Nathan Cooke-Duffy Portfolio

STAGE 5 SEMESTER 2 PORTFOLIO ARC8052

NATHAN COOKE-DUFFY

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CONTENTS FORE WORD ARB CRITERIA

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KEY FOR NEW WORK

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DESIGN LANGUAGE

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INTRODUCTION

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DESIGN WORK

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01 CONTECT AND URBAN INTERVENTION

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02 PRESERVATION THROUGH INTERVENTION

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03 PRESERVATION THROUGH RECLAMATION

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04 TECHNOLOGY REPORT

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CRITICAL CONCLUSION

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ARB GENERAL CRITERIA

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Ability to create architectural designs that satisfy both aesthetic and technical requirements.

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Understanding of the methods of investigation and preparation of the brief for a design project.

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Adequate knowledge of the histories and theories of architecture and the related arts, technologies an human sciences.

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Understanding of the structural design, constructional and engineering problems associated with building design.

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Knowledge of the fine arts as an influence on the quality of architectural design.

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Adequate knowledge of physical problems and technologies and the function of buildings so as to provide them with internal conditions of comfort and protection against the climate.

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Adequate knowledge of urban design, planning and the skills involved in the planning process.

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Understanding of the relationship between people and buildings, and between buildings and their environment, and the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them to human needs and scale.

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The necessary design skills to meet building users’ requirements within the constraints imposed by cost factors and building regulations.

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Adequate knowledge of the industries, organisations, regulations and procedures involved in translating design concepts into buildings and integrating plans into overall planning.

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Understanding of the profession of architecture and the role of the architect in society, in particular in preparing briefs that take account of social factors.

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DESIGN LANGUAGE STEREOTOMIC Stereotomic architecture is broadly defined as subtractive, taking Campo Baeza’s definition, it forms the cave. The architecture I design in this project uses this principle of the ‘cave’ to form more secluded refuge space. While it is not strictly following the definition of subtraction, in fact it is additive, I use this term to define the spatial qualities I am trying to achieve instead of using it in the literal sense.

TECTONIC Tectonic forms the opposite to stereotomic and is broadly defined as additive. Again using Campo Baeza’s terms the tectonic forms the ‘hut’ which sits upon the earth that the cave is made from. In the context of this design I use this term more literally as an assemblage of parts but chiefly to contrast the ‘stereotomic’ elements to my design. Used to define the more open flexible workshops within the project. Again here the use is to empahsise the spatial qualities on the interior of the design.

REPRESENTATION This project is mainly one of contrast be that on a contextual scale or a building scale, between the the ‘stereotomic’ and the ‘tectonic’ or dirty working spaces and clean living spaces. I have tried to reflect that within my final representation style using a combination between hand drawn images and digital images. Retaining the expressiveness of my hand drawn images and the precision of digital drawings was at the forefront of this decision. As a rule the hand drawn elements represent the ‘tectonic’ and digital drawings represent the ‘stereotomic.’

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INTRODUCTION

RECLAIMING OPPORTUNITY

This project is framed within the EDGE CONDITIONS studio.

As such, the studio brief asks us to tackle existing ‘edge conditions’ found within the city of Edinburgh. Conditions existing in both a literal, physical sense and those that are less tangible. My personal project focuses, at an urban scale, on conditions of co-existance and industrial heritage. At a building scale it tackles the lifecycle of a building and the edge condition between demolition and construction.

It is no secret or surprise that Edinburgh, like most large cities, is quickly being developed upon. Numerous private sector housing devlopments are popping up on derilict and disused land. These developments do not come cheap and are aimed primarily at young, affluent, professionals working in the city centre. Moving away from the city centre to an area such as Leith (where my proposal is located) this has the affect of producing large gaps in deprivation levels in areas that are right nect door to on another , as well as displacement both of local residents effectively ‘priced out’ and local business and light industry.

Often, those areas less afluent are labelled as facing ‘adversity’ where as, this may not exactly be the case. On the specific site of this project in Bonnington a unique, complex coexistance exists between industrial, commercial, leisure, creative and residential spaces. This co-existance has developed over numerous years. It is a ‘last bastion’ of industrial activity that has characterised Leith. Ultimately, this coexistance is what is under threat by the large scale devlopments that are currently under way on the site. A masterplan provides the frame work to ensure that this space will most profitable but perhaps not most beneficial for those that currently inhabit it.

