Portfolio1: Ambiguity & Tales

ambiguity and tales

ARC6116 Unit 1

Munir Hussein

Birmingham School of Architecture and Design

‘‘Architecture constitutes the reality of experience while this reality gets in the way of the overall vision. Architecture constitutes the abstraction of absolute truth, while this very truth gets in the way of feeling’’ Bernard Tschumi

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‘ambiguity and tales’

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Pub and Public Trust Architecture: Level 6

ambiguity: noun (Uncertainty) 01.

the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

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Intentional ambiguity is the use of language or images to suggest more than one meaning at the same time.

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Ambiguity and Tales: is subjective and vigorous form of transcribing events in an abstract manner which may unintentionally produce multitude of perspectives.

However, the ambiguity of the abstract overshadow the intended narratives.

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Pub and Public Trust Architecture: Level 6

Contents Part 01 Design Exploration 1 Part 02 Design Exploration 2 Part 03 Design Speculation

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UNIT 01 Introduction

The Public House and The Public Trust Architecture: Level 6

The Public House & The Public Trust What made from land belongs to land itself This particular unit focuses on ‘Common resources’ such as lands, waters, air and eco- systems, with which humans connected with and depend on, must be respected and protected.

The Unit also acknowledges the work of the Public Trust Doctrine, a part of English Common law which assert for the commons to be shared by the public and protections of the environment, ‘’the right that a climate system that capable of sustaining human life is fundamental to a free and ordered society’’.

However, this Public trust doctrine framework has been practiced by the indigenous people from the outset, they have been

reciprocating the respect and care to the environment that we rely on. Essentially, governments and the community members of the general public have the obligation to protect the fragile land that we stand and depend on.

Hence, our studio questions the notation of ownership and sovereignty, what belongs to some and what belongs to all? and challenging the notations of land use from a multitude of viewpoints such as culture, history and geography. Our studio will also critically analyses the types of resources, which have been politically and economically used to protect and destroy

eco-systems.

As future architects, we will attempt to view resources as relatives, a large ecological, cultural and energetic systems which is equally interconnected and mutually contribute upon its survival.

In correspondence to this perspective, we will carefully employ and consider the effective implications for our methods of construction, material selection and use and the overall the architectural practice. Furthermore, we will adhere to its values into our design and buildings, and those who use them, by asserting that what made from land will always belong to the land itself.

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The Public House and The Public Trust Architecture: Level 6

‘‘An architectural drawing is as much a prospective unfolding of future possibilities as it is a recovery of a particular history to whose intensions it testifies and whose limits it always challenges Daniel Libeskind

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The Public house The British cultural infrastructure (place of gathering).

As a starting point, our studio will be investigating the Public house (Pub), a typical form of British Public space, cultural infrastructure, which serve communities as a place of gathering. Pubs, which are nearly 50 thousand in the UK varied in terms of architectural features, ale, cuisine, setting, and history, have been significantly contributing to a multitude of health and social problems due to excessive drinking however they have also been the best parts of the communities for serving the same purpose as cultural infrastructure for socializing and connecting.

Our studio seeking to re imagine this critical piece of Public infrastructure as a place for gathering for a broader community of creatures, species, minerals, chemicals and microbes which create a network of support for our buildings and lives and not only as traditionally for the continually changing communities of people who support and live around the public place.

Some institutions and societies can exist without so form of building however the existence of building is in dependence of geological and biological systems from which they are created from.

Hence, every single piece of architecture is technically a site of gathering as a building is erected from an enormous set of components, which each carries its own history, origin and hence its own identity.

Our studio will be manifesting these histories and origins in order to acknowledge the role the wider community plays in sustaining our existence and contemplating ways the public house might employ, respect, protect, represent and preserve our relationship with public trust(air, waters, and lands).

