AD TECTONICS A BEACON IN THE DARK A BEACON IN THE DARK. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Year 4

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1 A BEACON IN THE DARK A BEACON IN THE DARK This unit will consider the tectonic question through the design of a Foyer for Edinburgh addressing the pertinent and present circumstance of youth homelessness in Scotland where some 12,000 cases of young people running away from home are recorded every year. The question of defining tectonics will be answered in different ways by different people and will be predicated for the most part on their opinions on architecture and more acutely on their opinions of the role of the staples of context, form, materiality, construction, structures and environment in architecture. We will consider tectonic characteristics at the city scale with our chosen context and distinctive site circumstances through to the intimacy of a single small space where The unit name `Beacon in the Dark` reflects the concept of my building as a whole. The Edinburgh Cowgate can be a dark and gloomy place; my building acts as a beacon along this corridor for those who may feel lost. My goal was to design a building with presence that could be easily be inhabited by a variety of individuals. The foyer is a place for growth and upwards progression and my building design reflects these principals. It was designed to act as both a home and a place for therapy without projecting the feeling of institution. The foyer would act as a place for the homeless youth of Edinburgh to arrive in hopes of starting with a fresh slate. LO1 Understanding of tectonic, structural, constructional, environmental and contextual matters. LO2 Ability to research, analyse, synthesize and integrate with design an appropriate technological approach LO3 Skills in deploying specified two- and threedimensional representational techniques correspondent with accepted architectural conventions.

2 ESTABLISHING TERRITORIES D:D B:B A MATERIAL RESPONSE TO SANCTUARY Circumstance of location has been identified, surveyed and recorded and the first tectonic representation of the site and programme is produced. A:A C:C SITE PLAN ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1:1000

3 ESTABLISHING TERRITORIES Existing Site Secions with Church Elevation SECTION A:A SECTION B:B SECTION C:C SECTION D:D ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AT 1:1000

4 ESTABLISHING TERRITORIES PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT Something that remained consistant throughout the design development process, was my approach to the transition from private to public space and this spatial distribution. The space within the area where the church was removed consistantly housed the private spaces and as one moved to the east, the saces would become more public. Due east of the builsing programme would be the public cafe where landscaping would pronounciate the area for external public inhabitation. PROGRAMME ELEVATION ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1:750 ITERATION FIVE ITERATION FOUR ITERATION THREE ITERATION TWO ITERATION ONE PRIVATE SEMI-PUBLIC PUBLIC PROGRAMME KEY

5 PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT Inspiration for the facade design was taken from the surrounding building context of the site that were expressed in the tectonic site models in the previous exercise. A PLACE FOR ALL I HAVE Further tectonic representation of the programme distrobution is established. The room of focus is identified and a first iteration is developed at 1:20. FACADE CONCEPTUAL MODEL FACADE SKETCHES

6 ROOM DEVELOPMENT B:B A:A INITIAL PLANS +1 0 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AT 1: ROOM PLAN +1 - ROOM PLAN ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AT 1:20 SECTION A:A SECTION B:B ROOM EXPLODED ISO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AT 1:20 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AT 1:200

7 CALM COLLISION Room operation and materiality is explored and contextualised within the broader territory of the Foyer. A piece of the building is selected for further tectonic exploration and the building is explored in two physically connected directions; circumstande of site through room and room out to circumstance of site. Structural strategy emerges and is affirmed. ROOM SECTION A:A ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1:500 CONCRETE ON WOOD MATERIALITY TEST MODEL AT 1:20 ROOM DESIGN STRATEGY The strategy behind the room design was to produe condensed, functional and personal space that can be effortlessly inhabited. The warmth provided by the underfloor heating is complimented by the oak materiality lining the concrete walls. The timber-insert that forms the living structure becomes a welcoming space for inhabitation.

8 TECTONIC STATEMENT On the west side of the building, a sandstone façade wraps around the exterior. Holes are punched in the façade to provide residents with space with which they can identify. Here, the stone represents security, and as the building moves to the eastern, more public spaces, glazing becomes the main façade treatment. The glazed façade of the café invites the public inside, and allows for activities within to be seen on the outside. At night, the dark nature of the cowgate can invite mischief. It was decided that a structural system of reinforced concrete would be used as the main load-bearing feature throughout the building. It was important for the landscape introduced at the front of the building to create a barrier between passersby and those who belong or wish to enter the foyer. Yet, it was not only designed as a barrier but as a place in which various spaces for inhabitation are presented. The space that has been designed is inviting and presents the opportunities for events to be held within it. Landscaping in the rear is more private, surrounded by a stone wall; residents can move freely through the space, with no fear of intruders. The varied bedrooms are consistent in size within their type, and all present the opportunities for unique approaches to inhabitation. The single parent rooms span across two floors with a mezzanine level and incorporate bunk beds. Each room was thought out specifically in terms of functionality and in relation to the human form. FORM AND SITE MODEL MODEL AT 1:200

