Portfolio Review, Claire

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Urban Treetop Hide-A Viewing Gallery for Adventuring Escapist City Dwellers-

-The Primitive Hut, Original Dwelling and Origins of Architecture-The tree house suggests a retreat to simple, primitive dwelling, providing shelter from

the elements and the natural world whilst embracing and using them

Progression of Architecture, Reversion and Escapism

StartLaugiers Primitive Hut

ProgressEarly Dwellings

DevelopFrench order -Ribart de Chamoust

ConquerRenzo Pianos -The Shard

RevertThe Tree House

Adventure Escape ExploreClimb

ConquerHide

RetreatRevert

-An Urban Treetop Hide-A place to escape to for Londons most daring

The very visible hide states its presence across the city, whilst keeping its inhabitants invisible atop the tallest tree in London

-Elements-The hide embraces natural elements, providing an escape from the artificial covered and sealed con-dition of urban living. The inhabitant is made to

experience the wind, air, rain, sun and sky, whilst their effects are carefully controlled.

-Wind-As the wind blows, the heavy

carved oak damper rocks gently back and forth in its cradle

-Sun-The sun is allowed to penetrate

through holes piercing the top of the hide

-Sky-Cut-out windows look up to the sky

giving a reclining inhabitant a view of the changing sky

-Rain-Oak shell expands and shrinks, with wetting and drying, aging,

cracking and changing colour over time

-King of the Castle- An urban tree house atop Londons Urban Jungle

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-Urban Treetop Hide-

Carved oak hide capsule rests inside a rope weave cradle

Oiled Carved Oak Sleeper Shell

Woven Rope Cradle

Hollowed-out Interior

-Construction Methods-Natural tactile materials and low-tech construction methods

Rope Cradle Hide rocks in cradle

Oak hide carved from sleeper wood

-Making-The hide is made from simple construction techniques- the cradle is woven rope through a timber jointed frame and the capsule is carved from oak sleeper wood

Nest Frame

-Oak Damper-As strong winds blow the heavy oak capsule rolls slowly back and forth in its

cradle, acting as a damper to the structure and creating a gentle rocking motion

PeriscopeViewing Windows

Oak Capsule HideDaylight holes

-Views out-Windows frame wiews out whilst perforated ceiling allows daylight to penetrate

and periscope allows all-round viewing

Chocolate Box-A Suburban Playhouse-

Suburban Luxury/Enhancement/Exhibitionism

-Suburban Luxuries- A little everyday luxury- enhancement and exhibitionism of suburban lives

and homes

-Suburban Bin Alleys- Due to property values and desirability based on detachment, the gap

closes between homes, leaving only skinny bin/bike alleys dividing sup-posedly detached and semi-detached houses

-Chocolate/Wood Craft- Highly crafted luxury of chocolate treats and decorative wood interiors

and furniture

-Material Tests-1:20 Tests in malleable, mouldable wood construction techniques

Soft wooden mattressElastic-Threaded Wood

Sliding, stacked wooden storage boxes

-Malleable Living-Pin sculpture wall allows inhabitants to create different

furniture and to mould their living space

Climb Meet Recline Study Steps Table, Chairs and Shelving

Suburban

Menu of tactile play spaces to explore

-Play-

-Mould-

-Climb-

-Hide-

-Chocolate Box-Menu of tactile play spaces to explore

-Store-

-Sleep-

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Attic

Living

Garden

Shed

Bed

Staircase

-Suburban Playhouse- Crafted wooden playhouse mirrors exisiting domestic spaces within the

home

Back Garden

Driveway

-Digitally Fabricated Inlays-Precisely crafted spaces for different play functions

Hearth House-Services off the M40-

Fleeting countryside visits...

-Rural/Urban?-Motorways cutting through British countryside transform once isolated rural

areas, creating a strange interface between rural and urban conditions

M40 ruins

-Ruined Farmhouses-Chimneys of farmhouses and shepherds cottages left standing, left abandoned by

motorways cutting through countryside

Surviving cottages and lone chimney stacks

-Shepherds Cottage, M40-Cottage and farmhouse ruins off the M40.