Part 01 Design Exploration 1 Part 02 Design Exploration 2 Part 03 Design Speculation

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Pub Investigation 01 The Eaglet, Seven Sisters Rd, London Exploration of Pub culture and spatial realities As a starting point for my investigation on pubs, I recalled an experience I had prior to this project when me and my mate visited a pub at Seven Sisters Road in London.

Unfortunately, we merely lasted for less than 10 minutes as we suddenly got attacked by a man that we found in the pub. I really thought its crucial to record this event as part of the investigation for Public house being traditional British quintessential public space.

From memory, I tried to transcribe the event into diagrams.

This rendered work is also part of my developments in exploration of variety of techniques while creating new meanings.

Territories in public space

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event sequences Inspired by Bernard Tschumi The Manhattan Transcripts(1976-81).

While trying to transcribe the event in a more abstract manner, I also tried to research on the work of Bernard Tschumi, Manhattan Transcripts.

His work essentially are drawings that depict events in space rather than just space and form.

He created a specific orderly structure of photographs with plans, sections and elevation with spaces outlined while manifesting movements of the characters.

His intention is to transcribe the architectural representation of reality, depicting the activities in spaces/buildings which are normally dismissed in conventional architectural drawings.

I tried to employ the same notion of depicting an event in a public space by drawing 2 plans of the same pub with protagonists moving around the pub space. The plans manifest when we entered and move around before the attack and after the attack.

The red small boxes depict our attacker movement while the black small boxes depict me and my mate’s movements, while the rest of the symbols depicts other protagonists, we found into the pub.

Drawing development 01

plan 1

plan 2

Protagonists movements before the attack

Protagonists movements after the attack

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plan 1

event sequence,01 Inspired by Daniel Libeskind Micromega Drawings 1979 My approach to my narrative is relatively more abstract and unlike Bernard tschumi separating his drawings into sections plans and elevations, I kind of merged everything into one and tried to hint by adding familiar objects and views to make it a bit more legible, somehow understood.

Crucially, I tried to employ Daniel Libenskid style of drawing of retrieving history using lines, geometry , again, unlike him my drawings depicts a complete narrative from the beginning middle to an end.

Drawing development 02

Protagonists’ movements, territories, spatial layout before the attack.

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plan 2

event sequence,02 Full event

Exploration of Pub culture and spatial realities The second drawing depicts the attack, the whole event, which again I transcribed unconsciously from memory.

I wouldn’t try to describe what every single drawing/symbol means, however ,I have incorporated some hints of familiar objects for your interpretation.

Drawing development 03

Protagonists’ movements, territories, spatial layout during the attack.

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Drawing development 04

perspective view Exploration of Pub Culture and spatial realities Furthermore, I have also tried to develop my drawings from plain 2D drawings to 3D model incorporated with drawings into perspective to add more depth and depict the event from a

breadth of perspectives.

Furthermore, The experimentation aimed to make the drawings more legible and perhaps new forms of architectural representation for myself.

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Rendered Perspective Exploration of Pub Culture and spatial realities I have tried to manipulate my drawings further by drawing on rendered 3D model in perspective view to incite new meanings and scope of interpretations.

The rendered model has shadow which enhance depth especially when incorporated with a layer of drawings.

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The Public House 2 Exploration of Pub Culture and spatial realities This is the first pub I visited as a starting point for my project for the reason gathering of information about public House as a Public space for everyone as traditionally is. The Pub is called Railway reflecting the actual railway that

passes across steps away behind the Pub and is a family run traditional local pub that resides between the industrial and residential areas. It offers a traditional English meal such as fish and chips on Fridays and real Ale on weekends.

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Pub Investigation 02 The Railway Pub, Hockley Birmingham Exploration of Pub culture and spatial realities This is technically the first pub to visit in quest of information regarding the public space. It felt like I walked into a living room as every single person went quiet as I stepped in. The ceiling is relatively short, and the space is relatively small too hence the attention. After a few minutes I spent at the bar, I realized the pub is used by the locals as everyone knows everyone, they go home and come back within a short period of time. They were seated in groups which created territories and threshold for someone new to intervene. I felt like a total stranger until later on when the men went to watch football on the other side is when the an old nice lady approached me and said, ‘you’re welcome this is a nice pub’.

