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LEGACIES OF MODERNISM

ARCHITECTURE

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KENNY TAM YUN TAK

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NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

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LEGACIES OF MODERNISM SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE FINAL YEAR GRADUATION PROJECT 2018 - 2019

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CONTENT PRIMER SPATIAL EXPLORATION THROUGH FOUR LANGUAGES IN ARCHITECTURE

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STAGING BRIEF BUILDING

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THINKING THROUGH MAKING TECTONIC MODEL MAKING WEEK

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REALISATION AND REFINEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND FINAL DRAWINGS

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STUDIO FEILD TRIP PRECEDENT STUDY ON LA TOURETTE

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ILLUSTRATED REFLECTIVE REPORT REFLECTIVE WRITING ON EXTERNAL MODUELS AND CHARRETTE

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ILLUSTRATED CULTURAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ALPINE HUT PROJECT AND SOL BY SOL COMPETITION

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REFLECTION ON STAGE III During stage II I continuously asked myself what is architecture? Every time I tried to answer this question the answer was always very complicated, it could be a response to the context or an abstraction of ideas inspired by the historical events, it could take a political agenda and challenge the current problems, it can be enhancing the quality of comfort through the use of intelligent, sustainable design.

To distil down the complexity through the primer project and the studio culture, I have realised architecture is “space”, not just merely expansive space, but space which is inhabited and has purpose and meaning.

The primer starts with an exploration of the four key languages in architecture, Planar, Volume, Grid and line through drawings and model making. I took these languages and started to imagine them expanding to the infinity and how would it be inhabited through these spaces. A set of composite drawing follows to explore further the novel inhabitation of space where walls, floors, ceiling, and stairs do not just respond to their name but rather a more ambiguous use.

Following the primer, as a studio, we went to France and visited many Le Corbusier’s architectures, including Villa Savoye, Maison La Roche, Le Corbusier’s Studio Apartment, Firminy-Vert Stadium, Saint-Pierre, Unité d’habitation and La Tourette. Visiting his early works to his last few, it inspired me personally to take forward many of the ways he sculpts the interior space while utilising light as a material.

Shortly after the trip, we started our design project, responding to the legacies of modernism in the North East. The ‘Killingworth vocational education centre: tackling loneliness through the in-between of introverted and extroverted space’ was an attempt to solve the current epidemic crisis of loneliness, which I critiqued as a result from the Modernist planning and zoning strategy for efficiency. I attempted to take on the challenge by designing the vocational education centre with spaces which are introverted, extroverted and ‘undefined’. Introverted, in the sense of intimacy and safety when small groups or a couple can come together to connect. Extroverted, in the spirit of gathering and performance where large groups can meet. Neither one should exist without the other as loneliness cannot be solved by only providing expansive space, loneliness can be solved through the beginning of a meaningful conversation in a relationship. The ‘undefined’ space, therefore, blurs the in-between spaces, these are the areas which are purposefully ambiguous to allow users to use it in their desire way, this way a dialogue is created through the body and space and each other. As I study more about the topic, architecture cannot be the solution to loneliness. However, it has the capability to provide opportunities for people to come together and generate ‘togetherness’.

In the end, it is the act of self-motivation and urge from us to start a meaning conversation.

I hope this project has evoked some questions and made the reader think more about how we live every day.

KENNY TAM YUN TAK

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LEGACIES OF MODERNISM STUDIO 08

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As a studio, we are asked to engage with the role of theory and spatial explorations as a driving force in realising our projects. We have gained a comprehensive understanding of the emergence of early European Modernism and the history of British Brutalism through readings and the field trip.

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SPATIAL LANGUAGES PLANAR / GRID / VOLUME / LINES Shortly after the first world war, alongside many new artistic movements emerging Theo Van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian founded the art movement De Stijl. Their art originates from landscape paintings and through the continuous process of universal reduction and stripping off ornamentation from nature they arrived at De Stijl “The Style”. The imperfection of nature is tuned to the black grid and colours retrieves back to the three primary colours, including white.

Doesburg reached a stage where his paintings started to represent spaces three-dimensionally in both of his axonometric drawings “Construction in Space-Time I & II.” In 1923, Doesburgh and Esteren studied how the axonometric drawings can generate conceptual architecture design. They produced an illustration of the Hotel Particuler, shown below. It indicates the first move of the systematic. It holds a close relationship with Mondrians earlier work of the transformation of a tree into a binary systems. For such reasons, all their work are not framed in purpose to evoke the idea of the spatial continuity to the “infinite”.

Where lines, geometry and colour extend infinitely in the horizontal and vertical directions.

A series of spatial experimentation is, therefore, modelled through the translation of Theo Van Doesburg’s “Construction in Space-Time II”. The physical models investigate the construction of space through stripping to the fundamentals of geometry: planar, grid, volume and lines. Each language is then reimagined in the expansion to the infinity, complexing the idea and reversing the system to draw back to the landscape paintings that started De Stijl. Additionally, Inhabiting these spaces ambiguously to find novel ways to use space.

Figure 1: Theo van Doesburg, Hotel Particulier, 1923 (2014) Figure 2: Theo van Doesburg, Construction in space time II (2003) 10

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PLANAR LANGUAGE

When one thinks of a planar in architecture, we start to think about the physical aspects of our surroundings.

Planes come in three main directions, horizontal (floors), vertical (walls) and angeled (roof or any). Once there are two or more vertical and horizontal planes joined together, space is then therefore enclosed and when more planes joined together a void or a solid space is formed such as a cube.

Moreover, punctures and columns can sit in between the planes to provide a different characteristic.

Dimensions and texture have the power to govern the atmosphere of the surround or enclosed. A high and transparent plane can have a drastically alternative feeling compared to a short and solid plane.

The different use of punctures and textures thereupon could lead to specific programs or imaginary spaces.

