PROJECTB O O K

CONTENTS

01/ BRIEF

02/ SITE

10/ MAJOR SPACE: ‘THE SHRUBHILL WORKS’ CAFE’

21/ DETAIL

25/ MODEL

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This project attempts to re-address the negative relationship between the temporary nature of interiors and the generation of waste. Governed by the evolution of trends, the rise and fall of finance and time constraints the lifespan of an interior is usually limited to only a few years until it is replaced by something new. This process of constant revival presents us with a problem and more often than not results in materials being discarded and a cycle of waste begins.

I have proposed to transform the larger of the two Grade B listed tram sheds at Shrubhill, Edinburgh into a temporary ‘RE:Store’ for a period of four years. There are plans to renovate this historic building into flats but work is expected to commence sometime in 2014 at the earliest. This is a window of opportunity to use an otherwise redundant space for an innovative service between the various stages of demolition and redevelopment.

A ‘RE:Store’ is a place where the general public as well as professionals and organizations can buy a wealth of reclaimed and salvaged materials including furniture, lighting, desirable objects and timber. The Shrubhill Works aims to make these materials a more centralised and accessible resource situated in a remarkable environment. The master-plan includes a unique cafe space, a large showroom level, and a workshop space open to the public.

The fabric of The Shrubhill Works is designed with construction for deconstruction in mind so it can be reused or relocated easily after its duration. I have used rented construction formwork by PERI usually used to cast concrete and insulated straw bail walls by Modcell. The estimated time for the erection of this design is one week.

The concept for my final project has been inspired by The National Community Wood Recycling Project and its affiliated partners such as Glasgow Wood Recycling and GreenWorks in Edinburgh. I would like to give special thanks to Ellie Mills and Simon Hackin at GreenWorks for all their assistance and support throughout the course of this project and for giving me the inspiration and confidence to pursue my brief. GreenWorks have supplied me with the vast majority of materials used for my models from their in-house stock of quality reclaimed and green materials. Simon has also kindly constructed the draws used for my exhibition at Edinburgh College of Art and Freerange Design Festival which were also sourced from the GreenWork’s collection of salvage.

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This view shows a doorway above ground level on the southeast facade of the larger of the two depots at Shrubhill. I decided to utilize this difference in height by using it as an entrance from the workshop space out onto an outdoor terrace. The terrace will also signal the presence of ‘The Shrubhill Works’ and make the most of the buildings orientation and sunlight.

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Interior Panoramic. January 2010..

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South East Elevation & cleared site.

The Interior of the larger of the two tram depots is 869m2. Four massive cast iron columns run down the middle of the space, which support the towering roof structure above. The interior of the building is relatively intact but most of the glass roof panels are damaged or smashed completely. Graffiti adorns the walls and since I first visited this building in June 2009 its condition has noticeably deteriorated and a fire has destroyed a small timber office unit that was original to the building.

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Interior Panoramic. January 2010.

Interior Panoramic. January 2010.

As ‘The Shrubhill Works’ is a temporary insertion I decided that it would perhaps be unfeasible to completely restore the building within its short lifespan. However, I have proposed to repair the glass panels in the roof or at the very least make it weather proof by using a similar cover system to that of the roof repairs currently taking place at King’s Cross Rail Station, London (right). Apart from this essential addition I have not touched the existing fabric of my site and have instead worked with the irregularities of the building such as the graffiti, the many dormant pipes and the patina of this historic building. These marks have only occurred with the passing of time and are part of the history of the building and give it the atmosphere it currently holds. This was a decision I made after visiting ‘The Tramway’ in Glasgow and a recent trip to Berlin where I saw first hand entire redundant factories being used as cafes, skate-parks and artists studios and it was precisely the qualities pictured above which made these places so unique.

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Temporary cover at King’s Cross.

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Black & white 35mm photographs of site.

M A J O R S P A C ETHE SHRUBHILL

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I had chosen to focus my attention on the cafe space in this project as I wanted something that may attract further custom to ‘The Shrubhill Works’. The cafe space is divided by an internal structure, which supports the show room level above. The ‘columns’ are PERI Multiprops (1-5) which form a series of ‘bays’ where seating is located including sofas. Some of these bays are further enclosed by canvas partitions, which are suspended from intermediate girders and soften the space. The local lighting is comprised of festoon lighting hung in bunches and general lighting is supplied by clamp lights (7 & 11). The flex of these systems are woven around the Lattice girders and fed down to the sub floor via the Multiprops.

