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LIFESTYLE / EDUCATION / SPACE

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PORTSMOUTH COMMERCIAL ROAD

INDEPENDENT LEARNING MEETS INSTITUTIONAL TEACHING

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PRODUCTION / CIRCULAR ECONOMY / URBANISM

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THE FUTURE HIGHT-STREET

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PORTUGAL PAVILION

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YOTEL PORTO

ALLOCATION OF FUNCTIONS COMPETITION

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INTERIORS AESTHETICS / INTERIORS / FABRICATION

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LANGSTONE CAMPUS BUILDING | a science start-up hub

INDEPENDENT LEARNING MEETS INSTITUTIONAL TEACHING LANGSTONE CAMPUS , PORTSMOUTH, UK

AIM This project proposes in the new Langstone Campus, the first science start-up hub in the city. The new campus building is a compact solution that encompasses a set of facilities that promote the well-being and productivity of its residents and visitors, allowing them to reside, work, network and live an active lifestyle on the outskirts of Portsmouth.

A NEW COMMUNITY

36 RESIDENTIAL UNITS

Looking into the emerging field of DYI science and the attention DYI enthusiasts are starting to get from Institutions. The new Langstone campus building attempts to accommodate the novel lifestyle of science enthusiasts with home labs and the dedicated environments for training and collaboration found in institutions.

LABS AND CO-WORKING SPACES POINTS OF INTERACTION AND NETWORKING SPORTS FACILITIES COMMERCE

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LANGSTONE CAMPUS BUILDING | research and idea BRIEF - LIVING WITH PRODUCTION

LANGSTONE CAMPUS , PORTSMOUTH, UK THE EMERGING FIELD OF THE D-Y-I SCIENCE GAINS ATTENTION OF INSTITUTIONS

Traditionally, cities have been places of production of goods and knowledge, offering abundant work opportunities and attracting an ever-increasing flow of people from nonurban areas. The accumulation of job opportunities has always influenced the spatial relationship between living and spatial arrangements for production in ways that have modified over time.

D I Y s c i e n c e i s a g ro w i n g m o v e m e n t a n d c o m m u n i t y t h a t b e l i e v e s b i o t e c h n o l o g y a n d g re a t e r p u b l i c understanding about it have the potential to benefit everyone.

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S o f a r, t h e re a re a b o u t s i x o ff i c i a l D I Y c o m m u n i t i e s i n t h e U K a n d m o re t h a n 3 0 0 a ro u n d t h e w o r l d .

Location: Langstone Student Campus, Portsmouth, UK Use: Student accommodations and administration offices Status: Closing Key surroundings: Langstone Sport Centre South Marina Maritime Science Institute

OPPORTUNITY Campus are known to be places of innovation and community life. On the verge of the closure of a local student campus in Portsmouth, this project explores the emerging field of science communities and the opportunity of accommodating a micro-community of science enthusiasts, the first of its kind in the city. Its key surroundings provide opportunities for sports activities, field visits, collaboration with the Maritime Science Institute.

CAMBRIDGE LONDON

BIOMAKE BIOHACKSPACE

MANCHESTER

MADLAB

NOTTINGHAM

OPENGENX

BIOCHANGES

HACKSPACE

DEMOCRATISED KNOWLEDGE

➤ This is a group of amateur scientists from East London who describe

FROM THE KITCHENS TO THE LAB

themselves as “biohackers”. They are DIY scientists who created their own makeshift laboratory in a cupboard where they carry out experiments. ➤

They mostly use online outlets to get the information and the equipment they need. Some of the experiments consist of breaking cells down to extract DNA, but none of them has had formal training to do so.

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Eventually have got invited over to UCL for a lab session. There they contributed to an experiment called “bio-brick”, in which they created a strand of DNA that builds new bacteria that cleans pollution in the sea.

It was first experiment of that kind to be performed by a non-academic group in that institution.

