So, as regards the re-jiggled scheme, I have to (obviously) pick a building to focus on and design in detail. The choice here is the production 'edge' previously discussed, in part because of all the prior research, the opportunity for a creative design, and the fact it was one of the few buildings I had any semblance of design for.
For concepts/inspiration, I started looking at old lace machinery and sketching from my previous models. Drawings/collages below:
These were then translated into a concept model:
And finally a sketch model of a building:
And after a tutorial, further sketches related to the scheme:
SO, the building program, in essence, is still based around the manufacture of clothes and associated functions such as production of materials to work with, design of pieces, testing/photography, office spaces etc. The building will have relationships with: to the west, the railway, to the south the new east-west pedestrian route, and to the east the proposed college buildings (there will be an indicative design for these, probably just a rough suggested footprint). The linear elements to the south will be straight factory spaces, with heavy machinery operating at ground level and lighter elements, such as finishing or intricate hand-sewing/craft work above. This gives rise to the staggered form you can see in one of the sketch sections.
Where the circular element is, the building begins to fragment. This is where ancillary workshops (such as yarn spinning spaces and a tannery for producing leather) form a relationship with the college buildings. These have an associated refectory and public space (the quarter-circle element in the model). Further north still there will be design offices. The building can be read as a series of insertions into an overall mechanism, with a 'production line' relationship running through the north-south axis and hierarchies of scale and method occupying spaces vertically. The mechanism for bringing goods off the train forms a unifying element.
Going forward, the plans obviously need to be worked up and the fragmentary elements explored in more detail. The trick here (which has always been my problem) is achieving a fragmented program within an elegant design. The main facades to the east and west also need to be considered: one has the relationship with the railway, while the other is a more static front and needs to work at a more human scale.
Time is short...
For concepts/inspiration, I started looking at old lace machinery and sketching from my previous models. Drawings/collages below:
And finally a sketch model of a building:
And after a tutorial, further sketches related to the scheme:
Where the circular element is, the building begins to fragment. This is where ancillary workshops (such as yarn spinning spaces and a tannery for producing leather) form a relationship with the college buildings. These have an associated refectory and public space (the quarter-circle element in the model). Further north still there will be design offices. The building can be read as a series of insertions into an overall mechanism, with a 'production line' relationship running through the north-south axis and hierarchies of scale and method occupying spaces vertically. The mechanism for bringing goods off the train forms a unifying element.
Going forward, the plans obviously need to be worked up and the fragmentary elements explored in more detail. The trick here (which has always been my problem) is achieving a fragmented program within an elegant design. The main facades to the east and west also need to be considered: one has the relationship with the railway, while the other is a more static front and needs to work at a more human scale.
Time is short...
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