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MAXIME DOWNE

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INTRODUCTION

Atelier 3xD

Atelier 3xD looks at the urban environment, at what users want and expect from public and private space, and at how careful design can enhance the users experience of their urban environment. It is therefore about using design to endow urban form with qualities such as privacy, security, safety, be-longing, defensibility, sustainability, or protection of the user and the environment. The architect of ur-ban form uses physical design and ownership to alter impressions and perceptions and thus enhance these desirable qualities. Of course, the particular qualities chosen will depend on the use the land is put to, and will change as one traverses between public to private domains. The role of the architect here is to invent or use suitable features to add value to the user experience and to create positive at-titudes and feelings of wellbeing.

This project : Collyhurst urban revitalization

For this project, the atelier focused on urban revitalization. We were looking for areas of Manchester that seem to have become disconnected, both physically and socially, from the rest of the city. The territory found for investigation was the River Irk and the valley of the Irk. This river flows from Royton through Manchester’s northern suburbs to the City Centre where it merges with the River Irwell. The Irk suffers from many disconnections: a disconnected river, a disconnected valley, a disconnected en-vironment, a disconnected industrial history, a disconnected community, with a disconnecting future.

The River Irk passes through a suburb of Manchester called Collyhurst. Collyhurst is 2.5 kilometres to the North East of Manchester city centre. Two major roads pass through Collyhurst: the A664 Roch-dale Road and the A62 Oldham Road.

Investigation of the problems of Collyhurst

This project begins by investigating the particular problems of Collyhurst. These stem from its history of sheer neglect. The river became heavily polluted and culveted in the course of the industrial revo-lution. The area suffers from poor social housing conditions. Whilst Collyhurst is close to the city cen-tre geographically, Manchester has grown further and further apart from it economically and socially. Though the city council advertises its investment in the area, it is visible that nothing is being done. The situation that the inhabitants are in is worsening.

The area is ripe for urban renewal. The question here is about the best strategy for that renewal: should we be reconnecting Collyhurst to Manchester or further disconnecting it in a positive way in order to surpass the rest of the city and create a haven for its residents?

This investigation brings us to the aims of this project. Looking at the qualities desirable for the res-idents of Collyhurst, the project aims to create a crime-free, pollution-free, independent and healthy society in Collyhurst. This is expressed in the group manifesto.

A manifesto for Collyhurst and its development into portfolio and programmes

From the manifesto, we can extrapolate a portfolio of works, of which one programme is the develop-ment of a hybrid Urban Farm/Youth Centre. To achieve this, we zoom into the area of Collyhurst to find a site suitable for our masterplan and on which we can then develop a concept design for the Urban Farm / Youth Centre. This concept focuses on bringing back the youth and addressing the needs of young people with a view to integrating them into the community. The shape of the chosen site and its intended user base of young people, inspires a practical design concept based on a 3D jigsaw.

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CONTENT

INVESTIGATION DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION

The Development part of the portfolio involves extrapolating a prgramme from the group manifesto formed in the Investigation section. After reaching a hybrid Urban Farm/Youth Centre programme, it became necessary to zoom into the area of Colly-hurst to find a site to masterplan on and then develop a concept design a building on.

DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT


1SITE ANALYSIS1.1 Seeking a site1.2 Site considerations1.3 User groups1.4 On site activity & land use1.5 Circulation around site1.6 Site accessibility1.7 Site in section1.8 Flow of people density1.9 Historical analysis1.10 Light & shade1.11 Wind analysis1.12 Sound1.13 Visibility1.14 Zones & topography1.15 Spatial organisation development1.16 Spatial organisation1.17 Site model

CONTENT

2 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT2.1 Concept development2.2 Initial scheme2.3 Initial drawings2.4 Case studies2.5 Griding the site2.6 Childcare centre in Sierre case study2.7 First iteration2.8 Second iteration2.9 Section development2.10 3D development

3 DRAWINGS3.1 Site plan3.2 Floor plans3.3 East section3.4 Section A-A’3.5 Construction section3.6 Site as proposed3.7 Site in section3.8 Flow of people density3.9 Historical analysis


SITE ANALYSIS

1


AREAS OF INTEREST MAP

For the safe house to work in reducing crime in Collyhurst, they need to be spread accross Collyhurst so that one is accessible at all times. This design will be the model for others to come all over Collyhurst.