Site-Small stone cottage ruin with still standing chimney near Exit 14 for Warwick

-Site-

-Clients-Services provide toilets and rest stop for M40 travellers, Shelter for chilly hikers

and sheep and fertilizer for farmers

-Biodigestor-Poo-Oxygen=fertilizer+biogas

Biodigestor provides biogas to keep chimney burning and heat shelter and ferti-lizer for land-owning farmer

Biodigester

Biog

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Anerobic Digestion

Fertilizer

View out over fields

Traditional English Thatch

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Mossy C arpet

Timber Bricks

Waste Pipe

-Hearth House-Motorway rest stop and toilets

Thatch

Timber Off-cut Bricks

Moss Carpet

Perforated Corten

-Hearth House-Service station provides rest stop, warmth and comfort and toilets. The hearth is

fuelled by biogas from use of toilets and sheep feeders

Toilet................and sheep...................fill......................Biodigester.............makes..............Biogas...............fuels...............Hearth

-Natural Linings-Natural materials and living moss replace carpets and soft furnishings to provide a

fleeting experience of nature and the countryside in comfort

-Soft Moss- Lines the interior- carpet, seats and head rests

-Country Thatch- Traditional British thatched roof

acoustically insulates and protects space from noise of motorway

-Seats- Lined seats and head rests fit into holes in existing brick wall

-Laser-cut Steel Corten-Mimics crumbling brick walls from a distance, whilst

allowing daylight in and views out

-Toilet View-Looks out away from motorway over countryside

-Views-The house provides views out to the countryside whilst blocking off views and noise

from motorway and views in from the outside

-View Orientation-Views and openings are created to surrounding countryside, whilst interior is

protected from motorway sights, sounds and smells

-Wooden Bricks-Timber bricks fit into existing ruins and are strung from main roof structure. Hanging

walls can also be moved around the space to change internal configurations

El PuertoPavilion

-Museum of Modern Art, Medellin-

-Les Industriales-Post-Industrial Medellin

-Industrial Areas, Medellin-

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Museum of Modern Art Medellin

1930-1940-Construction

2006-2009-Renovation

Steelworks

-Museum of Modern Art, Medellin-Transformation of Steelworks to Art Gallery

Site- Simesa Central park

Residential - Cultural - RecreationalIndustrial

ResidentialPublic SpaceRetail/Mixed Use

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-History of Industry in Medellin-Development of Industry and Plans for Transformation of an industrial

area to mixed use residential zone

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Industry

Railways

Wind- removal of fumesRiver- transport and waste

removal

Homes for workers close to factories

Population tripled between 1960-1980. Industrial areas swallowed up by residential

1948Growth of industry due to new

infrastructure

1970Population increase results

in dramatic increase of residential and commerce

-Ciudad del Ro Central Park-At the heart of the Simesa development area, the park hosts

a diversity of social activities and users

Childrens playground, open space and theatre/ events

area

Shady Trees, landscaping and seating provide public

picnic areas

Skate park for bmx and skateboarding with areas for

sports/dance classes

Students, public performers, dancers, musicians and street

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Puerto Mamm PavilionActivities of park hosted

and enhanced in pavilion

Cuidad del Rio Central Park

Pedregal

Aranjuez

Catilla

Manrique

Popular

La Sierra

Centro de Medellin

Guayabal

Prado

-Pavilion Dispersion-Divided pavilion travels across city to new locations

Medellin

Pedregal

Aranjuez

Catilla

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Popular

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Centro de Medellin

Guayabal

Prado

Pavillion splits into individual houses to be

re-located in sites across the city

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-Patula Pine-Locally sourced pine and available cuts used

Sheet

Cylindrical -16 cm

Table 2.3 x 19cm

4 x 4cm

12cm

Sawlog Roundwood Batton 10cm

Boards

Roundwood Pulpwood

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Pulley

Stool (stored position)

Sand Bag

Fanning Coat Stand/ Shelving

Table Pulley

Stool

Lamp

Table (open position)

-Flexible Theatre/Workspace-Pavilion Segment

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-Theatre/Workspace Pavilion-

Space is to be used for presentations by visiting artists, speakers and community groups as well as public performances of

theatre and dance.

The space needs to offer flexible facilities for a variety of formats and configurations.

