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Component 1 Tedi Koleva

BRIEF: For this project I will be designing a performing arts centre for people with illnesses, which will be featuring a dance studio to be used for rehearsals as well as physiotherapy. It will also feature a venue where people will have to opportunity to show their progress to others and enjoy other performances of extraneous people.

The centre will be located on a brownfield site, previously used as an ice arena in Romford, London. The ice arena closed in 2013 and the land has been left unused ever since. There have been several plans for the space to be used as housing, however no building has gone ahead. I think that building this centre will bring great benefits to the local people in need and help a lot of people with disabilities with their rehabilitation process as well as their overall wellbeing. Additionally, I think that it will be a good idea to incorporate public gardens into the remaining space. Finally, the site is closely located to Romford Town centre and the hospital, meaning there are great transport links and a parking, making the place easily accessible for everyone.

THEMES My chosen theme for this project is movement and flow, because it links with the purpose of the building, matching the overall theme of movement. I would also like to incorporate small parts of theme of organic and nature in order to make building blend in with the surroundings more and avoid the area looking crowded

SPECIFICATION: - A studio for rehearsals/rehab - Concert hall with 200+ seats - Changing rooms - Toilets for visitors and performers - Reception - Parking - Public Space Area - Café area - Accessibility for everyone

| Location information Site Analysis For this project, I have chosen the location of my building to be a brownfield site next to Queens hospital, Romford, RM70AG. The hospital was designed by Jonathan Bailey Associates and built by Bovis Lend Lease at a cost of £312 million on Rom Valley Way between 2004 and 2006. It consists of four, circular, five-storey buildings, connected and surrounded by a wider two-storey building. The ground and first floor levels generally consist of diagnostic treatment, whilst the upper levels consist of inpatient services and wards.

Next to the hospital used to be located the Romford Ice Arena, which closed in 2013. Since then, the land has become a brownfield. This is why it is a perfect location for a performing arts centre for people with needs without compromising greenfield land or land currently in use. The location benefits from great transport links connecting it to the near Romford Town centre, which is a 5-minute bus journey away.

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| Site layout Design+ Analysis On the site there are 2 previously used parking lots. I believe that it would be beneficial for the space to only keep one parking in use and use the other grounds to turn into a lake. The remaining area from the site, where an ice are was built upon, has been demolished since 2013 giving me grounds to build the performing arts centre on. This gives me freedom to experiment more with different types of styles and designs as well as the size of the building without wasting or damaging land.

I would like to keep the other parking as functioning as it is big enough for use for enough people who would be using or visiting the premises. Furthermore, I could use the already existing green space and improve it, turning it into a public space where anyone can visit and get some relaxing time, surrounded by nature.

For example, people working in the hospital could go there in their breaks to relax from their busy working environment. Also, patients staying in the hospital for a longer period could use the space for daily walks or just to spend a bit of time outside and enjoy nature.

Seating Area

Entrance

Playground Area for Kids Performing arts centre Parking

Public space

Layout Idea 1

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This is the layout which I would like to use as a final decision. I decided to turn one of the parking lots into a lake where people can enjoy the calming view of swans and water flowing. I also decided to include space for playground area as well as a seating area where people can get some fresh air and just enjoy nature. There will be numerous pavilions and a variety of seating areas on the site. The remaining space will be filled with gardens and nature.

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Performing Arts Centre Lake with seating area around it

| Location research Local Architecture

The Mercury Shopping Centre

The Brewery

Queen’s Hospital

B&M Pets at home

| secondary research Organic Architecture

Organic architecture is the idea of designing and building a building or structure that offers a balance between being able to serve as the purpose they have been created for and still fit into the surrounding environment, allowing the materials and nature around it to cooperate with each other in harmony.

Organic structures are typically seen to look as if they blend into the landscape or rise from it.

It revolves around the concept that buildings, as any living organism, must PLAN growVIEW from within its environment and adapt to it. There are many ways in which this can be accomplished as for example natural daylighting, operable windows, potted plants, water features, ventilation and living roofs.