From the model, I started to investigate these particular moments and concepts of the infinity. The foldable idea alike origami is translated to the system of perpendicular expansion, reacting to the vertical and horizontal axes, generating a repetition of rhythm to the infinite.

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FROM TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT Perspective inhabitation of model Parrallel and perpendicular expansion PLanar model Moments in planar model Piet Mondrian, Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Gray, and Blue, (1921) Studio 08 Legacies of Modernism

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GRID GRID LANGUAGE

In architecture, the grid is prevalent in organisation, proportion and order. The grid has been in architecture history for centuries some of the most frequent ordering systems includes, halves, fourths, eights, thirds and sixths and among them, the nine square is the most commonly adopted. It is also widely used in all scales from urban planning to details of the design.

The grid is not just limited to fixed squares, but it can adapt to many other forms such as the golden ratio.

An orthogonal projection of planes is then scaled in three directions following the nine square grid in those three planes. Again the projection was to test the expansion to the infinity through scales. The inhabitation of space, therefore, becomes interesting as the ergonomics of space alters, where a chair could be a bookshelf or a table can become a step on a staircase.

FROM TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT Plan of model Expansion in scale Grid model Moments in grid model Piet Mondrian, Composition, composite (1911)

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E M U VOLUME LANGUAGE

Volume is simply space, architecture in a simple explanation is the enclosure of space. As architects, we are trained to spot the difference in styles of Victorian, Contemporary, Gothic, Modern and more. However, if we merely only see the difference of the veneer of the building, we have missed the meaning. Volume is space, the important part of the building are also the voids and solids. Large expansive space are also equally crucial to the human-scaled volumes.

An abstraction of the volume is therefore explored to investigate the weight of individual masses and the emptiness of voids. Similarly, volumes are testing on how it can be expanded to the infinity through weightlessness. Inhabitation of space in the weightless mass meant the ground is not only fixed to specific axes all planes can be the ground.

The explosion of volumes is then inhabited from all angles, imagining how people will use the interlocking blocks, floating masses and the empty space between.

FROM TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT Section inhabitation Expansion in weightlessness Volume model Moments in volume model Theo Van Doesburg ,Monument leeuwarden (1917)

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LINE LANGUAGE

Lines always function in a two-dimensional surface, no matter where you view it from it does not have the three-dimensional qualities of volumes. A makeup of different lines joining together creates a shape which therefore becomes a plane. Lines are the original creation of two-dimensional shapes, and if a third line is added in the third axes, it creates a threedimensional mass.

To explore these three-dimensional space of lines, I imagined lines as tubes in models and drawings. By adding a third dimension these models can, therefore, be inhabited and again to be imagined it growing towards the infinity.

The twisting of lines added curves into the model, unlike previous explorations, which all have sharp edges the model is soft and fluid. It naturally governs itself to be inhabited in a novel way, through thinking it as if it was a playground. How would one jump, duck, climb, walk, sit, hang through these spaces?

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FROM TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT Perspectve inhabitation Expansion in lines Line model Moments in line model

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HERBERT BAYER STUDY ON THE HUMAN VISION Herbert Bayer an architect, painter and graphic designer was initially enrolled into the Bauhaus in 1921, studying mural paintings. After graduation his passion with nature took him to Italy for a hiking trip, then soon he returned to Bauhaus in 1923 to become the director of printing and advertising, chosen from Walter Gropius.

In the early 20th century he was one of the pioneers of the visual communications, but it was when he was nominated to curate MoMA’s exhibition for the Bauhaus architecture legacy from 1919 - 1928 in America, which inspired me. The exhibition took on a new approach on displaying the graphics. The diagram below shows his thinking of what will happen if the graphics were displayed not just parallel to the wall but staggered in all directions. As a result, he found out the expansion of the peripheral view of the human vision being expanded.

Likewise, in nature, our vision is also expanded with the sublime if the vastness of life. Not only our vision is expanded but our other senses too, in cases such as walking becomes an activity that engages multiple senses because of the uneven ground, compared to the flat surfaces in a modern building. The expansion of senses also let the viewer appreciate and understand the spacial qualities of a space, thus the concepts behind the architect decision.

From the inspiration, I am going to respond with model making to investigate the idea of expansion of senses through fusing the four spatial languages grid, volume, planar and line. I hope to find moments in the model where it can be explored further on the primer stage.

Sketch book study on the expansion of senses and vision Figure 3: Herbert bayer, “Fundamentals of Exhibition Design.” PETER RIESETT (2005)

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MOMENTS EXTRACTED FROM ITERATION MODELS Through the models, particular moments are extracted to explore further with the expansion of vision and the other senses. Irregularity is particularly key to finding these moments, because it is through the abnormal spaces we create the inhabiter then can start to understand why the space are composed to be what it is.

Figure 4: Theo Van Doesburg ,Monument leeuwarden (1917)

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FINAL EXPLORATION A final 200 by 200mm model is made to test all the languages in a composition. An invisible grid is represented in the copper pipe, which guides the composition in a nine square grid.

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MOMENTS Moments in the model is inhabited in a novel way to find new ways on how people can inhabit space, relating to their body ergonomics.

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A series of architectural conventional drawings are drawn from the physical model, transferring from the three-dimensional models to a two-dimensional drawing. These drawings are then overlayed and merged to find novel ways of using space through volume, planes, grid and lines

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COMPOSITION OF SHADOWS The composition of shadows investigates the intangible elements of the models, areas where only the masses can create and never projected directly in the same angels.

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COMPOSITION OF VOIDS The composition of voids also investigates the intangible areas of the models the negative space that is created by the models, the voids.

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CITY OF EXPANSION Two axonometric drawings are traced over to generated moments that are fictional, to explore the imaginary spaces where specific lines that connect the threedimensional geometry are gone, but still, there trough our assumption of how we view masses.

The absence of lines and planar takes away the volumetric mass, but our brain still processes them in ways where we can still see them, through our imagination and the preconception of how space works.

