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The above images represent what a cyclist might see on their journey, In contrast to the following page where the tourist takes in a great deal more interesting vistas and details. cycling route plan


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The Tourist & The Cyclist Storyboard


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The Tourist & The Cyclist Film Stills


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Spitalelds gets its name from a

hospital and priory known as St. Mary

Spital, which was founded in 1197

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The history of Spitalelds can betraced back to Roman times when itwas the site of a cemetery.

Photo of the Roman Graveyardexcavation in preperation for theSpitalelds re-development. Manyimportant historical discoveriesoccured on this site. Some of theexcavated objects are on exhibition atthe British Museum.


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Spitalelds and Banglatown Ward

19th Century

Spitalelds fell into decline after the 1820s and gained a reputation as cheap

area to live. This brought an inux of numerous waves of immigrants. During

the 1840s the potato famine led to an inux of people from Ireland, bringing

in workers to build the nearby docks.


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1685Around 13,050 French Protestant(Huguenots) refugees immigrated in1685. By settling in Spitalelds, outsidethe bounds of the City of London, theyhoped to avoid the restrictive legislationof the City Guilds. The Huguenotsbrought with them little, apart from theirskills.

1840sIrish Immigrants are forced from theirnative country during the potato famineas food became scarse. Many of thesepeople went to work on the nearbydocks.

1930sJewsish refugees from Germanyimmigrated to the area during WWII

20th CenturyBangladeshis, like the French Hugue-nots and Jewish refugees, worked in thetextile industry and made Brick Lane thecurry capital it is today.

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Urban Typology

Spitalelds & Banglatown Ward is made up of a fewdifferent urban typologies, mainly existing from theVictorian era when many of the existing buildingsand road where constructed. The most notable andinteresting of which are the winding victorian alleys,such as Frying Pan Alley pictured opposite, and thecontrasting open area of Christ Church gardens andcommercial street.

Christ Church Gardens was once part of the Churchsgraveyard, but became one of the only open green

spaces in Spitalelds in the early 1900s. It isdocumented that homeless people would go there tosleep when the gates opened every morning, much likepeople still do today.

In 1902, Jack London wrote of the garden:

On the benches on either side was arrayed a massof miserable and distorted humanity...a welter of ragsand lth, of all manners of loathsome skin diseases,

open sores, bruises, grossness, indecency and bestialfaces...

Frying Pan Alley Christ Church Gardens


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Key Historical Building

Christ Church Spitalelds (17141729)

Christ Church was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor in 1714as part of an Act of Parliament in 1711, which commissioned thebuild of 50 new churches to serve the growing populations in,what was then, the fringes of London.

The building is a landmark in Spitalelds and is one of the fewexamples of classical architecture in the area.

The interior is even more decadent than the exterior architectureand displays intricate Corinthian columns, motifs and reliefsthroughout.

Christ Church Interior

Christ Church Exterior


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Spitalelds Market Photos


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Future Developments Map, Source: Tower Hamlets UDP

Mixed Use Development

Arts, Cultureand Entertainment Area/ OtherLeisureand RecreationProposal

Designated District Centre Core Area

Designated District CentreFringeArea

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Unitary Development Plan:Permitted Development

The London Borough of TowerHamlets list preferred developmenttypes as part of their UnitaryDevelopment Plan. This informationis compiled in the adjacent map.

Osborn Street, where I amconsidering the potential of a site,is highlighted as being suitabe formixed-use development, and iswithin the Central Area Zone.

Within the central area zones,larger developments for businessesand retail purposed will be soughtin the form of integrated mixed-useschemes, subject to:1. The character and function of thesurrounding area;2. The scale and nature of thedevelopment;3. The physical constraints of thesite; and

4. The other policies and proposalsof this plan. Tower Hamlets, UDP, Chapter 3

Areasofarchaeologicalimportanceor potential

Arts, Cultureand Entertainment Area

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Departmentof Transport StrategicRoads

EastLondonLine Extension

EastWest Crossrail

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Green Chains

Industrial Employment Areas

LeeValleyRegionalPark

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Development: Nido Spitalelds

