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PORTFOLIO | STAGE 3

Ole Petter SteenBA ArchitectureNewcastle University2014 - 2015

Stage 3 Academic Portfolio

Author Ole Petter SteenStudent Number 120353448Element Number [AP4] Element Title Final Design SubmissionModule ARC3001Year 2014 - 2015

A portfolio submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of BA Hons Architecture

Date Submitted 26.05.15

PORTFOLIO | STAGE 3

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Ole Petter Steen

BA ArchitectureSchool of Architecture

Planning and LandscapeNewcastle University

United Kingdom

[email protected]+47 41363190

steenarchitecture.com

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CHARRETTE

STUDIO 6: INFRASTRUCTURES Infrastructure Research Disassemble Exercise Briefs in Response Contraption: PayBook

GRADUATION PROJECT Project Brief Precedent Studies Germany Field Trip Design Proposal

RESEARCH BOOKLETS Typological Study London Site Visit Germany Field Trip

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Semester 1

Semester 2

CONTENTS

HADRIANS MEDAL 2015

Nominated for

CHARRETTE

This Charrette responds to the theme “Seeing things differently” under 2 complementary points of view. By looking at public spaces and situations as places to host new fantasies (1) and by extending the life of discarded materials which have been thrown away or are waiting to be recycled (2).

The idea is to see waste as an opportunity.

Seeing Things Differently: Un-wasting OpportunitiesCHARRETTE WEEK 2014

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By combining books and wasted materials, such as glass bottles and pallets, we have created an installation that will re-invent the purpose of various public spaces. ‘Growing Interest’ is designed to attract and draw public attention to the importance of education, while simultaneously extending the life of old books. The tree simply symbolises a growing interest in the use of recycled materials as viable construction method. The aim is to provide a scene for a book exchange in an attempt to boost community trust and development.

GROWING INTEREST A book exchange

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The Public Realm

Public space is all around us, a vital part of everyday urban life; the street we pass through on the way to University, the places where children play, or where we encounter nature; the local parks in which we enjoy sports, walk the dog or sit at lunchtime; or simply, somewhere quiet to get a moment away from the busy daily life.

In other words, public space is our open air living room, or outdoor leisure centre

Scan to see full videofrom Charrette Week

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INFRASTRUCTURES

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Infrastructures Studio has set itself the challenge of addressing the small and intermediate scales of intervention into changing infrastructures in the North-East. Setting scenarios of future change, developing specific material responses to these scenarios, and deploying mechanisms of infrastructural renewal are the primary focus of the studio’s semester one projects.

Semester One Research and Device ProjectSTUDIO 6: INFRASTRUCTURES

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STUDIO INTRODUCTION

Infrastructure forms the substrata of our lives. We live in amongst a web, a network of connections that intersects almost all areas of urban and rural environments. These infrastructures are always, to some extent, physical – they have a material existence that is in a constant state of flux: as technologies change, their distribution channels alter too. And they leave legacies – ones that offer the potential to be rethought, reimagined and reintegrated into the fabric of the city.

As in many (if not all) periods of technological change, we see social and cultural change develop apace. Scenarios once imagined become real. Where once formidable forms of material infrastructures appeared inviolable, they now fall to decline, disuse or disrepair. But they mark our landscapes and cityscapes in myriad ways. In the northeast, the remnants of industrial pasts form a palimpsest of potential: structures, spaces, technologies lie dormant, ready to be reawakened to meet needs and address scenarios of cultural change.

Part of Preface in Infrastructure Booklet by Edward Wainwright, Studio Leader

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W E E K L Y S T U D I O

T U T O R I A L S

V I S I T S T O A R T

E X H I B I T I O N S

C O L L A B O R A T I O N

W I T H S T A G E 6

1 : 1 C O N S T R U C T I O N

I N T H E W O R K S H O P

E X T E R N A L R E V I E W E R S

A N D E N G I N E E R S

L O N D O N

S I T E V I S I T

G E R M A N Y

F I E L D T R I P

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TYPOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Bridges

Car Parks

Docks

Elevayed Highway

Railway

Staiths

Perhaps slightly counterintuitively, but one of the most fundamental infrastructures for any vehicular transportation is the place where they park. These can been found all around the world, and altough sizes might vary slightly from country to country, the overall spatial organisation is generally remarkably similar.

The aim of this typological study over the next pages is to get a deeper understanding of emerging patterns, textures and layouts of car parks.

Please refer to the group research booklet called ‘Typology: Infrastructure’ for a complete study of the other types of infrastructure mentioned above.

