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PORTFOLIO

THE CARTER GALLERY

AND THE SSoA FEMINIST LIBRARY, SHEFFIELD, UK

For this project, I collect my ideas for a gallery and library displaying feminist works. The project includes two spaces, separate but coherent with one another. The first is The Carter Gallery and the second is The Sheffield School of Architecture Feminist Library.

Collages showing initial programme ideas

Using the initial method of collage, I begin to construct a programme. This eventually translates to a fully fledged design, as shown in my plans.

THE CARTER GALLERY

i. Hambling Sculpture Garden

ii. Gallery Main Reception

iii. Temporary Exhibition Foyer

iv. Archive Room: Carter Original Manuscripts

v. Temporary Exhibition Space

vi. Film Room

vii. Angela Carter Permanent Display

SSOA FEMINIST LIBRARY

viii. Library Entrance

ix. ‘A Room of One’s Own’ writing desks

x. Interview/Meeting Room

GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT AND EXISTING BUILDINGS

I collect my ideas for a feminist space designing a hempcrete structure that sits on site unapologetically, resting on a bed of reclaimed stones. I conduct an in-depth site and geological study. I take the city of Sheffield and identify the local material. More specifically, I take the disused industrial building ‘Pina’ and attempt to retrofit to fulfil my programme. I use the stones from the nearby disued coal drops as a cladding feature.

Map showing rock formations in the area in the Kelham Island region surrounding the River Don. This was part of the study to identify the stones from the coal drops.

Using the stones from the disused coal drops to clad the library

Site Analysis and Solar Study

Sheffield’s location in the UK

Existing building, ‘Pina restaurant’ that I later retrofit as the temporary exhibition space.

Exterior view of Archive/Temporary exhibition space. Shows the retrofit of ‘Pina’

ARCHIVE AND EXHIBITION SPACES

Interior view of the transition space between the archives and ‘Pina’.

External View of The Carter Gallery and The SSoA Library. Particularly highlights the entrance and street presence.

Section AA, 1:100, highlights internal activity and roofscapes

Temporary Exhibition Space

Angela Carter Permanent Exhibition

‘Through the Looking Glass’

‘Down the Rabbit Hole’

‘A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN’, WRITING DESKS

This page shows the development of the writing desks in the SSoA Feminist Library. Taking inspiration from Virginia Woolf’s ‘A Room of One’s Own’ and drawing my own writing space, I designed these desks that would sit in the cut outs of the library’s thick hemprete wall masses.

1:20 detail of writing desk

Solar study of the desks

Hand drawn measured elevation of my own home writing space

Drawing over a plaster model, showing how the desks would sit within the hempcrete walls.

MAGGI HAMBLING EXHIBITION ROOM

The final design of the top floor exhibition space is illustrated in the internal view on this page. Modelling the scheme in revit, I explored different roof forms and the way in which each incorporated interesting light play into the rooms.

This view also highlights the subdued materiality and how this is the perfect backdrop for Maggi Hambling’s vibrant paintings.

I worked on this project over an extended period of time, whilst I gained more experience and skills in various areas.

CONSTRUCTION SKILLS CENTRE

AND HOSTEL, S ÃO PAULO, BRAZIL

I looked at the wood ‘bending’ techniques by a Sao Paulo artist, Henrique Oliveira, and built a collaborative scheme in which we can make CLT and wood shingles from waste construction material. From this, I designed a Construction skills centre where specialists can teach building skills and share their knowledge. ‘The Right to the City’ concept builds on my earlier research of the city, the housing crisis, and protest.

Sao Paulo and it’s global connections on a map

The site in relation to the city centre and the highway, the Minhocao.

A high level view of the building in relation to the site and the Minhocao

Eye level view of the structure showing interaction on the road and the proximity to the Minhocao.

On sundays the Minhocao is taken over by the public.

Nearby housing occuptation/’squat’ in a derelict office building.

Birds Eye View of the site next to the long ‘snake like’ highway called the ‘Minhocao’ or ‘The Worm’

Diagram showing how Oliveira, Sao Paulo artist, takes waste construction materials to make sculptures. In the same way, I explore the possibilty of making glulam beams.

Interior Sketch of the Construction workshop

Precedent study of Rural Studio’s ‘Glass Chapel’, using its details and constructions to design the curve-like, sculptural roof for the hostel. Axonometric sketch showing final design.

Interior view of the hostel, upper floor. Shows the materiality of the CLT structure and the curved roof mades from ‘tapumes’ (waste construction material).

Collage visualisation of Urban play area featuring Henrique Oliveira furniture

Section AA, 1:50 Construction, highlights the building envelope and the many ways of using timber

Two Point Perspective showing the final design and all elements in context

THE MAKING LIBRARY

WAKEFIELD, UK

1. Section showing the use of the exposed south sun to dry the clay bricks on the rear staircases.

2. Measured elevations showing the handmade bricks being layed over time and the roofing insulation mechanism.

3. Sketch model, using balsa wood, rags, clay, and leaves showing the different material elements of the scheme

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A workshop in which residents can come in with materials, such as glass from the local pub, coffee, pressed flowers, hair.

Using local clay they can make a brick. These bricks form the external facade of the library. Brick by brick, the library evolves, becoming symbolic of Wakefield’s regional identity.

THE WIENER LIBRARY

ALL THINGS STUDIO, LONDON

I helped All Things Studio in pushing forward the design stage for The Wiener Holocaust Library. We were given the brief to tranform the main, ground floor exhibition room. Focussing particularly in the showcase design, I worked with precedents to generate ideas and provided small sketches and visualisation to present our ideas to the clients.

In the showcases we had the idea of magnetic shelves that were moveable to allow the library flexibility on how to display their documents and artefacts

A dark background and good lighting allow paper based objects to stand out. This was important as The Weiner Library displayed mostly documents.

These sketches give a sense of how the modular work with their specific brief.

Prints & Drawings Gallery at the British Museum, London.

This precedent shows the flexible and engaging ways to display documents.

It also shows how lighting can be used, with a more subdued material palette, still bringing attention to the exhibition material.

Modular demountable angled back panels to allow a range of display options. (1) Steep back panel that can be used with the magnetic shelves to display documents, graphics, and 2D art. (2) A shallower angled plinth (3) Can be used to display larger objects such as books. The back panel can also be removed entirely giving a flat base.

showcase could be used. By using current content displayed in The Wiener Library, our clients are able to visualise how the system could