Source: BBC News | bbc.co.uk

INDEPENDENT LEARNING MEETS INSTITUTIONAL TEACHING IN LANGSTONE CAMPUS

D-Y-I SCIENTISTS

ACADEMY

SCIENCE START-UP HUB

LABS AT HOME

The vision for the new Langstone campus building is to accommodate d i ff e re n t g ro u p s o f s c i e n c e e n t h u s i a s t s , a m a t e u r s a n d p ro f e s s i o n a l s , i n t o s c i e n c e h u b s t a r t - u p t o t a k e p a r t o f v e n t u re s , e x c h a n g e s k i l l s , s o c i a l i s e , re s i d e a n d w o r k .

K E Y S C I E N C E S TA R T U P S I N T H E U K - GE’s Innovation Village - Entrepreneurial Spark’s Hatchery, - Innovation Campus - which has generated £13.8 million for South Wales since its founding in 2012.

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LANGSTONE CAMPUS BUILDING | lifestyle LIFE IN LANGSTONE

ABOUT THE OLD CAMPUS During the first site visit, the experience with circulation within the campus was somewhat confusing, one for the disposition of buildings within the campus, the one-way driveway within the campus, which drivers may find it to be inconvenient at times, as they would have to go all the away around the campus if parked in the first parking spaces past the entrance.

For some, life on the outskirts of a town can become more tedious than soothing usually, because there is not any activity set to take place. However, in Langstone campus, due to its proximity to the Langstone Sports centre, there is an opportunity for visitors to engage in a physically and socially active lifestyle.

At a walking distance from the campus, the Langstone Sports Centre has a diverse range of sports pitches which are sometimes used to host tournaments of its local university sports teams. Inside the campus, there is a football pitch and a proposed cycling/running track.

This intervention also proposes a more straightforward way to get around the campus, removing automobile circulation within the campus and removing a cluster existing buildings that not only did not appeal to current residents but would also make pedestrian circulation disorienting.

WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM EXISTING LIVING UNITS

According to students that lived in the old campus, some of the cons were the campus being far from the centre, aged building and dull ambience. In contrast, the pros included a strong sense of community, sports facilities and views.

OUTDOORS LOUNGE COURTYARD

OUTDOORS LOUNGE

LIVE & WORK BUILDING LANGSTONE SPORTS CENTRE

EXISTING FOOTBALL FIELD CAR PARK

Spacious settings for sitting, reading, peoplewatching, exercising, and a perfect warm-up stop before an after-work cycling session.

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LANGSTONE CAMPUS BUILDING | living with labs LIVING AND EXPERIMENTING The idea of mixing dwellings with labs might sound rather daunting at first, though to some extent DYI scientists, like those from East London (see research page), have shown that is an arrangement that can work, as long as the substances used in such experiments do not represent a potential hazard to laboratory personnel and the environment.

In order to prevent contaminations, there is an airlock area equipped with an autoclave and airlock chambers in every lab. One must go through the airlock area before entering the laboratory.

A home lab is convenient when the work that is part of your lifestyle, but it does not have to be part of the kitchen. Langstone’s Science Start-up Hub offers the convenience of having a lab a few steps from your living room though separated from the dwellings, so residents have the flexibility to choose when to blur the lines between life and work. Also there are, on the ground floor, co-working spaces, labs and workshops for more complex projects.

AIRLOCK AREA LABORATORY

STOCK

70 sqm

Layout of a lab on the ground floor

LEVEL 1,2,3 - DWELLINGS AND LOW RISK R&D PRIVATE LABS LEVEL 0 (CO-WORKING, LABS, COMMERCE)

Resident’s private lab

Resident’s apartment

COURTYARD PIT CYCLING/RUNNING TRACK FOOTBALL PITCH ACCESS TO DWELLINGS E

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COURTYARD

D. PRIVATE RESEARCH LAB (FOR RESIDENTS)

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COMMON AREA / GATHERING

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LANGSTONE CAMPUS BUILDING | plans and environmental solutions Ground floor

First floor

TECHNICAL INTEGRATION EcoVolt water treatment system to irrigate the fields while generating heat & power through the process of treating the grey water from the building.

