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PROJECT 1.1

WINGS OF DESIRE_CHRONOGRAM

CONTEXT


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WINGS OF DESIRE_CHRONOGRAM

CHRONOGRAM 2


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A schizophrenic out for a walk is a better model than a

neurotic lying on the analysts couch

The Anti-Oedipus, Deleuze and Guattari

everyone has different characteristics, personalities

and behaviour depending on where we are, what we are

doing or who we are with. is it possible for one person

to utilise these split personalities as a tool during

analysis and design of architecture?

continuing the theme of duality that was so explicit

within wings of desire the following project looks

at how one space can be perceived differently (or

similarly) by two contrasting personalities which could

be the personalities of two people or just the split

schizophrenic personality of one person.

PROJECT 1.2

MULTIPLICITY: ONE AND SEVERAL SPACES

SPLIT PERSONALITIES

split personality - tank


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PROJECT 1.2


SITE CONTEXT: SPIALFIELDS, A FLUID POPULATION

in the 17th century french protestant refuges settled

in the spitalfields area after the revocation of the

edict of nantes. to avoid the restrictive legislation

of the city guilds they settled on the edge of the

city in spitalfields. the huguenots were skilled in silk

weaving and brought this industry with them to the area.

during the late 17th and 18th centuries large terraced

houses were being built to accommodate the wealthy master

weavers.

the 1730s saw the growth in the local irish population as

weavers moved into spitalfields after the decline in the

irish linen trade. the spitalfields silk trade went into

decline because of the availability of cheaper silks

from france. in 1769 riots caused by the depression led

to both an irish and a huguenot weaver being hanged in

bethnal green. the victorian era saw a further decline

in the silk trade and the large dwellings once home to

master weavers and merchants became multi-occupied slums.

spitalfields became a by-word for urban deprivation. by

1860 the silk trade was dead, making way for new industry

led by a new wave of immigrants.

the jewish population came to london to flee the pogroms

of eastern europe in the late 19th century. they worked

in the textile and furniture industry and also set up

their own synagogues, kosher butchers and restaurants,

giving the area a distinctly jewish feel. as the wealth

of the jews increased they started to move out in groups

to golders green, hendon and finchley.


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architecture depends on order, arrangement, eurythmy, symmetry,

propriety, and economy.

order gives due measure to the members of a work considered separately,

and symmetrical agreement to the proportions of the whole. it is

an adjustment according to quantity. by this i mean the selection

of modules from the members of the work itself and, starting from

these individual parts of members, constructing the whole work to

correspond. arrangement includes the putting of things in their

proper places and the elegance of effect which is due to adjustments

appropriate to the character of the work. its forms of expressionare

these: groundplan, elevation, and perspective. a groundplan is made

by the proper successive use of compasses and rule, through which we

get outlines for the plane surfaces of buildings. an elevation is a

picture of the front of a building, set upright and properly drawn in

the proportions of the contemplated work. perspective is the method

of sketching a front with the sides withdrawing into the background,

the lines all meeting in the centre of a circle.

eurythmy is beauty and fitness in the adjustments of the members.

this is found when the members of a work are of a height suited to

their breadth, of a breadth suited to their length, and, in a word,

when they all correspond symmetrically.

symmetry is a proper agreement between the members of the work itself,and relation between the different parts and the whole general scheme,

in accordance with a certain part selected as standard. thus in the

human body there is a kind of symmetrical harmony between forearm,

foot, palm, finger, and other small parts; and so it is with perfect

buildings. in the case of temples, symmetry may be calculated from

the thickness of a column, from a triglyph, or even from a module;

in the ballista, from the hole; in a ship, from the space between

the tholepins; and in other things, from various members.

propriety is that perfection of style which comes when a work

is authoritatively constructed on approved principles. it arises

from prescription, from usage, or from nature... propriety arises

from usage when buildings having magnificent interiors are provided

with elegant entrance-courts to correspond; for there will be no

propriety in the spectacle of an elegant interior approached by a

low, mean entrance. or, if dentils be carved in the cornice of the

Doric entablature or triglyphs represented in the Ionic entablature

over the cushion-shaped capitals of the columns, the effect will

be spoilt by the transfer of the peculiarities of the one order of

building to the other, the usage in each class having been fixed

long ago.

vitruvius, ten books on architecture

PROJECT 1.2


THE ARCHITECT INSPIRED BY BODY


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PROJECT 1.2


THE PARKOURIST

its a way of transforming the city, you cant change it

physically, you cant go and move the lamp post or the

staircase, but you can change the way you look at it and

the way you use it.

signe hojbjerre, team jiyo free runners 2004

architecture is as much about events that take place in

spaces as the spaces themselves

bernard tschumi, 1999

parkourists/traceurs/freerunners embrace the city and

find new ways of experiencing it and travelling through

it in the most direct route possible. they embrace

obstacles as opportunities within a concrete playground

of immense potential ian borden, 2000

parkour as we know it today originated in the early 90s

from the games of david belle and sebastien foucan. during

their childhood they would practice their movement le

art du deplacement as they described it at the time.