9 DETAIL SPECIFICATIONS 1 Floor 75 mm ultraflo screed with under floor heating Rubber pads for installation of under floor heating pipes Vapor barrier Separating layer 75 mm insulation 250 mm concrete slab = 400 mm slab 5 2 External Walls 290 mm sandstone (bracket and steel angle to take siding) 50 mm cavity and ties 15 mm osb backing 175 mm thermal insulation with timber studs 175 mm reinforced concrete wall 100 mm timber soft oak = 805 mm wall 4 3 Internal walls 200 mm polished concrete 100 mm thermal insulation with timber studs 100 mm timber soft oak? = 400 mm wall 4 Astro-turf Roof 3 20 mm astro-turf 130 mm compression- resistant insulation 220 mm reinforced concrete 100 mm thermal insulation 50 mm timber soft oak = 600 mm roof Shingle Roof 15 mm timber shingles 45 mm timber sheathing 250 mm timber rafters packed with insulation 100 mm thermal insulation 100 mm timber soft oak = 510 mm roof 2 ISOMETRIC ROOM DETAILS DIAGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THE `WHOLE` AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE `PART ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1:200

10 REFINING A CONVERSATION A complete consideration of context, scale, programme, structure, form expression and resident has now been achieved. The final iteration of the complete foyer proposal is produced: the protagonist s first day. SOUTH ELEVATION ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1:200

11 GROUND FLOOR ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1:200 1 Communal living space 2 Resident entrace 3 Administration space 4 Private wash space 5 Foyer entrance 6 Reception 7 Kitchen 8 Cafe 9 Cafe patio

12 FIRST FLOOR ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1: Single rooms 11 Shared kitchen 12 Male washroom 13 Female washroom 14 Wardens apartment 15 Resource and education suite 16 Consultation room

13 SECOND FLOOR ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1: Male washroom 13 Female washroom 14 Wardens apartment 17 Single parent rooms 18 Single occupancy rooms 19 Shared living space 20 Washing space 21 Wardens office 22 Creche 23 Group meeting rooms

14 COMPLETENESS THIRD FLOOR ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1: Single parent rooms 22 Creche 24 Externl activity space

15 COMPLETENESS C:C B:B A:A ROOF PLAN SECTION A:A SECTION B:B SECTION C:C ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AT 1:200

16 COMPLETENESS DETAIL SECTION Detail Section A:A ORIGINAL scale 1:50 DRAWING AT 1:50 Detail Section A:A scale 1:50 1- FLOOR 75 mm ultraflo screed with under floor heating Rubber pads for installation of 2 - GLAZING 2x12.5mm double glazing in thermally divided steel frame 3 - SHINGLE ROOF 20 mm timber shingles ice & water shield 150 mm timber rafters 4 - ASTRO-TURF ROOF 20 mm astro-turf 130 mm compression-resistant insulation 5 - EXTERNAL WALL 400 mm sandstone 50 mm cavity 175 mm thermal insulation 1- FLOOR 2 - GLAZING under floor heating 3 - pipes SHINGLE ROOF 4 - ASTRO-TURF 100 mm thermal ROOF insulation 220 mm reinforced 5 - EXTERNAL concrete WALL 175 mm insitu concrete 75 mm ultraflo screed with 2x12.5mm double glazing Vapor barrier 20 mm timber shingles 20 mm 100 mm astro-turf timber soft oak 100 mm thermal 400 insulation mm sandstone Separating layer total 370 mm 100 mm timber soft oak under floor heating in thermally divided 75 steel mm insulationice & water shield 130 mm compression-resistant total 600 mm 50 mm cavity Rubber pads for installation of frame 250 mm concrete 150 slabmm timber rafters insulation 175 mm thermal insulation under floor heating pipes = 400 mm slab 100 mm thermal insulation 220 mm reinforced concrete 175 mm insitu concrete Vapor barrier 100 mm timber soft oak 100 mm thermal insulation Separating layer total 370 mm 100 mm timber soft oak 75 mm insulation total 600 mm SB CW 250 DRmm MOconcrete WW slabmedia = 400 mm slab

17 COMPLETENESS ELEVATION AND SECTION TECTONIC MODEL ORIGINAL DRAWING AT 1:20 MODEL AT 1:20