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Seaweed for Well-being Visitor Centre Rathlin, Northern Ireland
Re-Pubblica: Ca’ Tron Visitor Centre Venice, Italy
Casa Di Refugio
Refugee Accommodation for Adolescents
Genoa, Italy
Seaweed for Well-being Visitor Centre
During first three week, students had to research the use of seaweed for various practices. Using the gathered information, this project present proposal for a visitor centre that promotes the use of seaweed for health, wellness and nutrition.
This project envisions that seaweed production, which already is a budding business on Rathlin island, will become a bigger part of the island’s economy. As the seaweed production grows larger, there could also be opportunity to use seaweed as part of the tourism of Rathlin island, which this project is foucused on.
Being located right next to the Manor house, which is currently operated as a guest house, this project aims to help Rathlin Island’s tourism economy alongside other business on the island.
The visitor centre accommodates a multipurpose activity room, seaweed cafe, seaweed cooking class, seaweed spas, seaweed treatment lab and seaweed deliver area for the lab. The centre also features a number of smaller sourtyards and a central courtyards with outdoor footbaths and children play pond.
1. Direct street entrance 2. Accessible ramp entrance 3. Reception/ Activity room 4. Cafe 5. Seaweed cooking class 6. Cafe kitchen
7. Lift
8. Changing rooms
9. Individual bathrooms
10. Footbaths
11. Courtyard
12. Children play pond
13. Seaweed Treatment Lab
14. Seaweed deliver area
15. Semi-outdoor coldwater pool
16. Communal seaweed thermal bath
Year 3, Semester 2
Seaweed for Well-being Visitor Centre
Year 3, Semester 2
Seaweed for Well-being Visitor Centre
The brief of this project was to design a refugee accommodation in Genoa, Italy.
As part of the research, each student had to study refugee accomodation projects across the world as precedent. My precedent was temporary dormitories for burmese children in Thailand that features a timber structure frame which can be easily assembled or dismantled.
For the project design, a structural pattern with crossing bracings was chosen as a focus point and the design progressed centered around the cross bracing.
The timber frame structure then sits on top of the existing building, and could also be assembled and dismantled easily.
Each apartment features a living room, bathroom and two beds located on two mezzanines at di erent levels, hence, giving the impressions of two bedrooms while using less oor area.
1. Main entrance and reception
2. Landing with seating area
3. Dining area
4. Outdoor staircase to residential units
5. Open corridor
6. Living room
7. Bathroom
8. Lower mezzanine bed
9. Upper mezzanine bed
10. Private Balcony
11. Skylight
12. Extensive green roof