SELECTED TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE

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* SMALL SCALE

External car parks can been found all around the world, and altough sizes might vary slightly from country to country, the overall spatial organisation is generally remarkably similar.

The aim of this typological study is to get a deeper understanding of emerging patterns, textures and layouts of external car parks by comparing them at different scales.

* Images in the courtesy of their respected owners

EXTERNAL CAR PARKS

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MEDIUM SCALE * LARGE SCALE *

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Most cities across the world tend to erect multi- storey car parks in order to tackle issues regarding inreasing densifying urban areas.

These structures are very land efficient, and are normally constructed using set of standard techniques and materials. Despite varying greatly in size and height, its a common conception that car parks is not particularly aesthetically pleasing, as focus are being placed on function rather than design.

By comparing car parks across the country on a set of determined criterias in a typological manner, the differences and similarities become apparent.

* Images in the courtesy of their respected owners

CAR PARK STRUCTURES

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TYPOLOGICAL COMPARISON 1 OF 3

F A C A D E

M A N O R S

N E W C A S T L E

W O O D H O U S E L A N E

L E E D S

A L B E R T S T R E E T P A R K I N G

B I R M I N G H A M

P I C A D I L L Y C A R P A R K

M A N C H E S T E R

W E L B A C K S T R E E T

L O N D O N

L I V E R P O O L O N E

L I V E R P O O L

C H A R L E S S T R E E T

S H E F F I E L D

* SMALL SCALE

E N T R A N C E /E X I T

V E R T I C A L L A Y O U T

I N T E R I O RL A Y O U T

P E D E S T R I A NR O U T E S

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MEDIUM SCALE

TYPOLOGICAL COMPARISON 2 0F 3

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M A N O R S

N E W C A S T L E


L E E D S


B I R M I N G H A M


M A N C H E S T E R


L O N D O N


L I V E R P O O L


S H E F F I E L D

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LARGE SCALE

F A C A D E





M A N O R S

N E W C A S T L E


L E E D S


B I R M I N G H A M


M A N C H E S T E R


L O N D O N


L I V E R P O O L


S H E F F I E L D

TYPOLOGICAL COMPARISON 3 OF 3

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Type Parking InfrastructureLocation Newcastle Upon TyneParking Spaces 587Year 1960’s

The A167 is a large, heavily used road which has both through and access traffic. It has a strong relationship to Manors Car Park as it flows both underneath and around the building. The design of the Car park is very much dictated by the highway intersecting it.

MANORS CAR PARK

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A

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D

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12,500 25,000 37,500 50,000

26,136

32,520

10,442

47,046

32,319

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Motorway (A167)

Manors Car Park

Other Buildings

Map of the site with A167 highlighted Number of vehicles on the road at specific locations (2010) Source: www.itoworld.com

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Map of the site and related parking infrastructure Number of parked cars in the area

Existing Car Parks

Areas of high concentration of parked cars

Manors Car Park

Other Buildings

Number of parking spaces at Manors Car Park Number of parked cars in the area

5 8 7 7 3 4

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Map of safe pedestrian access routes Map of railroad leading to Newcastle Central Station

Safe Pedestrain Routes

Manors Car Park

Other Buildings

Railroad

Manors Car Park

Other Buildings

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TYPOLOGY OF MANORS CAR PARK

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To further expand on our studio’s research into infrastructural types and specific material conditions, we were asked to dismantle a fully analogue object.

In doing so, I acheived a better understanding of the mechanical process, particularly the relationship between the exterior of the object and its internal working structure.

DISSASSEMBLY EXERCISE

Please scan QR-Code to see the full clip of the dissassembly process in a time-lapse video.

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EXPLODED VIEWIn an attempt to fully understand the intricate internal mechanism of an analogue clock, I tried to put it back together as if the clock was being pulled a part horizontally. And in order to comply with the studio’s infrastructural ethos, I used a suspended bridge as support.

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PAYING WITH KNOWLEDGE

In our society money alone is the only currency of true value, which in turn creates massive differences in society. Especially in the manufacturing sector, cheaper labour costs overseas make production companies choose new factories abroad rather than the original country of the product. Employees experience massive lay-offs, as both the product and the knowledge leaves the country.

I propose a mechanism that redefines the value of knowledge, and perhaps more importantly, keeps it in the local region.

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CREATING THE BRIEF

SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT 1 OF 3

Vehicles are the single most influential cause of harmful smog in cities.

Trees made of recycled plastic infesting an old car park, using a bio-mimicry inspired meth-od (Humidty Swings) to transform CO2 to O2.

Air pollution is not only high levels of CO2, but also harmful particles and dust.

Tidal energy runs a fan that extracts polluted air through a system that, by using conden-sation caused by the difference in temp. col-lects dust particles.

