Benjamin Sayers - M.Arch Year 5 Portfolio (PS1)

A PARASITIC IN [ STILL ] ATION PS2 PORTFOLIO: ADAM CHOWN, BEN SAYERS, DAN CRUSE

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CONTENTS

01 CONTEXT

AN INTRODUCTION ...................................................................

THE GIN INDUSTRY.... ...............................................................

SITE HISTORY & MASTERPLANS ................................................

HERITAGE & BUILDING CONDITION.............................................

02 RE-USE

SITE CONSTRAINTS ...................................................................

SITE OPPORTUNITIES ................................................................

REINA SOFIA CASE STUDY ........................................................

RE-USE STRATEGY ....................................................................

FORMAL ARRANGEMENT PRECEDENTS .......................................

03 DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT ....................................................

DEFINING FIELDS & LINES ........................................................

CIRCULATION AND DAYLIGHT IMPLEMENTATION ..........................

FIELDS BASED RULES & MASSING ............................................

THRESHOLD TREATMENT ...........................................................

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04 PROPOSAL

LOCATION PLAN .......................................................................

PLANS .....................................................................................

ISOMETRIC VIEW .....................................................................

LONG SECTIONS/ELEVATION .....................................................

SHORT SECTIONS/ELEVATIONS .................................................

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CONSTRUCTION ISOMETRIC VIEW .............................................

STRUCTURAL LOAD PATHS ........................................................

CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE & PLAN OF WORK ..........................

BUILDING REGULATION DRAWINGS ...........................................

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS .......................................................

06 VISUALISATION

VISUAL - THE BAR ....................................................................

VISUAL - THE RESTAURANT .......................................................

VISUAL - EXTERNAL ..................................................................

VISUAL WALKTHROUGH ............................................................

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07 LOGISTICS

GLULAM STRUCTURE ................................................................

ADAPTIVE FACADE BUILD-UP .....................................................

STRUCTURAL SENSITIVITY .........................................................

BUILDING CONDITION SPECIFIC RESPONSE ................................

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08 CONCLUSION

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CONTEXT

PROJECT INTRODUCTION

IT STARTED WITH A GIN… It all began at 1.30am on a wet and cold February evening in Manchester. Whilst she sat alone minding the coats, he was a spare wheel to his two friends. From across the room he spotted her and offered to buy her a drink. Her response was sweet and simple, “a G&T”. Over the next hour they sat discussing everything from travelling the world to their favourite foods. Oh and not to forget, their love of gin.

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CONTEXT THE HISTORY OF GIN THE GIN INDUSTRY

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Production of gin dates back to the 1100s, and has a rich history of providing medicinal properties for curing diseases. Beyond the 1700s, gin started to be enjoyed for it’s taste and alcohol content, eventually leading to the ‘gin boom’ we’re currently experiencing.

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Arabs began distilling moving to Europe

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Early medicines - use of juniper due to diuretic properties Juniper started to be used to ward off the plague

Spread of juniper flavoured spirits, first evidence of gin recipes in 1552.

Gin driking First American Tanqueray and abused in London.

Dry Gin Gordons Merge Vodka outgrows Gin Gin introduced Tanqueray Beefeater Bombay Sapphire U.S. Prohibition to England.

Established Launched Established

The rise of the microdistillery

The Gin Boom

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CONTEXT

Railway & Tram Line

Housing Ring Road

Roads

Railway/Tram Stations Car Parks

Mixed Use Institutions

Heritage River/Canal

Site Boundary Castlefield St John Street Deansgate St Peters Square Buildings

Open Space

SITE HISTORY & MASTERPLANS

Future

Great Northern Warehouse Built Manchester Central Railway Station Built

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Great Northern Warehouse Closed, and Converted to Car Park Undercroft Started Being Used for Storage

Manchester Central Used for Car Parking Manchester Central Railway Closed

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The Great Manchester Exhibition Centre Opened

New Planning Discussions for Central Station

Manchester Great Northern Warehouse Masterplan Proposal

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Heritage Document

Undercroft Subdivided into Numerous Commercial Uses

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HERITAGE & BUILDING CONDITION

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Precedent Study - Whitworth Street Arches Heritage Construction Treatment Condition Guidelines - Watson Street Building Condition Required Outcomes

Brickwork Condition

Much of the arches brick work is dicoloured and areas of the mortar are starting to fall away - they are in need of minor repairs.

Mismatch Brickwork

There are differences in brick colour as some areas are newer than others. meaning the red brick infills on the external arches are not listed.

Existing Window Condition

The external windows that form part of the new brick infills are small and do not allow sufficient light into the arches. As these windows are part of the brick infills they are not listed and can be removed.

