INTEGRATED
INSTITUTE
OF
DESIGN
CONTEMPORARY
REPORT
MUSIC
AND
PERFORMANCE
KINGS
STABLES
ROAD
Donal J Hardy Yr 4 050007429
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CONTENTS Introduction Integrated design Appendices
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) (G)
Unit Groupwork Site Site analysis /masterplanning Brief Precedent Design development/process Technology MP+L
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Introduction Located in Edinburgh, the site that will be the premises for this years Integrated design project is on a length of road that,
through
our
investigation
into
the
area,
has
been
coined the ‘dirty mile’. (see appendices A). From a number of possible sites along this study area, the first site was chosen for a number of reasons. In the area of Edinburgh there are no purpose built facilities to the teaching of contemporary music and performance. The
facilities
teaching tion. of
While
adults
in
children
the
wider
from
facilities
are
located
area
primary that
in
are
the
are
mainly
focused
through
secondary
focused
on
university
and
the are
on
educa-
education somewhat
closed from the general public. Edinburgh has a rich and vibrant contemporary music, however,
it
is
laden
with
the
classical
music
image.
While
Glasgow has a number of contemporary music facilities that teach
innovative
technology
and
composition.
Edinburgh
is
lacking and requires a purpose built facility that encourages
public
participation
and
promotion
of
contemporary
music in Edinburgh.
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The
study
area
Grassmarket
and
itself Cowgate
has
a
strong
having
many
music
presence
locations
with
with small
venues in which music thrives. However, with many of these being
the
locations
of
bars
and
clubs,
it
may
not
be
the
best location for an education facility, however with the first
site
having
such
an
inspirational
setting
in
close
proximity to the castle, It would we an ideal location for a educational and creative institution of a series of which that could make of a Masterplan. The
site
on
Kings
Stables
Road
is
adjacent
to
the
castle
and currently is the location of a multi-story car park. As a prominent city centre location next to Edinburgh’s most recognisable landmarks it has great potential to something more. A challenge that will be taken on through this design project and investigation.
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SITE ACCESS This site has a number of directions from which it can be approached. The main access for the public who will be using the proposed music school and film school on the site will be along castle Terrace. To promote the sites connection to the landscaped area of Princes Gardens as well as the pedestrian route that is exits onto Kings Stables Road, this will be made into a pedestrian zone allowing for some soft landscaping to move onto the master plan strategy. So how are the buildings serviced? This could have been achieved by using the pedestrian areas as an access point for delivery vehicles etc. However, this would have meant that the service areas are in full view on what could be the most desirable area the schemes. As a result a service road is run along the back of the site allowing for all buildings on the site to be services without any disturbance to the pedestrian zone.
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CHURCH BUILDINGS. Two of many landmarks
that
puncture
the
Edinburgh
skyline EDINBURGH momument.
CASTLE:
Key
Important
historical
internation-
ally as well as nationally. COUNCIL OFFICES: 70’s office block with limited architectural merit.
EDINBURGH
NEW
TOWN:
Part
of
world
heritage site has strong grid system.
EDINBURGH road
at
OLD the
TOWN:
Kings
begining
Stables
of
‘Dirty
Mile’ retains some of the qualities of the old town. PRINCES STREET GARDENS: Historically,
the
site
formed
part
of
these
gardens before multi-storey carpark was constructed
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SITE CONTEXT The site of Kings Stables road is situated in quite an awkward
position.
It
located
at
the
junction
of
3
very
dif-
ferent conditions, The strong grid of the new town to the south, the green landscaping of Princes St gardens and it the site itself has much of the same character that is highlight though the study area and the old town of Edinburgh. Not to mention the dominance that the castle has over the site. A proposal that would fit into the new town urban gain would be unsuitable as it would be ignoring the parkland and old town. A Proposal using the old town as influence would be ignoring the new town and the gardens. What is required from the site is an independent response to its context. The proposal must be able to stand alone as having a character of its own and site within its context. With regard to the sensitivity of building adjacent to a world heritage monument, this approach is given license by the buildings that are in the immediate area, In particular there is a block of council offices (marked in red) alongside the site that is in equal proximity to the castle. This a 10 storey 70’s office
block
with
questionable
architectural
merit.
