Lorna ClementsArchitectural Portfolio

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Graduation Project Site Section and Model 4 - 5 Roll Out Plan and Material Study 6 - 7 Structural Details 8 - 9 External and Internal Views 10 - 11 Site Section 12 - 13

Stage 3 Semester 1 Casting 14 - 15 Building Plans 16 - 17

Group Design TRADA Group Design Competition 18 - 19

Stage 2 Site Exploration 20 - 21 Hand Drawings 22 - 23

Group Project Synesthesia Project 24 - 25

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Building Section

These are my model photos which demonstrate how the ramps and spaces work across my building.

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Roll Out Plan

Light Activity

As the street rolls out the activities open out of the consistent street making it clear there is a change in activity and making the journey active.

I studied these two materials Reckli and Reglit, both used through the Brutalist period. In order to keep the external im-age consistent due to the pattern I thought these were suitable materials to use. The patterns of these are both made through moulds which can be used to make matching panels that flow in uniform with each other across the building, this allows someone from outside to easily read the building as though there is not just one material, it is easier to read and understand.

I made these casts in two steps using firstly wood moulds and then cast wax into these which I could carve my de-sired pattern into and then cast the plaster into this mould. These imitate the texture of Reckli walls, although I pre-ferred the texture of the second image more, the initial cast would be more effective from far away to see the grooves created. I think these are good for Brutalism because they seem from afar sharp and defensive but as you get closer it looks more to be crumbling and much softer and inviting.

I have used MEA House as a precedent for my structure, this is repetative and makes the building very easy to read exter-nally, for the size of spaces. In Brutalism this is important because it breaks down the huge mass into more comfortable sizes. My structure uses a concrete portal frame as its primary structure which is visible from the inside. Sec-ondary aluminium horizontal rails are used to hold the Reckli cladding panels, with surface mount-ed imitation floor plates. Six columns will provide extra support to the inner rooms of my design.

Structural Details

Ground Floor Structure Top to Bottom

Grade 25 Concrete Screed FinishSolid Concrete FloorInsulationDamp Proof Course Damp Proof Membrane Foundations

Wall Structure Outside to Inside

Surface Clad Floor Plate Reckli Cladding Panels Horizontal Aluminium SupportInsulation Internal Finish

Roof Structure Top to Bottom

Aluminium CopingSteel Profile Roof FinishVapour Control Layer Insulation Sealing MembraneConcrete Frame Structure

Structural Section Scale 1:75

Wall Structure Outside to Inside

Surface Clad Floor Plate Reckli Cladding Panels Horizontal Aluminium SupportInsulation Internal Finish

External View from Dunelm House

External & Internal Views

Open Cafe and Library Area Mapping Room

Site SectionScale 1:?

Site Section

Long Section Scale 1:500

Casting

I had the idea of creating a space within a space, this would be like a suspended box.

This cast gave me more interest as I liked how the two boxes would contrast against each other.

I used Casting as a way of creating my design because my studio group was mainly concentrating on con-cretethe miniature cast gave accurate examples of how the cast would appear and be made at a large scale.

This was the rough texture wall I decided to use in the heavy service walls. This took the idea of having a space within a space using it like the castle walls, served and servant. I liked the idea that the rough wall could present openings through to the exhibition space to al-low the viewer to preview the contents and pulling them along the route through intriguing them.

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Ground Floor PlanScale 1:200

Building Plans

1m 5m 10m

I was interested in the mass of concrete and how this could be manipulated to become in-habited space but still appear solid. I studied castles, due to their inhabited defensive walls. I then looked at Luis Kahn’s interpretation of this within his own buildings. He uses this in the served and the servant and uses it as a method of framing the monumental area of the building, whilst hiding the less important areas. Within my building I will use the monumental space for displaying items and the servant space for housing the services and circulation.

TRADA Group Design Competition

ARC2001Design Development

Site Exploration

ARC2001Design Development

Hand Drawings

Synesthesia

Synesthesia, this is a state where the senses are confused. This was a week long group project to pro-duce a piece complying with the state of synesthesia. My group and I created a dynamic piece of art-work, evoking many of the senses.This would be a waterfall powered by heat, using candles and crayons and soaps, these will all melt when heated up. This became a 3D piece of artwork which even-tually created a 2D piece on the canvas below. We used metal sheets to conduct the heat and hairdryers to be the source of heat. It was a piece of artwork that confused the sensory distinctions of smell and sight.