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ConSidering how the natural phenomenon of wind, biologiCally and geologiCally, might be relevant in generating form, material and StruCture for a houSing Complex deSign

- itSelf a type of habitat or eCology.

whilSt alSo ConSidering the SoCial aSpeCt and CharaCter of the Site.

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SOUTH VIEW_ SHOWING SHRUBERY , WATER TOWER AND HIGH WALL

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SITE ANALYSIS The inner-city, working class suburb known as Temperance Town was located just north of the site (B). Built in the 1860’s, its purpose was to house workers and their families from the coal industry. The land owner, Colonel Edward Wood, was teetotal, and enforced a no-alcohol rule in the district, hence the name Temperance Town. St Dyfrig’s Church was built for the town next to the river in 1888, along with a school just next door. With the decline of coal exports from Cardiff, poverty and over-crowding became a problem, and so residents were rehoused during the 1930’s. Demolition of the town began in late 1937. Today, the area in front of Cardiff Central Station is the Bus Station, and north of Wood Street is a

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Just off the southwest corner of the site is an old water tower (now disused). It was constructed along with the great western railway in order to provide water for steam engines. It is now a significant landmark on the site and a Grade 2 listed Building. (See south view).Cardiff Central Station lies just southeast of the site. The river Taff was redirected (see reclaimed land, C) to the west in the early 1840’s to make a safe area for the station to be built. Formerly the South Wales Railway, it was rebuilt in 1932 by Great Western Railway, and still stands today as the main station in Cardiff. The station used to be a crossroads for the coal industry and today it is a hub for transport in the city, with the bus station located

next door, offering a gateway to the rest of Britain (A).

Peter Barber ArchitectsEden Way, Bow, London

Circle Anglia House Trust£ 5million, British

Donnybrook Quarter is a celebration of the public social life of the street. Every aspect of the design is config-ured to promote buzzing, thriving public space made by the hard edge of the buildings. Throughout the project public space is heavily overlooked by the residents on either side. Balconies and oriel windows overhang the street, terraces and the numerous front doors create a sense of ownership along with an opportunity for per-sonalization (pots, deck chairs, hanging baskets). Donnybrook Quarter is a dense mixed use scheme and consists of living units as well as community, work and retail spaces configured as a terrace/courtyard hybrid typology.

PRECEDENT STUDY

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Circulation within core at peak hours

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Sectional Plan through width of buildings

: Retail : Private Interior : Private Exterior

Donnybrook Quarter is a celebration of the public social life of the street. Every aspect of the design is configured to promote buzz-

ing, thriving public space made with a hard edge of buildings. Throughout the project public space is heavily overlooked by the

residents on either side. Balconies and oriel windows overhang the street, terraces and the numerous front doors create a sense of

ownership and the opportunity for personalization (pots, deck chairs, hanging baskets). Donnybrook Quarter is a dense mixed use scheme and consists of living units as well as community, work and retail spaces configured as a terrace/courtyard hybrid typology.

Total Number of Residents130

Total number of dwellingsNo. Private housing units 27No. Social housing units 13

Total Site Area (2-D; in m )2326

Total Built Area (2-D footprint; m )1648

Area: Total Built (3-D - no. floors; in m )Area: Housing (3-D), no. floors 3693Area: Shared Circulation (3-D), no. Floors 678Area: Retail/commercial (3-D), no. Floors 137Area: Public program (3-D), no. floors

Total Open Space (m )Area: Greenspace: lawn/parkArea: Greenspace: agricultureArea: Greenspace: wildernessArea: Water

RATIO Surface area (m2) : volume (m3)Surface: Percentage glazing 28Surface: Percentage solid / opaque 72Surface: Percentage Green / vegetation

FAR: Total 3-D Area / Total 2-D Area 1.93

DENSITY: total residents / site area(2-D) (people per km )

55890DENSITY: total residents / total area(3-D) (people per km )

288382-D Percentages% Built space 70% Open Space 30

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Wrap Hou:se: Alison Brookes: Breaking down barrier between inside and outside

Salt House: Alison BrookesExpressing movement of building formed by wind

House Jones: Reinhardt JungMovement of the house with the land

Castlewood Avenue &St. Kevins Rd: Odos ArchitectsBreaking down threshild between outside and inside

House Jones: Reinhardt JungFolding space

Tietgen Dormiory: Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects

Cooper Weathering Unweathered Copper Wind naturally funnels through the easiest route