The city of expansion explores the final scale of the primer, combining all the languages and influences the drawing evokes a sense of curiosity on how space can be manipulated and habited.

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EXHIBITION As a studio we created our own interpritation of a Proun room influenced by El lissutzy’s to house our individual 10 by 10 models, 20 by 20 models and each person composite drawing.

We took inspiration of moments from each of our models and started to look at the Pod space as a 8 by 8 cube to attempt to recreate the composition of the space similarly to out final models.

The studio went further and also created a customised t-shirt of our own designs as a product, reflecting on the mentality of the Bauhaus of unity and crafting.

FROM TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT Exploded diagram of proun room Composite drawings on mondrian frames Display of models Exhibition and studio pamphlets Presentation to the stage III tutors and students 32

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1. Manifesto wall 2. Exhibition t-shirt (product design) 3. Exhibition 4. Projection 5. Mondrian Frames 6. Pod (Cube) 7. Base grid

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KILLINGWORTH VOCTIONAL EDUCATION CENTRE TACKLING LONELINESS THROUGH THE IN-BETWEEN OF EXTROVERTED AND INTROVERTED SPACE APOLOGIA Ville Radieuse also known as the Radiant City, was an unrealized urban masterplan by Le Corbusier, at its core, is the notion of zoning, strict segregation of commercial, residence, business and entertainment. This means of planning has affected many of the cities and town we live in today, instead of a better lifestyle which Corbusier has imagined, due to the efficiency of the machine and strict rules. People have been separated apart further than ever before. This problem had generated the epidemic crisis of loneliness.

The slum has gone - Behold the slum edging into the spirit.”

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Loneliness is especially evident in the North East and in Killingworth which was once a modernist town built by Ryder and Yates. The project, therefore, is a response to loneliness through the vocational education centre with the sculpting of space to create introverted, extroverted and ‘undefined spaces’. Together it allows learners and the neighbourhood to use these spaces from intimate interactions to large expansive gatherings. Thus, providing connection spaces in different scales, uplifting the spirt again through learning, sharing, conversations and interactions.

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THE LEGACY OF MODERNISM “Instead of the inconvenience of filth and confusion, we have now got the boredom of hygiene. The material slum has gone, but what has replaced it.? Just mile upon mile of organished nowhere, and nobody feeling ‘he is somebody living somewhere’. No microbes left - yet each citizen a disinfected pawn on a chessboard, but no chessmen - hence no challenge, no duel and no dialogue. The slum has gone Behold the slum edging into the spirit.”

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Modernism’s Urban Planning scheme worked alongside principles for the mechanization of the city, the functionality, the order, the zoning. These bases are clear in Le Corbusier “La Ville Redieuse” where he conceived the city as a machine where it functions to a specific set of rules. This was one of the visions of the Masters in the Modern movement in planning. This perception has, therefore, been influencing Urban Planning for the rest of the century. A Modernist city is where everything can be easily distinguished like a machine with its components through zoning. This particular rational logic took off extensively to many cities and towns in the world. However, it was evident many years later cities which followed the planning of these rules realised the segregation has caused people to be separated and thus causing disconnection. Aldo Van Eyck boldly pointed out the slum has gone, but the return of the slum is in the human relationship with each other. Does the Legacy of Modernism hold the responsibility for the creation of loneliness in people?

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LONELINESS TODAY Loneliness is the emotional state that we have when we feel disconnected, but the need for connection is ingrained in our biology. Multitudes of papers, news and conversations even films have been speculating the cause and effects of loneliness in this century. It has been calculated that one-fifth of the population in the UK suffer from loneliness above fifteen years old teenagers. Social exclusion, economic isolation and the lack of community have a significant effect not just on loneliness but the person’s emotionally and health. Loneliness is a public health crisis. It can lead to depression and even to premature death. More than ever, we are living in a world that has been ever more connected by technology, but we live alone, spend more time online and less time creating social connections.

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Loneliness leads to an early grave: Feeling alone ‘shortens lifespan as much as obesity’

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Young women are more likely than young men to have feelings of loneliness, according to a study from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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Loneliness is felt most intensely by young people, study finds (and turning to Facebook doesn't help)

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Killingworth situate on the north of Newcastle, is known to be an area with many residences who commute to Newcastle or larger cities. Looking from a social economics point of view the town is generally lower in many areas when compared with the rest of the United Kingdom.

Firstly it can be seen that people in Killingworth generally do not have good health. Secondly, employability is also another issue in the area as many people are in benefits or seeking for jobs. Thirdly education level in the city seemed to be higher on the lower levels of qualifications, which could correlate to the number of unemployed residents.

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These issues can, therefore, be areas where the programs of the building can provide, whereby adapting from the blue zone countries. To support the needs of the residence in Killingworth, but more importantly, raising the level of happiness and lowering the cases of loneliness.

A new master plan is currently being established, and in construction, around 5,000 new homes will be built in Killingworth Moor by 2032. Therefore an influx of people will enter the town. Currently, the main body of the population is based around children to sixty years old adults. Could the next architectural intervention have an impact on these statistics or bring awareness to loneliness?

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THE BLUE ZONES OF HAPPINESS Dan Buettner a researcher claims there are five places in the world where people are living much longer, and happier lives, from his book “The blue zones of happiness”. From reading his findings, longevity and happiness do not necessarily come from developed countries or solely from the genes of the people, it is how the people live out their lifestyle together. Three places out of the five are extracted and investigated on how this is, to combat loneliness.

Nicoya in Costa Rica, centenarians agrees they have a strong sense of purpose in life, where they feel they can contribute. One of the ways, in Nicoya, calls “ubudehe”, which means community works for the community.

Sardinia an island in Italy, till today the Sardinian still catch, hunt and harvest their food they eat. Walking daily is also priorities in their routines with friends.

Through these activities, meaningful quality time was spend with their neighbours.