CO2 is lighter than air and needs to be cap-tured before it reaches the atmosphere.

Using people going from one side to another, this device constantly paints the bridge with Titanium Dioxide. Reacts with UV and reduces air pollution.

C A R P A R K S

A I R P O L L U T I O N

G L O B A L

P R O B L E M

S C E N A R I O

O F C H A N G E

P R O P O S E D

S K E T C H

D O C K S

B R I D G E S

SCENARIO DESCRIPTION

In later years many major cities see alarmingly high levels of air pollution caused by the increasing number of vehicles in the city centre. This is especially true during rush hours, and in cold weather. In some places governments are forced to implement highre taxes and other restricting measures to try and minimize the pollution. Most countries are also making petrol more expensive as to try and limit car use.

As we move towards a more sustainable future, we would hopefully see a decrease in the demand for cars. This trend of less driving and auto ownership is making designers rethink the future for car parks.

Cities can take the lead by rewriting zoning and building codes to require garage developers to meet the minimal adaptability requirements. As for the developers themselves, Fisher says they’ve been very receptive to the idea, perhaps because they see a less-car dependent future coming. “I think they’re worried about building parking garages that don’t really have a long-term use,” he says.

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Following urban growth of large population centres in England, the buildup of waste in wa-terways causes rapid deterioration in levels of sanitation.

Revers the cycle, using the staiths as a filter to catch the waste and transport it away using trains. Could be used for biofuel elsewhere.

Dramatic increase in waste for disposal, es-pecially along roads and underneath elevat-ed highways.

Create symbiotic par-asites that crawl along the motorway, cleaning the roads. The waste are used to charge the parasites to do more work.

Floating plastic in wa-terways is an increasing problem, in is a threat to both wildlife and the global environment.

Mass production of self-dissolving ducks that in turn bring Plastic Eating Microbes along the major ocean cur-rents to dissolve float-ing plastic debris.

S T A I T H S

W A S T EM A N A G E M E N T

G L O B A L

P R O B L E M

S C E N A R I O

O F C H A N G E

P R O P O S E D

S K E T C H

E L E V A T E D H W Y

B R I D G E S


We generate about 177 million tonnes of waste every year in England alone. This is a poor use of resources and costs business-es and households money. It also causes environmental damage - for example, waste sent to landfill produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

We want to move towards a ‘zero waste econ-omy’. This doesn’t mean that no waste exists - it’s a society where resources are fully val-ued, financially and environmentally. It means we reduce, reuse and recycle all we can, and throw things away only as a last resort.

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Typically overseas fac-tories have poor work-ing conditions and also damaging transporta-tion costs, both eco-nomically and environ-mentally.

Self-controlled cargo trains to be used on disused train lines. Expandable to avoid crash on single track. A moving “toolbox” of services for local labourers.

Much like international production companies, owners of car parks are purely driven by eco-nomical gains. Prices for parking, especially in city centres, have in-creased greatly.

Inspired on the Mining Institute, an old library for centralise knowledge within the region. A car park where you pay with books/knowledge.

Jobs moving abroad due to lower produc-tion costs overseas, causing people to loose their jobs here within the country.

Create a modular mar-ket/exchange module, that can expand and change after needs. Fully self-sustained and easily transported.

R A I L R O A D

P R O D U C T I O NO V E R S E A S

G L O B A L

P R O B L E M

S C E N A R I O

O F C H A N G E

P R O P O S E D

S K E T C H

C A R P A R K S

B R I D G E S


Due to advances in technology and communication the last century trade and production are no longer limited to the country of origin. Cheap labour and low transportation costs make it lucrative for western businesses to move production abroad, making a lot of people unemployed in the original country of production.

This does not only cause economic unrest for a lot of families, but its also a major source of CO2 emissions world wide. For instance, its cheaper for a Norwegian Salmon company to send the locally sourced fish to China for preperation and then bring it back on massive ships, than to do the same job in Norway.

Is it time we look past the economic side of production, in favour for a more sustainable future and more local labour?

“If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods”

- Barry Commoner


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SELECTED SCENARIO

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PRECEDENTS STUDY

SOCHI, RUSSIAIn order to raise awareness about the (at the time) upcoming Winter Olympics in 2014 hosted by Russia at Sochi, the government implented Metro ticket machines that dispensed ‘free’ tickets in exchange for 30 squats.

ISTANBUL, TURKEYTrying to help the many stray dogs in the captiol of Turkey, the government has produced vending machines that give out a portion of dog food in exchange of plastic bottles. Plastic recycling is seen as more valuable than money, making bottles into a form of currency for food.