Architects: tp Bennett

Clients: The Blackstone Group

Completion Date: 2005

The site fronting Middlesex Street, was formerly occupied by a poor quality post-war ofce building whichdisregarded the historic grain of the area. In contrast, the new development lls the site, providing streetelevations on four sides, while reinstating the vital element of permeability. Its location, close to the cluster ofofce towers in the eastern sector of the City, provided scope for a tall building. The student accommodation,housing 1,200, is contained in a 35-storey tower, a dynamic composition with facades formed of high-

performance glass and aluminium panels. Access is from the historic Frying Pan Alley, recast with an attractivenew piazza the alley also serves as a new pedestrian link between Spitalelds Market and Liverpool Street

station. The other elements of the scheme, include a block of private apartments to the south, on Strype Street,and a ve storey ofce building on Middlesex Street to the west. Retail and cafe units are provided at streetlevel to reinforce the animated character of the area. While the street elevation of the ofce building is formedof full-height glazing, the apartment block is clad in terracotta panels to complement neighbouring buildingsof 19th century date. tp bennetts architectural and urban design strategy reects the historic character of the

area, while addressing 21st century needs. tp Bennett


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Development: 1 Bishops Square

Architects: Foster & Partners

Clients: Hammerson Plc, Spitalelds Development Group


Bishops Square development provides a major new public space for London larger than the Piazza at CoventGarden. It completes the regeneration programme of this historically important neighbourhood bridging theCity and the East End.

Comprising 4 acres of landscaped civic space, a new covered market area, 40,000 sq ft of retail space and774,000 sq ft of high spec ofces, the scheme extends the original wholesale fruit and vegetable market tocreate a new urban destination with an eclectic mix of ofces, residential buildings, shops and a network ofpedestrian routes and plazas.

The development includes the restoration of the 1928 buildings along Brusheld Street, with a newcovered pedestrian road to the rear. Lined on both sides with shops, it opens up new views of Hawksmoors

Christchurch. Bishops Square itself, accommodating an outdoor performance area and water feature - sitsbetween the new building and the existing buildings along Bishopsgate. The Spitalelds Development Group isrunning an ongoing programme of temporary art installations in this area. A new market, Crispin Square, whichis covered by a lightweight, glazed canopy to the East, connects the ofces with the old Spitalelds Market.

Charnel House, a 12th century chapel discovered during archeological excavations, has been preserved belowstreet level and is exhibited within a sunken courtyard. Sheltered beneath a glass pavement, it is also visiblefrom above. Illuminated glass cases containing found archeological objects are set within the squares paving.

A new headquarters building for Allen & Overy steps back from the site in a series of green tiers with lush roofgardens overlooking the plaza below. The building incorporates the largest commercial photovoltaic installation

in Europe and will produce enough energy to power the landscape lighting across the site.


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Development: 40-48 Fashion Street

Architects: Buckley Gray Yeoman


Buckley Gray Yeomans approach at Fashion Street i s one of preservation rather than restoration, setting out

to create interaction between the old and new. A new 30,000 sq ft ofce building is currently on site behind

the existing Grade II listed section of the old Moorish Market. The two buildings have been separated with

an internal street, enlivening the space. The street is bridged at the upper levels as the two lift cores have

been separated from the main structure, ensuring interaction between ol d and new. The entire faade is then

wrapped in corten louvers providing materiality and animation.

Buckley Gray Yeoman

This Grade II listed Moorish building that was used by traders at the start of the twentieth century requiredextensive work as a major re demolished the entire rear section of the building. Fortunately much of theoriginal facade remained intact and was preserved.


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Main Economic Drivers

Spitalelds Development Group

Spitalelds Development Group PLC, have contributedover 20 million to community and social housingprojects in the area since starting up. The y areresponsible for the build of the three major commercialbuildings including 1 Bishops Square (see page 23) andthe regeneration of Spitalelds Market.

The main driver for this is the City Fringe developmentplan, which seeks to regenerate the areas around TheCity of London. The area is also a great opportunityfor new build housing and commercial projects do toits popularity as a trendy place to live and work. Yet a

large part of Spitalelds remains under developed.

