URBAN PLEASURE PROTOTYPES Portfolio volume 2
Intimate Cities 6th year | MArch 2015
Varvara Lazaridou
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Varvara Lazaridou MArch Master of Architecture 2015 Manchester School of Architecture University of Manchester MAnchester Metropolitan University Year 6
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Contents 0.0 Introduction 1.0 City Observed 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11
Location Plan Cities for People Site Strategy Brazennose Street Brazennose Street Spinningfields Back Bridge Street Bridge Street Strategy Site Strategy Spatial Analysis
2.0 Testing Area 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
Human Experiences Sensory Experiences Movable Panels Backstreet View
3.0 Workshop 4.0 Storage 5.0 Offices 6.0 Roof Plan 7.0 Elevations 8.0 Sections 9.0 Detail section 10 Physical Model 11 View 12 Bibliography 5
Introduction City observed
Solution
Storage
Workshop
Test
The aim of previous investigation was to analyze the area between Albert Square, Spinningfields and Bridge Street in terms of people’s and shops densities in order to identify areas where the density of people is low, while the density of shops is high. These areas lead to lack of pleasures. Through this analysis arise the Programme, the Design and the Position of the Building.
The building‘s programme will provide an area in which data can be collected and design ideas can be produced in order to help these areas. These ideas will be made into reality in a workshop inside the building with an additional space for materials’ storage. The interventions built will then be tested on the ground floor where the site conditions of each site will be copied.
The aim is to operate as efficient as possible and therefore lead to the urban future become more livable, more workable and more sustainable. It makes better use of resources and connectivity and makes cities more interesting. It also ensures better quality of life for citizens and economic development.
This process will help identify which intervention might proof successful as people will have the opportunity to interact with them.
Urban Pleasure Prototypes is the building where all this analysis is going to happen in order to find areas where the density of people is low. It is going to provide some solutions and test them inside the building before being moved to the specific site. 6
The diagram illustrates the process in order to find a solution starting from the first stage which is the city observation (A), find solution (B), find the materials (C), make it real (D), test it (E), bring it back to site (F).
B
A
C
D
E
F
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City Observed Location Plan
• Service road • Back entrances • People don’t pass
• Busy road during the day • People use it to cross • People dont spend money
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• Busy road • People don’t spend time • People don’t spend money
• Busy road during the week • Not busy during the weekend
• Busy road during the week • Not busy during the weekend
Location Plan
N 5m
15m 10m
30m
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City Observed Cities for People
The analysis is based upon Jan Gehl’s criteria regarding urban areas. Jan Gehl’s criteria address the ground floor’ s situation, the same criteria are being used in oredr to analyse the upper levels of the building as well.
radius building selected areas
Jan Gehl’ s Theory
ground floor
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Adding 3rd dimension
Cities for People | Jan Gehl The City at Eye Level: 12 Quality Criteria Brazennose Street
Protection
Brazennose Street
Spinningfields
Back Bridge Street
Bridge Street
Against Traffic and Accidents Against Crime and Violence Against Unpleasant Sensory Experiences
Comfort
Opportunities to Walk
Opportunities to Stand
Opportunities to Sit
Opportunities to See
Opportunities to Talk and Listen Opportunities for Play and Exercise
Delight
Designed to Human Scale Opportunities to Enjoy the Positive Aspects of Climate Positive Sensory Experiences
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City Observed Site Strategy
Scale of Noise in the Biilding
A
0
1
2
3
4
5
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Noise
December mornig-12:00
B December 10:00
June 10:00 December 11:40-13:00
December 12:00
December 14:00-night
Light
December 14:00
C
View
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June 12:00
June 14:00
Woodstreet
Bridgestreet
Ground Floor 1st Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor
4th Floor
Scale of Noise Infront of the main street Close to main street / Infront of backstreet Close to back street Away from street
0 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Meters of the Building
June mornig-12:00
9:00 - 16:00 12:00 - 14:00 11:00 - 17:00 6-8 hours 5-6 hours 4 hours 2-3 hours
June 12:00-13:00
Sunny Hours
March
From 9:00 From 11:00 12:00 - 14:00 Until 17:00
June 13:00-17.30
In order to understand the conditions of each site a series of studies including light, noise, view have been undertaken. A. These series of diagrams shows the scale of noise through the building influenced mainly by the distance from the streets. Both scale bars are devided in grids of one meter each in order to be more accurate.
