Brighton MArch Portfolio 2

DEIMA AMBRAZAITYTE ARB/RIBA Part 1 MArch Portfolio

Contents page Curriculum Vitae The Paper Mill The Dance School Live/Work Writer’s Retreat

Other Creative Work Future Scenarios

Work Experience: Morag Myerscough: We Make Belonging Role: Gallery Assistant

DEIMA AMBRAZAITYTE London, England Deimaa@outlook.com deimasdrawingboard Profile: An independent and result-driven graduate who enjoys challenges and has an exceptional ability to work to intense deadlines. With excellent creative and diligent skills, I am keen to expand these to their full potential.

Education: Arts University Bournemouth, Architecture

Sept. 2017 – June 2020

Havering College of Further & Higher Education BTEC Level 3 Foundation Diploma

Sept. 2016 – June 2017

Havering Sixth Form College, 2 A-Levels in Fine Art, Graphic Communication

Sept. 2014 – June 2016

Kingsford Community School 8 GCSEs

Sept. 2009 – June 2014

This experience has given me a deeper understanding of how a gallery is run, the different tasks including cataloguing the artist’s work, building the exhibition and den, hanging, framing, valuing and ensuring the safety of art pieces as well as assisting in painting of the famous colourful murals to bring it all together.

Bournemouth Emerging Arts Role: Assistant Curator

Arts University Bournemouth Role: Student Representative

For the use of paper construction products to create a paper recycling project in Bournemouth’s Glen Fern Road.

Sept. 2019June 2020

As a Student Representative, I was the voice of my fellow cohort, where I practiced my negotiation, communication and problemsolving skills weekly.

Light up Poole Exhibition Role: Assistant Curator

21 - 23 Feb. 2019

Having been chosen to work on the exhibition I enhanced my project management and organisational skills, as well as advanced my focus to detail and accuracy.

Role: Assistant Curator

The John Purcell Paper Prize

4 - 12 May 2019

Haven being chosen to design an exhibition based on a competition entry for Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe, our design proposal had been used in this interactive, quick-paced and self-build pop-up exhibition, which allowed the team to practice our engagement skills with the community and other artists in the area, in support of all of the creatives locally.

Poole 2058 Exhibition

Awards:

9 Mar. – 23 Apr. 2020

13 Dec. 2018 5th Jan. 2019

In being selected to exhibit, I was able to advance my collaboration skills, whilst working to my first tight and live deadline.

McDonald’s, London Role: Trainee Manager Working at various food chain establishments has taught me awareness skills and how to work efficiently whilst multi-tasking, as well as working well in a team, and likewise independently. I was also made aware of key health and safety procedures in the workplace.

Feb. 2016 Current

Hobbies: My personal hobbies include photography which helps me develop my perspective on scenery as well as my attention-to-detail. Another key hobby is painting; this allows me to practice mindfulness, patience and cultivates creative growth, which I believe is an important attribute to have in the creative industry. Other hobbies include exploration of London and other cities as it enhances my knowledge of the different kinds of architecture of the built environment and key attributes to help me learn new methods of construction, analysing how different buildings are built and are put together and made to work cohesively.

Skills: InDesign Photoshop Lightroom Illustrator Sketch Up Rhino Revit CAD Hand Drawing Print Making Painting Model Making V-Ray

Languages: English Lithuanian

References are available on request.

The Paper Mill This

comprehensive design project focuses on new ways of engaging with the

built environmental issues, in order to design an adaptable, flexible and ethical building which creates new careers and living opportunities within the area of

Bournemouth.

The Comprehensive Design Project is an architectural proposition which is located in Bournemouth town centre. The surrounding area is residential apartment buildings, a car park, student accommodation and the cemetery. The proposed development for the existing car park includes 30 units of residential, public and private spaces as well as a recycling paper mill. The client for the Comprehensive Design Project is Apsley Paper Trail charity, they already lease a mill from Dacorum Borough Council in order to preserve its unique history and equipment can be used for education, entertainment and enlightenment. The have client has decided to extend to the South West.

