Graduation Henk luijk Learning from a building
semi-private
semi-public
private public
Houses in terraces
Garden open to the sky
Front doors open onto a continuous public route
Transition from public to private
semi-private
semi-public
private public
Houses in terraces
Garden open to the sky
Front doors open onto a continuous public route
Transition from public to private
semi-private
semi-public
private public
Houses in terraces
Garden open to the sky
Front doors open onto a continuous public route
Transition from public to private
Alexandra Road Estate Neave Brown Alexandra Road Estate observing redrawing remaking brutalism -
Alexandra Court Translation After Alexandra Road Alexandra Court - plan - appearance - detail
BRUTALISM?
BRUTALISM?
ALEXANDRA ROAD ESTATE Neave Brown, 1929-2018
THE NEW BRUTALISM - 1955
Reyner Banham
Smithsons
‘image as memoratbility’
‘materials as found’
‘clear exhibition of structure’
‘image’
‘as found’
‘total environment’
‘structure’
THE ARCHITECT
NEAVE BROWN 1929-2018
Winscombe Street
1965-1966 ‘a community, an extended family’
Fleet Road
1967 design 1975 completed
‘A New Format of Housing’
Ville Radieuse - Le Corbusier
Golden Lane - The Smithson’s
“In discarding the street for the tower and the slab, we threw away a whole pattern of life with a quite inadequate understanding of its complexity and value” “external pedestrian deck substitued for Rue Intérieure”
Unité d’Habitation, Briey-en-Forêt - Le Corbusier
Golden Lane - The Smithson’s
solution? 1. houses in terraces 2. front doors opening onto a public open route 3. a garden open to the sky (not just a balcony)
section Alexandra Road Development
Alexandra Road Developmnent
“Creating a piece of a city”
traditional streets: contact between interior and exterior “The primary decision is therefore taken: to build low, to fill the site, to geometrically define open space, to integrate”
LOW RISE - HIGH DENSITY
top view of building masses around 1860
top view of building masses around 1953
top view of building masses 2017
OBSERVING
REDRAWING
ground floor
ground floor
1st floor
2nd floor
3rd floor
4th floor
5th floor
closer observation 4th/5th floor
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Remaking
parapet/plant bays
parapet/plant bays
Public - acces
Semi-Public - continuous flow
Private - but eyes on the street
Semi-Private - open to the sky
DESIGN
semi-private
semi-public
private
public
Houses in terraces
Garden open to the sky
Smaller frontage in order to reach the dwelling by stairs or walkway
Front doors open onto a continuous public route
Reproducing and mirroring in order to get an apartment block
Transition from public to private
RETHINKING
'closed' square
'leaking' square
'crescent' public space
'streets'
PUBLIC SPACE
London
Royal Crescent
Barcelona
Paris
'Alexandra Gate'
'Alexandra Road Development'
SEMI - PUBLIC / CONTINUITY
Royal Crescent - 1774
‘‘.....once people get through their front doors they often love their flats, there’s something nice about living up high, with large windows and long views, and they are often built to generous space-standsrds. The challenge is getting from the street to their front door because there isn’t a clearly defined sequence of spaces.’’ Dominic Papa, director SSS3 Architecture + Urbanism (2017)
TITEL
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private public
Houses in terraces
Garden open to the sky
Front doors open onto a continuous public route
Transition from public to private
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living versus sleeping
More privacy for front doors and terraces
Solve the 'set-back' within the houses
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MASTERPLAN fitness center
restaurant
workshops afterschool care
storage & deliveries
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AĂŻt Benhaddou, Morocco
KASHBAH
MOUNTAINVILLAGE
THE PLAN
fridge
section a entrance
G14
G15
ground floor
section a
G15
section a
entrance
fridge
first floor
G15 fridge
section c entrance
entrance
section c
section sectionca
fridge
section c
second floor
wm
G15