BEIJING, CHINAWhen a passerby inserts an empty plastic bottle, the machine’s sensor scans it to assess the value of the plastic and spits out a public transportation credit or phone minutes. This system, with its free rewards, makes recycling more appealing, and is a good step forward for a city that’s already notorious for its environmental degradation.

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HOW DOES IT WORK?

Books slotted through an opening at the top, and skids down a tilted wooden slide

The book slides down into a wooden container, and its own weight lowers the entire tray

A timber pivotal arm being pulled up by weight, and lowers the stamp down

The wooden structure tilts and hits a vertical metal bar, activating a series of pulleys

A stamp with nails forming the letter ‘P’ (for parking) pierces the paper ticket

A heavy counterweight lifts the wooden tray back to its original position once empty

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1500 mm

800 mm

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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Materiality and structure

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CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE

First a solid timber frame is constructed, and then the mechanism is placed securley within. After the pulley system was in place, thin sheets of MDF was situated on either side to guide the moving shelf. The external polycarbonate and timber cladding have no structural significance, and provide merely external protection in addition to make the mechanism visible from the outside.

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F R A M E

C O N S T R U C T I O N D E T A I L

P R O G R E S S D E T A I L C O M P L E T E D

S T A M P

S L I D E

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FINISHED MODEL 1:1 SCALE

This is the finished 1:1 model of the PayBook device. The base of each polycarbonate sheet is fitted with changing LED lights. Although my model had them change randomly, the idea was to have them respond to the number of parked cars, giving a visual indication of the remaining capacity of the car park.

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Photomontage with PayBook Device placed by the entrance/exit at Manors Car Park, UK

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PRESENTATION LAYOUT

[AP3] FINAL CRIT 28.04.15

GRADUATION PROJECT

With the basis in disused and derelict land, the aim of the project is to resolve global problems locally through architectural strategies. I am attempting to interpret the issues surrounding over-consumption in our society, with a particular attention to excessive personal consumer belongings. By exposing the core of the consumption problem in a combined commercial and public structure, the architectural program tries to exhibit the current waste cycle while simultaneously offer a solution to the problem.

Counter Consumption: Self-Storage and Exhibition

Nominated for

GRADUATION PROJECT

HADRIANS MEDAL 2015

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FACT SHEET | Self-Storage Facilities

US

UK

Previous Page:48,500 Self-Storage facilities in the US11,000 in the rest of the world combined

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SELF-STORAGE USES

Student storage

Wine storage

Lack of home storage

Exhibition

Back-up

Secure storage

Business storage and offices

Moving

Military deployment

Decluttering

Collectors

Home improvements

Change in personal circumstances

Travelling

Sport

Some users see self-storage units as an opportunity to store their own personal collections, whether it’s Star Wars figures or old music records. In some storage facilities these collection become so big that they open them up for the public. I intend to accommodate for this in my structure, by having a path for visitors that intertwines with the units to expose the various collections.

Many start-up businessowners have previously used standard self-storage units as a starting ground for their company while waiting to become big enough to rent a normal space. This has led new self-storage facilities to include offices spaces with increased security, wi-fi and AC. I plan to include a fully functional office, with the same feel and function as other offices in London

As a society we have now reached a point where we have so much stuff that we are willing to pay a monthly fee to get it out of sight, out of mind. While the avarage length of stay is more than 38 weeks, a large portion of storage containers are never emptied, and it ends on the landfill. I want to break this cycle, and see discared possessions as an opportunity for reuse and recycle.

SELECTED USES FOR THIS DESIGN

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SELF-STORAGE UNITS SELF-STORAGE UNITS

DISCARDED UNITS

DISCARDED UNITS

COLLECTION UNITS

EMPTIED UNITS

EMPTIED UNITS

PUBLICAUCTION

NEWMATERIALS

RECYCLE PLANT

RESTOREWORKSHOP

THERMALENERGY

SORTINGDEVICES

ANTIQUE/CHARITY

RECYCLEDMATERIALS

PUBLIC AUCTION

SEPERATECONTENT

LANDFILL

SELF-STORAGE CYCLE

P M P G

PUBLIC EXHIBITION

STANDARD CYCLE IMPROVED CYCLE

Initial need for self-storage Initial need for self-storage

Standard industrial storage units with limited flexibility in terms of use and control

Custom designed self-storage units for each individual uses. Offices have standard proper-ties, and collection units have public viewing access

Some units become emptied and the content returns to the origin of the cycle, while the rest of the containers are left unpaid for and become the property of the company

Discarded self-storage units are automatically moved to a supervised service area where the content is emptied to seperate re-usaeble stuff from recyclable waste.