The areas of interest map indicates where crime has been reported in the past two months, where the existing schools are and where the main routes are and how busy they are. From this, areas of interest have been extrapolated where a safe house youth centre could be.

All of these sites have the potential to have a safe house youth centre. In fact, an interconnected network of safe houses can be built if there is one on each site. This network has been graphically represented in the interconnected network of safe houses map below.

The next step is to go on each site and investigate as to which one is optimal for this project.

INTERCONNECTED NETWORK OF SAFE HOUSES MAP

1.1 SEEKING A SITE1.1 SEEKING A SITE

SITE 1 SITE 2

SITE 3 SITE 4 SITE 5 SITE 6

PRO:- No important function on site

CONS:- Desolate- No community- Hidden

PROS:- Large workable site- Elevated and noticeable- Working community

CONS:- Long & narrow site- Unfavourable terrain

PROS:- Large workable site- Mixed community

CONS:- Existing public green- Industrial pollution

SITE 7

PROS:- Large workable site- Mixed community- On major route- Noticeable

Of all the sites selected, this site is the most eligible for this particular project because it is the most accessible and noticeable one, being on Rochdale Road, a major circulation vein within Collyhurst. The large surface area of ..... is ample for the programme’s needs and vegetation is already growing there so the land is fertile.

There is a vibrant community around the site, with busy residential areas, a nearby religious community and places of work and leisure all along Rochdale Road. This is a strong site for this specific programme and it will thrive best on this site.

CONS:- No community- Unfavourable terrain- On the periphery

PROS:- Large workable site- Empty

CONS:- Existing public green- Industrial pollution

PROS:- Large workable site- Elevated and noticeable- Working community

PROS:- Residential Community- Near river- Near road

CONS:- Existing public green- Regeneration green- Hidden

CON:- Existing public green

1.2 SITE CONSIDERATIONS1.2 SITE CONSIDERATIONS

1.3 USER GROUPS

TEENAGERSThere is a large local high school here suggesting that there are many teenagers living and studying in the area.

FAMILY UNITSThere are many schools, public playgrounds and a large park in the area sug-gesting that there are chil-dren and therefore families.

YOUTH PLAYThere are many playgrounds around the site, where chil-dren and youth “hang out”.

ELDERLYThere is a retirement home just to the south of the site. They’re presence within the community cannot be ne-glected.

YOUNG ADULTSThere are several businesses along Rochdale Road that require a young workforce (industry, retail, services...)

1.3 USER GROUPS

USER GROUPS MAP ACTIVITY MAP

1.4 ON SITE ACTIVITY & LAND USE1.4 ON SITE ACTIVITY & LAND USE

DESIGN MOVE DESIGN MOVE

1.6 SITE ACCESSIBILITY

There are regular buses going up and down Rochdale Road, which touches one side of the site, and Queens Road, which touches another. The one on Rochdale Road connects the site to the city centre and the rest of North Manchester. The public transport on Queens Road leads to Cheetham Hill and West Manchester.

There are several roads in which cars circulate, to which the site is easy to access as demonstrated in the circulation map below. There are also many pedestrian walkways accross Collyhurst and into the site. However, bicycle paths are nowhere to be seen...

1.5 CIRCULATION AROUND SITE 1.6 SITE ACCESSIBILITY

CIRCULATION MAP

The site was specifically selected because of its community driven surroundings. Indeed, the idea is to involve the local communities more than the existing en-vironment provides. The program requires a collective spirit from the community in order to operate.

Therefore, the intervention must be obvious and easy to access. It is crucial to examine the circulation around the site so that the access to the site hits the main circulation veins of the area.

