I C I A L L A B O U R - A Qu a r r ie d Spa ce
A QUARRIED TUNNEL - V i ew of the Pub li c Corri dor wi th op eni ng s to machi ner y | 71
A Negative Space : A topographical [sub]traction By extracting the stone from the mountain the quarrymen are in fact introducing space into the interior
1 - E xca va tion with JCBs
M ARI A E S T E B A N - Artificial Labour [A quarried space]
2 - Excavati on of p ub li c corri dor wi th di amond wi re cutti ng machi ne wi th stai g ht and clean cuts
PL ANS - Excavati on Process | SC AL E 1.100 | N ^ | 73
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M ARI A E S T E B A N - Artificial Labour [A threatening space]
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1 - E x fol ia tion a n d wa shin g of sl a te 2 - Al in me n t 3- Cu ttin g 4- Pil l in g for tra n spor ta tion to hu ma n l a bou r 5- Str u ctu ra l wa l l su ppor tin g roof 6- Qu a r r ie d wa l l with ga ps to a l l ow for v ie ws 7- Pu bl ic cor r idor [ex pe r ie n cin g a r tificia l l a bou r ] FLOOR PL AN | Scale 1.100 | 75
1 - Ex fo li a t ion and wash ing of sl a te
M ARI A E S T E B A N - Artificial Labour [A quarried space]
2 - Ali n m e n t
3 - Cu ttin g
4 - Transp ortati on to human lab our
DRAW ING ENERGY - Machi ner y Movements | 77
Was te s late c re ates a n e w topogra phy on the l a n dsca pe O p e n i n g s i n th e ro o f to allow l ight in the pu bl ic wa l kwa y Ste el be a m for str u ctu ra l su ppor t Chime ny for ve n til a tion
Ste el an d g las s b ox - t ran spor ta tion to hu ma n l a bou r
Wa te r pipes
M ARI A E S T E B A N - Artificial Labour [A quarried space]
SEC TION A A - SC AL E 1.100 | 79
H U M A N L A B O U R - A Re fin in g Spa ce An [In]between Area
SEC TION B B - SC AL E 1.100 | 81
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1- Pu bl ic Wa l kwa y with v ie w s to worke r s 2- Pr iva n te e n tra n ce to bu il din g 3- Dou bl e gl a ze d spa ce 4- S e a ts for worke r s - showin g the move me nt of human lab our 5- Pr iva te br idge to S ocia l Are a 6 - S ocia l Spa ce 7 - Toil e ts M ARI A E S T E B A N - Human Labour [A refining space]
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FLOOR PL AN - showi ng human movement | SC AL E 1:100 | 83
Cold, Sharp, Distant, Clean, Clinical.
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P A C K A G I N G - A De ta che d Spa ce
Slate ti le
Ini ti al Sketch - A Susp ended Bui ldi ng [hoveri ng over the landscap e as i f a different entity to the mountain] STRUC TURAL DETAIL - Slate ti les attached to hooks on a steel framework | SC AL E 1.20 | 85
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Fl oor P l a n M ARI A E S T E B A N - Packaging [A detached space]
Ro o f P lan SEC TION C C - SC AL E 1.100 | 87
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S U SA NNA BOR EH AM | MAR IA E S T E B A N
SEC TION TH ROUGH TH E AXIS | SC AL E 1.500| 89