These water treatment units will be used to treat the greywater from homes and community spaces and use to irrigate the sports field while generating additional electricity in the site.

views to Langstone Sports Centre

views to the Milton Lake

• The EQ tank receives the wastewater and normalises the flow to the reactor

• The Headworks enables remote operation

• The reactor processes the water and produces high quality biogas, that can be used to generate renewable and electricity on site

views to the Southsea Marina

Solar energy & natural ventilation

• Gas scrubbing unit is used to eliminates traces contaminants

• Heat and power microturbines convert biogas into clean heat and electricity. Generates from 30-200 KW of Clean Energy

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LANGSTONE CAMPUS BUILDING | notes This project has been conceived with a specific lifestyle in mind. It was a joy for me bringing to light an emerging lifestyle and adapting to it. Proposing new ways of living is something that I am pleased to do as a designer. The process of developing this proposal has, in a way led me to discover new areas of interests through research which rendered me to consider aspects I did not in other projects. That being said, looking back I can reflect on aspects that could have been more thoroughly studied and better executed, such as space allocation, aesthetics, land use and a few corrections to the integration of dwellings and labs.

ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT > Further exploration of ‘dwellings & labs’ arrangements and risk assessments; > More thorough categorisation of labs; > Restricted access routes to the labs on the grounds; > More ‘welcoming’ facades facing the courtyard; > Restricted allocation of the WC’s in the communal area; > Different placement of the water treatment system in order to free up space for exciting features and activities at that part of the campus.

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COMMERCIAL ROAD INTERVENTION | what is the future high street?

AIM This project questions the current model of the retail-saturated high-street and envisions an ambitious proposal on Portsmouth’s Commercial Road, based on current global and local trends that have the potential to shape the way people use the high street in the future.

The proposal aims to diversify the land use in Commercial Road, introducing activities that promote the production of food, culture and goods, attempting to desaturate retail activity and balance the consumption and production ratio in that area.

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COMMERCIAL ROAD INTERVENTION | future scenario

HIGH STREET FUTURE SCENARIO The conception of my scenario is based on significant trends relevant to the current model and dynamics of high streets, including Portsmouth’s Commercial Road. The trends were grouped into four categories: Demography, Social-Economy, Environment and Technology - such aspects are prone to cause a re-evaluation of land use in high streets.

In terms of Demography, the consistent population growth is already leading to national housing shortage which results in a need to generate living spaces in order to accommodate the growing population, and such interventions will reflect on the urban structure of high streets.

Self-employment is rising, and technology has been very instrumental to it lately, facilitating people to promote services, set and manage businesses independently and efficiently through digital platforms from home. If we add that to the fact that means of production are becoming more advanced and accessible - 3D printing, for example - and we can expect a boom in live and work units throughout high streets. More of consumers will become self-sufficient producers, which will also lead to less mass production retailers in future high streets, as well as less to none physical entertainment stores, due to the use of digital platforms to consume literature and music.

The future high-street model is expected to be shaped by trends in demography, environment, social economy and technology.

Environment Urban orchards

Resources shortage

Climate change

In terms of environment, trends like resource shortage and climate change will lead authorities to take more ecological stances, and laws will be mandating sustainable interventions to developments in high streets. Urban orchards will also become more present in order to impulse autonomy and ecology in town centres rendering high streets to function not only as a commercial centre but also as a productive area contributive to the environment. Also, high streets will become more compact to reduce carbon emission by reducing the need for driving to certain areas.

I believe the future high street will be more orientated towards production, sustainability and diversity.

The compact arrangement will be dominated by live and work units, urban orchards, leisure spaces, improved waste management systems and sustainable interventions, impulsing more productive activities rather than solely commercial ones.

