SEQUENTIAL OCCUPANCY

Occupancy begins with all entrances being accessible to all user groups. The atrium acts as a focal point for all interactions, with any healthcare programmes stemming from interactions within receptions or atriums.

ROOF ITERATIONS: FLAT ROOF

Due to the lack of tall surrounding buildings relative to the site, the roof garners an excess of sunlight and heat that could be utilised as an on-site renewable at all times.

It was first planned to utilise all of the roof space as skylights to capture as much passive daylighting and heating, however it would appear that this would cause excess glare and overheating (Iterations 1 to 2).

Redugin the number of glazed openings on the roof was a step in the right direction to balance out this issue. However, Iteration 3 did not provide enough heating nor lighting into key spaces to iluminate any user tasks or general access space.

As such, it was a balance between all three previous iterations, where iteration 4 reaches a balanced position between passive heating and lighting versus overheating and glaring incident sunlight.

Initial designs to utilise the flat roof with skylights and operable vents