nicola

LUMSDEN
MA Architecture
GRADUATE 2014

D E S I G N P O R T F O L I O

BA(hons) Architecture
FIRST CLASS HONORS NICOLA LUMSDEN PORTFOLIO

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REFERENCES

Mike Guy
Personal Tutor M.Guy@westminster.ac.uk University of Westminster London NW1 5LS

Suzi Winstanley
Employment Mentor s.winstanley@penoyreprasad.com Penoyre and Prasad Llp London EC1Y 8QE
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PROJECT NO. 01 (2013)

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The Last Odeon, Lisbon

An Odeon abandoned by its Community is in disrepair and a proposal to reinhabit the cherished building with cultural activities and products is put forward to satisfy the petitioners.

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London Zoo
Proposal for an Amazonian and Aquatic Research Institute in the heart of London

Ramillies Street: Oxford Street Antidote

Bringing the public closer to the process and technique behind the products they often consume on a daily basis without thought of its origin or creator.

Meanwhile Gardens
An urban garden in London disregarded by its community. My proposal creates a landmark for the green, a fantastical facade of literature that invites passersby to climb through genres and read them on the green.

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Penoyre & Prasad Work

A selection of visuals and drawings completed while working at Penoyre and Prasad based in Old Street, London.

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THE LAST ODEON

Upon discovering The Odeon it became clear that there was an opportunity to reintroduce the neighbourhood into its abandoned buildings. Especially in the case of The Odeon; a building of historical significance and value to its community. The Petition started by the neighbourhood in December 2011 aims to prevent The Odeon (the last of its kind) from being eradicated and turned into a shopping centre - complete with underground parking. Instead the neighbourhood demands that it be restored or reinvented in a carefeul and inventive manner. This project aims to look at the potential of The Last Odeon to reignite the populations interest in embracing - and most importantly - using their buildings. In so doing the project seeks to reaffirm a sense of inhabitation into a seemingly broken and unused city. The petitioners and owners have proposed a new brief for The Last Odeon, one that satisfies both parties. The new purpose for the Last Odeon is to display what Portugal has to offer in wine, literature, food and art. The result is a cultural hub where both tourist and local can tap into the many products that Portugal has to offer. All the while the balconies and stage are kept in place as a haunting reminder of the past programme. The remaining stage and viewing pitt are functional too as they provide an arena for wine, art and 1st Edition auctions to take place. Not only this but readings and town meetings can take place after hours in the heart of the building. Just as the Odeon once represented a new and exciting place for visitors, once again it is reinvented to excite and invite its neighbourhood within. Now that cinema has become an ordinary ritual of life, The Last Odeon transforms its innards to a new and much needed purpose. A place in which both tourists and locals can meet, browse and escape to. Whether for literature, art, food or wine. The building can also simply serve as a meeting place in which the public can be observed wandering through its new programme.

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DESERTIFICATION
TRAFALGAR

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[Oxford Dictionary]

2. Survey]

[Onshore from Trafalgar

The process of becoming or rendering desert; the transformation of fertile land into desert or arid waste, esp. as a result of human activity.

The Shipping Forecast Map, Portugal is found Onshore from Trafalgar

The Survey Strip applied to Portugal, as decided by the Surveyors

The process of or rendering a city deserted; the transformation of a fertile city into a disused shell, esp. as a result of human inactivity.

Nearly one fifth of the worlds land is threatened by desertification.

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Skylights in Roof Because of the change in program, the buildings heart has become the opposite of what it once was. There is a need to flood the heart with daylight, allowing the balconies to remain the more dimly lit spaces. Upper Floor An opportunity to install the bar / cafe at the lighter level, where the contemporary music store will also occupy. Upper Terrace Gallery 02 Gallery 01 First / Second Floor An observational floor, allows views down into the viewing pit where screenings may be taking place, or if not readers occupy it comfortably. The films can be watch from the balconies as cinema patrons are equipped with headphones. Ground Floor A level that appears a continuation of the street, by placing the lobby and commercial spaces around the periphery it means the building always appears inviting and occupied - even during screenings. The lobby entrance will provide views right through to the North Wall where the books and wine will be on display - immediately allowing people to see the other occupants now inhabiting the Odeon.
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Ground Floor Arches

Ground Floor Arches

Double Height Picture Window Main Entrance

The Galleries The Galleries provide an opportunity for visitors to escape the more dimly lit spaces within and experience the sunshine and daylight. Their occupancy of these galleries will also bring life to the building for the pedestrians. Once again informing the neighbourhood of its occupancy and rescue

Gallery Screens The iron masonry with coloured glazing original is in need of repair. The masonry will be kept - but the coloured glass will not. Instead they will be offset from new, separate walls of glazing to provide a screen for the strong sun from the south.