for over a decade they practiced with a small group of

friends as an isolated unit, reviled by the authorities

and seen as wildmen by the public.

draw a straight line on a map of your home town. start

from point a, and go to point b. do not consider theelements as obstacles. hug them: climb, get over, jump:

let your imagination flow sebastien foucan, 2003

their inspiration for this new movement through the urban

environment may have come form david belles father

who undertook the training methods of georges hebert

whilst serving in the french military. herberts methods

were inspired by the natural, physical conditioning of

indigenous peoples from africa in particular dan edwardes,2011

it is clear that parkours birth is not a straight line,

although david belle and sebastien foucan can be seen

as being responsible for bringing it out of the shadows

onto the world stage it has most definitely been around

for thousands of years. the art of moving across an

environment in the quickest way possible would no doubt

have been practiced by hunters many years ago.

it is not simplified into one category; it is not just a

sport, a philosophy, an art or means of travel; it is all

of these things combined into one discipline. it is a new

way of seeing and interacting with your surroundings.

the city will reveal itself to a parkourist in ways the

normal public would struggle to understand.


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movement is movement, and it is mastery of ones own

movement that one should seek through the practise of

Parkour dan edwardes, 2011

a jump is never an end in itself, what we call a

following is needed after a jump, to be able to link

with another move, to be always active sebastien foucan

2003

flow is a concept that is deeply routed in the practice

of parkour. the parkourist is always interested in going

forward and doing this in a smooth, fluid motion. it is

about looking ahead and preparing yourself for what is

coming next.

parkour is often represented in films with the big moves,

the money shots and the practitioners seem to be doing

these extreme moves in isolation but this is not what

parkour is inherently about. it is often the part of

parkour that the viewer gets excited about but it is much

deeper than just showing off a move that could be learn

in a gym; it is about the flow through the environment

and the art of movement.

there are a set of basic moves which the parkourist

will utilise to get over, around, below or through an

obstacle. these moves form the basis for the movement

but are open to interpretation and improvisation. they

are what a beginner will start off learning but the

experienced parkourist will have thousands of variations

of the moves that respond to their environment; it is

not a sport which dumbly regurgitates the same sequences

and events.

parkour is a new way of thinking and expressing oneself.

it is an understanding of ones own body, of its limitations

but mainly of the possibilities that come out of having

complete control over yourself. it is an innate,

effortless way of moving that utilises the entire body

as a whole rather than consciously employing isolated

muscle groups. the elusive flow state dan edwardes, 2011

where these movements are performed is crucial to the

understanding of how parkour not only writes over pre-

existing narratives of space, place, and time, but to

how the practice establishes its own narrative force

zoe laughlin, 2004

PROJECT 1.2


THE PARKOURIST: MOVEMENT


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PROJECT 1.2


THE PARKOURIST: EXPLORING THE CITY


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THE SET

the

rectangular

box

of

the

nave

is

surmounted

at

its

west

end

by

a

broad

tower

of

three

stages

topped

by

a

steeple.

the

tuscan

porch

with

its

semi

circular

pediment

is

bluntly

attached

to

the

west

end:

it

was

a

late

addition

to

the

design

intended

to

add

further

support

to

the

tower.

christ

church

was

built

under

an

Act

of

parliament

of

1711

which

required

the

building

of

fifty

new

churches

to

serve

the

new

populations

on

the

fringes

of

london.


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FILM CONCEPT

the concept of this film is based around the idea of

parkour being a hit and run choreography; the parkourist

is often seen to invade the architects realm.

the film looks at the parkourist as an explorer in the

space created by the architect. it is about how a space

that was conceived in one way by one person can be used

in a multitude of different ways that could never have

been imagined by the creator. wil alsop once said about

parkour that it corrupts the original use but rather

than corrupting this film looks at how parkour can

enhance a space by writing over the preconceptions that

people have of a place.

the church is still appreciated as a monumental structure

of worship but the parkourist adds another layer to its

history.


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Catenient, num, cuptati nctatus, consequo ma si sitas

eatempere posam simi, ut maion possi as ium ad eum

re repudan ihicae sitaessit, simagniscid et escipistio

imus et ab intur simusdae prent el ma dentemp elender

fererferro vent.

Parunt aut aceaqui unt ium erfere sam, cum, solupta

temporior most, quaeri doluptate sam que ommodipit, am

velest, cum entestis re lab il es ab id moles moluptatet

maio magnat aut essin conse net dolore, soloremodit iunt

et omnihil et faces quiae rem ute net eum quaspe quis re

prae eumquam qui veliquide dis dolupti onsenis perunto

ratus.

Ati reraestios que doluptatur sandis eosam verum volorae

estio int lab ium et a sus.

Id magnihi liquas is estia velese conseque nus et atium

eost et, num que verum quatur? Qui corae sum landam sequi

qui quas amus rem enis molum susam, ommolescia et, te

liassimus ium harum hilibeatur?

