Synthesis

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Synthesis

Structural Sequencing

The centre utilises a CLT construction system, making the main interior walls part of the load bearing structure of the buildings, and the interior walls will act as the secondary reinforcing structure.

In order to achieve the spans across the main workshop space a small glulam frame has to be erected in the main workshop space, this is so the structure can support the floor slabs and maintain the permeable threshold between the classrooms and main workshop.

The tertiary support comes from the existing façade materials

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PRIMARY CLT SECONDARY CLT PRIMARY GLULAM

Technical Detail

The CLT structure is insulated by a retrofitted layer of rockwool insulation, due to the existing brick wall only being cavity insulated, the interior is covered in cork insulation for both noise and fire reasons. The cladding is either the existing gratified brick, or Yakisugi

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Demolished PARTIAL ELEVATION B-B 1:20 A0 TECHNICAL SECTION A-A 1:20 A0 B WORKSHOP MATERIAL STORE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM WC A A WORKSHOP MATERIAL STORE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM WC 1mm Zinc Roofing 50x50mm Mounting Batten 400mm Rockwool Insulation 160mm CLT Roof Panel 20mm Cork Breather Membrane Vapour Control Barrier 160mm CLT Wall Panel 15mm Yakisugi Cladding 300mm Rockwool Insulation 400x100mm Timber Runner 102.5mm Brick Layer 102.5mm Brick Layer 50mm Air Cavity 20mm Parquet Flooring 40mm Cement Screed 280mm CLT Floor Slab 100mm Rockwool Insulation 20mm Cork Insulation 50x100mm Timber Runner 60mm Cement Screed 100mm Neopor Insulation 200mm Concrete Foundation ???mm Existing Foundation (Dimensions Unknown) 60x5mm Window Sill 60x15mm Stone Window Sill 60x30mm Stone Window Lintel 50mm Mortar Bed Existing Proposed Demolished Existing Proposed 30mm (22mm Cavity) Double Glazed Window Cable Tray LED Tube Lighting Water Pipes MVHR Outlet MVHR Exhaust Assembly Screws Plates and Screws Damp Proof Course Gutter WORKSHOP TERIAL ORE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM WC WC WORKSHOP TERIAL ORE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM WC WC

Fire Strategy

The centre was designed in accordance with approved document B. When making the building comply with these regulations I decided that it was to be an institutional building because it has the strictest regulations (18 meters to a fire exit)

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18m 18m 18m 18m WORKSHOP MATERIAL STORE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM BAR AND SOCIAL SPACE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION SPACE STEAM ROOM PLANT ROOM GROUND FLOOR FIRE ESCAPE STRATEGY 1:200 A2 0 10 18m 18m 18m CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM CLASSROOM WC SOCIAL DINING SPACE KITCHEN FLOOR 1 FIRE STRATEGY 1:200 A2 0 10 N 18m 18m 18m FLOOR FIRE STRATEGY 1:200 A3 0 10 N THERAPY ROOM THERAPY ROOM THERAPY ROOM THERAPY ROOM THERAPY ROOM THERAPY ROOM THERAPY ROOM THERAPY ROOM GROUP THERAPY SPACE GROUP THERAPY SPACE 18m 18m

DIY Cladding

My research will be looking into how I would be able to make Yakisugi myself, as well as researching methods of mounting the cladding in a way which would allow for simple maintenance, repair, and replacement if any op the panels are damaged, and for when the yakisugi will need to be re-oiled.

Considering that much of my design will be utilising the existing brick cladding I decided that the Yakisugi should utilise this same concept of re-use and recycling. I chose to investigate the possibility of using pallets due to their ubiquity when considering how much they are littered around back alleys and kerb sides in Newcastle. On one short walk between the Newcastle Uni Student’s Union and Haymarket Metro, I found 15 pallets left, to be only used once, and then to be destroyed.

