North Tyneside Performing Arts Centre
2023/24 ARC2001 Summative
Zeng
210512715
Jacaranda
A1 Urban Scale Drawing
My project is called North Tyneside Performing Arts Centre. The building is located at the lower west end of the huge slope with forest. It is 25m long, 27m wide, 16.3m high, covering a total floor area of 2030㎡. It is glue-laminated-timber structured with vertical bird houses groups made by cedar attached to front elevation.
As a 4-storey large civic building situated between the city centre and quayside of North Shields, it is a functional extension of Stages School of Dance and Ramsey’s Theatre Stars on Howard Street Theatre with a 100-seatings( removable for wheelchair users) auditorium and 3 dance studios are important functional spaces of this building. Food serving south-faced cafeteria with 60 seats on second floor come from fish market nearby.
It aims to let performing arts become a powerful engine that activates local communities, promotes artistic innovation and education, improves residents’ physical and mental health, as well as become a new civic landmark that enhances the economic development, local influence, tourism and wild bird ecology of North Shields.
Figure 1. Urban Scale Drawing.
Figure 2. Lower west end of slope (my chosen site).
Figure 3. Lower east end of slope with an existing building on slope.
Figure 4. Higher west end of slope.
Figure 5. Higher east end of slope.
Figure 6. Bell Street between former ice factory and an existing building on slope.
Group Work
size.
What I contributed to the group masterplan development sheet (Fig. 7) were collected objects on site, current town planning, plenty of photos taken in North Shields and three of the four building precedents.
Our group decided to develop a zigzagging ramp covering most of the forest belt, add marketplace near the new ferry landing point on Liddell St, design a circle-shaped square for Tyne St. The site one and site two were two big division of site for our group members to choose where to locate their building and all of us chose the first one mainly because its advantage of being close to Howard St, a huge convenience to connect city centre and quayside.
Figure 7. Studio A6’s Masterplan Development Sheet in a2 size.
Figure 8. Studio A6’s 1:500 Masterplan in a3
A3 1:500 Masterplan
I traced the group masterplan and created my own site plan with my building in. The ramp connects the main entrance on the second floor of my building and side entrance on the ground floor. I kept the round square, market and new ferry landing point our group decided to have but brought back the existing zigzagging stairs closed to left side of my building because it is very convenient
A3 Brief Builder Sheet
A4 1:1000 Site Analysis
One of the elements affected my design the most was sun path. I decided to use different sizes of windows for southfaced spaces Another one was existing buildings around site Stages School of Dance and Ramseys Theatre Stars as cultural buildings were inspiration for designing a performing arts centre for North Shields and wider community as an extension of current function on Howard St.
Figure 11. Sun and wind.
Figure 9. Masterplan.
Figure 10. Brief Builder.
Figure 12. Vegetation.
Figure 13. Traffic.
Figure 14. Existing Building.
Figure 15. Current Town Planning.
A1 Concept Development Sheet
Figure 16. Concept Development Sheet.
When thinking about concept, I initially thought of a circle-shaped theatre combining various kinds of dancers including wheelchair users and bringing everyone’s heart together With consideration of ‘species extinction’ topic I got for one of the responses to brief, dancers are like birds who have the spirit of pursuing freedom, although some of them are disabled (i.e. wheelchair dancers) ,their strong will of expressing their passionate mind like abled people are incredible. Dancing in the forest like a bird, being protected by timber, showing your ‘feather’ to the audience and being appreciated by them will be a good vision. Although I didn’t continue using the curvy shape for theatre after the concept model, I did make the three sides of theatre surrounded by auditorium to enhance the tightness of performers and audience.
2D Massing Diagram
17. 2D Massing.
I made this diagram to let myself be clear about the relationship between functions beside each other and above/below each other, which was a great help for my reflection on current design and a big reorganisation of the whole layout after the final review. However, it is not a sectional layout, but a ‘surrounding’ view of each floor.
