Nature and the Landscape

1. NATURE AND THE
LANDSCAPE - KILVE
ARCHITECTURE BRIEF

2. KEY FINDINGS

3. THE BRIEF
The Chantry Tea Gardens is re-
launching as Tea Rooms and Inn. In
order to do this they need to
expand into the old ruins. They will
need rooms for the inn and a large
open, seated indoor space for the
Tea Rooms. You must design the
building in a way that incorporates
and protects the ruins, but is also
safe to use as it is currently an ‘at
risk’ building. None of the existing
structure must be knocked down as
the Chantry is a protected site.

4. EXISTING EXAMPLES
Caixa Forum by
Herzog & de Meuron
Tate Modern by Herzog
& de Meuron
Shoreham Street by
Project Orange

5. DESIGN IDEA 1
In this design I would keep the existing layout of the building and would be
adding a glass roof and glass walls. The roof design has been inspired by the
images at the side but are mainly based of the drawing I made of my land art
sculpture and the way that the branches bent and curved to form shapes, such
as triangles. I have made this pattern more geometric for my design. The roof
would be made up of various triangles in different sizes. The roof would not be
entirely straight as the triangles would go in and out. Part of one of the main walls
would also be made into a large window. This design would add light but may
heat up the building too much in the summer.
Tautra monastery in
Norway
Orient Station in
Lisbon

6. DESIGN IDEA 2
In this design the layout of the
building changes slightly as I would
add a large glass addition that
would go across the left side of the
chantry and cantilever though the
gap of the section on the right side.
The roof would be similar to that in
the photo on the left but the deign
would be based on the rocks on
the beach. Similar additions would
be added to the rest of the
Chantry but they would appear as
tilted rectangles.Asmacati Shopping Centre
in Turkey

7. DESIGN IDEA 3
This design is based on the history of the building
and the surrounding landscape. The design is base
on gothic architecture as that was style of the time
period the chantry was originally built. Inside the
chantry would be the addition of fan vaulting
which would have a branch motif. This motif would
be carried throughout the building on the roof of
the inn portion and on the windows, which would
also be in a gothic arch.
Gloucester
Cathedral
Kings College
Chapel, Cambridge

8. CHOSEN IDEA
I have decided to use idea three as I feel it is the
most developed design and also the one which links
with nature the most. I now need to develop the idea
to finalise a design for the fan vault and a floor plan. I
have researched the works of Gaudi and the way
that he incorporated organic forms into his designs.
However I think researching sculpture might also
prove useful as I would like the vaulting to have a
sculptural quality.