The discarded content are either sent straight to the landfill or opened up for public auction. While auction in theory alllow for a great degree of re-use, most stuff end up on the landfill eventually as buyers only want economically viable products.

After being devided, parts of the original content are moved across to a separate building where it will be restored, fixed or re-developed in order to extent its life cycle. Through a series of charity shops and antiques stores, visitors can purchase art, furniture and other products.

All waste materials are sent through a custom designed sorting infrastructure, where a series of automated systems separate it to four different categories:

P PlasticM MetalP PaperG Glass

The end product is containers of specific materials that will be carried of site to produce new materials. Bio-mass waste (timber) are incinerated on site to heat the building.

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PRECEDENTS

EXTERIOR

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT BUILDING USE DATE & LOCATIONAbalos & Herreros Waste Facility 2001 Madrid, Spain

INTERIOR

Issues of responsibility and maintanence are carried through the construction process, with the extensive use of polycarbonate for cladding and a simple, bolted steel structure that can easily be dismantled and reused for future construction projects.

Inside the buildings the material choices and spatial layout is designed to provide the most efficient infrastructure for recycling waste. Although the entire process is exposed, all human walkways and access points are elevated and safe from moving parts.

This recycling plant in Valdemingomez is part of a wider political initiative to reevaluate and regenerate an area southwest of Madrid, which has been used as a large dumping ground and suffered social and environmental deprivation as a result. Built for Vertrsea-RWE Process and Madrid City Council, the waste facility is 22,500 m². The entire complex was built for a lifetime of 25 years, after it may be dismantled and elements recycled elsewhere, a final gesture towards mending the damage resulting from years of abused by the city.

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PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT BUILDING USE DATE & LOCATIONWansleben Architekten Event Centre 2002 Düsseldorf, Germany

PEC - Port Event Centre is located in the middle of Düsseldorf’s Media Harbour, and it’s constructed with a massive external truss that levitates the entire structure over the buildings below. Even though it might apear that it’s completely seperate, the historic harbour sheds below is actually part of the building, and was refurbished when PEC was build in 2002. I visited this uncompromising building during our Germany study trip (see next page for more photos from the trip), and it influenced for my graduation project greatly with its exposed structure, services and walkways. It also reminded me not to be afraid to push the design all the way.

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GERMANY FIELD TRIP 12.02.15 - 16.02.15

The destination of the field trip was set to central Germany in the area around Düsseldorf. Exploring various sites in the heart of Europe’s industrialised land, the aim was to get a deeper understanding of different types of infrastructure, and the consequent effect it imposes on the built environment.

Emscher Landschafts Park, DuisburgRuhr Museum and Zollverein Park Gasometer Exhibition Centre Bruder Klaus Field Chapel

Please refer to the photo booklet called ‘Germany Field Trip’ for a complete selection of pictures from the above mention locations amongst others

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Staircase in the refurbished Ruhr Museum in Germany.

To distinguish safe pedestrian movement through the preserved industrail spaces, key circulation routes were constructed using a bright and visual material palette.

Museum Design HG Merz

ArchitectsHeinrich Böll + Hans Krabel, Essen

Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Rotterdam

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SITE LOCATION

England London A40 Westway Westbourne Park

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Great Western Road (A4207)

Westbourne Park Pedestrian Path Harrow Rd (A404)Bus Depot

Railway A40 Westway Canal

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LONDON PLAN

After developing and refining the project description from semester one, the individually chosen sites was required to be located along the A40 leading out west of London. In order ensure a successful implementation of my brief and desired outcome, I carefully assessed the context of the area and surrounding conditions. Upon reading the London Plan, a document collaborated by the Mayor of London for future developments of the city, it became evident that the regeneration of the Paddington Basin would provide the ideal setting. Not only was the political goal to erect large scale buildings in the area, but also to ensure that any new construction would have a certain environmental profile.

Please scan the QR-Code to see a time-lapse video recorded at the site, focusing on use, movement and sound in the area.

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1. Maximise use of derelict land underneat the A40 highway by the Paddington basin

With a site liocated along the A40 Westway out of London, I tried to maximise the use of disuesed land caused by the imposing elevated infrastructure. I also tried to keep in mind other types of infrastructure on the site, such as the canal and the railway, and respond with an architecutral program accordingly. By extending the storage block above the road the structure becomes visibel for all passing traffic, standing as lighthouse of warning for commuters in either direction.

The two buildings create a secluded, but open public square that is partally sheltered from the railway, while aslo inviting passing pedestrians along the canal onto the site.