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Drawing development 01

The whole pub plan which spaces are divived due to its services and functions

Pub space 01 (Alcohol only)

Bar, entrance, exist and corridor behind the bar with wc and other tertiary spaces

Pub space 02 (Alcohol & food)

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Development 01 Inspired by Tschumi Exploration of Pub culture and spatial realities These are drawings of plans of the pub which depict characters movements, thresholds, and spaces which I walked into. The pub is divided into two spaces, one serves alcohol and another serves both alcohol and food. Again, this event depiction is influence by Bernard Tschumi’s Manhattan Transcripts.

My approach to this work is completely different from the previous drawings, as the there is incorporation of 3D objects.

Protagonists depicted in clean cycles with connected lines that show intangible barriers which make hard for strangers to interact.

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Drawing development 02

Pub space 01, main entrace (Alcohol only)

Bar, corridor, service rooms

Pub space 02, main exist (Alcohol & food)

Pub space 02, main exist (Alcohol & food)

Bar, corridor, service rooms

My movement and threshold in space 01

Territories encountered in space 02

Barriers and threshold encountered at the bar

Territories encountered in space 01

Mnahattan Transcripts notations

Development 02 Inspired by Tschumi Exploration of Pub culture and spatial realities

Images to depict barriers and threshold.

I developed my drawings further by narrowing down and leaving only my movements and my interaction with space and the threshold I have encountered which somehow controlled my movement as well as my interaction with space and people. Moreover, I have tried to extrude those intangible thresholds to manifest how hard it was for me to interact with people who sought to have tightened their barriers from strangers perhaps.

I have also tried to structure the event in Bernard Tschumi’s style using images, plans and perspective views as part of the experimentation and also make them somehow more legible

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Drawing development 03

Chairs blocking the way in space 01

Pub space 02, main exist (Alcohol & food)

Territories encountered in space 02

Bar,

tables occupied in space 03

Bar, corridor, service rooms

My movement and threshold in space 01

Barriers and threshold encountered at the bar

Territories encountered in space 01

Final drawing Inspired by Tschumi Exploration of Pub culture and spatial realities This is my final drawing which I have tried to narrow down again and add images and colour in Tschumi’s style to depict the whole event. The images show people locals inserting their belongings on chairs/ tables and chairs blocking the way which connotes that not for unfamiliar people.

Hence the space that I was left to interact with was quite narrow.

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A plan depicts the connected barriers which made possible by porosity.

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Solution

Threshold dismantiling New design development for Public House In response to the barriers and thresholds which I encountered, I have tried to create a model as a solution to public shared spaces that sought to have virtual or physical territories created by a group of people in a manner of occupying space for themselves only. The model has voids which represent porosity, and the barriers are connected that allow the flow using the porosity from one place to another.

Intrinsically, this model is still an abstract, in terms of architectural formation.

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New design development for Public House, Views These are different views which show the voids and the connections of the barriers and virtual threshold.

I have tried to layout multiple views so that details of the ideal model can be seen and comprehended.

However, another solution to the

problem could be on the layout of tables and chairs. There should be a theme so that people will not be allowed to move chairs/tables and should be a specific number of chairs on each table so that you cannot be able to connect two tables.

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Pre, Intra & Post The Industrial Revolution Technological advancement My research is based onto the technological advancement and transition before during and after industrial revolution, at our site, Moxley, an area in black country which is famously known for heavy industrialisation during Victorian time.

Basically, Black Country constitutes majority of Metropolitan Boroughs of Sandwell, Dudley, and minor part of Walsaw in the West Midland county.