With
this in mind, a proposal that may be ‘tall’ is acceptable provided that it remains in proportion to the scale of its context.
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INITIAL DESIGN IDEAS The scheme has gone through a number of changes in concept and organisation before arriving at the solution as demonstrated in this report. See Appendices E
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SITE MASTERPLANNING Left: thumb nail images of master plannig responses. A number of these were done and the masterplan developed through out the design process.
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SITE RESPONSE/ STRATEGY Taking all the key factors into account, the strategy for dealing with a site comprises of a number of key moves.
The geometry of the adjacent new town grid will be retained by keeping the vistas from these streets
free from building (yellow band), There will be three building on the site that sits on a ‘plinth’ that will mediate between Castle Terrace and Kings Stables Road. All three buildings that make up the strategy are of an educational function or institution. To the north end a community arts centre, the middle a school for contemporary music and performance and the south end of the site a Edinburgh Film School, all of which are connected by pedestrian route along the site (marked in red). These buildings are stepped along the site around this main route to create a number of different spaces between the buildings along Castle Terrace.
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Site model
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View: Castle Terrace
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SITE RESPONSE/ STRATEGY In addition to the general massing of the site, other issues were taken into consideration with regards to the general site strategy. In order to emphasis that these 3 building on the site are part of an over all educational complex, as a result they share an overriding architectural language that consist of multiple vertical members and rhythm. This is an appropriate strategy as this allows for uniform style that can be applied across the site easily while allowing for relative freedom to design the internal program of each individual scheme. See elevation below
As all the schemes on the site are using the axial route to orientate around, so too have the entrances
to each of the buildings. See diagram to the right.
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SITE RESPONSE/ STRATEGY The shared architectural language does not stop at just the rhythmic treatment of the facades. By splitting them up into a top, middle and bottom type arrangement it will reinforced the visual connection between them. On the lower levels the spacing of the vertical elements/ columns is wider and creates a colonnade type arrangement. Encouraging public interaction with the buildings, the upper levels are then split into a middle and top, with the top piece being the lighter and the middle grounding the buildings to their surroundings. Other aspects of the site strategy include the sharing of plant facilities. In particular between the music and film schools that have larger volume spaces (such as lecture theatres and cinemas) that are not necessarily used all the time.
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INTEGRATED DESIGN
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Programme Organisation The
organisation
program
has
of
been
the
set
buildings
out
from
an
early stage. The subterranean service
along
the
back
of
the
site
allows for the direct servicing of the main public areas of the building such as the venue and the café/ bar/
restaurant
back
of
areas.
house
All
of
the
accommodation
re-
quired for this accommodation will be
located
on
a
plinth
on
which
all servicing will be arranged. The main public spaces of the building such
as
the
venue
and
the
lecture
theatre’s do not require access to sun
light
lower
so
levels
locating is
a
key
them
on
move.
the With
all the large volume accommodation being located and organised in the lower
levels,
all
that
is
left
is
the private school cellular accommodation such as the studio spaces and class rooms. These are stacked to form a ‘tower’ type element that externally appears to sit independently on a plinth.
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The Diagram While the diagram to the left shows the scheme at a different orientation. The basic principles of the diagram remain constant
in
the
finished
scheme.
The
building will accommodate a number of different aspects.
Firstly
flects
an
the
master
connection
plan
between
re-
all
3
buildings on the site (red arrow). Of these three buildings the music school is
the
middle.
As
a
result
the
build
will be neither starting nor terminating this route, it will feed into and draw
from
it.
The
route
moves
under
and into the main public spaces of the scheme. The main venue will be open directly onto the route to and will have no solid walls or partitions. This is to
encourage
by
people
cilities
spontaneous
who
may
be
as
the
such
performance
using
other
café/bar
fa-
which
occupies the same space,
As
tates, ject
the
the
master
buildings
buildings
that
plan will sit
also act
on
dic-
as
a
ob-
plinth
created along the site. In the case of the music school, the private cellular accommodation is stacked into a light weight ‘tower’ like element. This sits in
contrast
to
the
public
accommoda-
tion that will appear much heavier as the subterranean aspect of the scheme. As the tower element site independent of the plinth, the street edge of castle
terrace
is
addressed
by
a
heavy
element that appears to be part of this plinth
that
‘floats’
and
accommodates
the library and IT suite required for the private school.