With all major external walls facing directlu south, I aim to maximise solar gain and thus potentially provinding the inhabited spaces with enough heat during daylight.

2. Vertical extrusion to make building visible for passing vehicles

3. Rotate inhabited part of the structure to face directly south to maximise solar gain

4. Extend building east to allow for additional number of self-storage containers

5. Externally expose circulation systems, along with storage and recyceling infrastructure

6. Expand volume west to make room for exhibtion floor and internal sorting system

BUILDING DESIGN

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7. Economically viable objects need to ‘exit’ the current waste stream and turn into sumething re-usable

8. Connect the building through a bridge transporting both goods and visitors to the solution building

9. Adjust angles of buildings to both invite more light between them, and to control movement on the site

10. Insert basement level into the sloping ground to seperate commercial use and general visitors

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PROJECT SITE Render View

After a thoroughly investigative visit to London, I chose a site situated directly underneath the elevated highway, in order to maximise the effective use of deprived land and to comply with the city’s agenda. As mentioned earlier, infrastructure is a central theme of the studio, and this particular location was interestingly also composed of four intersecting types of infrastructure. The site connects the canal and the railway with the passing commuter on the motorway above.

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3m x 2m I-beam steel frame to fit a standard size self-storage unit as well as human movement through the sections.

Four slots to allow for sorting of the four most common materials in a self-storage unit:

Paper Glass Metal Plastic

Steel frame struture to house a costum designed material sorting infrastructure to be placed at the heart of the building. This will not only dissassemble the content of disused storage units, but also act as controlling body within the structure. The tower will have waste going downwards, visitors ascending through it, as well as dictate the height an layout of the surrounding spaces. By exposing the process of recycling, I aim to evoke an increased public interest for looming issue of over-consumption in our society.

While the content trickles throught the structure, it becomes smaller and smaller as its dismantled and separated.

This is also to give an expression of the overwhelming ‘weight’ of consumption in our society sumbolised by having all the storage units at the top of the building.

The exhibition floor cuts through the structure to showcase the current stock of our society’s waste products almost at the end of the process.

2. Weight of Consumption1. Standard Steel Frame 3. Smaller Footprint 4. Dictate Spaces

Exhibition Floor Exhibition Floor

Exhibition Start

Office 1

Office 2Office Storage 2

Separation Area

Office Storage 1

External Roof

Parts of the steel frame are reorganized on the visitors floor to better exhibit the stream of recycled materials.

This will also result in a smaller footprint of the structure at basement level, allowing for better access and efficency in the recyceling plant.

The height of the vertical beams is carefully designed in relation to the intended spaces around the structure. By removing section of the structure I’ve created room for the two office floors, as well as allow for sufficient head room to pass through and access the office storage spaces from either of the office floors.

The visitors walkway starts in the compressed part of the tower, and as you walk upwards it become less dense to expose the source of the problem; the self-storage units.

SORTING INFRASTRUCTURE

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"More and more stuff comes in and it's not going out. I want to say it's a throwout society, but it's not the case because people are keeping their things around"

Cory CookeProfessional Organiser, London

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C I R C U L A T I O N S E L F - S T O R A G E A N D R E C Y C L E P A T HM A S S I N G D I A G R A M S

The initial design process started with roughly situating the various spaces and uses throughout the structure, in order to get a better spatial indication.

These massing diagrams are designed to offer a coherent overview of how the different uses in the design work in relation to each other.

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E X H I B I T I O N T O U R O F F I C E W I T H S T O R A G EW O R K S H O P , L E C T U R E H A L L A N D S H O P S

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MATERIAL STRATEGY

"t's a monument to our acquisitive society - the brightly lit shed on the edge of town offering "storage solutions”. Society has always had its hoarders. But in the 21st Century people are farming out their junk to the growing number of self-storage facilities"

Trying to mimic previously built self storage facilities across the world, I have carfully chosen a material palette that is easy to acquire, simple to put together and cheap. By carfully combining these, I aim to achieve a building design that is both quick to construct and effortless to dismantle when the need for the building (hopefully) is no longer there. The chosen materials will also give a visual indication to visitors and users about the intended purpose of the building - even when you are driving past on the A40.

DOUBLE-SKIN POLYCARBONATE SHEETS

With its exceptionally good thermal performance, polycarbonate sheets provide the perfect building fabric, especially where natural light is also required. In my building this will be mostly used in areas of circulation, exposing structure and movement.

RECLAIMED I-BEAM STEEL FRAME

Although producing new steel itself require tremendous amounts of energy, the unusual large life span of steel makes it many ways sustainable. Designed my building entirely from standard 254mm x 146mm I-beams, I’m able to use old recalimed steel frames.