The name Black Country (coal field) dates back in 1840’s due to 30 feet coal seam comes to surface and make soil at the surface. It is also among

the birthplaces of the industrial revolution with variety of productions such as coal mines, Iron Foundries (metal castings), Glass Factories, Coking, Brickworks and Steel Mills. Consequently, it was also among the unprofitable (mineral extraction) mining areas in the UK due to lack of knowledge and technology.

Mistakes learned here were used as precedents to benefit other mining places in the country.

And by opening of the canals,Railways and coal mines lines it also opened up the natural resources to exploitation However, year 1968 marked the

end of an era for the decline of the last colliery after 300 years of Heavy coal mining in the area.

Prior to Industrial revolution, coal and limestone were produced on a modest scale for only consumption of the locals.

While these events evolved there were also advancement of technology which made industrialization possible. Why the technological advancement never shifted to more sustainable production perhaps from mining to farming as it was prior to industrial revolution?

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Site Investigation Moxley, black country Technological advancements My investigation in this project Will be based in mapping the technological evolution prior during and after industrial revolution. The same way the invention of these machines which largely contributed to exploiting the black country could also be used in rebuilding black country environmentally, economically and socially.

If these machines were invented for exploitation of resources, they also could be machine invented for preservation of resources.

My work will be based on drawings of objects and non-objects which were used on those three periods on coal mining and after coal mining.

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SOCIAL & TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT IN 18th C Canals’ Construction which linkes linked mines industries to the rest of the country.

Mid 18th C Bilston became the center for enamelling supplies.

19th C Transformation of Iron industry between (1850 - 1860).

200 blast furnaces were constructed by 1863..

1864 Construction of the first plant that produces mild steel by bassemer process in Black country.

1882 Construction of Bassemer style steel work in Bilston

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1887 The principal collieries in Moxley were Bradley Row and Bradley Lodge

1757 Iron started to be produced by coke smelting. No longer from coal.

N MOXLEY AREA 1712 Newcomen Engine, A water pump used to absorb water from coal mines were created.

20th Less concentration of industrial activities in the area

Collage Coal Minig Mine investigation

1968 End of an era for coal mining after 300 years.

1913 biggest strke in the British trade history took place in the region.

Unskilled workers demanding pay rise.

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This is a collage I created to manifest the setting, activities, machines, destruction, political and social issues that happened in Moxley area. I have also tried to add a time line which reveal significant milestone when event/ invention happened.

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Pre-Industrial Revolution

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Industrial Revolution Early inventions Steam engine replaces horse -horse power referenced to compare the engine capacity

Mapping Moxley area Investigation of the evolution of technological inventions In this particular work, I am trying to map in order how the extraction of natural resource(coal) for a local use developed to exploitation which facilitated by the development of technological inventions. For instance, when NewComen steam engine invented in 1712, to deal with flooding tendencies in mines by pumping water out of the mines, therefore,facilitated more exploitation of coal. And it’s the same case to steam engine that replaced a horse which amplified the production of coal.

Industrial Revolution at its peak.

-Invention of Steam train Construction of Canal

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Post Industrial Revolution Advancement of Architecture: steam to internal combustion engine (steam to fuel) impacts speed increase

18th C MAP DEPICTING THE USE OF STEAM ENGINES IN COAL MINES AND TRANSPORTATION OF COAL BY STEAN TRAIN AND CANAL

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Mapping 01 Pre-industrial revolution Investigation of the evolution of technological inventions This significant drawing, I have created manifesting the primitive coal mining which has been carried out since the medieval times. They basically used a horse to transport the minerals to the surface through a shaft and which is excavated by the miners, they used rope which connected the horse and the bucket that lifts the coal through the Pit head for a smooth transportation. They enlarged the bottom of the shaft and created a sloping roof while removed the surrounding rocks and desired minerals to form the Pit that in cross section resembles a bell, hence its name BELL PIT. Therefore, this drawing encapsulates what made the whole activities possible. Pithead has always been the key beacon for the coal mining and it had been improved from medieval times.