Kinetic moving wind sculptures

Maximum Garden House: Formwerks ArchitectsSlow and fast movement around site

Maximum Garden House: Formwerks ArchitectsGreen Cladding

Hedge Building: Kempe Hill Idiology sketch: Narinder Sagoo Frank ClementiPassive House, France:: Karawitz Architecture: Moving second skin

South Acton Estate: Alison BrookesHanging garden apartments

Fold House: Alison Brookes: Lightness and imateriality

VXO House V: Alison BrookesCreating boundaries without walls with features

Jenga-Like Apartment Complex Singapore

Design Plan for a new contemporary Art Museum MIlan

Hertzog & de Meuron. Vetre House

As a group we explored the natural phenomenon of wind. We looked into various ecological process’s. In-vestigating the giant ants nest, the movement of wind around a bird as it fly’s and the respiratory system.

After some debate we chose to base our dwell-ings around the respiratory system. Namely the movement and exchange of air within the lungs.

Exploring the lung further we cast a lambs lung with plastic resin (images middle right) to observe the interior structure and branching. We then rec-reated a sectional cut of the lung with plaster of paris, running black ink through it to mimic the movement of air (see third set of images down).

Using this research we used 3dsmax to recreate the action of air filling the lung (see bottom im-ages) and to create an artistic interpretation of the lungs structure using an overlay of sectional cuts from the 3dsmax model (see top image).

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Choosing to apply the system of branching within the lung. We wanted to recreate what we had observed through form finding. On a social front we also took into account the preliminary site analysis and used this

to considering the type of experience we would like to create whilst living within these dwellings.

As the site was situated in such a busy area we also wanted to create privacy for the residents. However we did not want this to be done using gates and fences, so to solve the problem we chose to use the build-ings as a buffer around a private residential courtyard. This form also deflected the strong prevailing wind away from the private exterior space and around the building, which created scope for the use of wind within the facade. On a sub note, in keeping with the lungs and ecology, we also agreed it would be an ideal

project to promote green living. Looking into green walls, allotments and natural ventilation.

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How to address the wind and noise issues of the site?

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From the group work I learnt that the large courtyard alienated the site from it’s surroundings and that a solution to this would be multiple smaller courtyards. Also the branching within the buildings was too extremely segmented causing any cross ventilation to be contaminated from the neighbouring apartment. An issue which

also might be good to address is the sound pollution from around the site.

Using what I learnt through the group work I adapted the preliminary scheme to in-corporate more of my own ideals. Within my own project I wanted to promote four key ideas, which I felt where missing from the current culture of city apartment liv-

ing.

1. Interaction with your neighbour. 2. An understanding of local

produce and local sustainability. 3. Creating an experience whilst walking through the site.

4. A safe site in which the residents have a sense of pride and ownership.

PRAXIS

Looking back on my designs I realised there was a strong resemblance to the sectional drawing developed at the start of the project. It dawned on me that maybe it would be interesting to go back to that drawing and

see what forms might work well on the site. (1-4)

After some abstract experimentation I then sought to rationalise them to include my four key aims.

Creating interaction from neighbour to neighbour the apartments took on a basic stretched hexagonal shape containing balconies which looked over one another. These balconies where staggered so that privacy was

not so much of an issue. (5a)

This naturally lead to eight sets of dwelling blocks formed around two courtyard. Creating private communal space for the dwellers. (5b)

However to solve the cross ventilation issue ideally the buildings need to be one room thick this meant that the dwellings had to be stretched out, now forming four courtyards. Although this removed the larger more social courtyards I felt it was more detrimental to my scheme to pro-

mote my individual ideals, over previous group decisions. (5c)

To tackle the issue of sound pollution I read up on natural sound barri-ers and discovered that by adding a double facade around the building you can drastically reduce any extreme noise. The buildings where then adapted so that a double facade could wrapped around on the noisiest

side of the building. (5d)

The landscape then also needed to be addressed as well to create an en-joyable experience of discovery when walking through the site. This lead to the segmentation of the site into an undulating landscape, containing mini allotments, which would mimic the surrounding buildings. This, along with the incorporation of the water tower into a museum/cafe building, was designed to encourage the residents to learn more about local life

stye. (6)

Going into the dwellings I then needed to insure the decision to have the buildings one room deep would not be in vain and that the cross ventila-tion was well executed. As the apartments are reasonably thin and long, I resolved that the best way to achieve this smooth movement of wind was to run the bedrooms and bathroom along a corridor parallel to the balcony. With the kitchen, dining room and living room placed in the re-

maining space at the end of the dwelling. (7)

The double facade, now running around one side of the building, could now be used to harness the wind. Using vertical wind turbines on the roof. Drawing wind through the double facade like this made the space less stagnant, creating the potential for a winter garden. This also promoted

the use of renewable energy within the site. (8)

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MATERIALSMy material palette has been de-signed keeping in mind every decision made during the design process.

