DetailedCross Section

3rd Year - Bu i ld ing Study - Ar t is ts ’ Herbar ium - Benmore Botan ica l GardensHerbaria are plant libraries that contain, collect and expand our knowledge about plants. The proposed Herbarium provides a focus for the study of botany through art. By embedding the building in its context and creating a dramatic sense of place the herbarium connects the artists with both the preserved specimens and the surrounding landscape of Benmore Gardens.

AtmosphericCross Section

Site Section

Long Section

Ground Floor Plan/Basement Plan First Floor Plan

Gallery

Upper Studio

Model Lighting Study

Roof/Floor/Wall Build Up

Drying Room

Herbarium Cabinet WallModel

Sectional Model

Artist’s Pod

Historical Narrative Fragments Re-connection to specific landmarks on each floor rep-resenting that specific layer of

history.

Fragments collected.Re-connection to heritage & history while moving up

through tower.Representing the stratified layers of history.

Connections

3rd Year - Town Study - Dunoon Museum & Ar t is ts ’ Res idences - DunoonDunoon had enjoyed a prosperous and successful history until the closure of the American naval base in 1992. This event marked a fracture in Dunoon’s history which was accompanied by a loss of identity and historical knowledge. The Museum repairs, collects and cultivates the scattered historical fragments of the town, reconnecting the residents and visitors of Dunoon to the town’s landmarks, its heritage and its history. PS Waverley, an old passenger ferry that visited Dunoon regularly during the great days of Glaswegians taking a trip ‘Doon the Watter’, has been renovated and becomes an extension of the Museum positioned on the coast line to act as a focal point drawing people down to the coast and a catalyst to stimulate the regeneration of the waterfront. The Museum’s artist-in-residence programme provides spaces for artists to stay and work for long periods of time in the heart of Dunoon using art to help reconnect its communities. Workshop spaces connect to a new public square next to the Burgh Halls. In conjunction with the restored Burgh Halls the scheme reinforces Dunoon’s growing reputation as the cultural centre of Scotland’s west coast towns.

Development Areas

PS WAVERLEY,EXTENSION OFDUNOON MUSEUM

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TOCOMPLETE WATERFRONT

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE STUDIOS/ HOUS-ING/SHOPS TO COMPLETE CHURCH STREET

DUNOON MUSEUM AND ARTISTS’ RESI-DENCES

Model

Ground Floor Plan

Waterfront Visualisation

2nd Year - Dwel l ing P lace - Fami ly Dwel l ing B lock - InverarayThe form for the dwelling block is derived from an analysis of the town’s fabric and its relation to the landscape around it. The form bears a direct correlation to the views from interior to exterior. The plan is anchored around a central atrium with circulation wrapped around it, driven by the need for changing interior spaces within family dwellings the plan can be adapted to suit needs. Changes in floor level within the plan provide a mixture of communal and private spaces while defining thresholds between volumes in section. The sculpted form gives back to the immediate town fabric by creating a new communal garden space to the West of the site while simultaneously blocking a busy road to the East. Based on common Inveraray dwelling typologies the ground floor is raised a half level up to provide more privacy.

Exploded Perspective

Exploded Axonometric

1st Year - Symbiont - Wr i te r ’s Ret rea t - Por tencrossThe tower is located on the west coast of Scotland on the outskirts of a small Hamlet, Portencross.Designed for a writer, the small single celled structure secludes itself from civilisation using the natural phenomenon of tides. The tower can only be accessed twice a day during low tide before it isolates itself and the writer as the tide comes in. The structure evokes a feeling of intimacy and protection with the writer shielding them from the environment yet placing them within the heart of it. The single window isolates the view away from land and any form of civilisation and towards the sea leaving the writer at one with themselves and their surroundings.

Exterior Visualisation

Plan

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