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ZONE 1DISORIENTATION

ZONE 2 IMMERSION

ZONE 3 GATHER

ZONE 2IMMERSION

ZONE 4REFLECTION

THE THEATRE PROCESS

ZONE 1| DISORIENTATIONAFTER PURCHASING TICKETS FROM THE FUNICULAR STATION, AUDIENCE MEMBERS TRAVEL UNDERGROUND INTO THE HILLSIDE, BEFORE BEING SIPHONED AWAY FROM SOCIETY. THEY ARE THEN MASKED, AND EJECTED FROM THE LIFT

ZONE 4| REFLECTIONA REFLECTION PLAYGROUND FACILITATES DIFFERENT MEANS OF REFLECTION THROUGH A SERIES OF MASKED BOXES THAT PARADE OUT ACCROSS THE FIELD (IN ORDER): A CAMERA OBSCURER TO ALLOW PEOPLE WATCHING AND REFLECTION BY OBSERVATION, A KITCHEN DESIGNED TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER BY WAFTING THE SMELLS OF COOKING ACCROSS THE AREA, A RESTURANT WITH LONG TABLES TO ALLOW CROSS PARTY CONVERSATION, A SKY GAZING TOWER, WITH BEDS LOOKING UPWARDS TO ADMIRE THE SKY, TOILETS AND A SOUND BOX THAT PLAYS A LIVE MIX OF SOUNDS FROM ACROSS THE SITE.

ZONE 3| GATHEREVERYONE IS BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE CONCLUSION. AS THE LIFT TRAVELS DOWN THROUGH THE BUILDING, IT ACUMU-LATES AUDIENCE MEMBERS, BRINGING EACH INDIVIDUAL PLOT TO A SHARED CONCLUSION.

ZONE 2| IMMERSIONTHRUST INTO SPACES AND PULLED IN AND OUT OF THE PLOT BY THE ACTORS, EACH AUDIENCE MEMBER EXPERIENCES DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE PLAY WHILST CIRCULATING THROUGH ROOMS , INSPIRED BY THOSE WITHIN A COURTHOUSE. THE SPACES ENCOURAGE THE AUDIENCE TO CIRCULATE, NONE OF THE ROOMS HAVE CEILINGS TO ALLOW SNIPITS OF DIALOGUE TO BE HEARD BETWEEN ROOMS. ALL PROPS AND LIGHTS ARE CLIPPED TO THE WALLS TO ALLOW MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY AND PRESENT AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE SPACE TO IMPROVISE.

CARL JUNGS THEORY OF INDIVIDUATION

SHADOWCONSCIOUS

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IMMERSIVE THEATRE | CONCEPT

OSCAR WILDE

MODERN MASKS

IMMERSIVE THEATRE

STOCK EXCHANGE TWITTER RIOTERS

SITE: THE WESTERN WORLDSITUATION: A SOCIETY DEVOID OF RESPONSIBILITYBRIEF: EXPLORE CONSCIENCE

A loose brief to explore the themes of ‘Shadow’ and ‘Memory’ in a theatre design, lead me to investigate conscience, through a scheme for an Immersive Theatre in Lyon. Through close analysis of immersive theatre I aimed to deliver an architecture synonymous with the theatre process, that enhanced the experiance within in order to challange the minds of theatre goers.

IMMERSIVE THEATRE | S ITE PLAN

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IMMERSIVE THEATRE | VIEW FROM THE SOUTH VIEW FROM THE STREET

AN IMMERSION ROOM

BRASS MESH STRUNG OVER STEEL FRAMES BOLTED

BLACK STEEL WALKWAYS WRAP AROUND THE BUILDING, SITTING ON THE BRACKETS THAT SUPPORT

A BRACKETS BOLT ONTO THE EXISTING BUILDING, TENSIONING A SYSTEM OF

A SERIES OF ROOMS SIT WITHIN THE SHELL OF THE

AN DERELICT ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION FORMS THE

A SET OF SCISSOR LIFTS SUPPORTS THE MOVING SLAB THAT BECOMES THE STAGE DURING THE

1:100 EXPLOADED STAGE

THE CONCRETE STAGES ARE CAST FROM AN OFF WHITE REINFORCED CONCRETE AND POLIHED TO CONTRAST WITH THE WEATHERED SUBSTATION SHELL

COLUMNS RISE UP FROM THE FLOOR PLAN SUPPORT CONCRETE

LIGHTS AND PROPS ARE ALL ABLE TO CLIP ONTO THE WALLS TO ALLOW ACTORS MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVISE USING THE ARCHIVE OF PROPS THAT BUILD UP IN EACH ROOM

