Exercise Four. Anna Healy

Exercise Four. Anna Healy

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Exercise One. Anna Healy

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link to my first video

http://www.vimeo.com/6682646

a bedroom in my project...

how concept developed...

exploded axo of one unit

1:200 plan

Here's my plan, without anything added in photoshop because my blog seems to have a problem with that... so there should be trees, grass and benches to the south of the apartments...

testing daylight...

Made a rough model in cork, took it outside and photographed it... here are some of the photos...

draft 1:500 site plan

This is just the vector works drawing... I've added to the drawing in photoshop but that version won't upload for some reason...

new second floor plan

new ground floor plan

Current plan of ground floor

plan ground floor

axonometric of 3 4 bed apartments

Axonometric of 3 4 bed apartments stacked showing initial idea about construction...

1st plan

1st version of a plan, on ideal site.

model of a bedroom

Photos of a sketch model of a student room...

student room...an example I like

An example Jan showed me of student accommodation in Virginia University... I really like the idea of a bed raised off the ground allowing other things to happen underneath...in this case it creates a cosy study space and make space for a fold out couch where the bed was in the original plan.

Site plan, showing the most direct walking routes to and from the colleges, train/bus station and bus stop. In purple are the buildings that are unused, to let or for sale, possible sites of intervention along these routes.

Idea...

to start project from small scale and work up in scale, by designing room to kitchen/living to collective areas

design to a comfortable minimum

eg. Corbusier's cabanon, Sejima's house in plum grove etc.

have something special in each?

why?????

to challenge standard of double bed ensuite

so as not to be wasteful

to see if 500 students can fit comfortably on site

Photos of Ellen street. The areas marked in red are where I feel there isn't enough containment to give the street a village feel

I marked in orange on the map the shops/services etc that I associate with a village that already exist on the site. There's a small shop, a church, a butchers, a pharmacy, a doctor's office, a hairdresser's, a pub and a restaurant.

It seems that most of the things I associate with a village are already there...

What is my site?

My manifesto

My Manifesto
What do I want to do?
I want to create an urban village, a village within the city

What is my idea of an urban village?
An urban village is a settlement that is small enough (3000 to 5000 people) to create a community in the truest sense of the word. It should enable people to recognise each other and encourage neighbourliness. The buildings should be mixed use and the village should be based on walking; up to 900m across could be a guideline. The car should be facilitated but not encouraged. The community should have its own identity and there should be a range of facilities. There should be more dense development in the centre with focal points or a landmark, and the density should ease away from the centre. Pathways on the site should have a destination, a clear beginning and end.

Why do I believe this idea is suited to the site?
Seeing the market on a Saturday I had the most positive feeling about the site and felt there was a genuinely good atmosphere. The site was a destination; it was active. Looking at its history the Milk Market has been a site of trade for nearly 200 years. A seven day market isn’t viable according to those who run the market, and this isn’t what I’m suggesting. Instead I suggest providing services and shops relevant to local people and students alike as a way of continuing this tradition of trade. Somewhere in this is the key to the spirit of the place, its identity. I feel it also needs a sense of place, a sense of being one thing: a village.

The site and the city itself have an unusual character in that the people who work there during the day move out from the city in the evening to their homes in the suburbs. If students were to live there they would be spending their day in the suburbs and moving into the city in the evening. This means that the site is different things to different people depending on the time of the day. Clearly students use this part of the city at night. The issue is providing daytime amenities for those using the site during the day and maybe encouraging the use of the area by students at that time also. There is also the question of what happens at the weekend or during the summer, when the majority of the accommodation would be empty.

How do I propose to make it happen?
Daily shopping like a village shop for general needs

Basic healthcare pharmacy

Recreation and culture small scale sports facilities for more casual use, cafes, indoor and outdoor public spaces

Green space – change land contour? There are no clear high points on the site. Places for people to grow some of their own food would give the residents a sense of pride and ownership about their village. Place to sit outside, to just hang out, also space for collective activity

Central Square as a focus for the community, maybe the milk market itself, could be used for concerts or an outdoor cinema

Housing providing everyone with a space of their own, using the existing buildings as much as possible, because they add diversity and character, some of them have a long history, and it’s a waste to build something new if there are perfectly good buildings already there. If it’s not possible then maybe their material can be reused. Make judgements about what should stay and what should go on site? There probably needs to be a visible change to make sure there is a perception of change on the site, but this will probably happen anyway.

Study facilities small library, collective study area, lecture spaces, laundry facilities etc.

Employment should be a automatically created by providing services on site

Some buildings may need to be knocked to allow more light into the sight, eg. Cornmarket Car park

Urban village

Seeing the market on a Saturday I had the most positive feeling about the site and felt there was a genuinely good atmosphere. The site was a destination. There was activity there. Looking at its history the Milk Market has been a place of trade for almost 200 years. I felt somewhere in this was the key to the spirit of the place, something I feel it's important to maintain. I feel it also needs a sense of place, and a sense of being one thing, and the people there should have a sense of being part of a collective. Reading Alice Taylor's The Parish, I felt her villages sense of commuity and pride was what I needed. I was looking for a sense of togetherness and the provision of services, trades, for the community in the community. What I wanted was a village within the city. Being aware that my vision of a village may be a little nostalgic, I wanted to find its equivilent in todays world. I found the concept of an urban village, it seems to be along the lines of what I'm looking for...

WHAT IS AN URBAN VILLAGE?
An urban village is a concept of a settlement which is small enough to
create a community in the truest sense of the word - a group of people
who support each other, but big enough to maintain a reasonable cross
section of facilities. Walking determines the size - a 10 minute walk
from one side to the other. To provide a sufficiently large population to
maintain a range of community facilities all within a walkable distance
means the density of development must be high. An urban village is
densely developed in the centre, with town squares and key community
focal points, density eases away from the centre, and the boundary of
the village is marked by greenspace.

evening movement to and from city

my ideas

quotes etc.

The map shows that the orbital route cuts off all of the colleges as well as all the parks from the city centre. This can't be a good thing...

The advantage of the orbial route however is that it reduces the need for car parks in the city centre, many of which are located in the milk market area, and it allows for the pedestrianisation of more of the city centre...

what size is accommodation for 500 students?

Thomond has accommodation for 504 students, so I traced the area of this, and traced the area of the buildings I had marked out for possible use on the site and fitted them into eachother... they roughly fit... the area of Thomond is slightly bigger, but it proves that the area I have chosen is reasonable... of course Thomond is 4 storeys in most parts... may have to return to the drawing board...

more ideas...

A development of previous idea, connecting up the "night" areas, and continuing out to buildings a little further away...

more site ideas...

Possible buildings on the site to inhabit, reuse or sites to use in pink.

Areas of pubs/clubs/restaurants to connect to create usable outdoor space at night

possible site...

This is my first idea about where the edge of the site is... I wanted to include all of the restaruants, pubs and clubs in the area and join them up to the old quarter. I have included some buildings that I would imagine would stay as they are, like the market itself and the church.