CARPENTRY WORKSHOP
1ST SEMESTER 2016. 2ND YEAR ARCHITECTURE, OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. A CARPENTRY WORKSHOP DISPLAYING PROTOTYPES FOR CURRENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE IN HACKNEY, LONDON. PROTOTYPES BEING DISPLAYED ARE DESIGNED AND MADE BY CARPENTERS AND THE PEOPLE OF HACKNEY.HACKNEY IS PART OF LONDON'S LARGEST HOUSING REGENERATION PROGRAM AND THIS BUILDING IS ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PART OF DESIGNING ITS COMMUNITY. THE PUBLIC CAN VOTE ON THEIR FAVOURITE PROTOTYPE BEING DISPLAYED IN THE BUILDING AND THE WINNING PROTOTYPE WILL BE PRODUCED AND POSITIONED ON THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. BY LETTING THE PEOPLE OF A COMMUNITY TAKE MORE PARTS IN DEVELOPMENTS WILL CREATE A BETTER, MORE DEMOCRATIC ATMOSPHERE.
Section A-A
Ground floor plan 1:50
Parts of the walls are prototypes and can therefore rearrange themselves. The concrete columns have been positioned so they carry the loads where non load-bearing walls are. Walkways between buildings allows public to engage with prototypes, hence why the building has been broken up into different spaces.
1st Floor
A walkway connected to next door café where balustrades, roofs and floors are being displayed as different prototypes. Indoors, an area accessed from staircase and walkway where people can sit down and plan/draw the upcoming designs.
Section B-B
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CARPENTRY WORKSHOP
1ST SEMESTER 2016. 2ND YEAR ARCHITECTURE, OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. A CARPENTRY WORKSHOP DISPLAYING PROTOTYPES FOR CURRENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE IN HACKNEY, LONDON. PROTOTYPES BEING DISPLAYED ARE DESIGNED AND MADE BY CARPENTERS AND THE PEOPLE OF HACKNEY.HACKNEY IS PART OF LONDON'S LARGEST HOUSING REGENERATION PROGRAM AND THIS BUILDING IS ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PART OF DESIGNING ITS COMMUNITY. THE PUBLIC CAN VOTE ON THEIR FAVOURITE PROTOTYPE BEING DISPLAYED IN THE BUILDING AND THE WINNING PROTOTYPE WILL BE PRODUCED AND POSITIONED ON THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. BY LETTING THE PEOPLE OF A COMMUNITY TAKE MORE PARTS IN DEVELOPMENTS WILL CREATE A BETTER, MORE DEMOCRATIC ATMOSPHERE.
