Design Studio 3A by Mischa McLaughlin

D E S I G N

TUDIO 3A

MISCHA MCLAUGHLIN

CHAPEL STREET

CHAPEL STREET AS PART OF THE CITY

23 - 28

THE CITY

1 - 12 13 - 22

FOLLY CONCEPT

EVOLUTION

75 - 78

DESIGN PROCESS

35 - 74 29 - 34

CHAPEL STREET

MANCHESTER TrinityWay ChapelStreet 1 2 3 5 4 - less developed - more intervention needed SITE 1: CHAPEL STREET SITE 2: MANCHESTER CROSSING 1 2 3 4 5 WhitworthStreet Oxford Street

200m

1930

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28November202213:53 0 20406080100120140160180

MischaMcLaughlin UniversityofSalford

Projection:BritishNationalGrid

UniversityofSalford

Present Day

Increase in multi-storey apartment buildings around Chapel Street and increase in office buildings in Site 1.

Present Day

CHAPEL STREET

2012

2016

Effects of multi-storey appartment along Chapel Street

WIND AND SHADOW

LINKS

HEAVY TRAFFIC LIGHTER TRAFFIC BIKE LANES CHAPEL STREET

TRANSPORT

Poor infrastructure for cars leading to Chapel street getting extremelly congested.

1 1 2 3 4 2 3 4

Little to no investment in bike routes and safety, except for a bike repair station on William St.

USE AND ACTIVITIES

The area around Chapel Street has 17 car parks while only having 7 parks or public spaces.

PARKS AND PUBLIC SQUARES VS CAR PARKS CAR PARK GREEN SPACE PUBLIC SQUARE 1:5000 Visual Representation of Difference in Space Allocation

RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

ALONG CHAPEL STREET

Built up of residential flats and acts more as a stocking area for residents wanting to go elsewhere.

RESIDENT BUILDING

CHAPEL STREET MOTION COLLAGE

THE CITY

CITY DESIGN

ARCHI GRAM

Reimagining the complete workings of cities and their set-up, challenging and questioning the norms with hypothetical projects.

Plug-In City, Overhead view (Peter Crook, 1963) Instant City in a field, Typical Set-Up (Peter Crook, Los Angles, 1969) Plug-In University Node, Elevation (Peter Crook, 1965)

Structured cities built for efficiency, tried it out in Chandigard, India. Doesn’t account for messiness of cities.

CORBUSIER

STYLE PRECEDENTS GROWING CITIES GROWING PAVILLION CHART ART FAIR PAVILLION ARCHING PAVILLION KERALA

MUSHROOM

BLAST STUDIO STRUCTURAL COLUMN 3D PRINT MYCELUM TOWER OF GROWN BRICKS MoMA PS1 THE LIVING OPENS ADD DIFFERENT COLOURS EASILY

CITY CAR PARKS

ARNDALE CAR PARK MANCHESTER NCP GREAT NORTHERN WAREHOUSE 1 MANCHESTER

SKETCH: COMPLEX CITY MOVEMENTS

DALL-E

“Circles getting smaller and smaller with loads of random lines and shapes inside, kind of symmetrical and representing the messi ness of cities”

“Circles getting smaller and smaller with thousands of random lines and shapes inside, kind of symmetrical”

“Circles getting smaller and smaller with loads of random lines and shapes inside, kind of symmetrical and representing the messiness of cities”

CHAPEL STREET AS PART OF THE CITY

MOVEMENTS AROUND CHAPEL STREET

People have to go somewhere else if they want to go to a park, shop, work or to simply perform everyday activities. Represented through isolated paths connecting the outer circle.

If something is not done in order to create life and use along Chapel Street. It will lead to a future much like the one envisioned in Metropolis. Nothing is offered within a short walking distance, people’s life is their work as cities are not places which are built for humans but rather effeciency and production.

Attempts to represent the movement of people through Site 1, Chapel Street.

Archigram art to represent the need to think about how cities and areas are structured in the future.

ARTIFACT Embedded with

FOLLY CONCEPT

WHERE IN SITE 1

The folly will take the space of a car park along Chapel Street.

There are 17 car parks in the area ranging in size from ones accomodating only 5 spaces to ones with up to 100+.

Plans will be made to integrate a new car park in order to maintain acceccsiblity to the site and surrounding area.

The chosen car park is one inbetween Browncross Street and Quay Street.

BROWNCROSSSTREET QUAYSTREET CHAPEL STREET 3700M2 SALFORD CENTRAL

WHY

Strategically located at the start of Manchester’s walkable city center and next to Salford Central Train Station. This car park is in an area which is starting to see development brought about by the cities growth. It is therefore important to create a space for the community and not just another skyscraper.

PROBLEMS ADDRESSED

Call for a better future in cities.

Cities are growing faster and faster, Manchester is one of the fastest growing cities in the UK.

As cities grow it’s important to make sure they are growing in sustainable way.

Sustainable both on an environmental scale and social scale.

Site 1 has a total of 17 car parks where combined together it only has 7 parks and public spaces.

Bike infrastructure is very poor, however initiative has been shown through the instalation of a bike repair stand on William Street.

DESIGN IMPLICATIONS

Create a structure which will bring life to Chapel Street by generating an area for the people in all the rush a messiness of city life, hence harbouring sustainable social growth.

It should bring light onto more environmentally friendly building methods and sustainable environmental futures in cities.

Replace a car park with a community area, build car park underground.

CITIES

SITE

DESIGN CONCEPT

Installation for the community.

Creates a space which can be used for nothing or anything. Embedded with ArchiGram type activities to create interesting use. Free to enter, walk around and use for community events or any intended purpose.

