Year 3 Design Studies Projects

To Live & To Play

3A - To Live

Garden Residence in Merchant City

The main user group for the housing was young adults. There are 22 flats in the building, using four different types, where all has its own balcony. Flats are placed between the first and fourth floor, while the ground floor is a communal room and two accessible green roofs are available for the residents. One on the fourth floor, which is a playground and the other one is on the fifth floor.

The North elevation follows the context of the existing building, so a grid like façade was created. The dominating building material is brick. The metal elements of the façade were used as a visual distinguisher for private and public parts of the building. The brick was used in a similar way: playing with the brick texture, creating negative (brick screening) and positive textured facade element, which gives a sense of playfulness but also separation.

Block Plan
Block Plan

Block Plan

Floor Plan
Floor Plan

Floor Plan

Section
Section

Section

North Elevation
North Elevation

North Elevation

South Elevation
South Elevation

South Elevation

South Elevation Close Up
South Elevation Close Up

South Elevation Close Up

Access Balcony View
Access Balcony View

Access Balcony View

Technical Drawing with Elevation
Technical Drawing with Elevation

Technical Drawing with Elevation

3B - To Play

Cherry on Top

This is a thesis project, which is a building that is dedicated to baking. It contains a baking school, bakery and studio area, where baking shows can be recorded. Looking at city centre of Glasgow, it lacks bakeries and this project, tries to improve that. The ground floor houses the bakery, while the baking school is situated on the top floor. The recording studio sits between them.

Cherry on Top is a glass building with a second skin, which consists of perforated metal sheets, cut to form a dripping effect on the façade. The building is lightened up during the night-time. This is achieved by using LED linear wall grazers placed at the bottom and top of the frames.

North Elevation
North Elevation

North Elevation

West Street Elevation
West Street Elevation

West Street Elevation

Section
Section

Section

Argyle Street View
Argyle Street View

Argyle Street View

Close Up View of the building
Close Up View of the building

Close Up View of the building

Bakery View
Bakery View

Bakery View

Seating Area View
Seating Area View

Seating Area View

Looking out from the Seating Area
Looking out from the Seating Area

Looking out from the Seating Area

Classroom View
Classroom View

Classroom View