AGAED COPPER PANEL

Used on the lower roofs visible from the ancient canal and by passing pedestrians, this aged material is meant to symbolise the historic importance of the waterway as type of infrastructure. The plates also protect sound insulation in the roof under the A40

RECLAIMED CURRUGATED SHEETS

Easy to aquire in large quantities, and extremely light weight, these sheets provide a perfect skin for most spaces of the building. Being very easy to join with a steel frame, they will reduce the construction time (and deconstruction time) considerably.

SIMPLE GLASS CURTAIN WALL

Placed mostly on south-facing walls, the curtain walls are designed to allow for maximum solar gain, especially in the areas of the building that are not continuously inhabited, such as the storage floors. This will make the spaces mostly self-sustained.

BLUE SLIDING GARAGE DOORS

By using traditional self-storage doors, fittings and colours, users will immediately understand the function of the building despite not being there before. The doors slide upwards vertically to allow for wide and unhindered access to the self-storage unit.

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Separation StationStorage Containers opened by staff, and econmically viable products such as furniture, antiques and fabrics are separated and sent across the bridge to the workshop. The rest continues down the Sorting Tower to be recycled.

Restoration WorkshopEconomically viable product come across the bridge to be restored in the workshop. This can be anything from old clothes, or worn furniture, to an-tiques. Finished products are sent down through the building to be sold.

Start of Exhibition TourBeginning with exposing the current stock of waste, visitors expereince the end of the cycle, before they take a step back, and walk backwards up the recycle tower to find the source of the problem and a solution.

Exhibition ContainersAfter the content is properly dismantled as it passes through the sorting tower, each category gets deposited into ‘Jelly Bean’ glass container according to ma-terial and size. This is the first visitors see at they enter the exhibition tour.

Antique and Charity ShopThrough an industrial lift object from the workshop enters directly down to the backroom of the sjops to be sold. Placed on the ground floor facing the canal, these shops are designed to invite passing pedestrians.

Viewing PlatformsThe exhibition tour follows a controlled path throught the structure that doesn’t affect the commercial use of the building. Throughout the exhibition tour, severela viewing platforms are showcasing keymoments of the process.

Recycling PlantKeeping all the different materials seper-ate, it passes down to a system of con-veyor belts, and ends in specific con-tainers. Bio-Mass becomes incinerated to heat the buidlings, while the others leave the building to be recycled.

Auction HallMany users store their antiques and art in self-storage units, and many pieces are forgotten, and today these are auc-tioned away as whole unit. I offer an auction hall to ensure proper curation and minimize waste created.

End of Exhibition TourThe exhibiton tour ends in the building of change, with the workshop at the top, lecture theatre below, and at the shops and cafe at ground level. In the bese-ment is an auction hall selling particular valuable forgotten objects.

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4. Fully equipped creative studio designed to refurbish or create reusable paroducts to be auctioned or sold.

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STRUCTURAL DETAIL

After a meeting with a structural engineer, it was advised that I used deep reinforced concrete pile foundation for my structure. This is due to the size of the buidling and ground condtitions of the site, and a pile foundation will be the best solution to distribute the load to the ground

CAD Detail Drawing

Plan view of top concrete slab of pile foundation showing the spatial layout.

Sectional detail of pile foundation. Depth aprox. 7m

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Section B-B

Sectional drawing of the self-storage building, demonstrating how the recycling tower forms the central core of the building and dictating the movement of both waste and visitors. The exhibition floor is on the same level of the canal, inviting passing pedestrians through a sheltered entrance underneath the elevated A40 highway.

Unwanted objects from auction hall sent back to be properly recycled.

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Antique and Charity Shop (1)Café (2)Back room w/ lift from workshop (3)Reception Area auction/lecture (4)Kitechen and food store (5)

Exhibition Recpetion (6)Staff Room and Office (7)Staff Locker Room (8)WC (9)Exhibition Start Floor (10) Scale 1:200

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WC Located at every floor for convenience. All moving self-storage unit has a

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Key Moments and Functions

Supervisors station to ensure safe movement of storage units.

The sorting tower has a circular conveyor belt that allows other mechanisms too pick out the different materials.

Recycleable material are moved on a conveyor belt to be recycled in the sorting tower.

To pick out plastic bits, a Finnish company has prouced automatic robotic arms using complex xcanners to pick out the specified material.

This side of the tower will display all different types of paper products at the exhibtion floor. This side of the tower will display

all different types of plastic products at the exhibition floor.

