Masterplan
Will Hayter
Material Strategy
The Case for Bricks:
How creating a new brick mould can implement a sense of communal ownership of the building.
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BUY A BRICK:
how each person can buy a brick and engrave their message onto the side in order to both fund the project and add a more personal touch to the project.
Stacking the bricks
Message to be carved onto the inside of the brick
Reclaimed Brick
Brick shape allows the message to be shown, suggesting how the building becomes immediately integrated into stretford.
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The harvesting of brick rubble from the demolition of the back of the Essoldo ensures that the project will not need to rely on other sources of bricks. However, should additional bricks need to be sourced, Ashley Bricks is a local reclaimed brick company in Cheshire, which will provide the remaining bricks if needed.
Approaches to the Site
How Brick can help contextualise the scheme
The jagged formation of the stuido and exhibition buildings can help merge the site to the nearby housing. Through a similar material palette and roofstructure, the building mimics the form of the victorian dwellings but adds a modern touch, thereby attracting intrigue into the site.
The Case for Cross Laminated Timber:
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The use of timber framing also favours a collaborative process; run by members of the Arts Factory, the construction can begin in stages, using a range of workers, from the retired and skilled to the young and eager, helping to tie Stretford together from the ground up.
Initial Construction of the Arts Factory
Timber has much less environmental impact and is therefore a preferred option for use in construction. The use of timber can also enhance and create delight in the exposed timber beams.
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Cross-laminated Timber can be sourced from the UK, from companies such as B&K structures, thereby contributing to the local economy.
Internal experiential qualities
Elements of Perforation
Too many perforations, as seen in the image above, could disrupt the working conditions of the studio, so therefore the project favours small, select windows which encourage views in/out and occupation.
Materiality Combination to enhance user experience
A 1:20 sectional Model made for Technology submission exploring glazing apertures
INTERNAL
The cross laminated timber beams and the glazing become the main feature of the internal views, showing how the combination of lighter materials will help to make the interiors more spacious. The use of Plywood to represent CLT panelling shows how the grain can attract visual attention
EXTERNAL
The different material pallette on the outside, such as steel capping creates a more imposing building threshold, ensuring that the building can attract attention and become a recognisable landmark. Use of Etched Arylic to represent glass bricks shows how visual intrigue can be created in the internal spaces through the shadows created.
Obstructing Views//Gaining Privacy
This idea explores how I could use the frosting and etching of the Glass panels to bith abstract and enhance the views out to the surrounding landscape.
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I combined both Translucent screens and the Etched Brick panels to suggest how more intrigue could be created through a combination of the 2 designs.
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Enhancing views//gaining attention
Through artificial interior lighting, the translucent glazing enables the curtain wall to light up at night, which would ensure that the building becomes easy to locate, as well as attracting visual intrigue to the user. Through experimenting with lighting, a different programmatic feature for each system can be created.