Rose Portfolio by University for the Creative Arts MA Architecture/MA Interior Design

Transitional Environments Transitional Environments

University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury School of Architecture, Master Interior Design 2017/2018, CIND 7013, Transitional Environments, Rosanna Leonardi, 1705212 TR Context of research and development 01 Foundation Opportunities Further development of theory and practice; Articulate project aesthetics; Connection between the research and the project; Establish materialsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hierarchy; Degradable materials as architectural components in-between industrial elements; Translate wet places into sensory spaces; Translate inputs into outputs; Visceral experience.

Making a buoyant light Casting and molding; Design made by materiality; Feasibility study; Investigation-driven process; Testing choices.

Humidity Research activity both physical and intellectual

Essay on An organically industrialised Climate response to Human practices Consumerism and materialism; Designing with an eye to climate changes; Organic, inorganic and industrial materials; Social approval and disapproval in Nature; Social practices and materiality; The environmental effects of Humidity; The power of things; 21St Century behaviours.

Findings

+ Translucent property + Material scars scan Latex - Deterioration

+ Collaborative material

+ Short drying process + Malleable Chalk - Needs coagulant

Beginning

- Film layer material - Long making process

From a material-related case study to an environmental case study

Sculptural coastline Fossils on the seashore Material world (Ingold, T.)

Tangible and intagible acts (Bennett, J)

Modern climatic sensitivity

Margate & The Shell Grotto

Ecological practices

Fluid environmental design

Overground

Underground spaces Hidden passages

Reshaped evolutionist idea

Heteronomy (Coole, D. & Frost, S.)

Cave dwellings

Covered ruins

Damp; Discomfort; Dark; Natural shelter.

Artefacts; Cold; Culture and practices; Dark.

Case studies

Research Thesis

Underground scanning

Transitional Environments Overcoming the condition of being a modern troglodyte Humidity

Greenwich foot tunnel

Margate

Greyfriars chapel and Franciscan Gardens

Design Proposal

Analysis of ancient natural settlements Artefacts and ruins transform particles of culture into realities; Experience in a specific place builds materiality and immateriality acts; Knowledge of Nature and Human evolution; Uncover the covered, underground and overeground realities.

Process Accessibility of an inaccessible area; Filming with an Endoscope DART System; Filming with a GoPro Hero 4; Making a floating device; Visualise an hidden space.

User interaction

UCA Show

Banning mobile phone; Celebration of our versatile nature; Communication between liquid and solid realities; Communication between soft and hard materials; Connecting the users with their actions; Making an in-between space; Telling a story of a transition; Unknown user reaction; Use of degradable components; Wet micro-spaces.

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Underground scanning 22-28.02.18 Call of interest Dr. Patty Baker, Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, Canterbury UK; Lloyd Bosworth, Archaeology Technician, University of Kent, Canterbury UK; Dr John Hammond, Commercial Operation Manager, Canterbury Archaeological Trust UK; Simon Pratt, Project Officer, Canterbury Archaeological Trust UK; Dr. Anne P. Alwis, Senior Lecturer in Classical Literature , University of Kent, Canterbury UK; Dr. Steve Willis, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Kent, Canterbury UK; Dr. Luke Lavan, Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Kent, Canterbury UK; Dr Jake Weekes, Research Officer and Project Manager, Canterbury Archeological Trust UK; Fred Birkbeck, University of Kent, Canterbury UK.

The case of Greyfriars Chapel and Franciscan Gardens

https://vimeo.com/262965867

Sensory experience 0.00 m Ascending

Society

Hung devices

Modern world Rejection

Restricted openings +0.30 m

Transitional Environments. Overcoming the condition of being a modern troglodyte

Come out Fluidity

Latex Womb Body

Ends Water in the air

Circulation systems

Misdirection

12 m Chalk Marsh Temperature

Embodiments of nature

Sequence of spaces Tactile base

Secrets

cavity

-2.46 m -1.96 m

Origin

Step In

Darkness Cave

0.00 m Heights

Imprinting

4.30 m

External/Internal discomfort

Horizontal measurements

Personal choices Uniqueness of perception

Human activity traces

Descending

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University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury School of Architecture, Master Interior Design 2017/2018, CIND 7013, Transitional Environments, Rosanna Leonardi, 1705212 TR Site investigation, Greyfriars Chapel and Franciscan Gardens, Canterbury 01 Endoscope DART system

