M Arch Portfolio Caroline Egeskov

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Caroline Holm Egeskov

This portfolio contains project work from my undergraduate degree as well as work from practical experience.

01. Exquisite Corpse: Module of Upward movement

02. Between memory and water is where species meet

03. Rituals of Resistance: A Meeting place between the forgotten and the Everyday

04. Work Experience

01. Exquisite Corpse: Module of Upward Movement

This project combined the idea of upward movement with architecture being like a drawing or game. Four elements; a material, function, poetic, and module were randomly combined to become the basis of the design. These words were Workshop, brick, tenuous, and stairs.

Based in an unspecified location, the final designed space was a cantilevered brickmaking workshop. The project focused on detail drawings, and successfully delivering a project and idea solely through orthographic drawings and a detail model.

02. Between Memory & Water is where species meet

De Stadsboerderij:

The Urban Farm

Cities need to move beyond an inward looking view of nature, and instead explore alternative ways of integrating biological and ecological systems into a human-dominated built environment. A world in which the line between the human and natural world is blurred .

The project entailed a residential scheme, as part of a larger multi-stage masterplan. It explored making architecture that not only responded to the life and needs of humans, but also to a non-human species.

My scheme explored the concept of urban farming, by designing residential units that worked together with corn and tomato harvesting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In combination, this aimed to create a more sustainable and local food production cycle in and around the canals of Amsterdam.

Masterplan Phasing

:A meeting place between the forgotten & the everyday

Tackling UN Sustainable Development Goals, the first semester of this project looked at the social injustices that happen in Newtown, Birmingham. The injustice was tackled through exploring a ritual significant to the area. I explored ‘the ritual of coming together to do laundry’.

Following research, it became apparent that the history of doing laundry carries much more than just washing clothes. Historically, it was an activity that brought people together and created a social gathering space. The introduction of laundromats also freed up time, which could instead be spent on something productive and educational.

Combining the ideas of socializing and education was the starting point for my thesis project, ‘a meeting place between the forgotten & the Everyday’. a project that celebrates the everyday rituals, or activities, that bring a community together.

Mapping development

The strategy map shows how different areas in Newtown are inviting and used, through negative contours. The bottom layer, cuts out the tower blocks-one of the least inclusive spaces. The layers above range from the green spaces around tower blocks, to public green spaces. Imposed on to this are already existing community spots. On top of this, are suggestions to where new policy implementations can be placed around Newtown.

Historically, doing laundry has been a place to gather. However, today an increasing number of households own a washing machine, making the task of doing laundry isolating. Meanwhile, the number of open laundromats is decreasing, taking away the opportunity for people in local communities to gather and socialize.

Ritual Assemblage DEVELOPMENT

“There was a bag wash in the Wheeler Street shops.” “There used to be one next to the butchers in Wheeler Street.” “There was one at Wheeler St at the bott- om of the row of all the shops that used to be there “I loved this post because you’re the first person to call a laundrette sh op in the 70’s & 80’s as it was by many of us... A BAG WASH” “I used to take all of my washing off to Wheeler Street over by the doctors.” “Yeah there was one on the Wheeler Street shops in the 70’s & the 80’s. There was a chemist called Hurcomb’s dentist & VG & there was also a chip shop.”

Wheeler Street

“Newtown shopping centre next to the paper shop right at the main entance. Sainsburys was opposite then in 1972. “In Newtown centre. I used to have to take my dad’s work overalls there every Sunday.”

“Great Hampton Row. It was next to the chip shop.” “I went there when my washing machine packed up. I lived Martineau tower early 80s.” “I used to take my nans washing up on Great Hampton Row.” “Yes, Great Hampton Row, my mom used to work there in the late 70s” “On Great Hampton Row. I used to work there at 13 years of age for Barb & Shep Jones.” “Great Hampton Row every Sunday for bag wash day. I lived in Teviot Tower” “There was a laundrette and a chip shop built after the gully by the shoe shop that used to be at the end of the row of shops.” “Can you remember lloyds the greengrocers and capewells the butchers?” “I remember Bert. He used to say lovely auntie quite a lot.” “Bert & his wife Pat are both still alive & well, living near the

Imagine that today.”

