post graduate diploma architectural design analysis

design analysis leeds metropolitan university yr2 pgdp matthew hayes

s u s t a i n a b l e c o n s t r u c t i o n r e s o u r c e a n d l e a r n i n g c e n t r e

k i n g s t o n u p o n h u l l

f e b r u a r y 2 0 0 9

d e s i g n a n a l y s i s


n a r r a t i v e

A building to house the process of design and exploration of using waste products to

create functional eco-sustainable architecture in order to build a wider knowledge of sustainability through education.

Located on the River Hull’s estuary to exploit transportational links

and using the rich history to create

architectural merit…


c o n t e n t s p a g e

1. project name/location2. introduction3. hull regeneration4. fruit market area breakdown5 - 7. site factors8 - 9. influencing site factors10. brief response/value added items11. conceptual thinking12. concept model photographs13 - 14. building/site processes15 - 17. re-thinking the process18. concept option 219. re-thinking the concept20. building massing21 - 22. refining the process23. refining the process on site24. spatial experimantation25. creating the form26. creating the form (option 1)27. conceptual massing (option 2)28. building (option 2)29. inspirational visual links30. refining massing31. inspiration32. refining irregularity/massing33. elevations34 - 41. current design42 - 46. technical strategies47. summary

bibliography appendicies


b u i l d i n g d e s i g n i n f o r m a t i o n

hull central dry docksite

building name: sustainable construction resource and learning centre

building location: hull central dry dock, kingston upon hull, england

1.


i n t r o d u c t i o n

The chosen site is the Hull Central Dry dock which is located on the outer edge of the fruit market development scheme where the River Hull meets the River Humber. It lies just to the south of the A63 which is the main vehicular artery running through hull and the site itself is immediately bordered by Humber Street and Queen Street, these are the main access roads for the site. The scheme which is a ‘Sustainable Resource and Learning Centre’ for the north of England aims to promote sustainability in its widest sense offering support for new-comers, CPD educational programmes and a physical hands-on environment, where people can experiment with their designs. From a more social angle the building’s public areas will push to inspire and interest through the use of architecture, to involve not only the permanent users but the visitors too.

The building wants to be a recognisable object on the landscape and provide people with a reason for taking a public route through, making people want to be inspired. It should be the instinctive choice for anybody investing or wanting to invest in sustainable architecture or just a plain query about the subject or something that requires professional experience. The centre can be used as an educational tool providing qualifications in bespoke programmes in green building which would be highly beneficial to the high unemploy-ment in Hull. It would be giving the residents reason for involvement with the building. The 2nd floor is private office space to give the building an extra income that would be received in the way of rent.

The building – A Brief Description

The building is during the stages of design and this report is based on the present design stage, this will change before the end of the course.

The building can be broken down into 3 blocks:

1. Private offices, design, conference, admin, shop2. Educational, café, service3. Exploration workshop

All of the blocks are adjoined by a public atrium which allows people to pass and interact with the building but keeping them visually connected but protected from the more dan-gerous areas (the workshop).

There are two main processes which are married within the building, one being the design and educational side, which looks at inspiring and building peoples knowledge of sustain-ability and the other is the physical exploration of projects or ideas. This physical exploration area will give people the facilities to put their ideas to the test. This area will also be used for physical experiance in green building as part of the education. There are the facilities to import and export goods freely with the expanse of the reinstated dock to use water transport, either the sea or canal, if they wish. The general philosophy is to better what entered the building in some way whether it be educating a person or developing a product for the market.

client: kingston upon hull city council

2.


h u l l r e g e n e r a t i o n p l a n s

There is a city centre masterplan for the city of Hull, funded by the Council and managed by Citybuild. It is a long term plan for improving Hull city centre, providing shopping and leisure facilities, offices, homes and employ-ment opportunities as a result. The masterplan’s five Stra-tegic development areas are –

• Humber Quays• Fruit Market Area• East Bank of the River Hull• Albion Square and the heart of the city• Quay West

The Humber Quays and the Fruit Market area are the clos-est regeneration areas to the site, reaching up to Queen Street. The Hull Harbour has plans to be a spectacular business and international trade centre with parts of the plan already visible with One and Two Humber Quays already built. Alongside this are plans for hotels, waterfront residences and stunning public space. The main objectives of the development are to re-establish links with the city centre, enhance the use of the area and through mixed use build-up for a round-the-clock safe community.