Two arrival spaces are located on second floor, which is at a turning point of ramp, and ground floor, which has supplementary lift and stairs connecting to outdoor platform; main gathering spaces are auditorium, stage, foyer, studios and meetings; observing space is cafeteria on second floor; connection spaces are backstage, bar, costume& dressing, kitchen, plant &storage, wc/change/shower etc. For circulation, there are totally two lifts at two ends of building having access to all floors, as well as a staircase to all floors too.
Figure
3D Massing Diagram
The 3D massing diagram was something I really want to try to let people quickly understand the layout of my whole building before they carefully look around my floor plans
Roughly I put all the connection spaces at the back of building, while I keep all the key space front-faced, which had been a big change from the previous awkward ‘toilet-in-thesunshine’ situation.
Figure 18. Ground Floor Massing.
Figure 20. Second Floor Massing.
Figure 19. First Floor Massing.
Figure 21. Third Floor Massing.
1:100 Ground Floor
On ground floor, if you come from Liddell St side you will be amazed by how many kinds of birds are attracted to the vertical bird houses attached to facade. Mainly seagulls ,the ‘gang’ of North Shields.
When you go onto the outdoor platform by stairs or lift, or leisurely walked downwards by ramp from Tyne St, you see the side entrance.
You be in the foyer and see backstage door in front of you which dancers have access to enter. If you wanna buy tickets or just wanna have a look at the building, turn right and you could see stairs and lift aside for going upwards.
If you already have tickets for a show, you could just directly turn left and chill for a while at the bar to wait for the auditorium open. You could also use the toilets if you need to
Figure 22. Ground Floor Plan.
1:100 First Floor
On first floor, when you see the show, the balcony-like auditorium seatings will amaze you by how it brings everyone, basically the performers and our precious audience you, much closer! You could sometimes enjoy some vanward collaboration by dancers dancing with and without wheelchairs
As a performer (yes, me!), I could conveniently do my makeup or get dressed on this level then use stairs or take lift downstairs to backstage. When I chill in the dressing room, the drumbeats of music downstairs stimulate me ,making me enter an exciting state ahead of time.
Figure 23. First Floor Plan.
1:100 Second Floor
On second floor, where the main entrance locates, you could see huger entrance door than the side one obviously, and outstanding glulam timber columns standing in front of you. A bigger foyer will welcome you and our lovely receptionist will be there when you are in need You could park your bike in our storage on your right side
You could just continuously turn left and enjoy some beautiful seascape that the large glass windows bring to you, if not using the toilets behind the bike storage on your right, . Fancy a cuppa’? Yeah of course you could enjoy some nice beverage, and guess what, we have sea food like the most popular kinds of oysters, or you may fancy a traditional-styled fried monk fish made by our kitchen, which was freshly transported from market nearby. Would you wanna have a taste of them?
We all know dancers dance but if you are one of the lovely public who is also curious about dance, why not giving yourself some opportunities to try some dance classes upstairs with your families or friends, or have a cool ‘solo’ in class and probably make some life-long friends? No pressure, but lots of fun and warmth! Let’s go!
24. Second Floor Plan.
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1:100 Third Floor
Our last but another exciting floor of building!
Sunshine covers studio1 to 3 by skylights and south-faced windows As dancers or public members/tourists ,no matter you live or may not live in North Tyneside (as our centre’s name presented), we welcome you! You could groove with music with so many different people of various ages and cultural background, from absolute beginner to (proudly self-ranked) advanced dancer. Ballet! Jazz! Tap! Ballroom! Street! Contemp! Lyrical !Acro! And so on. By the way, we are currently recruiting teachers who teach more than these types, so if you are interested in working with fellow dancers and enjoying some seascape at the same time, we’d like to friendly talk to you first before you head to Dance City Newcastle! (We all love it, don’t we)
Now as a real dancer (proudly self-ranked again), when you get sweaty after class, you could use our toilet to wash your face, use changing room to be changed into a dry outfit or even take a fresh shower! Free of charge~ if you join our centre’s membership.