At its esence, this project is looking at how regeneration can take place without this strict, top down approach that is most common but to provide a bottom up responce and framework to support those that already inhabit the local area and whilst retaining this co-existance and respecting and reflecting upon its history.

At the building scale I am focussing on providing an education centre for the local community to provide an accessible alternative to higher education, teaching transferrable skills in the construction and automotive repair industries which would take place over a year long course for apporximately 25 18-24 year olds. This is achieved through the reclaimation, refurbishment and sale of reclaimed building materials back into the construction industry as well as bespoke furniture to be sold to members of the public. The centre will also be accessible to the public for one off classes following local precedent the edinburgh remakery and bookable study spaces.

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CONTEXT AND URBAN INTERVENTION

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INITIAL EXPLORATIONS DISUSED AND ABANDONNED TRAINLINES AND STATIONS

This project is locaterd in Leith, Scotland. The initial driving force behind the project was mainly an investigation into the industrial hertiage of Edinburghand subsequently Leith. Leith has always been the industrial power house of Edinburgh and as a result my investigation was directed here. The biggest industries in this area were mainly that of textiles, rope making, brewing and ship building. As a result Edinburgh did not experience the economic growth that many other cities in the UK did as a result of the industrial revolution, Its main industries were already successful and coal mining took place elsewhere. Importing goods such as coal and steel became important. The primary method of transport for this was by rail. This is what I used as an initial driver to locate a site for intervention. Many of the old or derilict trainlines throughout Leith and Edinburgh have been transformed into cycle paths and the scars they leave are still visible on the map today.

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DEFINING THE SITE

Collage of the site : past and present

Historical mapping of the site

Through this investigation of the Trainlines I discovered the Site shown Left Located in Bonnington just on the boarder between Leith and Edinburgh. The site is bound by the Water of Leith to the South and a disused Trainline (now cycle path) to the North, this gives the site a feeling of isolation and it becomes almost an island by itself in the middle of the city.

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Stylised mapping of the trainlines interaction with the landscape : Tunnelling, Bridging and Excavating

‘Thick’ mapping of the site and surrounding area

Historically, The site was home to several warehouses, Steel works, mills and tanneries as well as two goods stations one North and one South of the river connected by a historic bridge no longer present.

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SITE ANALYSIS

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The site today stands as one of the last true Industrial sites remaining in the Edinburgh/Leith. Not Only this but it houses a wide variety of buildings and businesses ranging from residential to leisure, creative and industrial and represents the complex coexistance of the live/ work relationship in the Edinburgh/leith area.

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What quickly became apparent however, is that this coexistance is under threat from a “demolish and relpace” style of urban regeneration. The site has been completely overhauled with a multi phase masterplan to replace all the industrial buildings which currently house a wide variety of local businesses with expenive privately owned appartment complexes that do not relate particularly well the the context neither historically nor in terms of their physical architecture.

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Lynchian mapping of the site

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COMPLEX COEXISTANCE ON SITE

The mix of uses on the site extends from vehicle maintenance, which appear to be in fairly successful and busy. As are the construction supply stores that are present on site, as there is a large amount of industrial traffic on site.

There are a few creative businesses which occupy and transform the previous warehouses into photography studios.

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The residential building on site is lower cost compared to the private appartments that are set to surround it. Along with the removal of the urban grain, the top down regeneration also directly affects the residents of areas like this one, labelled as “facing adversity” the new developments threaten to raise housing prices which could lead to financial difficulty or displacement for those whom are already disadvantaged. Even if their home is left standing, the impact on the occupant can be further reaching. Ultimately this type of regeneration only widens the gap between those that are advantages and those that are not. The largest barrier for those living in lower income areas is that of opportunity both in terms of accessing higher education and occupation.

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The Industrial buildings on site currently occupy 3 states of existence: Type 1: Demolished In some spaces in the site the disused industrial units have been demolished and are currently prepared and waiting for construction of the masterplanned appartments to take place.