GoPro Hero 4 and LED stick light upon crafted floating device

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From cave dwellings to covered ruins and hidden passage to Transitional Environments

1:1 Printed plan (2,5 m x 4,3 m) User interaction with the space

Greyfriars Chapel ground floor

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University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury School of Architecture, Master Interior Design 2017/2018, CIND 7013, Transitional Environments, Rosanna Leonardi, 1705212 TR Design development 01 Project diagrams Phase A

Phase B

Phase C

Phase D

Rotation

Verical and horizontal reflection

Overlap

Horizontal shift and connections

Latex wombs

Flexible plywood

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Design variations Section 3

Space

Chalk marsh Plywood

Chalk Latex Plywood Elastic wire Steel wire

Section 2 Steps

Plaster

Section 1 Carpet

Latex Elastic wire

80 cm

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D1 Thin flexiply wall in both side with vertical latex layer attached to it with wood rings.

D2 Option with slats on the left side for a more cost-effective and sustainable project.

D3 Slats rotations and latex sheets hang from above surfaces.

D4 Floor container of sequential boxes. Slats slotted in the floor walls connecting horizontally the highest ones on the left side. Fluid wall attached to the base on the right side. Latex curtains hung from fixings in the ceiling or other surfaces.

Various H walls: 8 mm flexible plywood

H 200 cm curtains: 3 layers of latex for one

Various H slats: 9 mm plywood H 48 cm wall: 8 mm flexible plywood H 28 cm containers filled with chalk: 18 mm hard plywood 3 steps of 16 cm rise and 26 cm going: plaster H 28 cm containers filled with chalk: 18 mm hard plywood Page 5

Technical specifications

Production List

28th June 2018 CNC Proposal schedule for Transitional Environments

Project components

Making process

Wood

CNC Compressor 200L Spray gun Wood workshop tools Sculpture workshop tools

Estimate of number of Plywood sheets to be bought and cut

Flexiply 8 mm 244x122 mm

Plywood 18 mm

Base walls

Base floor

Estimate of days for CNC cutting

Day 1

Base floor Boxes

18 mm Hard plywood board 2.44x1.22 m – Base floor – £ 51.60 (Timberite); 18 mm Hard plywood – Containers; 8 mm Flexible plywood board 2.44x1.22 m – Base walls – £ 54.33 (Timberite); 8 mm Flexible plywood – Wall on the right; 9 mm Plywood board 2.44x1.22 m – Wall on the left – £ 25.50 (Timberite). Connections Base walls to base floor; Containers to Base floor; Walls to base walls.

Walls

Boxes

Day 2

Base walls Walls

Zinc-plated steel finishing nail 40 mm – £ 6.67 per 1 KG (Screwfix) Phillips Pan Head Machine Screw M4 x 30 mm pack of 25 – £ 1.21 (Toolstation) Corner brace 40 mm pack of 10 – £ 0.93 (Toolstation)

Latex

Project (1) Drill (1) A4 Frame for Thesis (1) A1 Frame for one drawing (10) A2 Frames for pictures showing the making process (1) Hammer (1) Hoover (1) Ladder (1) Plinth of H 80/90 cm for leaving mobile phone and (1) plinth of H 40/50 cm for leaving shoes. (1) Projector

Polycraft Latex 5L – Curtains – £ 20.83 (MB Fibreglass) Thickener 250 ml – £ 2.50 (MB Fibreglass) Light duty protective sheet – Base Floor – £ 7.00 (B&Q) White acrylic paint – Leyland – £ 8.99 (Screwfix)

Day 3

Connections Hanging latex. Walls Rings

Brass wire 50x8 mm – £ 9.52 (Diall) 20 Perla small loop clamp – £ 19.74 (Green Magic) 20 6x60mm Stainless Steel Wood Screw Lag Thread Eye Bolt – £ 34.07 (GSProducts)

Calcium Carbonate Chalk Powder 25 kg £29.99 (WaltersandWalters)

Rings

Day 4

Extra

From 17/07/18 to 20/07/18 the pieces have been cut according to the above schedule. Over the CNC process changes have been applied for a more cost-effective and sustainable project. For technical issue, due to the CNC inability to cut with a rotated dim therefore in diagonal, the boxes have been cut only in plain external shapes which have to be cut with other wood tools.