PLYWOOD BOARDS ARE BOLTED ONTO THE STEEL FRAME

A LIGHTWEIGHT STEEL FRAME SITS ON TOP OF THE CONCRETE SLAB, AND PROVIDES THE STRUCTURE FOR THE WALLS AND TO HANG LIGHTS, PROPS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT FROM

1:1 DETAIL SECTIONS

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STEEL FRAME FOR BRASS MESH

1:100 WRAPPING SYSTEM DETAIL

BRACKETS

BOTTOM BRACKETPULLS THE CABLE IN TO THE BASE OF THE BUILDING AND TENSIONS IT

MIDDLE BRACKET SUPPORTS WALKWAY AND HOLDS CABLE IN PLACE

SUSPENSION BRACKET

SYSTEM OF BRACKETS TENSIONS CABLES FOR CANVAS FRAMES TO CLIP TO

STEEL WALKWAYS BOLT ONTO BRACKETS

STEEL FRAMES PROVIDE THE STRUCTURE TO WHICH THE BRASS MESH CAN BE TENSIONED OVER

BRASS MESH WRAPPING

DOORWAYS ARE EXTRUDED TO ALLOW THE DOORS TO FOLD BACK WITHIN THE FRAME

AT CERTAIN POINTS THE PLYWOOD CLADDING IOF THE STAGE STRUCTURE IS REMOVED TO LET NATURAL LIGHT ILLUMINATE AREAS OF THE STAGE

LADDERS ARE ABLE TO CLIP ONTO THE FRAME SYSTEM TO ALLOW EASY ACCESS TO LIGHTS

LIGHTING SYSTEM DETAIL

STAGE LIGHTS OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IS BOLTED ONTO STEEL BARS

STEEL BAR IS INSERTED THROUGH WALL, INCLUDING THE STEEL STRUCTURE

PEG IS DROPPED THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE BAR ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM TO SECURE IT IN PLACE

IMMERSIVE THEATRE | EXPLOADED AXONOMETRICSTHEATRE AXO

STEEL FRAME2 X LAYERS OF BRASS MESHGRILLEFAN FOR EXTRACTOR SYSTEMFRAME TO HOLD FAN IN PLACELIGHTS

25X25MM BATONSDAMP PROOF MEMBRANE

140X38MM TIMBERS140MM INSULATIONVAPOUR BARRIER13MM BIRCH PLYWOOD

140X38MM TIMBERS25MM PLYWOODSTEEL FRAME

STEEL WHEELS 86MM RAILSCONCRETE STRIP FOUNDATIONS

9MM PLYWOOD

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CABLE/PIPE SPACE

BRASS ANODISED DUCTING6MM STEEL CABLE BRASS MESH AS FILTER

PULLY MECHANISM

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DOUBLE GLAZINGZINC ANODIZED ALUMINUM FRAME

1:20 DETAIL SECTION_KITCHEN POD

1:20 DETAIL PLAN_KITCHEN POD

VIEW DOWN FROM ODEON OVER REFLECTION ZONE AT NIGHT

IMMERSIVE THEATRE | REFLECTION ZONE PODS

NAVIGATIONAL NODES TERRACES / RESIDENTIAL TYPOLOGY WAREHOUSING / INDUSTRIAL TYPOLOGY

WE BOTTLE UP DESIGN THOUGHTS IN STUDIOS, REMOTE FROM THE REAL WORLD - LETTING FREE THOUGHTS GO TO WASTEl

SCIENTISTS LOCK THEMSELVES UP RESEARCHING TECHNOLOGY - ONLY ON COMPLETETION DO DESIGNERS GET TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO USE IT

THE REALATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS AND BUSINESSES IS FAR TOO LINEAR, IT SHOULD BE INTEGRATED

(STUDENTS + BUSINESS) X (SCIENCE + DESIGN) = THE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

BEVERLY STREET - TWO WAY STREET WITH PARKING EITHER SIDE TO ONE WAY WITH ONE SIDE PARKING

STATION ROAD - REVAMP OF THE EXISTING PEDESTRIANISED STREET TO BRING ROUTE THROUGH THE TOWN CENTRE

GROVE PLACE - ONCE DERELICT LANE TO THE REAR OF THE TERRACE, PROVIDING AN IDEAL PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY

EXISTING STREETS + CONNECTING NODES ON A PEDESTRIAN SCALE

EXISTING TYPOLOGIES + PHYSICAL LANDMARKS = NAVIGATIONAL NODES

MASTERPLANNING | CONCEPTPort Talbot was a town in need of a future, the decline of the coal industry and the recent demolition of the gas power station having hit the town hard. With a site cut off from the rest of the town, both physically and socially, I set out to reconnect the town, whilst encouraging a future in design and manufacture, building upon the expertise already within the town.