The individual dwellings have been designed with folding doors, al-lowing the apartment to open out into a studio. This also breaks down the barriers between out-side and inside allowing the land-scape to flow through the building..

The interior walls between the sepa-rate dwellings will be made from re-covered brick. Giving a rustic look and keeping the theme of sustainability.

The double facade will be fitted with wooden blinds, giving an or-ganic feel to what would other-wise be a large expanse of glass.

The exterior stairs will have a copper buffer this again gives a rustic feel to the building and will age well over time.

This will of course all be surrounded by allotments, as well as a series of vertical wind turbines on the roofs.

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TECTONICSThe double facade will con-sist of two walls, one exposed to the elements, one not.

The interior wall is not ex-posed to the elements and is the structural element to the facade. The windows in this wall can be opened and closed to control the flow of air and temperature within the room.

The exterior wall is a buffer to the elements, especially the noise outside and is a solid structure made simply of semi transparent glass and metal.

The space in between is an ideal environment to create a winter garden or just to have a small personal balcony.

1. INTERACTION WITH YOUR NEIGHBOUR

2. AN UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL PRODUCE AND SUSTAINABILITY

The dwellings are arranged around four communal areas for the resi-

dents to socialise in.

The approach to each apartment consists of centralised stairs in which residents again have the opportunity to interact.

Each apartment is positioned so that it interacts with at least two dwellings from the

balcony.

Cafe on site creates more opportunities for resi-

dents to interact.

Allotments create a communal hobby. Double skin forms an inter-

action within the facade.

Allotments and livestock on site create an understanding of actu-

ally rearing the produce.

Cafe to use on site produce, as well as incorporating the sites history

into the interior decoration.

Wind turbines create awareness of alternative renewable energy

sources.

Shop selling on site produce.

Art centre to promote local artists work, also creating potential to run

workshops for residents.Minimal parking and large bike store to promote an

eco friendly lifestyle.

3. CREATING AN EXPERIENCE WHEN WALKING THROUGH THE SITE

This has been done with the use of an undulating landscape amongst the buildings. This landscape is designed to promote a sense of discovering whilst walking through the site. Discovery of the allotments, the livestock, the cafe, the art centre and the shop.

4. A SAFE SITE IN WHICH THE RESIDENTS HAVE A SENSE OF PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP.

The previous features have been designed to keep the residents as involved with the site as possible. This gives them a sense of ownership over the site and in turn hope-fully a sense of pride. The internal focus of the site should also promote an ethos of a ‘neighbourhood watch’ from the residents. Creating a safe and clean site.

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SITE MODELLINGSite: Barry, South Wales

Simply tasked with modelling the site. We chose to complete six models. Five showing Barry’s growth over the past 120 years and

on larger one of the main strip of Barry today.

1870

Only 21 Buildings and less than 100 peo-ple.. Largely Agricultural, run by the Romily Family. Barry Island is cut of from the mainland by mud flats, the river and tides.

1900

David Davies formed the Barry Railway Company, ending the monopoly of the coal industry in Tiger Bay, Cardiff. The newly built docks uses reclaimed land and dams to bring the sea front up the coastline. Removing no tidal restrictions causing the port to be more popular than Car-diff. This lead to an exponential boom of terraced houses for workers, large houses for employers and warehouses for industry.. Due to the new railway link Barry Island was now a lot more acces-sible, the virgin picturesque land created scope for tourist attractions forming a new and popular holiday destination.

1920

Now the largest exporter of coal in the world, Barry continued to expand. Used as a seaport by the Americans, and was one of the only ports allowed to load explosives from the dock side

1970

Barry is booming. The town is bursting with life and industry, plenty of opportuni-ties for workers both skilled and unskilled. Docks are working to their maximum abil-ity. Oil Storage containers have been set up to further expand the capabilities of the port. Disused, the reservoir has dried up and been utilized as a car park.

2011

The town is no longer significantly ex-panding. The dock is now home to new housing developments and large shops Industry is a shadow of it’s former glo-ry. Most dock side warehouses and the commercial railway is gone or in disrepair.