Closer to the site, the Fruit Market area is to be rein-stated and celebrated once again to become a place of dis-tinction, recognised in the UK and overseas. It will become a new place to live and work, complemented by cafe bars, speciality shops, restaurants, boutique hotels as well as new public space.

The main objectives of the Fruit Market are to:

• Breathe new life into the city’s waterfront and build on the success of The Deep, Humber Quays and Hull Marina.• Recover the distinctive spirit and vitality of this part of the old town conservation area.• Create a new vibrant community to live, improving and enhancing the environment for existing busi nesses and residents.• Help the city’s small business community to grow and prosper• Keep visitors in the city for longer and spending more.

3.


f r u i t m a r k e t a r e a b r e a k d o w n

A map to show the breakdown of the fruit market area and their relationship to the site.

4.


s i t e

Influencing Site Factors

There were a number of factors which influenced the design proposal, of which a marriage of physical constraints and design preferences, which were key to the scheme topic, were met. The natural parameters of the site leave it open and exposed to the elements which made it perfect to adopt natural and renewable energies that would be involved in the building and running of the development. Main influences that were involved are as follows and are discussed on the following pages:

• Microclimate

• Movement

• Pedestrian routes

• Noise

• Building frontage

5.


s i t e

Because the scheme is based on sustainable issues and promoting these within architecture, the form was derived from using shallow floor plates to divide and house the accommoda-tion. The reason was to keep the majority of the building naturally stack ventilated using the atrium as an exit point for stale air. Basing the design on these 15 meter floor plates, the atrium which divides the three blocks up runs over Queens Alley, keeping the route that has always existed passing through. This is intended as a public internal space which will allow people to pass through but make them feel involved with the interior of the building. With this historic divide and the desire for naturally ventilated interior spaces the massing has been limited. Providing routes through the site as part of the city walks and using visual links to draw people past the building has helped in creating thoroughfares to work with the building and decide on accommodation locations, according to where the public can and cannot go.

With the reinstated dock to the east of the site, it pins the location of the service yard and the workshop area to the immediate west in order to make the building function. As this is the point of possible imports and exports it seems only natural that theses areas should feed off this zone and the workshop off these. This means that the atrium space over the existing Queens Alley will join onto the workshop allowing there to be visual links between the areas which has been a strong idea from the start of the design.

6.


s i t e

The massing of the building has been mainly derived through existing and proposed pedestrian links and the need for the building to function off the reinstated dock but was also recognised (in the design proposal) that it needed to provide frontage to both Humber and Queen Street, as the existing was either non-existent or poor. With the proposed design, there is now frontage and reasoning behind pedes-trian movement between each of the blocks. From the pro-posed park on the opposite side of Humber Street, there is an unobstructed view of the building and with there being no existing frontage to the south east of the site, there are unobstructed views from the estuary also. I have accommo-dated the river views as much as I can but with the service yard having to be located to that side of the site, I have had to create as much frontage through the educational block to the south which is the most visible. It is at this point that there is a viewing platform with panoramic views.

7.


i n f l u e n c i n g s i t e f a c t o r s

The buildings relation to the site and how the processes have been formed through this can be seen at the beginning of the design development.

8.


i n f l u e n c i n g s i t e f a c t o r s

Because the proposal is based on a combination of two processes it means that the function had to meet my requirements on this particular site. The way in which these functions work in unison matches the natural process of the site which is demonstrated in the diagram above. The main entrance points of the building matches the natural flow of the pedestrians from the busiest points i.e. the coast and city centre. The buildings functional route through the site leads to the dock and service points which will export in all senses.

In a wider perspective the site exploits good links both by road and water (inland and overseas if necessary) and as hoped sits on the edge of the fruit market development area alongside the success of the ‘Deep’ aquarium creating an attractive environment to pass through and interact with.

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b r i e f r e s p o n s e /‘ v a l u e a d d e d’ i t e m s

Responding to the brief:

This building introduction was seen as an inspirational tool to create interest and interaction for the immediate community and visitors of Hull. Part of buildings purpose is to support and educate, therefore its existence is a positive one and can be seen, by the client, to help increase the local ability in this current subject and lower the unemployment levels. The general philosophy of the building is to improve what has entered, whether it be an idea, a product, waste product or a person. Through inspiration and interest, the users can become involved with the building and improve their lives and their knowledge which will be seen as a positive by potential employers.

With the building being so focussed on sustainability, it gives the client no question in how to promote or support ideas/people in this field. It gives an area for which money can be invested with positive results, keeping the inter-est focussed in one location.