The

site in located in

Bournemouth

town centre. It is within walking distance

to the beach and other town local amenities. It is located on

Glen Fern road

and is currently a car park. It is adjacent to a larger multi-storey car park as

St Peter’s Church Cemetery. The surrounding environment is primarily shops and apartment buildings. However, there are several listed buildings in the close surrounding area such as St. Peter’s Church, which is a first grade listed building which is class as a ‘major parish church’. It is of a Gothic Revival architectural style and is able to be seen from the site. Another listed building which is visible from the site is also Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation which is a synagogue. This is a second grade listed building and the architectural style is contemporary Art Nouveau based on a Moorish Revival style. The site is in the heart of Lansdowne, which means that in keeping with the local aesthetic is important. Nonetheless, this site is central of Bournemouth’s skyline. well as

The

typography of the site allows the building to sit into the landscape and

establish different methods of using the site.

The

towers allow more light

into the lanes, the basement is completely opened up into a large open space separated by use of space and glass.

These walk on sky light are introduced These reflect the happy exterior activities, to which join. Creating a large workshop and mill space was

into the lanes in the mill. the whole family can

important to this design as it allows more space for creativity and making you are able to choose whether you want to buy a book or make your own.

Basement

The

plan creates a clear division to the spaces, as the public is able to

enter from the street, and the residents from the drive way on the south of the site.

The

site features, a restaurant cafe on the west with gallery space

in-front of the bookshop with the main paper mills next door and class rooms

adjacent, which use a long open corridor to separate the spaces, and reflect the exterior environment, with storage and delivery facilities on the east side.

The

client,

Apsley Paper Trail Charity,

played a major role in the paper

industrial revolution and are keen to teach the history and create spaces for education and entertainment whilst expanding their business.

The

design

addresses social and environmental needs and a place which is affordable and social by introducing staking methods of floor plans, which helped me to achieve clear and distinctive zones of services and activities.

This creates a

common social experience for the community in which they are able to see the

paper being recycled, remade, reused and reapplied in a sustainable building which also uses the same principle by re-using materials such as windows and doors.

This helps to focus on the ethical use of the building whilst introducing this from the outset.

Bournemouth

is located by the sea, the project would introduce and iterate

the importance of reducing plastic by collecting it from the sea and recycling it to create thread to bind the books.

Using precedents such as Lilah Horwitz and David Duncan Brown in order to re-use and create a safe and eco-friendly environment and by using artists such as Morag Myercough to add colour to a grey area where tones are dark, this will help to display Bournemouth’s art culture and create a new art scene as it is closely located to Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum. This would help form a bridge between the artist and the professional careerist in the area. This hybrid project should also incorporate public spaces such as the alleyways presented as key points to the building’s aesthetic.

The ambitions of this scheme is to introduce a fresh city-living approach design in a modern building to be made of paper which looks like paper and behaves like paper, whilst collecting and manufacturing paper.

This building will create a space in town to have an educational facility for hand making paper, and a place to purchase within the local amenities whilst watching the process. This will also add to the tourism in the local area as it can be used as a family attraction as

Aspley Castle Charity does on their other site.

This is design creates a kind and modern intervention on to the street, in which it entices people to sit and watch paper being made whilst walking by, creates a welcoming atmosphere to have a coffee in the cafe or attend either of the gallery spaces (exterior on lane) or interior in-front of the book shop.

The

facade is based on the aesthetic of paper being able to fall or slip, inspired by the

Picasso

and

Paper

exhibition.

The

entrance to the mill spaces from the

exterior the mill would be clad in old bricks to resemble the

Bournemouth

aesthetic, with the top of the structure remaining to be clad of paper and timber louvres, which will reflect in the interior of the mill.

The

technological strategy has been devised by focusing on the current

issues of sustainability within the building. It introduced a paper mill made of

recycled paper material, this however through research later developed into a glulam and cross laminated timber

(CLT)

building.

These

materials are an

alternative to traditional materials in modern day construction such as steel and concrete; this is because cross laminated timber is a lightweight material, it is faster constructed and the material itself stores carbon.

This

material

also offers strength in both directions as opposed to normal timber which is layered at a

90-degree

angle to the previous layer.