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Mapping 02 Industrial revolution Investigation of the evolution of technological inventions During the industrial revolution, a lot of technological inventions took place which were aimed for mass production. The invention of Steam engine for transporting coal from mines, steam train and construction of canals which were used to network Mines industries in Moxley area and other parts of the country, and therefore, stimulated the exploitation of mineral wealth of Black country.

This drawing which I created depicts the deconstruction of these facilities which made possible the exploitation resources and reconstruction of them in pursuit of creating different tools which will make possible the preservation of the resources.

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Minor roads from the streets joining dual carriageway high street busy road to facilitate the movement. However, the high road acts as a boundary as its a bit difficult to cross anywhere unless you Zebra crossing.

AMBIGUOUS EDGES: BOUNDARIES & BORDERS

Below is a round about which joins High st and Major roads with Walsaw canal and footpath crossed underneath. Despite of the Boundary on top underneath lies a border which facilitate the movement of pedestrians.

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This is a dual carriage way,as a boundary, with one with central reservation and another with Zebra crossing which show pedestrians have a designated area to cross from one area to another.

I have also tried to manifest the physical fences around the properties, some are see through just manifest the boundary and some are not see through for security and privacy purpose.

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This is a major busy road with no Zebra crossing in the middle of it, Therefore, it doesnt allow the pedestrians movement between these two areas.

Furthermore, the industrial estates and well as residential areas are both gated which conclude that the boundary is quite successful as the major road also acts as a boundary for land use as it separates the industrial and the residential estates.

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On the other side of the insustrial estates,with a long wall running down both ends,Walsall canal with footpath crosses, which also separate them from the residential estates.

Mapping Moxley area Current Map

This is the current site which I have mapped trying to investigate the ambiguous edges(borders & bounderies) that may have been the physical impacts the industrial infrastructure around the site.

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The top image depicts a bridge which Tram passes on top while vehicles and pedestrians pass underneath. This is a great border as its porous freely and unlimitedly allow movements between both places.

On the middle image, it shows how new developments adapted to boundary system howevever they try to create short see through fences to facilitate the communication between neighbours and even pedestrians.

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As much as the new homes inspired by the old ones, the new homes installed with porous fences that can easily allow communication between neighbours and only act as property boundary unlike the old homes the fences are not see through ad deliberately high to separate the houses with the pedestrians and vehicles.

Both images depict borders with ones is more porous as it allows pedestrians and vehicle while two others only allow pedestrians only.

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Both images show how the railway separates the residential estates with a border at the very end.

The below image depict the new development layout on the left hand side still uses the same layout as the old residential estates on the right. This must have been due to the success of this urban design layout with onestorey houses with garden at the back in circles.

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Mapping 03 Post Industrial revolution Investigation of ambiguous edges as an impact of Industrial

SOCIAL & TECHNCAL SYSTEMS

LAND USE

GREENSPACES

1. This is a dual carriage way,as a

boundary, with one with central reservation and another with Zebra crossing which show pedestrians have a designated area to cross from one area to another.

I have also tried to manifest the physical fences around the properties, some are see through just manifest the boundary and some are not see through for security and privacy purpose.

2. Minor roads from the streets joining dual carriageway high street busy road to facilitate the movement.

However, the high road acts as a boundary as its a bit difficult to cross anywhere unless you Zebra crossing.

Below is a round about which joins High st and Major roads with Walsawcanal and footpath crossed underneath. Despite of the Boundary on top underneath lies a border which facilitate the movement of pedestrians.

3. This is a major busy road with no Zebra crossing in the middle of it, Therefore,it doesnt allow the pedestrians movement between these two areas.Furthermore, the industrial estates and well as residential areas are both gated which conclude that the boundary is quite successful as the major road also acts as a boundary for land use as it separates the industrial and the residential estates.

4. On the other side of the insustrial estates,with a long wall running down both ends,Walsall canal with footpath crosses, which also separate them from the residential estates.