The general users of the building can benefit from public and private area divide, with a balance of education and pri-vate work/projects. With this balance comes the passing on of knowledge and first hand working with new up and coming ideas and the general public. The centre provides the facilities for both professionals working privately, working alongside the public and visitors, and also the visitors alone. Alongside this is the workshop which is a private area with the means for physical exploration and education where people can practice unique trades in the field, which they could later use in the workforce.

Energy saving throughout the building in structure, construction and power is paramount and is promoted by being open to the users for them to see the working components. This was a major point in the design of the building. It is through these educational responses within the architecture that the centre can link with schools and university to widen the programme in sustainability to further the spread of knowledge.

It was important that the centre was not intimidating the everyday person interested in green building but also offered advice to those who had interest or queries about the subject. I think by dividing the public and private areas with the use of the atrium and keeping people visually linked throughout the building helps to encourage involvement.

‘Value added’ items:

Through the build up of the scheme, a high level of social interaction that the building will have with the community will become apparent and it is intended that communities will develop through the use of its facilities. The interest in the area that will be generated will add value to the area and can be the source of information for future develop-ment in and around the area.

It was always intended that the building would be of a sustainable nature but it will generate a large amount of re-cycling through the process that will function within. The use of the biomass boiler system will aim to use as much workshop waste as possible and the re-cladding of the buildings exterior as the outer skin perishes will provide a continuous use of reclaimed materials.

Proposed design:

As the scheme is centred on current sustainable issues, the technical solutions used within the build reflect the measures taken to keep the building green which are discussed in depth in the technical section of this booklet. The ‘state of the art’ of the architecture is focussed on the concept of the building and how the ideas for the building function can be expressed in the physical form. These ideas are talked about during the design development section within this booklet.

10.


c o n c e p t u a l t h i n k i n g ( o p t i o n 1 )

The buildings appearance has been divided to represent the processes which will be taking place within. The overall concept of the whole building is to show a process of recycling and the change between the irregularity of waste prod-ucts and the regularity of recycled products. The thought process relationships and the visual representation for this concept can be seen here:

Diagramatic process of recycling

Diagram showing the process of the building function, comparing it to that of the recycling process

aluminium: paper/card: glass: plastic:

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c o n c e p t u a l t h i n k i n g ( m o d e l )

This model is a three dimensional representation of the conceptual process on the previous page.

12.


b u i l d i n g / s i t e p r o c e s s e s

Recognising that the building is based on process, this looks at the natural process of the site based on pedestrian routes and best locations for exploiting

the transport links. When likening the physical process of recycling to that of inspiring and educating an individual, it becomes apparent that there are two

processes involved with in the building, both with a very similar structure.

Both processes can be simplified into:

INPUT > THE CHANGE > THE OUTPUT

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b u i l d i n g / s i t e p r o c e s s e s

Input:

• Less significant than the output

• More irrational/irregular

• Less guidance

• Less purpose

• Unwanted

The Change:

• A revolutionary

• An increase in purpose

• To make more saleable

• Able to create positive change

• More desirable

The Output:

• Used by society/the world

• Confidence to create a more positive future

• Ability to inspire

• Proof that eco-sustainability is the future

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r e - t h i n k i n g t h e p r o c e s s

Starts to warm building

through solar gain/makes

use of PV panels.

Moring weak Midday strong Afternoon weak

Fully warming the building.

Building exploiting the

suns rays through PVs.

Although now the rays are

weaker the building makes

use and functions through

stored energy.

Below: Diagramatic comparison between the sun’s day long strength, how the building would store and use energy and how the building would serve the users.

This re-evaluation looks at the orien-

tation of the building with the sun and

how this can be theoretically linked

in to the building function and user

specification.

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The processes can be combined into a single dia-

gram to show how the building and users will func-

tion both during the day and through the use of the

building respectively. This has led onto creating

a set of criteria from which I will work to with

various conceptual processes and through trial and

evaluation, can determine which is the best route to

take.

Above: Simplified combined diagram of both processes, building and user.

Below: List of criteria for which to base the building function and layout on the site.

16.



Physical parameters – providing frontage to queen street, humber street and the estuary.

Views – best to the south across the river mouth but with partial blockage by existing massing on the southern boundary. Bad views to the north screened by

new proposed park.

Eco Location – requires exposure for wind, sun, rain. Southerly direction which clashes with the views.