Lower Ground The two cellars that exist in the Odeon can be converted into the wine cellar where wine tastings can take place alongside it. The back of the Theatre will also run down to this level and share the space. There is an opportunity to install a second projection room which will serve as a conference space as well, but as a screening room when the cinme ais being used for live performances

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1 Wine Cellar Lobby Wine Cellar Lobby Gallery Space 2 1 Up to to Odeon Lobby Up Odeon Lobby Gallery Admin 3 2 Sommelier Host Sommelier Host Gallery Store 4 3 Sommelier Checkout Desk Checkout Desk 4 Sommelier Gallery Welcome 5 Desk Chamber 1 of 2 2 Wine Chamber 1 of 5 Wine Outdoor Terrace 6 Seating Wine Racks / Walls of of Wine Wine Racks / Walls Win Bar Reception 7 6 Sommelier Trolley Trolley 7 Sommelier Bar 8 General Public / Amateur Ta General Public / Amateur Bar Cold Store 9 8 Wine Tasting Wine Connose Tasting Wine Conno 9 Wine Bar Dry Store Major Buyers Major Buyers Bar Admin / Office 1010Meeting Room Meeting Room Private Room for Hire 11 Screening Room Screening Room 11 Drink Ledges with Stools 1212 Sumptuous Hosting Room to Sumptuous Hosting Room High Tables Out / Host Important Buyer Out / and Host Important Buy Connection Between Gallery Bar 1313Void above up to to Bookshop Void above up Booksho for Opening Evenings Ground Level Ground Level Void Down to Entrance Lobby at 1414Void upup to to Entrance Lobby Void Entrance Lobb Ground 1515Delivery Drop from Street L Delivery Drop from Street Void Down to Reading / Audience Store and Transiti 1616Temporary Temporary Store and Tran Pitt Space for All Stock Space for All Stock Void Down to Stage Desk for Delivery Ch 17 Admin Admin Desk for Delivery Gallery Display 1817Bindery Workshop Basement Bindery Workshop Baseme 18 Cafe Stairs from Gourmet / Shop on Worksho Up to to Bindery 1919Stair Stair Up Bindery Works 2nd Floor Ground Level Ground Level Store 2020Bindery Bindery Store Stair 2121Secondary Secondary Stair for Sommelier's wh 2222Entrance Entrance for Sommelier's through Employees Door at through Employees Door 2323Level Level Service Lift for all all Departme Service Lift for Depart