Physical Factors

The recession may be o ne of the factors effecting the

development of the Spitalelds and Banglatown Ward

due to the cheap food and rental prices in comparison

to other central areas of London. It is possible that these

factors have inuenced the rise in popularity of the area

and spurred on the recent residential and commercial

developments.

Spitalelds Development Group BrochureNew Heart for an Old Soul


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Film Development

As the site research is vast and will be too much to squeeze into a 5-minute lm, we have decided to focus

our points of interest. These consist of the historical Morphology of the site; important buildings and areas;

and the current developments.

During our research we came across some promotional publications for Spitalelds. The images and

corporate spiel in the brochures show a very bias view and the supporting images appear staged and

detached from the reality of our experiences in exploring Spitalelds. Using this as a base for our short

lm, we hope to explore the contrasts between the propaganda in these publications against an unbiased

view using actual footage of the site and interviews with local people. We will also look to explore the areas

around the referenced parts of Spitalelds to show what the brochures (purposefully) do not mention.

Our initail thoughts are that the dialogue of the lm shall be derived from the corporate language in the

brochures against the visual reality.

Through group brainstorming, we have created an idea for a narrative based on an otherworldly traveller who

develops high expectations for the area from the propaganda, but is disappointed by the reality during his trip

to Spitalelds/Banglatown.


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After Effects Screen Shot

After Effects Test 1: 2D image sun movement and colour mask

To animate the book images we edited them in Photoshop and After Effects to create the desiredeffects before overlaying the animations onto another animation of the complete book.

In this image we wanted to illustrate a change from black and white to full colour with the movement ofthe sun we used an animated, feathered mask.

We also created a sun in photoshop and animated its movement within After Effects.


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After Effects Test 2: Earth Zoom

As part of our short lm, we have decided to use an Earth zoom out of Spitalelds to give the viewer

the suggestion that the alien is in space.

Using a series of Google Earth images, which gradually zoom away from the site (zooming in the

other direction would not create as smooth a transition), and methodically resizing and parenting

these images on top of one another, results in a zoomable image that maintains resolution.

After Effects Screen Shot

I then added clouds and stars to the scene to create atmosphere and a hint of realism.

To simulate the fall of the alien I added a 360 degree rotation on the zoom.


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The site I have chosen for the project is a disused factory, which is located at what is considered to be theentrance to the Banglatown area. In this prevailent position there is an opportunity to create a gateway intothe area, in an alternate reality where Banglatown is its own country.

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Taking inspiration from China Mievilles novel The City And The City, the site will belong to both the newBangla State and the Commercial State to the West. Future, wealthy immigrants will reside in their ownidependant inter-country in the space above the proposed building before they decide where to invest thierbusiness and/or wealth.


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Shadow Study:Existing Site

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Trafc/Access

The two main roads arround the site areWhitechapel High Street, running East andWest to the South, and Commercial Road,which runs North and South to the West ofthe site.

The majority of secondary roads in thearea are one way access, including OsbornStreet directly to the East of the site. This

road is wider than Gunthorpe Street to theWest and will be used as primary accessfor building works before the road is cut offfrom Whitechapel High Street during theareas transformation into a new State.

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Mixed-Use

Residential

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Use Classes

As can be seen from the adjacent map, themajority of buildings along Osborn Roadare commercial in use. This theme extendsNorth along Brick Lane, although manyhere have residential accommodationabove rst oor level and commercial onlyat ground oor level. This is also true ofmany buildings along Whitechapel HighStreet, which along with Commercial

Street to the West is a heavy trafc road.

The rest of the area is typically residential.

The dis-used buildings shown are thosewhich currently exist on my chosen site.These are the only disused buildings inthe immediate area and the site has beenidentied by Tower Hamlets Council asbeing a opportunity for regeneration.

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Spitalelds Health Centre

Travel Link

Sheraz Bangla Lounge

Moonlight Indian cuisine

Olympia Properties and Finance

William Hill Betting shop

Avijat Confectionery Ltd

Bengal Cuisine

Zaman Brothers

PBL Exchange Ltd

Wall Street Currency

Brick Lane Police Station

Fiza Cafe

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Best One Convenience store

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Z.Butt Textiles

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There is a vast contrast in social andcultural themes between CommercialStreet and Brick Lane.