COFFEE SHOPS: 6% growth in 2015 and a predicted 26% increase 2020

E-CIGARETTE SHOPS: 2 e-cigarette shops are opening each day. More than 1700 shops have opened, half of these in 2016

ESTATE AGENTS: There are more estate agents in London than independent butchers, fishmongers and grocers put together. 200+ opened in 2016 alone

BEAUTY SALONS: Female spend is up 19% and male 23%. 90% of of salon owners are optimistic about

Future Model of High Streets

Sustainable Urbanism Improved Waste Management

Carbon emissions Compact cities

Demography

Re-evaluation of Land use in High Streets

Housing shortage

Population growth

Decline in physical entertainment

to consume media

Boom in Live & Work units

BANKS: 2,800 Banks have close over the past 30 years and around 1500 currently have no banks

PHYSICAL ENTERTAINMENT: By 2013, HMV had 70 stores closed and Blockbusters completely shut.

POST OFFICES: 35 Post oďŹƒces each year are closing

FASHION RETAILERS: 184 fashion retailers shut in the first 6 months of 2016

TRAVEL AGENCIES: Thomas Cook closed 28 stores last year, and Thompson had close 100 stores

Rising self-employment

Social Economy

to provide services

Use of Digital Platforms

Autonomy

Technology Accessibility to means of production

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COMMERCIAL ROAD INTERVENTION | retail saturation URBAN STRUCTURE (MAPS AND THE MODEL WERE MADE IN GROUP) Commercial road is known to be the home of Portsmouth’s high street and a traditional street market. Like most high streets in the UK towns, Commercial Road is a part of town mainly visited for its retail shops and banks. Observing the land use map on the left, we can see the lack of diversity of land use in the area and the saturation of retail shops.

However, technology has affected our reliance on physical retail shops. Most retail shops Commercial Shops are in decline, and sooner or later they will have paved the way for a diverse and compact model of the high street.

Diversifying the land use of the high street is not just a matter of filling the gaps for physical businesses estimated to decline—diversity results in compactness, which means decreased use of automobiles and fewer carbon emissions.

SERIAL VIEWS

ZONING MAP - LAND USE

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COMMERCIAL ROAD INTERVENTION | retail saturation OBJECTIVES

- Desaturate retail area; - Diversify land use; - Increase production of different sorts; - Increase live & work units; - Integrate mixed-use and flexible spaces;

LIVE AND WORK

FOOD PRODUCTION

- Increase green area; - Introduce means of energy transformation.

ITEMS PRODUCTION

RETAIL & INFORMAL MARKETS

CULTURAL PRODUCTION

DRAFT MODELS

ENERGY PRODUCTION INTEGRATION

Testing out ideias on draft models

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COMMERCIAL ROAD INTERVENTION | intervention The intervention consisted of providing the new high street with a diverse range of new facilities and amenities. A high rise work and live tower address the issue of housing shortage and rise of selfemployment featuring a commercial space on ground level with access to a production centre where residents can manufacture a range of goods.

Urban orchards for everyday use promotes autonomy and healthy nutrition while contributing to the micro-climate in the area through the natural production of oxygen. The other side of the road was provided with places for culture and wellbeing as well as retail and services. Informal and food markets were integrated as a continuation of the existing market culture in the area.

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EXPO DUBAI 2020 | portugal pavilion CONCEPTUAL PROPOSAL (COLLABORATION WITH TERESA AFONSO) Upon the announcement of the 2019 Expo Dubai, our practice was invited to present a proposal for the Portugal Pavilion. Following the presentation of individual ideas, some of us gathered in duos to present design ideas that could be used for the final design.

Every year the EXPO committee assigns a theme to each pavilion. For that year it was “Portugal, a world in a country”, which was interpreted as the relationship between Portugal and the rest of the world. Our initial proposal featured a colossal timber canopy that drew inspiration from the “Caravelas”, which were the ships constructed by the Portuguese explorers to travel across the ocean during the Age of Discoveries.