5. The top image depicts a bridge which Tram passes on top while vehicles and pedestrians pass underneath. This is a great border as its porous freely and unlimitedly allow movements between both places.

On the middle image, it shows how new developments adapted to boundary system howevever they try to create short see through fences to facilitate the communication between neighbours and even pedestrians.

6. Both images depict borders with ones is more porous as it allows pedestrians and vehicle while two others only allow pedestrians only.

7. Both images depict borders with ones is more porous as it allows pedestrians and vehicle while two others only allow pedestrians only.

8. As much as the new homes inspired by the old ones, the new homes installed with porous fences that can easily allow communication between neighbours and only act as property boundary unlike the old homes the fences are not see through ad deliberately high to separate the houses with the pedestrians and vehicles.

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Moxley Infrastructure from Victorian era

Industrial area

Green space

Residential area

Busy high street

railway lines

Dual carriage way

Industrial wall Accessibility

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Mapping 04 Moxley infrastructure Investigation of the impact of technological inventions

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This is the current setting of the site infrastructure which I mapped with the railway lines, main road and canals which are still active and perhaps improve from the industrial revolution era.

The site seemed to be enclosed by these network infrastructures which created boundaries between the residents with the site and its surrounding to the rest of the area. Therefore, my mapping brings the attention to the impact of the industrial revolution not only on the exploitation of the resources but how it affected the layout of the place.

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Ambiguous edges This is a tram bridge which has road underneath to provide accessibility to fro the enclosed area

Residents outside the enclosed area with porous barriers

Residents inside the enclosed area with an enclosed barriers

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Mapping 05 Anchors,Borders & Boundaries Investigation of the impact of technological inventions

High long wall along the canal that encloses the industrial site

I have attempted to look closely to the surroundings, regarding to the impact of the enclosure(boundary) and I have realised most of the residents within the enclosed area have also fences which are not porous while the residents outside the boundaries have porous fences.

Additionally, I have mapped anchors in the area, which mostly are public spaces such as schools, hospitals, churches, supermarkets, pubs and so forth to start imagining how residents living in an enclosed space move around the area.

They are seemed to be a good number of borders on the north part however, perhaps only one border at the South that allows vehicular accessibility. Hence, there is a limited accessibility from the south. To access some of the anchors from the south you have to use only one border which may cause a lot of traffic during rush hour.

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Mapping 06 Medieval, Victorian and Current periods Investigation of the impact of technological inventions to the site In this drawing, I have tried to freeze in time all the inventions of all the periods from medieval, Victorian to current, the significant influence that Industrial revolution has of the layout of place.

How the canal, steam trains shaped the physical form of the site. Nevertheless, my drawings have been massively influenced by the work of British Visual Artist, Cornelia Parker. Her work, ‘Cold Dark Matter’ was a garden shed blown out by an actual bomb by British Army and she reconstructed the fragments by suspending them to depict the explosion process in time. . For my work, I recollected the inventions of the site, rearranged them as fragments and freeze them in time so that it could be easily read about what happen in this place.

Cold Dark Matter (An exploded view) 1991

By Cornelia Parker

Industrial revolution remains

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The site abstract map

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Mapping 07 Simplified, abstract map of Current periods Creating new represantation I have tried to simplify and make it more abstract the current map of the site, Moxley, in creating new subjective reading.

As it is also a work in progress, I am trying to merge this abstract current map with the drawings of inventions of all periods in order to have a full detail all at once.

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Final Mapping inventions fragments in context Investigation of the impact of technological inventions This is the final mapping for this project.

I tried to merge the current map and the fragments of the inventions in their specific spaces in context just to show how it looked then and how the railway and canal are still active. The influence really started from the horse to the Steam Engine, to the steam train and eventually to the combustion engine that vehicles use currently.