section sectionca
section c
wm entrance
fridge
third floor
east elevation
west elevation
TYPE A
TYPE B
front elevation
back elevation
fridge
fridge
fridge
section c
section c
entrance
section a
section c
section c
entrance
entrance
G14
G6 G15
G6
fridge
dry dry wm wm
fridge
entrance entrance
section b
fridge
fridge
section c
entrance
fridge fridge
fridge
section c
entrance
section c
fridge
section c section a
entrance entrance
fridge
fridge
entrance
entrance entrance
entrance entrance
section b
section b
fridge
section b
section b
1st floor
3rd floor
section c
section c
fridge
section c
section c
fridge
entrance
fridge
entrance
fridge
entrance
entrance
wm
section b section b
section b
wm
entrance
entrance
fridge
section b
fridge
2nd floor
4th floor 0m
5m
0m
TYPE C
fridge
section c
section c
entrance
G6 dry wm fridge
section c
section c entrance
section c
section c
fridge
wm
entrance
entrance fridge
v1a
prefabricated wall: - toplayer of brick slips - filter layer - insulation - concrete floor
h1a-d
v1b
prefabricated wall - 100mm concrete inner wall - 120mm insulation - 80mm polished concrete
v1c v2a
v2b balustrade : -1000mm above floor - light grey steel
sliding door : - 2400mm high - anthracite aluminium - insulated glass
GSEducationalVersion
prefabricated floor: - toplayer of brick slips - filter layer - insulation - concrete floor with slope
rainwater drainage pipe
v1a
prefabricated wall: - toplayer of brick slips - filter layer - insulation - concrete floor
prefabricated sandwich wall - 100mm concrete inner wall - 120mm insulation - 80mm polished concrete
h1a-d
v1b
prefabricated wall - 100mm concrete inner wall - 120mm insulation - 80mm polished concrete
v1c v2a
aluminum windowframe alignment frame
v2b balustrade : -1000mm above floor - light grey steel
100
100
100
sliding door : - 2400mm high - anthracite aluminium - insulated glass
GSEducationalVersion
GSEducationalVersion
prefabricated floor: - toplayer of brick slips - filter layer - insulation - concrete floor with slope
Steel Balustrade ∅ 50mm - 1000mm above start-plate
9
22
roof-edge covering as bottom plate
120
v1a
180
prefabricated wall: - toplayer of brick slips - filter layer - insulation - concrete floor
wooden slats finishing 54*21mm
h1a-d
sliding door from aluminum with insulated glass
floor - toplayer of concrete tiles - EPDM, waterproof layer - insulation on slope - prefab concrete floor
floor - toplayer of concrete tiles - space for rubber tile-carriers - EPDM, waterproof layer - insulation on slope - prefab concrete floor
v1b
prefabricated wall - 100mm concrete inner wall - 120mm insulation - 80mm polished concrete
v1c v2a
v2b
50
50
30
balustrade : -1000mm above floor - light grey steel
180
sliding door : - 2400mm high - anthracite aluminium - insulated glass
floor - optional toplayer - cement top layer - cement layer with floor heating - insulation membrane - prefab concrete floor
floor: - toplayer of brick slips - filter layer, hard insulation - insulation - concrete floor with slope GSEducationalVersion
GSEducationalVersion
prefabricated floor: - toplayer of brick slips - filter layer - insulation - concrete floor with slope
GSEducationalVersion
steel balustrade - roof-edge covering as bottom plate - 1000mm heigh balustrade
14
v1a
100
57
prefabricated wall: - toplayer of brick slips - filter layer - insulation - concrete floor
201
h1a-d
v1b
prefabricated wall - 100mm concrete inner wall - 120mm insulation - 80mm polished concrete
floor - toplayer of brick slips - waterproof glue - hard insulation with waterproof top-layer - insulation - prefabricated concrete floor with slope 1/12
prefabricated sandwich wall - 100mm concrete inner wall - 120mm insulation - 80mm polished concrete
sliding door : - 2400mm high - anthracite aluminium - insulated glass
aluminum windowframe plywood sill alignment frame
80
120
v2a
v2b balustrade : -1000mm above floor - light grey steel
aluminum window sill nose
v1c
100
300
GSEducationalVersion
prefabricated floor: - toplayer of brick slips - filter layer - insulation - concrete floor with slope
REFLECTION
THANKS FOR THE ATTENTION