Process – would potentially a backwards process along the sites natural process line due to the suns natural path.

Building Function – would operate in conjunction with metaphorical ideas and views, process and site parameters.

Access/Movement – In conjunction with existing infrastructure.

Above: Putting the process on the site revealing some conflict points

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c o n c e p t o p t i o n 2

Looking at how the building will be used as a generator to advertise how important sustainability in architecture is and how this large scale process works.

It is hoped that a domino effect will take place and word will spread through user’s education once retrieved from the building. This should create interest

in other members of the community and potentially draw them in.

Taking a different angle of how to create space within the building through a theoretical resemblance to how the building will serve the north of England.

18.


r e - t h i n k i n g t h e c o n c e p t

Putting the hierarchy idea on the site is proving to be a similar form and layout to the original concept

and process involving the contrast between randomness and purity. It is almost as if the site parameters

and opportunities are shaping the processes on the site. If it is certain that I will provide frontage

to Queen and Humber Street, then with limitations on building width due to natural ventilation, the mass-

ing becomes more restrained.

19.


b u i l d i n g m a s s i n g

Thought processes and experimentation into various options for massing on the site bearing in mind the

criteria set previously and the site opportunities that I want to exploit.

20.


r e f i n i n g t h e p r o c e s s

An area of the process that I feel needs enhancing or verify-

ing is the physical exploration side involving users of the

building who wish to experiment with their ideas. This area

as well as gallery space is to be the main visual inspiration

for people inside and out of the structure.

This side of the process has been previously vague in that

there has been question about recycling on site and what the

various imports may be? The deliverance of waste products

will be specific to the designer’s requirements, this helps

to:

• Minimise waste leaving the site

• Keep the processing specific

• Keep storage to a minimum

• Contain the diversity of skills needed to use the work

shops

21.


r e f i n i n g t h e p r o c e s s

22.


r e f i n i n g t h e p r o c e s s o n s i t e

These diagrams are an indication of how I think

these processes will evolve on the site when using

the physical parameters and visual links as a divide

between the spaces. I have indicated where I think

these processes will meet within the building struc-

ture and need to experiment with physical and visual

barriers which will create the process through the

building while keeping it free and open.

23.


s p a c i a l e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n

24.


c r e a t i n g t h e f o r m

This is a start into considering potential elevational treatment and a look at building mass against existing buildings. The elevation sketch shows my initial

thoughts for the outlook onto Queen Street with a mix of different planes competing with each other to create an almost random effect.

25.


c r e a t i n g t h e f o r m ( o p t i o n 1 )

A look into public spaces and routes around the building to define massing. This was also a chance to experiment with the visual impact on Queen Street and how

I can be influencing people who haven’t walked through the door.

26.


c o n c e p t u a l m a s s i n g ( o p t i o n 2 )

This model shows the massing of the building at concept stages and its relation ship to the surrounding buildings.

27.


b u i l d i n g ( o p t i o n 2 )

ExCel London by Grimshaw Architects has

a ‘C’-shaped longitudinal feature

which houses some of the buildings ac-

commodation. It has given me the idea

to produce a series of shards which will

jut into the workshop at several inter-

vals in the process.

View down through shop/gallery.

3D massing of building on the site

showing the random/pure ideas with

intended links through.

Street scene along Queen Street showing

the spider effect of the shards along

the pavement.

View through reception through the gallery space with Queen Street on the right and the accommodation on the left.

28.


i n s p i r a t i o n a l v i s u a l l i n k s

This was a strong concept that has been present from

the initial massing of the overall design, investi-

gating visual and physical barriers between spaces.

This is to control the movement of users between

public and private areas and the areas containing

the different processes within each of the blocks.

The idea is that from certain interval along Queen

Street, pedestrians would be able to see through the

building into the workshop and see the processes

within.

This shows a clever use of space and gave me the idea of interlocking spaces, some with physical barriers but visual links and some

vice versa. It’s the intrusion of the smaller object into the larger space that I was mostly interested in.

outer skin of the building

glazed areas

core areaswaiting areas for lift

workshop

29.


r e f i n i n g m a s s i n g ( o p t i o n 3 )

Further analysis of the previous design, the massing

can be arranged in such a way that the visual links

can still be effective but with an improved layout.

By incorporating an atrium in the centre there can

be an improved building function and the processes

can work together more easily.