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Wine Cellar Lobby Space Gallery Space 1 1Gallery Up to Odeon Lobby Admin Gallery Admin 2 2Gallery Sommelier Store Host Gallery Store 3 3Gallery Sommelier Checkout 4Gallery 4 Desk Welcome Desk Desk Gallery Welcome Wine Chamber 1 of 2 5Outdoor 5 Seating Terrace Seating Outdoor Terrace Racks / Walls of Win Reception Bar Reception 6 6BarWine 7 7BarSommelier Trolley Bar Public / Amateur Cold Store Bar Cold Store 8 8BarGeneral Tasting Wine Conno Dry Store Bar Dry Store 9 9BarWine Buyers 10 BarMajor Admin / Office Bar Admin / Office Meeting Room 10 11 Hire Private Room for Hire Private Room for Screening 12 11 Drink LedgesRoom with Stools Drink Ledges with Stools Sumptuous 12 High Tables Hosting Room High Tables Out / and Host Important Buy 13 Connection Between Gallery a Connection Between Gallery Bar above up to Booksho 13 forVoid Opening Evenings for Opening Evenings Ground 14 Void DownLevel to Entrance Lobb Void Down to Entrance Lobby at Void up to Entrance Lobb 14 Ground Ground Delivery Drop from / Street 15 15 Void to Reading Aud Void Down to Reading /Down Audience 16 PittTemporary Store and Tran Pitt Space forto All Stock 16 Void Down Stage Void Down to Stage Admin Desk for Delivery Gallery Display Gallery Display 17 17 Bindery Workshop Baseme 18 18 Stairs from Gourmet Cafe /S Stairs from Gourmet Cafe / Shop on Stair Up to Bindery Works 19 19 2nd Floor 2nd Floor Ground Level 20 Bindery Store 21 Secondary Stair 22 Entrance for Sommelier's through Employees Door 23 Level Service Lift for all Depart
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Wine Cellar Lobby Corner Gallery Space 1 1 Entrance Up to Odeon Lobby Last Entrance Lobby Gallery Admin 2 2 The Sommelier Host Desk / / Ticket Gallery Store 3 3 Reception 16 Sommelier Checkout Desk 4 Information Gallery Welcome Desk Wine Chamber 1 of 2Newsagent 5 Side 4 Seating Entrance Through Outdoor Terrace Wine Racks / Walls of Wine Shop and Monthly Bar Reception 5 6 Newsagent Sommelier Trolley 7 Publications (Commercial Buffer) Bar General / Amateur Tasters Up to Public First Floor Bar Cold Store 6 8 Stair Wine Tasting Wine Connoseurs and 9 Bar Dry Store 7 Stair Down to Wine Tasting Major Buyers Bar Admin / OfficeChambers Meeting Room 10 8 Hire Skylights above are Preserved and Private Room for Screening Room Enlarged to allow Daylight ot Flood Drink Ledges with11 Stools 7 12 in Sumptuous Hosting Room to Rent High Tables Out /Pitt Host Important Buyers 9 Reading /Bar Audience Pitt During Connection Between Gallery and Void above up to Bookshop at 13 Auction, Readings, Presentations for Opening Evenings Ground Level The Last Odeon Void Down to 10 Entrance Lobby at Book Shop at Void up to Entrance Lobby Stairs 14 Level Ground Ground Delivery Drop from 15 Book Shelves / Wall of Street BooksLevel Void Down to 11 Reading / Audience Temporary Store and Transition Pedestrain Street 12 16 Pitt 9 Space for All Stock Stage Void Down to 13 Stage Admin Desk for Delivery Check-In Reading Bar Gallery Display14 17 Bindery Workshop Level Void Down into Chambers 15 18 Stairs from Gourmet Cafe / Shop onWineBasement Stair UpEntrance to Bindery Workshop at Employee 16 19 2nd Floor GroundStair Level 17 Employee 13 20 Bindery Store at Ground Level Bindery Workshop 18 Secondary Stair 19 21 Service Lift for all Departments 22 Entrance for Sommelier's who enter through Employees Door at Ground 23 Level Service Lift for all Departments

3 Sunlit Reading Gallery 4 1st Ed. Library Sourcing an Wine Cellar Lobby Ed. Library Sorting / Ex Gallery Space 5 1 1st Up to Odeon Lobby Gallery Admin 2 Table Sommelier Host and Unpacking Ro Gallery Store 6 3 Packing Sommelier Checkout Des 4 Void 7 Desk Down to Entrance Lo Gallery Welcome 13 Wine Chamber 1 of 2 5 8 Seating Void Down to Newsagent Outdoor Terrace Wine Racks / Walls of 6 Walkway over NewsagentW Bar Reception 9 Sommelier Trolley 10 7 Reading / Meeting Space ab Bar General Public / Amateu Bar Cold Store 8 Newsagent Wine Tasting Wine Conn 9 II Bar Dry Store 11 Stair Up to Sunlit Gallery Major Buyers Cafe Bar Admin / Office Gourmet Meeting Room 10 12 Hire Private Reading Room / Cu Private Room for Screening Room Room Drink Ledges with11 Stools Sumptuous Hosting Room Floor, View Down to High Tables 13 12Glass Out / and Host Important Bu Connection BetweenChambers Gallery Bar Void above up to Booksh Room I 14 131st Ed. Library for Opening Evenings Ground 15 Stair up to Level 1st Void Down to Entrance Lobby at Ed. Library R Void up tointo Entrance Lob Down Reading / 16 14Void Ground Delivery Drop from Stree 15Pitt Void Down to Reading / Audience Temporary and Tra Lift toStore all Departme 17 16Service Pitt Space for All Stock Lo Down to Entrance 18 Stair Void Down to Stage Admin Desk Delivery Up to 2ndfor Floor Gour Gallery Display 19 17Stair Bindery Workshop Basem Looking Down to Bac 20 18Void Stairs from Gourmet Cafe / Shop on Stair Up Stair to Bindery Work 19Employee 2nd Floor Ground Level 20 Bindery Store 21 Secondary Stair 22 Entrance for Sommelier's 6 through Employees Door 23 Level Service Lift for all Depart

