AR30006 - URBAN DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND THEORY DESIGN REPORT SHANE DOCHERTY - 190006867
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1.1CONTENTSINTRODUCTION1.1PROJECTBRIEF 4 1.2 URBAN NARRATIVE 5 2.0 GROUPWORK PRECEDENT STUDY 2.1 THE LIGHTHOUSE, GLASGOW: ENCLOSURE AND SCALE 6 2.1 THE LIGHTHOUSE, GLASGOW: MASSING MODEL AND DIAGRAMS 7 3.0 GROUPWORK SITE ANALYSIS 3.1 SITE ANALYSIS: A STUDY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 8 4.0 MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 4.1 MASTERPLAN DIAGRAM OF LIBRARY SITE, OLD ABERDEEN 18 4.2 PRECEDENTS 19 4.3 FAR STUDIES AND SITE MASSING 21 4.4 DRAFT MASTERPLAN PROPOSALS 22 4.5 FINAL MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 23 4.6 MASTERPLAN IN CONTEXT AND SITE SECTION 24 4.7 ARIAL VIEW OF MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 25 5.0 PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5.01 SECTIONAL AXONOMETRIC 26 5.02 MASTERPLAN GROUND FLOOR SCHEME 27 5.03 EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC 28 5.04 CROSS SECTION THROUGH PUBLIC SQUARE 29 5.05 PUBLIC SQUARE RENDER 30 5.06 ALLEY SECTION 31 5.07 ALLEY RENDER 32 5.08 WEST ELEVATION 33 5.09 EAST ELEVATION 34 5.10 PHYSICAL MODEL, SCALE 1:100 35 6.0 PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BUILDING 6.1 KEY MOVES 37 6.2 RENDER OF WEST FACADE 38 6.3 RENDER OF EAST FACADE 39 6.4 FLOOR PLANS 40 7.0 PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE ROOM 7.1 READING ROOM PLAN AND SECTION 45 7.2 READING ROOM RENDER 46 7.3 CAFE PLAN AND SECTION 47 7.4 CAFE RENDER 48 7.5 HMO PLAN AND SECTION 49 7.6 HMO RENDER 50 2.
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INTRODUCTION1.1PROJECTBRIEF 4.
Our brief is to design a masterplan proposal which positively impacts its surrounding context and relates to current and historic practice of urban theory, planning and development controls and creating a positive social and environmental contribution to the surrounding area. In our schedule of accomodation we have been asked to design a minimum of 18 student bedrooms which are grouped under HMO, and a selection of 2 bedroom apartments which is accomponied by a public function on ground level which my design has created a variety including a reading room for students living on campus, an art gallery/ exhibition space and a cafe space.
The urban strategy for our masterplan proposal aims to create legibility in the cityscape of Old Aberdeen through analysing and incorporating elements of its rigorous lane typology, and upon analysing the variations in scale from the large public space of the High Street and the confines and closeness of the alleyways. Our urban strategy looked at creating a scale that reacted to the topography of the site and inclined vertically towards the Sir Duncan Rice Library to create a language that was of a similar image and identity to the block. By repeating a similar lane typology to this scale, will give a sense of enclosure for the inhabitants as they are passing through the block and approach a large public piazza which is interconnected to private courtyards for the inhabitants, this exemplifies “a pattern of high continuity with many distinctive parts clearly interconnected” which is a point lestablished in Kevin Lynch’s “The Image of the City” which I have taken extracts of his urban theory to influence my design decisions on my urban strategy. Lynch also describes the importance of structure and identity in a city scape which we have established with a diagonal approach through the site which establishes a new approach to the Sir Duncan Rice Library, and identifies it as a landmark feature within our masterplan.
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INTRODUCTION1.2URBANNARRATIVE
Image of the City, 1959 Page 8
“A workable image requires first the identification of an object, which implies its distinction from other things, its recognition as a separable entity… Second, the image must include the spacial or pattern relation of the object to the observer and to other objects. Finally, this object must have some meaning for the observer, whether practical or Kevinemotional.”Lynch,The
Perspective of Sir Duncan Rice Library from Thom’s Place
GROUPWORK PRECEDENT STUDY 2.1 THE LIGHTHOUSE, GLASGOW: ENCLOSURE AND SCALE 6.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Lighthouse was an inspiring precedent that I looked at the start of the semester as I found its enclosed lane language of the surrounding area very interesting.
GROUPWORK PRECEDENT STUDY 2.2 THE LIGHTHOUSE, GLASGOW: MASSING MODEL 7.
GROUPWORKarea. SITE ANALYSIS 3.1 SITE ANALYSIS - A STUDY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 8.
Our site analysis of Old Aberdeen focuses primarily on the study of human experience and scale, largely looking at the relationship Old Aberdeens Medievil herronbone structure has in influencing the lane typology which creates vistas and and spaces of enclosure. Another aspect that we focused on was the use of green space and public space to increase the general wellbeing of people living/working in this
GROUPWORK SITE ANALYSIS 3.1 SITE ANALYSIS - A STUDY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 9.