The space also needs to be able to be completely cleared to allow for workshops and classes involving a variety of different

activities to take place

Counterweights

Fanning Coat Stand holds table in position

Table Pulley

Stools descend from roof

Lamp pulls down from ceiling

Wooden tiled fabric

Stools descend from roof

-Floor/Roof Plans-Internal floor plan shows positions of furniture when pulled down or folded out

Floor Plan - 1:20

Pull-Down Stools

Sand Bag Counter-Weight

Fanning Coat Stand/ Shelvingholds table in open position

Table / Blind Pulley

Pulley Lamp

Folding TableFanning Coat Stand (closed)

Roof Plan - 1:40

-Lattice Roof Structure-Stools, lamps and pulley systems

with counterweights are hung from and stored inside lattice roof

structure

-Stage Furniture-Stools and lamps are stored in the roof to allow flexibility of

use and to clear the space if not needed

-Signature Wall-Wooden tiles record activities and visitors to pavilion

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-Signature Tiles-

Tiles attach to fabric with velcro to enable people to re-arrange and

create new patterns to re-decorate the space.

Visitors, artists, lecturers, teachers and participants in workshops in the pavilion are asked to decorate

one tile each, leaving a record of all the pavilions activities.

Once all tiles are full, they can be taken off and sold in the MAMM

shop, replaced by new ones.

Round-section bolted cross beams

Diagonal baton grid screws to round-section frames

Secondary grid laid and nailed on top of primary

diagonal batons

Timber boards form storage boxes whilst forming brac-

ing for trusses

Truss-supported roof structure. Box fittings for stool and light storage also

act as bracing for trusses.

Timber boards and water-proof fabric stretches over

roof structure

Small cross-beams inside box voids support pulley

systems for stools and lights

Simple truss construction Timber honeycomb lattice Lattice-braced truss system

Timber boards brace trussTruss Structure Member

Roof Construction and Components

-Roof Structure-

The roof structure acts as storage space for furniture as well as protection for the interior space

Roof structure supports and store furniture systems as well as providing a frame for waterproof roofing fabric

Roof Design

-Work Desk and Blind-Fold-down desks provide small workstations

Wall Elevation 1:20

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Wall Plan 1:20

1 Fabric and wood wall: Pine tiles glued onto PU coated nylon2 Folding Blind (same construction as fabric and wood skin)3 Folding Table4 Pulley5 Timber Frame6 Nails attach fabric to timber frame7 Steel Flashing8 Sliding bolts: enables blind to slid up and down the timber frame to open and close9 Blind: Edge of the blind wraps around timber frame and is held in place by sliding bolts10 Pivot Hinge: Max opening 90 degrees, 150mm length11 Fanning Furniture: 6 pine profiles fold out to support the table and become furniture

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Wooden tiles glue onto PU coated fabric to create teepee skin.

A table and blind fit into the wall pat-tern.

In resting positions the table is vertical and the blind is down.

As table is pulled down to a horizontal position for use, a pulley system raises the

blind to allow daylight in.

Chairs stored in the roof can be lowered for two people to sit at the table.

Edge of fabric blind wraps around the timber frame and is bolted to slots in the

timber frame.

The bolts enable the blind to slide up and down whilst preventing water ingress

when the blind is closed.

Rip stop Nylon

Waterproof coating

-Wooden Fabric-Sculptural teepee wrapping

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3- Plan view of stool 1:7 The pattern is designed to be more comfy and malleable in the centre.

Suspended stool with soft wooden seat

-Hidden StoolsStools hide in the roof space and can be pulled down for use

1- Sandbag counter-weight for the stool is slightly heavier, so when not

in use it slowly packs itself away.

1 Metal hooks2 Wooden pins3 Wooden board with pin holes4 Foam5 Wooden board for foam to push against6 Lightweight shell7 Interlocking internal wooden structure8 Pulley9 Sandbag10 Wooden boxes, form roof structure11 Sash cord

2- Exploded view of one of the four identical stools. It is cushioned

on the top for comfort and below to soften impact with the floor.

1 Roof Frame2 Pulley3 Electricity supply4 Roof box5 Braided fabric flex 6 Sand bag weight7 Light

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Lamp Isometric

-Lights-Adjustable pull-down lamps

Roof /Pulley Lamps Study Model

Counterweighted lamp systems fit into roof frame

x1 x2 x2 Folded Flat

Six pine profile pieces fold flat against the wall frame. Pieces fan open to sup-

port the folding table and become storage furniture and hanging space.