As illustrated in the adjacent photosand business names along Brick Lane,it is clear that the primary businessestablished along Brick Lane belong to theBengalee Community in the area. Brick

Lane is notorious for curry houses, exoticfood and bright lights, which attracts ayoung and vibrant scene.

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Immigration

Over half of Tower Hamlets population are fromnon-white British ethnic groups. A third of theseare Bangladeshi.

According to Ofce for National Statistics (ONS)2006 population estimates:

Fifty six per cent of the population inTower Hamlets belonged to an ethnicgroup other than white British

Thirty per cent are Bangladeshi

Eight per cent are from other whitebackgrounds

The 2001 National Census recorded 153,893people of Bangladeshi origin living in Londonand just over two fths as living in TowerHamlets. Bangladeshis were also more likely tohave large families.

These factors still echo in the population today.Just over 170,000 people of Bangladeshi originare estimated to live in London and just undertwo fths live in Tower Hamlets. Children makeup a much larger proportion of the Bangladeshi

population than they do the white Britishpopulation.

By multiplying and extrapolating the ethicpercentage data within this abstract map ofLondon Boroughs we are able to clearly seewhere the majority of immigrants are located.

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Film Stills & Narration

In a forgotten space at the entrance to Banglatown, time stops. People make homes from scavenged waste, and build portals to secret worlds.

On the other side of the site a strange, altogether different place exists. Clean and shiny Untouched by unmanicured

hands.

Where it is important to be seen to be sustainable.

They have the area surrounded.Even attempting to inltrate the site.

People immigrate to London from all over the world. Many congregating in specic areas, creating new communities.


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Bangla Country Boundary Wall Concept

Required Project Outcomes

Quick erection of development (social-politicalresponce);

Low energy performance building;

Efcient automated border control system (elimination

of discrimination);

Creation of new public Space;

High quality design;

Low Life-time and Maintenance Costs;

Spitalelds & Banglatown Ward

Population: 8,383

This area within the London Borough of TowerHamlets forms part of the council ward ofSpitalelds and Banglatown. Its name representsthe modern association of the Bangladeshicommunity with this area and neighbouring BrickLane.

My building design responds to a hypotheticaldissection of the Spitalelds and Banglatownward into two parts one of which is a state inits own right and responds to recent extremistmovements calling for the Banglatown and BrickLane area to be under its own jurisdiction.

As such, my design acts as a border controlcentre and temporarily houses select immigrants

who are looking to invest in the new state.

Key Items

Bangla State

The Project Brief

The design and erection of a border control stationand high quality residential units with associatedfacilities and parking, including the creation of newpublic, landscaped space, within a 6 month time-frame, with minimal disturbance to neighbouring

buildings and infrastructure.

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Oriel Mostyn Gallery, by Edgley Design Architects

Precedence & Materials

A fusion of concrete, metal and glass create a cold and austereenvironment, which is softened through the use of Glulamstructures within the pubilc and commercial areas.

Materials to the residential Inter-State area are soft in contrastand consist of timber construction with aa communal landscapedamenity area.

Precedence for the main building is taken from the works ofDavid Adjaye; Mies Van Der Rohes New National Gallery,Bernlin; and Le Corbusiers Assembly Building, India.

Assembly Building, Le Corbusier

New National Gallery, Mies Van Der Rohe

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Assembly Building

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusiers Assembly Building is also considered to be amasterpiece of modernism in the 60s.

Comprising mostly of in-situ cast concrete, Le Corbusierwas able to create a unique scuptural roff to the entrace ofthe building, supported by deep, but comparatively thin ns,which create a brise-soleil to the South-facing facade.

Inside the structure is a great, scuptural, tapered cone thatsits off-center and protudes right through to well above themain roof line.

The plan shown top left demonstrates how this elementof the structure has been set off the grid in an assymetricfashion, which adds interest to the plan and form of thebuilding.


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New National Gallery, Berlin

Mies Van Der Rohe

Mies Van Der Rohe designed and built the New NationalGallery, Berlin in the 1960s.