Internal Fabric

Some areas of the internal fabric has been painted and would require cleaning to retain the previous redbrick finish.

CONCLUSION

As the building has been neglected in recent years, areas of the arches are falling into disrepair and will need to be restored within the accordance of historic england conservation guidelines.

Watson St Arches

The internal fabric has been damaged through the arches having used for mixed purposes.

However the client would like to expose maximal existing brickwork.

Restoring Fabric

Disrepair

All effort should be toward celebrating the existing arches, creating a strategy that showcases and compliments them.

Existing Stone Floor

The existing floor is a concrete screed of varying levels and are part of the listed classification.

Replacing DPM

The current arches have an old damp proofing system in place and as a result have been susceptable to damp, causing patches throughout the arches.

Listed Arches

The transverse arches are also part of the listed building and should be restored accordingly.

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SITE CONSTRAINTS

CONCLUSION

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RE-USE

SITE OPPORTUNITIES

CONCLUSION

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RE-USE

REINA SOFIA CASE STUDY INSTALLATION

INSERTION

INTERVENTION

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The connection between the building elements and the human interaction is found within the fluidity of the roof. As the roof changes shape it creates new spaces, some more intimate than others that the user can interact with.

SURFACE

The new roof proposed by Jean Nouvel acts as the plane for this project, as it creates new spaces through different methods. Without this roof the seperate elements would feel isolated and lack connectivity with the existing hospital building.

PLANES

The statue situated in the internal courtyard space boasts the exhibition space of the museum and is used as the centre piece for the project - all circulation routes pass through this space. All public activites tend to take place around this statue.

OBJECT

The focal point within Reina Sofia Museum is the open plan gallery spaces that provides a connection between the existing structures, new enclosed spaces and cultural elements. This element of the building is the heart of the project and connects all the spaces.

The circulation, gallery spaces and courtyards are all enclosed by the new roof, which acts as an umbrella over these spaces.

To counteract this, roof lights have been located above these spaces to flood the areas below with the correct amount of daylight specific to the functions held within.

OPENINGS LIGHT

These sculptural glass towers, that are now known to be a defining element of the Museum are also key circulation routes throughout the existing building. These have now become important focal point for the projects as well as their function.

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PLAN TO SECTION/ELEVATION

ADDITIVE/SUBTRACTIVE

CIRCULATION & USED SPACE

REPETITIVE vs UNIQUE

NATURAL LIGHT

OBJECT & ENVIRONMENT

CONCLUSION

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RE-USE STRATEGY

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Re-use strategy opportunities allowed by the SITE and BUILDING TYPOLOGY

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PRECEDENTS FOR FORMAL ARRANGEMENT

The form in which the building takes follows the required function of users. following on from the previous study of reuse formal analysis, case studies can be used to assist in the design process of these spaces.

Features such as walls, underground, new interior and parasite will all be explored critically in order to assess its practicality on Watson street.

Al-Bahr Adaptive Facade AHR Controlling levels of light and privacy throughout the building will be a key application. principles from this solar adaptive facade can be duplicated to suit our needs.

WALL

Joanneum Museum Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos The Joanneum Museum presents an interesting dynamic with the streetscape.

By opening the underground up to the street, it encourages interaction with the external environment from two faces.

UNDERGROUND

Stadtpfarrkirche St. Marien Klaus Block Architects The redevelopment of the church is sensitive to the existing skin which sits lightly with it’s materiality, while providing a new interior library to encourage usage of the building.

Bombay Sapphire Distillery Heatherwick Studio

PARASITE CONCLUSION

The use of a parasite to ‘spill’ out from a facade can influence our project similar to Bombay Sapphire’s extension, by using a fluid architectural language to do so.

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Spatial Usage

PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT 1 - Entrance/Restaurant 2 - Bar Seating 3 - Restaurant 4 - Gin Tasting/School 5 - Still Room 6 - Bar 7 - Kitchen 8 - Toilets 9 - Office/Storage 10 - Production

Spaces Categorised into Public/Private Spatial Purpose Connections

Restaurant Bar Gin Tasting/School Distillery Tour Kitchen Bar Staff Office Production

1 - Entrance/Restaurant The entrance space to the parasitic installation in the Watson Street arches is found through and external installation of timber fins that blur the boundary between public and private, internal and external, and therefore offer a more inviting entrance space. These external fins provide a sense of arrival to the building, although purely aesthetic, and help connect the building to its landscape. On arrival customers would be greeted in a small foyer space which opens out into the fluid user experience.

