Salford Crescent

Interior Architecture Design studio 2A Action Space:Adative Reuse

2021/2022

By Faten

CONTENTS 1_ ACTION_ANALYSIS HISTORY OF THE SITE & BUILDING EXISTING BUILDING FORM EXISTING BUILDING STRUCTURE EXISTING BUILDING FABRIC INTRO/ACTION_ANALYSIS ACTIVIST CAUSE PROGRAMME CONCEPT + CONCEPT DIAGRAM

2_ACTION_PROCESS

3_ACTION_ REPRESENT

INTRO/ACTION_PROCESS PRECEDENT STUDIES 10x10 models Development drawings

INTRO/ACTION_represent GROUND FLOOR PLAN (incl. furniture) ALL OTHER PLANS (incl. furniture) SECTIONS SKETCH DETAIL(S) VISUALISATION (min.1 per floor) MATERIALITY

BUILDING APPRAISAL

History of the site and building The Crescent was a pub and was one of the most Historic Pubs of Salford area. The building is a Grade II Listed Building, that was built in the 1860’s where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels once drank and discussed revolution and the theory of Communism. At that time the pub was appropriately known as the Red Dragon.

This pub was in a special place near the university of Salford. That’s why it was popular for students, businessmen and tourists. In 2016 it was purchased by a businessman and likely it would end up like neighbouring building such as the Black Horse Hotel which was demolished in 2016 and replaced with luxury flats.

History of the site and building The Crescent has long history as a Pub. There was also a popular quiz on a Monday evening and Open-Mic on every other Sunday night. The pub also hosted many live music events.

Many students still remember the days they had spent before it shut down. It was known for its cheap food and drinks, with main meals starting from as little as £2.

As a remarkable listed place many activists supporting the idea to conserve its heritage, and to keep the future development plans as similar as possible related to the origin use, a social pivotal place for the society.

The recent development plans shown on the internet indicates a student living accommodation along with musical venue.

1860

History of the site and building From 1860 to 1930 the site consists of green landscape.

There were office buildings occupied surrounding the site. there was good nature surrounding the site at that time.

More different buildings use start taking place around the site, with more interested companies using the area to manage their businesses.

The year 1950-1960 throughout the years the site had become more open spaced with significant increase in population. the council allowed more buildings to be constructed at the area. It had become an industrial and educational pivotal area as well as a tourist area.

Existing Building Form The building consist of three floors; Ground floor, first floor and a domer. The building wasnt inspected, however the building appear to be constructed with perimeter bearing block walls and internal walls. All floors are suposed to be of tiber joists and timber flooring panels, The roof is constructed by using timber and slats at the top.

Existing Building Form The building formed by 3 terraced dwellings. The exterior walls are finished with roughcast render over brick with Welsh slate roof. At the 3 storeys there are around21-windows and 2 doorways. In the facade at 2nd floor level there are fixed light windows, and two 4-pane sash windows to right. 12-pane sash windows above, some replaced with fixed light windows. There are 2 attic storey windows, one with pedimented dormer over. The interior was not inspected.

The pub stands on The Crescent, a busy dual carriageway on the A6 corridor close to Salford University and less than 1 mile from Manchester City Centre.

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Cresent House

The Salford area is an attracted area for different use. The investments in Salford area is thriving with increased numbers of people choosing to live, work, study as well as for visitors.

In recent years, Salford has witnessed significant and important developments that led to the development of infrastructure and the construction of major projects such as MediaCityUK, Salford Central, Greengate, Port Salford and the AJ Bell Stadium, and the revitalisation of road and riverside corridors, has transformed large areas of Salford and had a significant impact on the city’s economy. It is considered a cultural, recreational and tourist area.

The Salford which has seen significant development in recent years with residential projects such as Timekeepers Square and Vimto Gardens and investment in traffic calming, public realm, and landscaping.

The area is served by Salford Crescent mainline train station and is within walking distance of Manchester City Centre to the east. It is centred around the University of Salford’s campus, which is a large employer in the city.

For its important location the pub is surrounded by various buildings with distinctive structures and coordinate designs that increase the attraction of people to it.

External Walls The building wasn’t inspected; however, it seems that it was formed by solid brick at the perimeters. The perimeter walls and internal walls are what look like bearing walls. The bearing walls support all the floors and roof. The load transferred to shallow concrete foundations below ground level to spread the building total load to the soil.

At each level the floors are built with timber joists and timber panels, that is a traditional material used at the building time.

There is no renovation history found, so the building material and technique is assumed to be same from the building time

Existing Building structure The roof is formed by timber trusses, a traditional method used until today to cover buildings with duo pitched roof type. Timber is used to form the trusses where all trusses are connected by ridge timber at the top, Timber purlins at bottom and sides, as well as main timber rafters, diagonals may be used for stability.

