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JESS BERESFORD DESIGN

THE AREA FOR THE MASTERPLAN DEVELOPMENT RUNS ALONG SIDE THE RIVER TRENT IN NEWARK, LINCOLNSHIRE.SURORUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING THE SITE IS SUPPRISINGLY UNDER-USED WITH VERY FEW FACILITIES.

WORKING AS A GROUP, THE AREA WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE QUARTERS, THE CULTURAL QUARTER, FOOD AND LEISURE QUARTER, AND THE ACTIVITY QUARTER. THIS WAS TO MAXIMISE FULL USE OF THE SITE. SMALL, PROPOSED STRUCTURES WERE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR FACILITY WITHIN THE QUARTERS.

YR/2 NEWARK MASTERPLAN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PROJECT

THE DISTORTION AND FRAGMENTATION OF MEMORY OVER TIME WAS THE MAIN CONCEPT THAT WAS PUSHED THROUGH THIS PROJECT. DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTIGATION THROUGH CONCEPTUAL MODELS AND DRAWINGS HELPED TO TRANSLATE THE INITIAL CONCEPTS INTO THE ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE OF THE FINAL DESIGN.

YR/2 NATURAL BURIAL GROUND WITH CHAPEL OF REMEMBRANCE

THE COLAGED POEM SHOWS THE PROCESSIONAL ROUTE OF THE FUNERAL SERVICE FROM THE MAIN ACCESS ROAD INTO THE FOREST AND OUT TO THE BURIAL FIELD.V

GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1-ENTRANCE2-LIGHT SLITS3-CHAPEL4-CHAMBERS OF REMEMBRANCE

MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN 4-CHAMBERS OF REMEMBRANCE6-BALCONY7-FOYER8-STAFF

BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN 4-CHAMBERS OF REMEMBRANCE

7-FOYER9-STORAGE

THE WEST ELEVATION SHOWS THE PRECESSION OF THE FUNERAL, DOWN THE RAMP INTO THE ENTRANCE. THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND COMMUNAL SPACE, UP INTO THE CHAPEL WITH THE EXIT FOR THE FUNERAL ON GROUND LEVEL.THE UNDERGROUND SPACE ALSO LEADS TO THE CHAMBERS OF REFLECTION WHICH CAN THEN BE EXITED ON GROUND LEVEL. THE PROCESSION CONTINUES AWAY FROM THE BUILDING TOWARDS THE FIELD WHERE THE BURIAL TAKES PLACE.

INTERNAL VISUALISATIONS OF THE CHAPEL ENTRANCE, GATHERING FOYER AND REMEMBRANCE SPACES WITH MEMORY BOX WALLS.

EXTERNAL VISUALISATIONS FROM A PHYSICAL MODEL SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERIALITY AND SCALE.