Okinawa in Japan, almost all of the people who live in Okinawa relies on their plant based-diet, where it is high in nutrients and low in calories. A “moai” close life extended circle of friends was also found to be essential to happiness.

The ways on how these three places develop happiness are different, but they can be distilled to an overall topic, connection. Between people through activities they do daily. Where a sense of a wider community, belonging and embodiment is formed from their lifestyles.

Meaningful connection is the key to solve loneliness.

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Killingworth Township, built in the 1960s, a planned town to accommodate the many coal mining and colliery workers around the north of Newcastle.

Architects Gordon Ryder and Peter Yates then took the task and built housing, research labs and markets in the area in considerations of the rising level of the gas industry. Ryder and Yates sought to create a sense of place, an architecture response to the brand new blank landscape of many derelict mineshaft.

They achieved this by metaphoric forms such as horns, towers and the ceremonial entrances, which enhances the dramatic scene. However, many of their buildings were demolished due to the privatisation of the gas industry and the unpopular residential towers.

Nevertheless, a few of Ryder and Yates building still stands today. A paper collage inspired by Peter Yates Britain painting is then model to revisit the many forms that were once in Killingworth.

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IMMEDIATE SITE ANALYSIS Many buildings surrounding the existing and demolished buildings of Ryder and Yates similarly adopted the typology of the heterogeneous shape. Majority of the primary volume of the buildings also has an attachment to the on the side either for the extended classroom, services or more housing units. It is clear the legacy of Ryder and Yates architecture still remains in the site even after many of their buildings were demolished. This finding, therefore, should inform my design further on the project to respect the legacy of Killingworth.

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CONNECTING THROUGH LEARNING

MAIN OBJECTIVES -

TO PROVIDE A PLACE THAT RESPECTS THE PAST OF KILLINGWORTH AND THUS RETAINING THE LEGACY OF THE TOWN

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TO TACKLE LONELINESS BY PROVIDING A PLACE FOR THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TO FEEL AS SENSE A WIDER OF COMMUNITY

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TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL HANDS-ON EDUCATION IN BUILDING TOGETHER, GARDENING TOGETHER AND EATING TOGETHER

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TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS OF THE AREA IN EMPLOYMENT RATE, HEALTH SPASTICS AND EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS

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TO BECOME CLOSER TO ONE OF THE CITIES OF THE BLUE ZONES

BUILDING TOGETHER EDUCATION ON HANDS ON FURNITURE CRAFT AND CONSTRUCTION

GARDENING TOGETHER EDUCATIONAL ON GARDENING ON SITE TRADITIONAL AND MODERN GARDENING

Knowledge and skills : Construction/ Gardening/ Cooking/ Eating

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

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EATING/ COOKING TOGETHER EDUCATION ON DIET AND NUTRITION ON SITE COOKING AND EATING

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RAMMED EARTH

Low embodied carbon dioxide

Low durability

Effective in regulating internal humidity

Requires wall thickness of 700mm or with insulation to achieve required thermal resistance

Architectural quality and flexibility

Dimention refers to the human scale Endless design possibilities

BRICK

Temperature control, Energy efficient

Eco-friendly renewable and resuable quick building time

WOOD WORK

durable, strength, available

Very little thermal bridging High tolerance achieved from pre-fabrication

CLT (PRE FAB) CONSTRUCTION

VOCATIONAL EDUCTION THROUGH BUILDING The United Kingdom is currently in need of many different fields of construction workers, especially in the field of sustainability. Therefore the vocational education is aimed to teach basic construction techniques as well as workshop skills. In order for the building to be sustainable, the first step is to source materials locally. The North East region as shown mainly contain neutral to acidic soils and the particularly in limestone and sandstone.

These materials, therefore, shape the opportunities of education. By allowing the building to become the foundation of education, the building itself becomes the educator. The building will take shape in different phases with the master builder being involved in phase one and students from phases two onwards.

Studio space area also included for learning other than construction, aimed at different age ranged people who are not intended to seek employments.

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LIMATATION

Renewable Requires limited site skills

NORTH EAST SOIL-SCAPE

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NORTH SEA

Remodelling is difficult Shifting foundation

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Expensive material NEWCASTLE

Requires maintenance GATESHEAD

Temperature can change the characteristic of timber

SUNDERLAND

Require external cladding and insulation Require cranes on site Inflexible, services needs considered carefully

Acidic and Dry

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Extremely durable

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Can be poured into many unique forms

Can give the sense of heaviness

Effective thermal mass

Particularly turned down from the Uk people due to it’s aesthetics

Easily made and can be made from recycled materials

High cost construction

Flexible to design styles

Difficult to adjust on site

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Extremely cost effect Can grow any plant

IN GROUND GARDENING

Methods of growing can be changed from seasons Easy to start

Easy access, great for kitchen growing Great for small spaces

VERTICAL GARDEN

It keeps the interior cool and breezy

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Fast to set up and are great for small homes Minimum Regular maintanance

CONTAINER OR SQUARE FOOT GARDENING

Less weeding in plants due to the small surfaace area of the square

LIMITATION A lot of weed will be produce, therefore maintenance need to be kept high

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ADVANTAGE

Risk of mosquito in the interior Limited space for plants Could be very messy

Planting beds are cramped Insufficient depth for large plants Require lots of watering High initial cost

TRADITIONAL MODERN

VOCATIONAL EDUCTION THROUGH GARDENING AND COOKING Gardening and cooking have consistently been high in demand for the need for skilled people. However, the combination of both skills is in even more in need as more people are eating more healthier and the ability to understand how food grows will undoubtedly provide the basis for healthy living, as proven by the people in Okinawa in Japan. The opportunity of this two education can also be opened to the more senior population, especially sixty years old and above. To combat the crisis of loneliness while educating them on a healthy lifestyle. Modern gardening technology will also be taught and providing neighbourhood offseason fruits and vegetables.