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EXPO DUBAI 2020 | portugal pavilion THEME: “PORTUGAL, A WORLD IN A COUNTRY” PLOT AREA: 1,859.99 sq. m ASSIGNED BUILDING HEIGHT: 15 m W ithin the parameters above and other regulations stated by the Expo Board, my team started to lay down initial ideas that could be developed into a functional and visually striking proposal.

CARAVELAS Based on the theme we were given “Portugal, a world in a country”, the concept makes a reference to the “caravelas”, the Portuguese name for caravels, which were timber constructed ships with fabric sails, used by the Portuguese in the ‘Age of Discoveries’ to explore the world. In this context, it is also important to remember the tragic outcomes of those trips. The concept recontextualises imagery associated with world exploration into a pavilion the accommodate people from all over the world.

Illustration of a ancient Portuguese caravel

REFERENCES

PROPOSAL The proposed designed features a fabric skin timber canopy that provides shade from the intense solar radiation in Dubai while allowing sunlight to illuminate the external spaces under the canopy.

One of the challenges we faced was fitting the number of spaces required for such plot area. The building has three levels, including the basement from which visitors would start their journeys.

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EXPO DUBAI 2020 | portugal pavilion PROGRAMME The pavilion is accessed from a ramp that leads to the reception area in the basement. From there, visitors can head down to the exhibition area which also features a closed exhibition room for the 360 experience, special room for virtual performances and exhibitions. On the ground level, there are protocolar and multi-purpose rooms as well as some technical and administrative areas. On the level above, a boutique cafe and restaurant is overlooking the pavilion surroundings.

Basement

Ground floor

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EXPO DUBAI 2020 | portugal pavilion Despite the appraisal from the office for conceiving such a proposal in a short period, this concept was not further developed. The final submission was based on a different concept — which I also participated in for some presentation drawings — but it was still a great experience working on an idea that could potentially be materialised, seen and experienced by people from different parts of the world.

Pavilion’s terrace - Boutique Cafe and Restaurant

Entrance to Pavilion

Open space on the ground floor — access to the waiting rooms.

Ground level / Protocolar waiting rooms

Open lounge area overlooked by the restaurant

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YOTEL HOTEL | interiors INTERIORS (COLLABORATION WITH ISABEL CUNHA)

THE WALL

The international hotel chain YOTEL commissioned our practice to work on a new hotel in Porto, Portugal. Once the client approved the building design, me and my colleague Isabel Cunha were asked to work with the client on studies for the ambiences in the lobby and the top floor bar.

We introduced a sculptural timber skin wrapping around the lifts and the bar area. This sculptural wall mainly decorative and is meant to be attached to a core wall. The modelling part would become challenging as the iterations in design increased. Therefore, it was convenient to design it parametrically to handle a complex geometry subject to multiple iterations.

The process of modelling and producing the visualisations also rendered us to think about the manufacturing of the structure. Each strip in the structure would be isolated in a file and then sent to a workshop where they would cut it.

Since this part of the project has not been executed, I am not sure what method would be used to fabricate it. I assume that once the strips were isolated in a file, each piece would be further divided so that it could fit in a laser-cut machine bed, and then assembled on site.

Dining area on the ground floor

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YOTEL HOTEL | ground floor INTERIORS (COLLABORATION WITH ISABEL CUNHA)

Dining area view from the bar on the ground floor

View to the bar from the dining area

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YOTEL HOTEL | top floor INTERIORS (COLLABORATION WITH ISABEL CUNHA) The top floor bar contrasted the ambience of the lobby, we went for a colder colour scheme and featured another sculptural wall that would all around the room. The sky bar displays contemporary aesthetics with a retrofuturistic edge. The modelling of the design elements for this bar was also done parametrically to keep up with continuous iterations.

Sky Bar for Porto’s YOTEL Hotel

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YOTEL HOTEL | interiors Working on this project was exciting to me as it was the first time working closely with an interior design team. It was also a great way to sharpen modelling and visualisation skills, thinking about the fabrication of design elements, handling design changes while learning about enhancing the ambience of a space.

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