5. Axonometric
Roof Top
Garden Centre
Ground Floor
Reception
Community Shops/Spaces
Outodoor/Green space
Core/Elevators
Staircase/Fire Escape
- 8 Studio Aparments
- 8 1 Bedroom Aparments
- 6 Bedrooms Aparments
- 4 Bedrooms Aparments
Housing
Garden Centre: Views to to central London
Garden Centre
External staircase: A place for Interaction on their journeys to and out of the building
Coffee Shop: A space for interaction between residents and the outside community
6. 2 Layers of Gypsum
- based board
Insulation
V.C.L
Cavity
Rigid Insulation
Timber Block
Pile Foundation
Vertical Timber battens
Timber Cladding
Timber Cladding
Floor Construction
Floor Construction
Steel Beam Connections
Connection to Foundation
Mineral wool packing
Gypsum board
Steel Beam
Steel Decking
Concrete over mesh
Timber Battens
Roof Detail Wall Detail Floor Detail
1:25 Section
Timber FlooringEpdm Rubber
Timber decking
Insulation
Vapour control layer
Timber decking
Concrete
Timber decking
Insulation
Steel Beam
Gypsum board
Double Skin service wall
7. Closest 24/7 medical centre
Users of River Soar
Encourage users to use the health
station by including
Bridge Inspiration
Improved pathways/ Public spaces
Public Spaces
Public Bike racks
Sheltered Public seating area
Central space sheltered by custodian accommodation.
24 hour Health station
Well lit public spaces at night
Lit up canal pathway for night time saftey
Light boxes that act as benches.
Minimial placement on site
Retains the beauty of the existing site
Cable stayed bridge mast implimented in
design for support
Public spaces and canal pathway illuminated to reassure saftey
Research from the BBC shows that people from the ages of
5 - 64 may not be getting enough regular health checks.
‘ Men in particular ‘
Popular site for bikers
Draws publics attention to the
health station
8. Exterior Views
Minimal placement
within site
Design addresses views
to Soar River
Community Space integrated within
the landscape of the design
Citizen Health check area interior space
Cantilevered design allows for
free walk ways beneath the
structure
9. Zinc cladding
Softwood board
Timber batten
Vapour barrier
OSB
Insulation
Gypsum board
Wall Section
Floor Section
Timber floorboards
PE sheeting
Insulation
3-ply core plywood, glazed finish
Zinc cladding
Insulated Beams
Columns are filled with mineral
wool in order to reduce cold
bridging.
Steel Structure
Strength
Demountable Structure
Recyclable Material
Durability
Mast
The mast which supports the design consists of two steel
panels with steel cinders in-between holding the two
panels together. The reason for this design is to reduce
the weight of having one large steel column and also a
mast that is more aesthetically than a large column.
Tie Bar System
To support the two building block the design would compromise of a tie bar system. The reason
for using this is purely for the simplicity of the system and how easy it is to attach and detach from
the building. The tie bar system will use steel cables as this is what is used in bridge technology
and heavy duty cables would be needed to stabilise the buildings.
Due to the nature of the design, the structure of the design had to be as
strong as possible in order to cope with the cantilever design. A timber
structure would not have been suitable for this design.
Steel being one of the most recyclable materials on earth means that the
structures can always be recycled or even made from recycled steel. This
enables a design that sustainable.
One of the main advantages of using a steel frame means that it can easily
be assembled and disassembled in order to be relocated.
Having a design that may need to be taken down and re assembled
means that steel would work well as it would last a long time without any
major problems that a timber structure would have.
I Beams
Using beams for aesthetics
Foundation
One way in which I wanted to use the structure
as an antithetical element was by having the
steel beams flush with the floor, Even though this
increases the chance of cold bridging I felt it was
import to do this as it flows with my design by
having all the steel elements in the heart of the
design like the mast.
The foundation of the mast uses a
concrete base which is bolted to the
mast itself.
I beams would be used for the main
frame and uses a simple bolt on struc-
ture which makes it easy to disassemble
and assemble to be relocated.
Roof
Zinc cladding
Insulation
Vapour control layer
Roof decking
Plasterboard ceiling
Heating: Ground source heat pump
Ventilation
Because of the size of the building I believed that windows would be suffi-
cient enough to ventilate the building and also cool the building down. To
improve ventilation through the building each individual room has its own
window.
The ground source heat pump is a good solution to heat the
building as a water pump can not be used as the building does not
have direct access to the river soar.
1: 50 First Floor plan
1: 50 Ground Floor plan
1 : 20 Section
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Solution is heated by grounds
natural heat.
Heated solution pumped into a
heat exchanger.
Heat exchanger heats the hot water
in the tank and is passed through the
health station using radiators.
