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RUPINDER GIDAR YEAR 5
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BARKING REACH WHOLESALE MARKET HUB
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RUPINDER GIDAR YEAR 5 Y5 RG
rupinder.gidar.18@alumni.ucl.ac.uk @unit14_ucl
B A R K I N G R E AC H W H O L E S A L E London, United Kingdom
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he Barking Reach Wholesale Market Hub is a vision for the future of London’s wholesale markets, combining Bilingsgate fish market, Smithfield meat market and spitalfields fruit & vegetable market to create UK’s largest wholesale market within Barking & Dagenham. I investigate the use of concrete, rebar and 3D printed stainless steel in conjunction with each other alongside the utilisation of digital tools to create large spanning structures which adopt funicular geometry. My research begins by cataloguing early developments within ribbed Gothic Architecture in the UK, studying the evolution of the structural characteristics of these forms. This leads to the analysis of more current examples of funicular structures by Phillipe Block, who uses digital tools such as RhinoVault to tailor the geometry of the structures as a form-finding process. I began looking further into the utilisation of digital tools such as Karamba to analyse the principal stress lines for a structure. These pairs of orthogonal curves indicate the trajectories of the interal forces and therefore the idealized paths of material continuity, naturally encoding the optimal topology for a structure.
highly industrial area and is London’s next large growth oppertunity with impressive rail and port infrastructure. Its planned redevelopment will create a major growth hubfor the Thames Estuary, supporting the capital growth and delivering for communities. The original markets are iconic examples of Victorian architecture within London. the busy markets are vital when understanding London’s rich history and the new maek aims to integrate the essence of the existing markets as well as learn from their structural principles. The final proposal features large spanning structures of concrete, rebar and 3D printed stainless steel elements which adopt funicular geometry to make up the individual wholesale markets and the outdoor market. The specific material properties, digitally developed geometry and integration of these materials creates a system of equilibrium which is analysed and tested using further digital techniques.
These investigations led to the development of a topological optimisation process which can allow for a highly efficent and high-performance form which balances a combination of structural and architectural design objectives. These principles are then applied within the context of a market which leads to an analysis of London’s wholesale markets and their future plans of relocation. Barking & Dagenham is a
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S Y S T E M I C I M PACT
2020
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he focus of this year’s work is the awareness that architecture can affect at deepest systemic leveland the understanding that architectural proposition is in itself a system of interrelated constituentswhere the findings of interdisciplinary systems theory apply. This knowledge opens a way to a method-driven approach that can materialize in architecture of great performance and considered expression while driving architectural authorship and novelty. We will aspire to reinstate the designer’s engagement with all aspects of the system’s constituents aiming for impactful architecture delivered by the negotiation of the interacting entities that define the unified spatial whole.
Societal, technological, cultural, economic as well as political developments will propel our investigations with a deep understanding of how they interlink. This will shape our strategies and heuristics, driving synthesis. The observation as well as re-examination of civilizatory developments will enable us to project near-future scenarios and position ourselves as avant-garde in the process of designing a comprehensive vision for the forthcoming. We will find out about how human endeavour, deep desire and visionary thought interrelate while they advance cultural as well as technological means, driving civilisation as highly developed organisation. Futurist speculation inspires and ultimately brings about significant change. Supported by competent research we will aim for systemic impact and amplify found nuclei into imaginative tales with architectural visions fuelled by speculation. Our methodology employs both bottom up and top down strategies in order to build up sophisticated architectural systems and will be tailored to the individual problem. Pivotal to this process and to fight charlatanism is the concept of practical experimentation – and intense exploration through both digital and physical models that aims to assess system performance and its direct application to architectural space. The emphasis on applied research fuels the process of design and allows us to develop highly considered architectural propositions with great momentum. Thanks to: Zaha Hadid Architects, DKFS Architects, Seth Stein Architects, Orms Designers and Architects, Cundall Engineers, Knippers Helbig, DaeWha Kang Design, AL_A, Innochain, Langstaff Day Architects
All work produced by Unit 14 Unit book design by Charlie Harris www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture Copyright 2020 The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retreival system without permission in writing from the publisher.
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