Margate Winter Gardens: Becoming a Place

MARGATE WINTER GARDENS: BECOMING A PLACE USER MANUAL: STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO PLACE MAKING SAMANTHA LI

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According to Marc Augé non-place are spaces of circulation, consumption and communication that exist beyond history, producing a sense of both atomization and anonymity. In this manual, it will take you step by step into considering two communities and programmes in Margate and establish the idea of non-place as a concept, whilst challenging the relationship of place and non-place.

STEP BY STEP GUIDE

The concept and design is derived from theoretical research, in particular Charle’s Rice’s theory of the atmosphere of interior urbanism. Rice signifies five characteristics of an urban interior which has been adapted and explored in the process of the design.

2 - INVESTIGATION INTO MARGATE

The permanent communities, four of Margate’s main discussion groups, provide an opportunity to gather public and create public realm and interaction. Whereas, with the transient community, bus passengers arriving into Winter Gardens offers an opportunity to manipulate dwell and waiting time at the bus stop. However, in accordance to Marc Augé ’s theory, bus stops could be considered as non-place. The focus is on the attention of the destination and not the bus stop. They are relied on memory to exist in, despite the contradiction of these spaces being the focus of regeneration to enhance culture and society.

Therefore, the base of the place making design is based on eight micro architecture devices that form their own network within Winter Gardens and contribute to existing networks in Margate to enhance interaction, involvement and regeneration.

Within the interiors of Winter Gardens, the intention is for the users to question the transitition from the public and private in terms of the use of materiality, and whether they are in an urban condition set within the interiors.

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This manual will take you step by step into place making at Margate Winter Gardens. Each page is numbered through stages (listed on the right) of becoming a place. You will need the essential kit in order to do so. Towards the end of the project, you can make Margate Winter Gardens, a place.

1 - INTRODUCTION

3 - COMMUNITIES 4 - EXISTING WINTER GARDENS 5 - URBAN INTERIOR 6 - PROGRAMMATIC DIAGRAMS 7 - PROPOSAL DRAWINGS 8 - VISUALS 9 - PROTOTYPE 10 - FINAL MICRO ARCHITECTURE PIECES

YOU WILL NEED: 1 x MARGATE WINTER GARDENS 4 x LOCAL PERMANENT COMMUNITIES

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1 x TRANSIENT COMMUNTY 2 x PROGRAMMES 2

1 x CONCEPT 1 x DESIGN

BECOMING A PLACE: MARGATE WINTER GARDENS

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Margate Analysis Samantha Li

MARGATE REGENERATION

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14 4 1 - WIND TRAVELS EAST 2 - DIRECTION FROM TRAIN STATION TO TURNER CONTEMPORARY 3 - TRAIN STATION 4 - VIEW POINT FROM DREAMLAND OF MARGATE SEA 5 - DREAMLAND SITE 6 - SUNRISE FROM EAST TO WEST

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7 - MARGATE HARBOUR AND TURNER CONTEMPORARY

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8 - VIEW POINT FROM OLD TOWN TO THE BEACH 9 - PUBLIC SPACE 10 - HIGH STREET 11 - WINTER GARDENS 12 - PUBLIC SPACE 13 - SUPERMARKET 14 - PUBLIC SPACE

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MARGATE URBAN CONDITIONS

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PERMANENT OFFICE SPACE

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PUBLIC MEETING SPACE

CT9 2JJ CURRENT FACILITIES

2 x SEPERATE OFFICE SPACE

18, CT9 1DS

4 x SEPERATE MEETING SPACE

1 x LIMITED SPACE

4 x TEMPORAL PUBLIC MEETING SPACE

31-33, CT9 1DS REQUIREMENTS

PUBLIC MEETING SPACE

CT9 1BD

PERMANENT PUBLIC FORUM SPACE CT9 2JJ

PERMANENT COMMUNITY: DISCUSSION GROUPS

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CURRENT FACILITIES

1 x SHELTER

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1 x ADVERTISEMENT SCREEN

2 x INFORMATION BOARDS

REQUIREMENTS

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MEETING POINT

BUS WAITING FACILITIES

TRANSIENT COMMUNITY: BUS PASSENGERS

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RECEPTION AND MAIN ENTRANCE QUEEN’S HALL BALCONY FOYER MAIN HALL STAGE MALL HALL TOILETS FOYER + ENTRANCE TO MAIN HALL CAFÉ/BAR STORAGE SEATING STORAGE

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2000 - Present

WINTER GARDENS EXISTING USE

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OCTOBER 2013 LOGO

ADVERTISEMENT

WEBSITE

- SERIF LOGO EMPHASISING THE ‘W’ AND ‘G’ IN ‘WINTER GARDENS’ - USE OF SMALL AND CAPITAL LETTERING - STROKE ON THE ‘G’ ELOGNATES AND ACCENTUATES THE LOGO