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Type 2: Disused and Derilict A number of the buildings are unusable due to their state of disrepair typically in the roof elements, allowing too much water to enter. These buildings are soon to be demolished and left in a state of uncertainty.

Type 3: Full opperation Many of the industrial buildings on site are still opperational, meaning that there is still demand for their services this mainly takes the form of construction materials supply primarily being electronics components, but also painting and decorating equipment and small scale building material supply. This extends to include some forms of heavy industry mainly a steel fabrication site.

The chief take away from this is that the businesses that occupy the buildings arent failing, but the upkeep costs of the buildings themselevs are too high to repair and cause displacement to cheaper spaces further towrad the edges of the city. These empty shells are then demolished and replaced with unaffordable housing schemes for commuters into work, local residents see the removal of local industry and as a result the reduction of the local economy. Opportunity is removed from their doorstep.

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These Graphs show the number of new developments and how they relate to areas of deprivation, the trend of “regeneration” correlates to these areas facing the most adversity and that the poeple moving to these new developments are leaving these areas to work in the city where they spend their money negatively affecting the local economy of these areas.

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SITES LIKELY FOR DEMOLITION

Collage to highlight the interwoven live/work urban grain that traditionally had defined Leith, which is now almost gone and underthreat from gentrification. Complex coexistance is replaced by an all encompassing ‘travel to work’ living environment.

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At an urban scale the edge condition responded to is the contrast between advantage and disadvantage and how top down regeneration widens this, The programme and building scale edge condition relates to the lifecycle of a building and the condition between use and demolition. The programme needs to sit between these conditions and attempt to stitch them together.

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DEFINING PROGRAMME

EXISTING JOBS

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EDINBURGH REMAKERY

The Edinburgh Remakery located on Leith Walk is a centre for recycling and upcycling unwanted products and selling them to promote sustainability. Not only this the centre also provides education in the skills required for up cycling and renovation o furniture and electronic equipment.

My programme focusses on uch the same however it will be more focussed on building materials.

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Programme : The programme settled upon for the urban intervention was to provide a hands on education centre in skilled trades, aimed to provide an alternative to higher education for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in order to provide an opportunity for equal opportunity.

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Looking at local precedents, the Edinburgh remakery located on Leith Walk refurbishes tired furniture and goods whilst also teaching transferrable skills to the local residents of Leith in upholstery, textiles skills and electronics refurbishment.

This will be facilitated through the reclaimation of salvaged building materials from local demolition sites, using the model of THE REMAKERY to work closely with local creative businesses to create pop up exhibition spaces and installations as well as bespoke furniture items to be sold in a market space/salvage yard along with reclaimed materials such as doors windows and roof tiles etc.

The Remakery in London, does similar work but they use reclaimed building materials to create art installations and pop up brodsky style pavilions, re usung the waste materials and teaching transferrable building trade related skills.

On a larger scale the intervention will sell materials back into the construction industry to promote sustainability in the building trade and provde new jobs for graduates of the education programme provided.

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The Education Centre will house two large work spaces one for construction work focussing on skills in construction, carpentry, joinery and metal working, and one for automotive repair training.

It will also house space for 25 18-24 year olds to take part in a year long programme gaining neccessary skills to go on to work in the respective fields. The building will also provide scope for public library and group and individual working spaces to allow for the night class style of education provided by the edinurgh remakery in upholstery and textiles as well as bookable workspaces.

A market space as proved to work by the near by Pitt Street market, to facilitate the sale of bespoke made furniture from the education centre as well as reclaimed building materials.

Industrial plant to facilitate the refurbishment and subsequent resale of reclaimed building materials back into the construction industry, working on a much larger and more professional scale than the education centre, designed to be staffed by some graduates of the Education Centre along side industry professionals.

The intervention will work as a phased system with the creation of 4 individual elements aimed to tackle the issues caused by the “top down” on areas such as the bonnington site.

Dedicated residential block for those affected by displacement or in need of lower cost housing. The building would be constructed by the graduates of the programme along side industry professionals using the reclaimed building materials. Hopefully it would set a precedent in sustainability for new apartment developments in the area that take over the existing industrial sites throughout Edinburgh/Leith.