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VENUE: A SPACE TO PERFORM One of the driving concept of the music school is the idea that music and performance come hand in hand and it is very much part of the day to day activity of the school. Those who use the school facilities will be individuals who are not afraid of performing and are likely willing to perform whenever possible. As a result the main public venue of the building has been opened up and become part of the same space that is the cafĂŠ/bar as well as the main route that connects all educational facilities on the master plan. To encourage the venue as being a space that could be more readily occupied, a visual connection to the park is made by glazing the back wall of the venue. There will be no fixed seating in the venue also as it forms part of the main route so this would be inappropriate, In addition to this it encourages people to use the space in a more free way. If someone would prefer to perform on a step, they may do so.
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Cork school off music: Studio
Design Agenda As a school of contemporary music and performance, the main design agenda is focused around creating spaces that are spaces for the users of the building that will inspire and promote creativity. To bring light back into the practise spaces and make a connection to exterior. In the pursuit of acoustically and environmentally perfect spaces can result in studio spaces that are not particularly inspirational. Left shows how the pursuit of this has resulted in the having small slit windows that are not open-able and the ad-
Cork school off music: Acoustic Wall Panel
dition of acoustic panels to create flexible acoustics and sounds separation.
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Plan: Level -2
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CIRCULATION The
main
vertical
circula-
tion of the building is done by
a
stair
way
that
through
cellular created
space. by
carves
the
The
this
its
‘boring’ spaces
stair
mov-
ing though the building act as break out spaces for the studio
and
tween
classrooms
lessons.
By
be-
having
the stair open it allows for visual
connections
between
floors and gives the ‘tower’ a unified feel, rather than a tower block with each floor being treated independently from another. dition
to
protected north
In
this, fire
there core
adis
to
a
the
corner
of
the
build-
ing.
However
as
the
scheme
is
stories
high
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there
is
a fire regulations requirement
for
a
second
means
of
escape. Therefore, the main circulation stair, while it may
be
an
open
engineering propose used
as
may
be
Fire
used
to
this
stair
is
second
means
of
that a
stair.
escape.
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Design sketches: Circulation
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FIRE ENGINEERING With a completely open stair acting as a second means of escape, it
is
proposed
that
fire
engi-
neering could be used to make the open
stair
route area
as of
occupancy
viable
as
the
tower
low
fire
is
and
escape
itself risk
is
and
relatively
low
an its at
approximately 180 people at full capacity. The primary system employed in the stair way is a smoke extract system that will be activated
in
the
event
of
an
alarm.
In addition, on each floor there are fire doors, that are normally held open by electro magnets, that close to make each the area around
each
open
stair
a
lobby.
See Appendix F for complete fire strategy report
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Plan: Level -1
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/ SUSTAINABILITY The
main
overriding
material
that
is
evident
throughout the building is its concrete frame. The reason
for
which
is
primarily
qualities that could
for
its
aesthetic
not be achieved though using
steel or other construction methods. However, concrete is a material that has a high embodied energy in
its
manufacture
and
might
not
readily
be
con-
siders as a sustainable material for construction. However, the design of the building addresses the issue
of
sustainability
in
a
number
of
different
ways.
Firstly,
to
help
address
the
issue
of
the
concrete, Much of the building is divided up into repeated
structural
formwork
that
is
members,
use
during
This its
for
the
construction
allow
can
be re used repeatedly on other parts of the scheme.
Plant,
located
in
the
shared
block
between
the music and film school there is plant that services all the lecture theatres/cinemas and venues on ing
the of
low
levels
plant
and
of
the
two
facilities
schemes.
allows
for
The a
shar-
reduced
amount of plant for the same amount of facilities.