Our lovely staffs have their office located on the same floor with 3 different sized meeting rooms that could be occupied from 2 to 16 people. Third floor, north-faced and near high level forest, perhaps it is relatively quiet space for working, compared to the most energetic theatre on ground floor; or to second floor, where most of the people gather; or first floor occupied by dancers who stand-by for the show
25. Third Floor Plan.
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1:100 Roof
Here’s the last plan of building, our roof with nice skylights for each room on third floor including corridors Used to think about doing green roof with seatings but worried about the glulam timber structures’ endurance capacity.
That’s it for the plans. Hopefully, they made you interested in coming to our centre to watch a show or why not seeing you at the dance floors!
Figure 26. Roof Plan.
A0 1:50 Elevation
28. Timber found in front of Quayside Court North Shields close to our site.
There are vertically attached bird house groups on Front Elevation, which formed part of my technology submission. It was a good idea to let birds have fixed houses in North Shields during their migration here and there and will be good for fostering their next generation.
Figure 29. 1:1 Vertical bird house as part of front elevation.
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Figure 27. Front Elevation.
I carefully selected a cut line to cover all the key spaces. For lower levels (G&1F), it has cut the theatre, auditorium, backstage, bars and a dressing room; for higher levels(2F &3F), it has cut the main entrance and some connection or circulation space like storage and stairs, catering space, a dance studio other working spaces
Figure 30. Section.
Figure 31. Section Cut Line location.
A1 3D Threshold Drawing
Figure 32. Threshold Drawing of Main Entrance.
Figure 33. Threshold Drawing of Side Entrance.
Main entrance (Fig 32) on second floor of building and side entrance (Fig 33) on ground floor are arriving space.
A1 User Experience Drawing
Dance
Cafeteria (Fig 35) on second floor is observing
Figure 34. Users Experience Drawing of Dance Studio 2 on Third Floor.
Figure 35. Users Experience Drawing of Cafeteria on Second Floor.
Figure 36. Users Experience Drawing of Theatre on Ground and First Floor.
Studios (Fig 34) on third floor and Theatre (Fig 36) crossing ground & first floor are gathering space.
space.
SketchUp
Model-Overall View
Making sketchup model was my continuing happiness and habit to visualise the spaces I created, to feel how long, how wide, how tall it is from various angles and finally how beautiful and inspiring the atmosphere might be
Figure 37. East Elevation.
Figure 38. Front Elevation (Southeast).
Figure 39. South Elevation without roof.
SketchUp Model-Each Floors
Having each floor displayed at the same (similar) angle is clear for checking each space’s relationship with others. I was quite satisfied with a relatively simple and clear layout of the whole building.
Figure 40. Roof view.
Figure 41. Third floor view.
Figure 42. Second floor view.
Figure 43. First floor view.
Figure 44. Ground floor view.
SketchUp Model-Third Floor
Third floor is for dance studios and workspace level with some connection places. In reality, I would like the interior to have a light and elegant colour tones compared to the strong ones for lower levels next (and last) page. Lilac paint onto timber studio wall, grass green paint for workplace wall and light grey for connection spaces.
Figure 45. Dance Studio 1.
Figure 46. Dance Studio 2.
Figure 47. Dance Studio 3.
Figure 48. Corridor between Meeting 2 &3 (left side) and Office & Dance Studio 3 (right side).
Figure 49. Meeting 2.
Figure 50. Accessible toilet, change and shower.
SketchUp Model- Second, First and Ground Floor
The atmosphere on performing levels is right to be mysterious, curious and passionate, but not overshadowing the performance itself. Therefore, I would like to choose a strong dark purple associate with some lavender blue for interior of ground and first floor. Passersby on Liddell St could see some purple light from glass window on facade, which may draw their attentions.
After many exploration and iteration, this version of design finally come to your eyes. My learning of how to design and represent will be always on the road, no matter how much I have already walked. Just want to say thank you for myself and my project’s spectators, and their time spent on potentially and possibly beautiful ‘architecture’.
Figure 51. Foyer, Box office, Storage and Cafeteria.
Figure 52. Cafeteria, Kitchen and lift.
Figure 53. Bar, First Floor auditorium and Costume& Dressings. Figure 54. First floor auditorium seatings being removed for wheelchair user.