Ground Floor First Floor

30.


i n s p i r a t i o n

Neave Browns, ‘Unknowns’ (random etchings)

Pilkington active spectrum student awards.

Diener & Diener Architects (random appearance of fascade) Corrugated cardboard shelving system, idea for reclaimed timber fascade

31.


r e f i n i n g i r r e g u l a r i t y / m a s s i n g

Conceptual thinking shown in plan format with the layers of floors in the design wing creating a random appearance opposed to the more regular side of the

workshop areas.

ground floor plan first floor plan

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e l e v a t i o n s

west elevation showing the irregularity of the reclaimed timber boards

north elevation showing the contrast between the irregularity of the timber boards and the paperstone cladding of the workshop areas.

33.


c u r r e n t d e s i g n

The current design reflects the conceptual thinking, site constraints, building function and user proc-

esses which have been considered and reconsidered over the course of the project.

The building massing has been governed by the pedestrian movement through and around the site, whilst

meeting self-set criteria in order to maintain sustainable targets. Situating the blocks where they are

provides building frontage to the areas notified in the proposal and links the main nodes which were seen

to be on the proposed city walk. These routes also provide visual links to landmark buildings such as

the ‘Deep’ aquarium, tidal surge barrier and the newly proposed park area to the north of the centre.

34.


c u r r e n t d e s i g n / w e s t e l e v a t i o n

The use of materials and energy sources for the

building have kept the approach sustainable but has

also allowed a positive learning experience to be

enjoyed whilst walking through various parts of the

centre. The use of natural ventilation, renewable

energies and rainwater harvesting has meant that it

can be used as an exemplar in the industry and ad-

vertise the topic behind the centres existence.

Whilst keeping the construction eco-friendly, it

has been selected and used in ways that portray the

conceptual thinking that has been an important issue

from the beginning. With the building being large

and consisting of multiple blocks, the representa-

tion of the contrast between the random appearance

of the Queen Street elevation and the regularity of

the dock side elevations has been possible.

reclaimed timber boards

atrium louvres

high performance glazing

glulam column

west elevation

35.


p e r s p e c t i v e v i e w s

looking south along queen street looking from reinstated dock entrance at cafe and viewing platform

view looking from southern link from nelson street at both southern entrances and new pedestrian link

36.


s o u t h e l e v a t i o n

ggbs concrete wall



atrium steel structure

atrium timber louvres

south elevation

37.


e a s t e l e v a t i o n

ggbs concrete



double height workshop doors

paperstone rainscreen cladding

east elevation

38.


n o r t h e l e v a t i o n


paperstone rainscreen cladding

atrium steel structure



north elevation

39.



The layout of the building has been governed by the on site processes that require the use of elements such as the reinstated dock and the natural routes in

and out of the city/coastal areas. Although these constraints were non negotiable, the building relates and makes use of these factors, using them to its ad-

vantage. As the site was chosen because of its strengths towards this brief, the proposal has been a reaction that has worked, maximising the potential. An

example of this is the positive use of natural, unhindered, sunlight that floods the site all day for controlled heating and lighting of the interior.

Distributing the accommodation to maximise the educational experience and inspirational involvement has meant that the initial process diagrams, that were

critically analysed, have become evident in the current design. This is seen walking through the public atrium with the private walkways passing over head

between the design offices, educational areas and the mezzanine level overlooking the workshop. This, and the visual link windows, can be seen as the initial

link between the two processes shown in the design development.

view looking up at atrium from the reception desk

40.



An added element that this building would bring to

the brief was the social interaction between the

public and professionals. Both the educational and

professional areas are kept within the private first

floor for easy interaction and clear views of the

workshop areas though the internal acoustic windows.

This was an important aspect of the design which I

had to express in the physical design.

Keeping the workshop a separate entity allows a

control and the desired selection of processes which

occur in these areas. The space is intended as an

area for free exploration in the art of green build-

ing or a space for educational building programmes

which would be supervised and recorded events. The

main area is accompanied by a servicing wing which

also acts as the entrance off the street to keep the

service yard free for loading and vehicles which is

much safer.

view from entrance of service yard looking at the full height workshop doors and viewing platform

view from workshop floor looking at acoustic windows and mezzenaine design space

41.


t e c h n i c a l s t r a t e g i e s / s u s t a i n a b i l i t y

To promote sustainability in architecture, I have taken appropriate steps to ensure the building is of a

green nature. The whole purpose of the building is educating and with the opportunity to use materials

and techniques which can be left exposed, I can acquire the raw appearance that I desire. When passing

through the atrium space, I would like parts of the construction to seem as though they are in section,

allowing the users to understand how the elements all work in unison to assist the working building.