Education Centre Market Space Industrial Building Low Cost Residential building

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RECLAIMING MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS FOR DISMANTLING

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BUILDINGS FOR DISMANTLING ON SITE

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1. INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE (DISUSED) 2. DERILICT PUB (DISUSED) 3. BRICK BUILDING (DISUSED) 4. COMMERCIAL UNIT (HOUSING SEVERAL BUSINESSES) 5. WAREHOUSE (SOME DISUSED SOME USED AS AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SPACE)

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RE USED OR REFURBUSHED AND SOLD BACK INTO CONSTRUCTION TRADE TO BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUILDS, INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY OF SAID DEVELOPMENTS

RE USED REFURBISHED OR RECYCLED AND SOLD AT THE SMALL SCALE FOR USE IN HOME FURNISHING AND SMALL SCALE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

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BUILDING SCALE STRATEGY

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PRESERVATION THROUGH INTERVENTION

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The Blake Warehouse in the site forms the basis for the education centre, to be transformed via adaptive reuse. It is currently disused and set for demolition to make way for a new housing complex.

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PROCESS WORK: PLAN DEVELOPMENT

Material movement onto site

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Initial development of the scheme used the Blake warehouse with little change to the building envelope with a large intervention to allow for walkways to above the working spaces maintaining visual connection between the public spaces and private workshop spaces. I focussed specifically at this point on material movement both into the site and through out the refurbishment process witih the centre.

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PROCESS WORK: SECTION DEVELOPMENT

Initial development of the section the replacement of internal structural trusses with a timber frame to support the roof and residential space using more sustainable materials above the working spaces begins to allow for the inhabitation of the structure and methods of allowing natural ventilation and daylight strategies.

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PROCESS WORK: INTERNAL FRAME DEVELOPMENT

Further development of the internal frame dtructure allows for the living spaces to be suspended from the structure above the working spaces. The living pods were designed to be positioned within the roofscape to strategically allow for roof lights to be positioned related to the spaces below to allow greater light levels in working areas that require more visibility.

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PRESERVATION THROUGH RECLAIMATION

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SITE OF INTERVENTION

During the course of semester two the Blake warehouse (pictured left and above) began after a few months of standing derilict, it left a large decision to be made about whether or not to continue working on an intervention project or to change course and transition the project to reflect the ongoing development of the site.

What became aparent was that the previous scheme was becoming an overly large intervention on the building and as a result was beginning to become rather expensive, not only this but retaining the original building envelope was restrictive on the layout and the construction method was complicated.

Preservation does not take only one form. As opposed to intervening on the standing building, by using the reclaimation process advocated by the programme set out in the urban intervention as the lense to tackle the edge condition between the built and unbuilt, preservation can still be achieved by dismantling and reconfiguring the building materials into a new built form.

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ANALYSING EXISTING STRUCTURE

Things come apart by Todd Mclellan is a series where the artist takes apart mechanical objects and displays the components as a piece of art.

The process of stripping down the building elements in the same way, I am able to reconfigure them into something new and better suited to house the education centre programme, without losing the authenticity that is prevalent in the build and replace mentality of the current urban redevelopment trend.

Things Come Apart : Todd Mclellan Analysing the Blake warehouse structure

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GENERAL STRUCTURAL STRATEGY

The general principle behind the design is to use the bricks to form three ‘stereotomic’ structural cores to house the smaller enclosed spaces such as offices bathrooms and work spaces as these spaces are more well suited to the enclosed nature of these spaces. With some reconfiguring of the steel trusses from the interior of the original warehouse using the help of the local steel fabrication mill through cutting and welding the frames can form an external structural system working in conjunction with the

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structural cores to provide large flexible ‘tectonic’workshops to house the activities that the programme facilitates. A lightweight timber frame building envelope can be used in these spaces with the corrugated metal panels forming the external facade.

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SITE PLAN STRATEGIES

Phases vs. Site Plan

Material movement onto site: 1. industrial site drop off 2. Education Centre drop off 3. Sales yard

As part of the phased element to the urban development this project focusses primarily on phase one as the demolition for these sites has already taken place, The site for phase two is derilict and is planned for demolition. Phases three and four also account for the construction of a low cost residential building, no demolition is required but ground works should take place after the completion of the education centre.