THE HOLDERNESS COAST IS ONE OF THE FASTEST ERODING COASTLINES IN EUROPE. CLIMATE CHANGE, RISING SEA LEVELS AND THE REPETITIVE RHYTHM OF THE TIDE ARE BATTERING THE SOFT SEDIMENT OF THE GLACIAL CLIFFS. WITH A RETREAT OF AROUND 2M PER YEAR, HOUSES AND ARABLE LAND ARE FALLING INTO THE SEA AT VISIBLE RATES RESULTING IN WHOLE VILLAGES BEING LOST AND ULTIMATELY FORGOTTEN BENEATH THE NORTH SEA. STRETCHING FROM THE MORE RESILIENT HEADLAND AND SELECTED SITE OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD, TO THE SPIT OF SPURN POINT, THE HOLDERNESS LANDSCAPE PROVIDES A DRAMATIC REMINDER OF THE FORCES OF NATURE AND THE FRAGILE IMPERMANENCE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. WITH ROADS DISAPPEARING OFF THE CLIFF EDGE AND REMNANTS OF LOST VILLAGES SCATTERING THE SHORE, THE COAST IS INTRIGUING TO THOSE THAT VISIT. PHOTOGRAPHING THE OBSCURE EDGE CONDITIONS, THE PUBLIC UNINTENTIONALLY FACILITATE THE DOCUMENTATION OF THIS DISINTEGRATING TERRITORY. COUPLED WITH GEOLOGICAL RESEARCHERS THEY VISUALLY RECORD THE RETREATING CLIFF EDGE TO BE UPLOADED, EXHIBITED AND ARCHIVED WITHIN THE PUBLIC PROPOSAL AT FLAMBOROUGH. DRAWING FROM THE PASSIVE INFLUENCE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE ON OUR MEMORIES OF PLACE AND THEIR EXPRESSION OF OUR DESIRE TO HOLD ONTO SOMETHING, THE BUILDING BECOMES THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE VISUAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE RETREATING HOLDERNESS. WITH REFERENCE TO MONOLITHIC RELICS, OVERLAPPING GEOLOGICAL PLANES AND THE ONE DIRECTIONAL LINEARITY OF EROSION, THE DESIGN AIMS TO CHALLENGE OUR PERCEPTION OF WHAT IS DEEMED FAMILIAR AND PERMANENT. FOR THE REMAINING SMALL VILLAGES THAT OCCUPY THE SACRIFICIAL COAST THERE WILL IN TIME, BECOME ONLY ONE OPTION, TO RETREAT. ULTIMATELY, THE AIM IS NOT TO PRESERVE PHYSICALLY BUT RATHER TO PRESERVE VISUALLY.

YR/3 DESIGN PROJECT

MAPS SHOWING AREAS OF THE UK AT RISK FROM RISE IN SEA LEVELS, THOSE SUBJECT TO RAPID COASTAL EROSION AND THE EAST YOTKSHIRE GEOLOGY.

ANALYSIS OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD AND NORTH LANDING SITE CONTEXT

UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN/LOST MEMORIES OF THE LOST VILLAGES OF THE RETREATING HOLDERNESS COAST METHODS IN WHICH MEMORIES ARE PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS OF COMMUNITY REMNANTS OF THE RETREATING COAST SCATTER THE BEACHES OF THE HOLDERNESS AND FORM THE ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSAL

PHOTOGRAPHY IS INVESTIGATED AS THE PRODUCT OF HOW WE CHOOSE TO REMEMBER SPECIFIC MOMENTS IN HISTORY AND HOW THESE PRODUCTS GO ON TO TRIGGER MEMORIES.

THE POST CARD IS ANALYSED AS AN IMPORTANT METHOD IN THE VISUAL DISSIMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF PLACE.

CONCEPTUAL PHYSICAL MODELS AND HAND DRAWINGS INVESTIGATING THE FRAGMENTED FORM OF EROSION AND THE GEOLOGY OF FLAMBOROUGH CLIFFS. TOGETHER THESE CONCEPTS FORM THE BASIS OF THE 2-D AND 3-D DESIGN APPROACH.

INLAND APPROACH

NORTH ELEVATION 1:200

VIEW OUT ACROSS NORTH LANDING BAY TOWARDS THE NORTH SEA

BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE ARCHIVE

ROOFTOP WALKWAY

ISOMETRIC OF SCHEME SHOWING

FRAGMENTED, MONOLITHIC BLOCK

FORMATION AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE

VARYING LEVELS.

VIEW OF PROPOSED SCHEME FROM THE BEACH

PITCHED ROOF DETAIL WITH GUTER AND ROOF LIGHT.

REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURETHERMAL INSULATION EPDMSTAINLESS STEEL ELEVATED MOUNTINGPRE-CAST CONCRETE CLADDING

GLASS ROOF CONNECTION BETWEEN BLOCKS WITH GUTERING DETAIL.

METAL PLATE IN WALL CREATES A HIDDEN CONNECTION BETWEEN GLASS BEAM AND CONCRETE LEDGE.

SECTION BB1:100

PHYSICAL MODEL OF FINAL BUILDING PROPOSAL

FINAL EXHIBITION PIN UP

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