Retrofit and Social Hub Architectural Project by samantha_cutler

Connections Building Uses 1:2500 1:2500 Site Plan 1:2500 Services Food Commercial Residential Education Primary Roads Secondary Roads Bus Stops Building Heights 1:2500 Figure Ground 1:2500 1 Storey 2 Storey 3 Storey 5 Storey Building N N N N N

1:2500 Site Plan.

SITE PLAN & LOCAL CONTEXT

EXISTING BUILDING

Exploring The Existing Typology.

EXISTING BUILDING

Exploring The Existing Materiality.

Section

not to scale.

INTERSECTING TIMELINES

The Overlapping Needs of Past and Present.

Overlap

GROUND FLOOR STUDIES

Ground Floor Plan Diagrammatic Studies

Spatial Changes Adjacency- Social Hub Additions Adjacency Social Hub Developed Additions Developed First Floor First Floor Adjacency KEY KEY Spaces Remaining 1 - Cafe Relocated KEY 1 - Social Hub Area Spaces being developed Stage 1: Identify areas of weakness. Stage 2: New Social Hub introduced, Cafe relocated. KEY 1 - Book Swap 2 - Cafe 3 - Local Produce Farm shop 4 - Active Social Circulation Stage 4: Introduce service - hosting volumes. KEY 1 - Book Swap 2 - Cafe 3 - Local Produce Farm shop 4 - Bench Seating Stage 5: Develop the volumes and introduce the ‘Active Circulation.’ KEY 1 - First Floor Stage 6: Introduce rst oor seating with cantilevers and overhangs. KEY 1 - First Floor 2 - Seating Stage 7: Develop rst oor and introduce seating and active circulation strategy. Stage 3: Identify Social Hub extents. New Social Hub 1 1 12 4 3 1 1 2 4 3

Identifying improvements and additions to Withington baths. 1 4 2 5 3 6 7

FIRST FLOOR STUDIES

First Floor Plan Diagrammatic Studies

Spatial Changes Initial Ideas Adjacency Adjacency Diagram Physical Alignment Walls to omit Developed First Floor Developed Adjacency KEY KEY Spaces Remaining 1 - Relocate Gym 2 - Relocate Changing KEY 2 - Physical Activities through the building Spaces being developed Stage 1: Identify areas of weakness. Stage 2: Identify areas which need to be relocated. KEY

- Studio (Primarily Yoga)

- Co working space

- Changing 4 - Gym Stage 4: Introduce service - hosting volumes and extensions. KEY Walls to be omitted. Stage 5: Identify how space can be opened up and circulation improved. KEY 1 - Studio (Primarily Yoga) 2 - Co working space 3 - Changing 4 - Gym Stage 6: Develop volumes and ideas. Gym oor to be excavated and volumes to be located on pool oor. KEY 1 - First Floor social hub seating 2 - Access to social Hub 3 - Access to volumes Stage 7: Develop rst oor, showing circulation and connections to social hub. Stage 3: Identify physical activity extents. 1 1 2 2 12 4 3 12 4 3 1 2 3 5 5 - Open circulation 1 4 2 5 3 6 7 Identifying improvements and additions to Withington baths.

PHASING STRATEGY

Organising the Strategy for Redevelopment.

MASSING MODEL ITERATIONS

Massing Models for the Social Hub.

ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY

Environmental Axonometric Section- Responding to the UN Outcomes.

STRUCTURE

Structural Strategy

IDENTIFYING A ‘ZOOM’

Identifying a region to explore further.

SUSTAINABILITY GOALS

Identifying the UN and Personal Project Sustainability Goals.

1:100 MODEL

Partial Model Exploring the Proposed ‘Zoom.’

1:50 ELEVATION MODEL

Partial Elevation Model Exploring Materiality and Depth.

LOUVRE ITERATIONS

Investigating Solar Strategies on a 1:50 Model.

LOUVRE DETAILING

Investigating the Hinge Detail.

FURTHER ‘ZOOM’: THE CAFE

Exploring The Cafe

Investigating the coffee hatch

To continue the architectural language of the louvres, the coffee shop hatch also retains a ‘Louvre-style’ opening, which can be closed at night for security into a pure, organic form.

During the day, the hatch opens the same way as the louvres, to create a warm, inviting environment for the community and consumers.

EXPLORING THE CAFE HATCH

Investigating User Experience.

1:20 Coffee Hatch Section and Visualisation.

Timber Decking, 25mmx65mm. (Sat on tapered pedestals-Minimum 75mm. 600mm Spacing)

Breather Membrane.

Tapered Insulation (For Drainage) 150mm

Plywood 12mm

Hempcrete Insulation Cast In-situ, Sat Within Timber Frame, 150mm Timber Joists, 170x50mm

Vertical Timber Slat, 50mmx25mm. M12 Spec Screws fixed into Base Plate.

Horizontal Timber Batten, 38mmx25mm. Insulating Fibreboard 60mm. Breather Membrane. Plywood 12mm

Hempcrete Insulation Cast In-situ, Sat Within Timber Frame, 300mm.

Note: Timber Slat Cladding elevated 150mm Minimum from FFL

Self-Levelling Screed, 75mm. Insulation, 150mm DPM Thermal Block , 150mm Compact Hardcore

CAFE BUILD UP

01 Roof

External

Build Up

Internal 02. Wall Build Up External

Internal 03.

Internal

Floor Build Up

External 04. Foundation

Build

Note:

Structural Engineers Specification. 01 02 03 04

Travertine Stone Plinth, 50mmx250mm Concrete Block 225x140 Cavity Concrete

Foundations to

1:20 Section Detail and U-Values.

Aim: Explore Hempcrete construction.

Using plant-based bio materials as the core, intrinsic build up of the proposed cafe.

Critical Reflection:

Using Hempcrete cast in timber framing is a simple and effective way to achieve passivhaus U-Values. The construction build up is simple, quick, cost effective and achieves the SHEAF Values.

RENDERED DETAIL

INTERNAL MATERIALITY

Internal Visualisation of the Cafe.

VISUALISING SPACE

Imagining Atmosphere With a 1:20 Model.

The cafe doors continue to use the architectural language of the louvres, once again opening into an inviting space, and closing to create an organic, simple form.