Part 1 Architecture Portfolio: Final Project

Portfolio Part 1 Henry Baker

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Henry Baker Bachelor of Architecture Master of Engineering University of Sheffield Portfolio.

(Full Portfolio available upon request)

Index p.3

Kew Laboratory

p.27

Wellness Housing Scheme

p.45

Work in Practice

p.59

Architectural Engineering Project: Engineering a Geometric Glulam-

supported roof structure p.68

Curriculum Vitae

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Banner used for the Final Review

KEW LABORATORY Project Design - Spring 2018 Tutor: Maggie Pickles

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Preface The renowned city of Liverpool provides the surroundings for the Kew Laboratory, a joint venture between the University of Liverpool, Royal Horticulture Society and Kew Gardens. The label “Kew Laboratory” is in itself a facade for the actual function of the building, a scheme that facilitates the research and testing of modern urban farming techniques, in order to provide evidence for a global transition from traditional, dated, environmentally intensive procedures to forward-thinking, sustainable and efficient methods of producing food.

A multi-purpose building, providing space for research, space for growing and testing, working spaces that support the main activities, all inter-twined with specialist rooms such as seed storage and herbariums.

Few buildings exist that provide the necessary ammenities for the research and testing for the future generations supply of food, particularly that also accomodate the modern worker, who needs space to socialise with his or her colleagues and reflect on the days progress. A building that also acts as a community hub, educating the future generations of the modern processes of agriculture through hands-on experimentation.

The Kew Laboratory, situated in Liverpools vibrant docklands area, aims to embody efficient, functional architecture that blurs the threshold between the natural and physical world, forming an extension from current infrastructure, becoming a national centerpiece for urban farming.

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The Vertical Hierachy of Space

Growing

Testing

Working

Learning

Storing

Liverpool as a 2D form within its global contex, portraying its history as an internationl city, revolved around trade.

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Eugi’s markets Food markets

Residential

Retail / Commercial

Educational

Greeneries

Industrial

Mixed Use

Building and District Use These maps analyse the wider context of Liverpool, it’s history as an important trading hub, and the food markets scattered throughout the city. The project’s site is located in the coastal, mixed-use region of the city.

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P2.1 Exhibition: December 2017

An Exhibition to educate on the subject During the very primative stages of the project, a small team of students including myself curated the “Urban Farming Exhibition” to encourage thorough research into the subject before embarking on our own creations that satisfy the brief. The highly efficient and collaborative effort saw the exhibition recieve the highest recorded score of 96/100 awarded by the SSoA. The experience was curated with 3 key spaces, the inception being a presentation on the food crisis, particularly in the wake of brexit; how the country’s imports would be effected and enormous strain agriculture has on our environment.

The second space delving into the history of agriculture and greenhouse, showing the evolution of the materiality and form of greenhouses, with our own proposals for the future adaption of the greenhouse to suit modern needs.

Ultimately, the final space displayed our research into key precedents of the subject, including three-dimensional construction sections and cut-throughs of the Princess of Wales Conservatory, the Sainsbury’s Laboratory and the Millenium Seedbank (found in later pages).

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Site Strategies

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Site Strategies

Response to the Site The main influencing factors of the site are angled southernmost boundary facing the canal, and the walkway connecting the two sides, supporting the main pedestrian pathway that cuts through the center of the site.

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Angled Geometry The angled threshold onto the river

acts as a key driver for the overall m

opposite), the two conflicting profile

ly-proportioned masses or “wings”; nal void in the center of the site.

Massing Development

The development of massing show a fully formed mass surrounding a

entrance from the canalside, into tw

lines through the scheme, making t

creates a shift in geometry that

massing of the scheme (shown

es form the baseline for two equal-

; thus creating an irregular polygo-

ws the evolution of the inital idea; central courtyard with one main

wo separated blocks that allow site-

the most of views either side.

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Spacial Arrangement

Two Parallel masses containing a cluster of Courtyards A key influence in the derived form of two blocks with a void in between is the Hilltop science center in Wisley, with features two wings that serve the primary and secondary functions, with the ground floor being fully publicly accessible and the first floor accommodating the large variety of private spaces. A cluster of differently-sized courtyards make way for walkways connecting the two masses, evolving into informal meeting spaces where people can collaborate and socialise.

Hilltop Science Center and Knowledge Bank Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley In Construction

Images taken from RHS Hilltop design and Access Statement

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Interim Conceptual Section The section was produced to show the main driving concept of the project and how the arrangement of spaces can form something exciting and contextually abiding.

A courtyard of planting and vegetation is surrounded by two main blocks connected by an array of parallel walkways, the laboratories and workspaces are situated on higher levels to separate them from the liveliness of the ground floor.

The growing spaces are located at the pinnacle, providing greenhouses that serve the primary function of testing modern agriculture techniques.

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The “Interior Garden” The lateral space is divided into three boxes, the central box encompasses an arrangement of planting, breathing life into the indoor environment.

Thus, the interior garden is formed, creating a natural breakout space for workers and visitors alike.

The atrium is formed of glass to maximum the natural light entering the space, resembling that of a greenhouse.

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Developing the Concept Vertical hierachy of spaces Red denotes private Green denotes public

Vertical Transparency The overall materiality of the facade is transformed with height: the solidity of the material decreases, concrete and stone walls become less common and glazed elements become more dominant. This is to create an illusion of the building dissolving into the atmosphere above it, but also to carve out voids for the growing spaces to manifest - utilising the natural light for the function of the building.