Outside but inside.

Gives protection from the elements but also allows for them to be enjoyed.

Allows for thought on how city space can be used advantageously to empower neighbourhood and communities and how the cities of tomorrow can be built in a sustainable way.

Built out of mycelium, pushing the boundaries in new technology.

Sustainable and will naturally biodegrade at the end of its life cycle.

Structure design will be based on a car park and a mushroom shape.

DESIGN PROCESS

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Design is inspired by the twisting roads up and down car parks.

Enables for an interesting use of space and an aesthetically pleasing structure based on research of the area and the basis of the project.

V E

I O N 1

R S

TOP VIEW OF PROPOSED STRUCTURE OPTION 1

Design is a spiral shaped structure with a large covered open plan area in the middle. Users can move up and down using the curving path along the outside much like a car parks method of moving cars up and down.

SKETCH OF PROPOSED STRUCTURE OPTION 1

FITTING TOGETHER

1 : 100 AXONOMETRIC FRONT VIEW OPTION 1 AXONOMETRIC SIDE VIEW OPTION 1

VISUALISATION OPTION 1 - URBAN CONTEXT

Camp Adventure Tower - EFFEEKT Forest, Denmark

BASED ON CAR

SHAPED FOLLY The

PRECEDENTS

PARK

The Vessel - Thomas Heatherwicky Manhattan, New York City BASED ON CAR PARK SHAPED FOLLY PRECEDENTS

Spiralling Viewpoint - Keeo4design Hilltop Vineyard, Czeck Republic PRECEDENTS BASED ON CAR PARK SHAPED FOLLY

Tower - BIG Wadden Sea National Park, Denmark BASED ON CAR PARK SHAPED FOLLY PRECEDENTS

Marsk

V E R S I O N 2

WALKWAY SKETCH OF SHAPE OPTION 2 TOP VIEW OPTION 2

FRAME

Slight shape change, less circular.

More space allowed in structure due to different path set-up. Taller and larger area at top to allow for more activity.

REVIT TEST

WALKWAY FRAME

Wider walkways and taller structure to allow for more use and create a view point.

MODEL OPTION

REVIT MODEL

FURTHER INSPIRATION BASED ON MUSHROOM SHAPES Natural

Mushroom

Structure

Table Sculpture

Metropol

Parasol - J. Mayer H

BASED ON MUSHROOM SHAPED STRUCTURE PRECEDENTS

Seville,

Spain

CONCEPT MODEL

Made using living naturally occurring materials the same way the Folly will be.

A large open plan ground floor area and the ability to have enough space to host a large second floor has been implemented.

V E R

O N 3

S I

CONCEPT SKETCH OPTION 3

Created through the stacking of a smaller structure on top of it’s larger counterpart. Leading to the production of a shape with twisting paths around it, much like a car park. The shape has been further tailored to give the impression of a mushroom.

EXPLODED VIEW OF STACKING STRUCTURE

GROUND FLOOR FLOOR PLAN 1:200 1. Gound Floor 2. Grass Surrounding Structure 3. Start of Path Up 4. Trees 5. Benches 1 2 3 4 5

7 6

FIRST FLOOR TOP VIEW

Addition of a large first floor is made possible due to the updated design.

1:200 FLOOR PLAN 1:200

6. First Floor Terrace

7. Maze

FRONT ELEVATION 1:200

The structure will be 16m tall raising above the elevated train tracks which are behind it in the South-East elevation.

SOUTH - EAST ELEVATED TRAIN TRACK 4 1 2 3 1. Ground Floor (0m) 2. First Floor (8m) 3. Top Terrace (16m) 4. Car park (-6m)

Able to accomodate 127 cars it will be bigger than the car park currently on the site. Freeing up 3700m2 on the surface and in turn space for the creation of the folly.

Accessible via Chapel Street through a straight sloped road as indicated on the next page.

North

CAR PARK FLOOR PLAN

1:100

CAR PARK ENTRY / EXIT BROWNCORSSSTREET QUAYSTREET CHAPELSTREET SALFORD CENTRAL ENTRY/EXIT 1:500

GROUND FLOOR SOUTH - EAST ELEVATION

VISUALISATION

GROUND FLOOR EAST ELEVATION

VISUALISATION

FIRST FLOOR EAST ELEVATION

CAR PARK EAST ELEVATION

Maze on the first floor to draw attention to the structure and give it further use.

Created in order to represent the difficulty involved in planning cities, due to the multitude and randomness of their uses.

LE CORBUSIER

FIRST FLOOR MAZE PLA N VIEW 1:100

x RANDOMNESS OF CITIES

FIRST FLOOR MAZE SECTION BOX

VISUALISATION

2ND FLOOR MAZE SOUTH - EAST ELEVATION

TOP VIEW

BOTTOM VIEW

ARCHIGRAM SOUTH SECTION 1:200 BUNGEE JUMP

x

HYPOTHETICAL CITIES

DAILY EXCERCISE

The walk up and down covers 500m and can easily be incorporporated into a daily routine due to it’s proximity to Salford Central Train Station and residential buildings.

The walk would allow people to take time out of thier day and appreciate the city while maintaining good physical health.

MATERIALITY

Mycelium and other forms of living materials will be used thoughout the structure including for the furniture structural walls and path up / down.

x GROWING CITIES

STRUCTURE

Maze walls will be extended and turnred into load bearing walls in order to support the Top Terrace structure.

Load bearing walls will be decorated by local artists in order to make the community feel a sense of ownership over the structure and bring positive use for local residents and visitors.