The perimeter walls usually covered with timber pate to receive the trusses. The roof finish is slate tiles.

large chimneys and an attic.

The roof is low pitched. timber structure topped with slate tiles,

four large chimneys

Wall ventilation

the back side of the building,

Existing Building Fabric

windowsill and sash window.

Arch above main timber door

two columns that look like a Doric Order.

walls are made of cement and plaster.

The following pictures show the external of the building. The building has three large chimneys and an attic. The roof is low pitched. timber structure topped with slate tiles, while the roof structure is made of wood. At the back side of the building, there is a small car park.

The building has a ventilation that reduces damp. Arch above main timber door and suspended floor. As well as it contains base and two columns that look like a Doric Order.

The external facade was made of cement and plaster. As well as windowsill and sash window. Suspended ground floor structure. Consists of timber joists and floorboards.

Some of the interior walls are painted white and striped in black.

Suspended ground floor structur.

timber stairs

Suspended ground floor structur.

timber stairs

the interior walls are painted white and striped in black.

The structure of building, as shown is made of wood.

walls are solid brick, as built, no insulation

The structure of building, as shown is made of wood.

walls are solid brick, as built, no insulation

large windows let the sunlight pass through it.

large windows let the sunlight pass through it.

Existing Building Fabric The structure of building, as indicated by the age of the building and the pictures attached, was made of timber. The walls are solid brick, as built, no insulation. The stairs made timber. As well as the interior walls are painted white and striped in black while some of the walls were covered in wood.

The picture show ceiling window that looks like a carriage wheel. A nice-looking window that allows natural daylight to light the area below. There are also more large windows that let the sunlight pass through.

The window in the ceiling is a form of a carriege wheel.

the walls they are coverd in wood .

ACTION PROCESS

precedent study#1 INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS GSTALL, ITALY Architects: monovolume architecture+design Area: 5500 m² Year: 2017 The company of the Dr. Schär AG is located in the southern part of the commercial area of Burgstall. Because of the steady growth of the company also the space requirement increases and therefore the existing administration block has been extended.

Due to the limited base area, the building was conceived on three floors. The characteristic of the design of the new part of the building is the sophisticated, restrained and linear architecture. The glass facades create a new light and clear look of the building and also of the whole company.

The sun protection is made of slanting glass flakes, it is aimed at a kind of double façade. The visible Attica panels of the ceiling are covered with white tiles, the flat roofs are designed as green roofs (Archdaily, 2021) Archdaily. (2021). Retrieved from https://www.archdaily.com: https://www.archdaily.com/881399/dr-schar-offices-monovolume-architecture-plus-design?ad_medium=gallery

precedent study#2 Office Lobby / 4N design architects OFFICE BUILDINGS, INTERIOR DESIGN HONG KONG (SAR) Architects: 4N design architects Area: 8000 ft² Year: 2015 Text description provided by the architects. Owned by retailer of Dried Seafood and Bird Nest in Hong Kong, this building is their headquarters building house packaging workshops and office space. This design exercise was to create an entrance lobby and garden to cater for all users of the building.

The design concept was driven by notion of ‘In search of natural beauty’. The area is consisted of semi-outdoor garden space and indoor lobby concierge space. The garden is infused with arrays of timber slots, timber flooring, lawns and vertical plantations. All greenery is supported by automated irrigation system and advanced-level drainage system.

The beautifully designer locker room was indeed a great challenge during design process, the request of such locker room was actually be requested by the client in very last stage of Detail Design period, that affected the overall design language and planning in a great deal. Yet instead of putting the locker room hidden at corner of the lobby, our team twisted the colorful design and turned it into center piece of the lobby (Archdaily, 2021).

precedent study#3 Runxuan Textile Office features curvilinear aluminium facade 2 July 2021 Built for a fabric production company, the Runxuan Textile Office is located in a textile town in Foshan in the Guandong province of China.

Design studio Rationale International — Masanori Design Studio has created an office in China with a curvilinear facade and undulating ceiling that draws on the qualities of fabric.

The Chinese studio drew on the process of cloth production and interpreted the movement of textiles through an architectural language to create the design. aluminium battens clad the exterior of the building.

Above: the facade has a curvilinear form Rationale International — Masanori Design Studio founder Terry Xu told Dezeen. A column punctuates the centre of the lobby. The aluminium battens stretch through to the interior of the office across the ceiling, mimicking the rolling form of the facade to connect the interior and exterior. “In this space, one seems to be standing under a loom,” said Xu. “The ‘yarns’ are interwoven with the light, and such black and white colours form artistic scenes from different angles.” The lobby was placed at the centre of the plan, with offices, meeting rooms and conference spaces organise around it.