Oluptaqui as re arcienditate et faccum es volende id molut

eos re, que odi te et aspellorisin nos adis experrorem

fugit officiur? Elluptiunto dolliquiate voluptur, ne et

ma deligent ea sequia num quis eos ea cus dernam eosae

pligent isi rem neture cusciet molestionem. Et mint pos

accus, qui te pa pa aspitas imporatur? Odi ulles estios

dus sapis minctatia derum, cullessitae optaspe ribus.

Ximinis voloreseque et acepediant, nosaperum ut laborit

que cus volo odit et reseribus, officiis doluptatis

quaes cus, omnihicitam rae. Temqui adi cus molorrumqui

illigen imint, simus etus nonsequist, aboritibus et pro

vitemped ea dus alicia vellorerum quatem id que quiassiti

im volum aut fuga. Ut et doluptae laciatio expereiunt

aut ea coresectur? Quia dit labo. Equas acia id que

porias maxim quamus aspel et harum que et od qui si ut

aut veliam nonsed magnimus, seque serumquatio. Ribus

a consedi tionsequae viditi debis utemperum hil int

verum rem qui reperferunt int minis di consequo quiatur,

voluptatia velibus min nobitata conseque vendiania vitia

cus quae nis iur sinctur sumquos comnis etur, sit, tem

quat magnis sequaec taspernam idunt ium que vella dem re

cum et, arum, iuntiis sum qui dolorerae. Neque consequam

is ellant.

Ita quo et, cus dolorernati to coriaspit ex etur, optatis

mod quateceprat ipit vento blacia incipsa in pellatemo id

molland itatemquia illorec aerio. Neque poria corepel eos

min et erion pliquo to quiae volores debit et re porrum,

consequis eserum invelit venistium duciet odisqui commolu

ptatessunt ratus et eatiandam quam, ute sum faccabo. Ga.

Nequiae ma sae ipis se pa coritatur, seque

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SHOT LIST


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CHRONOGRAM: THE ARCHITECT


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the parkourist pictures themselves in the space, they see

the architecture as a series of objects that they need

to travel over, under or around in order to get to their

destination. they analyse each obstacle in terms of what

their body can achieve; what is the most efficient way to

get past that object and continue their journey.

they have a deep understanding of their own body and

picture themselves moving through the space via a series

of moves that they have practiced and performed on

different obstacles many times. they see only the objects

that they interact with or that have an effect on the

body. they are moving quickly through the space, there

is no time to stop and gaze at anything not in their path

or out of reach of the body. they break down the space

into individual, isolated objects.

PROJECT 1.2


CHRONOGRAM: THE PARKOURIST


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PROJECT 1.2

MULTIPLICITY: TIMELINE

POST EDIT CHRONOGRAM


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PROJECT 1.2

MULTIPLICITY: TIMELINE

POST EDIT CHRONOGRAM


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tower hamlets in the london context

6.1 tower hamlets occupies a key position

within london, with the city to the west and

the opportunities offered by an area defined as

the east thames corridor (stretching from tower

bridge on both sides of the thames into essex and

kent), to the east. the development of docklands

in particular has placed tower hamlets at the

centre of londons future, providing new homes

and entertainment but perhaps most dramatically

of all, a new business centre for the capital .

tower hamlets occupies a position at the centre of

improvements to the infrastructure of the capital

(covering road and rail). this combined with the

continuance of major development opportunities

places tower hamlets in a key position to shift

the direction of development in the capital to

the east.

6.2 in recent years there has been a massive

amount of investment in commercial development

in the borough, targeted at city functions, with

more planned in the future. this is matched by an

equally significant investment programme in road

and rail infrastructure to service this growth.these processes will link the borough physically

and functionally to the city and the west end.

with these changes the character of parts of the

borough will change to resemble more closely that

of the central area. the plan has been formulated to

recognise the growing importance of tower hamlets

to the national and international functions of

the capital.

6.3 tower hamlets is also located at the gateway

to the east thames corridor, an area identified by

serplan and the government as an under-used asset

which needs to be developed to its full potential.

the area has a number of natural strengths: access

to central london and east coast ports, an abundance

of land for development and its proximity to the

channel and through this, to europe. the area

contains a series of development sites terminating

at docklands, together with proposals for major

infrastructure improvements. realising the areas

potential will take a number of years but central

government has committed itself to assessing this

potential and is preparing proposals on the future

of the area. the implications of these proposals

for tower hamlets will be incorporated into future

revisions to the plan.

6.4 tower hamlets is at the centre of londons

transport improvements. it lies within easy reach

of londons newest international airports: at

stanstead, and london city airport at the royal

docks in newham. major transport infrastructure

investment in road and rail (including the fast

rail link to the channel tunnel) is taking place

or planned for, or adjacent to, the borough.

