NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY Caruso St Johns

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Client Nottingham ContemporaryStructural engineers Ove Arup and Partners/Elliottwood PartnershipServices engineer Ove Arup and PartnersQuanTIty Surveyor/Project managerJackson ColesTheatre consultant CharcoalblueAcousTIcs TimLewers

THe site is located at Nottingham’s Lace Market, the quarter is characterized by warehouses and brick factories, to the west side there is a major road and tram line running right next to the building.surrounding buildings were mainly built with bricks of dark brown and grey colours, an-other main feature would be the immediate brick built victorian railway cutting at the site

LOW GRADE INDUSTRIAL PLOT VERSUSnew and trendy Lace Market District

Group Members: Oliver Boaler, Keith Chan, Aoife Cullimore, Henry LascelleS

Allgood - Ironmongery

Kvadrat - Fabric

Arch Timber -Fire Impregnation

TMEC - Ironmongery

Geze - Ironmongery

Solaglas - GlazingEckelt - Glazing

Reckli -Lace Mould Manufacturer

Altro - PVC Lining

MDM Props - Signage (Neon Sign)

Kaydee Blinds - Blinds

Powershield Doors -Doors (Steel Doorsets)

Torclad - Roofing (Green Roof System)

Architectural Products Ltd -Rooflights

Trent Concrete -External Cladding (Pre-Cast Concrete)

Northfield Construction -In-Situ Concrete Frame

Dorma - Ironmongery

Silent Gliss - Curtain Rails

Adstone - Structural Steel-work

McKenzie Grant - Windows, Doors, Curtain Walling

MANUFACTURERS/CONTRACTORS/SUPPLIERS

AESTHETIC STRATEGY:

FORM RESEMBLES SHIPPING CONTAINERS- INDUSTRIAL

MATERIALS USED - GOLD AND TEXTURALORNAMENTS - TRENDY LACE MARKET DISTRICT

NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY Caruso St JohnsPLAY OF MATERIALS

(EXTERIOR CLADDINGS)MATERIALS RESPONDS TO THE SITE (INTERIOR FINISHES)

As you make youR way down to the lower levels, the construction

and the materials turns more robust.

TOP FLOOR - GALLERIES LIGHT, BRIGHT - INSTALLED WITH SKYLGIHTS,

WHITE, TIMBER FLOORING AND SMOOTH FINISHING

LOWER PART - ROUGH, DARK AND ROBUST, GIVES IMPRESSION OF A

STORAGE SPACE. THE ARCHITECTS WANTED TO GIVE THE FEELING OF THE ROOM BEING

EXCAVATED deep into the sandstone cliFF.

FACADE ELEMENTS:GLOSSY GOLD ANODISED ALUMINIUM

HUGE GLAZED WINDOWSMaTTe, Textural Green CONCRETE

GOLD ANODISED ALUMINIUM[CONVEX]

THE BILLOWING PROFILE NOT ONLY CON-TRASTS WITH THE CONCAVE SHAPE OF THE PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS BELOW, IT ALSO SERVES TO STIFFEN THE VERY THIN & TALL SHEETS OF ALUMINIUM.

GREEN PRECAST CONCRETEWITH LACE PATTERNS[CONCAVE]

THIS PROFILE ALSO HELPS WITH THE PROTEC-TION OF THE CASTED SURFACE SINCE THE PATTERNS CURVE INWARDS. SHADOW MAKES THE PATTERN STAND OUT MORE WHEN LIGHT IS SHONE AT AN ANGLE

CHARACTER OF THE INTERIOR CORRESPONDS TO THE TOPOGRAPHY & SPECIFIC QUALITIES OF THE SITE - SANDSTONE CLIFF

WHY CONCRETE?MOULDABLE/SCULPTURAL

DURABILITYLOW MAINTENANCE

PREFABRICATION

UPPER FLOOR GALLERYWHITE PLASTERBOARDTIMBER FLOORINGBRIGHT WITH SKYLIGHTSOME GALLERIES HAVEGLAZED WINDOWSTO THE OUTDOORS

STAIRCASECONCRETEEXPOSEDCHROME-FINISHEDHANDRAILS

BASEMENT SPACEDARK, ROUGH CONCRETE yet with TIMBER FLOOR suggests SOME PRESTIGEIDEAL FOR PER-FORMANCE ART and FILMS

CONCEPT OF “FOUND SPACE” USE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS TO CREATE JOURNEY

PRECAST CONCRETELACE-ORNAMENTS FACADE

The design is based on a sample of Victorian lace found in a TIme capsule from 1847, unearthed when a new supermarket was being built in Nottingham. The pattern was given to SPECIALISTS, who then used digital imaging and laser technology to capture and replicate the exact pattern in 3 dimensional form. This technical approach was used to produce a master mould. The mould was then sent to Germany, where rubber mould supplier Reckli was able to transfer the design onto a durable rubber mat. The mat was then used by Trent Concrete in Nottingham during the casting process.

MATERIALS TO EXPRESS CULTURE?

TEXTILEORNAMENTAL QUALITY

PAYS HOMAGE TO LOCAL HERITAGE

NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY Caruso St Johns

1. LACE SAMPLES2. DIGITAL IMAGINGinto 3D

3. RUBBER MOULD DONE

4. POUR THE CONCRETE IN WITH THE MOULD CAST

5. FINAL PRODUCTIONCONCRETE PANELS PRE-FABRICATED, EACH PANEL CONTAINS A PAIR OF PATTERNS 6. SENT TO SITE FOR CONSTRUCTION

ALL CASTING WAS DONE IN NOTTINGHAM BY

TRENT CONCRETE

CONSTRUCTION & DETAILINGNOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY Caruso St Johns

CONSTRUCTION INFORMS SPACE-MAKING MATERIAL INFORMS CONSTRUCTION

STRUCTUREIN-SITU REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMESTEEL STRUCTURE for Roof and cladding

ANODISED ALUMINIUM COPING

CURVED PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS WITH LACE PATTERNS

Insulated golden ano-dised pressing aluminium frame

DOUBLE GLAZING WINDOWU VALUE =1.3 W/m2

BLACK POLISHED PRECASTCONCRETE PANEL

[GREEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION]

STEEL UB I-BEAMPRIMARY STRUCTURE

STAINLESS STEEL PRECAST PANEL FIXING

SECONDARY STEEL STRUCTURE

WHITE PLASTERBOARD FINISH

Timber Flooring

CORNERDETAIL

HOW CONSTRUCTION ANDUSE OF MATERIALS AFFECT SPACE MAKINGThe galleries are defined by thin, non load bearing walls, and are connected by large glazed openings that afford views across the width and length of the floor and which lend flexibility to how this suite of rooms can be used.

Steel roof construction allows numerous skylights to be installed and thus create such open and bright gallery spaces.

The 1.5 metre depth of the concrete beams that span the space accommodate a fully flexible theatrical rig.