The experience within differes greatly in comparison totraditional gallery spaces: As one enters the building theyare met by a vast, open, transparent space through whichthey can see through all four glazed walls to the outsidespace.

During the evening the low reectivity of the glazed curtainwalls creates an illusion that the structure is merely acanopy over the public plaza.

This is achieved by situating the buildings gallery spacesbelow the ground.

It is this element of Rohes design that I would like toencorporate, so that users of the building are able to seethrough into each state.


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Concept Sketches


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Development Drawings


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Accommodation Pod Animation Stills

The animation above was created in Blender with the same camera movement as in the mainanimation. This will then be super-imposed onto the concept building.


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Concept

In order to pass between Banglacountry and the commercial district, people must pass through an automatedconveyor-belt system, which will prepare them for the cutural differences. The systems are situated on eitherside of the building, separated by an enzyme pool, which mimimizes the need for manned security.

The enzyme pool is the area through which people must pass to reach the Free Country. As imports areprohibited and security is low, the purpose of the enzymes is to dissolve clothes and any other belongingsabout the person.

The Free Country inhabitant is then transported via a platform up to the rst oor of the building, where anautomated accommodation pod unfolds.

Electrical energy for the building and Free Country is created in three ways:

1. Kinetic energy from the passing-by underground trains.2. Enery used by the inhabitants in the underground gym.

3. Solar panels located on the roof of every acommodation pod


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In a forgotten space at the entrance to Banglatown, time stops. People make homes from scavenged waste, and build portals to secret worlds.

On the other side of the site a strange, altogetherdifferent place exists. Clean and shiny Untouched

by unmanicured hands.

People immigrate to London from all over the world.Many congregating in specic areas, creating newcommunities.

*rewind* ...Portals to secret worlds...

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Clients

The site is currently owned by Truman Brewery,who have no intention of selling due to their landbanking strategies.

In the case of this project, Turman Brewery willlong-lease the land to the clients in return forpayment of the revenue created from the newresidential units within the Inter-State.

Tower Hamlets Council and Indian Company

Reliance Industries Ltd. will collaborate into aPartnership for this project.

Reliance will provide the majority of the fundingand Tower Hamlets Council will manage thebuilding post-completion.

Tower Hamlets Council Prole:

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is the Local Authority for the Spitalelds and Banglatown Ward,and will be the ofcials for border control during and after the Ward division.

They will partner with Reliance for this development and will manage the building after completion.

Project Drivers:

The development will fulll the need for a user-friendly automated border control system, which seeks toeliminate discrimination and educate users on cultural differences.

The project also seeks to treat the border as a transparent, integrated area in order to create a feeling of

unity between the two sides without physically be ing as such.

Objectives:

Efcient Border Control Quick Erection Low Life-time and Maintenance Costs Build Inter-State Relations Respond to Unitary Development Plan Objectives

Reliance Industries Ltd. Prole:

The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani (1932-2002), is Indias largest private sectorenterprise, with businesses in the energy and materials value chain. Groups annual revenues are inexcess of US$ 58 billion. The agship company, Reliance Industries Limited, is a Fortune Global 500company and is the largest private sector company in India.

Reliance enjoys global leadership in its businesses, being the largest polyester yarn and bre producerin the world and among the top ve to ten producers in the world in major petrochemical products.

Project Drivers:

This project is a great opportunity for Reliance to show their support to overseas Bengalee Communitiesand advertise their brand prior to establishing an international market, while promoting sustainable,energy efcient living counteracting bad press against their oil energy products.

Objectives:

Promote International Relationships Create Positive Press Support Overseas Bengalee Community Promote Investment in Bengalee Community Low Life-time Costs


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Clients

Consultants

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Tower Hamlets Council and Indian Company

Reliance Industries Ltd. will collaborate into a

Partnership for this project.

Reliance will provide the majority of the

funding and Tower Hamlets Council will

manage the building post-completion.

The Architect will work up to stage E to achieve planningpermission beforebeing novated by the client onto the

contractors consultant team via a tripartite agreement between

client, consultant and contractor.

Mace have provided contractor services to manyaward winning developments, and are very

experienced in all building sectors.

During the Design & Build contractperiod the lease on the site will be transferred to thecontractor for site security responsibility purposes.

The site is currently owned by Truman Brewery, who have nointention of selling due to their land banking strategies.

In the case of this project, Turman Brewery will long-leasethe land to the clients in return for payment of the revenue

created from the new residential units within the Inter-State.

The CDM Co-Ordinator will be appointed by the clientto oversee health & saftey on the project, inform theclient of their responsibilities and report back to HSE

Procurement Method

The select procurement method is Design and Build.This has been selected on the following merits:

1. It is proven to be one of the fastest methods ofprocurement.

2. The clients and architect have less liability One client is largely overseas and will not beable to oversee the works effectively, andthe other is a Council who, it is assumedwill feel more comfortable with less riskinvolved.

3. High level of nancial security to the client ascost is nalised before works commence.

However, Design & Build is not without its risks: Due tothe design element being controlled by the contractor,costs are prioritised and design quality can suffer. Toreduce this risk he initial works, up to stage E, will becarried out by the architect and then the architect will benovated by the client onto the sub-contractor team, as itis in the clients interest to maintain design quality.

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Service/Plant Rooms (550m2)

As the building will be managed by two

seperate parties on either side of the

border, the plant room is split into two

and operated seperately. This will have a

signicant impact on costs as two sets of

machinery will be required. However, it is

unavoidable.

Automated Border Control (40m2)

Situated on the basement oor, these

will be self-contained, automated spaces

with entrances and exits at either end via

a platform to the ground oor level. The

areas will include a specialised electronic

system, which will need to be designed

by an M&E Consultant.

Inter-State Accommodation (500m2)

The two levels of residential units are

constructed from cross-laminated

timber panels, costs are reduced in

construction (see pg. 27).

Stair Cores

Due to the divided nature of the site

across the border, four stair cores

are required, two of which will need

lifts. However, they are constructed

of in-situ concrete and form the main

element of the primary structure,

reducing additional structural costs.

Amenity Spaces (660m2)

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plaza level, which will be nised in

hard landscaping, and on the roof

terrace, which serves the residential

units.

State Ofces (570m2)

Located on the lower ground oor

in a fully insulated space, this area

of the building is constructed from

in-situ concrete and glulam columns.

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Conceptual Image Showing theAutomated Border Control Process

MovingWalkway

Border Control

To eliminate discrimination within border

control systems, and to make the process

more efcient in transporting commuters,

the border control system utilised within

the building will be automated. The system

will educate travellors on the State cultural

differences on a moving platform after

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3D Diagram Showing Movement Across Borders Within the Building

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Inter-State Access Platforms

Automated Border Control

Building Process

The public space to the raised ground oor plaza level

is punctuated with brightly coloured platforms, which

direct the user to their destination, whether that be

across the border or into the Inter-State residency.

As part of the building project, the existing accesses

on either side of the site will be connected via a border

control station for the movement of cars. However, as

the Bangla-State will be a largely pedestrian area, this

will be reserved mainly for VIP use.


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High Climate Control

Medium Climate Control

Cold Air In

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Rain Water Collection

Photovoltaic (PV) Panels

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21st December

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Shadow Study :

Proposed Site

These images showthe shadow fall of theproposed building andsurrounding existingbuildings during winterand summer solstic andspring. The times ofday have been chosenin correspondancewith times in which it isanticipated the buildingwill be utilised most.

21st March at 9 AMshows a greater shadowcast on the buildings tothe North of the site inthe proposed image. Thiswould be of concern if thebuildings were residential,however, they arecommercial and have noopenings to the Southernwall.

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Important Views

The site is in close proximity to Listed Buildings

Whitechapel Gallery and The Passmore Library (listed

buildings), shown abjacent in yellow. Therefore its

important that the proposed building does not impose

on view to these two buildings. The images above show

that the proposed building can just be glimpsed from

the view West to the listed buildings, and not seen at all

from the East view along Whitechapel High Street.

View from Whitechapel High Street West to Listed Buildings

View from Whitechapel High Street East to Listed BuildingsExtract Plan 1:2000

Site

Whitechapel Art Gallery

Toynbee Hall

New Whitechapel Art Gallery(formerly Whitechapel Library)

85 Whitechapel High Street &Angel Alley

Listed Buildings:

Whitechapel Gallery & The Passmore Library

Grade II Listed

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Rear & Side View

Residentail Units Construction

The accommodation units are constructed of cross laminated timber (CLT) panels, which a re pre-fabricated off site and quickly erected on site through the use of a crane, by specialist sub-contractors.

Due to the solid nature of the CLT panels, they provide high thermal acoustic, and structural properties aswell as being naturally re resistant in comparison to timber construction alternatives.

Front & Side View

Another benet of the pre-fabricated system, is that there is no need for a suspended oor or ceiling for services,as drainage, water and electrical detail plans can be sent to the manufacturer and integrated into the relevantpanels by routing out the necessary areas. This has no impact on the structural integrity of the system.


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Aluminium Brise Soliel

Roof Insulation and Breather Membrane

Zinc Seamed-joint Roong Finish

Zinc Fascia

Cross-laminated Timber Roof Panel

Glazed balustrade

Zinc Fascia

Zinc Fascia

Windows

Windows

Entrance Door, Architrave andLining

Wet-room Drainage Tray

Timber Cladding

80 x 40 mm Cladding Batonsat 600mmm Centres

Breather Membrane

Cross-laminated Timber WallPanel

Rain Water Gutter

Zinc Fascia

Plasterboard

Cross-laminated Timber PartyWall Panel

Plasterboard

Floor Lining

Floor Finishes

Cross-laminted Timber Floor Panel withRouted Wet Room, Ducting and SPV

Pipe Areas

Timber Cladding

80 x 40 mm Cladding Batons

Breather Membrane

Cross-laminated Timber Wall Panel

Plasterboard

Cross-laminated Timber Column

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Internal View from Osborn Street Entrance


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Aerial ViewDetailed View of Lighting and Suspension

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Steel cable & hook suspension system

Glued laminated timber member

The central feature of the building is a glued laminated

timber (glulam) structure, which extends from the lower

ground oor level supporting the ground oor slab

around the opening up to the ground oor ceiling where

it becomes a striking lighting feature.

The 24 individual members are prefabricated in a

dedicated specialist factory where quality control can be

easily monitored. Another benet is that the lighting and

associated wiring softs, and all xings will be included in

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Perspective View

Pivoting Doors

The 7m high pivoting doors will requiredesigning in close collaboration with a specialistmanufacturer.

The opposite diagram shows how the doors mightbe constructed.

The materials have been chosen for their strengthand weight.

To make the door light enough to be closed by asingle person, they may need to be top hung froma circular steel that could be constructed in theconcrete ceiling.

The frame will turn within the oor and ceilingtracks, which will be consealed in order to preventtripping and maintain a high aesthetic quality.

Exploded Perspective

Steel Circular Beam

Ceiling Track

Floor Track

Carbon ber Cladding

Carbon ber EndCladding Joints

Light-weightAluminium Frame

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Fire Control & Means of Escape

The adjacent image shows the means ofescape in case of re in accordance withBuilding Regulations Part B.

The stair cores extend throughout thecommercial and public areas of the building,

and re doors exit onto the public plaza areason either side of the building both in theBangla State and Commercial District.

In the case of a re, automated systems closethe re curtains, which are located belowopenings in the oor slabs, and pivoting doorsat both entrances to the public plaza level.The purpose of this is to contain the re andprevent it spreading to other areas of thebuilding and neighbouring buildings.

People in the ofce and public spaces will exitfrom the stair cores. The means of escapefor residents in the above Inter-State is via anexternal re stair located allong the North wall.As the vertical distance is greater than 6m,the lower part of the re stairs willl need to besheltered from severe weather conditions witha canopy.

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Pivoting Door

Pivoting Door Movement

Fire Curtain

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Fire Curtain

Fire Exits

Stair Core

Basement

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External View Towards Gunthorpe Street Entrance


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