Figure 55.Ground floor view of auditorium, stage and wings. Figure 56.Bar near Auditorium.
List of Figures
Cover Image. West Section.
Author’s own image.
Table of Contents Background Image. South View. Author’s own image.
Figure 1. Urban Scale Drawing.
Author’s own drawing traced from Google Earth Website. Google Earth, ‘North Shields Ferry Landing’, Google Earth, 18 March 2022 <https://earth.google.com/web/search/North+Shields+Ferry+Landing,+Ferry+Mews,+北希尔兹 /@55.00743745,-1.44143295,420a,1000d,30y,0h,0t,0r/data=CigiJgokCRjnlPrXhUtAEeCfKuzQfUtAGcEvVvN95vW_IVFH4Wi80Pe_MikKJwolCiExRVQwdWprZ0pZZnMydnlQOHYtWFZrZTlaS0NHUWV1X3cgATo DCgEw> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Figure 2. Lower west end of slope( my chosen site).
Author’s own photograph.
Figure 3. Lower east end of slope with an existing building on slope.
Author’s own photograph.
Figure 4. Higher west end of slope. Author’s own photograph.
Figure 5. Higher east end of slope/ Author’s own photograph.
Figure 6. Bell street between former ice factory and an existing building on slope. Author’s own photograph.
Figure 7. Studio A6’s Masterplan Development Sheet in a2 size. Generated by groupmate Freya Hennessey.
Figure 8. Studio A6’s Masterplan in a3 size. Generated by groupmate Adam Kusnadjaja.
Figure 9. Masterplan.
Author’s own adapted work traced from group masterplan generated by groupmate Adam Kusnadjaja.
Figure 10. Brief Builder.
Author’s own scanning copy containing small images from the Internet.
Project 2 Studio A4, A5& A6’s Allegorical Fields Show.
Author’s own photograph.
List of Figures
Civic Function 1 from Howard Street: Stages School of Dance. Google Maps, ‘Stages School of Dance’, Google Maps, April 2021 <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stages+School+Of+Dance/@55.0088837,1.4467186,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x487e6ef01fbaa079:0xbac69bf52771c060!8m2!3d55.0088837!4d-1.4441437!16s/g/1v46zxrn?entry=ttu> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Civic Function 2 from Howard Street: Ramseys Theatre Stars. Google Maps, ‘Ramsey's Theatre Stars’, Google Maps, April 2018 <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ramseys+Theatre+Stars/@55.0082395,1.4434942,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x487e6eec4a97436b:0xf04af7a12af0aadf!8m2!3d55.0082395!4d-1.4428505!16s/g/1yh9t_q6q?entry=ttu> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Interior of Stages School of Dance.
Stages School of Dance (@stagesschoolofdance), ‘Lizzy bringing the energy to her senior freestyle class tonight!!’, Instagram, 13 February 2024 <https://www.instagram.com/p/C3TbHAEozPt/> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Interior of Ramseys Theatre Stars. Ramsey's Theatre Stars, Instagram, n.d. <https://www.instagram.com/ramseys_theatre_stars/> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Site Location.
Author’s own adapted work traced from Digimap. Digimap, ‘North Shields(North Tyneside)’, Digimap, 2024 <https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/roam/map/os> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Site photos 1&2.
Author’s own photograph.
Concept Model.
Author’s own photograph.
Inclusivity Focus: Wheelchair Dancer.
