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4-5 THE JOURNEY SO FAR...

6-7 DESIGN AND MAKE

8 PRIMER: FIRST RESPONSE

9 PRIMER: PRECEDENTS

10-11 PRIMER: DESIGN

12-13 PRIMER: MODEL MAKING

14-15 PRIMER: RENDERS

16-17 FROM PRIMER TO THESIS...

18-19 SITE: LOCATION

20-21 SITE: INITIAL ANALYSIS

22 SITE: EXISTING CONTEXT

23 SITE: WIDER STRATEGIES

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26-27 CONTEXT: INVOLVED COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS

28-29 CONTEXT: UNIQUE INSTITUTION

30-33 SITE: BOTANIC GARDENS

34-35 CONCEPTUAL EXPLORATION

36-37 PRECEDENT STUDY

38-39 BIOMES

40-45 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

46-51 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

52-55 FIRST ITERATIONS

56-58 TECTONIC PRECEDENTS

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PACKINGINNOVATIVEEFFICIENCYINRETAILDISPLAY

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MOTIVE:INTRIGUEDBYDARKFACEOFOXFORD

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NATURE+SCIENCE

Oxford,alongwithotherfamous17thcenturygardens of botany, rstpromotedtheideaofscienceandresearchbeingdirectlylinkedwiththegardens-'physicgarden'.

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Oxford,alongwithotherfamous17thcenturygardens of botany, rstpromotedtheideaofscienceandresearchbeingdirectlylinkedwiththegardens-'physicgarden'.

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The designs purpose is to unveil the untold story of the rationale of Coity Tip. It thus presents the pro-cess involving the sorting of unwanted waste, that ultimately has been dumped in large quantities on the site over the decades.

Appropriate materials will be sourced to tell the story, in the form of metal and stone. The path itself consists of the sorting, transportation and tipping of the waste. It culminates in a platform where the viewers eye is directed towards the most important sites of the surrounding heritage land-scape.This is achieved through vertical elements which ap-pear to be sculptural follies when first encountered upon the path.

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When i first went about investigating the term packing and all its conno-tations, i was drawn towards inter-esting displays and unconventional groupings of products in todays re-tail stores. The impact of product design of-ten relies on loud statements - the conventional and expected route of product display will soon be a thing of the past.

This in turn guided me towards the idea of architecture displaying itself dynamically - unpacking, uncoiling, unrolling, unfurling itself...

The combination of a mechanism inspired by architecture/nature and the opportuntiy for a retail product to be introduced to its viewer in a new, dynamic way, has the potential for flexible design which can be ap-plied to any space.

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SHELVING UNIT IN TWO STATES

The idea of unfoldable display facts came from the ambition to achieve two states:

1 / The packed, efficient shelf in its modest state.2 / The unpacked, dynamic display stand in its exposed state.

Its potential being a bar or reception in state 1, whereby the packed stacks could be surfaces or a combination to allow for other storage - or a shop and product exhibition in state 2.In this case shoes were the chosen product but essentially the flexibility of the designs main ele-ments allow for various products in various environments.

The designs movement path when unfolding is determined by two movements - a rotation of 30 degress and a hinge lift. This action is consistent in the path of each shelf and was the main pa-rameter in determining the designs overall gesture.

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Several materials were tested, until i felt that cold forming plastic was the most suitable in terms of communicating the dynamic, sleek motion of the design.

I also experimented in designing hinges and connections. The challenging aspect of these were their neccesity to incorporate movement along two axis so that the plate could rotate and lift in one action.

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Whilst trying to bridge the gap between the concep-tual motivation behind the primer and a starting point for the thesis, I came across a precedent which also dealt with the idea of two different states, but in the form of an architectural program.Containers scattered around the city of Linz were either closed, packed up and mysterious as to their purpose - or unfolded so that they were displaying their inner function in the form of temporary bars to be used in order to form the infrastructure of events.

It helped me realize that i was actually less inter-ested in the literal act of a transition between closed and displayed, but wanted my thesis to derive from something which translated the idea of two states in a more metaphorical or symbolic reading of a place, city or entire system.

FROM PRIMER TO THESIS...

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Oxford boasts the oldest University of Great Britain, which has giv-en the city its famous reputation based around the college system and its accompanying history of academia.A further, less celebrated aspect of Oxford is the research some of the departments are involved in, such as animal testing. The con-troversy and uncertainty revolving around the laboratories is the reverse side to the story, the dark face of Oxford.

This state of imbalance between the colleges and the labs I have differentiated between as Extroverted VS Introverted.

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ANALSIS OF OXFORD

In order to gain an understanding of the varying gradation ranging from Oxfords tourist image (displayed) and its more exclusive or hidden destinations (inward looking), I conduced the analysis de-picted in the map on the right hand side.According to several paramaters such as entrance fee or seasonalopening patterns to institutions and colleges alike I evaluated the varying levels of accessibility throughout the city centre and the science campus.