The outline of the pieces fit into the geom-etry of the tiled fabric wall.

Cut-outs for storage reveal the fabrics pattern behind.

Back Elevation

Hinge Detail 1:2

1:20

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600mm

-Folding Furniture-Fanning coat stand /shelving

600mm300 mm

Folding temporary storage

-Transport-Pavilion is easily dismantled for transportation with

repeatedly reversible joints

Clamps

Timber Screw ColletsAttach facade frame to main pavilion structure

Lamps with Pulleys Slide out from roof structure supports

Stools Unhook from pulleys

and roof structure

Roof TrussesSlotted structure dismantles so each piece can be transported separately

Foldable FabricPattern allows folding to

one sixth of wall size

Wall FrameJoints unbolted into individual members

Fabric Magnets and Clamps Fix fabric to frame

Coat Stand folds flat and unscrews

from frame

Counterweight Sandbags

Screw Collets connect facade frame and trusses to main structure

Roof Flashing

Wedge joints hold hanging boxes onto roof structure

Roof tensioning mechanism

Pulleys support stools and lights

Lamp counterweights

Bonded Wooden tiles

Fabric Clamps

-Details-Reversible joints and connections make pavilion easy to repeatedly dismantle and

re-assemble across the city whilst moveable elements allow flexibility of use

Folding Table Pulley Mechanism

-Night and Day-Pavilion transforms with daily change of use

-Nighttime-For evening use and functions, the pavilion states its

presence in the park and is illuminated by internal lights

-Daytime-Natural daylight penetrates

through fabric walls and roof skin

Sunlight shines in between wooden tiles

Light shines out through the tiled pattern

-Theatre/Workspace Interior-Space can be cleared away entirely into the ceiling and walls

-Cuidad del Rio Park-Pavilion segment on site

-Theatre/Workspace-Cuidad del Rio Park

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-Medellin-SebastianManuelaMelissa

Theatre/ Workspace Team

-London/Medellin Puerto Mamm Workshop-A five day workshop to develop existing pavilion designs and design adjacent spaces

Theatre and Workspace Sections

London/Medellin Collaboration

Development and making of the facade

New facade design based on a vertical version of storage roof design Storage boxes brace facade and reduce structural material needed

-Working/Storage Facade-Concepts from theatre space are applied to new working space for an in-built flexible

storage system

-Flexible Workspace-Storage facade holds furniture and storage space for workshops, meetings and

performances, whilst climatic and shading controls make it adjustable for different locations and conditions

-Fold-Down Desks-Fixed desks in walls are extended for additional users by smaller

fold-out desks at each side

-Adjustable Shading Roof -Blinds can be easily adjusted to shade the space from strong sunlight,

allowing different orientations of the pavilion in travelling locations

-Internal Facade -Works with external facade shutters to adjust lighting and climatic

effect. Stools, storage boxes,notice boards and planters fill the facade

-External Facade -Off-cuts of local materials are used in moveable shutters to create

adjustable lighting and climatic conditions

-Puerto Mamm Workspace and Theatre-

Storage in workspace also provides for neighbouring theatre space

Facade can be appropriated as wished and new attachments/insertions added

Easily accessible/climbable for maintenance

-Puerto MAMM-All houses together in 1:10 pavilion model

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CoventryRe-Defining and Re-Activating a Ghost Town

-Death of the City Centre-Shrinking UK town and city centres drain of trade and employment

of Coventry city centre shops vacant14.7%

2012-

UK Vacant Shops

14.6% 2008-5%

-Internet-

12% of shopping is

now done online

20,000 jobs lost for each 1%

The Big Drain

-Supermarkets-

75% of grocery shopping is done in supermarkets

-Out of Town-

80% of new shopping centres are planned out of town

-Shopping Centres-Nearby Birmingham

Bullring has 160shops and 30 restaurants

Retailers currently in a critical condition for 2013

-Showrooming-Shoppers visit high

street to see products, then find it cheaper on phones or tablets

Only 40% of total retail spend on high street by 2014

25,000 Town shops closed since 2000

9,000 Expected to close by 2014

230 Retail Brand Casualties since 2007

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Vacant Coventry


2012-

UK Vacant Shops

14.6% 2008-5%

-Internet-

12% of shopping is

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The Big Drain

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UK Vacant Shops

14.6% 2008-5%

-Internet-

12% of shopping is

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The Big Drain

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UK Vacant Shops

14.6% 2008-5%

-Internet-

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The Big Drain

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-Death of The High Street-


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UK Vacant Shops

14.6% 2008-5%

-Internet-

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UK Vacant Shops

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-Internet-

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-City of Coventry-AD 700 - Present Day