31/07/18 Material supplied by Timberite 2 flexible plywood boards 8x2440x1220 mm 3 1/2 plywood boards 18x2440x1220 mm 2 plywood boards 9x2440x1220 mm

Examples of CNC layout

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Exhibition space: foyer of Architecture department UCA

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First tests bearing in mind the design proposal. MB Fibreglass Polycraft liquid latex is a professional supplier for industrial and design purpose. For health and safety reasons, latex has to be used with isolator turned on and a 3M mask with filters. On top of a 12 mm wood board, two cover sheets protect the two latex tests allowing them to be peeled off when dried out. For one test, the whole process takes 30 minutes for set up, application and cleaning. The layer of latex was dried the next day.

Following the first test, a second attempt has been pursed for managing time effectively. The spraying technique allowed me to make one layer of latex in less than 5 minutes. The 200L compressor needs to reach a specific pressure to be used, therefore it has to be turned on beforehand. Due to the nature of the spraying techniques which generates small particles, for health and safety reasons, when in action, the room has to be isolated and the happening advertised.

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Test 1

Test 2

Latex poured on a flat surface of silicon wire grid measuring 40 x 80 cm and then layed out with solid wood stick. Chalk has benn scattered Latex sprayed with 200L compressor and metal spray gun on a flat surface of silicon wire grid measuring 40 x 80 cm. Only one layer has on top of the only one wet layer. been crafted.

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In the foyer of Canterbury School of ArchitectureUCA, latex test hung from a brass wire connected to a M6 Wood Screw Lag Thread Eye Bolt screwed in the side walls 2.50 m high.

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University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury School of Architecture, Master Interior Design 2017/2018, CIND 7013, Transitional Environments, Rosanna Leonardi, 1705212 TR Physical fabrication tests & prototype pieces Latex 04 From the first two tests, the result was evident, using a powerful compressor plus a sprayer makes the whole process more effective. With all the precautions, the entire making process takes between 1.30 and 2.30 h per layer. Because of the extensive surface, a room of circa 20 mq has been placed to produce the desidered outcomes. 3 layers of latex and paint can be generated in three days depending on indoor humidity values, temperature and ventilation. Health and safety rules have to be applied at all time.

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Latex sprayed with 200L compressor and metal spray gun on 300 x 250 cm cover sheet lied down on a flat surface (floor). The water-based liquid has been mixed with white water-based paint. The present technique produce latex-paint patterns.

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29/06/18 Test on the narrowest curve 18 mm hard plywood; 8 mm flexible plywood; 5 mm plywood; Zinc-Plated steel finishing nail.

23/07/18 Curving 8mm flexiplywood 18 mm hard plywood board; Clamps; Rope; Zinc-Plated steel finishing nail.

Flexiplywood connected to the board by using 40 mm zinc-plated steel finishing nail after cutting through internally and partly externally the flexible plywood.

Test connecting the 8 mm flexible plywood to the 18 mm plywood board by using M4 bolts and 50 mm steel L brackets.

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Close picture of the technique employed to make the 8 mm flexiply bent in one of the most difficut curves. Cutting partly through the interior side of the flexible material allowed the realisation of a better joint with the 18 mm hard plywood board by using 40 mm rounded nails.

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Powder chalk is mixed with hot water and alum to generate a chemical composistion which according to different components propotion will be watery and/or solid filling the three containers with different mixture for each of them.

Process of carving a chalk rock from Margate until enough powder allowed me to mix it with hot water, 500 ml, and alum, 10 spoons. After three days, the mixture dried out and a different crumbling chalk stone appeared.

Monitoring two mixture of chalk powder, hot water and alum over the period of five days. On the left, 30g of powder chalk, 1 spoon of alum and 200 ml of hot water. On the right, 60g of powder chalk, 1,5 spoon of alum and 500 ml of hot water.

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University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury School of Architecture, Master Interior Design 2017/2018, CIND 7013, Transitional Environments, Rosanna Leonardi, 1705212 TR

Documentation of costruction and construction details of the built work

Visual of Transitional Environments located in the foyer of Canterbury School of Architecture UCA

Design elements explosion

20 6x60mm Stainless Steel Wood Screw Lag Thread Eye Bolt; 20 Perla small loop clamp; Diall brass wire 50x8 mm.

Phillips Pan Head Machine Screw M4 x 20 mm.

Latex curtains

8 mm flexiply 9 mm Plywood

Phillips Pan Head Machine Screw M4 x 30 mm; Corner brace 40 mm.

18 mm Plywood

8 mm flexiply

Zinc-plated steel finishing nail 40 mm.

18 mm Plywood

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