ORTHOGRAPHIC EXPLODED VIEW

Materials And Structure

The exterior facade of the building is made from load bearing concrete walls with a white render coat as my finish. I have chose this lightly coloured coating to correspond with surrounding modern buildings of the likes of Barbara Hepworth and Kirklees College. Having lighter materials has many other advantages such as increased mood and productivity.

As for the interior, to blend with the natural world (which is what Barbara Hepworth wanted to portray in her sculptures) I have used neutral colours such as beige, white, black and browns. This additionally highlights the sculpture garden making the pop of colour stand out.

The inspiration is took from the ‘circular house’ precedent in order to have interior materials blend with the surroundings such as wood (barks of trees), pebble (tactile touch by the sea) and marble (tree vines).

To avoid the building being too private, I have partially covered the façades in glass with additional mulleins to carry loads to the foundations (as glass is nonload bearing).

Extensive Green Roof Layers

- Water proof layer (1cm)

- Filter layer (3cm)

- Root barrier (2cm)

- Water retention layer (2-5cm)

- Substrate (7-15cm)

- Vegetation (3-25cm)