Architecture Portfolio

Architecture Portfolio David Bekiareli

Selected Works

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Cornwall House

33 Cornwall Road, Waterloo, London SE1 8TJ A residential home for a rural family in the Waterloo Opportunity Area consisting of a bakery used to generate income and reintegrating family into city life

Shoreditch Graffiti Centre 201-207 Shoreditch High Street

A hybrid civic centre catering to graffiti artists in Shoreditch with rentable studio spaces, exhbition spaces and a pop-up retail experience bringing the local community together

Creek Wharf

Lanrick Road, Tower Hamlets, London E14 0JF A shell and core residential development with workshop and studio spaces for artists and craftsmen to come together as a community to fit out their homes in an afforable, artistic and sustainable way

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CORNWALL HOUSE Course: BA(Hons) Architecture - Year 3/S1 Typology: Residential

Location: 33 Cornwall Road, London SE1 8TJ

Brief: Design a residential proposal in the Waterloo Opportunity Area catering for a new type of City User, with a particular constraint drawn from the recent changes reflecting the impacts of the crisis of climate emergency, the pandemic, or environmental and humanitarian agendas.

Proposal: The proposal sees the once derelict cello factory as part of the London Festival Orchestra, being repurposed to house a family seperated by the pandemic and cost of living crisis. With most families relocating to the countryside during the pandemic, it has been difficult for families post pandemic to live between the city and the countryside.

Proposed is a single family home with a home bakery to generate an extra source of income for the family. Cornwall Road, thriving with commuters passing through the area, makes it an ideal location for this set up in order to have a greater catchment of customers.

With many schools surrounding the site, it serves as an opportunity to run a childrens after school activity for working parent as a way of generating extra household income while also integrating the family into social life within the community.

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Split between public and private spaces, the central courtyard acts as a natural barrier that physically divides the public bakery from the private living spaces but creates necesary outdoor space while preserving the visual connectivity between the different zones and creating an open plan spacious atmosphere.

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SHOREDITCH GRAFFITI CENTRE Course: BA(Hons) Architecture - Y2/S2 Typology: Civic Retail

Location: 201-207 Shoreditch High St, E1 6LG

Brief: Design a Hybrid Civic Centre which celebrates an activity in relation to the context and key interests derived from site analysis. The centre must include a space for a temporary POP-UP retail experience, which should have a permanent civic function.

Proposal: Proposing a hybrid civic centre which celebrates the prominent art of graffiti within the context of Shoreditch, it includes space for a pop-up retail experience, and a permanent civic space catering to local graffiti artists and enthusiasts.

Consisting of studios, workshop spaces, and exhibitions for the local community, it encourages social interaction between the local demographic of graffiti artists to the wider context of the city. The centre allows a variety of people to participate within its function and engage with the context while celebrating Shoreditch, its society, culture and diversity.

Shoreditch High Street The site is situated in the London Borough of Hackney (LBH) in close proximity to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to the east and The City of London to the south.

The site is positioned at an important gateway into the LBH, marked by the prominent Great Eastern Street/ Shoreditch High Street/ Commercial Street road junction which forms one of three nodes that define ʻthe Shoreditch Triangle ʼ.

The site is located at 201-207 Shoreditch High Street and 1 Fairchild Street and is bound by Holywell Lane to the north.

The route of the London Overground railway contains the site to the north, elevated on a viaduct approximately 7 metres above street level.

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Concept Model Taking influence from the neighbouring Grade II listed Braithwaite arches, designed by John Braithwaite in 1840, the external facade of the ground and first floor emulate the historic industrial vernaular associated with Shoreditch.

In the 1970s, vandals took advantage of Shoreditchʼs abandoned warehouses, which provided a blank canvas for graffiti and tags. The graffiti was seen as a sign of urban decay but by the 1980s, tagging had given way to character work. Crews of artists moved through Shoreditch in the dead of night, honing their skills and competing for the most daring locations to display their work.