“Newtown shopping centre had one next to the off licence.” “Yes, Mr Williams has one in Newtown shop ping centre” “The one in the shopping centre used to have a self service dry cleaning machine, never seen one before or since. We used to all sit in there in the winter to keep warm because there wasn’t an attendant. The door used to lock automatically at ten. coast.”

Newtown Shopping Centre Great Hampton Row

Intervention model making

Intervention SPace

Spaces within the laundrolibrary are multi-functional. They can be used to play around while kids are waiting for parents to do the laundry, or for people to relax and sit out the waiting time. Books will be available to read for free, and will be dispersed around the space. The colors of the washing machines and the window frames are a tribute to the laundromats in the 70’s and 80’s, that are known for the their bright colors.

The invention of the washing machine let people use their time differently, which was an idea incorporated into the ‘LaundroLibrary’ design. It is a combination of a laundromat and a library, where the local community can meet, read, talk, and potentially educate themselves and others.

The brick facade is maintained from the existing building, as well as the position of the glazing. The existing windows are big, and can bring in a lot of light to the space, which is why they have been kept where they originally were. The door is moved, so that it becomes a part of the recessed window on the ground floor. A glass door has been chosen to make the structure seem lighter and more seamless.

3.1 A meeting place between the forgotten & the everyday

The scheme proposes a retrofit of an existing street containing locally owned shops, amenities, a community center, and housing. It celebrates the local community and is designed to create a piece of architecture that specifically suits the needs and desires of these people.

Through site strategy mapping, the new spaces identified to be added to the site were the laundrolibrary, a community kitchen, and a bigger community center. I drew out site strategy diagrams, to understand how existing spaces could be used, and potentially be moved to fit within the existing building. It was important that the building became accessible from more points so that there was greater unity between East and West. This included things such as a designated greenspace for the community center, opening up an entry from the park, and eliminating the narrow pathway there is between the main building and the two cafes.

Proposed Elevation

For the design of the building, it was important that the majority of the existing structure was maintained. Therefore, the window positions have all been kept in the same place. And this is what became the starting point for the rest of my design. Internally, many of the walls have been kept. In the right part of the units, many of the shops are currently very narrow and do not get a lot of natural light. The layout of these has been changed, to make the back duplex residential units, and the front existing local shops.

1:100 Scheme Model

Mass Model Experimentation

General Arrangements

General Arrangements

General Arrangements

Tectonic Element

Extruded windows are a big element of the design, in order to create more use-able and interactive space. It helps promote activity and engagement internally and externally and attracts usage. The English brick bond extrusion is a design that is only added to the new parts of the building, whereas the two existing floors are kept as a stretcher bond.

Environmental Section

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Following Pages show a range of areas within a project I have worked on during my time in practice. My experience ranges from updates to Ga’s, Additions to details, drawing new technical details, setting out drawings for contractors on site, and coordination with subcontractors responsible for internal decoration and theming.

Experience with S96A Planning Applications

Coordinating drawings with Interior Architects and the project creative team

Experience with Roof technical drawings

Coordinating RCP DRawings with MEP Consultants

Experience with technical details

Seeing above drawn detail built on site

Site visits

Initial visit to site for formal meeting with contractor, subcontractors and client. Metsec frame system had been installed, and initial boxing out of plant room on roof was completed.

Second site visit 3 months later. Roof was 75% completed with timber shingles being placed. Internally, insulation was being put in, as well as pattressing for theming elements to be fixed to.

Third site visit involved seeing roof progression. Larch had been added to roof plant room. Larch was milled locally and is the last batch of commercially available English grown larch. Internally, drylining is going into room, and rough cast plaster is being added to walls. The site visit also involved attending a topping out ceremony with the client, contractor and subcontractors.