ACESSIBILITY MAP

1.5 CIRCULATION AROUND SITE

DESIGN MOVE

1.7 SITE IN SECTION

SECTION A-A’

SECTION B-B’

SECTION B-B’

SECTION B-B’

Apartmentsnorth of site

Woodlandon site

Raised levelon site

Woodlandon site

Retirment homesouth of site

Woodlandon site

Woodlandon site

Housingon site

Car repairon site

Tunnelunder site

Apartmentsnorth of site

Car repairon site

The Valley Pubwest of site

Housingwest of site

Woodlandon site

Housingeast of site

Housingwest of site

Woodlandon site

Woodlandon site

Retirment homesouth of site

1.7 SITE IN SECTION

CONTEXTUAL PLAN

SCALE 1:1000

The Manchester Communication Academy is a local high school in Collyhurst which opened in 2010.The building containing the school is very large, including facilities like a 150 drama studio, a sports hall, sports pitches and outdoor games areas. It has a capacity of approximately 2,500 students.Therefore there is an important flow of people going to and from this building all through the day, just north of the site. The pro-ject can benefit of this traffic to engage with the local youth and

The Churnet Street Retirement Scheme is a large building acco-modating and looking after people over the age of 55, with less than 100 residents.Members of the community will cir-culate in and out of this buolding on a regular basis during the day.Although most of the flow of peo-ple is contained within the walls of the retirement home, its proximity to the site definetely means that there is a possibility to reach out to the elderly population as well as the youth.

There are several schools in the area, along with Manchester Com-munication Academy, there is Sav-iour Church of England Primary and St Malachy RM Primary. Prox-imity to schools was a major fac-tor in selecting this site because the idea is to engage with the local youth, but also the infrastructure that has influence on them.The schools create heavy circula-tion around them and the project will benefit immensely from the flow of youth and young adults that are involved with these insti-tutions.

MANCHESTER COMMUNICATION ACEDEMY

CHURNET STREET RETIREMENT SCHEME

SCHOOLS IN THE AREA

PEOPLE DENSITY MAP

1.8 FLOW OF PEOPLE DENSITY1.8 FLOW OF PEOPLE DENSITY

DESIGN MOVE

HOUSING

At the turn of the 20th cen-tury, the site was a residen-tial area, small housing units laid out in a grid of streets.

There was over a hundred houses within the site’s boundaries houses which have since been destroyed and the site today is mostly greenland.

From the 1920s, there are two cin-emas on site (Regent Cinema and Plaza Cinema) and several shops along the main road. The site has never since been more active and vibrant than during this decade.

The idea is to bring this vibran-cy back to the site and become useful again for the community around it.

From the 1940s onwards, the houses that were on site begin to be pulled down.

20 years later, in the 1960s, a school is built on site, which adopted several names (some of which are Smedley Bank School and Queens Park School). From the 1970s, the school is all that remains on site, which has since been pulled down. But the site will serve the youth and young population of Collyhurst once again.

1900

LEISURE & COMMERCE SCHOOL & DEMOLITION

1920 1950 1960

1.9 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS1.9 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

8:30 AM 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 11:30 AM

12:30 PM 1:30 PM 3:30 PM

4:30 PM 5:30 PM 6:30 PM 7:30 PM

2:30 PM

SUN PATH MAP

1.10 LIGHT & SHADE1.10 LIGHT & SHADE

DESIGN MOVE

The prevailing wind comes from the South West in Manchester. Therefore, one can predict the kind of typical behaviour it would have going through the city streets, where “wind tunnels” can occur when the wind is particularly strong, which can be the case in Manchester’s climate.

To the left is a graph specific to Manchester, revealing average wind strength throughout the year.To the right is a map revealing how the wind can penetrate and go through the site on an average day. It also shows where “wind tunnels” can occur within this part of the city.

WIND MAP

1.11 WIND ANALYSIS1.11 WIND ANALYSIS DESIGN MOVE

The trees around the site shields it partially from the noise of traffic from the intersection between Rpchdale Road and Queens Road. They also help to shield the site from the nearby high school (mnahcester Communica-tions Academy) and various surrounding neighbourhoods (children playing, meeting places...).

Whilst being well shielded acoustically, the site remains visible from the main streets. However, the bigger part of the site is hidden away by the trees and shielded off by a fence.