Street art turned a corner in the 1990s when Banksy burst onto the scene.

Known for his sense of humour, Banksy began as a freehand graffiti artist, eventually turning to stencils. The stencils allowed Banksy to work fast and his creations began popping up all over London, although some of his most famous creations are in Shoreditch.

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CREEK WHARF Course: BA(Hons) Architecture - Year 3/S2 Typology: Residential Typology: Co-Living Residential

Location: Lanrick Road, London, E14 0JP

Brief: Design a residential co-living community catering for local artists and craftmen in the Lower Lea Valley Opportunity Area of Tower Hamlets whilst encouraging positive social interaction within the community but also with the surrounding neighbourhood.

Proposal: A shell and core residential development with workshop spaces and studio spaces for residents to come together as a community to fit out their homes in an artistic and creative way. With tricky vehicle access for materials to be trans- ported to the site, a dynamic waterfront has been proposed that will house barges that transport construction materials and interior furnishings to the site.

The future of the development has the potential to be further developed once the homes are completed and the workshop spaces can be transformed into necessary retail and community facilities.

With the area along the river Lea mostly derelict and in need of regeneration, this model of affordable, efficient and collaborative living could be seen flourishing along the River Lea.

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BLACKWALL TRADING ESTATE (1617) The Blackwall district was a shipbuilding and repairs site opened by the East India Company Blackwall Yard played an active role in Britainʼs war effort in WWI as a repair point for munitions ships, hospital ships and destroyers In 1656, following a decline in the East India Company, the yard was sold to shipwright Henry Johnson, who expanded the yard to accomodate larger vessels.

The Anglo-dutch war in the 17th century pushed the expansion of the yard into the largest yard by the Thames and the biggest private yard in the world when surveyed by the Navy

LEVEN ROAD GASWORKS (1829) Costing £16,000 to build by Poplar Gas Company Constructed by 1829 as seen on Crutchleyʼs New Plan of London It was bought by Commercial Gas Company after Poplar Gas Company faced financial issues National Grid aimed to remediate part of the site in order to regenerate former gasworks sites.

They held talks with the Environment Agency and London Borough of Tower Hamlets over how to decommission and remove the gas holder

CODY DOCK (1871) Built in 1871 by the Imperial Chemical Company Used to unload coal from barges that was used to produce coal gas (town gas) Later purchased by Gaslight and Coke Company who also owned the Beckton gasworks Taken over by British Gas, itfell into decline in the 60ʼs with production stopping in the 80ʼs Sold to the Docklands Development Corporation in the 90ʼs and the land was parcelled off for redevelopment into business parks we see today In 2009, Gasworks Dock Partnership, provide a community led regeneration, with the aim of opening up public access to the Lower Lea River and restoring the dock.

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Site Zoning The zoning of the site connects the site with the surrounding community through the accessible green spaces and a dynamic riverfront walkway. The landscaped green spaces weave through the residential buildings with a central park where community events and gatherings could take place. Vehicle access is positioned along the rear of the site where the shadows are cast from the neighbouring building. Access to the site is solely through Lanrick Road which connects to East India Dock Road via a sharp turn, making access for larger construction vehicles difficult. Therefore, the river could be used as a means of transport materials and machinery to the site using barges.

Masterplan Inspired by the behaviour and patterns of the ripples in the water of the River Lea, the masterplan starts to take shape with the positioning of the residential units, the communal sky bridge studios and the workshop spaces on the ground floor of the buildings. Buildings closer to the waterfront will be lower in height to allow for the apartments further back to have sweeping views of the river and greenery. Four jetties along the waterfront serve as entrypoints for construction materials to be transported to site using barges, and soon after transformed into passanger piers to connect the community.

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Modular Floor Plans 1. Ground Floor Family Home 2. First Floor Family Home 3. Family Apartment 4. Single/Couples Apartment

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David Bekiareli | Part 1 Architecture Graduate | Bekiareli@hotmail.com

“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” ‒ Frank Gehry