FIGURE GROUNDSite: Barry, South Wales

Designing an appropriate theatre space for the residents of Barry. Taking into account the economic climate and regeneration projects which are taking place within the town

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SITE ANALYSISBarry is situated in the south-east of Wales. Originally a small farming town, in the 1980’s Barry became the centre of the coal industry boom in Wales and the small town exploded. Terraced houses where erected left, right and centre to cater for the ever increasing labour force required for the expanding rail-ways and docks and an assortment of lavish houses where built along the dock front, so the merchants could keep an eye on their produce. This modular expansion of the town was mar-ginally dictated by the high rolling hills of it’s surroundings (as you can see from the mod-els in the previous project), commissioned in blocks by the merchants as their empire grew.

Sadly since the coal industry left at the end of the 1990’s the town has gradually fallen into disrepair, Barry is now filled with cash-gener-ator like stores and unemployment is at it’s highest. Though various re-generation projects have been put in place the town appears to be in the midst of an identity crisis. With little to do and little to see a community-theatre pro-ject within this town seems like an ideal pro-posal. If designed effectively the project could be used to help teach the community new skills and inspire a new interest and respect for Barry.

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The site is situated between Barry dock station and the high street.

Immediately north of the site is a set of newly fronted houses, with the sandstone residue still on the pavement ,behind this sits the main high street. Full of cafes cash-gen-erator stores and budget stores.

To the east of the site are a few small local shops, behind which are a series of terraced houses.

To the south of the site lies a home bargains store and leisure centre followed by the railway line and Barry dock station. Beyond the railway line is a new housing complex which has been built over some of the disused docks. Flanked by Barry dock station.

To the west of the site is the tail end of the high street leading to Barry island and Barry railway station.

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Model Showing Key Images on the Site

I HOPE TO FORM A NEW APPROACH TO THEATRE WHERE THE EXPERIENCE IS NOT ONLY CREATED BY THE PLAY ITSELF BUT ALSO BY THE ENVIRONMENT IT IS HELD IN.

ONE OF MY KEY OBSERVATIONS AFTER DOING SOME READING WAS A CONSISTENT COM-PLAINT THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF A PLAY IS OFTEN LOST THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE DIC-TATED BY THE STATIC ARCHITECTURE IT IS HELD IN. A KEY PHRASE WHICH STUCK WITH WAS:

‘ WHEN ENTRUSTED WITH DESIGNING A THEATRE, [DO NOT FORGET] THAT IT IS A HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND THAT THE MOMENT AN AUDIENCE ENTER A THEATRE THEY SHOULD BE MADE CONSCIOUS OF FEELINGS OF

SUPPRESSED EXCITEMENT AND ANTICIPATION BEFORE THE CURTAIN GOES UP’

IN TERMS OF MY OBSERVATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE. BARRY APPEARS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A TOWN ADRIFT, AFTER THE BOOMING COAL INDUSTRY LEFT, THE TOWN HAS A LACK OF IDENTITY AND ALONG WITH A HIGH RATE OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, IT IS LITTERED WITH BOARDED UP SHOPS AND GRAFFITI. WITH MANY OTHER INDICATORS THAT THE TOWN ITSELF HAS A LACK OF RESPECT FOR ITS OWN COMMUNITY.TAKING THESE TWO KEY FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION I HAVE RESOLVED THAT I WISH TO CREATE A SITE WHICH IS:

(A) PART OF THE COMMUNITY. A SITE WHICH THE TOWN’S RESIDENTS HAVE A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND PRIDE. GENERATING JOBS, HOSTING WORKSHOPS AND SCHEDULING ACTIVITIES ANYONE CAN JOIN IN WITH.

(B) CAN BE PERSONALISED BY THE CURRENT PERFORMANCE IN HAND. FORMING A KINETIC SITE IN WHICH THE DIRECTOR/PRODUCER CAN CREATE AN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR OWN SPECIFIC PLAY.

I HAVE APPROACHED THESE IDEALS BY FORMING A SITE WITH A SERIES OF TRUSS’S WITHIN WHICH A ‘THEATRE’ CAN BE BUILD ANYWHERE ON THE SITE USING A STANDARDISED ‘KIT OF PARTS’, WITH THE USE OF LOW-SKILL LABOUR.

