Component 1 - 7th Jan

COMPONENT 1 Jo-Anne Obi

DESIGN BRIEF & SPECIFICATION Design brief: There are a prominent amount of art galleries and performance theatres that can be visited, however the majority of them are located in London. The majority of UK cities have one art gallery in its entirety, while London has more than 10. This is the same case for theatres. There is an increasing need for both of these facilities to be made available for those interested in the creative field who don’t always have the luxury of travelling in and out of London.

The objective is to create a space where the arts is made accessible to all, taking influence from themes of nature and our organic surroundings. Both the interior and exterior of the buildings should take inspiration from natural shapes, colours etc, and also bring a modern and contemporary look to contrast with the many older designed art galleries and theatres that we see currently. My reason for choosing these themes is to ensure that I can create natural themed structures rather than the common industrialised look many building seem to have. The buildings should provide a comfortable and enjoyable experience for all.

A main aspect of my design is the conjoined art gallery and theatre and an included pavilion a public space area. I have chosen to do this because I believe that both of these spaces are able to work well together while simultaneously functioning individually to the best of their ability.

Specification - Theme: Nature & Organic – Exterior and Interior requirements - Disabled access - Garden spaces and walkways.

- Spacious (needs room for art pieces/sculptures etc and a large theatre area including seating and the stage) - Glass walls where possible for an energy efficient design - Minimum of 2 storey access for the art gallery space.

- Location should be able to blend with surrounding landscape - Accessible via various methods of transport (car, train, bus etc) - Optimise the amount of natural lighting for each building - A mixture of regular and irregular forms and shapes for the buildings’ structure - Free WIFI - Toilet access - Parking access - Interior and exterior seating spaces - Main reception for each building (gallery and theatre)

LOCATION: DERELICT CONSTRUCTION, NORTH STREET, ANGEL WAY, ROMFORD “Romford businesses ‘sick and tired’ of lack of development in Romford town centre” The biggest problem with this site is that it deters customers from the area meaning surrounding businesses are losing customers. It’s a huge distraction to passers-by and leaves an overall negative effect on the area.

My plan for this site is to knock it down and replace it with a building that will attract people to the area and benefit other surrounding businesses, while simultaneously improving the aesthetics of the area.

CURRENT SITE (primary photos) The current site is still “under construction”. When walking around the area you can see that majority of the neighbouring businesses have closed down. The area itself is extremely dull and generally an area most would avoid. In creating a new community space in this area it will not only attract more people, but also provide opportunities for other businesses to gain more customers.

Ideally the aesthetics of the area will improve with a new building as the main attraction.

MOOD BOARD

NATURAL/ORGANIC

PRIMARY RESEARCH

VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, Vancouver, Canada – HERZON AND DE MEURON

The Vancouver Art Gallery is a sculptural, symmetrical, upright building, including both a low and a tall component. Its wooden structures combined with the different garden space areas relate to my theme and can aid further idea development.

The galleries differ in height, proportion and size. All gallery levels provide natural light and views to either the courtyard, the neighbourhood or the city and the spectacular landscape beyond.

Although it is placed in the midst of a large city, the structure of the building allows it to avoid blending in with the surroundings of other buildings, giving it a unique look.

Layered building, stacked on top of each other like a cake

Front “gate” is built on a slant

TATE MODERN – HERZOG AND DE MEURON Tate modern is made up of two buildings. The first main building was originally a power station.

An example of renovating an old building into something new while still keeping previous aspects of it. The brick work had the same layout as the old power station.

Although some of the shape of the outside is implemented in the interior, there are still quite large areas of the interior that are like boxy rooms which I feel is beneficial as then the usefulness of the interior of the building is increased while still having an interesting exterior

CHENGDU-SUPO GALLERY – CHENGDU, CHINA The project is in Qingyuan Community, located in Qingyuan Park, surrounded by many schools. The names of “Supo” in Chengdu all come from an ancient bridge — Supo Bridge.

“vertical architecture” repetitive use of long pole like structures throughout the interior and exterior of the building

Elevated structure

Some curved areas makes the building feel not as flat, gives it depth

ODENSE MUSIC & THEATRE HALL – DENMARK - C.F. MOLLER ARCHITECTS The new music and theatre hall is created to be a cultural power centre with four stages and the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music under one roof.