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Clean, less chance of getting diseases

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Higher yeilds

SUMMER eggplant green beans apples mace

Save space, high and direct feed of nutrients

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Soil base issues are eliminated

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SPRING YEAR ROUND beets celery broccoli onions spinach sprouts chard

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SCHEDULE OF ACCOMMODATION

Green house 85-45m2

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Class room for 20 60 -80m2

Stool x30

Hobs x2 Freezer x2

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Table x10 Laser cutter

Circular saw Large cupboard for hand-held tools

Staff room for 20 70-80m2

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Material delivery and storage 80-80m2

Cleaning cupboard

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Bench grinder

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Pillar drill x 2

Cookery school and kitchen 60-100m2

Ladder Cloth hanging

Ceramics workshop 50-70m2 Woodworking workshop 70-85m2

Vacuum cleaner and broom

Self serving area 45-15m2

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Band-saw x 3 Office 30-35m2

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Rubbish Restaurant and cafe 120-100m2

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Bicycle

Bicycle parking 36-19m2

Metal workshop 50-65m2

Hydraulic tube bender Welding station

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INITIAL MASSING Initial massing was set based on the schedule of accommodation informed. However, when I revisited the site, it was apparent to start with the heterogenous box first, then begin to mass the programs in the interior spaces I began defining the two main primary routes across the site and allow them both to penetrate through the building from west to east. Breaking up the rectangular box to three sections according to the dimensions and the immediate context they fit into the Gardening, Workshops and Cookery school accommodations. I then introduced the south to the north path to allow a direct route towards the lake, and this created a junction in the middle for large gathering spaces.

Sketch ideas on clip board Diagramatical sketch of section in the building Massing approach

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THINKING THROUGH MAKING SCULPTING THE HETEROGENEOUS BOX TO FIND INTROVERTED AND EXTROVERTED SPACE Following from the site analysis, many heterogeneous building typologies where found, as a response the typology of the box will be mimicked to respect the surrounding typologies. However, the interior space will be sculpted with angles with the material of rammed earth and rammed concrete. A 1:1 plant pot model was created to express this sculpting language and also to showcase what this primitive construction technology could achieve.

Through sketching initial concepts that link back to Loneliness, the tapering angles can create a strong feeling of suppressed and release of space, which can be in parallel to the intimate and gathering spaces. Through iteration of sketches and model making, the final form is formed and rammed.

A formwork was created from foam and separated in two, one for the base and the other for the top section. The process of ramming earth was very intense and required a large amount of soil, cement, clay, aggregate and water. Every layer was packed as compact as possible to achieve structural integrity and a smooth aesthetic finish.

Sketching plant pot forms and dimentions for the mold Sketch ideas of angular space

PROCESS OF MAKING TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT: Tapering form work Top and bottom half of mold Ramming earth Mixing aggregate Mold setting Drying plant pot

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ANGLES The design of the rammed earth planter was to investigate the angular geometries of space. Through the sculpting of space, there must be rules set, and through the making process of the planter, the angles immediately made sense when imagined standing next to the sculpture. The walls tapering outwards are open to the air, light and allowing acoustic to resonate, this can be used for extroverted spaces. The walls tapering inwards creates shadows and traps acoustics and therefore, are introverted. The sculpting of space inside the heterogenous box, therefore, can follow these rules to create intimate and gathering spaces.

Areas which follows the human scale and others not.

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PRECEDENT STUDY APOLLO SCHOOL AMSTERDAM HERMAN HERTZBERGER

partitions for seperating visually and acoustics

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spatial continuum and bring people together

lateral reflection in light

“As an architect I can’t and won’t determine how people will use the building”

Herman Hertzberger

Apollo School in Amsterdam designed by the architect Herman Hertzberger became an important precedent to the project.

Moments in the building are expressed as “undefined space” where Hertzberger created to be spaces where the children can use it in any way they would like to. In the building, the floor, walls, windows, pillars, roof, counter, staircases and the playground does not just function by there name. The elements also work in parallel with other functions. While Hertzberger saw it as a way for the children to become more creative, the opportunity can also generate the experience of togetherness and hence, where architecture can encourage the chance of connection. A building that helps people to meet in different scales and to create dialogue, through views, light and acoustics.

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INTROVERTED AND EXTROVERTED SPACES Loneliness cannot be tackled by primarily providing open, expansive space for large groups of people to meet. It is true that in a crowd, individuals can still feel the sense of loneliness, therefore spaces which create smaller scale interaction should be valued equally to expansive meeting quarters.

Taking the primer compositions of shadows and voids the two-dimensional spaces is traced, overlayed and sketched upon to be developed into threedimensional forms. These forms are then categorised into three different relationships Intimate, gathering and like the in-between. These studies will, therefore, guide the next stage of the process in sculpting the plan section and thresholds in the building.

GATHERING SPACE

Thereupon the building can provide introverted and extroverted spaces. In this case, extroverted areas correlated with the senses of light and, whereas introverted correlates with shadows and concealment.

The theory tie in with Frank Loyd Wrights design in ‘sculpting spaces’, suppressive and release of space.

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SCULPTING OF SPACE To design the three-dimensional sculpted space, the process took many iterations of sketching plans, econometrics and model making. Through transitioning from two-dimensional drawing to three-dimensional modellings constantly, it made it easier to understand how to rationalise the space in the best possible way.

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THE ATRIUM In the central atrium is sculpted through the consideration of visual links from different levels, a constant view towards the central space.

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WEAVING OF POLARITIES Circulation space almost functions like a city in a building, streets weaving in and out of volumes. Spaces are sculpted through the programs and the circulation space, to create a dynamic connection between levels visually and acoustically.

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LEARNING QUARTERS

The Ryder and Yates Office with the south factory typologies follows the geometry of the heterogeneous box. The intervention, therefore, respects the site and mimics the typology.

Dividing the building into three of the main programs (Gardening, Building and Cooking). Drawing lines from the neighbourhood and the Ryder and Yates Office.