6.5 tower hamlets, therefore, enjoys a singularly

good location at a pivotal point between existing

growth in the west and future growth to the

east, which will enable it to benefit from new

investment in london and the south east in terms

of improved employment, shopping, leisure and

cultural activities. the plan sets a context

to enable these changes to be accommodated

satisfactorily using the existing resources of

the borough, in terms of land, and physical andsocial infrastructure.

6.6 the policies of the plan must also enable the

borough to take advantage of these opportunities

while ensuring that residents enjoy the benefits

of these changes, and that the amenity and

environment of the borough generally are protected

and enhanced.

6.7 one of the means of ensuring that the amenity

of residents and the environment are protected

is to ensure that economic growth takes place

in a balanced way. tower hamlets cannot achieve

this on its own. it has therefore co-operated

with other boroughs and through lpac and others,

to agree a common approach to the development of

londons central area. this approach includes the

location ofgrowth areas for particular central

london functions; such as policies for transport,

parking and for the environment. this approach is

fully reflected in this plan.

tower hamlets udp, p.11

PROJECT 2.1

URBAN DESIGN PROJECT

TOWER HAMLETS: SPITALFIELDS AND BANGLATOWN

the city:london

high t eet t g h


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PROJECT 2.1


SPITALFIELDS AND BANGLATOWN CONTEXT

w fi i g?

the banglatown and spitalfields ward sits in the south west

edge of the borough and has the lowest population of all

the tower hamlets wards. it has the third lowest average

age of all the wards and lowest number of dwellings.

it sits in an interesting position within london, not

only does it have its own unique history of immigrants

and culture but it also sits right on the edge of the

city of london; on the city fringe. developments for

the city are encroaching into the ward and are being

actively encouraged by the tower hamlets council for

economic reasons. there is a tension in the area between

commercial development and cultural identity.

to the east is the olympic park which places spitalfields

and banglatown on an import route to the 2012 olympic

venues, thousands of tourists will be passing through

the area in 2012 on their way to the olympic stadiums.

thousands of tourists already visit the area as the

curry capital of the uk on the famous brick lane, for

the east london graffiti scene and to visit spitalfields

market.

spitalfields and banglatown: overview


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there are a number of primary schools in the

ward but no secondary schools; these are located

in the surrounding wards. just under 87% of

pupils went onto post 16 further education

in 2010, with 75.2% of pupils gaining 5 a*-c

grades at gsce level, just 0.1% below the

national average.

the largest proportion of people in the area

fall into the 16-29 year old category. the

area is seen as a trendy place to live in

london which is attracting a lot of young

people to the area. there is also a large

student population with london metropolitan

university and a number of london colleges

having campuses in the area.

spitalfields and banglatown: education buildings

population: age

education: post 16 education


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spitalfields and banglatown is quite a dense ward with

few green spaces, the largest being altab ali park on

whitechapel high street. the streets around brick lane

are narrow and filled with dense terraces. towards

spitalfields market and liverpool street there are hard

landscaped courtyard areas enclosed by office buildings,

these areas, however, are lacking in character and very

much feel like part of the city of london, rather than

banglatown.

spaces for outdoor exercise and sports are limited. even

skateboarders and urban sports are limited in the area

with security guards patrolling the office areas. the

lack of exercise space and green areas must have an

affect on the residents.

recent research has established evidence to support the

benefits of a greener environment; studies have shown

correlations between the interaction with nature and

crime rates, adhd, and mental health; problems that have

been increasing significantly in the last century. this

puts importance on not only providing external spaces

within developments but also allowing these spaces to be

green.

Compared with housing blocks that had little or novegetation, housing blocks with high levels of greenery

had 48 per cent fewer property crimes and 56 per cent

fewer violent crimes. Greenery helps people to relax

and renew, reducing aggression. Green spaces also bring

people together outdoors, which increases surveillance

and discourages criminals. frances kuo, mental health benefits

from nature - associate professor: landscape and human health lab,

university of illinois.

not only is it thought that providing outside space

increases surveillance and reduces crime but providing

areas where residents of an area can exercise will lead

to more people taking part in these activities and

promote a healthier lifestyle. these spaces for exercise

dont necessarily have to be green spaces, they can be

cycle routes, running routes, skate parks or community

leisure centres. the mire readily available these spaces

become to the population the more likely they are to be

utilised.