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MASTERPLANNING | MASTERPLAN

MASTERPLANNING | TYPOLOGY

STRUCTURAL CONCRETE WALLS AND STRUCTURAL CORE

HOLLOW CORE SLABS SIT ON TOP AND STEEL WALKWAY BOLTED ON

STEEL FRAME BOLTED ON AND STEEL PROFILE DECK LAYED ON TOP

STEEL SECONDARY STUCTURE BOLTED ON AND INSULATION PLACED BETWEEN THE GAPS

PLYWOOD SHEETING AND WINDOW FRAMES PLACED OVER STEEL FRAME

DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE AND BATONS FOR CLADDING ADDED

CORRUGATED STEEL CLADDING BOLTED ON TO BATONS

AXONAMETRIC

STEEL FRAME HOUSING BOLTS ONTO CONCRETE BLOCK AND CORES

DWELLING PLANS2 BEDROOM FLAT 4 BEDROOM HOUSE

DETAILSMETAL WALKWAY MEETS CONCRETE FLAT BLOCK LOOKING THROUGH THE CORRUGATED METAL CLADDING STEEL DETAIL FOR TOP OF ROOF

STEEL FRAME BOLTS ON TO CORE SUPPORTING STEEL PROFILE DECK CORNER STRUCTURAL DETAIL FOR ROOF JOINT

MASTERPLANNING | NEIGHBOURHOOD SECTION

CONSTRUCTION SQUARE

RAISED WALWAYS PROVIDING EACH HOUSE OR FLAT WITH A FRONT DOOR THAT OPENS ONTO THE OUTSIDE

PEDESTRIAN HIGHWAYSLINKING WITH THE PROPOSED ‘PEDESTRIAN HIGHWAYS’ AND OPENING TOWARDS VIEWS OF THE VALLEYS AND TOWERS

WALLED GARDENSPROVIDE PRIVATE AREAS FOR EACH BLOCK TO LET CHILDREN PLAY SAFELY

BALCONYSPROVIDE SMALLER BREAKOUT SPACES WITHIN THE HOUSE, TO ALLOW EACH ROOM TO HAVE ITS OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OUTDOORS, LEAVING A SAFE, OVERLOOKED SPACE BETWEEN THE HOUSES.

SUNKEN GARDENSPUBLIC SPACES THAT PROVIDE SHELTER

CORESTHESE EXTEND THROUGH THE BUILDING LINKING ALL APPLIENCES / UTILITIES WITH THE NECCESSARY VENTILATION

ITERATION MODELS

Prepare concrete base on site with a raised centre section and surround level with the existing paving.

Make the formwork for the roundabout using smooth metal to withstand preasures from concrete and create a crisp result.

Line formwork with images of agent orange victims, printed on a newspaper printing press.

Place reinforcing bars within formwork to be sure the roundabout can take neccessary cantilever.

Pour all the concrete into formwork together to insure it appears as one solid mass.

Remove formwork and assemble the roundabout on site on top of the pre prepared base.

Remove loose newspaper but leave the newspaper that remains to be worn off by the weather.

Ho Chi Minh City

PLAN SHOWING LOCATION OF MONUMENT WITHIN THE

LOCATIONS OF SECOND GENERATION AGENT ORANGE VICTIMS AROUND

A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO NEWSPAPER CONCRETE

SECTION AA

IN THE VIETNAM WAR, OR AS THE VIETNAMESE CALL IT, THE AMERICAN WAR, 20,000,000 US GALLONS OF HERBICIDE WERE SPRAYED OVER 6542 SPRAYING MISSIONS. WHILST MANY PEOPLE DIED IN THE WAR THE TRAGEDY DOES NOT END THERE. DIOXIN, THE TOXIC CHEMICAL WITHIN AGENT ORANGE HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN TO BABIES, BOTH THROUGH THE PLACENTA AND BREAST MILK CAUSING MULTIPLE HEALTH PROBLEMS INCLUDING CLEFT PALATE, MENTAL DISABILITIES, HERNIAS AND EXTRA FINGERS AND TOES. DEBATES ARE LEFT UNSETTLED AS TO WHO SHOULD ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ATROCITY AFFECTING NOT ONLY THE VIETNAMESE BUT THE CHILDREN OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS, AS WELL AS OTHERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE WHO CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THIS CHEMICAL. WITH THE 50TH ANIVERSARY OF THE WAR PASSING THIS YEAR, IT IS TIME TO LEAVE THE BLAME GAME AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR CHILDREN, SO LET ALL OF US CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORTS ON THEIR FUTURE, NOT THEIR PAST.