SOUND MAP

VISIBILITY MAP

1.12 SOUND1.12 SOUND 1.13 VISIBILITY1.13 VISIBILITY

DESIGN MOVE

DESIGN MOVE

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2

2

3

3

4

4

3-STOREY APARTMENTS CAR REPAIR CENTRE

FLAT WITH UNDERGROUND TUNNEL URBAN FARM

Slight slope MAIN BUILDING Existing houses LANDSCAPE Slope going into tunnel under site URBAN FARM

Slight slope MAIN BUILDINGSmall hill LANDSCAPEFlat with underground tunnel URBAN FARM

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5 6

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4SMALL HILL

HOUSES ON SITEHOUSES CHURNET STREET

RETIREMENT SCHEME

SMALL HILL LANDSCAPE SLIGHT SLOPE MAIN BUILDING

TOPOGRAPHY & ZONING MODEL

ZONING SECTION

1.14 ZONES & TOPOGRAPHY1.14 ZONES & TOPOGRAPHY

After thorough site analysis, ideas of where each component of the masterplan scheme began to emerge. This is the final outcome of the analysis, the spatial organisation on site.

The greenhouse at the north of the site is part of the urban farm schemes, where vegetables needing a slightly higher temperature than the Mancunian climate can provide for optimal growth such as tomatoes and chillis. It is north of the crop field so that it can benefit from maximum solar gain with nothing shielding the south side. It also follows the pavement along the main roads (Rochdale Road and Queens Road) so as to provide a buffer for the crop fields whilst being completely transparent so that passers-by can still see understand what is happenning.The water collection unit will be a pool of water collecting and stocking rainwater over the winter and automn, placed near the greenhouse and crop fields for practical reasons because the stocked rainwater will be pumped into the greenhouse and outdoor crop fields (mainly over the summer and srping for the latter, benefitting from direct rainwater the rest of the year).The orchard provides a natural buffer between the main road and the crop fields, there are already existing trees there which do not bare fruit. Most of these will be cut down and used for the timber elements in the building and fruit trees will be replanted to supply the surrounding community with organic fruit as well as vegetables with the neighbouring crop fields.The bike hub replaces the existing car repair centre which is on the north east side of the site, south of the metrolink route which cuts through the site, going underground under the crop fields.There are houses between the urban farm to the north side of the site and the main buil and sports on the south side of the site. However there is a strip of grassland with a small hill (1.5m raise) where a landscaped connection can be considered.The main building is on the south side so as to benefit from traffic on Rochdale Road and be visible. Also, it can benefit from direct solar gain by having all of the public spaces on the far south side with the larger amount of glazing. To the south of the site, there is a public green so the southward glazing can benefit from landscaped views too.The sport facilities need to be near the main building for ease of access but also the building shields it from south the west prevailing winds

SPATIAL ORGANISATION MAP

1.15 SPATIAL ORGANISATION1.15 SPATIAL ORGANISATION

GREENHOUSE

STORAGE

CROP FIELD

BIKE HUB

SPORTSMAINBUILD

LANDSCAPED CONNECTION HOUSING

GREENHOUSE

CROP FIELD

STORAGE& SHOP

SHOP

SPORTSMAINBUILD

BIKE HUB

LANDSCAPED CONNECTION HOUSING

Inserting the programme onto the site became a masterplanning exercise. This was an iterative process which carried out from site analysis through until the later phases of the design process.It began as simply laying out 3 areas on site - the main building, the urban farm and the sports facilities. It was decided very early on for practical reasons, that the urban farm and sports facilities would be on the north section of the site because of the larger surface area and the building on the south section for Rochdale Road access and the views. Later, the sports facilities was moved to be with the main build to form a complex together.The urban farm was then broken down into seperate areas - greenhouse, crop field, storage & shop and the bike hub re-placing the car repair centre which is on site. The sports facilities area was also broken down and various sports were con-sidered with the dimensions tested on site.

SKETCH MASTERPLAN

1.16 SPATIAL ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT1.16 SPATIAL ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT

HOUSING

TREE BUFFER

EASTSIDE VIEW

METROLINK TUNNEL

1.17 KEY AREAS TO CONSIDER1.17 KEY AREAS TO CONSIDER

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

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2.1 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT2.1 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

RUST ON SITE

The historical analysis of the site explains that from the 1940s onwards, the hous-es that were on site begin to be pulled down.

20 years later, in the 1960s, a school is built on site, which adopted several names (some of which are Smedley Bank School and Queens Park School). From the 1970s, the school is all that remains on site, which has since been pulled down. But the site will serve the youth and young population of Collyhurst once again.

