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BUIL1166 2013 / 2014 Introduction to Building Environments and Construction Gracelyn Ormasa Tutor: Dr. Shaun Murray
Barbican Centre The Beautiful walls
Informations
Builing case Study
The Barbican Centre Architect
Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon Location
area of London Function
Theatre art, dance, music, film learning Owner:
city of london Queen proclaimed developed wonder of the world
1982 Date of construction:
1971 Opened
3/3/1982
introduction
Visiting the Barbican area, it had quite a juxtaposition with its
opposite buildings. The Barbican Centre was heavy looking and
ferocious, whereas its buildings across were quite developed in
terms of material because the Barbican center used composition of
aggregates to make its walls, but the contrasting buildings were
constructed of steel and glass to form its panels.
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Introduction
I could describe the heavy looking building, from its exterior, very unattractive and appealing at the same time because although it was made out of formulated, heavy stones, it still gave a beautiful feel in it with
the delicate shapes of structure and the environmental friendly atmosphere.
What interest me the most was the significant connection between the landscape of water, plants, and the
brutal looking residences because I felt like I was walking through the mountains into the forest
and reaching my final destination the pond which made it the relaxing area.
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AIR
Traveling into the Barbican area was quite a cool journey, due to London’s cold weather. Entering the Barbican Centre's area was still quite cold, but as I entered further at the
composed stone walls, I felt the heat rising further into the space that I was standing. Checking around the Barbican Centre, I noticed lots of smoking removals for the heating of each area. Because it’s a huge area with not much wall,
there were many heating ventilation at every column. It was interesting because each exit would have a small space to keep the cold air from trespassing the heating air inside.
air
In every exit I notice a small space in between the outside entrance and the inside area. The reason of this small room is to collect the cold air and maintain the space inside heated.
air
The Barbican Centre has a mechanical and passive ventilation. The
thought that was put by the architects to design space for the
ventilation was considered complex and very carefully detailed .The
reason why they included both passive and mechanical Is because of
the constant air coming through the buildings and because of the use
of aggregated concrete wall that cools the place , and also the exiting of
air when too crowded and the many different smell scences
LIGHT
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Outdoor and Public area has general lighting including the levels, walkways, and the main entrance. The 1/6 of the total lighting in the car park is continuously on for emergency purposes. Lakes,
fountains and water gardens, and landscape lighting and floodlighting are all controlled by solar dial switches.
light
Natural lighting can form lots of shapes with its
shadow because of its strong EV. In this page I show
how light comes through the building with its lack of
natural light. With all the effort of the designer to
bring more natural light inside the building, the
result ended up in have more artificial than natural
light because of the usage of material and the tall,
wall buildings.
light
I realized how different materials can have different
type of reflection and how many forms it can
produce. I was fascinate by the design that light can
produce.
GROUND
I annotated the different materials in the Barbican Centre. I want to show the strong-looking elements, especially the
concrete buildings surrounding the centre or also known as wall buildings.
Ground
Ceiling, Columns, and floor were chosen to emphasize the aesthetic of
the building and built up to be known as a brutal building because of it.
WATER
I focused on how the aqua plants grow on the ponds of the barbican. It
was quite interesting how they grow under water such a the growth of
the water lilies that were placed there.
water
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Picture placement
The barbican centre has joined the fountain society that
encourages active restoration. They try to use and develop the
fountains in order for them to provide technical advise in the use
of water for public and private goods.
ENERGY
There are 3 types of energy management .
energy to be as cheap Energy -procurement
not wasting that energy - Energy efficient
minimise the energy requirement -Energy design
RECYCLE
They have invested on recycling facilities and have placed recycle bins
around the barbican area. They recycle all sorts of stuff, including
% of their food waste. They have this organization called Bin the Bin policy. They also won the award ,Clean City Awards Successes.
recycle
They have invested on recycling facilities and have placed
recycle bins around the barbican area. They recycle all sorts of
stuff, including 100% of their food waste. They have this
organization called Bin the Bin policy. They also won the award named Clean City Awards Successes.
conclusion
basically I have an argument concerning the brutal aesthetic of the building that contrast on the way people view the barbican centre. They have to acknowledge the effort and environmental relation it has with the building. In conclusion my argument is about how people view the barbican because of its aesthetic; I can say for a fact, summoning up the categories of information that it is
enviromnently friendly. People can now view the barbican centre as a beautiful building by saying, don’t judge a book by its cover.
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