Considering this I decided to use palette wood for the material for the centre’s Yakisugi. I decided that each of these panels should be 15mm thick, 70mm wide, and 1000 mm long. I worked out from my experimentation that you could get around 7 panels from each palette. 105 panels in total which could cover up to 73.5m2 of façade on my building,

For what I made it took me the this long to do the following:

Stripping: 25 minutes

Sanding: 10 minutes

Trimming: 10 minutes

Charring: 45 minutes

Brushing: 5 minutes

Oiling: 10 minutes (not including drying time of 1 hour)

Drilling: 20 minutes (including marking out holes)

Insertion: 8 minutes

Mounting: 3 minutes

Total: 136 minutes (2 hours and 16 minutes) (3 hours and 16 if including drying time)

Per Panel: 17 minutes (77 minutes with drying time)

Panels per Hour: 3.5 panels

This means that to clad the main building it will take 16 workers a combined 986 hours (or 42 straight days) to make the 6629 panels which are required for the project. However, if the centre were at it’s capacity of 64 people, the time would be quartered (just over 10 days). Also these timings are based off an individual making the system, I estimate there are time saving measures which could shorten production by 33%, making the time 165 hours, or a little under a week.

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Zoning the Centre

Similarly to the earlier precedential studies I undertook I analysed how each of the differing spaces in the centre would interact, this is to help better understand how to enforce these feelings of transition

Unlike the earlier studies I have turned “community” into “connecting”, and “connecting” into “linking”, the interacting shapes have also been abandoned, rather using dots, and shapes which fill the spaces

The programme for the centre is:

Connecting: Social Bar area (ground), residents kitchen (1st floor)

Mending: Resident Accommodation (ground and 1st floor)

Linking: Outdoor exhibition area, and gardens

Making: Workshop and classrooms (ground floor), arts studios (1st floor), Therapists offices (2nd floor)

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Making

Connecting Mending Linking

Grid Based Thinking

When designing the centre much of the design was set up on a 3 x 3 meter grid. The orange sections in this drawings all owe their form to the grid system inspired by Fujimoto and O’Donnel and Tuomey

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102 103 FIRE SHUTTER PLANT ROOM WC TO BE BUILT BY CENTRE GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:200 A1 N A A B B 0 2 5 10 FLOOR 1 PLAN 1:200 A2 N 0 2 5 10

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N 0 2 5 10

SECTION B-B 1:200 A1

DOWNTAKING PLAN 1:500 A3

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SECTION A-A 1:200 A3 WIDE 0 2 5 10 N

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TERRITORIAL DRAWING

Materiality

To carry on the theme of care within conflict, the materials that will clad the building will be the existing gratified brick, and the aforementioned Yakisugi. These have both been chosen because of their aesthetic qualities but also because of the unconventional idea of protection they convey

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Modelling

To reinforce the notion of making and mending I chose to represent my spaces with handmade models. Modelling also enabled me to understand and reinforce the principles of Peter Zumthor which I investigated earlier in the project. I modelled the main interior spaces at 1:50, and the exterior spaces at 1:100

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The Flat

The main mending space of the project, where the visitors to the centre can rest and recharge after a day of making and mending

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The Classroom

Where the users of the workshop will have the ability to produce their own items, learn to use tools, as well as produce sections for the brand new welcome centre.

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The Studio

Where the arts activities for the centre will take place, equipped with adequate table space and shelving, allowing for a wide range of artistic pursuits, which can be undertaken in their own separate, enclosed space.

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The Therapy Room

Where conventional therapies like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can happen alongside the main focus of the centre, focused on the interaction between patient and therapist, these spaces act as one of the primary mending spaces.

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The Bar

Connecting is also another important fixture of the centre, the connecting of the centre primarily happens in this space. A micro pub style bar, adorned with the motifs of local brewers, a space for a very different kind of mending.

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The Workshop

Housing a diverse tool library, in addition to a wide array of machinery the workshop is the primary making space of the centre.

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The Gardens

Utilising the ever present idea of the grid, the gardens make use of what would otherwise be derelict and decaying space, the gardens make usage of archaeological setts to denote the footprint of the original buildings which were cleared to make way for this new development, which focusses on opening a previously shut off area of land.

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The Exhibition Space

The focal point to the centre, the hub of the space which bridges all of the differing spaces together, where the products made by the visitors to the Lochinvar centre can be displayed and celebrated

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The Welcome Building

For those who want to make, but don’t know what to do, they can partake in helping to build the centre’s Welcome Building, the builders in the workshop will completely self build and fabricate this structure. This making them directly responsible for the first interaction most visitors will have to the centre as it grows in size and usage.

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Zumthor’s Final Chapter

I wanted to pay particular homage to Peter Zumthor’s Ninth Chapter; “The Light on Things”, taking photos of my models to truly understand how they interact with the light from the outside The Flat