M O D U L A R
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CANTERBURY, KENT
‘ Think back to how Univer sity Halls are, how would you improve the experience for your successor?’ The project brief specified a large quantity of student housing in the centre of a densely student populated town whilst preserving the heritage of the site at Greyfriars grounds and chapel. The key to organising the site, in my mind, was a balance between the open green grounds and provisions for a range of housing that accommodates for a diversity of cultures and their integration into the historic surroundings of Canterbury. Then in more depth; the brief delved into the specifics of how the individual modules should function based on personal experience.
LOGIC
This project revolves mainly around what I’d felt was the central theme of the brief; the configuration of the module itself, which had been frequently overlooked by a figure of a building. The solution stemmed from a very personal approach from my own experiences, to design with excitement; create compaction with luxury. Absolute privacy and yet cater for a sense of community. A Clear and easily differentiated zoning between reflection and social spaces. The design of the module originated at understanding basic forms and functions of a module and what could be deemed a comfortable space; which eventually concluded on the social, ‘cluster ’ module. This quite rapidly progressed through numerous forms and arrangements to implement excitement through a play of space.
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