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BUILDING AXONOMETRIC

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Phase 1. Ground floor plan 1:500 at A1

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PLAN DIAGRAMS AND STRATEGIES

1. Public entrance 2. Reception 3. Cirrculation 4. Lift 5. Building Material Workspace 6. Vehicle workspace 7. Plant and Storage 8. Meeting Room/ Work area 9. Material Drop off 10. Waiting area/ Break room 11. Bathroom 12. Showers Ground Floor Breakdown

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Privacy : Public faces the street,Private has an obfuscated entrance from the North Semi Private is disconnected by shanges in height but walk ways allow for visual connection Pedestrian movement through ground floor and material movement are separated to avoid collsions between pedestrians and forklifts moving material

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PLANS

Ground Floor 1:100 at A0 Mix of Privacies

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Key features are the flexible work shop spaces both for vehicles and for building materials used to produce furniture and pavilions etc. Showers help to differentiate ‘dirty’ work spaces from ‘clean’ spaces

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First Floor 1:100 at A0 semi- private spaces Includes small offices and reading rooms along with a small library for the use of local residents that require a desk or work space for a few hours, small auditorium for public talks.

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kitchen and cafeteria, reading rooms and breakout spaces intended for the use of programme enrolled tennants. Flexible workspace between “structural cores”for more clean activites such as textiles and upholstery

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Third Floor 1:100 at A0 Private First of 3 residential floors constructed from a timber structural grid allowing for the expansion and contraction of space in the design process to create breakout and congregation spaces.

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“Clean” spaces vs “Dirty” spaces

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STRUCURAL AXONOMETRICS

Previous exploration

Using what I had learned from my earlier exploration into the internal frame system during the exploration through intervention I developed a similar system for this design using the external framework to provide balcony space protected by poly carbonate sheets to allow for some thermal comfort to these spaces and a timber frame structure on the interior to provide walkways to allow for visula connection to the spaces below.

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Precedent study : Nuffield Transplant Unit, Edinburgh, 1963, Peter Womersly

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Precedent study : Nuffield Transplant Unit, Edinburgh, 1963, Peter Womersly

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ANALYSING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE

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SUSTAINABILITY

The materials recovered from the demolition of the blake warehouse along wihtother low cost and sustainable material;s are used to create the new building which is an effort to reduce materials cost and improve the sustainability of the design whilst preserving the buildings historic roll in the urban grain.

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The key component in terms of the structural stratedy from the reclaimed materials are the 1500 mm steel box trusses which once removed will be partially dismantled working with the nearby steel fabrication building existing on the site then reassembled and weather treated to form an external structural systemfrom which the roof and internal floors are hung

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The general principle behind the design is to use the bricks to form three ‘stereotomic’ structural cores to house the smaller enclosed spaces such as offices bathrooms and work spaces as these spaces are more well suited to the enclosed nature of these spaces. With some reconfiguring of the steel trusses from the interior of the original warehouse using the help of the local steel fabrication mill through cutting and welding the frames can form an external structural system working in conjunction with the

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structural cores to provide large flexible ‘tectonic’workshops to house the activities that the programme facilitates. A lightweight timber frame building envelope can be used in these spaces with the corrugated metal panels forming the external facade.

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STRUCTURAL DETAILS

Roof detail - Water proof membrane - Timber deck - 200 mm Rigid insulation - vapour control layer - Hanging Bracket - Steel I beam - Compsite slab - 50 mm insulation - Plywood Sheathing - 50 mm timber battens - Internal finish of reclaimed timber

Wall detail - External structural steel truss - Truss fixing bracket (to wall structure) - External reclaimed timber cladding - 50 mm timber battens - breather membrane - sheathing - 250mm timber frame condtruction - 250mm rigid insulation - Sheathing - Vapour Control Layer - 50mm timber batten - Internal finish of reclaimed timber - Timber frame internal structure

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Wall detail - External structural steel truss - Truss fixing bracket (to wall structure) - External corrugated metal cladding - 50 mm c channel steel members - breather membrane - sheathing - 250mm timber frame condtruction - 250mm rigid insulation - Sheathing - Vapour Control Layer - 50mm timber batten - Internal finish of reclaimed timber - Timber frame internal structure