- WINTER GARDENS WITH IT’S ORIGINAL EXTERIOR FEATURES - ADVERTISING IS DISPLAYED THROUGH SMALL POSTER BOARDS SCATTERED AROUND THE SITE

- USING ORIGINAL LOGO AND COLOURS (DEEP RED AND CREAM) THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE INTERIOR OF WINTER GARDENS

- LED SCREEN SEEN FROM MAIN ENTRANCE, CHANGING ADVERTISEMENTS EVERY 10 SECONDS

- WEBSITE NOW FEATURES A MONOCHROME THEME, USING THE NEW LOGO - ALL ORIGINAL WEBSITE FEATURES HAS BEEN CHANGED

DECEMBER 2013 - SANS SERIF, ALL SAME SIZE, ALIGNED CAPITAL LETTERING

WINTER GARDENS VISUAL IDENTITY

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1905 The original Fort Green and Fort Green Bandstand - The Festes Committee was formed in 1900, to provide high class entertainment in Margate for visitors and residents.

1908 The original Fort Green and Fort step

1911 Proposed Winter Gardens - Situated in an artificial hollow at Fort Green as the existing buildings around Fort Green had a covenant.

This did not allow the rise of any building on the green that could obscure the view or light of the ground floors of these buildings.

July 1911 Construction of Winter Gardens began - It took just nine months to build!

1912 Winter Gardens - Winter Gardens consisted of a large Concert Hall, four entrance walls, two side wings and an amphitheatre.

- Internally, the Pavilion and Winter Gardens was decorated in a Neo-Grecian style, which appears in the 1830’s. Originally the stage could be viewed from both the main hall and the ampitheatre with the ability to enclose the stage in bad weather.

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Winter Gardens without the structural changes we have today - In January 1941, many of the windows were broken when a sea mine exploded nearby, the main structure was undamaged.

- Six months later the Winter Gardens received a direct hit on 7th July 1941 causing damange.

- The plans for reconstruction of the Winter Gardens were drawn up in 1943 but due to the war. In 1946, the work took only six months to complete.

WINTER GARDENS BUILDING TIMELINE

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Bus 33 arrival and departure Margate Civic Society Meetings Dreamland Trust Bus andMeetings departure BUS33 33arrival ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES Margate Town Team Meetings Bus 33 arrival and departure Margate Civic Society Meetings WINTER GARDENS EVENTS Winter Events Bus 33 Gardens arrival and departure Dreamland Trust Bus 33 arrival andMeetings departure Margate Civic Society Meetings Margate Civic Society Meetings Bus 33 arrival and departure MARGATE CIVIC SOCIETY MEETINGS Margate Town Team Meetings Dreamland Trust Meetings Margate Civic Society Meetings Dreamland Trust Meetings Winter Gardens Events Margate Civic Society Meetings Margate Town Team Meetings Dreamland Trust Meetings Margate Town Team Meetings DREAMLAND TRUST MEETINGS Winter Gardens Events Dreamland Trust Meetings Margate Town Team Meetings Winter Gardens Events Margate Town Team Meetings Winter Gardens Events MARGATE TOWN TEAM MEETINGS Winter Gardens Events

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December December December

JANUARYJanuary

December DECEMBER

FEBRUARY 19:30

JUNE 18:00

JULY 14:00

DECEMBER 18:00

TWO MEETINGS AND WINTER GARDENS EVENTS HELD LATER THAN THE LAST BUS

WINTER GARDENS EVENTS AND MEETING HELD CLOSER TOWARDS THE LAST BUS TIME

AFTERNOON EVENTS AT WINTER GARDENS ARE ADJACENT TO THE 13:50 BUS ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE

WINTER GARDENS EVENTS AND MEETING HELD CLOSER TOWARDS THE LAST BUS TIME

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TIME AND EVENT DIAGRAM

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CORRIDOR = STREET? ENTRANCE = BRIDGE? LARGE INTERIOR SPACE = PLAZA?

TEMPORAL MIX USE

SPATIAL ORGANISATION

LANGUAGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE

MATERIALS AND LIGHTING

PRESENCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE

CHARLES RICE THEORY: INTERIOR URBANISM

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CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF URBAN INTERIOR

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BARCELONA

PARIS

LONDON

MANHATTAN

GRID CITIES ANALYSIS

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DESTINATIONS IN MARGATE

MEETING SPACES

EXISTING BUS ROUTE

PEDESTRIAN ROUTE FROM WINTER GARDENS MAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE MAIN HALL

REAR BAR ENTRANCES AND ACCESS TO MAIN HALL STAGE ROUTES

DIFFERENT ROUTE LEVELS

NETWORKS MERGED INTO MARGATE

ANALYSIS OF ROUTES IN MARGATE AND WINTER GARDENS

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8 1 - MARGATE BATHING DEVICE 2 - DODGEMS 3 - PUBLIC WORKS, FOLK FLOAT, 2007 4 - CARL TURNER ARCHITECTS, HOME FROM HOME 5 - EXTERIOR VIEW OF DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM AT LINCOLN CENTER 6 - INTERIOR VIEW OF DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM AT LINCOLN CENTER 7 - MIES VAN DER ROHE, NEUE NATIONALGALERIE, BERLIN 1962 8 - STEDUS STOLL AG, LUDLOFF + LUDLOFF ARCHITEKTEN, 2009

