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HOUSING & URBANISM 2011-12 URBAN TRANSACTIONS AND THE CREATIVE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP 1

TUTORS HUGO HINSLEY ELAD EISENSTEIN STUDENTS KANAKA THAKKER MARIANA CARDENAL KONSTANTIN SEUFERT

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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA FIGURE GROUND DIAGRAM

Bloomsbury Fitzrovia

Westminster

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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA GROUND-FIGURE DIAGRAM WITH OUTLININGS OF SINGLE BUILDINGS

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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA URBAN GRAIN

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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA COMPARISON 1945 & PRESENT

„During the 1960s a large amount of housing was lost in Fitzrovia and the residential community felt under threat from new large-scale building. The threat from the developers spurred residents in the early 1970s to form a number of voluntary associations to conserve the best of Fitzrovia and resist the efforts of developers to change its character.“ Pentelow, Mike; Rowe, Marcia Characters of Fitzrovia Chatto & Windus (2001)

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THE CHOSEN STUDY AREA THE CONSERVATION AREA & DETERMINING PARAMETERS

Bloomsbury Fitzrovia

Westminster

Sites of intervention Edges as points of interaction Dervent London - redevelopments Conservation areas Buildings of townscape merit Buildings of townscape merit Listed buildings

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REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SQUARE MOVEMENT AND DENSITY PATTERN AROUND THE TUBE STATION

Tottenham Court Road

Tottenham Street

Charlotte Street

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Goodge Street Station

Tottenham Court Road HOUSING & URBANISM 2011-12 URBAN TRANSACTIONS AND THE CREATIVE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP 1

REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SQUARE MOVEMENT AND CONGESTION PATTERN - WHOLE SITE

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POINT OF INTEREST: INTERSECTION BETWEEN TOTTENHAM STREET & CHARLOTTE STREET

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UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE IDLE POTENTIAL

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THE SURROUNDING SQUARE GARDENS GEOMETRICAL DOMINANCE AND ONE SPECIAL CHARACTER

Bedford Square Park Square Gardens

Cavendish Square

Soho Square Hanover Square

Russel Square

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UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE THREE LAYERS OF INTERVENTION

1. AMPLIFYING THE FOUNDLING CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS

2. THE OPEN MUSEUM ADDING ART/SCULPTURES

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HOUSING & URBANISM 2011-12 URBAN TRANSACTIONS AND THE CREATIVE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP 1

UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE THREE LAYERS OF INTERVENTION 1. AMPLIFYING THE FOUNDLING CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS

Measures: * Closing the access to Tottenham Street * Transform the Café building > black coating * Adding lawn to Tottenham Street passage

> (Square parks / Cultural Park) * Abolishing obscuring objects (eg: fences banks)

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UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE THREE LAYERS OF INTERVENTION

2. THE OPEN MUSEUM * Adding Sculptures * Temporary exhibitions

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UPGRADING THE SQUARE THE THREE LAYERS OF INTERVENTION

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THE PLAY WITH VISUAL PERCEPTION:

* Raising the level of the church basement courtyard > Mouse view on the site * Adding a hidden observation deck on top of Néro Café building - open to the public, external staircase * Gigantic Mirror on the Backside of Néro Café, hiding the entrance to the Staircase to platform > To observate and to be seen by strangers and oneself * Changing the ceiling of new Goodge Street Tube Station > preconfiguration of visitors

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THE CULTURAL PARK SECTIONS

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THE CULTURAL PARK SECTIONS OF

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UPGRADING THE SQUARE INTERVENTIONS

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UPGRADING THE SQUARE INTERVENTIONS

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UPGRADING THE SQUARE INTERVENTIONS

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THE EXPOSED CREATIVITY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

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THE EXPOSED CREATIVITY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

HOUSING & URBANISM 2011-12 URBAN TRANSACTIONS AND THE CREATIVE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP 1

THE EXPOSED CREATIVITY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

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THE EXPOSED CREATIVITY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

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CONGESTION OF CREATIVITY

THE TWO SITES OF INTERVENTIONS DEALING WITH CREATIVITY

EXPOSED CREATIVITY

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THE TWO SITES OF INTERVENTIONS CORRELATION OF CREATIVITY

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CONGESTION OF CREATIVITY

THE TWO SITES OF INTERVENTIONS CORRELATION OF CREATIVITY

EXPOSED CREATIVITY

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CHARLOTTE STREET - THE NORTH/SOUTH AXIS OF FLOW GOOD URBAN TRANSACTION IN THE SOUTH

Tottenham Street - as demarcation line

Charlotte Street

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Northern Part of Charlotte Street little commercial ground-floor use frontage mainly dominated by large scale buildings less urban transactions -

+ + Southern Part of Charlotte Street + flourishing ground-floor use (cafĂŠs, shops etc.) + fine-grained frontage (original urbain grain) + distinctive urban transactions

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THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT HOUSING & CREATIVE SMALL OFFICES

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THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT MORE CREATIVE THAN ORDINARY BUSINESSES

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Arthur Stanley House temporary extensions

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Arthur Stanley House

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low rise building not in use

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Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre

Margaret Pyke Centre NHS

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THE TWO SITES OF INTERVENTIONS THE CREATIVE CLUSTER

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HOUSING & URBANISM 2011-12 URBAN TRANSACTIONS AND THE CREATIVE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP 1

Multi-unit residential building including social housing apartments communal base floor use: „270° Café“, laundry, fitness, bike and buggy storage

The Creative Tower „Exclamation“ for young small creative offices

Row houses for young / small families

Small Workspaces „The 2nd Row“ artists, students, creative workgroups

Redevelopment to an office buidling with improved basement use

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Area of Intervention: Footprint (total) GFA (total)

2240m² / 24100ft² 1210m² / 13000ft² 5100m² / 54900ft²

Residential Rowhouses Residential Multi-Unit Creative S-Workspaces Creative Tower

395m² / 4220ft² x 3,5 = 460m² / 4950ft² x 5 = 275m² / 2960ft² x 3 = 85m² / 925ft² x 7 =

1382.5m² 2300m² 825m² 595m²

Degree of building coverage 2,3

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HOUSING & URBANISM 2011-12 URBAN TRANSACTIONS AND THE CREATIVE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP 1

HOUSING & URBANISM 2011-12 URBAN TRANSACTIONS AND THE CREATIVE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP 1

HOUSING & URBANISM 2011-12 URBAN TRANSACTIONS AND THE CREATIVE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP 1

HOUSING & URBANISM 2011-12 URBAN TRANSACTIONS AND THE CREATIVE CITY DESIGN WORKSHOP 1