AS PLAYS GO THE COMMUNITY RARELY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE PLAY AND MAKE IT THEIR OWN. THEREFORE MY PLAN IS TO HAVE A LARGE WORKSHOP ON SITE IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY THEMSELVES CAN ACTUALLY BUILD THE SETS AND IN FACT THE ‘THEATRE’ THEMSELVES. WHEN THIS GRID OF TRUSS’S I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PROPOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR USE WHICH ALL MANOR OF THE PUB-LIC WOULD BE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED WITH. SUCH AS WALKWAYS, TRESS HOUSES AND CLIMBING FRAMES.

TO SUM UP I DO NOT PLAN TO CREATE A THEATRE BUT A PLACE FOR INVESTIGATION, LEARNING AND DIS-COVERY, TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THE ARTS AS A WHOLE, AS WELL AS A RESPECT WHICH THEY LIVE IN.

I WISH TO CREATE A BUILDING THAT IS FREE OF THE TRADITIONAL STATIC APPROACH TO THEATRE SPACE AND BRING THE INTERIOR THEATRICS TO LIFE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.

I PLAN TO DO THIS WITH A GRID SYSTEM OF STEEL TRUSS’S WHICH WILL HOLD THE PROSPECT FOR A MULTITUDE OF USES DEPENDING ON THEIR POSITION ON THE SITE. (THOUGH PRIMARILY THEY WILL BE USED AS STANDS/HOLDERS FOR TEMPORARY STAGE SETS WHICH CAN BE ERECTED OVER THE SITE).

THE BUILDINGS WILL BE OF A BRUTALIST NATURE WITH A CLEAN CONCRETE EXTERI-OR AS TO NOT DETRACT FROM THE STAGE SETS THAT WILL BE RUNNING OVER THE SITE.

AMENITIES AND SERVICES WITHIN THE BUILDING ARE GOING TO BE RUN ALONG LONG STEEL COLUMNS HUNG FROM THE CEILING TO FORM AN OVER DRAMATISED INTERIOR.

THE ABOVE HAS BEEN FORMED THROUGH MY DESIRE TO MAKE THE SITE AS MALLEABLE AS POSSIBLE AROUND A SIMPLE SKIN. WITH THE IDEA THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE OVER ENGINEERED AS IF YOU ARE WITHIN A GIANT STAGE SET.

MECHANICSResearching into various existing mecha-nisms already used in Theatre, I began to consider how these might be utilised to form a new approach to theatre and set

design.

On the right are photographs of work-ing concepts models which I made to in-vestigate the domino effect one moving

facade can have another.

Below are precedent studies of thea-tres which differ from the norm. Some have moving facades others are simply temporary structure designed for a

specific play then removed.

BIRMINGHAM: CURVE THEATRE

The side and back of the stage open to form an open air theatre.

COPENHAGEN: CONCERT HALL

The fabric facade of the building roles down to shade the glass exterior and prevent over heating. But it is also used as a projector screen in the evenings.

LONDON: JELLY FISH THEATRE

A temporary theatre project con-structed using locally re sourced re-

cycled materials.

SWITZERLAND: SAFE HOUSE

A housing project where the facade of the building opens out and closes up. Depending on the occupation of

the house and the weather.

BIRMINGHAM: HIPPODROME THEA-TRE

The facade of the building moves using a hidden hydraulics system. and along with the use of light and reflection it can be altered to form

any shape.

LONDON: CURTAIN CALL

A project using projection onto a circular curtain of fabric to create

various artistic effect.

HIGH TO LOW

VIEWS ONTO SITE BY ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE

TOP OF HOLTON STREET (Toward Central Barry)

BOTTOM OF HOLTON STREET (Toward Barry Island & West Barry)

DOCK VIEW ROAD (To ward Barry Docks Railway Station & New Housing Development)

ARRANGING ASSORTED THEATRES IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS ON SITE BREAKING OUT OF THE BUILDING

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CONDITIONS OF PUBLIC SPACE

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INTRODUCING GREEN SPACE

STRATEGY DIAGRAM

Concept model of what the Truss’s might be utilised for

Theatre Area Rotating panel Stairs and viewing area

BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPENS IF I COMPLETELYTAKE AWAY THE LIMITATIONS OF THE BUILDING AND FORMED A MOVING THEATRE SPACE OUTSIDE?

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With Seating Closed (to protect stage scenery when theatre in use)

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Physical lighting study of dance studio

Digital lighting study of dance studio

Insulated Concrete Composition

Small windows formed using holes left from form ties

Over enginnered treatment of mechanisms

PRECIDENTS

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Safe HouseKwk Promes Architects

Subliime HouseTom Kundig

House of GurPatrick Gartman

National TheatreDenys Lasdun

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Example of roof gradient and drainage system on Reception Building