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82% of all disused furniture ends in landfill, accounting for 42% of all bulk waste, only 0.3% of which is salvaged, despite being highly recyclable. Fast furniture, much like fast fashion, has been described by WWF as decades behind other industries.
The Haven Project offers a solution, collecting the waste free of charge and offering the homeless, ex prisoners and young offenders a fresh start. 85% of juvenile offenders, 55% of ex prisoners and 51% of the homeless are classified as ‘functionally illiterate’ (average reading age below 7). Furthermore, 70% of juvenile offenders, 68% of the homeless and 55-60% of ex prisoners suffer with moderate to severe mental illness. It must be understood that like the waste furniture, these people are merely damaged and not broken. By retrofitting and breathing new life into the due to be demolished 1930s Dex Garage, The Haven Project offers education on literacy and NVQs in furniture making, informal counselling, residency, incubation businesses and another chance.
Architectural Design Project 5 Stage: 3
Broken Things Fixing Broken People:
T h e H a v e n P r o j e c t
1 1 Formal arranged gardens Rejuvenates the area, making the spaces less utility and more recreation. Drawing the public towards Haven encouraging them to visit the shop and rest in the cafe.
4) Mulch
Site Strategy - Haven within Newcastle
3) Multi layered vegetation
First TheStageIterationOnePodoffers a safe and independent way for the homeless to start their journey of social reintegration. This first step is the most critical, developing a strong internal locus of control is crucial to the success of the process. The individual needs to feel they are in control of their future, and that Haven is the place that can help them on this journey. We spend millions in hostile architectural urban design, we imagine if we can’t see the problem of homelessness we don’t need to think about it. Haven introduces a new approach, investing money into homeless pods that can provide shelter and dignity. The Pods - 3 pods located around Newcastle city. - Open visibility. - Recorded message alongside written message on how to get help from The Haven Project. - Cross ventilation. - Secure lock from the inside. - Removable water closet for washing and drinking.
4) Ensuring safety, moving the anti-terror pedestrian bollards to these locations, increasing the public realm.
5) Nearest metro tunnel entrance within the 5 minute walk radius.
CutCharethrough the site building allows pedestrian access from Pilgrim Street to John Dobson Street. Using the historic reference of the Chares of Newcastle. Protected cycleway and secure city bike lockup Protecting the pedestrians from the cyclists with protected lanes and zebra crossings. In replacement of the Dex garage car storage, 74 secure bike lockups on site and opportunity to double this in open storage around the site, encouraging green travel.
2) Bio retention swale
1) Curb retention
Connecting the pr-existing predestrian realm
Homeless Pods Within Newcastle
1, 2 and 3 connected by pedestrianising the current Newbridge Street road, an additional green roof above the Haven furniture shop encouraging people to use the currently dead spaces.
Multi-layered,Bioswale drought tolerant planting helps to combat air pollution, reduces carbon emissions in the atmosphere and attracts wildlife to the city. Flowing rainwater back to rivers in a way that mimics nature cleanly, slowly and sustainably.
Broken Things Fixing Broken people:
Support new and start-up companies in their initial development. Haven providing, low rent workshops, recycled materials, help with administration and space in the Haven shop to sell product. Incubation businesses can ether sell their own product from their shop-front or Haven shop, or commissioned by and sold back to The Haven Project to supplement the main production of furniture, creating bespoke fittings for The Haven Project’s products. Future proofing strategy
Starting volume
Removing space in the centre opens up the new chare. Adding the frame to make a forecourt lobby gives an external space, separating the pedestrian realm but also working with the idea of pulling the building apart. Adding a volume to the North East of the site making a new public realm with green space, coffee shop and furniture shop. Removing the structure but retaining the frame for the future prefabricated incubation businesses. Pulling the volumes apart
The physical disconnection of the building has the psychological advantage of separating the residence from the work, learning and counselling space. The resident unit is a place where work is forgotten. It is also a statement, highlighting the disconnect these people have from a ‘functioning society’.
Incubation businesses
Co-designed incubation businesses built off-site and then fit into the retained frame at the east of the site. This strategy is a sensible, sustainable approach to a building of this typology and scale.
The pre-existing volume of the Dex garage and garage extension.
Retaining frame
General*.t.s.r.q.p.o.n.m.l.k.j.i.h.g.f.e.d.c.b.a. Arrangement Ground Floor Plan External foyer 7.5 smokeless zone Workers' entrance lobby Main access lift Circulation corridor & light well Stage 3 recycling, final finish Incubation businesses Light Outdoortubespublic realm Outdoor cafe seating Haven furniture shop Haven shop office Haven shop cleaners' store Haven cafe Haven cafe kitchen New chare public realm Public workshop Public workshop store Stage 1 store Stage 1 assessment & sorting E-transit drop off and collection Technical cross section C2 1 2 Preventing cold bridge Beams exposed to the exterior are internally wrapped and plasterboard added to prevent cold bridge and condensation forming. Criteria justification Flooring predominantly polished concrete hard wearing, improving ease of clean R12 slip rating. Ramps and slopes left unpolished to achieve R13 slip rating. CLT decking used in additional or modified floor plate; structure stage 3 'final finish'. Level Heights L1. 0.000m L2. 1.550m L3. 3.450m L4. 5.000m L5. 6.900m
Interior perspective depicting the indoor Chare separating the incubation businesses and stage 4 workshop. Skills: Sketchup, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom. Rendered long section Short section showing both existing fabric and new intervention Existing structure 8
Interior perspective depicting stage 3 workshop. Skills: Sketchup, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom.
Exterior perspective depicting discreet and public assess. Skills: Sketchup, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom.
Interior perspective depicting homeless residents unit’s communal space. Skills: Sketchup, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom.
