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LONDON HIGHGATE VILLAGE IS A SUBURBAN AREA, AND ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN. MANY VISITORS FLOCK TO HIGHGATE TO WALK WITHIN HIGHGATE CEMETRY, WELL KNOWN AS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR FAMOUS PEOPLE SUCH AS KARL MAX, MICHAEL FARADAY ANDOTHERS ALIKE.L

HIGHGATE ALSO HAS A LARGE ARTISITC INFLUENCE, HIGHGATE CONTEM-HIGHGATE ALSO HAS A LARGE ARTISITC INFLUENCE, HIGHGATE CONTEM- PORARY ART GALLERY AND HIGHGATE GALLERY HOST REGULAR ARTISITC EXHIBITIONS AND FILM SCREENINGS. ART CONCERTS ARE ALSO HELD INHIGHGATE AT LAUDERDALE HOUSE WHICH IS WITHIN WATERFLOW PARK.G

WATERFLOW PARK BESIDE HIGHGATE CEMETRY BOSTS UNDISRUPTEDVIEWS OVER LONDONS SKYLINE. THERE IS ALSO JACKSONS LANE THEA- TRE WHICH HOSTS FINE AND CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS SUCH AS DANCE AND ACTING.K

BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS BENEFIT FROM HIGHGATES ARRAY OF GASTROPUBS AND INDIVIDUAL BOUTIQUES, CREATING A UNIQUEPLACE TO VISIT AND ADMIRE.H

HIGHGATE SCIENTIFIC & LITERARY INSTITUITION

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UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

HIGHGATE HIGH STREET

HIGHGATE HIGH STREET

OFFERS A LIBRARY WITH FASCINATING BOOKS AND MOVIES, REGULARLY HOSTSLECTURES, MUSIC, ART AND FILM EXHIBITIONS ALSO.D

POND SQUARE SITTING CROSSWISE TO HS&LI

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SITE PLAN OF PROPOSAL - 1:500

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BUILDING ENTRANCE IS PLACED WEST FACING ON SWAINS LANE. SIMPLE SLIDING DOORS HELP MAINTAIN A FLAT EXTERIOR. WRITERS MEZZANINE SEEMS ENDLESS WITH FRAMLESSGLASS PANES FOR UNDISRUPT-ED VIEWS WHILE STUDYING IN-ED VIEWS WHILE STUDYING IN- SIDE.

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A SIMPLE MODERNIST APPROACH USING BLOCK VOLUMES TO CREATE A PRIVATE AND COMMUNAL SPACE FOR THE WRITER AND COMMUNITY, BOTH WITH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR OPTIONS. WRITERS SPACE PLACED DOMINANTLY ABOVE THE PROPOSAL BENEFITS FROM SOUTH FACING VIEWS OVER HIGHGATE CEMETRY, WATERFLOW PARK AND LONDONS .SKYLINE

FLAT INSIPID FACADE AND BLACK PAINT SCHEME ACTS AS A CLOAK TOFLAT INSIPID FACADE AND BLACK PAINT SCHEME ACTS AS A CLOAK TONOT OVERPOWER RED AND STOCK BRICK BUILT IMMEDIATE CONTEXT.GD

CREATING A SMALL OUTPOST FOR HS&LI, I DECIDED THE PROPOSAL WILL BE HIDDEN ARCHITECTURALLY, BUT ALSO BE AN ADDITIONAL LANDMARKTO HIGHGATE.S

I WAS INSPIRED BY THE IDEA OF HIDDEN, HIGHGATE HAS VERY DOMINANT GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE WHICH IS DISTINCTIVE AND PROMINANT, ALSODISPLAYED STRONGLY BY THE CLIENTS HS&LI BUILDING.S

THE CURRENT SITE CONSISTS OF A TOWERING RADIO ANTENNA OVER-LOOKING HIGHGATE CEMETRY AND WATERFLOW PARK FACING SOUTH TO- WARDS SWAINS LANE. IMMEDIATE BUILDINGS RECEIVE AMPLE SUNLIGHT DURING MORNINGS AND EVENINGS.

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LE CORBUSIER INSPIRED MODERNIST ARCHITECTURAL STYLED BLOCKCOMPONENTS. CUBIC IN SHAPE AND APPEARANCE ALLOWING CIRCULA- TION TO BECOME ERGONOMIC TO THE CORNER OF BISHAM GARDENSAND SWAINS LANE.F

TWO BLOCK VOLUMES SET AWAY FROM IMMEDIATE CONTEXT PRODUCEAN OPEN COURTYARD COVERED BY PROPOSAL AND CONTEXT. COURT- YARD WILL BE FOR THE COMMUNITY, A SPACE WHICH CAN ACCOMODATEBOOK READINGS AND LITERARY EVENTS.G