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CAFETO HOUSE INFORMAL MEETINGS AND PERFORMANCES AS WELL AS PROVIDING REFESHMENTS FOR THE OTHER ZONES IN THE VOICE CENTRE, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BE LINKED TO THE PONTYPRIDD SPACE TO ALLOW CATERING FACILITIES FOR LARGER EVENTS.

PONTYPRIDD SPACEA SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE OF PONTYPRIDD TO ADAPT AND USE AS THEY WISH. ACCESSIBLE FROM TAFF STREET, THE SPACE CAN BE USED AS A TEMPORARY ART INSTALATION SPACE, A DROP IN CENTRE FOR GIVING BLOOD OR A MEETING SPACE FOR LOCAL GROUPS.

DEBATE ZONEA SPACE TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED WITH LOCAL POLITICS AND HELP THEM IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN BE OPENED UP TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

LOCAL HISTORY CENTREA SPACE TO COLLATE THE ALL INFORMATION AND ARTIFACTS FROM THE CURRENT LIBRARY AND HISTORY CENTRE - GIVING THE PEOPLE OF PONTYPRIDD SOMEWHERE TO RECORD THEIR HERITAGE.

MAIN LIBRARYTHE MAIN SPACE FOR BOOKS, RANGING FICTION THROUGH TO NON-FICTION THE LIBRARY WILL HAVE MORE INTIMATE ND PRIVATE SPACES FOR READING AND WORKING AS WELL AS LARGER SPACES THAT CAN ALLOW TALKS FROM AUTHORS AND LECTUERS.

CHILDRENS ZONEA SPACE TO ALLOW CHILDREN TO HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS. LARGE AREAS FOR STORYTELLING, ACTING AND ACTIVITIES AS WELLS AS MORE INTIMATE SPACES FOR READING AND A SPACE FOR TEENAGERS PROVIDING PRIVACY YET ABLE TO BE MONITORED FROM THE MAIN SPACE.

DRAMA ZONEA SPACE TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE OF PONTYPRIDD TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. SITUATED OVER THE RIVER AND FLOODED WITH LIGHT THE SPACE WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO WRITE AND READ AS WELL ABLE TO OPEN UP TO HOUSE EVENT INCLUDING FORMING AN AUDITORIUM SPACE FOR PERFORMANCES AND POETRY READINGS.

1870s 1910s 1950s 1970s

PRE 1750 The town gets its name from Pont-y-ty-pridd meaning ‘bridge of earth’ in Welsh as it has become a meeting place for people as the point the river was shallow enough to cross.

1750 Ponty bridge is build cementing the town as a location for crossing the river and therefore as a meeting point.

1795 The Glamorganshire Canal opens between Cardiff and Merthyr, begining the development of the town as a commercial centre.

1790 Coal is discovered in Gyfeillon just outside Pontypridd bringing heavy industry to the town.

1805 A market is founded on the current market site, rebuilt in 1870, promoting the town as a hub of the neighbouring areas.

1923 Ynysangharad Park was opened as a War Memorial for the town, purchased by public subscription giving the town an area of beauty for the locals to relax and socialise in.

1885 Public buildings including the town hall, council buildings and the old town library are built, as a statement of the towns prosperity.

1921 The population of Pontypridd starts to fall as the coal industry goes into decline and people are forced to move out of the town to find work.

1936 Treforest Trading Estate was established in a bit to bring jobs to the town. By September 1939, 2,500 workers were employed at Treforest and between sixty to seventy firms in production.

1974 The once thriving local shops see a decline in trade as the Cardiff- Merthyr road is completed and people can go elsewhere to shop.

1990-2011 Many attempts have been made to redevelop the town, all with funding pulled at some point, leaving the town feeling a resentment of their town and a lack of civic pride.

