This is my minor design project for this year, I have been asked to design a 'Add on' to a library, Senate House which is London.
Project constraints
- New module space floor area cannot exceed 12m2 and total area of 33m3
- New module should be constructed off site for quick and easy installment on site
- The projected module should allow for it to be installed with a single lorry crane.
Aims
The aim of this project ate to initiate understanding of technological relationship to buildability and speed of construction with minimum site impact. You will begin to work with existing buildings and consider the decision making and constraints process this causes. You will be assigned two sub-briefs during this project that will test your response to each of these issues. You will be assessed on the analysis, design process, the formal quality of your intervention, the understanding you demonstrate of materials and structure and the quality of your finished outputs.
Project timeline
10 Oct. (week 2) - 2.2.1 Introduction of project, Research
17 Oct. (week 3) - 2.2.2 Site visit, Surveying, Research, Precedent study
24 Oct. (week 4) - 2.2.3 Concept, Planning strategy
31 Oct. (week 5) - 2.2.4 Structural and materiality resolution
14 Nov. (week 7) - 2.2.5 Technologically visual solution
21 Nov. (week 8) - 2.2.6 Presentation
The minimum amount of work that we have been asked to produce for this project:
Drawing Pack
- Affected building Plan 1:100/1:50 with connection solutions to existing building
- Section(s) 1:100/1:50 to connection solutions to existing building
- Details 1:20 to connection between existing and new module
- Elevations of added module 1:100 including context
- Exploded axonometric of new module envelope
Concept & proposition communication
- Existing building analysis
- Precedent study
Models & experimentation (photographed/presented in portfolio)
- Model 1:100 to show external form, technology & immediate context
Submission deadline and weighting
21 Nov. Final project presentation
28 Nov. Submission of project 2.2 final work portfolio.
We have been told that we cant put the new module space on the floor or on the roof. So after being told this I was kinda anxious because every project I have worked on previously has been placed on the floor, so this will definitely be a challenge however through researching I think I'll be able to come up with a reasonable concept. So I will be blogging the process I make throughout this project, so be prepared.