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POLARITIES

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The conglomerated programs are blurred in the in-between space blended by the ‘undefined spaces’. Hence, connecting the different users in the building. Weaving the Public and learning polarities from separate (south) to blurred (north).

Towards the lake, the building starts to fragment and break apart from the heterogeneous box populated with pavilions, rammed earth construction and outdoor performance space

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EXTROVERTED SPACE ISLANDS AND VISUAL CONNECTION The extroverted space in the building allows daylight to flow into the deep parts of the building. Levels are set back in higher levels to maintain visual connections across and below floors where everyone can see what is happening in the centre, it almost gives the sense of a courtyard feeling. Similarly to the Apollo school levels and circulation spaces criss-cross each other. Islands are also used to enhance performances or speeches. It raises the person or group from others and automatically gains attention by the difference in floor levels.

This was also utilised in the Apollo school to allow children to dance on top and sketch as tables.

Through the extroverted space, it creates moments in the building that connects different users. It is the area where all diverse programs join together, the learning quarters, the shops and galleries. It is the place for gathering and noise.

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INTROVERTED SPACE NEST AND NOOKS The introverted space in the building are set back from the thick rammed earth walls and windows, ‘nooks’. Providing a certain amount of intamacy for a couple or sa mall group of users to connect in a quiet and private space. From the Apollo school these nooks are used for smaller class rooms or individuals to study, away from the main hall. By creating spaces which responds very closly to the human scale the introverted space in terns hints towards how the users can use the space. In the vocational education centre, spaces which are created for people to ,pause, will have a warmer tone of texture such as timber, whereas a cold metalic texture hints towards movement.

Spaces which are sinked in, ‘nest’ also provides a certain amount of privacy but it is intended for medium sized groups to interact together. These spaces are where small groups gather and interact together, they can be intended for small classes or breakout spaces.

Again the Apollo school uses a nest to achieve very similar ideas for a small group to interact.

Through The Introverted spaces, it creates moments where the architecture allows a small scale of people to come together for meaningful converstation.

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THE UNWINDING CIRCULATION The circulation of the building are purposefully designed for the user to wander around the building, no hierarchy is informed, all floors are public. The design proposes that there is no one route from ‘A” to ‘B’ unlike what Le Corbusier thought of La Ville Redieuse for efficiency, the circulation area are spaces where unpredicted coincidence happens and where two or more can pause and sit, lean or stand in the inbetween space.

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INHABITION AND FUNCTION LINES VOID STRUCTURE

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COOKING The cookery school links directly to the cafe and main kitchen, both share the same food storage area in the basement. The cookery school has visual links towards the outside to maximise sunlight and also for the neighbourhood to understand the activity in the building. Seating areas are directly connected around to allow a direct visual connection. The atrium in the cafe opens to the bridge on the first floor to also benefit the visual links from different levels, enhancing the porosity of the building through sight through using the matrix created.

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GARDENING The Gardening learning quarter is separated into the modern aeroponic gardening and outdoor gardening areas which include, box gardening, vertical gardening and in-ground gardening. Each has their technique. Some crops are then harvested and sent to the packaging area to be processed to products which can be sold in the mini vegetable market. Exterior windows are set back for adequate seating, a nook.

Allowing the public to be part of the learning process, to stimulate togetherness.

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BUILDING The workshop is positioned directly next to the service circulation for loading and unloading of materials. The open space is fixed with pigmented rammed concrete columns for support. A small triangular opening on the roof allows controlled daylighting into the workshop. Surrounding the workshops are galleries, studios and a ‘nest’ for people to gather.

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THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE YEAR 2020 AND YEAR 2050 Through weathering and the use by the Killingworth neighbourhood, the materiality of rammed earth and rammed concrete will start to reveals it’s texture rough.

Vegetation would also take place across the roof and along the walls. Pulling away from the perfection of the machine and closer to the primitive man.

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WEST ENTRANCE The entrance from the west, directly links to the east entrance, towards the neighbourhood. The route became one of the primary angles which informs the sculpting of the space inside the building. Exterior landscaping is also designed to hint towards the craving of the interior of the building. The lamppost is coated with the same colour as the interior bridges, guards, handrails and bolted metal fixings, to enhance the connection of the interior and the exterior.

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During thinking through making week I created a plant plot to explore the introverted and extroverted space through angles and also to test the structural characteristics of rammed earth. From the plant pot I realised this to part of the building with reinforcements to strengthen the overall structural properties of the material. Nooks and the play with views was also incorporated to this section of the building.

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SAINTE MARIE DE LA TOURETTE PRECEDENT STUDY Le Corbusier was commissioned by Father Marie- Alain Courier a Dominican friar and priest to design a Monastery at Eveux-surArbresle: “A silent dwelling place for one hundred bodies and one hundred hearts”.

The proposed monastery at La Tourette was to facilitate the training up of young Friars within the Dominican order to which Father Courier belonged. The Dominican order, a Catholic order, has a strong intellectual association with the teaching of theology and philosophy as well as a significant commitment to charity. Differing somewhat from the more traditional Dominican monasteries which were usually situated within communities to spread the religious word, La Tourette’s location instead, is hidden on top of a hill at Eveux above the valley L’Arbresle. The journey the young friars would have to make from the train station in the valley up to La Tourette reinforced the idea of a very different, private and spiritual retreat. In May 1953, Le Corbusier travelled to the site to begin his sketches. The construction started in September 1956, and the monastery took four years to complete with its opening ceremony in October 1960.

The investigation of LaTourette was explicitly focused on the comparison of precedents and the atmosphere in particular in the building.

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THE FIVE POINTS IN ARCHITECTURE

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Villa Savoye is where the five points of architecture become the most evident in Le Corbusier’s work, which initially was tested and designed in the Domino House.