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historically commercial street, brick lane and

whitechapel high street have been densely packed with

shops, restaurants and public houses, whilst this is

still the case along brick lane the shops along the other

high streets are thinning out. where there used to be

long thin buildings on terraced plots housing butchers,

bakers, tailors there are now vast office buildings or

construction sites. the small independent shops are moving

away from whitechapel high street in particular and,

where they havent been replaced by office buildings,

large chain shops are moving in, taking up multiple plots

to create an imposing presence on the high street.

a high proportion of the remaining small retail units are

vacant and to let; a commentary on the general state

of things in the recession, but also by the value of

the land being pushed up by the encroaching development

of the city. the city corporations can afford to pay

large amounts for plots of land; pushing out independent

retailers in the process and the historical buildings

that house them.

brick lane has been designated as conservation area,

adding a layer of protection between it and the city.

whitechapel high street has been designated as a

conservation area but only in 1998 when many of the historic

terraces had already been lost to new development. the

conservation area weaves around these office buildings,

leaving them out of the protected zone; the conservation

area report even states that these buildings have ruined the

fine grain of the high street. yet since the allocation

of the conservation area more historic buildings have

been demolished to make way for large scale offices, the

most recent gaining planning permission in 2008 for a

19 storey office building bounded by whitechapel high

street, leman street and commercial road.

spitalfields and banglatown: high streets

PROJECT 2 1


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PROJECT 2.1


WHITECHAPEL HIGH STREET: 1841

PROJECT 2 1


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PROJECT 2 1


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Catenient, num, cuptati nctatus, consequo ma si sitas

eatempere posam simi, ut maion possi as ium ad eum

re repudan ihicae sitaessit, simagniscid et escipistio

imus et ab intur simusdae prent el ma dentemp elender

fererferro vent.

Parunt aut aceaqui unt ium erfere sam, cum, solupta

temporior most, quaeri doluptate sam que ommodipit, am

velest, cum entestis re lab il es ab id moles moluptatet

maio magnat aut essin conse net dolore, soloremodit iunt

et omnihil et faces quiae rem ute net eum quaspe quis re

prae eumquam qui veliquide dis dolupti onsenis perunto

ratus.

Ati reraestios que doluptatur sandis eosam verum volorae

estio int lab ium et a sus.

Id magnihi liquas is estia velese conseque nus et atium

eost et, num que verum quatur? Qui corae sum landam sequi

qui quas amus rem enis molum susam, ommolescia et, te

liassimus ium harum hilibeatur?

Oluptaqui as re arcienditate et faccum es volende id molut

eos re, que odi te et aspellorisin nos adis experrorem

fugit officiur? Elluptiunto dolliquiate voluptur, ne et

ma deligent ea sequia num quis eos ea cus dernam eosae

pligent isi rem neture cusciet molestionem. Et mint pos

accus, qui te pa pa aspitas imporatur? Odi ulles estios

dus sapis minctatia derum, cullessitae optaspe ribus.

Ximinis voloreseque et acepediant, nosaperum ut laborit

que cus volo odit et reseribus, officiis doluptatis

quaes cus, omnihicitam rae. Temqui adi cus molorrumqui

illigen imint, simus etus nonsequist, aboritibus et pro

vitemped ea dus alicia vellorerum quatem id que quiassiti

im volum aut fuga. Ut et doluptae laciatio expereiunt

aut ea coresectur? Quia dit labo. Equas acia id que

porias maxim quamus aspel et harum que et od qui si ut

aut veliam nonsed magnimus, seque serumquatio. Ribus

a consedi tionsequae viditi debis utemperum hil int

verum rem qui reperferunt int minis di consequo quiatur,

voluptatia velibus min nobitata conseque vendiania vitia

cus quae nis iur sinctur sumquos comnis etur, sit, tem

quat magnis sequaec taspernam idunt ium que vella dem re

cum et, arum, iuntiis sum qui dolorerae. Neque consequam

is ellant.

Ita quo et, cus dolorernati to coriaspit ex etur, optatis

mod quateceprat ipit vento blacia incipsa in pellatemo id

molland itatemquia illorec aerio. Neque poria corepel eos

min et erion pliquo to quiae volores debit et re porrum,

consequis eserum invelit venistium duciet odisqui commolu

ptatessunt ratus et eatiandam quam, ute sum faccabo. Ga.

Nequiae ma sae ipis se pa coritatur, seque

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HIGH STREET

buildings demolished since 1841

surviving buildings from 1841

newly constructed buildings

construction sites in 2011

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HIGH STREET 2012


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HIGH STREET 2012: REPRESENTATION

high street 2012s documentation uses a vibrantly coloured,

simplistic way of representing the scheme and the areas

that it relates to. their forms of representation

flatten and remove the scheme from reality. its use of

superlatives in the text give off a positive image of

the scheme. it reads as a manifesto for the project, as

if it is selling something to you.

high street 2012 is an ambitious project to improve

and celebrate one of londons great high streets. this

ribbon of london life is both everyday and remarkable. it

is historic and modern, and constantly evolving.

high street 2012

the images dont do anything to represent this remarkabl e

area. the use of bold areas of colour give the impression

of a generic brush stroke being applied to the areas.

the only differentiating feature between the areas of

the high street that have been identified as unique

area initiatives that respond to the specific needs of

different places, making each work better for the local

community area that they are show in different colours.

diagrams will always have a place in representing themes

but representing historic buildings with a clipart image

of a castle and plastering an area in brightly coloured

shapes that have no relation to any thing that theyrepresent is almost insulting to the area. the overly

simplified aesthetic of their documents seem to contradict

with the values that they put forward in their text.