The Multiprops have dictated the layout of the cafe but they have also influenced design features such as the patchwork cafe and showroom flooring. These floor finished are assembled from large sheets of 21mm formwork panels (see pg. 27). In the cafe interior, the panels have to accommodate the profile of the Multiprops at the junction where they intersect the sub-floor and so vary in size. I also decided to vary the colours. The result is a unique floor finish which is the direct result of the process of combining these two very different materials together.

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CAFE MATERIALS.

1. Mutliprop table-form-work for the internal structure of the cafe by PERI2. The Multiprops I have chosen to use have a total height of 3500mm3. Multiprop head to secure longditudinal girders4. 1:1 detail of interior finish. Sasmox board finished white5. 1:1 detail of exterior Modcell cladding. Reclaimed shingles. (see section CC, Entrance to cafe p. 14)6. Detail of shingles sourced from Greenworks.7. Festoon lighting8. VeryGoodAndProper detachable table legs allow for any table surface to be used9. VeryGoodAndProper table legs with Ply surface finish10. VeryGoodAndProper canteen chairs11. General Lighting. Reclaimed lighting from GreenWorks, Edinburgh and Clamp lighting

3Ds Max Rendering showing sunlight entering the cafe space through the voids around the exsisting columns.(see Model and pg. 23-24).

1. CNC Orientated Strand Board relief. Silhouette of Shrubhill Tram Depot.(see ‘Section DD p.15).2. 21mm Orange Melamine, FIN Ply & Birch Ply ‘patchwork’ flooring (see p. 26).3. PERI ‘Multiprops’. Approx 2900 mmin height from finish floor level.4. Yellow PERI ‘GT24’ Lattice Girders. 5.Yellow Festoon Lighting hung in bunches. 6. Canvas Partition.7..Exsisting Cast Iron Columns become a feature of the cafe as well as supporting the structure of the showroom level above. (see Model and pg. 26-27)

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3Ds Max Rendering showing the rear of ‘The Shrubhill Works’ cafe. Customers can watch volunteers & staff carrying out tasks in the workshop space.

1. VeryGoodandProper ‘Canteen’ Chairs. Powder coated green. 2. VeryGoodandProper ‘Canteen’ detatchable table legs fixed to underside of surfaces. 3. Modcell Modular Straw Insulated walls. Lime Render finshed white with organic paint. 4. Piet Hien Eek Sofas.

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1. CAFE ENTRANCE, SLIDING DOOR2. SHOWROOM LEVEL3. CAFE TERRACE4. RECLAIMED SHINGLE CLADDING5. EXPOSED COMPRESSED STRAW-BAIL WALL BY MODCELL

ENTRANCE TO CAFESection CC

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1. CAFE SPACE2. WORKSHOP SPACE3. SHOWROOM LEVEL4. OUTDOOR WORK-SHOP TERRACE

CAFE SECTIONSection DD

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1. CAFE SPACE2. SHOWROOM LEVEL3. WORKSHOP SPACE4. OUTDOOR WORKSHOP TERRACE

CAFE SECTIONSection EE

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LONGITUDINAL SECTIONSection FF.1. CAFE SPACE2. SHOWROOM LEVEL3. SUSPENDED RECLAIMED FURNITURE4. STAIR ACCESS TO SHOWROOM LEVEL5. OFFICE/ STUDIO SPACE6. RAMP ACCESS TO SHOWROOM LEVEL7. CAFE TERRACE

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1. CAFE2. STORE ROOM3. CAFE COUNTER/ RECEPTION4. CAFE PREP AREA5. OFFICE/ STUDIO SPACE6. PUBLIC RACKING FOR RECLAIMED TIMBER7. COMPOSTING WC & CHANGING AREA8. COMPOSTING WCs9. COLLECTION SERVICE PARKING10. WORKSHOP RACKING11. WORKSHOP MACHINERY12. FLEXIBLE WORKSHOP SPACE13 OUTDOOR SEATING AREA14. CAFE TERRACE OVERLOOKING RAIL LINE15. SECURE STORAGE16. SEATING AREA17.SMALL SHOWROOM SPACE

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SHOWROOM LEVELSection BB.