Tights, Snag, ‘Dancer Jasper Williams - who is back performing after a 10 year hiatus’, Chronicle, 25 February 2022 <https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eastnews/accessible-dance-studio-helps-deaf-22952095> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Non-human Species Characteristics: Bird. Eski Papers, ‘Seagull Pictures 75038’, Eski Papers, 2024 <https://eskipaper.com/seagull-pictures-1.html> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Material Inspiration 1:Lyric Theatre Belfast. Gilbert, Dennis, ‘Lyric Theatre, Belfast’, Sound Space Vision, n.d. <https://soundspacevision.com/projects/lyric-theatre-belfast/> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Material Inspiration 2: Beacon of Light Sunderland. Tate, Jill, ‘Beacon of Light Sunderland News’, e-architect, 6 August 2019 <https://www.e-architect.com/england/beacon-of-light-sunderland#google_vignette> [accessed 15 May 2024]
List of Figures
Material Inspiration 3: Plywood Theatre St Petersburg. ArchDaily, ‘Gallery of Plywood Theatre / ARCHATTACKA - 10’, Pinterest, n.d. <https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/546483736034500635/> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Architectural Precedent 1: G.W.A. Performing Arts Centre. Wellington College, ‘G.W.A. Performing Arts Centre’, Wellington College, 2024 <https://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/venue-hire/courses-conferences-meetings/g-wannenberg-performing-arts-centre/> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Architectural Precedent 2: Gehua Youth and Cultural Center. Xia, Zhi, ‘Gehua Youth and Cultural Center / Open Architecture’, ArchDaily, 1 October 2012 <https://www.archdaily.com/276957/gehua-youth-and-cultural-centeropen-architecture> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Architectural Precedent 3: Pavilion Let’s Play. DREAM, ‘Pavilion Let’s Play! / DREAM’, ArchDaily, 6 June 2022 <https://www.archdaily.com/983202/pavilion-lets-playdrearchi?ad_source=search&ad_medium=projects_tab?ad_source=myad_bookmarks&ad_medium=bookmark-open> [accessed 16 May 2024]
M3 Studio, ‘Pavilion Let’s Play! / DREAM’, ArchDaily, 6 June 2022 <https://www.archdaily.com/983202/pavilion-lets-playdrearchi?ad_source=search&ad_medium=projects_tab?ad_source=myad_bookmarks&ad_medium=bookmark-open> [accessed 16 May 2024]
Graphic/Model Precedent 1: Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre. Howarth, Fred, ‘Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre’, ArchDaily, 4 March 2019 <https://www.archdaily.com/912378/peter-hall-performing-arts-centre-haworthtompkins/5c77d9c7284dd13908000105-peter-hall-performing-arts-centre-haworth-tompkins-photo> [accessed 16 May 2024]
Tompkins, Haworth, ‘Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre /’, ArchDaily, 4 March 2019 <https://www.archdaily.com/912378/peter-hall-performing-arts-centre-haworthtompkins/5c77d8af284dd16c6f000082-peter-hall-performing-arts-centre-haworth-tompkins-longitudinal-section> [accessed 16 May 2024]
Graphic/Model Precedent 2: NO99 Straw Theatre. Siplane, Martin, ‘NO99 Straw Theatre’, ArchDaily, 15 June 2011 <https://www.archdaily.com/150293/no99-straw-theatre-salto-ab/5014dea228ba0d5828000a1d-no99straw-theatre-salto-ab-photo> [accessed 16 May 2024]
AB, Salto, ‘NO99 Straw Theatre’, ArchDaily, 15 June 2011 <https://www.archdaily.com/150293/no99-straw-theatre-salto-ab/5014de7828ba0d5828000a13-no99-strawtheatre-salto-ab-section?next_project=no> [accessed 16 May 2024]
Graphic/Model Precedent 3: The Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre. Goodwin, Marc, ‘The Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre / PES-Architects’, ArchDaily, 19 October 2018 <https://www.archdaily.com/904225/the-fuzhou-strait-cultureand-art-centre-pes-architects/5bc8315cf197cc775000071c-the-fuzhou-strait-culture-and-art-centre-pes-architects-photo> [accessed 16 May 2024]
PES-Architects, ‘The Fuzhou Strait Culture and Art Centre / PES-Architects’, ArchDaily, 19 October 2018 <https://www.archdaily.com/904225/the-fuzhou-strait-cultureand-art-centre-pes-architects/5bc83531f197cc6b2200030d-the-fuzhou-strait-culture-and-art-centre-pes-architects-site-plan-roof-level> [accessed 16 May 2024]
List of Figures
Figure 11. Sun and wind.
