MArch Portfolio

MArch 2020 Portfolio

Liverpool School of Art & Design

WILLIAM EKUBAN

wekuban@live.co.uk 17/09/1993 07933216123 Liverpool

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MArch Year 2

Thesis Project / Disjunction & Tectonics. 7122AR Group Urban Design/ Reconnecting Ghent Live Project Report - The Callister Trust Contents

MArch Year 1

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Housing ProjectAll Mod Cons Specialist. Study -Womersley’s Scotland Group Urban DesignReinventing Elefsina

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Abstract

The following thesis , Disjunction and Tectonics , follows the underpinning principles of material and tectonic engineering in architecture. The thesis follows the architectural journey from Belgium’s quarries to the Portside city of Ghent. At the heart of the thesis is , the former cement factory Bentocentrale , Dok Noord ,which sits at the the riverside of the historic city, Ghent within Belgium. The theories and works of the renowed architect Bernard Tschumi will be explored, demonstrating the disconnected nature of materiality , guerrilla repurposing and intervention known as adaptive re-use and engineering and architectural interventions as node points within an urban context. The theories around the Constructvist movement in his book , Architecture and Disjunction will also be reviewed in the context of hospitality based on my own humanist principles and intellectual background as the author of this thesis. The views of Hegel are not my own. This is a feasibility study. The academic Kenneth Frampton, and his exploration on tectonics and construction particularly ferrovitruvian construction will also be reviewed . The thesis problems include , social isolation due to lockdown and access to public resources due to COVID-19 such as libraries and appropriate project managers, quantity surveyors and civil engineers. Within a wider civil engineering infrastructure Liverpool in the UK and Gent Belgium by sea, air and land, due to the nature of the pandemic , circulation of necessary finances, materiality and manpower would be restricted.

Disjunction and Tectonics

Typology : Hotel

Site Location: Ghent, Belgium Size: 12000m2

Estimated Cost : £75- 90million

Author

Disjunction and Tectonics

Location : Handelsdok , Ghent , Belgium

Primary Business sectors: Textiles

The site was chosen due to its aterial routes both pedestrian and Waterwise thresholds..

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Spatial arrangement

MASSING STUDY

The following manifesto for the proposed distillery hotel program for the cement factory Bentocentrale , is a disused piece of Dok Noord’s infrastructure in the city of Ghent , Belgium.

The cement factory will be a conscious attempt to reinforce the notion of guerrilla architectural intervention , defined as adaptive reuse by the architect Carlo Ratti and the biological theory , biophilia.

The cement factory will be a node point for the Dok Noord district , Tram and river infrastructure will be part of its urban context as a stopping point.

The cement factory presents opportunities to reconfigure spatial vacuums in a former structure with an underlying understanding of patina , light and time consistent with the structure .

The concrete vernacular of the structure calls for a myriad of complex varied series of spaces . The nature of such industrial spaces will vary according to function and appropriate style, with a Brutalist approach being the most appropriate .

The individual servant spaces and served spaces at large within the disused cement factory will adopt a total design attitude with furniture built by local craftsmen within the Dok Noord district introduced by Aalto and Jacobson .

Disjunction and Tectonics

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Design Construction

BREAM

Design Structural

Workshop 1

Action Points , Diagrams and Notes

Oriel windows through the years

Oriel window sketch

Design Environmental

Reconnecting Ghent Group Masterplan

James Blackburn Adam Williams

The Management and Practice Law module allows students to interact with constructive clients and outside vendors to create and manage a real live project . This module allows students to become familiar with the initial stages in building design management and architectural practice in the Merseyside region.

In this year’s module, the client is the Callister Trust. The charity is a local body in Birkenhead that supports the wellbeing of women from disadvantaged backgrounds and empowers them through community education and training.