Victorian inventions and site shaping

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The Remnants of the Black Gold, Tower Large scale sculpture This project allowed us to design an artwork which depict or encapsulate design exploration 2 project where we were give three sites to choose for our artworks. My proposition was still based around the notion of technological inventions and its impact throughout the years. Therefore, I wanted to create a large-scale sculpture that represent the rearranged fragments of every single inventions and non-objects

that facilitated the exploitation of natural resources. This tower aimed to be at the center of the neighbourhood in Moxley where It can be seen not only by the miners who worked in Collieries in black country as a reminder but also for the visitor as part of the Moxley history.

Black Gold is the given to a Coal as a commodity that believed to have put Britain in the map.

Despite being dirty and polluting, it drove politics, trade, and

industry. Coal powered industrial revolution, since it made all other industries possible and turned Britain into the first urban nation.

Coal basically made Britain, and, in that respect, it was valued as GOLD. My sculpture is called the Remnants of Black Gold, although the fragments are not from the coal but the things coal stimulated its inventions.

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The Tower sculpture Frozen history in time The remnants of the black gold My sculpture is called the Remnants of Black Gold, although the fragments are not from the coal, but the things coal stimulated its inventions. And I have coated it in Gold colour to reflect the black gold, coal as the substance that made the intentions possible as much as the inventions made the exploitation possible.

The sculpture is 13m high and of 24.32m, it is held by a translucent glass. Essentially Long and visible enough to be viewed from every angle of the site.

The Remnants of The black Gold, tower

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All periods technological advancements

Ideas development deconstruct and reconstruct

The remnants of the black gold As I was trying to materialise the notation of ‘The remnants of the black gold’ I had to dismantle the objects and non-objects rearrange its fragments together unconsciously in order to freeze the history of all periods in time. The artwork is largely influence By Cornelia Parker regarding the idea of fragments suspension, and is acting as a sculpture that depicts a history of the coal mining but also a reminiscent piece to the miners that lived around the area.

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Elevation view, Tower in context

This is an elevation view of 1:100 in an A1 sheet in context. As it could be seen, the sculpture is quite huge that can be easily seen from every angle of the neighbourhood.

Plan view, Tower in context

In this plan view, the sculpture is facing North East(NE) to align with the context and provide multiple views as it can be seen. Kids will grow up to be familiar of the level of technology the area has reached.

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All periods technological advancements tower

Physical model

The Tower sculpture Sculpture Model The Remnants of the black Gold This is 1:100 sculpture model of 13m high by 24.32. I have created it using 3D printing for the fragments and laser cutting for the acrylic, and MDF as holding substances.

Then I sprayed the fragments in gold colour and attachment them on the Acrylic wall using super glue. The acrylic, transparent glass is also etched with the drawings of the parts of the same sculpture to culminate it.

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Conclusion Design explorations and speculation These Three (3) respective projects have led me to a few good key findings from territorial space of the pub, racial tension to technological inventions as well as the speed increase which will help me in my future project to merge these ideas which directly connected to the notation of the public space (shared space for all) and resource as relatives. The advancement of the technology in which ironically influenced by the coal itself led to the exploitation of the local wealth, the inventions of steam Engine, steam train and construction of

canal maximized the exploitation, therefore, I am quite confident we can think of new technology that can work as machine to repair/ preserve resources. It may not be the production of coal, perhaps it could be the farming into a city built as a machine and works as machine in a more sustainable manner. This city of machine may be one large public space that requires people from different background to function. I may need more research in the site, in terms of its geography, and culture so that to help in creating new friendly machines.

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Bibliography T, Bernard (1995) The Manhattan Transcripts: Theoretical Projects, New York: St. Martin’s press T, Bernard (1996) Architecture and Disjunction, Massachusetts: The MIT Press L, Daniel (2015) Inspiration and Process in Architecture, Milan: Moleskine SpA Tate, Look closer, The Story of Cold Dark Matter. Available at: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/ artworks/parker-cold-dark-matter-an-exploded-view-t06949/story-cold-dark-matter (accessed 10 Jan 2022).

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Designed & Printed by Munir Hussein Birmingham City University, 2022

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