Author’s own drawing traced from Digimap. Digimap, ‘North Shields(North Tyneside)’, Digimap, 2024 <https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/roam/map/os> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Figure 12. Vegetation.
Author’s own drawing traced from Digimap. Digimap, ‘North Shields(North Tyneside)’, Digimap, 2024 <https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/roam/map/os> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Figure 13. Traffic.
Author’s own drawing traced from Digimap. Digimap, ‘North Shields(North Tyneside)’, Digimap, 2024 <https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/roam/map/os> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Figure 14. Existing Building.
Author’s own drawing traced from Digimap. Digimap, ‘North Shields(North Tyneside)’, Digimap, 2024 <https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/roam/map/os> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Figure 15. Current Town Planning.
Author’s own adapted work based on Digimap. Digimap, ‘North Shields(North Tyneside)’, Digimap, 2024 <https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/roam/map/os> [accessed 15 May 2024]
Figure 16. Concept Development Sheet.
Author’s own drawing.
Figure 17. 2D Massing.
Author’s own image.
Figure 18. Ground Floor Massing.
Author’s own image.
Figure 19. First Floor Massing.
Author’s own image.
Figure 20. Second Floor Massing.
Author’s own image.
Figure 21. Third Floor Massing.
Author’s own image.
Figure 22. Ground Floor Plan.
Author’s own drawing.
Figure 23. First Floor Plan.
Author’s own drawing.
Figure 24. Second Floor Plan.
Author’s own drawing.
Figure 25. Third Floor Plan.
Author’s own drawing.
Figure 26. Roof Plan.
Author’s own drawing.
Figure 27. Front Elevation.
Author’s own drawing.
Figure 28. Timber found in front of Quayside Court North Shields close to our site.
Author’s own photograph.
Figure 29. 1:1 Vertical bird house as part of front elevation.
Author’s own photograph.
Figure 30. Section.
Author’s own drawing.
Figure 31. Section Cut Line location.
Author’s own image.
Figure 32. Threshold Drawing of Main Entrance. Author’s own drawing.
Figure 33. Threshold Drawing of Side Entrance. Author’s own drawing.
Figure 34. Users Experience Drawing of Dance Studio 2 on Third Floor. Author’s own drawing.
Figure 35. Users Experience Drawing of Cafeteria on Second Floor. Author’s own drawing.
Figure 36. Users Experience Drawing of Theatre on Ground and First Floor. Author’s own drawing.
List of Figures
Figure 37. East Elevation. Author’s own image.
Figure 38. Front Elevation (Southeast). Author’s own image.
Figure 39. South Elevation without roof. Author’s own image.
Figure 40. Roof view. Author’s own image.
Figure 41. Third floor view. Author’s own image.
Figure 42. Second floor view. Author’s own image.
Figure 43. First floor view. Author’s own image.
Figure 44. Ground floor view. Author’s own image.
Figure 45. Dance Studio 1. Author’s own image.
Figure 46. Dance Studio 2. Author’s own image.
Figure 47. Dance Studio 3. Author’s own image.
Figure 48. Corridor between Meeting 2 &3 (left side) and Office & Dance Studio 3 (right side). Author’s own image.
Figure 49. Meeting 2. Author’s own image.
Figure 50. Accessible toilet, change and shower. Author’s own image.
Figure 51. Foyer, Box office, Storage and Cafeteria. Author’s own image.
Figure 52. Cafeteria, Kitchen and lift. Author’s own image.
Figure 53. Bar, First Floor auditorium and Costume& Dressings. Author’s own image.
Figure 54. First floor auditorium seatings being removed for wheelchair user. Author’s own image.
Figure 55.Ground floor view of auditorium, stage and wings. Author’s own image.
Figure 56.Bar near Auditorium. Author’s own image.
A quote in author’s brief builder cited from The Laban Sourcebook: McCaw, Dick, The Laban Sourcebook (Routledge, 2012) <https://read.amazon.co.uk/?asin=B007ZZ0XOQ&ref_=kwl_kr_iv_aqd_des_59> [accessed 15 May 2024]