These

materials are also

natural insulators creating a barrier from the external and internal weather conditions.

The

environmental control in this building is introduced in each

room through passive ventilation, which reduces the energy consumption.

The

building will also have a heat recovery system, which will introduce new energy from the heat generated in the paper mill.

Another

key factor which is also a

design aesthetic is the use of timber louvres, which will provide solar shading in order to reduce energy consumption and operating costs for active cooling.

This also creates an acoustic barrier by interfering with the noise transfer in each direction. The external rainscreen cladding underneath is made of rich lite panels, these are recycled papers stacked in opposite directions which makes them nonporous, heat and water resistant and lasts longer than conventional cladding materials. Further research also allowed me to explore Duncan Baker Brown who used materials such as toothbrushes to build his walls; this project adapts the same principles of re-using or using recycled materials such as cellulose insulation.

The Dance School This project explores the relationship between use and form, whilst critically engaging with a typology in architecture. This architectural proposition will include external and internal public spaces to form a coherent socially inclusive building which responds to the location and relates to the components of the urban fabric.

The

brief is to create a design of a public urban building, which

investigates technical and environmental issues and developing a strategic solution.

This project is located on North Poole High-street. The site access is located at both the front and back, following alleyway on the west-side of the property.

The structure is closely located to the dolphin centre. The site surrounding lacks vegetation, and is an irregular shape, as there is a small property which covers half of the front elevation of the property.

The

sun path follows the rear side of the building, the front of the store is

located towards the

loads, this is because

North-East. At an average Poole faces a lot of wind Poole being a coastal town situated at the South of

England. The average wind loads usually peak at around over forty kilometre This means that the building will face intense pressure.

per hour.

The site has minimal history as 1953 was the first store on the site. In 1959, Woolworths opened, in 1960 the front of the building was pushed back in to create more space on the high street. In 1977, a flower shop opened up on the south side of the site, behind the Woolworths. In 2010 after the decline of the store a ‘This is it store’ opened up.

The

programme of the dance school was devised by looking incorporating a

natural feeling of being inside a plant. This strategy was devised by using minimal

Poole’s very common flowers to The effect this had was the natural lines of these flowers create natural partitions, in which the building was organised in.

However, something which I could have changed from the beginning of the straight lines and was created by outlining create and divide the spaces.

project was flipping the flower to have the alley way face on to the slim

courtyard to allow for another point of access, nonetheless this would have caused more privacy concerns due to this being a place of education for people of all ages.

The North

of the building has the dance studio’s, which allows for these

large spaces to be flooded with light and allow recognition for the kinds of activities going on within the school and place of performance.

At the back of

these studios are the wash room and changing room, as this passive security means cohorts will be able to keep track of their friends.

The

centre of the

building is used for access to different levels, and has main public spaces, for galleries, cafés, small restaurant, bar space and a library.

The

rear of

the building has the main performance spaces which are stacked on top of one

another to make it easier for guests to navigate, these feature large storage space with a private lift for moving equipment.

The

building is recessed of the high street to create a dramatic change from

the elevation of the high street, and to create an inviting atmosphere.

Sahba’s, Lotus Temple

Fariborz

was used as a precedent this is as takes the shape the

lotus, a flower considered sacred by most Indians. It is designed to reflect the simplicity, clarity and freshness of the the unity of mankind and religions.

The

Baha’i Faith

and to act as a symbol of

dance school is also a place of unity

and acts similarly to a community centre in the sense that this is a place where people of all ages can gather to enrich their bodies and minds, as well as foster feelings of community and pride.

This is a place where the community is able to actively engage on the events, performances and classes taking place, whilst maintain many spaces to socialise.

The

large curve is the main courtyard, which is an open height space, this is

convey a sense of a stem which you are walking through to reach the main spaces on the ground floor.

Whilst winding down this corridor which has all The Central courtyard is tucked

the exits and entrances you are able to enter

away between the ground floor corridor and the adjacent building as this creates a garden space for the dancers, children and visitors to unwind, dine in or relax between shows or classes. is privacy as this is a concern for

Bioluminescent

The key element in this design strategy under-age children in a public environment.

algae is used for light and to create directions through the

high street to the dance school.