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Medeival Convent

King Canute and Danes destroy convent and town.

1043

Monastery built on remains of convent which became rich-est monastery in England with gold and jewels.A

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Saxon farming settlement devel-ops. 12

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Cloth trading becomes main industry, produc-ing wool and dyes. City prospers as a result of reputa-tion of Coventry blue cloth

1150

Growth in tradeLaws passed so merchants coming to the town were free to trade in peace and would be free of rent and dues for a period of two years from when they began to build.

1200

Free trade laws encourage the exchange of lo-cal produce such as wool, soap, needles, metal and leather goods.

1662

City walls demol-ished by King Charles ii after civil war as pun-ishment

1617

Parliamentar-ian stronghold in civil war. Royal-ist prisoners sent to Coventry

1067

Lady Godiva rides streets naked in protest of high taxes on people of the City..?

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1700s

Silk weaving and ribbon produc-tion becomes main industry. This makes town important in the fashion industry

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Foreign imports kill off silk and fabric trade

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Watch and clock industries grow along with sewing machines to be-come towns main industries

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Bicycles devel-oped by sewing machine compa-nies. By the 1890s it became the largest producer of bicycles in the world, with 300,000 produced each year

GROW

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Boom

1897

First car was pro-duced in Coventry by Daimler. The motor industry continued to grow and by 1930s was at the centre of the UK motor industry.

Boom

1920s

Car industry fed other engineering industries such as aircraft manufac-ture, instruments, gauges and chain-making. Dur-ing the war most factories turned to weapon and air-craft manufacture

Growth

1940

November 14th Moonlight So-nata Blitz. Nazi German bomb-ing destroyed most of the citys medieval centre and Cathedral. A second raid in 1941 brought death count to 1,236D

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1950s

Build

1960s

A growing and successful car industry meant the city was one of the richest cities in the UK and had one of the highest standards of living outside of London. The population peaked at 335,000 in the late 60s.

Boom

The city is rebuilt in a tabula rasa fashion in a mod-ernist, brutalist style. The first pedestrianised precinct in the UK, separa-tion of cars and pedestrians and a central ring road characterised the redevelopment

1980s

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Decline of Brit-ish motor industry hit the City hard leaving 20% of the population unemployed. A rise in petty crime soon followed giv-ing the city a poor national reputa-tion.

1990s

Although the 1990 recession hit the City hard, engineering re-search headquar-ters have stayed and smaller education indus-tries have grown around Coventry and Warwick Universities

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2000s

Build

Recent expan-sions to university buildings, as well as improvements of public space have been suc-cessful in reacti-vating areas of the city

2011

2012

New businesses introduced by new migrant commu-nities to Coventry has regenerated previuosly aban-doned areas of the city.

Recession along with rise in internet shopping and out-of-town shopping centres mean that trade is gradually slipping away from the City ventre leav-ing empty shops and dead spaces

2020

Redefinition of city centre: New energy and water harvest-ing industries and city farming become the citys main industries. Improved hous-ing typologies and public spaces make the city de-sirable once moreG

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-Demolition City-Organic growth of the city through trade is followed by repeated planned

demolition, slum clearance, the blitz and removal of historic industrial and trade buildings throughout the 20th century

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-Gibsons Modernist Masterplan-Post-war re-building of the city

Vision of a Pedestrianised City Precinct

Masterplan Model

Ultimate Masterplan

Here is a building whose sole value is historic. Is it to be

allowed to stand in the way of the new plan?

Much of this area is already scheduled for

slum clearance

At the moment it is the plan that is of primary

importance, the details can follow later.