18. MAIN SHOWROOM LEVEL FOR ACHITECTURAL SALVAGE, RECLAIMED FURNITURE AND LIGHTING. 19. VOIDS AROUND EXSISTING COLUMNS(see void details p.23-24)

SHOWROOM LEVELSection BB.

21/ D E T A I L

My detail is a section through the top portion of the entrance facade. showing an internal multiprop support with off cuts of longitudinal and intermediate G24 lattice Girders. The detail also shows a section through a Modcell wall revealing the ‘compressed’ straw insulation. The reclaimed shingle cladding sourced from GreenWorks, Edinburgh is arranged in a semi-irregular fashion which creates an interesting and varied pattern using thin lengths of shingles and extending them over one entire overlap and ‘hanging’ over the next (see Cafe entrance elevation p.13). The PERI detail was collected from their warehouse in Glasgow where I was also given the chance to talk about my project. After a meeting with the design team, where we discussed my details, I was told that if I was to brace the middle of the cafe space around the existing cast iron columns, stability would be greatly improved. This involves using ‘MRK’ frames which simply clip on to the profile of the multiprop (See sections DD, EE & FF p. 14-15). Once a rectangle frame is created around the columns using four props, scaffold lengths are attached to the MRK frames which brace the column. This would correct any forces

created by live loads shifting on the show room level.

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From the outset of this project I wanted to wrap the ‘The Shrubhill Works’ around the central four columns. This had proved to be the most testing part of my design due to the fact that the structural elements I have used are all standardized with great limitations on customizing dimensions. This meant that when attempting to move any components of ‘The Shrubhill Works’ to different locations (whether a ramp, a modular wall unit or table formwork structure), the columns dictated any adjustments I made and had to be given careful consideration at every stage of the design process. This has perhaps limited the final outcome of my design but I have enjoyed working with the position of the columns and incorporating them into the interior of the cafe space. The next problem I had was trying to think of how the columns would come through the showroom level flooring. This was achieved by simply creating voids around the columns which offer views from the interior into the exterior extending up towards the steel trusses. These voids also let light into the middle of the deep plan and offer views down from the showroom level into the cafe. By placing the columns in the middle of my design the building begins to reveal itself only when you enter into ‘The Shrubhill Works’ and further still when you ascend via the staircase or the long ramp to the showroom level.

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C1. SCAFFOLD CLAMPS FOR SCAFFOLD BRACING. ATTACHED TO FRAME MRK.C2. ALUMINIUM FRAME MRK 230 - 2230mmC3. ALUMINIUM FRAME MRK 201.5 - 1935mmC4. SCAFFOLD LENGTHS USED FOR BRACING AROUND EXISTING COLUMNS.

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CONSTRUCTION DETAIL

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Glued Laminated Timber Top Plate

Frieze Board rabbeted out to receive top course of shingles

4. Cedar Shingles sourced from Green Works various sizes and shapes. Fixed to Sheathing board with countersunk head wood screw 30mm

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DEBRIS NETTING attached to outside of Balustrade ALL the way around ShowRoom Level. Comply with 100mm Gap.

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1. Under Construction.

2. Shell completion.

3. Cafe Flooring. Also See 3Ds Max renders.

4. Table Formwork internal structure and Modcell Walls.

5. Showroom Level Flooring.

6. Outdoor terrace with ‘Debris Netting’. Flooring comprised of different shades of Ply and Marine

Ply by PERI

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MODEL DEVELOPMENT

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1. Internal Structure.

2. Showroom Level and Column Voids. Balustrade made from ‘AW Safety Handrails’

by PERI with bright orange Debris Netting to comply with 100mm Building regs.

3. Cafe Entrance.

4. Cafe and Workshop Terraces.

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1:100 MODEL FOR ‘THE SHRUBHILL WORKS’ Handmade from scrap timber.

EXHIBITIONExhibited at Edinburgh College of Art Degree Showand Freerange Design Festival 2010.Shorlisted for Best Project In Show, Freerange 2010.

Photography by Jack Waddington. 28/

Photography by Jack Waddington.

ALEXANDER SCOTT ETCHELLS

BA/ HONS INTERIOR DESIGN

E/ alexander.s.etchells@googlemail.com

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