This is also used to light up the courtyard to create a space of different dimension in comparison to the rest of Poole.

The

construction of the dance school will be mostly prefabricated.

This

is

because there is less time spent on site, there is more control over the quality it is made to.

To

begin with the structure doesn’t follow a structural grid,

however this influenced me to change the structure to a concrete frame building, with flat slab which spans both ways.

This

will be using reinforced

concrete to create the design, as it gives me more flexibility to create the irregular shapes and curves within the building. concrete isn’t environmentally friendly,

However

even though that

I will be using recycled aggregates Which will also enable me to change the pigmentation of it to the colour blue. to change that.

Lateral

loads, such as horizontal which is mainly a wind load.

upon the façade and the rear of the building.

The

system

I

These

can act

have devised for

the resistance of horizontal loads is sheer walls, these happen to be both on

the front and back, of the site, also in the middle of the plan, this is because if the structure next door gets demolished those too will face the same issue.

For

the vertical loads

(permanent

loads), these are both the self-weight of

the structure and the variables which are people and furniture.

The systematic

approach for this issue is columns which are positioned every seven metres, and in some places where there could be a cantilever.

I

have chosen to use a

box in box construction for the auditoriums which will allow me to have them on top of one another to save space, also by reducing windows on this side

of the structure and using mechanical ventilation allows complete control over the reverberations. it will minimise solar throughout.

The roof has north light roof truss, this is because gain, however, will still allow for constant day light

Nolli Map

Live/Work This

project explores an existing urban environment, and its relationship to

other places and historical precedents, as a context for a new intervention.

This project studies the existing context, in reference to the past, present and Poole.

future users in the town of

The site is situated on Poole high street, within a five-minute walking distance to Poole Harbour. The building was previously a pharmacy and before that a restaurant. The town of Poole is rich in archaeological sites, museums housed in old medieval buildings around the Old Town. Poole Quay is a centre for tourist attractions, featuring striking tall and varied buildings which retain the historic character of a seventeenth century port. However, the main architecture around the site was remodelled to fit the Georgian period. Poole is known primarily for its trading with various countries such as Spain and Portugal. With a large history of pottery making in the style of late Victorian through Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism which was made in the Poole Quay.

The Salvation Army belief in action

Existing Elevation

The Salvation Army belief in action

Proposed Elevation

This

project consists of convivial public spaces that link the interior and

exterior space of an urban environment, whilst being aware of how historical changes of the site influences the design.

The strategy is focused on creating a Live/Work environment based on craft & making, in order to regenerate the high street, to support the towns rich history of craft making based on the archaeological sites in the town. The programme has been developed by a deep urban analysis, whilst identifying the key needs and aspirations of the public users.

The

façade of the building inspired by

Josef Albers

is made out of copper to

reflect the activities of what is going on inside the craft shop.

The building is

designed to be a copper jewellery making shop, which would be based as an open plan to make more use as studio rather than a store.

This allows the clients to watch the artisans making the jewellery as well as take part in the process. A key element of the design are these extruding box windows which would be used

to portray the idea of a frame in which a trinket is kept, to reflect a jewellery box.

And to allow the public to act as an audience to the jewellery. The shape

of the building becomes more narrow, this is done in order to maximise the light entering the studio through long thin sky lights.

Plan

The

façade of the building is made out of copper to reflect the activities of

what is going on inside the craft shop.

The building is designed to be a copper

jewellery making shop, which would be based as an open plan to make more use as studio rather than a store.

This

allows the clients to watch the artisans

making the jewellery as well as take part in the process.

A key element of the

design are these extruding box windows which would be used to portray the idea of a frame in which a trinket is kept, to reflect a jewellery box. the public to act as an audience to the jewellery.

The

And to allow

shape of the building

becomes more narrow, this is done in order to maximise the light entering the studio through long thin sky lights.

The plan consists of an open plan studio, featuring the lift in the core of the building to travel to the private areas, such as the living space, the storage facilities, engine room and the vault. The key public space is the ground floor, which features a large copper bench which is mirrored on the outside to create seating spaces for the clients waiting for the public to look into.