On the exhibition floor, these large transparent containers will pause the waste stream to showcase the current stock of discarded materials in the storage units. At this point in the sorting process all the content will be fully seperated and devided by material, size and colour. Each side of the tower display 1 of 4 different recycleable materials:

Paper Glass Metal Plastic

After passing through the exhibition containers, the content is shifter down into the basement where conveyor belts carry it to specific containers to be transported away for proper recycle and reuse.

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T H E R M A L M A S S S T O R I N G A N D R E L E A S I N G E N E R G Y A T N I G H T

ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY

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Section through the building of solution, where the workshop on the top floor provide a place of resoreation for object that could be sold in the shops and auction hall below. The building also offers public lecture halls, to provide arena for community awareness about issues regarding environment and a sustainable future.

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STRUCTURAL DETAIL

The building of solution is constructed using a much more permenant construction method, as this building could possibly be standing even if the storage facility become deconstructed when the need is no longer there.

The external cladding will be concrete panels to give the illusion of weight and permenance, but the primary structure is in reality a steel frame. The thickness of the wall allow for sufficient insulation and plumming fixtures to carry drain water from the roof to the ground.

Insulation around the pipe will also insure that the inhaitants won’t hear if rainwater is pouring through

Even though its a flat roof, it is required to have some slope to allow for enough drainage. Storm drains are placed at either side of the roof carrying rainwater away.

Hand drawn detail drawing

Coping Fix System

Damp Proof Membrane

Asphalt Roof Sheets (4mm)

Steel Roof Deck

Drainage Pipe

Internal Gypsum Plates

Wall Insulation with DPM

External Gypsum Plates

Pre-cast Concrete Slabs

Cavity Closer (timber)

Storm Drain

Plywood (16mm)Kingspan Roof Insulation (51mm)

Drain Pipe Insulation

Roof Insulation

Steel Girder

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DOUBLE-SKIN FAÇADE

In order to keep with the buildings environmental profile, the main south facing sides of the building is covered in a double-skin facade. The adjecent spaces are the rooms that are continously inhabited, such as the offices.

With adjustable external sun shades, and controllable internal ventialtion ducts, double skin facades can greatly improve the energy performance of the building.

During the summer, hot air are ventialted through the void between the two facades, and stack ventilation carries it up and out.

During colder seasons, the sun radiation warms the air in the gap, which in tur rises up and taken into the building to heat the room.

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The sorting tower also dictates the spatial layout of the offic-es. The office storage is located on the other side of the tower, meaning they ave to go through the structure to access their products.

Spatial Layout and Systems

Big vertical metal shute to churn and break all content for easier dismantle job later in the process.

The tower also acts as the main control of circulation. The visitors walk on central staircase in the middle, while the stairs between the two office floors penetrates the sturcture on one side. The access to the office storage units are also through the tower.

Industrial sized recycle drum sieve that seperates objects based on size and weight. Lighter objects gets spun out arely on, while heavier objects go furter down. Together with magnets, this will seperate most metals from the rest.

While all the waste goes downwards, visitors can trace the steps backwards to find the source of the problem.

This side of the tower will display different types of metal found in storage units, such as steel, aluminium and copper.

This side of the tower will display both clear and green glass at the exhibition floor.

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STRUCTURAL STRATEGY

PRIMARY STRUCTUREThe primary structure of the building mainly consists of reclaimed universal steel beams and columns arranged to form a series of identical steel frames to optimise load-bearing capabilities. The structural steelwork is collected and emended off-site and then bolted together during construction. One of the benefits of this is that it allows complex shapes and designs to be fabricated.

Connection plates are welded onto the steel sections to allow them to be bolted together. Additional fillets or haunched beams are often fitted to increase the strength of the structure.

SECONDARY STRUCTUREThe primary structure of the building provides a framework for the external cladding can be attached to, usually via secondary steelwork. The identical size of the steel frames and sections, It is easy to attach polycarbonate and corrugated sheets to seal the building envelope.

TERTIARY STRUCTUREThe primary and secondary structure provides the support for the tertiary structure to be fitted. This consists of the normal necessary structure, such as floor boards and internal cladding, but more importantly it allows for the storage infrastucture to be inserted throughout the building.

TERTIARY STRUCTURE: Self-storage and recycling infrastructure

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PRIMARY STRUCTURE: Reclaimed universal steel beams and columns arranged to form a series of identical steel frames to optimise load-bearing capabilities.

SECONDARY STRUCTURE: The external cladding (currugated polycarbonate sheets) are attached to, and suported by a secondary steelwork.

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PRESENTATION LAYOUT

[AP3] FINAL CRIT 28.04.15

PORTFOLIO | STAGE 3

BA ArchitectureSchool of Architecture

Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom

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