An example of organic architecture is the building “Lotus Temple” designed by the Iranian-Canadian architect Fariborz Sahba in New Delhi, India. The meaning behind its Lotus-flower shape is idea that 'out of the murky waters of our collective history of ignorance and violence, mankind will arise to inhabit a new age of peace and universal brotherhood’. It’s a Bahá'í House of Worship, where worshippers of all denominations are welcomed.

Plan View Show the symmetry that can exist in nature naturally

Elevation View

Interior Space The interior space follows the shape and theme of the exterior It incorporates large, tall spaces with seats at the entrance of each “lotus petal Besides the main hall, the complex consists of an ancillary block with a reception centre, a library and an administrative office Light filters into the central hall in the same way as it passes through a lotus flower

PLAN VIEW

Exterior features lined grid similarly to Zaha Hadid architecture to increase flexibility and enhance movement and flow of structure

| secondary research Ribbon Chapel- Hiroshima, Japan

The Chapel was designed by Hiroshi Nakamura NAP Co Ltd. It is situated in the garden of the hotel “ Bella Vista Sakaigahama”, Onomichi.

The idea behind the design is 2 stairways entwining into each other to represent 2 people coming together as they would in a marriage.

One staircase would be unstable by itself hence the need of 2 to support each other.

The building’s exterior uses mot many materials as it only uses upright wood panels painted in white, as well as titanium zinc alloy, which is resistant to damage from sea breeze, and it is pliable to curvature. The titanium zinc alloy is used to make most of the structures of the building, allowing a simple design only using one material.

Another thoughtful tradition of weddings that happen in this chapel is the bride and groom walking their way up through separate staircases. This is done to show they have lived separate lives but at the end they come together as one.

Cross-Section of the chapel Shows the distribution of levels and the movement of stairs which creates flow

Unlike usual buildings, the entwi roofs, eaves, walls, and floors to

Close up of stairs To explore movement of structure Repeated use of lines along structure

Inside of the chapel The altar stands before the tree, and 80 seats are positioned for views to the ocean through the trees

ining stairways perform as o produce the building’s spaces

| secondary research Heydar Aliyev Center- Baku, Azerbaijan

Elevation View

Elaborate formations such a and inflections modify thi landscape, performing a va welcoming, and directing vis the interior

The Heydar Aliyev Center was designed by Zaha Hadid, following a competition in 2007.

It was designed to become the primary building for the country’s cultural programs.

It is easily distinguished from the other architecture in Baku, which was often monumental and rigid. Its aim is to aspire the nation to express sensibilities to Azeri culture and optimism that looks to the future. The design establishes a fluid relationship between the surrounding plaza and the interior of the building. The plaza gradually rises to allow everyone to discover the interior spaces, dedicated to the celebration of contemporary and traditional Azeri culture. The buildings shapes blur the conventional differentiation between urban landscape and an architectural object.

Elevation View

as undulations, folds, bifurcations s surface into an architectural ariety of functions: embracing, sitors through different levels of Auditorium

The interior follows the flowy structure of the exterior design , splitting into different levels, making the building more complex and acting as a guide for people to follow from the entrance

Corridors

Different levelled floors inside

Exterior details Lines following through design reinforcing the fluidity

| primary research Combining research into a design

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This is what the exterior of the building could look like (inspired by anthurium flower)

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| model making Primary research and experimenting with shapes

This model inspired me to make an alternative design, which still incorporates the circular shapes, however, also includes a balcony and one of the spheres is transformed into a hemisphere. The inside of the hemisphere curves inwards, leasing into the entrance for the balcony, directing people to the auditorium.

| primary research Combining research into a design

Plan View Balcony

Entrance

| model making Primary research and experimenting with shapes

Auditorium Interior Alternatively, this shape inspired me to design the interior of the auditorium as a 3-levelled space It features seating areas on all 3 levels with the stage on the other side The levels on the top would have the illusion of being intertwined