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Focusing the energy of oxford and its departments towards the site

The periscopes of Oxford - Creating an understanding of the exisitng fabric from a new perspective

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To strive for the possibility for architecture to reastablish a posi-tive relationship between Oxfords public image and its veiled institutions of research. Can academic jealousy and rivalry be replaced with the means for a more interactive combination of both education and research which also engages the general public?Its intention is to translate INTROVERSION into a notion of in-trigue created by a breathing organism of labour. All the curiosi-ties associated with research and science are to be subtlely ex-pressed by architectural means, such as transparency, layering and depth. EXTROVERSION is to be translated into the projects counter-state - the aspiration to open up to the public and display its labours in the form of a cabinet of curiostities. Beyond this, its reach should have the potential to fill the streets of Oxford on a temporary basis, much like a ritual or festival.

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St. PetersBrasenose CollegeSomerville CollegeNew College

Jesus College Queens College Lady Margaret Hall

St. Johns Hertford College St. Hughs

COLLEGES OFFERING A DEGREE IN BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

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INSTITUTIONAL SETUP

In the context of its longstanding traditionOxford University has a unique college system,whereby several colleges feed into peerfaculties and departments.The diagram below explains their interrelationship.

Provision: - Teaching space for 50 postgraduate students - Lecture theatre - Professors accomodation

-public spaces / cafe etc-main research spaces / laboratories-new greenhouses/test spaces for botany

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the Buildings of the Botanic Gardenby richard Mayou and Joanna Matthews

The Garden is not only botanically and historically of major

importance, it is also architecturally distinguished. English Heritage

lists the walls and gates as Grade 1 and the former Garden and Botany

buildings, now occupied by Magdalen College, and the Directors

house, are Grade II.

Old prints and photographs show the origins and development of what we can see today. Loggans 1675 print (Figure 1) illustrates the original walled Physick Garden. The 5 metre high ashlar walls were built in 1632 and during the Civil War were linked to the town walls. They have substantial foundations in the Gardens many feet of dung improved soil, at least as deep as their height and twice the width of the above ground walls. They remain very largely intact, continuing through the Magdalen College front buildings. Professor Daubeny removed a section by the conservatory in around 1850 - but failed to restore the wall as had been expected of him. There were very major repairs in 1991-1994 and further recent repairs (2008) following large areas of delamination.

Figure 1. David Loggan, 1675. Hortus Botanicus, The Physick garden in Oxon. From Oxonia Illustrata, the first illustrated book on Oxford.

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The botanic gardens at oxford present the opportunity to fur-ther merge the department of botany with its public counter-part - the gardens which are also owned by the university.

Located adjacent to the highstreet leading to the city centre it offers far more opportunity for a new public catchment area in comparison with the peripheral science campus.

The direct physical connection between botanical research and public gardens goes back to the collection of famous 17th century gardens with their classical composition - in-cluding Oxfords gardens. The paintings show smoke rising from the chimneys of the labs surrounding the gardens.

RIGHT PAGEFurther accessibility analy-sis within the immediate site boundaries mark up the areas which show high potential for exploiting those areas of the project to be on display, whilst also acknowledging the more sensitive, introverted parts of the existing gardens.

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The site offers varying degrees of closed and open spaces, interior courtyards, sheltered and exposed spaces as well as existing character.The space adjacent to the river Cherwell hugging the exterior of the courtyard provides most opportunity for intervention.

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Looking at nature in order to help tie in the program for botanical research with the overal concept and strategy.

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The Monte Hacho Hous-ing in Spain expresses an interesing variety of spaces that are either open, semi-open or closed. The play of light interacts with the lay-ering of materials and shading devices etc.The overall feel is calm, yet not oppres-sive. The public is of-fered an impression of the interior activities.

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The idea of offering more than just new greenhouses, but to create artificial environ-ments which house species of a particular region by mimicing the natural conditions of the climate they are associated with.

This establishes entire environments within which the academics can perform hands on, state of the art research on botany, and the public can be directly involved in the differ-ent atmospheres and qualitites of several bi-omes, encouraging their education through interaction with the biomes characteristics, rather than being presented with an exclu-sive exhibit.

The mysterious nature of these organisms of labour, these cabinets of curiosities, will come alive through smaller sculptural inter-vetions compared to the eden project.

Their location within the site as well as the form will be derived from further analysis in terms of suitability for climatic opportunities.

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This established the most suitable locations for each biome within the site, for example the tropical biome being most exposed and linking with the river to make the most of humidity - whereas the desert biome hugs the stoney courtyard wall for thermal mass and an opportuniy for smaller plants to thrive on rocky surfaces.

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The use of ETFE plastic rather than glass alows for higher transmittance of light and a reduction in weight, so that larger surfaces can be covered easily. Inflation and deflation as well as the use of a pattern printed on the air cush-ion can be incorporated in oder to control light admittance, so that varying spaces can be treated according to their requirements.

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