Introduction

INTRODUCTION

For the first term of Environmental Technical Studies, we got assigned a brief to impose a Hooke Park in Bedford Square. We worked in groups of five and got given a tree species to work with. We needed to put the programs of Hooke Park in the square: a lecture hall, a large workshop, offices, bathrooms and general facilities. We were assigned the Redwood Tree – meaning we needed to create an environment friendly to that particular tree. Researching the ideal environmental condition of our tree, and developing a strategy for how we can make the tree survive in Bedford Square. The course is a full design brief – and other than creating a working environment for our specific species we also needed to research everything related to producing a building – the structural design, the lighting design, the thermal aspects ie insulation and materials, sustainability and cost, water, as well as acoustics (our design needed to include a very noisy environment next to a very quiet one).