The Callister Trust Garden Pavilion

Year 2 Management &Practice Law

Group members : Mark Barlow , William Ekuban, Nurul Aisyah Ibrahim, Alice Jones, Adam Shallcross, Adam Webb and Zamira Zufiiri

Typology : Pavilion

Site Location: Birkenhead, Wirral, UK

Size:2000m2

The trust require a highly specific pavilion to be constructed on a site on Slatey Road , Birkenhead. The pavilion is to act as a yearround community space for women of all ages in Birkenhead . As a charity body, they organises a variety of activities to bring the community together , hence the need for a conducive activity space.

Estimated Cost : £18000

Site approach

The Callister Trust Garden is located on Slatey Road , Birkenhead. There is a Victorian wall along side the site. The site has an area of approximately 2000 square metres which feature a mix of natural and hard landscapes.

The garden had a previosly built pavilion (which subsequently replaced with a port cabin and a tennis court). The site is generally an even ground which slopes towards the entrance onto Slatey Road.

A three storey private property and local council housing sit on either side of the garden . The main access to the garden is from Slatey Road , with a possible secondary access from private housing on Devonshire Close.

Design Proposal

The Callister Trust Garden Pavilion is a proposal for a single storey indoor space to be built on a vacant space on Slatey Road, Birkenhead.

The project consists of 2 separate blocks that separates the facilities from the main block .The main block consists a main standout volume to be used for indoor activities for 30 people and a small kitchen that can be used for food preparation . The facility also has a pair of toilets , one with disabled access. There is also a storage room for gardening and outdoor equipment . Both of the blocks are connected by a terrace to shelter from rain and direct sunlight.

The north and west facades is to be fully glazed to allow scenic views across the garden plot and allow a maximum of sunlight into the pavilion . Towards the west of the pavilion , the overlying veranda , can act as an extension of indoor space .

All of the glazed walls are protected by perforated cortex steel security panels that can be folded into oneside during the day time, giving the occupants clear unobstructed views of the outdoor area.

The Year 1 ArchitecturalDesign module aim is to establish a sense of community within the immediate area of Everton and Kirkdale, Liverpool. The development follows the material ,timber and spatial ideals established by the architect Walter Segal in the 1970s. All dwellings will be adaptable spaces as possible to be an optimum level of comfort and inclusivity regardless the occupant’s stage of life , according to outlined priorities by Liverpool City Council. Communal roof spaces are included to encourage relationships throughout the building and the surrounding area.

All Mod Cons

Year 1 Architectural Design Project Everton

Peter Womersley

Year 1 Specialist Study

The following dissertation will evaluate the 3 buildings designed by the architect Peter Womersley. The 3 buildings analysed will be , the property at High Sunderland , the Bernat Klein Studio(both located in Selkirk , near Galashiels) and the Nuffield Transplantation Unit in Edinburgh. All three buildings are located in Scotland. The buildings have been lauded and criticised by several sources .

The primary aims of the dissertation will be to explore:

- his formative influences as a student including Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus movement

- his professional influences including the case study house program and the architects behind the program through the 40s and the rise in Brutalism during the late 50s and 60s.

- his buildings as an architect - his features in architectural design journals

The secondary aims of the dissertation will be to examine how these formative influences of Peter Womersley’s life affected the architecture he created in the Scottish Borders and the wider landscape of Scottish Brutalism and Modernism during the late 60s and beyond .

The dissertation concludes Womersley’s contribution to Scottish modernism & architecture was considerable and well respected within certain architectural circles.

My personal thanks to Gordon. Duffy and all the staff at Historic Scotland

High Sunderland , Selkirk

Loader Monteith Architects

Conversation Architect :David Narro Associates https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/ buildings/building-study-loadermonteith-restores-peter-womersleyshigh-sunderland

Project data

Start on site: August 2019

Completion: August 2020

Gross internal floor area: 273m2 Construction cost: £290,000

Cost per m2: £ 2,000

Architect: Loader Monteith Architects Clients: Juliet Kinchin and Paul Stirton Structural engineer: David Narro Associates

M&E consultant: Harley Haddow

CDM co-ordinator: Loader Monteith Architects

The high sunderland home was later featured in the architects journal in March 2022.