2 - Bar Seating Situated opposite the bar, this is a space that is dedicated to solely drinking as there would typically be a divide between the drinking and eating experiences found in niche bars and distilleries. There is also a buffer provided between the edge of the bar seating and the bar itself, providing a wider corridor width in aid of busy weekend and peak serving times.

3 - Restaurant The restaurant spans the width of three bays and the seating is intentionally found outside of the existing arch structure and within the newly proposed parasite structure. This was for the intention of allowing the user experience spaces to be well lit, utilising the fully glazed faรงade. The faรงade treatment also includes an adaptive faรงade system that has the ability to provide solar shading where necessary, and in doing so, paints a experiential area with contrasting light and shade. Within the restaurant area the seating mimics the contours found within the parasite structure to continue the design language throughout.

4 - Gin Tasting/School Appropriately situated opposite the distillery room, the space offers two tables in a classroom situation that will enable and gin tasting masterclasses, schools and workshops held by Manchester Gin. The space is separated from the corridor by a curtain walling system that allows for uninterrupted views across the hall into the distillery room so users can experience the production of gin as they are tasting and learning.

Adjacency Diagram Store

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9 - Office/Storage The office spaces that house the staff and manager are street facing and the arch is fitted with a curtain walling system to provide a well-lit working environment to promote well-being and productivity. This is counterbalanced with a vertical louvre system that provides privacy from the streetscape and solar shading.

10 - Production The production room, in Arch 15, houses all the specialty equipment needed for the gin making process, including all alcohols, machinery and botanicals.

This arch is fitted with a 2.2m x 2.2m door that leads onto the delivery yard for distribution purposes.

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5 - Still Room The distillery room houses three gin stills named Wendy, Victoria and Wonder Wend. These machines are the heart of the project and allow for everything else to function accordingly. This space has been pushed out into the streetscape to allow for the stills to be celebrated by the public, allowing for viewing into the still room from inside and outside the building.

6 - Bar The bar is found in Arch 11, at the centre of the user drinking and dining experiences and is carefully situated within the contours of the baffles to allow for the feel as if it was forged within them. The reason for this was to further push the design language and create a unique and interesting bar that would drive sales and interest in the Manchester area.

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The development of fields design implementation will follow the path outlined above. The zonal floor plan initiates the first phase of our fields study.

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The first stage follows on from identifying key spatial definitions. We can now start to extract information from zonal floor plans using fields; the spaces will be given a specific ‘weight’ in accordance of user interaction, which will be a key indication of how large volumes are required to be.

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CIRCULATION & DAYLIGHT IMPLEMENTATION

CONCLUSION

The following digram sequences show our progression in utilising fields in application with our design. The first stage led on from outlining the accommodation programme. By combing the results with studies of natural light in the building, we were able to extract zonal plans which would ultimately influence how our parasite wrapped around and amongst the site.

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FIELD BASED RULES & MASSING

CONCLUSION

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DEVELOPMENT THRESHOLD TREATMENT

The parasite aims to act as a constant merging zone between public and private, and in doing so, takes form of morphing shapes. The inclusion of exterior baffles which extend out from the inteior allow for a blurred boundary between public and private and ultimately creates an accessible community within the city streetscape.

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PROPOSAL

LOCATION PLAN @ 1:500

KEY: Pedestrian Access Bridge to Great Northern Warehouse - 1 Existing Car Park - 2 Proposed Building Intervention - 3 Proposed Botanical Garden - 4 Pedestrianisation of Watson Street - 5 Great Bridgewater Street - 6 Pedestiran Footpath Above Arches - 7 Manchester Central (GMEX) - 8 Pedestrian Access To Deansgate Tram Stop - 9

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

1. Kitchen 2. Cocktail Bar 3. Disabled W.C 4. Male W.C 5. Female W.C 6. Tasting Room / Gin School 7. Cellar / Store 8. Plant / Server Room

9. Staff W.C 10. Packing Room 11. Managers Office 12. Staff Office 13. Distillery Room 14. Drinking / Dining Experience 15. Botanicals Garden 16. Delivery Bay

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PROPOSAL ISOMETRIC VIEW

The isometric view shows our intent on respecting the existing heritage of the site.

While the installation may take the shape of the structure, the internal faces of the arches are not touched in order to maintain it’s character.

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LONG SECTIONS/ELEVATION

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SHORT SECTIONS/ELEVATIONS

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CONSTRUCTION ISOMETRIC VIEW

INTERACTIVE SECTION

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STRUCTURAL LOAD PATHS

Primary Structure Secondary Structure Non-load Bearing Load Applied

EXISTING FORCE LOADS DIAGRAM As there are no significant structures above the arches the force that will be applied to the primary and secondary structure is a uniformly distributed load (UDL) as can be seen in the diagram the UDL is applied evenly along the top surfaceof the arches. The force is then distributed evenly across the transverse arches and down toward the foundations at ground level.