The orientation of the building on the site
also helps with the sustainability criteria as it aligns
itself
with
the
prevailing
wind.
Thereby
reducing the amount of wind turbulance around the building, and
in
small
addition
width
this
allows
a
for
south
facing
natural
atrium
ventilation
either by stack effect or by single side
Site plan : Building orientation key to its environmental strategy
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Plan: Level 00
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MAIN ENTRANCE The
main
entrance
and
re-
ception to the building is the
first
occasion
where
the user is made aware of the
public
the
site.
the
public
the it
axial from
route As
a
you
through
member
over
and
view
route
a
of
walk
higher
vantage
point before moving around and
down
to
connect
with
the route and use the facilities.
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Plan: Level 01
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Plan: Level 01
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Plan: Level 02
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LIBRARY- ‘THE ARM’ DETAIL CONSTRUCTION SECTION
Detail Section 1:25
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Plan: Level 03
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STRUCTURAL STRATEGY A
predominantly
structure, lar
the
light
tower
accommodation
is
weight
of
cellu-
made
up
of
narrow Glass reinforced concrete columns and
of
800mm
1400mm
around
floor
plates.
floor when
only deep
plate
150mm at
a
the
edge
This
frees
areas
planning
in
for
each
width
spacing of
of the
up
the
freedom
floor.
Each
column supports the floors via a 500mm deep concrete beam spanning at
maximum
14m.
This
structural
system is made rigid a reinforced concrete escape core running the entire This
height
of
structural
throughout
the
the
building.
systemn building
is
used
and
is
not merely a structural solution. It informs both aesthetic and environemtal strategy.
The
porting down
concrete
the
into
library
the
columns are
public
sup-
carryed
levels
on
-2 and helps to define the axial route through the site.
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Plan: Level 04
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STRUCTURAL STRATEGY Externaly the uniformaty of the structural grid is ever present as it wraps around the building. The appearance of this
facade
will
change
depending
on
where you observe it from and as you move around or past it.
The cellular accomodation in of
the building can be easily identified by two aspects of the design from the exterior. tion the
For
space inner
studio
the edge
and
breakout glazing of
the
classroom
and is
circula-
located
column
spaces
on
while
push
the
glazing to the outter face of the columns.
In addition to this, the cellu-
lar accomodation of the tower of studios
and
facade
classrooms
appears
inform
depending
on
how how
this the
spaces are being used. Between each of the columns in these studios are timber panel shutters, that can be opened or
closed
giving
the
facade
an
ever
changing dynamic appearance.
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Plan: Level 05
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STUDIOS / CLASSROOMS While
the
timber
panel
shutters
give
the
external
faรงade a dynamic appearance externally, internally they serve a more practical purpose. They are used to control any solar glare that may effect the spaces
(particularly
on
the
south
facing
facades).
In
addition, these panels may be used to give a level of control of sound within the space by covering the hard glass surface that reflects sound.
Artificial
commodation between that
is
each
light
is
lighting
achieved
beam
within
by
a
spanning
reflected
off
the
simple the the
cellular light
room
directed
underside
ac-
fitting of
so the
Detail C Plan - 1:20
Detail B Section - 1:20
exposed concrete slab.
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Plan: Level 06
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Ventilation Strategy The orientation of the atrium in the building allows for the stack effect to take place. Throughout the day the air in the atrium is heated is
and rises to the top and
exhausted
through
vents
that
are electrically controlled. This in
turn
pulls
air
in
from
the
classrooms and studio spaces (see plan)
and
ventilating
of
the
building.
of
ventilation
all
Other
were
areas method
considered
though the design process including
double
(See
skin
appendix
double
skin
faรงade
E).
The
facade
method.
use
was
of
a
regected
from teh design for two reasons. It was decided that the potential gain of a complex double skin facade
system
on
a
building
witha
footprint width of only 14m would be
minimal
as
well
as
being
an
un nessisary expensive system for a
scheme
pendix
F
of for
this
scale.
full
strategy report
See
Ap-
environmental
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Plan: Level 07
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Plan: Level 05
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Plan: Level 05
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