GROUPWORK SITE ANALYSIS 3.1 SITE ANALYSIS - A STUDY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 10. FIGURE GROUND PLAN OF OLD ABERDEEN
GROUPWORK SITE ANALYSIS 3.1 SITE ANALYSIS - A STUDY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 11. HERRON BONE STREET STRUCTURE OF OLD ABERDEEN
GROUPWORK SITE ANALYSIS 3.1 SITE ANALYSIS - A STUDY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 12. PERSPECTIVES FROM HIGH ST TO SIR DUNCAN RICE LIBRARY
GROUPWORK SITE ANALYSIS 3.1 SITE ANALYSIS - A STUDY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 13.1. SIR DUNCAN RICE LIBRARY 2. LANE TO HIGH STREET 3. HIGH STREET
Jan Gehl, Cities for
Old Aberdeen’s lane typology which is generated from the Medievil herronbone pattern creates an interesting dynamic with scale and the proportions of streets and buildings. It has a variety of narrow and sparce public spaces and streets which is interesting to walk through and experi Allence.of the buildings follow a similar scale, that being from 2-3 storeys in height and introduces a human scale to the area which Jan Gehl describes below, and which the larger post war develop ments in Old Aberdeen, the Sir Duncan Rice Li brary for example, introduces a large public space to soften the approach to the building.
“The higher up the more difficult to see. We have to move further and further back to look up”
GROUPWORKPeople SITE ANALYSIS 3.1 SITE ANALYSIS - A STUDY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 14.
EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 15.
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Upon analysis, many of the post war developments in this Aberdeen failed to acknowledge or introduce public space or green space into their designs which can be seen in the central region map of Union Street in central Aberdeen. Which ultimatedly makes Old Aberdeen a more vibrant location to be in which benefits general wellbeing.
GROUPWORK SITE ANALYSIS 3.1 SITE ANALYSIS - A STUDY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND SCALE 16. HIGH STREET, OLD ABERDEEN WITHOUT TREES HIGH STREET, OLD ABERDEEN WITH TREES
“Dominant planning ideologies - modernism in particular - have specifically put a low priority on public space, pedestrianisation and the role of city space as a meeting place for urban dwellers” Jan Gehl, Cities for People 17.
MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 4 .1 MASTERPLAN DIAGRAM OF LIBRARY SITE, OLD ABERDEEN 18.
a vibrant location which interactions of public congregation and commerce on various planes. An aspect of my design that I took from this location was its vertical engagement through the use of terraced streets and buildings of varing scale which creates a constant dialogue between the building frontages. The diagram I have drawn shows the relationship the ground plane has with the terraced street filled with vibrant bars and cafes.
-- Tom Schumacher, “Contextualism: Urban Ideals and Deformations”, 1971
“We respect and enjoy the charm and human scale of the picturesque medievil town, while we destroy - in the name of progress - what little traditional urbanism we possess.”
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Foundress Court that we integrated into our masterplan scheme was the use of public and private courtyards and how buildings can wrap around green space to make it usable for people living there. We also took influences of introducing trees to create a rhythm in the public courtyard and using trees to define scale within the scheme.
FOUNDRESS COURT ERIC PARRY ARCHITECTS
MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 4 .3 FAR STUDIES AND SITE MASSING 21. After being given the schedule of accomodation to fit onto the site I started experimenting with the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) that can occupy the site to add density into this area. This experiment was to increase the scale of a mass on the site to a point where it is too overbearing on surrounding buildings and has no characteristics of human scale. FAR 1.5 FAR 1.5 FAR 1.5 FAR 3 FAR 3 FAR 3 FAR 4.5 FAR 4.5 FAR 4
“A subtractive process in which spaces have been carved out of solid masses. By contrast, the cityin-the-park... Is compositionally the reverse of the traditional city. Composed of isolated buildings set in a park-like landscape, the city-in-the-park presents an experience which emphasises the building volumes and not the spaces which the buildings define or imply.”
Tom Schumacher, “Contextualism: Urban Ideals and Deformations” (1971)
Through working individually on various masterplan schemes we realised collectively that a proposal of having a diagonal cutting through the site, allowingn a new connection between the High St and the Sir Duncan Rice Library. We also followed a siliar lane typology that reflected the surrounding context of paths and roads which started a process of ‘carving out’ space to allow for private courtyards in our scheme.
MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 4 .4 DRAFT MASTERPLAN PROPOSALS 22.
MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 4 .5 FINAL MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 23. 1.BUILDINGMASTERPLANKEYSirDucanRice Library 2. Fraser Noble Building 3. Kings College Chapel 4.Kings College 5. Elphinstone Hall 6. Taylor Library 7. Bishops Table 8. New Kings 9. Elphinstone Road Halls 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The already existing buildings on the site were the Meston Building and the Department of Engineering for the University of Aberdeen. The way that these 2 buildings locked themselves together allowed for an interesting space to be created in the centre, possible a public courtyard? Or a feature that engages with various edges of the building? In stead a servicing and loading bay was placed here instead.
Which is why the proposed masterplan is more successful in activating the square as we have introduced activity and movement at various level of the block, and emphasing the diagonal through the site allows for more vistas that relate with the Sir Duncan Rise Library.
MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 4 .6 MASTERPLAN IN CONTEXT 24.
MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 4 .7 ARIAL VIEW OF MASTERPLAN PROPOSAL 25.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .01 SECTIONAL AXONOMETRIC 26. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .02 MASTERPLAN GROUND FLOOR SCHEME 27. VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
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SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .03 EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC 28. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .04 CROSS SECTION THROUGH PUBLIC SQUARE 29.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .05 PUBLIC SQUARE RENDER 30.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .06 ALLEY SECTION 31.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .07 ALLEY RENDER 32.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .08 WEST ELEVATION AND EAST ELEVATION 33.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .09 PHYSICAL MODEL, SCALE 1:100 34.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK 5 .09 PHYSICAL MODEL, SCALE 1:100 35.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BLOCK HARRIS ST
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private development of 14 Housing units in St Andrews and the site occupies a very narrow plot of land which allowed for the architects to develop a selection of 6 town houses and 8 flats organised around a series of public and private courtyards.
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This project is located in a conservation area so material sensitivity was strongly encouraged and the practice of using contemporary materials was looked at warily. This project has influenced my design by highlighting the opportunity to create semi-private courtyard spaces that is shared between students which was the driver of my terraced design later on.
Analysis of Private Courtyards Figure Ground plan
CIRCULATION: Use of a Parti Wall allows for all vertical circulation to be grouped together, meaning that each HMO property on each floor has there own circulation to prevent STRUCTURE:congestion.Thestructure consists of concrete columns around the facade which span a steel ‘I’ beam through the width of the building. The column spacing is 3m from centre to allow for narrow views looking onto the public square.
VIEWS: The magority of HMO Properties are outwards facing, looking eastward towards the Old Aberdeen High St, this creates a rhythm in the facade and allows for the inward facing terraces to activate the courtyard.
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ACTIVATINGbuilding. THE COURTYARD: By having various functions on different verticals of my design, it allows of the large public square to be activated on multiple levels.
PUBLIC/PRIVATE GROUND FLOOR: The ground floor consists of public functions such as a student reading room, art gallery and cafe shops in a large atrium hall, the ground floor is broken up by the Parti circulation corridors that are privately used by residents. KIMBELL ART MUSEUM PRECEDENT, RENZO PIANO: Inspired by Renzo Pianos use of a lightwell to bring atmospheric light into a subterranian space. I incorporated ythis move into my own building to bring eastward mornign light into the scupture gallery of my
PUBLIC/PRIVATE 2ND FLOOR: The 2nd floor is most student halls of residence with 2 bedroom apartments to the top of the build ing. Semi-Private areas include roof gardens which look out towards the public plaza.
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PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BUILDING MOVES
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BUILDING 6 .3 RENDER OF WEST FACADE 38.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BUILDING 6 .4 RENDER OF EAST FACADE 39.
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BUILDING 6 .5 FLOOR PLANS 40. VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN KEY 1. Bar 1 2. Bar 2 3. Sculpture Gallery 321
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BUILDING 6 .5 FLOOR PLANS 41. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1.KEYReading Room 2. Bar 1 3. Bar 2 4. Painting Galllery 5. Live Work Unit 6. Cafe 1 43256
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BUILDING 6 .5 FLOOR PLANS 42. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED 54321TOP PLAN KEY 1. Reading Room 2. 6 Bed HMO 3. 6 Bed HMO 4. Livework Unit 5. Cafe
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BUILDING 6 .5 FLOOR PLANS 43. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED 2ND FLOOR PLAN KEY 1. 2 Bed Apartments 2. 5 Bed HMO 3. 5 Bed HMO 4. 5 Bed HMO 5. Public Roof Garden 54321
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE BUILDING 6 .5 FLOOR PLANS 44. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED TOP PLAN KEY 1. 2 Bed Apartments 1
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE ROOM 7 .1 READING ROOM PLAN AND SECTION 45. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSION
PROPOSED SCHEME: SCALE OF THE ROOM 7 .3 CAFE PLAN AND SECTION 46. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED PRODUCEDBYAN
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SCHEME: SCALE OF THE ROOM 7 .4 SCULPTURE GALLERY PLAN AND RENDER
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SCHEME: SCALE OF THE ROOM 7 .5 HMO PLAN AND SECTION 48. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED
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