This analysis that was made inside the building has been done in each of the 5 sites in order to correctly situate the site in the testing area of the building. Jan Gehl’s criteria helped to understand the problems of each area, what appears (blue), what is missing (purple) and what can be added in order to be more successful.
B. These series of diagrams shows the scale of natural light through the building. The times and the days that the natural light is more, in which position and for how long. C. These diagram shows the different view from each street and from different levels of the building. 13
City Observed Brazennose Street
1 Opportunities to Sit
Existing
3
Against Accidents
2
Op/ties to Walk
4
Positive Experiences
5 Against Unpleasant Sensory Experiences
1 Scale
2 Against Unpleasant Sensory Experiences
3 Opportunities to Talk
Lack of
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2
Street and Pedestrians
Street
Pedestrians Way
No noise
Ground Floor 1st Floor
Scale of Noise in the Biilding
2nd Floor 3rd Floor
4th Floor
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Meters of the Building
1 2 N
1m
3m 2m
6m
Grid Restrictions : Light Noise Programme Potential Site
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City Observed Brazennose Street
1 Against Accidents
2 Opportunities to Walk
Existing 3 Opportunities to Sit
5 Opportunities to Talk
4
Positive Sensory Experiences
1 Opportunities to See
Lack of
2 Against Unpleasant Sensory Experiences
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3 Scale
1 2
Street and Pedestrians
Street
Pedestrians Way
No noise
k Ground Floor 1st Floor
Scale of Noise in the Biilding
2nd Floor 3rd Floor
4th Floor
0
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3
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Meters of the Building
1 2 N
1m
3m 2m
6m
Grid 1
Restrictions : Light Noise Programme Potential Site
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City Observed Spinningfields
1 Opportunities to Talk
2 Op/ties to Walk
3
4 Op/ties to Sit
Against Accidents
Existing
5 Positive Experiences
1
Op/ties to See
Lack of
2 Against Unpleasant
Sensory Experiences
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3 Scale
1
2
Street and Pedestrians
Street
Pedestrians Way
No noise
Ground Floor 1st Floor
Scale of Noise in the Biilding
2nd Floor 3rd Floor
4th Floor
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Meters of the Building
2 1 N
1m
3m 2m
6m
Grid Restrictions : Light Noise Programme Potential Site
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City Observed
Back Bridge Street
Existing
1 Opportunities to Talk
2
1 Against Unpleasant Sensory Experiences
2 Opportunities to Walk
Scale
Lack of 3
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Against Accidents
4
Positive Sensory Experiences
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2
Street and Pedestrians
Street
Pedestrians Way
No noise
Ground Floor 1st Floor
Scale of Noise in the Biilding
2nd Floor 3rd Floor
4th Floor
0
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Meters of the Building
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1 2 N
1m
3m 2m
6m
Grid Restrictions : Light
Pedestrians Way
Noise Programme Potential Site
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City Observed Bridge Street
Existing 1 Opportunities to Walk
2 Scale
1 Opportunities to See
3 Against Accidents
2 Against Unpleasant Sensory Experiences
4
Lack of
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Opportunities to Talk
k
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2
Street and Pedestrians
Street
Pedestrians Way
No noise
Ground Floor 1st Floor
Scale of Noise in the Biilding
2nd Floor 3rd Floor
4th Floor
0
1
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3
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5
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Meters of the Building
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2
N
1m
3m 2m
6m
Grid Restrictions : Light Noise Programme Potential Site
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City Observed Strategy
After the analysis this diagram shows how the decisions are taken in order to place the site in the testing area.