Ground floor detail - Reclaimed concrete floor panels - 10 mm concrete screed - 200 mm concrete floor slab - Vapour control layer - 200 mm rigid insulation - Damp proof course - Hardcore - Concrete pad foundation attached to external steel truss - Anchor bolts to timber frame wall and internal frame work

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Timber frame wall detail - Balcony (tied to structure) - External reclaimed timber cladding - 50 mm battens - breather membrane - sheathing - 250mm timber frame condtruction - 250mm rigid insulation - Sheathing - Vapour Control Layer - 50mm timber batten - Internal finish of reclaimed timber - Anchor bolts

Masonry wall detail - External steel truss system - Single brick leaf - 50 mm air cavity - Cavity wall ties - 200 mm cavity insulation - Vapour control layer - Double brick leaf (internal finish) - Metal brackets (ties wall construction and external truss together)

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ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES

Wind respomse: the prevailing wind in Edinburgh is South Wsternly or westernly, by extending the western section of the massing to the south it creates a protected courtyard on the douthern side of the building

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Daylight Strategy: Structural system of steel trusses allow for a series of roof lights to allow more light into the working spaces.

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and heat gain in winter. but avoiding over heating and glare in summer.

External Balconies afforded by the steel truss system allows are covered by polycarbonate sheets to neuteralise and diffuse light coming in from the side to avoid long and sharp shadows

into the work spaces. This also allows for a small amount of thermal insulation for the outdoor spaces increasing thermal comfort and promoting more use of these spaces.

Ventilation Strategy: Simple cross ventilation is used in the residential section of the project.

Deep vents in the stereotomic section of the project to allow for heat transfer in the deeper parts of the plan with no external openings.

While the work spaces are mechanically ventilated in order to capture saw dust and and other airbourne debris, opening rooflights allow for stack exchange due to the large open space.

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OTHER STRATEGIES MATERIAL MOVEMENT

Inside the building material and pedestrian movement are separated physically to avoid injury from forklifts etc.

Material access onto site: The method of moving material onto the site utilises roads that are already used by industrial vehicles due to the businesses present on site meaning there is minimal disturbance to existing paths of movement

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Material drop off sites correspond to existing out door areas of material storage and double as parking areas at the weekends for public access to the market space

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ACCESSIBILITY

All areas are accessible by wheelchair including working spaces, all ramps conform to specifications as outlined in Approved Document K, as do all corridors allowing for turning circles etc. All lifts are visibly connected to stairwells for ease of cirrculation.

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SERVICES

The key mechanically ventilated spaces are both work spaces, each having a dedicated plant room or sub plant room as does the Northern, privat, stereotomic mass above which the residential and kitchen spaces are located the compact nature of which allows for easier plumbing along with the service

void behind the lift. The services for the mechanically ventilated workspace run excternally as facilitated by the external trusswork that runs along the building exterior.

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CRITICAL REFLECTION The main issue I faced throughout the year was trying to work on this project in conjuction with the changing rules for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19. The main draw backs of this were not being able to visit the site initially and therefore it was harder to get a true grasp of what it was physically like though this was more of a challenge in the first semester. Due to personal circumstances I have not been able to work in the studio and so I have not had access to the workshop for model larger model making or printing service, limited desk space has meant a lot of my hand drawings have had to be at smaller scale than I would have liked so the clarity of them has somewhat suffered.

Despite these drawbacks I have really enjoyed the year and the chance to persue a project that I find deeply interesting. I am happy with my output given the circumstances and it has been a chance to further develop the methods of representation that I had been exploring in the first semester. Namely trying harder to incorporate more of my hand drawings into a composite style of representation. I feel that this has been quite successful in some of the drawings for example the integrated section but there is still room for improvement in areas such as the perspective drawings and is something I would like to carry on in Stage 6 and devlop further incorperating it into my thesis work.

In terms of my grade, at the final review, I was awarded an A- for design work and a B+ for technology.

Having followed the suggestions of the tutors I hope to improve these grades slightly, maintaining the 70 average I have been keeping up throughout the year.

Many thanks to Christos, Ivan and Zeynep for their direction through out what has been a difficult year for students and tutors both. I am really looking forward to Stage 6 and a return to normalcy in my architectural education.

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