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Pontypridd was born from its location as a crossing place of the Taff, it then saw a rapid rise is prosperity and population as the industrial revolution took place and coal mining took off, during this time Ponty took the oppotunity to invest civic buildings. The town then saw a steady decline in fortunes as the coal industry suffered. However recent censuses have showed the population is begining to rise again, is this the time to re-invest in new civic facilities to cater for the towns current needs?

The site is situated between taff street and the river taff, on the other side of which lies Ynysangharad park, the towns memorial park for those lost in the wars. Currently no building have turned to meet the river, and there are no public spaces on the town side of the river that face the park. A service lane runs down the side of the site but I believe this could be built on providing a way through for vehicals to reach the back of the site.

Its market day, a town should be flourishing, alive with cultural identity, and the bringing together of community. Yet a walk down the high street shows a different story. A lone butcher shouts his prices to the town, the rest of the market residing behind their stalls with a cup of tea. Shops lie boarded up with the high street reigned by discount chains and shabby shop fronts dominate.

But Pontypridd can make a stand, it can find its voice - but it needs a platform

to do this. With speaking comes listening, and with listening comes understand-

ing. The question is how to create a centre to inspire the people of Pontypridd to get together so they can once again act a community to try and better their town?

The answer to this is a library of the spoken word.Though storytelling the young can be engaged, allowed to thrive and question the world around them. Through meeting spaces community decision will become more accessi-ble and move into the public domain making it easier for people to make a difference. There

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performances and plays, once again the town will buzz with the joys of laughter, speech and expression.

Words are ever changing and so is the town, so spaces must allow for change, not hamper it. The space should become a new word market embodying the past as well as embracing the future, spaces should provide for books an the storage of the written word, but

allowing the spoken to burst forth, obtainable for all to enrich themselves, each other, and ultimately, their town.

LIBRARY OF THE SPOKEN WORD PLAN

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Pontypridd was not just in need of a new library but much more than that, a renewed sense of civic pride, to unite the town, and form the basis of its future. A library of the spoken word emerged as the answer, giving the people, a platform on which to debate, act, read and engage with each other. A modular system combines structure, bookcases and windows to give each space its own identity.

LIBRARY OF THE SPOKEN WORD | JOURNEY

LIBRARY OF THE SPOKEN WORD | MODELS -

CLADDING : BURNT LARCH100 x 20 x 2000 Planks of larch charred with a blowtorch to form a protective layer over the timber. These are applied vertical with 5mm spacing to allow water to drain in between. There are then two layers of batons with a combined width of 56mm to allow water to flow down the DPM behind.

INTEGRATED FURNITURE : PLYWOODBookshelves sit within the structure, giving additional lateral bracing as well as allowing thr main floor space to be kept free for activities.

STRUCTURE : GLULAM FRAME 200 x 400mm profile glulam beams joined with steel plates and laterally braced with horizonal batons.

SLIDING SYSYEM : POLY-CARBONATE + ALLU-MINUM OVER STEEL FRAMEDanpalon system of polycarbonate panels joined by alluminum clamp supports sits on both sides of the steel frame with lights in between to illuminate both interior and exterior spaces. This slides along the track set into the concrete slab.

FLOORING SYSTEM : STEEL DECK AND CONCRETE SCREED Insulation is layed between the glulam beams with a damp proof layer below. A steel deck is then attached to the tob of the beams and a concrete screed is poured and polished. A hollow area exists under the beams to allow services to enter the building and for ventalation.

GLULAM BEAMS 200 X 400MM

STEEL JOINING PLATES

CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS

INTEGRATED FURNITURE AND WINDOW SURROUNDS

19MM PLASTERBOARD

100MM FOAM INSULATION CORE

100 X 50 HORIZONTAL BRACING BATONS

STEEL WHEELS ON I - BEAMS

2000 X 20 X 100 CHARRED LARCH CLADDING

19MM PLYWOOD SKIN

DANPALON POLYCARBONATE SYSTEM

DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE

400MM FLOOR INSULATION

CORRUGATED STEEL DECK

CONCRETE SCREED

LIBRARY OF THE SPOKEN WORD | DETAILS

MELTING POT SUSTAINABLE HOUSING | KITCHEN VILLAGEA second year group work sustainable housing project on a site in Grangetown, Cardiff, was in an area of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and in need of greater social cohesion. A rooftop kitchen village provides a innovative way of engaging cultures through cooking, as well as providing a safe, communal urban garden, giving each kitchen direct access to outdoor eating and growing spaces. The reclaimed bricks from the site are rebuilt into an outer wall that forms a protective barrier from the road, whilst breaking off to form the ribs of the structure, into which the rest of the building falls.