The different ways of light entering the chapel create a sense of mystery, from the contrast of light of modulating forms and space. The south wall creates a multicoloured light ref, whereas the chapels allow the light to land gently from the roof to the church. The north facade provides a constant light similarly to the crypt and the sacristy in La Tourette from the cannons. In Ron champ and La Tourette, it is clear that Le Corbusier uses natural light in ways to create an atmosphere in sacred spaces.

A comparison of La Tourette and Villa Savoye is, therefore examined if the five points are still evident in the monastery. Shown above the highlighted areas (colour) are areas where the monastery adopts the five points. Free facade, however, was not seen around the entire building, other than the ondulating panels. Part of the south and east facade is supporting by the post and lintel system held up by the “sugar lumps” between the slit of windows.

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“When I entered the oratory I stopped, immediately. Looking up to the pyramidal roof, a slit of light directs the sun gently towards the cross and the altar. Something felt very peaceful ”

The church is predominantly very dark to allow the fryers to focus on the words that are being preached and individual to reflect. There are two main entry points for natural light to enter the church. One from the horizontal slit on the east side to catch the rising sun and the other a vertical slit on the west side to catch the setting sun.

Light in the oratory space became a tool for a boundary between the friars, and the alter, it pauses the person who enters in the suppressed space for a few seconds, before entering the prayer space. Light also was used to spotlight the subject, the cross and the altar, from the top and sides. The floor tiles changed from filled groves to empty ones, also hints towards space which is more sacred and stripped back.

Six rectangular coloured light wells are positioned directly on top of the pews on the north and south wings of the church. The reason for this is during Sunday services, at twelve noon the sun will enter these light wells and flow over the friar’s shoulders and glow on the Bible or the hymn book.

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CHURCH Six individual alters placed in the crypt, for the intended 100 friars to enter the space to reflect and contemplate anytime of the day and before the service. It is connected by the sacristy, a place to prepare for the service and a long and narrow passage underneath the main church to the crypt. The narrow dark passage can be seen as a play on the idea of suppressing of space with the quality of darkness.

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The crypt is positioned intentionally to the north to maximise the constant natural light throughout the morning and the afternoon, to suit the number of fryers that will come and pray. Six elevations then follow each alter, and a small rectangle step raises the level of the altar. Each rise in level can be seen as a progression to prepare the fryers emotionally for their contemplation.

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LA TOURETTE During the visit to La Tourette, we prepared axonometric tracings to bring with us to sketch over, colour and texture onto. It is allowing us to visualise the building in a three-dimensional form in areas where we focused on. These tracings are then gathered and layered on top of each other to create an overlapping drawing of the entire building, which enhanced our understanding of our friend’s themed focus of the building, especially how the interior connection of programs shapes the exterior facade.

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FROM TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT Circulation Roof scape Masses Main Church Public spaces Openings Private spaces Facades Overlay of Tracings

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ILLUSTRATIVE REFLECTIVE REPORT REFLECTIVE WRITING Along with side the final year design project three other modules were integrally linked to the design concept, realisation and approach. These are the ARC3013 Integrated Technology Report, ARC3014 Professional Practice and ARC3015 Theory Into Practice.

Each element has fed into the project and me as an architecture student in a different way. In particular, through understanding the reality of the process it takes from an initial sketch to final completion of a building, it gave me a new appreciation towards how many architectural firms manage to build an architecture which are rich in spatial composition yet oblige to regulation and keeping the cost low. Especially the precedent study I took on in my integrated construction report, O’donelly and Tuomey architects have successfully created many great architectures which are rich in theory and compelling in its spatial sequence. They are among one of my favourite architecture firms alongside Herzog de Meuron and Mole architects, which specialise in one off the housing designs.

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The integrated construction module aids the technical framework and demonstrates the rationale and approach to the design proposal.

The study allowed me to understand and learn from precedents, unique structure approach, construction sequence, regulatory requirements and more.

One of the main aspects which inspired and rationalised my design was the precedent Irish Cultural Centre by Odonnell and Tuomey’s architect (3). They cleverly angled the walls to four main angles which join together at 45 or 90 degrees, by using a triangular grid shown on the dotted line.

Therefore all rooms, toilets and storage rooms do not just become the awkward corners but rather generous volumes. The primary building material is rammed earth, and at the beginning, it raised many concerns, but I found a contemporary rammed earth technology called the SIREWALL structural insulated rammed earth walls, as shown in the detail drawing and construction sequence (1 and 2) it is insulated and reinforced, to a 700mm thick wall. Hence, it is capable of being applied to the context of Killingworth. Different to traditional buildings rammed earth mus sit on a concrete base to avoid water penetrating in from the base.

Therefore I decided to pigment the concrete structural cores and lower ground floor to suit the overall scheme of the design.

The outcome of the report gave me confidence in approaching a complex design and to not be afraid to use unique materials in the future.

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The Theory into practice module allowed me to critique Modernist theories and to learn how ideas are mediated and explored through representation.

My critique started with Le Corbusier’s La Ville Radieuse (1) on how the conceptual design of the city was only focused on the efficiency of the ‘machine’ and not to the user itsself. The zoning and efficient planning of the design has pulled people apart through segregation and have left a legacy which has inspired many of the planning for cities of today. This has caused people to be apart, and meaningful community has been challenging to create. Thus, the legacy of Modernism was loneliness. The response to this was to look at the human scale of design to investigate how people interact with space ergonomically. The precedent which spoke the most to me was the Apollo School designed by Hermans Hertzberger, he created many of these in-between space where a balcony, staircase, wall, ceiling does not just function by the name but instead is purposefully ambiguous, he called these space “the undefined space” (2).

Learning from the investigation I explored these spaces from the intimate scale to the gathering scale, because loneliness can only be solved through the intimate relationship of two or a small group, therefore intimate areas must be treated to with equal importance as expansive space. The outcome of the investigation has provided me with a strong foundation of the theory, which informs the concept and representation of my design project.

Additionally, it emphasised the importance of theory during the initial phase of a design project.

