Part 1 Architecture Portfolio

JESSICA HALDANE

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CARPE(NT

W O O D C R A FT SCHOOL +

TRY) DIEM

+ P RO C ESSI N G CENTRE

“AT LEAST SELLAFIELD GIVES US JOBS...”

Beyond the idyllic and romanticised Lake District, the western borough of Copeland largely depends on nuclear industry for economic survival and finds itself intertwined with shortcomings in skills, education and mental health. The abandoned Kangol Factory in Cleator reflects these issues alongside stark realities of the wider territory such as Cumbria’s dwindling forests.

Carpe(ntry) Diem aims to heal Copeland through on site maximisation of forest potential with the implementation of an aforestation and rewilding scheme alongside Slöjd (woodcraft) education - slöjd meaning ‘handicraft’ in swedish and encompassing the link found between manual dexterity and cognitive development. This is particularly effective at reducing anxiety in users of high stress environments.

Users here are encouraged to ‘seize the day’ through a series of immersive workshops and nature walks, promoting human-nature symbiosis and acting as a cultural injection that acknowledges Cumbria’s rich industrial past in forestry and timber whilst looking towards an ecological future.

This scheme employs passive environmental principles and a localised circular economy - a notion that is enforced with external sourcing of wood material, for construction and programmed activities, from existing nearby sawmill schemes and high use of recycled material. The trees sourced via local sawmills were utilised to their full potential - from the bark to the resin. This circular sentiment is further sustained with on-site modular biofuel facilities, exchanging the waste from the locally provided material for mutually beneficial biomass-born energy.

CLEATOR, CUMBRIA, UK

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1 biofuel hub

8 woodcraft and forestry school

2 transport hub

9 stairs/lift from ground level

3 wood processing facility

10 flood mitigation ponds

4 exhibition of recycled material

11 v e h i c l e a c c e s s

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12 new tree growth

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ROOF oak shingles criss crossed timber battens membrane seal SIPs (structural insulated panels): OSB + polyurethane douglas fir finish STRUCTURE glulam timber trusses on timber columns steel cables acting as tie rods stabilise the trusses screw plates connect joints WALLS oak strips criss crossed timber battens membrane seal SIPs douglas fir finish FLOOR screed cordek foam + underfloor services sealing layer fiber cement board

E X P L O D E D I S O M E T R I C F R A G M E N T O F T H E W O O D P R O C E S S I N G FA C I L I T Y

INTERIOR RENDER OF THE MAIN FACILITY’S ACTIVITIES

1:10 PERSONAL WORKBENCH MODEL // DESIGNED FOR OPTIMAL USE + MADE ENTIRELY OF WOODSHOP OFFCUTS (REPRESENTATIVE OF MY CIRCULAR SCHEME)

1800mm

434mm

RECYCLED INTO CHIPBOARD OR USED AS BIOMASS FOR FUEL

D U S T C O L L E C T I O N S Y S T E M | H A N D D R AW N A R R A N G E M E N T

268mm

380mm

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION :)