Third Year, Semester 2 - Graded: First
We need to talk about carbon
NSoM was my final project at Sheffield Hallam. The brief was to create a higher education school for future and environmental materials for the construction industry. Therefore, it was important to use sustainable materials throughout the building in addition to sustainable design.
Our brief included: internal and external study areas; a public exhibition space; a public library space; a series of class rooms and workspaces for our chosen sustainable materials and private staff and admin areas. This meant it was important to create thresholds within the design while keeping the building open and welcoming to all.
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Plans created using Revit and Photoshop.
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Careful consideration was put into every aspect of my design, from paths ending with large glazed openings to the legibility of the building to both regular users of the building and curious guests.
The building had a number of private areas for staff but the majority of the building was open to both the public and students. Due to the building being open to the public for library use and exhibitions shows, it was important to create thresholds and boundaries using material (colour, weight and texture), openings (visibility, size and opacity) and floor design. For example, the threshold between the public library and the semi public class corridor is created using all three:
Material: I used the contrast of the smooth, light timber to the dark, heavy brick arches.
Opening: the archway opening creates a obvious edge and boundary to pass through. I reinforced this by creating the illusion its very narrow by keeping it much taller than it is wide.
Floor design: the library uses a combination of polished concrete and carpeting throughout to create areas within the library. This contrasts to the herringbone timber floor of student areas using.
Renders created using Photoshop, Revit and Enscape.