I created this model in order to experiment with shapes, incorporating some elements from primary research which I have gathered. I think that the model was partially successful and helped me get more ideal on how to continue with the design of the building.

| primary research Combining research into a design

| model making Primary research and experimenting with shapes

| Primary research Development of ideas into structures

Seating area Could be a bench or se Looks like a shell as we the primary photo so be near the lake

Pavilion Seating area underneath Here people can sit in the shade or when it’s raining

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Playing Area for kids

Pavilion with seating area

Structure that could go around columns supporting the building

| PRIMARY RESEARCH Inspired by Lotus Temple

Wavy layers inspired by the model as well as the layers of the rose and the wavy patter of the leaves

Balcony

For people to enjoy the view of the gardens and to get some air

Entr

| Model making Inspired by Lotus Temple+ Primary photos

Outline of primary photo which inspires paper model

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Supporting column Makes the shape of the building asymmetrical

This model is inspired by a primary photo of a rose, which I turned upside down.

I liked the spherical shape that was formed by the paper as it would be compatible with one of the spaces that would be featured in the buildingan auditorium.

Furthermore, the wavy shapes which formed on the other side of the building inspired me to turn them into a balcony.

| model making Developed model 1 Evaluation: For this model I developed the idea from combining primary research (rose) and secondary research (lotus temple), which were then developed into a quick model and further drawn sketches of. I have kept the overall shape of the previous physical model; however, I have refined it a lot more and I gave purpose to each part of it.

I think I could improve this model by using different materials to experiment and further develop it.

I decided on making the building asymmetrical by adding a supporting column on the left side, as it adds more character to it and creates space that could be used as sheltered area in between the building and the column.

Elevation View

Plan View

| interior development Developed model 1

Theatre hall

| secondary research Practice Room REQUIREMENTS: • The minimum space guide is 10m x 9m • Classes over 30 people require space of 150 squared metres • A sprung floor system is the best choice when considering floor design because it offers the support needed, without compromising cost • Vinyl floor can also be used in a combination with sprung floor system • A height of 3.5m is recommended • Temperature requirement is a constant of 21-25C • Sound installation and acoustic modelling is an initial requirement to consider as hard surfaces and adjoining spaces can make insulation and acoustic modelling a highly important consideration • Mirrors are also essential for a dance studio or practice room as it allows performers to consider self-feedback easily and is useful when practicing • A good option for sound installation is an all-in-one system with an amplifier, some loudspeakers and the ability to use a personal MP3 player • In terms of lighting, spotlights create a warm and welcoming effect and they’re highly functional and relatively cheap to install • The requirement for dance barres is: - 0.914m from floor for children aged up to 14, 32mm diameter - 1.067m from floor for adult use, 45mm diameter

| secondary research Interior Design Moodboard

| secondary research Theatre Gallery of Multi-Functional Auditorium, National Central University / JJP Architects & Planners - 29 (archdaily.com)

| secondary research REQUIREMENTS: • Plaster is one of the most commonly used materials to literally shape the architecture of concert hall acoustics. To do this, they have to be from 1.5 to 2 inches thick. This is to keep it stiff and prevent vibrations, as that will cause absorption of low frequencies.

• Wood and wood paneling. Wood, often used in concert hall design for aesthetic reasons, must be installed with care.

Thin wood paneling with air space behind it (i.e., on furring) will allow unwanted low frequency absorption through panel vibration—much as thin plaster and gypsum board do.

• Wall panelling is often curved and will be solid to aid acoustic performance.

Balcony fronts should be treated in a similar way and can incorporate house lighting.

• The key to the excellent acoustic experience in shoebox shaped-halls lies largely in the narrow walls. Sound reflecting off the side walls can provide a remarkable sonic experience in these cuboid halls.

• between 1,500 to 2,500 seats in total • It is usual to have a volume of between 12 m³ to 15m³ per seat.

• The location of staff accommodation is also important. A successful concert hall relies on its performers and technical staff working together, and so accommodation design should strengthen the organisation’s culture, identity and values.

| secondary research Theatre

| secondary research Facades