06/2018
Wolvercote conservation area
wytham conservation area
Jericho conservation area
Osney town conservation area
Iffley Conservation area
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CONSERVATION CONSERVATORIES
//A VOICE FOR NATURE
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SECRET GARDEN //OSNEY WORKSHOP
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A SENSE OF PLACE //OSNEY MASTERPLAN
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BACK TO CONSTRUCTIVISM //FOUNDATION YEAR STUDIOS
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PROJECT MYEMYELA //SOUTH AFRICA PROJECT
Flood Map of Oxford - 3rd year site.
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A VOICE FOR NATURE CONSERVATION CONSERVATORIES
3RD YEAR // SEMESTER 3//
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06.18 // GRADE: 1ST
There is a disconnect between people and nature in cities. This causes anti-social behaviour, depression and biodiversity loss. If our buildings make space for nature; incorporate it or work around it, and provide flexibility for the future, this may be reduced.
The conservation conservatories are the start of a nature minded community. As well as bringing together different groups of people together, encouraging sustainable behaviour and appreciation for wildlife, it will influence and enforce the conscientious development of the wider mixed use area in parallel with protecting all aspects of nature.
Through designing buildings which force people to interact with nature on a number of levels, and to encourage sustainable behaviour, connectivity can be strengthened in our every day lives. This could lead to both human and ecological ecosystems healing and flourishing.
EVOLUTION OF THE RUIN
PROGRAMME • Wildlife conservation base and laboratories • Riverside reconnection pods + tea rooms PROGRAMME INTENSIFIERS • Allotments and growers association • Artists studios • Book share library
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MEADOW POD Two partially demolished buildings on site will be surrounded by a pond and left to be taken over by nature. Exhibiting it’s changes will symbolise the philosophy of allowing nature it’s place and it’s course over time.
WATER POD
The concept of my scheme plays with the idea of creating new perspectives on nature; interacting directly, incidentally and indirectly. By raising the building up, the site can be rewilded, and transformed during floodtime. Circulation above can be turned into an exhibition of seasonal changes. Perforated facades, raw wood and simplicity creates biophillic conditions, and focuses eyes on growing walls.
RIVER BANK POD
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A VOICE FOR NATURE CONSERVATION CONSERVATORIES
CONSERVATORY 1
VIEW FROM THE TOWPATH
BOOK SHARE LIBRARY
SECTION 2 THROUGH:
1. Studio 1 2. Meadow pod 3. Allotments 3 4. Conservatory 3 5. Growers common room 6. Teaching room 7. Allotments 1 8. Conservatory 1 9. Growing room 2 10. Lab 1 11. Resident research bureau 12. Growing room 1
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Facade study in plan, section and elevation. Originally at scale 1:20. This south facing facade needs some solar shading due to the openness of the site. Perforated wooden panels allow light to reach the plants while creating a comfortable environment. Year round growing means that plants also partially shade interior. I mainly used locally sourced timber and CLT, as the construction technique suits the requirements of my site, and as I belive that timber is a more sustainable material to produce and transport.
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SECTION 1 THROUGH:
1. Corridor 2. Reception 3. Tea Rooms 4. Growing Room 3
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Early Development through hand drawing
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Clay model of my site for the Conservation Conservatories exhibiting sculptural qualities inspired by Isamu Noguchi.
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Thinking about the journey along the towpath from one civilisation to another, and the Thames’ role as a nature corridor, allowed me to think about the function of my site for people and wildlife; and about the relationship between the land and the water, historically and in the present.
In this image I wanted to convey a sense of functionality and stronghold. My site is surrounded by water, like a moat. This along with the history of the powerful monastery and settlement led me to the idea a fortress for nature. From outside, it has a strong presence, creating a landmark, but from close up, it has a delicate relationship with the site and an intimate interior.
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/1,2/- Doing research into cultural and geographical identity, vertically and horizontally, allowed me to look at the main issues surrounding the site. This included waste in the water and on banks, sensitive history, volatile clay beds and traffic.