The great hall accommodates approximately 1800 spectators, while the small hall accommodates approximately 300 spectators There is also a chamber music hall and a rhythmic hall. The Culture centre also has a restaurant, bar/lounge with access to a roof terrace, offices and canteen as well as a parking basement.

The site is in the Hans Christian Andersen Quarter and borders both the historical town and contemporary multi-storey housing.

Designed in a way so it looks like different puzzle pieces put together to create a building, aids easier interior layouts Interior seating arrangements and exterior shape are similar

Entrance is very boxy/ brick like The interior design compensates for this however the exterior makes it seem as if the inside will also be filled with box-like rooms.

Contrasts with the exterior, the building has been split into different sections and layers (ground floor, first floor etc).

MODEL MAKING FOR BUILDINGS BASED ON PRIMARY RESEARCH

1st MODEL

This model takes more inspiration from the clothing pegs, having a layered like look with parts going in front and behind of each other

2nd MODEL

Like the perfume bottle, this model takes on curved structures for the walls, moving away from the generic rectangular buildings that are seen majority of the time

As development I wanted to continue to implement the idea of curved structures, with the entire building becoming a winding curve with sectioned off areas for different parts of the building The general idea is that the bigger parts of the building takes on a shape similar to a parallelogram, moving diagonally from top to bottom

3rd MODEL

This is a very simplified model and I was able to play around with different ideas for outcomes of this for The main aspect of it is the curved different purposes body repeating along the curved “gate” or wall. It has stripped walls that I have adapted in some developments to be used as an open ceiling/roof

This model ended up being quite versatile and allowed for a range of experimentation. If I were to develop it further I would consider possible materials I could use to improve the paper and card model

This is a quick SketchUp model showing clearer what idea #2 could look like. It was adapted slightly and the glass dome was moved from being on the side of the bridge to the middle of the bridge. I feel as this is more effective and if it were to be placed in the garden area of the site it would create a greater influx of people who want to come to this park to relax etc.

PAPER MODELS

PAPER MODELS

MOOD BOARD

Being based on my original paper model development, I continued with the idea of having some aspects of the building layered over each other, while making sure there is still a high level of functionality

My original plan for my art gallery building was for there to be some form of overlapping, taking inspiration from my paper models and other references.

To still include this with my further developed model, I will aim to try and design a roof that overlaps over all the individual or “mini” buildings that are all sections for the gallery.

This way by doing this I will be able to continue the development of my idea while still adapting and changing the overall look of it compared to its original inspiration

The basic idea for the interior of the gallery is that there is a long, wide corridor starting from the very first section of the building.

Within this corridor there are the filled in walls of the elevated rooftops, which will be used as the display rooms for the gallery. Most will contain between 1 – 3 floors with stairs used to ascend up and down without there being too much inconvenience to customers

Basic sketchup model of the layout

SITE LAYOUT PLANNING

1. Art gallery is larger than the theatre based on the fact that the theatre isn’t going to be designed as a huge one, and will have between 1-3 performance rooms. The greenery space in the middle allows both buildings to seem more connected and accessible. There will be entrance points from this middle section allowing people to go whichever way they please. Each building will be facing inward (entrances and exits pointing towards each other.

2. This is very similar to the first site layout idea but a main different is that the greenery space is much larger. This is allow for more structures to be added in the future such as pavilions, or pop up stores (e.g. ice cream, gifts shops and so on). Again the art gallery is much larger as that is the main attraction of the space. A further reason the theatre is smaller is that while it may not be used for famous performances like theatres in London are used for, it can be used for the community (e.g. school plays etc). Its not a strictly professional building.

3. This layout is much different as the greenery space has been moved to one corner of the site, giving the art gallery and the theatre more space, and puts them closer together. As the buildings will still be positioned inwards, the entrance to the site will stay as going through the greenery space, and the positioning of each building makes it a lot easier to navigate the site.

INTERIOR RESEARCH AND PLANNING (TBC)

ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS NEW CENTURY CITY ART CENTRE

The New Century City Art Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, will provide a world-class array of arts, performance and congress venues alongside restaurants, bars and shops in a ground scraper of imposing grandeur .

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