George Craig Portfolio

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BIM Project A building information modelling project using Revit to construct the form and run lighting analysis’, such as, Daylight factor, Illuminance and Solar access.

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Retrofit and infill A Photo studio in Liverpool’s Fabric District which is being retrofitted onto a Victorian warehouse to minimize the environmental footprint of the build.

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KEY 1) Reception 2) Darkroom 3) Office 4) Equipment store 5) Exhibition space 6) Meeting room 7) Cyclorama photo studio 8) Product photo studio 9) Changing room 10) Import/ Export

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WOW FESTIVAL LITERATURE PAVILION A temporary architecture project for Liverpool’s Writing On The Walls festival which utilizes a translucent ETFE polycarbonate facade. The structure juxtaposes the block formation of the Bold Street site and protrudes onto the desire lines forcing the visitor to divert there path, making the spatial sequence more memorable, while remaining linear akin to the page by page progress through a book. The form of the building follows a narrative structure, with peaks and troughs shown in elevation to show crisis and resolution of a story.

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WEATHER OBSERVATION CENTRE PROJECT A weather observation centre at the peak of Gummers How with the aim to assess the challenges of growing food in an isolated rural area exposed to extreme wind and drought like conditions. The building complies with the contours of the hill and is fitted with a terraced green roof to blend in with the ecosystem encouraging biodiversity while providing greater human interaction with the site and promoting tourism. The south facing orientation was a crucial consideration allowing the generation of passive heat with a hanging vineyard that provides allows the sun to protrude into the building in winter months when the foliage is less dense and provides shading in the summer.

Additional systems in place include, the green roof which sequesters carbon from the air before it enters the ventilation system, the reforestation of the upper watershed to slow surface run off allowing water to be captured by the Swale and harvested for use and permaculture plans layering plants to protect each other form natural elements. All these methods will be taught within the centre to increase global food security and the food sourced on site will be utilized in a luxury restaurant.

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1) Restaurant 2) kitchen 3) waiting area 4) office/ lab 5) demonstration kitchen 6) toilets 7) plant room 8) vertical farming space 9) aquaponics 10) plant nursery/ storage

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H20 Project The design is for a bath house on Liverpool Princes dock with Scandinavian influence; incorporating ideals of cold water immersion, a Scandinavian restaurant and coloured fountains mimicking the Northern lights as they are the happiest populations in the world despite the cold, dark climate. The form is framed around a central, rectangular courtyard pool which draws inspiration from Le Corbusier, who stated that simple shapes are easier to comprehend and are therefore more attractive; and encourages social interaction, returning to the roots of the bathhouse as a place not only to relax but to meetup. The form of the building is intended to provide an edge to the Princes dock site as it complies with the parallel lines of adjacent buildings to the South and the East and is Raised in the West with a much plainer façade. The building itself appears to float showing the stresses being lifted from the occupants shoulders as they relax, a theme continued inside through compression and relief.

This effect is created through depth within the facades, where the material palate shifts from a heavy stone base which is lost in the ground and the wooden cladding and glazing to blur the gap between inside and out resulting in a more biophilic design.

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KEY 1) 100mm wooden cladding 2) 50mm air 3) 20mm glass 4) 102.5mm slate 5) 50mm air 6) 45mm fibreglass insulation 7) 100mm concrete 8) 12.5mm plaster 9) 65mm wooden flooring 10) 0mm vapour membrane 11) 80mm insulation board 12) underfloor heating pipes 13) 0mm damp proofing 14) 100mm concrete precast 15) 65mm wooden ceiling 16) CLT framework

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KEY 1) Reception 2) Aquarium 3) Plant room 4) Changing area 5) Toilets 6) Sauna 7) Foot wash 8) Showers 9) Cold plunge pool 10) Steam room 11) Indoor pool 12) Outdoor pool 13) Jacuzzi 14) Swim up bar 15) Staff room 16) Bar store 17) Kayak ore store 18) Lift 19) Toilets 20) Norwegian food vendor 21) Danish bakery vendor 22) Food store 23) Restaurant / Food hall 24) Bar seating / waiting area 25) Bar 26) Balcony / smoking area 27) Car Park 28) Bin store 29) Kayak dock 30) Fountains

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Landing > Stair width of 1100mm

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1000mm railing

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1100mm = minimum width 100mm

12 steps per flight x 300mm going = 3300mm per flight

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Doors must be capable of opening outwards

12 steps per flight x 170mm rise = 2040mm per flight

170mm Rise 1100mm

Legislative compliance and cost control A project investigating organizational structures and procurement routes, as well as, ensuring the bathhouse complies with stair regulations based on proposed occupancy, escape distances for fire safety, budget using estimated cost per sqm and disability equity using figures from the approved documents.

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