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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND MANAGEMENT The professional practice and management module was relatively new to my part one education. It has provided me with many new perspectives and broader consideration for the context and as a holistic designer.

Through understanding the tangible means of the context such as sun and wind, it became more aware that it was as essential to understanding the intangible qualities such as the social economics of the surrounding areas (1) and the planning priorities the government has been imposing on the site (3).

These are factors that previously I have overlooked, but it became clear understanding and working with these means are as essential to benefit the neighbourhood and the wider society. In this case, was to provide a vocational education centre which helps the education need and employability for the future workforce, but also to oblige to the planning priority of DM2. Understanding the process of the procurement strategy also allows me to realise how the project is accomplished through the team of people in the two-stage tender contract (2). This especially made me appreciate how buildings are transitioned from stage one to seven in the RIBA plan of work and how communication is an essential skill as a project manager.

The outcome of the report gave me a broader perspective on architecture in design and practice.

Additionally, how difficult it is to realise a building through the many layers of teams and what skills I need to train to become a good architect in a firm.

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CHARRETTE Throughout history, mankind has created tools that take advantage of its form and texture to help manipulate the environment, from examples such as the Inuit goggles used in the frozen north, to the sound mirror dotted around the English coast.

2 Enhancing green infrastructure (DM30) Enhancing wildlife (DM30) Northhumbria golf club (DM30)

The outcome of the charrette week gave me more of an understanding of how our sense functions and how easy it can be to alter the user’s perception of space.

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The project focuses on a single sense “Sound” and eliminating the other four senses. This creates a new perspective of feeling for the surrounding context. It is all about the choice of listening, to the leaves, the gossip, the harsh noise of cars, the soft mellow of waves. The tool of the amplifier and the dampener is chosen by the user to wherever they want to point to, giving control to where the user wants to hear in the environment.

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ILLUSTRATED CULTURAL BIBLIOGRAPHY EXTRA CURRICULAR Throughout the year there were many lectures, presentation, shows, museums, travel experiences, research opportunities and architecture competitions which have influenced and shaped the way I approach architecture in a day to day basis in the studio and interms of thinking what route to take after my Part I education in Newcastle.

In this bibliography, I have selected two main influences, which have taught me the most. Throughout the summer I had the opportunity to be part of a research team in Newcastle with Neil Burford and Christos Kakalis, where we investigated the Self-sufficient Alpine huts in Switzerland main on the Velan hut and the Monte Rosa Hut. We were interested particularly on the balance between comfort and sustainability in the shelters and how the design came to shape from the isolated location of the Alps. The Pilot research is now completed and currently has moved onto a Linked Research where the Master students in Newcastle will take on the study further.

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One of the more successful competitions completed was with Natalia Priorecka. The brief was to imagine five researchers who will live in Mars for their lives and how, as architects, we can provide a safe and comfortable home for the researcher. We both focused on sourcing the main elements for survival, such as water, heat, protection from radiation and food. These elements then informed our design and have granted us with great results, in the Marsception competition.

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SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND NEW SUSTAINABLE PARADIGMS: AUTONOMOUS ALPINE HUTS OF THE EUROPEAN ALPS For over a century alpine walking and climbing have been supported by an extensive range of huts from simple bivouacs to multi storey buildings. The majority of huts are comparatively accessible, while others are located in remote or difficult to access high altitude sites and provide safe refuge in places where ordinarily it would be difficult to sustain life without shelter. With the growing popularity in alpine tourism there is pressure to design huts, particularly those at high altitude with minimal environmental footprints.

In recent years a number of new huts have been commissioned that forge new sustainable approaches to material resource use, energy conservation, energy generation, water use and waste recycling. This project investigates how this new generation of alpine huts contribute to the experience of climbers and walkers, how their materiality (structural, material and energy strategies) affects the notion of “shelter� and how this interacts and responds to the atmosphere and sustainability of place. The two huts we focused on was the Monte Rosa Hut and the Velan hut. The project has completed with an inital research, a pilot, and has past on to future master students in Newcastle Univeristy for Linked research. In estimation of two years time an exhibition will be held on the atmosphere and place of the huts and around five years time both Neil and Christos will take on the research and develope a book.

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The design carefully pays attention to secure the human life providing a comfortable and safe living experience on the Red Planet. As a reply to speci c Mars condition, the site is positioned above the equator, below 25 degrees to make use of the at land and the frozen water resource underneath the surface. We introduced several systems that will provide the self-su ciency of the proposal. The group of researchers will be secured from the radiation and sand storms common on Mars by various layers of protection. A layer of water (H20) covers the rst level as a barrier of the radiation from the living spaces underneath, but also acts as a system for aquaponics and aeroponics farming, continuing into a recreation space of a great swimming pool in the centre.

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The proposal also introduces the gas recycling systems using electrolysis to deal with the vast amount of (CO2), manufacturing and subdividing the (H2O) to the breathable oxygen (O2) and hydrogen (H2) to prevent the harmful radiation entering the dome. Then the gases could be forwarded to other further chemical reactions as producing for fuel and materials. In terms of the energy, solar panels are placed on the structural dome, adjusting themselves to gain maximum sunlight.

Our proposal solves the biggest problem of lack of water on the planet. Digging deep down into the surface of the Mars where a thick layer of frozen oceans can be found. The drill crushes the ice and pushes it up using the spiral form of the drill. The ice melts as it rises closer to the surface with help of heating and ltering systems supportin a water tank of fully usable water, pumped furtherly to all the systems of the proposal.

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Figure 3: Herbert bayer, “Fundamentals of Exhibition Design.” PETER RIESETT (2005) < https://msufilmandarchitecture.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/expanding-human-fields-of-vision/> [Accessed from 21st November 2018].

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Eyck, Aldo, Van, Ligtelijn, Vincent The child, the city and the artist : an essay on architecture : the in-between realm (Amsterdam: SUN, 2008).

Hertzberger, Herman Space and learning : lessons in architecture 3 (Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2008).

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