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LOCAL TRADERS: INTERVIEWS

Said, the eatery, 68 whitechapel high street

Have you been in these units long?

This one? 3 years, this one was falling down, this building, the lottery fund has paid for it. The lottery

fund and the local council because the Olympic marathon was supposed to be going that way, but I dont think

its not going because of security or some political, because someone wants a bigger fish so they changed it

round now. But Im not complaining.

For 9 months we were just opening for the sake of it because the scaffolding was up, they wanted to change

the front but we didnt. this building looked like this 60 years ago. Its a grade 2 listed building, you

cant do much with it.

Did they mind that you didnt want to change the front?

No I said they were most welcome to go to court with it because I dont want wooden frame window, two rainy

seasons like this they will start, the plywood will start to rot again.

Was your trade affected much by the work, when they had the scaffolding up?

We were very quiet, just opening for the sake of it, here mostly is regular customers, we have a set of

customers from offices, university, here passing by trade is dead virtually, its all regular, people keep

coming back.

Im not too sure about this side, Im not sure what they are doing with that.

Do you think its just going to be for the showcase of the Olympics?

Yes, I think the recession is not even here yet, it will come after when the Olympics finishes , youll

see how the legacy lasts.

Is there a maintenance contract to keep the buildings repaired?

This will stay because it is owned by a big company.There is a restriction down here, we wanted to put in a kitchen down here but they will not let us put any

grill or anything. There is a problem from upstairs because all the pipework comes down here. We would keep

it as a caf. We have a basement as big as this, plus we have air conditioning so all we would have to do

is put one more outside and get the pipe in so we would have a central air conditioning. The it would be

lovely for evening bar, for drinking, because coffee shop, we dont need it now, after 2 oclock everybody

is gone, we can get rid of everything. Its still going on, we are fighting with it. The landlord wont

let us, they have submitted a plan.

Have your rates changed since the improvements have been done?

No, but there is a clause in the lease saying when the rent is reviewed it will always go up. I t is reviewed

every 5 years. It was reviewed last year so there is no change, because it was falling down we did not budge

on the rent. The landlord was quite pleased because it was 550,000 spent on it, all the cornerstones, this

sandstone, those were made to put in there, this was just plastered building before. Everything is new, they

broke everything down on the front and rebuilt everything. The bricks was laid in two parts, they took the

front one out. These bricks are not full bricks, they are half bricks, like a tile. All the stones, they

made them somewhere else and just put them up.

I think it looks absolutely beautiful, I like the library even better, I dont like concrete buildings, I

think the best british architecture is in the brick. Maybe in 5 years when it has aged a bit it will look

even better. Some of it is there from 1700s and not even one single brick has been damaged. Some of it is

going away, people work over it, they put things on. Before it was wasting like this, falling down, breaking

apart. 20 years ago this place was dangerous. I grew up in this area, lived all of my life here.

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the high street 2012 team want to transport the visitors

to the games into an idealised version of the past; they

are creating a perceived reality of what once was, rather

than building on the culture and diversity of the area

as it is.

baudrillard talks about the simulacra, in his essay

simulacra and simulation he talks about he construction

of a perceived reality through the use of images of the

past.

natural, naturalistic simulacra: based on image,

imitation, and counterfeiting. they are harmonious,

optimistic, and aim at the reconstitution, or the ideal

institution, of a nature in gods imagebaudrillard, simulacra and simulation

the creation of this perceived reality by high street

2012 is meant to fool the visitors into believing that

they are somewhere that they are not. they are trying to

create, in their words, a thriving high street of which

London can be proud and which the world will admire.

after the restoration works 3 of the 5 retail units

at 64-68 whitechapel high street are vacant. have they

created a thriving high street, or have they just polished

a failing high street? their attempt to return their

buildings to how they once were has resulted in the

construction of a new building, with no signs of age, in

the style of an old building.

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SITE LOCATION: ON THE EDGE OF THE CITY

the site sits right at the edge of the

city. it marks the change from the tall

monolithic office buildings to the smaller

scale of the traditional high street. the

adjacent london metropolitan university

building acts as a intermediate between

these two scales but beyond this planning

consent has been given for a 19 storey

office building that fills the site of

the old leisure centre which has already

been demolished. the high street is again

losing community buildings in place of

office buildings which serve the city.

any building proposal on the site needs to

be for the community in the area. whitechapel high street north side

whitechapel high street south side

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RE-WRITING HISTORY

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following on from the previous urban study i have chosen

64-68 whitechapel high street as my site and will develop

a deeper analysis of these buildings within their wider

context on whitechapel high street.

these buildings featured very strongly in the high street

2012 scheme and raised some interesting questions in the

previous research. they brought up questions on facade

treatment, historical nostalgia and pastness, as well

raising issues into participation within architectural

schemes and how this can be achieved effectively.