WRITERS SPACE WILL BE PLACED ABOVE, WEST FACING CREATING A FLAT FACADE IF VIEWED FROM SOUTH GROVE, LOCATION FOR HS&LI. THE ROOM WILL BE EXPOSED TO AMPLE SUNLIGHT DURING MORNING ANDEVENING HOURS WHILE OVERLOOKING HIGHGATE CEMETRY AND LON-DONS SKYLINE.K

WRITERS ARE ALSO INSPIRED BY PEOPLE, CONVERSATIONS AND NATURE. THE WRITERS SPACE BEING PLACED ON THE CORNER OF THE STREET WILL ALLOW FOR EAVES DROPPING AND A CONSTANT VIEW OF NATURE AND THE CONTEXT FACING HIGHGATE CEMETRY.H

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GREEN SHRUBS WHICH WORK TO HIDE THE COURTYARD WHILE CONTINU-ING DESIGN FLUENCY BY IMITATING GROUND FLOOR WINDOWS.

WRITERS ROOM FACING SOUTH, OVERLOOKING BISHAM GARDENS ANDSWAINS LANE. DIRECTED TOWARDS HIGHGATE CEMETRY AND WATER-FLOW PARK OVERLOOKING LONSONS SKYLINE.D

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HIDDEN COURTYARD FOR COMMUNITY AND EVENT USE, SIMPLE STOOL STYLE FURNITURE WHICH CAN BE RE-ARRANGED TO CATER TO EVENTS. FROM BOOK READINGS AND OUTDOOR SEMINARS. EASILY STORED BYPLACING AGAINST IMMEDIATE CONTEXTBOUNDARY WALL.K

DISCREET ENTRANCE INTO BUILDING.H ENTRANCE FROM INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE.H PRIVATE AND COMMUNAL READING SPACES.H

PRIVATE READING SPACE.K

PRIVATE AND COMMUNAL SPACE DIVIDED BY A BOOKCASE.D

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ENTERING THE BUILDING, IT IS A CHANGEOVER AS MATCHING BOOK SHELF AND WALL COLOUR SCHEME CREATE A CLEAN WHITE INTERIOR. ENTRANCE CORRIDOR HIDDEN AGAINST MATCHING WALL COLOUR CRE-ATING A CEASELESS APPEARANCE BROKEN BY INTERIOR SHADOWS. COMMUNAL GROUND INSPIRED BY DAUNTS BOOK SHOP, AN ILLUSION OF PRIVATE AND COMMUNAL DIVIDED BY THE CENTRAL STAIRCASE AND BOOK SHELFS, CREATING A COMPACT READING AREA. AN ALIGNED TTOILET AND KITCHEN AREA HIDDEN BY BOOKSHELF.

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FIBRE CEMENT MATERIAL STUDY - 1:100

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YEARS OF FIBRE CEMENT DEGRADING.L

I DECIDED TO CLAD THE FINAL PROPOSAL IN FIBRE CEMENT BOARDING. IT IS LIGHT AND DURABLE, WORKS WELL AGAINSTGENERAL WEATHERING. FIBRE CEMENT CAN ALSO BE MOULD- ED TO CREATE VARIOUS FACADE TEXTURES AND STYLES. ONCE PAINTED AND UN-KEPT, THE MATERIAL WILL FADE SUCH AS WOOD DOES WITHOUT BEING SEALED. OVERTIME THIS WILL HELP CONFORM TO CONCEPTUAL IDEAS OF HIDDEN, HELPING IT BLEND WITHIN THE CONTEXT DUE TOHIDDEN, HELPING IT BLEND WITHIN THE CONTEXT DUE TO COLOUR MATCHING OF LONDON STOCK BRICK, HOUSES AND HIGHGATE HIGH STREET BUILDINGS ARE BUILT FROM.F

THE PROPOSAL DESIGN CREATES A , SIMPLE FACADE IN- SPIRED BY MODERNISM. TO REPLICATE HIDDEN WITHOUTCOMPROMISING WITH THE IDEAS SIMPLICITY.

I STUDIED WITH USING COMPONENTS TO COVER THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING. EXPERIMENTING WITH PLASTER STRIPS WHICH WOULD IMITATE A SCREEN, ALSO MOULDEDTO REFORM CURVES OF CURRENT ARCHITECTURAL FIX-TURES ON THE HOUSES ON BISHAM GARDENS, BAY WIN-DOWS ETC.

FIBRE CEMENT A MIXTURE OF INGREDIENTS AND MATE- RIALS WHICH ARE PRESSED, DRIED AND COLOURED. AVERY DURABLE MATERIAL UPHOLDING SIMILAR PROPER-TIES TO TEXTURES WOOD. USED AS A CLADDING SOLU-TION, ALSO INTERIOR WALLS AND ROOF TILE CLAD- DING.

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