Rivers used to be borders, during the Saxon period when Oxford was born, and still are to an extent. Each land mass surrounding the site had a strong individual identity. Taking elements of each to inspire my brief and design ensured The Conservatories was a lankmark each place could relate to.
Contrasting places of granduer with corners of neglect
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A SENSE OF PLACE OSNEY MASTERPLAN
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3RD YEAR // SEMESTER 1 // 12.17 // GRADE: 1ST
Bleak midwinter scenes
We always focus on the main public spaces and feature buildings, but what really gives a city a sense of place and liveability for residents are the short cuts, secret gardens, and forgotten places.
What pleased yet irritated me the most about Oxford as a visitor, was the sense of mystery, and restriction. Behind every tall wall an overgrown eden, a separation between observer and resident which if removed in a quest for openness, would relinquish the character of the city.
The secret pleasure an abandoned building gives a passer by is unique. No architect has intended the emotion it inflicts or the decay it hosts. When a building is abandoned, it is given new life; the plants that take over, the quietness it casts, the persona it exhibits.
Oxford has history flowing through every vein. Gothic architecture dramatizes light and dark, large and narrow spaces, but if you look more closely and explore, that’s when you are most rewarded.
This model explores the idea of a walled garden and walkways which tease the viewer and produce a conjure curiosity.
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SECRET GARDEN OSNEY WORKSHOP
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3RD YEAR // SEMESTER 1 // 12.17 // GRADE: 1ST
The workshop and passage will create a conversation between the niche and the general, the public and the private. why should small corners of a community go unnoticed...
Thinking through modelmaking...from concept to circulation to finishing touches. KEY CONCEPTS: • • •
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Pay homage to unnoticed historical crafts in the locality. A self sustaining scheme based on donation and skills exchange. Interlock the workshop with public gardens to reward those who explore. Create intimacy, personal experience, and moments of delight throughout.
In this image I wanted to convery ideas of a warehouse with a bright central space and smaller rooms separated by different roofs.
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BACK TO CONSTUCTIVISM FOUNDATION YEAR STUDIOS
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2ND YEAR // SEMESTER 3 // 06.17 // GRADE: 1ST
Mezzanine floor
Central space
Consider the environmental goals set by the university. Be sensitive to the historical aspects of the site (such as the victorian houses and their grounds.) Create spaces to suit all styles of working. Design order and clarity in education through simplicity and heirarchy.
1x Unit space Nottingham Department of Architecture: Studios, workshop, exhibition space, photography and IT suites for proposed architecture foundation year. In this project I explored a very simple and rational design inspired by late victorian and edwardian historical houses in the department. The front and back of house divide and the radial rooms around a light well mimick these buildings. Mezzanine levels, mesh floor and construction technique mimicS that of a warehouse, paying homage to the past and present industrial culture in Nottingham.
Creating a very simple layout cuts costs and construction time which is advantageous to the university, and allows fro a clear heirarchy of space. Although it seems very ordered, the spaces allow for free movement and accomodates all types of working. Creating spaces for unit bonding as well as being able to collaborate with those in other units.
The existing daycare centre on site. Stage 1, group design model.
Developmental construction model.
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PROJECT MYEMYELA SOUTH AFRICA PROJECT
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2ND YEAR // SEMESTER 1 // 12.16 // GROUP PROJECT
The South Africa Project is a live project run each year by a second year unit. The brief was to design, fundraise for, and build a daycare centre in Lephepane, Limpopo, for ages 6 months to 5 years.
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LEPHEPANE
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Environmental Control Buildability Cost Context awareness (security, social) Easy to maintain (no plumbing or electricity) flexible spaces and programme suitability.
The final design featured a shaded courtyard, naturally lit and ventilated classrooms and an outdoor terrace for teaching and cooking.
A Level Art piece - looking at contrasting styles and the story that the architecture of the Tate Modern Building tells.