64 - 68 were restored to create an idealised version of

the past. the layers that have built up on the building

over its life were stripped back and a fake historical

facade was created.

if it was possible to go back in time and proposed a

different way of bringing these buildings back to life

to create something that london could be proud of how

would i undertake it differently? what are appropriate

uses for these buildings given the lack of demand for

high street retail units and the encroachment of the

city? a number of the surrounding sites have gainedplanning permission for 15 - 20 storey office blocks,

how will any development sit within that new landscape?

how will the character of whitechapel high street be

retained, improved or reinvented in the future?

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS

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modelling the facade from photos i learnt to look more

closely at the subject, not only taking the building is

as whole but as individual elements.

by constructing the facade in 3d space it lead me to

start breaking it down.


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HIGH STREET FACADE IN 24 HOURS


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THE ALLEY IN 24 HOURS


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PROCESS: LIGHTING THE HIGH STREET

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the following pages take a 4 second clip from the site

analysis film and look at how they were created using

blender and after affects. the 4 second clip was part of

a longer sequence showing the site over a 24 hour period,

this section looks at the early morning.

SUN

the orange outlines on this image show the active camera

and the settings used for it in terms of position and

rotation within the 3d space and the lens type.

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the following 4 images are 4 frames from the sequence

which was made up of 100 frames in total. they are frames

1 [artificially lit, no sunlight], 45 [combination of

sunlight and artificial lighting], 55 [sunlight only]

and 100 [sunlight only].

the sequence involved creating the sun as a point light

in the scene, changing the intensity [energy] of the

sunlight along the timeline to create the effect of

sunrise and changing the position of the sunlight across

the scene, tracking the suns path to create a realistic

lighting effect. spotlights were also created for the

street lamps which were set to turn off at a given point

as the intensity of the sun increased and their colour

was set to match the orange glow of street lighting. the

size of the spotlight, in terms of the angle of spread of

the light, and the softness of the light, the feathering

of the edges, also had to be set.

all of the settings and changes to the settings are set

along a timeline, using keyframes. each keyframe controls

what each object in the scene does and when, by set two

keyframes of different values the computer will process

the time between the key frames and create a transition

which can then be sped up or weighted towards one of the

keyframe values. when rendered the animation is exported

as a series of images [frames] which can then be brought

together in a video editing suite and converted into avideo file.

the following page out lines how the vehicle lights were

added to the scene during the night sequence in the video

FRAME 1FRAME 1 FRAME 45

street light settings street light settingsstreet light settingssunlight settings sunlight settingsunlight setting

sunlight position

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after opening a new composition in after effects the

first step was to import the precomposed video sequence

created from the nighttime renders in blender.

the path was duplicated to create more lines of headlights

and the path and settings altered slightly for each

one so that they animated differently and matched the

perspective of the scene.

the lights on the far side of the road were passing

in front of the pedestrian island, to give the illusion

that they were passing behind it the island was cut out

in photoshop and applied as a layer mask to the lights

in after effects. this removed the section of the lights

which would be hidden behind the island.

as the car lights passed by the environment would be

effected by the light. to create this effect part of

the surroundings was duplicated and cutout using the pen

tool, the edge of the cut was feathered to soften the

edges of the light.

the precomposed sequence contained the street lights and

the sunlight which were animated to change as the video

changed from day to night and back to day time.

the first step in creating the illusion of car lights

passing by the building at night was to draw a path using

the pen tool. this is the path that the lights would be

animated along. the path was drawn to match the route a

car would take along the road and at a height that their

headlamps would be.

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using thermal imaging it is possible

to capture the moment traceurs come

into contact with objects and the

marks they leave upon them. these

marks and interactions are usually

so quick that it can be hard or

impossible to process them using

normal imaging or the human eye.

the intensity of the mark shows

the intensity of the touch on the

surface and different surfaces

produce different types of mark so

it represents both the act of thetraceur and their effect on the object

as well as the effect the texture,

surface and shape of the object on

the interaction of the traceur.


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untrained eye elements of interaction


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white - traceur

black - camera

red - lights

blue - interaction

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URBAN DESIGN PROJECT: BUILDING

THE STATE OF THE HUMAN BODY

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for most of us it has become the norm to sit hunched over

a computer for 8, 9, 10, maybe even 12 hours a day whilst

at work. and then what do we do when we go home, turn

on the tv, watch a film, indulge in some social media?

we are becoming less active, our evolution could soon

start to take a backwards step, we will become constantly

hunched in the perfect position for working at a desk.

to travel from place to place we slump down in a seat

on the train, bus, or car. look at the parkourist, not

only are they experiencing the city in a new way, they

are faster, fitter and stronger than the average person.

by exploring the city and seeing built obstacles asopportunities they remain in peak physical condition.

what if everyone moved like a parkourist?

parkour evolved from the methode naturelle training

developed by georges herbert. he creating obstacle

course based around his motto tre fort pour tre utile

(be strong to be useful). he created training sessions

consisting of ten fundamental groups of movement: walking,

running, jumping, quadrupedal movement, climbing,

balancing, throwing, lifting, self-defence, swimming.