Structurally thinking the framework needed to be strong enough to reach three storeys and span the dis-

tances required. I chose Glulam for its strength and appearance when exposed in construction, there

would also be limited off-cuts and could be prepared off-site. Using a UK based supplier of Glulam keeps

the source local and will give a bold contrast between the structural members and any fixings or tensile

cabling used creating definition. Most of the joints will be assisted using steel connectors and bolts

i.e. where the steel footings from the concrete pile cap joins with the Glulam column. In areas of the

structure, steel fliche plates will be used to strengthen the timber beams, this mostly occurs where there

is a cantilever or large floor spans.

three dimensional structural layout

of glulam columns and beams

detail of floor build up

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Using GGBS eco concrete to build the buildings core areas will provide the overall framework

with lateral stability without the use of cross bracing with tensile steel cables. Although it

is preferred to show the workings of the building, in this case I feel that the cables will dis-

rupt the window arrangement. The concrete is also created using up to 70% reused waste from the

production of steel and from Scunthorpe keeping the transportation to a minimum, therefore less

CO2 emissions.

diagram to show ggbs concrete areas for lateral stability

ggbs concrete fabricated zone

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The external envelope of the building has been de-

signed to retain the heat inside and therefore save

energy. It comprises of a double skin make up,

the outer being a series of reclaimed timber boards

positioned to give a random appearance and the inner

essentially being a rainscreen cladding system. The

inner skin is heavily insulated both between the

Glulam columns and on the inside to increase air

tightness using a mixture of recycled newspaper and

Kingspan Thermowall. As timber is a natural insula-

tor there will be little problems with cold bridging

and with the aim to retain air tightness the build-

ing will retain the heat.

detail section showing wall make up and the hanging of the reclaimed timber boards.

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Like the concrete the windows will be local, from Yorkshire, and the company guarantee to provide high performance glazing with the FSC approval and the expe-

rience to produce the boutique design required.

Parts of the double thick wall between the atrium and the workshop will be created using a high performance acoustic glazing system, of which parts will be

stripped away to reveal the eco composite make up of the wall. These gaps in the concrete are meant as visual inspiration from other parts of the building so

that there is this constant connection between the two processes within the complex.

In terms of renewable energies to power the building, photovoltaic panels will be used to assist the electrical running and for the assistance of heat for

the interior a biomass boiler which will in part run off waste products from the workshop. Due to performance of the external envelope and the low U-value

achieved, the interior can retain the heat produced either through solar gain or from the boiler and with the use of a heat recovery system, the correct number

of air changes can be completed, without losing any warmth. This means that any ventilation can be done naturally through stack ventilation because of the

intentionally shallow foot print of each of the blocks and the height of the atrium.

ventilation diagram

mechanically ventilated (out)

mechanically ventilated (in)

naturally ventilated (out)

naturally ventilated (in)

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Lighting will be through ultra performance LED sys-

tems which out perform conventional lighting in both

power saved and light produced depending on the area

use and requirements.

heat source diagram

heat direction once in building

mechanical heat source if needed

led lighting for rooms such as meeting, teaching or office

led lighting for rooms such as workshop requiring much higher lux

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s u m m a r y

The current design stage shows a fruition of

thoughts on site constraints, building processes,

user functions and conceptual thoughts. My division

of the building through critical design exploration

has created a form that suits the site, pedestrian

movement, natural site processes and the buildings

correct function whilst keeping the appearance in

keeping with the initial conceptual thoughts.

As well as performing and complying to the brief’s

requirements, I feel that I have produced a building

that enhances the site and surrounding areas, that

would comfortably fit within the area/city future

proposals. By dividing the public and private and

with the aid of visual links, there has been suc-

cess in ensuring the centre is an open resource for

people to visit and learn.

To further the design prior to the presentation

stage I will be looking at refining interior spaces

and assessing the use of space above the mezzanine

as there could be a larger meeting space for the

private office accommodation. How the layout of the

gallery space within the atrium works in relation to

internal light will be a key to the use of the space

and will be a main area of focus in further develop-

ment. Public and private use of the building has

been key to the function within the centre but to

focus on the ground floor public areas in conjunction

with the gallery space will give a clear definition

of movement between spaces.

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architecture now vol.2 philip jodidio

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