On site, one can notice clear signs of what the site used to be, amongst the debris and waste. The site has become a dump-ing ground to the community around it. It is closed off and no longer in use. There are many items that have been disposed of on site that are reminiscent of a lost childhood, a youth that used to be very present on site and this is what the con-cept is about. Bringing back the youth to the site.

The shape of the site is reminiscent of a piece of a puzzle which reinforces the concept of PLAYFULNESS but also SECU-RITY.

BRINGING BACK THE YOUTH

ABANDONED TOYS ON SITEA SENSE OF LOST CHILDHOOD

The proposed building is to be a youth centre with connecting urban farm. The youth centre will be where the youth of Collyhurst can seek refuge and be presented with opportunities before they get into a life of crime. The urban farm is run by the people of Collyhurst, for the people of Collyhurst.

The concept of the building derives from the shape of the site looking like a piece of jigsaw (see above) but also it being destined for youth, to engage with them through playfulness. Inspired by Chinese puzzle games where you place shapes together in a cer-tain way to create a purer shape. I took one of these puzzle games and tried to abstract it, firstly by decomposing it into its indi-vidual elements, then by distorting and extruding it (as seen above).

IMAGINARY SECTION EXTRAPOLATED FROM CHINESE PUZZLE BLOCK FORM

2.1 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT2.1 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

My initial layout was a more literal translation of the extrapolated chinese puzzle game, taking the wider site context into consid-eration. This was really about experimenting with the interlocking blocks and seeing what sort of spaces can come of it through sketching (above) and testing the idea in section (above and below) and in 3D (left). The cafeteria space was to be the core of building with a double height glazed space (as skectehd above).

INITIAL MASSING SCHEMESMASTERPLAN IN SECTION

2.2 INITIAL SCHEME2.2 INITIAL SCHEME

INTERLOCKING MODEL EXPERIMENTATION

RAMMED EARTH MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION

2.2 INITIAL SCHEME2.2 INITIAL SCHEME

ON SITE MONTAGE

GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR

SECTION

2.3 INITIAL DRAWINGS2.3 INITIAL DRAWINGS

The Kindergarten in Nimes by Tectoniques and Atelier GA was the first programme precedent. Although my programme is a youth centre and not a kindergarten, parallels can be drawn between the two because both buildings need to engage with the youthful population. The building was interesting because of the catilevering aspect of it, having a form that complies with my concept. From this building, I drew what kind of rooms to include in the building and how they work together spatially. Indeed, the circulation cuts through this building in one straight line, whilst remaining sheltered. This is what I wish to achieve with a glazed central atrium space acting as the core of the building, the cafeteria.

VENTILATION

The creche, kindergarten and childcare centre by Kirsch Architektur was also an important precedent. The building is set up with a central circulation space, almost like an indoor courtyard which is what I wish to achieve with more glazing and less inclosure. The site plan reveals just how inclosed the building really is, without it feeling that way when inside.

KINDERGARTEN IN NIMES CRECHE, KINDERGARTEN & CHILDCARE CENTRE IN VIENNA

2.4 CASE STUDIES2.4 CASE STUDIES

CANTILEVER

CIRCULATION

VIEWS

VENTILATION

CIRCULATION

VIEWS

Toilets

Kitchen

Staff room

ClassroomLiving/dining room

Bedroom

Gym

Open library

Offices

Reading room

Games

After the initial proposal, it was clear the approach needed rethinking with conflicting elements of the design. The design would inevitably include some fairly large cantilevers because of its very concept and rammed earth would not have supported such a structure. Also, the circulation was not clear and slightly confusing. What is needed is a concrete frame structure to support the cantilevers, but the concrete can then be exposed and used to reflect my concept with embossed shapes on the exterior walls.I began to measure out the various sizes to try and find a common denominator for the grid spacing. The idea was to have a sim-ple regular grid. All the space sizes seemed to be proportional to 4, so the grid originally was to be 4mx4m.