This

as the

site originally had a wooden bench, which create a wonderful rest area on a busy day.

The idea is to enhance the natural attributes by creating a mirror for Further on in the studio is a large working

what would seem like two worlds.

table for artists to work collaboratively and for workshops in the evening to take place. tools.

The

With

large storage behind the main area for key materials and

first floors consist of the main living spaces such as a kitchen,

dining space as well as a living room.

With

the key private space such as the

bedrooms being at the top of the building, in order to reduce access and to help create a separation between the spaces.

The structural skeleton has allowed these panels to be organized efficiently, as the cladding will run parallel to the steel columns in order to create a seamless design.

The

main building construction will be prefabricated in a

factory to ensure fewer emissions as well as to make sure the building is built to its highest standards, using locally sourced materials. into salvage and reclamation materials.

Whilst also looking

The core is made of concrete as it has

impressive strength is also fire resistant, so requires no extra layers, as it a non-combustible material and requires little maintenance.

The

thermal comfort within the building is easily regulated with the fitted in

louvre blinds, this allows solar gain to be controlled.

However,

during the

winter the large windows should allow the sun to warm up the building as well as maintain heat through the day.

The

main workspaces are located on

the south side, the effect this has is not only will it require less energy in the

winter whilst work is being carried out, but it will also optimise the use natural light, whilst reducing costs.

And

the guest will also be able to watch the

sunset whilst waiting for their jewellery to be made.

Writer’s Retreat This

project explores the relationship between the places we inhabit and the

context of the natural world.

Studying the relationship between nature, site,

materials and human needs are explored in relation to the architectural design methodology and form.

Set on Brownsea Island the project creates a dialogue

between research, design and reflection in architecture understood through the making of an interior space, related to an exterior setting.

South Elevation

North Elevation

East/West Elevation

The

design shape is very minimalistic introducing a triangle with the aim to

resemble the shape of a tent.

This

has been designed to be south facing, with

larger windows facing this direction, with the perspective naturally leading your eyes outside.

The views from retreat have been carefully adjusted to see From this view one can admire, in several scales, the passage of time, from the hours, to the seasons of the year. The main entrance is from the North as there is a trail path on the north side of the site. The retreat has been designed to open up to views of the cliff with the south side shore steps right out front.

in front and flood the cabin with light from each direction with the intention of

creating a connection with the out¬side, this allows the programme to expand the space during different seasons.

Section

Plan

This

proposal takes into consideration the key elements which the site needs

within the design, these are privacy, light, view, and its adaptation to the site.

Privacy has been introduced by raising the windows across the East and West

side of the structure, this allows for both morning and evening light to flood in whilst reducing the views in.

The main source of light is introduced using the

larger south facing windows, to maximise this the building elevates itself twice in size to maximise the brightness brought in as well as the house being warm all

seasons round due to the fact it has windows in each direction, maximising the warmth and even possibly using less electricity more common things as heating and lighting.

However,

it works both ways also having the ability to let the

home cool itself too, by having a natural air circulation which is introduced from the programme.

The

programme of the house is focused in having the ability to walk around

the house in a circular motion when the south side doors have opened up, so the direction of the house is focused either clockwise or anti-clockwise.

The

pub¬lic and private spaces are also a key focus in the building, this shows in how the home has little walls and is primarily built on open spaces within the house,

however the key service and private spaces such as bathroom, and boiler are

enclosed in within the core of the building, which also stores the kitchenette and larger wardrobe. open plan.

This

creates clean lines and introduces zoning into an

The key public and living spaces are introduced on the West whilst the East is primarily based on private spaces used for relaxation, and a desk to work alone.

This

design will be using a timber frame panel structure.

closed.

The

panels will be

This is more convenient due to the service void within the panels which

will provide easy access for the plumber and electrician to carry out their first fix.

This

also reduces the time spent on site because the service void has

already been fitted before the fixing rather than after.

Not

only this, but

the service void also provides improved thermal performance to the panels.

There

is also less waste on site making it a cleaner working environment.

timber structure will be externally cladded in horizontal is because it reduces environmental impact.