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Allocation of Mass The developed simple plan of the scheme shows the two wings (Private and public), the private wing requires more functioning space for reseach spaces, growing spaces and working spaces. Hence, the private wing has been expanded to maximum its output; acting as a focal point for the scheme as a whole.

Circulation The plan schematic shows the primary flow of people entering the building from both sides, and how the expansive 4 storey atrium acommodates the main vertical circulation of the building. Two “channels” on each wing then facilitate the distribution of people into the peripheral spaces, culminating in an efficient system for people flow.

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Perspective View

The Atrium Greenhouse The interior perspective shows the environment connecting the two functioning wings of the building. The private wing facilitates the research and testing of urban farming, perhaps simultaneously creating an intense working space. The Atrium can therefore serve as a more natural extension to the man-made greenhouse, allowing people to thrive, collaborate, and unwind.

The dynamic four storey (partially five storey) void space enables views that penertrate through the building itself, connecting the two sides of site from the Albert docks to the Echo Arena.

The balconies act as breakout spaces for people to socialise and take in the views either side of the building, whereas the ground floor platform accomodates visitors entering from both entrances and filtering the flow of people into the specialist spaces along the perimeter. Visitors funnel into the center of the space, where tour groups can congregate before embarking on an educational guide to the scheme.

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Ground Floor Site Plan

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Key Floor Plan: Research

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(20).

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(14).

Full height Lab

Laboratory wo

(14).

Horticulture Laboratory: Research space that investigates vertical farming processes

(15).

Incubator room

(16). Store (23).

(17).

Insect Collection room

(18).

Plant Health Laboratory: Exhibits large open workbenches to facilitate research into herbicides

(24).

(19).

Media Prep

(20).

PCR

(21).

Botany (Molecular) Laboratory: Features hi-spec microscopes and floor-to-ceiling botanical testing chambers

(22).

Walkway: Acts as the connection point between public and private, scientists from the labs meet visitors to educate them on the project

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(25).

(23).

Education Laboratory: A reseach space for the public

(24).

Laboratory ancillary space

(25).

The Kew Exhibition: An interactive walk-through experience that is an hypothetical replica

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of that produced for the P2.1 exhibition Perspective View 01

boratory ancillary units

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G Canalside Cafe

(8).

(9).

Cafe BoH

(11).

(7).

Worker’s Lobby

(12).

Herbarium Extraction suite Garden Atrium

(10).

(6).

Reception

(13).

Classrooms

(5).

Exterior Storage

-I (3).

Seed Storage

(4).

Plant Room Waste Management Aquaponics

(2).

Breeding Pond

(1).

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(38).

Aquaponics testing

Greenhouse

40).

(39). Greenhouse Ancillary (40). Hydroponics testing Greenhouse

(39).

(38).

(33).

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Horticulture growing

Chamber (36).

(34).

Growing Ancillary

35).

Main Growing

Chamber (30).

Molecular Culture

Chamber (37).

(35).

(34).

Rooftop restaurant and bar

(37).

(33).

II (31).

(28).

(30).

(32).

(27).

(26).

Office Space

(27).

Meeting Rooms

(28).

Office Space

(30).

Garden Breakout Balconies

(31).

Library Archive

(32).

Library

(26).

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Long Section through Site

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Sainbury’s Laboratory University of Cambridge Cambridge

Princess of Wales Conservatory Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew Richmond, London

A three-dimensional construction section was produced for the P2.1 exhibition of the Sainsbury’s laboratory to display the materiality of the scheme and how it could be incorporated into our own pro-posals. The model focuses on the relationship between the breakout spaces or intermediate spaces for workers to escape to, and the gar-den, of which incourages tranquility and relaxation.

A three-dimensional “cutout” was also produced to represent the materials used for a typical con-servatory, this case in the form of the Princess of Wales conservatory in Kew Gardens.

The metal frame supports large panels of glass in this triangular, geometric form, also providing a stable environment internally for a plethora of planting and vegetation to grow and be observed.

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Construction Section

“Double Skin” facade

A.

The south facing facade of the building features a versatile double skin facade; drawing cold air through vents in the floor during the summer months, releasing warm air from the shaft as shown. Opposingly, during the winter months the vents trap a vacuum within this space to insulate the building, keeping the internal conditions stable.

The floor make-up is shown in detail (C). Showing a composite floor being supported by the secondary steel beams, the void remaining inbetween the floor and the ceiling lining can be used for services such as ventilation ducts that require a large amount of space.

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A. (6).

(5).

(4).

(3).

B. (2).

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Structural Composition

C.

The highest level of the building features the glass “boxes”, made up from single and double height spaces, acting as clusters of greenhouses all serving a different strand of growing techniques. The level allows these spaces access to the greatest amount of natural light while also creating a dramatic aesthetic for bystanders viewing the building from across the river.

(1).

Ground Floor: Exterior walls formed of traditional blockwork

finished with large white stone.

(2).

Primary structure consisting of reinforced concrete columns

cast in-situ in a symmetrical, organised grid layout.

(3).

MEP and HVAC uPVC ducts are suspended from the lateral

structure and form the basis of the ventilation within the

building.

(4)

Steel primary and secondary beams connect the concrete

column layout and distribute the dead and live loads of the

floor slabs and activity above.

(5).

Ceramic tiling, lining the floor slabs and beam structure

(6).

The Glasshouses: Lightweight Steel frames supporting the triple

glazed glass boxes.

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