Manchester Urbanism; a project for the development of a site for an MA task

1. Four Chimneys; an urban
development for an MMU Media
Centre Library and digital hub
PART I: site
David Chandler
6 November 2013

9. The MMU digital information hub
PART II: development draft sketches

10. PLAN circle + rectangle + square

11. Core design ethos

12. urban sources – the Lowry Theatre “tower” the gate at Falerii
Novi, Lazio, King’s College Chapel, Haddiscoe Church Norfolk, the two
chimneys to the North East of the site, the colours of the student lodging
bricks

13. Draft sketches
6 November
•A narrow corridor style rectangular
•building with concave glass sides in 14 bays.
•Two brick 4 storey “arch” ending facades.
•Two “tower” chimneys. The south facing is 9500mm
diameter and contains a lift
• The opposite square tower has a lift
•There are two centrally placed lifts to the 5 floors and a roof
garden
•An independent access tower café restaurant on floors
5/6/7 of the south west tower
•A roof piazza with 16 mature trees on a steel frame table
•Two reclaimed slate roof sets either side of the roof garden
•Cistern at North end supplies all non drinking water and
sprinkler system

18. Side elevation 5+4 +5 = 14 bays of concave glass
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19. THE LATERAL
STEEL FRAME
and 14 concave
glass bays
5+4+5