White was used throughout the interior of the building, which has a minimalist aesthetic with furniture, decorative objects and plants sparsely placed in the space (Dezeen, 2021).

Action Analysis

What is the plant Plants are important for the planet and for all living things.

Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen from their leaves, which humans and other animals need to breathe. Living things need plants to live - they eat them and live in them. Plants help to clean water too.

What does a plant eat? They use the energy from the sun, or other light and use it to make their food. The ingredients for this process are water, air, and light. Plants don’t use all the parts of the air, they only use the carbon dioxide (CO2) to make their food Plants feel fear. Just as animals do, plants may react to threats by emitting toxins and scenting the air with chemicals. But not only this instead of being scared out of their wits, but fear may also actually help plants make decisions or take action that will help them survive and reproduce.

It has been scientifically proven that plants release tears or fluid to protect themselves from the harmful effects of bacteria and fungi. The purpose of these fluids is to fight off pathogens, to regulate and maintain optimal moisture levels in the leaves, and for the transport of nutrients in the plant.

Plant rights Scientific arguments In the study of plant physiology, plants are understood to have mechanisms by which they recognize environmental changes. This definition of plant perception differs from the notion that plants are capable of feeling emotions, an idea also called plant perception.

The latter concept, along with plant intelligence, can be traced to 1848, when Gustav Theodor Fechner, a German experimental psychologist, suggested that plants are capable of emotions, and that one could promote healthy growth with talk, attention, and affection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_rights The case for plant rights is, paradoxically, both straightforward and complicated. There is no doubt that plants are some of the most vulnerable living beings on the planet: even according to fairly conservative estimates, one in every five plant species is currently on the brink of extinction.

Given this disastrous global situation, plant rights could be a useful legal instrument for decelerating the loss of biodiversity and mitigating the destruction of the flora, the cornerstone of any natural environment. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2013/1/21/thetime-is-ripe-for-plant-rights an Australian scientist has written a book claiming trees and other plants should be considered “beings” instead of “objects.” From the Sydney Morning Herald story: plants make sounds — little underground clicks that microbes and insects might be able to hear. They communicate with each other, and other species, using chemicals.

And, in a series of experiments, some plants even seem to listen, growing toward the sound of a dripping drainpipe, and learn, remembering and responding to signals from humans. https://evolutionnews.org/2019/01/another-push-for-plant-rights/

Plant rights The following section discuss the essential principles of plant rights:

1.Genetically modified plants should not be used; A GMO is a laboratory process of taking genes from one species and inserting it into another, altering DNA. It creates unstable combinations that don’t occur in nature.

2.Don not cut plants for no reason and killing it; You can eat the leaves, crush the stems but will have to throw away the root. And wherever you throw it, a plant will emerge, life will spring, and continuity is guaranteed.

That is not called killing.

3.Not to use chemical or industrial substances to prolong or effect fruits and vegetables that is harmful to plant and the environment.

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meeting room coffee s hop office

balcony

Design concept There are some ideas about spiral staircase with flying floors. The staircase is in the middle of the building, and since it has a spiral shape, it indicates the movement of plants.

As shown, there are ideas for the roof of the building, there are windows that allow daylight through it. As well as to an aesthetic increase of the place. the building talk about plant rights, so there is the idea of designing a steel tunnel decorated with climbing plants, and through it the visitor can enter to see different types inside the tunnel while listening to the music that comes from the plants.

Models

Model #1

Model #1 In this idea, an area of 7x7m was extended to be a place for the fire staircase and also a place for toilets. The interior design is all open to each other to make the place wider. It was divided into a place for entertainment and education, a place to drink coffee and eat some fresh plants that grow naturally without chemical additives. As for the stairs that lead to the second floor, it is on the left side of the door. As for the second floor, it consists offices for employees, a place to sell plants, a meeting room to educate people and explain what is important about plants. There is an open space with a balcony where people can sit and enjoy the landscape. As for the facade, it has not changed except for the back, where glass was used to let the sun rays enter through it. In addition to the roof, half of it was changed and windows were placed to provide the place with brightness and aesthetics.

Model #2

First floor

ground floor

Model 2 The ground floor has retained some of the walls of the old building with minor changes to make the place more comfortable and open. it contains a place for entertainment and education in addition there is a simple designed café. As for the first floor, its design is simple with an open space.

First floor

Model#3

ground floor

Model 3 The ground floor includes an open place with a giant tree made of cardboard, the branches stuck to the ceiling sitting in the centre of the building, surrounded by a device containing plants, where visitors can enjoy the sounds of music that comes from the plants lying next to the tree. In addition, the cafe is a nice place where vegetable foods are served. at the second floor, it consists offices and a meeting room with a simple designed balcony.

Sketches