these he believed developed three main senses;

energetic or virile sense: energy, willpower, courage,

coolness, and firmness;

moral sense: benevolence, assistance, honour, and honesty;

physical sense: muscles and breath.

according to herbert, if we all embraced and practiced

parkour we would be a lot more useful.

us to overcome obstacles, both in the urban

and natural environments. its a weapon in

disguise. We train and when one day we

encounter a problem, we know that we are able

to use it. it can be the art of flight, of

the chase, of helping someone with a problem,

something ordinary.

david belle,2009

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FUEL FOR THE BODY

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fuel produces the energy that could be harnessed once it

leaves the body.

food is fuel for the body. energy is produced from

respiration. fats, complex carbohydrates and glucose in

the food we eat are converted into energy by the body.

fats and carbohydrates are broken down into glucose which

is used in respiration.

the body has a complex energy management system; it

closely monitors the amount of fuel that enters the body

and the amount required by the body. if too much glucose

enters the blood stream the pancreas releases insulin to

counteract it. insulin converts the excess glucose into

glycogen which can be stored in the muscles and liver

to be used later. glucose in its simple state cannot be

stored by the body.

the liver can store between 90-100g of glycogen at any

time, the equivalent amount of energy for 3-4 hours of

normal activity. once this limit has been reached the

liver will start to convert any more excess glucose into

fat. this process occurs each time we eat a meal and it

is normal for glucose to be converted into fat after a

normal sized meal.

as the amount of glucose in the blood starts to drop in

the hours after we eat the pancreas responds and releasesglucagon which stimulates the liver to access the fuel it

has stored as glycogen. the glycogen is broken down into

glucose which then enters the blood stream to be used in

respiration.

once the glycogen reserves in the liver start to fall

they are replenished by the break down of fat into

replacement glycogen to be stored in the liver. when fat

reserves start to fall it is time to eat again and the

fuel cycle continues.

hydrogen atom

carbon atom

oxygen atom

pavegen harvests energy from footsteps. every time someone

walks over the pavegen pad kinetic energy is converted

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walks over the pavegen pad kinetic energy is converted

into electricity that can be stored and used,

each pad includes a central luminaire which lights up

every time someone steps on it. this engages the user

with the energy generation process and also attracts

more footfall to the pad.

the pads can be retro fitted within existing floor

surfaces; they come in standard slab and tile sizes. the

upper part of the pad is made from 100% recycled tyres

and over 80% of the lower part and mechanical components

are also made from recycled material. they perform well

in both internal and external environments.

the pads are ideally suited to places of high footfall,

especially places where large crowds are channelled through

a narrow route such as ticket barriers at train stations

or entrances to buildings. they have been installed in

school corridors to contribute to the energy requirement

for the schools lighting needs. the pads in the school

provide the equivalent energy to power 400 leds for the

entire 8 hour school day. plans are also in place to use

pavegen at the london 2012 stratford site.

5% of the energy from each pad is used to power the built

in luminaire and the other 95% is harvested for other

uses. the pads create 4-8w over a period of 1 second foreach footstep. the output voltage is 12v.


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PROJECT 2.3

URBAN DESIGN: BUILDINGBUILDING CONCEPT

taking inspiration from the previous work on parkour and

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is to utilise this movement and harness the energy it

gives off to contribute to the power requirement for the

building.

the building will be a performing arts venue and gym.

with the gym providing power to the venue. audience

members will be able to pay for their tickets to events

with energy. the energy they create in the gym will be

transferred to points which will allow them entry in to

the arts venue.

it is a building powered by humans; a renewable source

of energy.

the building will be split into 3 main zones; the venue,

the gym and a cafe/bar.

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the gym acts as the generator for the buildings energy

requirement. the cafe/bar acts as a refuelling station

for the gym users; for them to continue to create energy

they must take on energy in the form of food. the venue

will be the incentive for people to use the gym and will

allow people to engage with the energy creation process

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as well as salvaging historical parts from the site

itself, parts will also be obtained from nearby sites.

demolished buildings which would be lost will be given

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new life used in the new building.

elements will be salvaged and re-used. salvaged parts

will be used to create a new structure for the new

building; the structure will have to be designed around

the parts and components that can be sourced from the

site and nearby sites.

proposed site

proposed site

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the cladding system of the new building will provide the

parkourist with an environment that they can interact

with. usually the parkourists only get to interact with

the external facades of a building but this building will

provide internal and external spaces that the parkourists

can utilise to practice their discipline. the spaces will

intertwine with one another, the parkourist will be able

to move through the inside and outside of the building

as if it were one space.

the cladding system, internally and externally will the

made up of salvage elements from historical buildings.

that the parkourists can interact with. the structure

and services of the new building will also be exposed

to allow further interaction between the movement and

the parkourists and the building elements. not only will

the services provide the building with the systems it

requires to function but they will also be providing the

parkourists the systems they need to practice and create

kinetic energy to power the buildings services.

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