PRECEDENTS

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CONCEPTUAL DESIGN SKETCHES

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EXISTING CEILING GEOMETRY AND COLUMNS IN MAIN HALL

MID POINT BETWEEN COLUMNS PROVIDE SPACE FOR ELEMENTS TO MOVE AROUND AND TO WORK WITH THE EXISTING GRID

PROPOSED GRID SYSTEM LAYERING EXISTING GEOMETRY

GRID FORMATION

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EXISTING MID LEVEL WINTER GARDENS

EXISTING REAR FAÇADE REMOVED

GRID FROM ORIGINAL CEILING PLAN INSTALLED

NEW FACADE EMBEDDED INTO THE GRID

RAMP AND ROUNDABOUT ACCESSIBILITY INSTALLED

MICRO ARCHITECTURE INSTALLED AND CONNECTED

DESIGN MOVES

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COMMUNITIES

REQUIREMENTS

USE OF THE REAR INACTIVE MID LEVEL ZONE

PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES

ZONING

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CAFE SPACE

READING ROOM

FORUM SPACE

GARDEN SPACE

POP UP SHOP

NIGHT BUS SHELTER

FORUM SPACE

NIGHT BUS SHELTER

ZONING MICRO ARCHITECTURE

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1 - WOVEN FIBRE GLASS 2 - 50mm STAINLESS STEEL TUBE 3 - STAINLESS STEEL BOX SECTION 4 - GALVANISED STEEL MESH 5 - PLYWOOD 6 - GLASS CLAMP 7 - ACRYLIC SHEETS 8 - RUBBER SHEETS

MATERIALS

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1 x STAINLESS STEEL GRID 7 x LED LINEAR LIGHT PANELS 18 x CIRCULAR LIGHT PANELS 10 x LED DIAGONAL LIGHT PANELS 8 x LARGE MOVABLE WOVEN GLASS FACADE PANELS 9 x SMALL FIXED WOVEN GLASS FACADE PANELS 8 x MICRO ARCHITECTURE WAITING ROOMS

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1 x FACADE STRUCTURE 1 x GALVANISHED STEEL MESH 1 x CONCRETE RAMP 1 x STEEL CONDUCTIVE FLOOR

KIT OF PARTS

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ROOF LEVEL PLAN 1:500

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MID-LEVEL FLOOR PLAN IN PLAZA CONFIGURATION 1:100

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SECTIONAL ELEVATION A-A 1:200

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SECTIONAL ELEVATION B-B 1:100

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SECTIONAL ELEVATION A-A 1:100

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REAR ELEVATION 1:100

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REPLICATE EXISTING CIRCULAR LIGHTING

DIAGONAL LED LIGHTING

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MID-LEVEL CEILING PLAN 1:100

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AXONOMETRIC OF WHOLE SCHEME 1:500

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FACADE AND CANOPY 1:10 DETAIL

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PLAZA MODE

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TERRACED MODE

POSSIBLE CONFIGURATIONS

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2 x STAINLESS STEEL FRAMEWORK 4 x STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS 18 x CURVED CLASP 4 x TYRE WHEELS 2 x STEEL BAR 1 x DODGEM MOTOR 1 x CABLE 1 x SET OF DRIVING WHEEL, PEDAL AND BREAK 2 x LONG SHEETS OF STAINLESS STEEL OR PLYWOOD 4 x PLYWOOD (SEATING) 4 x PLYWOOD (SEATING) 2 x PLYWOOD (SEATING) 1 x PLYWOOD (SEATING) 1 x PLYLWOOD (TABLE) 2 x PLYWOOD (TABLE) 2 x PLYWOOD (TABLE) 1 x PLYWOOD (TABLE) 2 x ACRYLIC 1 x MANIPULATED CURVE ACRYLIC 2 x PIVOT HINGES 4 x PLYWOOD (SHELVING UNIT) 1 x PLYWOOD (SHELVING UNIT BACK)

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PROTOTYPE DETAIL

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1:100 OVERALL MODEL

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3D VISUALS

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1:10 PROTOTYPE CONSTRUCTION

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1:10 PROTOTYPE

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POP-UP SHOP

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GARDEN SPACE

FINAL PIECES

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NIGHT BUS SHELTER

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FORUM SPACE

FINAL PIECES

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READING ROOM

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CAFE

FINAL PIECES

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