SCHEME 1

2.5 GRIDING THE SITE2.5 GRIDING THE SITE

After the sizes of the various spaces were worked out (see sketches below), a few schemes were tested with the site mod-el and then mapped on a grid that I sketched out in context. The previous page depicts the first scheme and this one de-picts the second scheme. The common theme is that the blocks representing different spaces interlock in certain areas.This scheme’s sketches were not completed due to scheme 3 & 4 becoming more prominent and taking over the design, leaving this one behind.

SCHEME 2

Toilets

Kitchen

Staff room


Bedroom

Gym

Open library

Offices

Reading room

Games


Toilets

Kitchen

Staff room


Bedroom

Gym

Open library

Offices

Reading room

Games

After the initial proposal, it was clear the approach needed rethinking with conflicting elements of the design. The design would inevitably include some fairly large cantilevers be-cause of its very concept and rammed earth would not have supported such a structure. Also, the cir-culation was not clear and slightly confusing. What is needed is a concrete frame structure to support the cantilevers, but the concrete can then be exposed and used to reflect my concept with embossed shapes on the exterior walls.I began to measure out the various sizes to try and find a common denominator for the grid spacing. The idea was to have a simple regu-lar grid. All the space sizes seemed to be proportional to 4, so the grid originally was to be 4mx4m.

SCHEME 3

SCHEME 4After analysing the site, I determined where various parts of the masterplan can go. To the north of the site, the large urban farm and green house is perfect as there is a large green area. The south end of the site is more buildable and fits the building programme well.

I tried out various schemes on a site model which was resolved with scheme 4, where all the services and private space (caretaker’s apartment) is on the north side and all the public are-as on the south side so as to benefit from large sur-face glazing. In the middle, a large atrium space where the cafeteria for the urban farm will be, with commu-nal space and the possibility to host events in this large open space.


The Childcare Centre in Sierre by Gioria & Trautmann Architectes is an important precedent, programmatic and architectural. Indeed, studying the floorplans helped me with the spatial arrangements of this design. The concrete materiality works with the environment in the same way that the building I am proposing wants to.The whole design of it tries to frame different views and engage with the surroundings which is very important when building for youth.

The most inspirational feature of this building is the petruding box-es, which ties into my concept perfectly. They provide outdoor seating aswell as being a prominent design feature of the building, and their cuboid shape is what I want to achieve.In my design, these can provide seating at the front of the building and frame views toward the south. This same feature can then pro-vide private study boxes in the library.

2.6 CHILDCARE CENTRE IN SIERRE CASE 2.6 CHILDCARE CENTRE IN SIERRE CASE

VENTILATION

VIEWS

This early proposal was the beginning of the iterative process that developed the build-ing. The key elements of the final product are all here.At this point, the concrete frame grid was 4mx4m with thinner columns. The idea is to have a central atrium space where the cafeteria and communal space will be as these are the heart of the building. The staircase wraps around this atrium space so as to cel-ebrate this space. All the public spaces are on the south side of the building to benefit from the views and solar gain whilst the private spaces are on the north side, toward the housing on site so as to be more inclosed.

GROUND FLOOR (WITH ITERATION)

FIRST FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR

SECTION

2.7 FIRST ITERATION2.7 FIRST ITERATION

GROUND FLOOR (WITH ITERATION)

FIRST FLOOR (WITH ITERATION)

SECOND FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR

2.8 SECOND ITERATION2.8 SECOND ITERATION

There were several changes between these two iterations but these were the two major changes in the design process. The grid was increased to 8mx8m with a half grid when necessary (corners, cantilevers) to economise on the structural material. This grid was worked on with a structural engineer. Struc-tural walls were decided on either end of the building too (around the levator shaft and the wall cutting through library and gym). Another major change was with the sloping roof, which did not fit in with the concept as well as it could by having a series of cuboid volumes.

2.9 SECTION DEVELOPMENT2.9 SECTION DEVELOPMENT

[Academic use only]

SECTION B-B’ SCALE 1:100

SECTION B-B’ SCALE 1:200

[Academic use only]


[Academic use only]

SECTION A-A’ SCALE 1:100


TECTONIC SECTIONS B-B’ SCALE 1:20

TIMBER CLAD ON IN-SITU CONCRETE MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATIONTESTING ON SITE

This is the different stages of the design process as I modelled the different schemes, starting very basic and detail being added as the design became more and more fixed.As a final touch, a rooftop garden was added as there are large roof surfaces and it can provide a recrea-tional space for children. The garden carries on through into the atrium space with tomato plants hanging from the steel frame on a pullee system, linking the urban farm with the building and making the atrium space more interesting.