SPACOIUS PLANNING

Elevational treatment will be secondary to the plan. It will depend on the availability of

materials

Some of the things to be avoided: varying heights, hid-

eous lettering, extravagant squiggles, narrow pavements

THE ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS

-21st March 1941-

Coventry is one of the test towns and will act as an

invaluable guide for replanning elsewhere

-Post-War Boom Town-Planning widely considered to be a success as one of the wealthiest cities in the UK

during the 1960s

New pedestrianised shopping precinct

Empty ShopsVacant Offices

Disused Historic BuldingsAbandoned Sites

Flyovers and Underpasses

Key

Coventry City Centre 1:5000

-Empty Spaces-Abandoned sites and empty retail units

-Tracing Identities-Re-introducing lost identities into the city and establishing new ones

City identity and history lost in repeated destruction,

lost industry and tabula rasa re-planning

Sites for interventions across the city

Drapers Hall

Westmisn

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Old Grammar School

Warwick Road Flyover

THE PRECINCT

Allied Car-pets

-Empty Spaces-Abandoned buildings and empty retail units

-Sites for Intervention-Five key typologies to address across the city centre

-The Ring Road-1970s inner city ring road leaves a ring of dead space cutting through the

city, choking off the city centre

-Vacant Shops-Loss of industry, unemployment, out-of-town shopping centres and online

shopping contribute to the drainage of trade from the city centre

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-Historic Buildings-The few remaining pre-C20th buildings are left abandoned, bereft of

function, isolated and cut-off by city infrastructure

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-Empty Office Buildings-Loss of industry and related managerial work leaves empty office space.

These buildings stand prominently empty, slowly decaying

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-Abandoned Land-Abandoned sites in the city centre where buildings have been demolished

and rebuilding plans have fallen through

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-Provisioning-Empty office buildings to be turned into space for providing citys energy and water requirements

-Water Collection-Rainwater collectors and treatment

-Micro Wind Turbines-Wind deflected down facades of building to be

harnessed and harvested

-Dismantling-Buildings to be cut up and split into

different functions. Homes of workers are integrated amongst and powered by services

-Micro-Industry-Small-scale industries integrated in empty office

and housing blocks.British dull, damp climate lends itself to high value porcini or shiitake mushroom production

-Decks-Proposal for transformation of the city ring road, as a physical social network around the city, with

social spaces, facilities and messages

-Re-Forestation-Large areas of abandoned city centre land to be turned back to nature, turning the negative

image of nature taking over abandonment into a deliberate and positive move

-Free Land-Abandoned land to be turned to allotments for

inner-city dwellers with limited mobility

-Free Space-Empty shop spaces to be let freely for small

businesses, graduates and organisations setting up until in profit

-Social Places-Spaces under and around ring road to be trans-

formed into sports facilities and community theatres and exhibition halls for local groups

and businesses

-Step 1: Activation-Temporary pavilions and interventions draw attention and

curiosity to disused spaces and their potential for habitation

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-Seasonal Pavilions-Nomadic Pavilions occupy dead spaces in the city, creating an event and allowing local

businesses to showcase

-Autumn Mulcher-Travels around city centre trees, collecting leaves for compost on

allotments

-Winter Caff-Nomadic thatched cafe moves around city.

Uses ancient local medieval construction techniques. Local cafes rotate occupation. Toilet and food waste is biodigested to fuel

the stove and hearth

-Summer Beach-Artificial Beach to be set up in Broadgate

Square with umbrella roof ready for British summer rain

-Spring Planters-Inhabitable seed pavilions are rolled

between citys derelict sites. Coconut fibre shell holds seeds and drops them around

the city, re-greening the land

-Peeping Tom Theatres-Inspired by Coventrys medieval mystery play

tradition, small open theatres are to be distributed around the city centre and ring road for local

drama and arts groups to exhibit freely

-Bus Stop-Using pegged timber joinery, the

bus stop is an interactive social/play space/climbing frame

-(Work)Shop Stalls-Ready-fitted out workshops, shops and restaurants for

new startups with easily adaptable and changeable facades. Local planning laws relaxed, allowing

extension of advertising into street

-Rainwater Collectors-Collectors wrap around redundant office blocks to harvest facade run-

off- to be used as grey water

-Interventions-Small-scale insertions into the city to re-activate dead spaces and buildings

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