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RIVER TAF

CARDIFF CENTRAL RAIL

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MILLENIUMSTADIUM

TO CARDIFFCASTLE

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AS A GROUP WE SAW THE SITE AS ONE OF HUGE OPPORTUNITY. SITUATEDBETWEEN THE MILLENIUM STADIUM, ALL THE MAIN TRANSPORT LINKS AND THE RIVER TAF, IT OCCUPIES A KEYLOCATION IN CARDIFF.

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AESTHETICALLY PLEASING PART OF THE SITE WAS THAT WHICH LAY IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE RIVER TAF.

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:RIVER TAF

:SITE BOUNDARY

:AREA IN CONTACTWITH WATER

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THE DECISION WAS MADE TO FLOOD THE SITE, GIVING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ACCESS TO AND VIEWS OF THE WATER, WHILST CREATING A NEWHARBOUR IN THE CENTRE OF CARDIFF.

TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF STAGNANT WATER, A CHANNEL WAS INTRODUCED TO FLUSH THE HARBOUR THROUGH.

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8 IN RESPONSE TO THE VERY ‘MAN-MADE’BUILDINGS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THECONTOUR-LIKE BANDING PROPOSES A NEW TYPEOF URBAN LANDSCAPE..

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:WATER

:RETAIL

:RESIDENTIAL

:PUBLIC

:CIRCULATION

:SITE BOUNDARY

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EACH BAND EQUATES TO AN ASPECT OF THE BRIEFAND FOLLOW THE LINES OF THE SITE FRAMING THE WATER.

THE PLAN FOR THE SCHEME IS, EFFECTIVELY SHOWN BELOW, A CLEAR RESPONSE TO THE SITE. A GRID IS THEN LAID ONTOP TO PRODUSE THE GRAIN OF THEUNITS.

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CHALLENGE OF MAXIMISING SOLAR EXPOSURE. IINTERPRETED THIS AS MAXIMISING THE AMOUNTOF NATURAL LIGHT THAT ENTERS THE RESIDENCES.

IN RESPONSE TO THIS, I BANKED MY ACCOMODA-TION ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SITE, WHICH ALLOWED ALL UNITS TO HAVE SOUTH FACING WINDOWS.

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:RETAIL

:RESEDENTIAL

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:SUNLIGHT

TAKING PRECEDENT FROM THE AGRICULTURALTERRACING IN SOUTH AMERICA, I STEPPED THEGREEN PUBLIC SPACE DOWN TO THE WATER INORDER TO MAKE IT A THEATRICAL SPACE, WITHTHE STEPS ACTING AS ROWS OF SEATS.

TO MAXIMISE THE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT HITTINGTHE WATER, THE RETAIL UNITS WERE PLACED IN ARCADES UNDERNEATH THE EXISTING ARCHES OF THE RAILWAY.

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2USE OF LIGHT AS A BOUNDARY BETWEEN SPACES

HIDDEN COURTYARDS/PRIVATE GARDENS

ADAPTABLE SPACES: ALLOW AIR&SUNLIGHT TO PENETRATE 2 FLOORS

CURTAIN GLASS WALLS: MAXIMISE AVIEWS OF HARBOUR &THEATRE SPACE

GALLERIES BETWEEN PRIVATEAND PUBLIC AREAS

MAXIMISING VIEWS & SUNLIGHTTHROUGH ORIENTATION

USE OF MATERIAL AS A RIBOUNDARY BETWEEN SPACES

DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACES & PARTICULATING CIRCULATION SPACE

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1. PLANT ROOM2. KITCHEN3. LIVING SPACE 4. ENTRANCE HALL5. PORCH6. COURTYARD7. STEPS TO ROOF GARDEN8. BEDROOM9. SHOWER WETROOM

THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES FORMY INDIVIDUAL HOUSINGUNITS WERE A CONTINUA-TION OF MY SCHEMATIC, BUT ON A SMALLER SCALE.I HOPED TO MAXIMISE AC-CESS TO SUNLIGHT(i), ANDCREATE A RURALITY WITHINEACH UNIT, JUST AS THESCHEME WAS A GREEN LANDSCAPE WITHIN A DENSE URBAN ENVIROMENT. I WAS ALSO INTERESTEDINCREATING A BUILDING WHICH WAS ADAPTABLE TO THE CHANGING WEATHER IN CARDIFF, AND COULD OPEN ANDCLOSE TO ALLOWEXTRA OUTDOOR SPACE.

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OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE IN DETAIL MY MAINSCHEMATIC IDEAS; BANDING, ACCESS TO WATERAND TERRACING. (SEE II.)

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TO MAKE THIS MODEL, I HAD TO MAKE EACHELEMENT SEPERATE- AS EACH WERE AT DIFFERENTHEIGHTS. THIS DRAWING WAS THEN IMPORTEDINTO 3DS MAX, WHERE THE ELEMENTS WERE EX-TRUDED AND WELDED ACCORDINGLY.

‘SECTIONING’ SEEMED TO BE AN APPRORIATEMETHOD OF SHOWING THE SCHEME AND SO CUTLINES (17) WERE TAKEN IN THE Z DIRECTION BEFORE BE-ING SENT TO THE LASER CUTTER.

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