Envelope Construction Pre-existing structure. Published drawing in Archisource ideas pocket book 2022 Pre-existing structure.
1:5 @ A3 Green Roof Detail. 1:5 @ A3 Retrofitted Floor Detail. 9 Retaining pre-existing frame accounting for 48-66% of a building’s embodied carbon (Anderson, J. and Moncaster, A., 2020). Expressing and patching existing framework, concrete floor decking with Kelm concrete finish, preventing further degradation. Beam and column that connects to exterior is wrapped internally preventing cold Primarybridge. Structure and Exploded Axonometric 10 Drawing short-listed in drawing of the year award 2022
Internal Finishes and Services Integration
PlantingSummernative Rowan trees in the summer prevents the atrium overheating. Mature trees offer 80% block Summer solstice: Sun rise: 4:29 Sun set: 21:50 WinterTheRowan tree loses its leave in the autumn allowing the winter sun to pass through south glazing, harvesting the solar gain. Reinforcement to the floor would be required. 70% transmission Winter solstice: Sun rise: 8:30 Sun set: (Hoffmann,15:412022) with fine Lundholm and Russell,
Low flow Wateroter: O - Directing water, increasing flow. -'Evolutionary step in hydro-power’ - 2-6 mph flow -Options 1Kw, 10Kw and 1Mw, depth dependent. (Ferguson, F., 2021.)
A2: Analysis of Site 1) Curb retention 2) Bio retention swale 3) Multi-layered vegetation 4) Mulch 5) Bio retention soil 6) Gravel base
pea gravel surrounding pipe 7) Perforated pipe (Kukadia,
BREEAM Inn 01 Innovation (BREEAM, 2018)Under the surface: - Eric Burn culvert. O - 2 x 4000 gallon petrol tanks. T - Metro line. S - Metro escape vent. W History : - City wall once ran North and East of site. W, O, T - Edge of listed building zone. W Bus, metro, and E-scooters: - Two e-scooter hubs 2-minute walk. S - Bus station 3-minute walk. S - Metro station 2-minute walk. S Cycle routes: - Protected cycle routes to the East of site connecting Market St to St Mary’s Place and the University. S, O -Cafés:Predominantly chain businesses. O Parks and greenery: - Blue Carpet. O - Princess Square. O
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3. RIBA 2030 - Operational energy - Air curtains save up to 30% of heating. -Strategic arrangement reducing over heating, generating heat in chosen locations (residence, open office, education etc.). - Heat exchange unit can save up to 25% - Bio chip boiler is a non fossil fuel heating.
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Triple glazing with argon fill: Used for thermal and acoustic performance: U-value 0.9 Workshop: Glazing area (m ) 347 Wall infill area(m ) 1221 Residence, open office, classroom and counselling: Glazing area (m ) 39 Wall infill area(m ) ==448 Ground impeding floor Material: Internal resistance 1000gScreedpolythene separation layer Xtratherm thin-XT/UF insulation 2000g Raydon resistant DPC Concrete slab Assumed raft foundation T / K = R (W/mK) (m2K/W) 0.300/0.100/0.005/0.150/0.005/0.075/ 0.80.80.020.0220.021.2 ======= 0.3750.1250.256.820.250.0630.12 8.003RT U-value0.125 Flat roof Material: Internal resistance Ash timber decking EPSDPC tapered insulation Concrete slab Fibre acoustic panel board External resistance T / K = R (W/mK) (m2K/W) 0.050/0.100/0.100/0.005/0.030/ 0.040.80.0180.020.12 ======= 0.061.250.1255.560.250.250.12 7.615RT U-value0.13 Part L (Gov.uk,U-value:roof0.132022)Part L (Gov.uk,U-value:floor0.132022) External wall Material: Internal resistance VapourCavityBrick barrier EPSOSB form holding insulation AcousticOSB plasterboard x2 External resistance T / K = R (W/mK) (m2K/W) 0.030/0.020/0.150/0.020/0.005/0.125/ 0.160.130.0180.130.020.6 ========= 0.060.190.158.30.150.250.150.20.12 9.57RT 0.1045U-value Part L (Gov.uk,U-value:wall0.182022) 22 == U=(0.9X347) + (0.1045x1221) 347 + 1221 = 474.5 474.5 / 1607 = total U= 0.295 U=(0.9X39) + (0.1045X448) 39 + 448 = 81.9 81.9/487 = total U= 0.168 22 Part L upgradingwall existing structure U-value: (Gov.uk,0.30 2022) Summer Activity (mets) (Jetté, Sidney and Blümchen, 1990) Clothing (clo) (Nishi, Gonzalez and Gagge, 1978) Temp(c°) Workspace 6.5 0.9 15-18 Recreation room 1.5-2 0.6 21-25 Circulation 2.5 0.6 15-18 Incubationbusiness 6.5 0.9 15-18 Cafe 1.5 0.8 21-25 Office 1.8 0.6 21-25 Winter Workspace 6.5 0.9 15-18 Recreation room 1.5-2 1 21-25 Circulation 2.5 1 15-18 Incubationbusiness 6.5 0.9 15-18 Cafe 1.5-2 1 21-25 Office 1.8 1 21-25 The surface aria for the section with no insulated placer bored or plaster (Figure 1 & 3) floor 4.8���� ���� 2.5 � 12����� Strategically zoning the spaces to prevent over heating. Glazing of the recycling facility(1) allows natural daylight into the building, however, the room is not occupied out of work hours removing the risk of over-heating. Offices(6) to the east naturally begin to heat in the morning, computer screens are located away from widows to prevent glare.
6. WELL - Mind - Access to natural light and appropriate heating promotes a healthy mind.
structure Building intention
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