2.10 3D DEVELOPMENT2.10 3D DEVELOPMENT

DRAWINGS

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GREENHOUSE

FARM SHOP& INFORMATION CENTRE

OUTDOOR CROP FIELD

ORCHARD

RECREATINGSTREET

BIKE TRACK

BIKE HUB

WATERCOLLECTION

SKATE PARK

5 A-SIDEFOOTBALL

BASKETBALLCOURT

SPORTS FACILITIES

MAIN BUILDING

LANDSCAPECONNECTION

3.1 SITE PLAN3.1 SITE PLAN

SCALE 1:500

FARM STORAGE & SHELTERED WALKWAY

GREENHOUSE & FARM SHOP

CROP FIELD & ORCHARD

LANSCAPE CONNECTION MAIN BUILDING

SCALE 1:500

3.2 LONG SITE SECTION3.2 LONG SITE SECTION

3.3 FLOOR PLANS3.3 FLOOR PLANS

1. ENTRANCE/EXIT A - Main (Rochdale Road) B - Cafeteria (sports area) C - Side (urban farm) D - Kitchen (goods & services)2. GALLERY/EVENT SPACE3. CAFETERIA4. BAR5. OUTDOOR SEATING6. LIBRARY RECEPTION7. OPEN LIBRARY8. STUDY BOX9. STUDY ROOM10. GROUP FITNESS AREA11. GYM12. CLASSROOM13. READING AREA14. KITCHEN15. KITCHEN STORAGE16. W.C. LOBBY17. GENTS18. LADIES19. DISABLED

SCALE 1:100

GROUND FLOOR


16. W.C. LOBBY17. GENTS18. LADIES19. DISABLED 20. STAFF ROOM21. CLASSROOM22. READING ROOM23. GAMES ROOM24. YOUTH CENTRE OFFICE25. INFIRMARY26. SECURITY OFFICE/PATROL

SCALE 1:100

FIRST FLOOR

27. HALLWAY28. BATHROOM29. KITCHEN30. LIVING ROOM31. DINING ROOM32. SINGLE BEDROOM

SECOND FLOOR


27. HALLWAY28. BATHROOM29. KITCHEN30. LIVING ROOM31. DINING ROOM32. SINGLE BEDROOM33. MASTER BEDROOM

SCALE 1:100

THIRD FLOOR

33. MASTER BEDROOM

FOURTH FLOOR

3.4 SECTIONS3.4 SECTIONS

SCALE 1:100LONG SECTION A-A’


DETAIL SECTION A-A’ SCALE 1:50

1. 300 mm REINFORCED CONCRETE ROOF SLAB DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE 150 mm WOOL INSULATION 40 mm CONCRETE SLABS (bolted onto roof slab) SUSPENDED PANELS (hiding services)2. DOUBLE GLAZING: 2 x 8 mm TOUCHENED GLASS + 14 mm CAVITY3. TOUCHENED GLASS RAILING BOLTED TO FLOOR SLAB4. 30-100 mm TIMBER PLANK CLADDING 20-80 mm BATTENS 300mm REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL & COLUMN DAMP PROOF MEMEBRANE 100 mm WOOL MEMBRANE 40 mm CAVITY 20-80 mm BATTENS 30-100 mm TIMBER PLANK CLADDING5. 200mm REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE 100 mm WOOL INSULATION 40 mm CONCRETE SLABS (bolted onto slab above)6. 40 mm CONCRETE SLAB 16 mm FIBREBOARD 100 mm WOOL INSULATION DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE 200mm REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB7. 80 mm POLISHED CONCRETE FLOOR 85 mm CEMENT & SAND SCREED WITH UNDERFLOOR HEATING 16 mm FIBREBOARD 100 mm WOOL INSULATION DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE 300 mm REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB 50 mm BLINDING LAYER 300 mm BED OF GRAVEL


CONSTRUCTION DETAIL

SCALE 1:20

3.5 SITE AS PROPOSED3.5 SITE AS PROPOSED