The called ‘Acetylation’, which is resistant to rot.

Accoya

The wood. This

timber is modified in a process

The structure will have strip footings, this is as strip footings save on material costs due to less concrete being used as well as improves thermal resistance.

Strip footings are easily built, which will require less specialists on site therefore reducing cost. The insulation will be mineral wool this is because it is resistant to micro-organisms, pests and it does not rot. Mineral wool also is good at absorbing sound which reduces distractions and enhances privacy within the retreat.

The

roof will be a warm deck flat roof this is because of the advantages

being that the roof design enables the structure to be kept warm which avoids cold bridging.

This will have level 3 off-site construction, this means that the external walls will leave the factory with timber studs, OSB sheathing as well as windows, this is because my design is extremely minimalistic another reason is that factories have less obstructions off-site which enhances the convenience and the quality control of the material is better in the factory as well as helping to preserve the natural site, and there is sufficient waste control.

Future Scenarios All architectural design is to some extent a predictive speculation; a projective proposition. This project enables the speculation on future scenarios for architectural and urban development in the light of current, emerging and possible future changes to the context.

The harbour is a drowned valley formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers. During the time Poole, used by Romans as an invasion port for the control of southern England, who established the settlement at Hamworthy, now the western half of Poole. Poole was a small fishing village.

The port grew, and in 1433 Poole was made Dorset’s Port of the Staple for the export of wool. Medieval Poole had trading links from the Baltics to Italy.

In the 17th century, the town began trading with North America, in particular Newfoundland, and the town became very wealthy. In the 18th century, Poole was the principal British port trading with North America. At the start of the 19th century, 90% of Poole’s population’s employment was directly dependent on the harbour, but this dropped to 20% during the century as the railways reached the town, and deep-hulled boats moved up the coast to Southampton, which had a deeper harbour and is closer to London. With regular dredging of a channel through the harbour, it has regained some importance.

The diagrams on the left explore the changes which could be beneficial to the town, these have been designed in a series of steps to help the declining town regain its glory.

The steps are as follows: • The quay side, will expand, featuring plenty of bars and restaurants as well as fresh food markets, such as fish, fruit and vegetables. With a garden beginning to develop opposite the site.

• Water bus stops and marinas begin taking over the waterfront. And the high street, no longer exists with the remaining buildings turning into housing.

A water canal is dug, at the west side of the quay side.

• The quay continues its expansion, adding another block of restaurants and hotels.

• Warehouses and Poole’s industrial heritage begins to regenerate, for boat and ship building, opposite the restaurants.

• Housing expands near the warehouses, creating more space for waterfront living.

• Restaurants open on a little island, for sailors, where the old marina used to be. Another of those blocks is a water sports club as well as a water environment with cleaning facilities opens, for the restoration of freshwater ecosystems. And the RNLI building expands, creating space for exhibitions, based on research. This enables for more museum and gallery spaces facing the gardens of Poole.

• The church is built in the centre of Poole, which is also used as a youth club, whilst expanding the nature in Poole, creating what may seem a sacred secluded safe haven for the town.

• The gardens of Poole expand along the canal, creating more play area’s for children and building on the eco-system, as well as creating new cycling and running routes.

• New flats are built where the old dolphin centre used to be. Making Poole more upscale with apartments rather than small housing.

Locations

would mesh together to create a place for pleasure and living, a

place where you could feel like you live and work on vacation, in order to create a central hub for

Dorset.

The

concept of this idea is water-based experience, in which you are able to

both shop and leisure, on water.

Marine Leisure and boating have become an increasingly popular activity in coastal waters. In 1996 a survey indicated that many more people could be encouraged to participate in coastal boating and water sports if facilities were improved.

These facilities can range from simple

structures such as slipways and floating pontoons to large scale marina complexes.

However, Poole

has the opportunity to create these facilities for

all ages, from rowing clubs to sail boat shops, creating the opportunity to both live and work on the water.

This project looks into the future of Poole,

and explored how a marina and a strong water front façade is able to create a new core to the town, by introducing new transport links, and new places of work and home with larger and more common green spaces.