Light
Light
Noise
Direct
View
G
U
G1
G6
G6
G1
No
Y
U
G
N
G
U
G2
U6
U6
U1
U2
Bridgestreet
G6
G3
U7 U5
U5
G4
U4
U4
G3
U3
U3
G2
G2
G6 G1
G1
Woodstreet
U
G
U
G4
U7
U6
U5
U4
U7
Bridgestreet
G4
G
G5
U3
Upper Floor’s Plan
G5
U
N
G7
U1
G7 G5
Y
G3
Ground Floor’s Plan
G7
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N
Y
G
Yes
U2
U2
U6 U1
U1
Woodstreet
Y N G U
= Yes = No = Ground Floor = Upper Floor
G(x) = Ground (position) U(x) = Upper (position)
Spinningfields Light
Light
Noise
Direct
Yes
N
Y
No
Y
N
Y
N
View
Bridgestreet G
U
G
U
G
G
U
U
G
G
U
U
G7
G6
G1 G6
G2
G3
G5
G4
G7
G1 U1
U6
U6
U1
U2
U3
U5
G5
U7
U
G4
U
G3
U
G2
U
U4
U7
G6
G1
U6
U
U7
U
U6
U
Woodstreet
Bridge Street
Light
Light
Noise
Direct
Yes
N
Y
No
Y
N
Y
N
View
Bridgestreet G
U
G
U
G
U
G
U
G
U
G
U
G7
G5
G4 G3 G6
G1 G6
G2
G3
G5
G4
G2
G7
G1 U1
U6
U6
U1
U2
U3
U5
U4
G6
G1
U7
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Site Strategy
Pedestrian’s circulation Wall - boundary Locked Entrance - boundary
Main Street Back Street
Bus served road Bridge Street Bus station
Same Entrance -Exit
Bar/Pub/Club Office Shop Coffe Shop Restaurant Mini Market Other
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The diagrams on the left show the streets, the circulation, the access and the type of the area surrounding the building. This analysis has informed the programme and the shape of the building. The diagram on the right shows the different types of access in the building the new alleyway that was created the circulation through the building and also the types of the shops for a specific time period.
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City Observed Site Strategy
11.00m
2.70m
3.00m
13.2m
15.2m
2.90m
8.80m
0.70m 3.29m 2.53m
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2.90m
Street Pedestrians Way Inside Pedestrians | Semi-private
The shape of the whole building is based on some deciosions taken for the ground floor. 1. The grid that the columns sit on, is based on measurements of an average street backstreet and shop of Manchester which is 5.4 meters. 2. The ground floor had to have openess in order to be more flexible for addaptations therefore it had to removethe third row of columns.
These series of stages influenced the upper floors as well and therefore the only fixed element in the ground floor is going to be the structure, the staircases and the lifts, while all the others are going to be adaptable in order to be able to respond to the testing elements needs.
3. Last thing that was added in the design is a fixed service line on the right of the building.
Site
Grids
Opening
Services
width of a shop front width of main street width of backstreet
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Testing Area Spatial Analysis
The ground floor is flexible as it has movable panels and is consisted of modular units. These units contain the kitchen, toilets and the storage of the panles.
The furniture are plug-in in order to change their possition everytime the programme of the unit changes.
Potential Positions
Rotate
Storage
Rail Path
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Modular Unit Public Area Storage Kitchen Toilets
Shop Front Check machine Stand Table Sink Hangers Burners Shelves
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Methodologies
E1
Way to Site
S2
1
16
15
14 S3
13
4
12
2
E2 32
S2
E1 S1
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Ground Floor 1:200 [at A3]
1 Mainstreet Entrance 2 Backstreet Entrance 3 Materials Lift 4 People’s Lift S3 5 Modular Room 6 Plant Room 7 G1 | Area Enjoying Light 8 G2 | Area Enjoying Silence 9 G3 | Area Enjoying Silence 10 G4 | Area Enjoying Silence 11 G5 | Area Enjoying View
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Ground Floor |18th of May 2015 12 13 14 15 16
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Coffe Shop Shop Coffe shop Restaurant Shop
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1m
3m 2m
S1
6m
E2 33
Testing Area
Human Experiences
The following views show the different experiences can be enjoyed in different spaces on ground floor.