PROPOSED FORCE LOADS DIAGRAM As there is no physical connection to the existing arches the glulam structure will disperse the forces applied upon itself via the primary framing elements but also the secondary baffles, as can be seen the load will travel along the glulam column until it reaches the secondary structure. At this point the load will be dispersed along two different paths much like the way in which the existing arches disperses force. these forces are then taken down to the foundation level.

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Client Developer

CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE & PLAN OF WORK Design

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BUILDING REGULATION DRAWINGS

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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

The following ventilation strategy uses the spaces between and above the timber baffles to transport warm air out of the building .

A key heating strategy of underfloor heating is allowed by the raising of the finished floor level in the proposed scheme. The introduction of cool air through weep vents in the glazed facade allows the implementation of night cooling if necessary, while also providing an alternative ventilation strategy

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27 VISUALISATION THE BAR

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GLULAM STRUCTURE GLULAM TO COMPARTMENT WALL

GLULAM TO GROUND

The glulam forming the primary structure comprises of five key details. Due to our intentions of sensitively impacting the existing structure, the glulam to floor details at both ends of the span allow for a shadow gap to aesthetically appear sensitive as well as structurally.

GLULAM TO COMPARTMENT WALL

The glulam allows for a fully self supporting structure within the arches, which means that it must support secondary structure - transverse baffles, while also connecting with curtain walling.

GLULAM TO GROUND

GLULAM BEAM TO COLUMN

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32 LOGISTICS ADAPTIVE FACADE

The use of the adaptive facade allows for solar shading on an automatic basis, therefore the main benefit being that it doesn’t have to be operated to create optimal internal environments. It comprises of three shields which can contract and relax in accordance with direct or indirect sunlight.

1. Circular Steel Beam 2. Timber Baffle 3. Adaptive Facade Unit 4. Timber Upstand 5. Hidden Gutter 6. Brick Arch 7. Steel Fixing Plate

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STRUCTURAL SENSITIVITY Our response to the historic Watson street arches was to simply highlight them and use our intervention to frame all of the beautiful pieces of architecture, such as the transverse arches or the weathered brick work. To achieve this, we decided a light weight timber frame that would not touch the arches but simply marry up close enough to form a relationship with the existing structure.

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BUILDING CONDITION SPECIFIC RESPONSE

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INDIVIDUAL & GROUP REFLECTION

GROUP REFLECTION

INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION

The project successfully responds to the brief by presenting a bottom-up, user-oriented design, rather than implementing a top-down approach, in which the existing structure restricts user activity.

The Professional Studies 2 project has been highly beneficial in my personal and professional development towards my Part 2 qualification. With regards to my personal goals, I have become adept in computational design software’s such as Rhino and Grasshopper which have both enabled me to further the potential of my design proposals. It should also be noted that I have gained the experience to understand when and when these programs are best suited to be use as the fine line between over complication of complex shapes my retract from the project outcome. I hope to use the computational skills I have learnt, along-side other software and design skills that this project has helped refine in future university and professional projects.

Overcoming this project as a group has been a rewarding process, as we have all developed skills in communication, team work and organisation. Collaboratively, the group has worked positively and we’ve each expanded our ability to utilise our strengths to progress our ideas collectively. After PS1 submission, we each reflected upon our involvement in the project and aimed to tackle a more diverse range of elements of the design’s development.

Adam remained in control of the project’s collation, while undertaking aspects of the conceptual modelling progression. Ben led the BIM design stage, utilising his strengths in building regulation knowledge, while also developing the building programme from feasibility stage. Dan concentrated on developing an understanding for heritage constraints while also focussing on the build-up of materiality.

While we’ve each individually aimed to focus on developing key aspects of our design methods, the tasks undertaken have been a collaborative effort in order to avoid hindering our overall development as architectural designers.

The re-use of the Watson Street arches has also provided me with the valuable experience of working within an existing building with restrictions and design constraints. The grade II* listed building provided a challenging brief that required intuitive design proposals to over come issues with available space and building condition, and also to provide an inspiring proposal that restored the beauty of the arches in a contemporary style.

The continued group work, leading on from Professional Studies 1, has surpassed all expectations and we functioned efficiently as a team, pushing each other forward and offering help where others needed it. With the help of my colleagues this project has helped me realise expectations I wasn’t aware were possible at the start of the year.