HACKING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE
Part of the existing structure is cut and removed
Since this type of vault is more ‘special’ than your typical Catalan vault, I wanted it to mark a special space. As the first space you enter and as a gallery, (marked above) this type of vault is perfect as it brings in filtered and not direct bright light.
New columns are added where the beams end
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While at first I struggled with attaching the vault on the existing beam and column system without creating a thermal bridge, by cutting a part of the existing beam and adding a new column, a closed and conditioned system could be formed. The filtered light dapples through subtly to the gallery space but also passes through a window into a piano tuning workshop space.
First Iteration Unsuccessful- a thermal bridge is created through the steel beams and the steel structure is resolved wrongly.
Final successful Iteration
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