U5 | Area Enjoying View
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G1 | Area Enjoying Light
G2 | Area Enjoying Silence
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Testing Area
Sensory Experiences
Steel Frame Panel
Brazennose Street
Brazennose Street(2)
Spinningfields
Back Bridge Street
Bridge Street 36
board gypsum n insulatio me steel fra cladding
The frame of the movable panels is based on the appearance of the shops in each area. The gaps can be filled with different materials in order to look similar with the different sites.
Testing Area |18th of May 2015
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Testing Area Movable Panels
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“T” meeting 38
Joint
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Fixed jamb
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Structural support 13mm dia. x 228mm long hanger rods Recommended sound baffles Continuous steel track Steel ballbearing trolleys Hanger bracket Vinyl top seal Off white continuous steel soffit trim pan by modernfold Manual drop seal 1mm x 3mm x 6mm steel tube welded to 1mm steel retainer and angle Vinyl seal and astragal (typical) Ceramic blanket Fixed wall Screws Caulking between jamb and wall
The panels at night are protected with rollers. There is artificial light to light the testing area during the night.
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Testing Area Backstreet View
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3 1 2 9 7 8 5 6
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Bridge Drive Pendant Track Trolley Conductor Track Trolley Drive Wire Rope Hook Block Runway Rail Runway Beam Bridgedrive Wheel Bridge Rail Trolley Frame
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Methodologies
E1
Way to Site
S2
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S3
5 6
1 9
E2 42
S2
E1 S1
S3
First Floor 4
1:200 [at A3]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Main Entrance Changing Area First Aid Assembly Table Potential Machines Opening Toilet Materials’ Lift People’s Lift
2 3 N
1m
3m 2m
S1
6m
E2 43
Workshop
The frosted movable panels on t the building can allow the light co it according to the needs of the in
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the facade of ome in or stop nterior spaces.
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Methodologies
E1
Way to Site
S2
S3
4
6
5
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S2
E1 S1
S3
Second Floor
2
1:200 [at A3]
1 2 3 4 5 6
1
N
Materials’ Lift Materials External Corridor Opening Office People’s Lift
1m
3m 2m
S1
6m
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Storage
Privacy
The frosted movable panels on the facade of the building can also create private spaces and also make a uniform apperance of the building.
Uniform
Shading
Data
Solution
Materials in
Inspection
Sorting
Racking
Slow Mover
Medium Mover
Sequential order pick
Load Assembly
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Fast Mover
Storage
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Methodologies
E1
Way to Site
S2
7
9
S3
8
10
1
E2 50
S2
E1 S1
6
S3
5
Third Floor 5
1:200 [at A3]
1 Main Entrance 2 Reception 3 Hall 4 Archiving |Printing 5 Offices 6 Meeting Room/Space 7 Kitchen 8 Opening 9 Toilets 10 External Corridor
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3 N
1m
3m 2m
S1
6m
E2 51
Methodologies
E1
Way to Site
S2
S3
E2 52
S2
E1 S1
S3
Roof Plan 1:200 [at A3]
N
1m
3m 2m
6m
N
S1
E2 53
View from Wood Street showing volumes and external corridors
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Bridge Street Elevation [ E2 ]
Wood Street Elevation [ E1 ]
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View from Bridge Street
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Methodologies Way to Site
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Long Section [ S2 ] 1.200 [at A3]
S2
S2
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Methodologies Way to Site
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Long Section [ S1 ] 1.50 [at A1]
S1
S1
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Methodologies Way to Site
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S3
S3
Cross Section [ S3 ] 1.100 [at A3] 65
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Detail A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Concrete flags Protective fleece Waterproofing 2 layers thermal insulation Screed laid to falls, 1.5% Reinforced concrete topping Profiled metal sheeting Beams Drainage channel9 Truss Suspended ceiling Plate
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Detail B - C 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Finishing Screed Separating layer Thermal insulation Reinforced concrete topping Profiled metal sheeting Steel beam
Detail D 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Finishing Screed Separating layer Thermal insulation Reinforced concrete topping Profiled metal sheeting Steel beam Column Plate Thermal break
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Detail E 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Column Blots Column plate Concrete Pile cap Pile Insulation Guter
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Physical Model
Model showing modular unit on ground floor
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Model showing facade of the b
building
Model showing detail
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View from Bridge Street at night
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