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Foundations Foundations are formed at the base of each column or pin in the form of pads

The New Structure To be slotted within the Old Odeon to reinforce and form new spaces within for the new program

Columns 2 Pins are structurally linked by the use of horizontal elements that essentially turn the two pins into a unified column. These elemetns occur more regulary on the outer columns and become less regular on the inner columns to lessen any visual disconnection.

Floor plates The columns are used to form horizontal elements which support the old and new floorplates. These horizontal elements conprise of 3 levels depending on their position and function (which dictates the load they need to take)

Structuring Voids When a void in the floorplate is created the necessary stronger level horizontal elements are adopted to ensure structural integrity for any cantilevers and larger spans.

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Structural Element functioning as shelf within Column Books

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The repeated elements Are used within the new structure. They consist of I beams and T beams and vary in strength depending on their position.

Structure with Internal Function Horizontal elements running between columns are used as shelves whilst providing additional reinforcement between columns. Ensuring the new structure takes on the additional load of all the books, wine and other stock now contained within the old building but belonging to the new program

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Perspective view looking into main void up to 1st floor

Perspective view looking under 1st floor balcony at bookshelves that form structural elements

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Note: The Corten sheets and the glazing are interchangeable. The roof plan will set which panels are in fact Corten or Glazed, depending on the lighting requirements of the new program

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Frame F The roof componenets slot within the new frame

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Horiztonal Corten Sheets are visible just above the South Facade, slotting behind the old facade (now repaired in a crisp white)

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Sheets of glass or corten sit within frames between columns. Allowing sunlight to flood the once dark cinema interior

Narrow sheets of Corten sit within the Column pins

The repeatable elements of the roof panels, consisting of both glazed and solid corten panels that sit within frames. The curve in the roof means that there are 6 different size / type of panel. Each panel consists of a frame with either a glazed or solid panel.

The new Corten and rustic facade slots in behind the old, now cleaned and painted facade to create a contrast and evidence of the new building and program that has been installed in the once abandoned cinema

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LONDON ZOO

Proposal for an Amazonian and Aquatic Research Institute

Altering London Zoo Mappin Terraces / Altering the face of Zoos

A shift from anthropocentrism to biocentrism

The fundamental objective of the project is to reconsider the Zoo and its standing in society. The London Zoological Society, north of Regents Park, began as a place designed purely for scientific research.When it was eventually opened to the public, in a bid to generate income for its upkeep, it quickly became about entertainment and profit - with no regard for the animals wellbeing. Today, in an effort to regain approval from the public and mark a shift to a more concerned attitude towards the earth, there is evidence that Zoos are looking to become biocentric.
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DESIGN INTENT
The project proposes the magic mountain is stripped of its unused skin to reveal the listed beams as part of a new frame. Within the high rising corridor of frames grows a large tropical biome, with a research institute feeding directly off it. Complete with labs, walkways and viewing decks for both researchers and visitors, the institute is dedicated to seed regeneration, research and education of all that we can benefit from the Amazonian biome. The researchers are very much a part of the attraction, the work and effort that so often goes unseen can be the most interesting to observe. Feeding off the base of the biome, on the other side of its river, remains the London Zoo aquarium. A labrynth of tanks and labs that maintains the darkly lit atmosphere that has come to define the ZSL aquarium. As in the biome, visitors are shown the process and research going into such work as regenerating communities and preserving coral. The key to this design is the sense of freedom visitors will have to wonder through its spaces and will continually be drawn on to the next intriguing space.

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1 AMAZONIAN BIOME CHAMBERS 2 RIVER/RESERVOIR OF FRESH WATER 3 CORRIDOR OF CONTEMPLATION 4 INTERIOR SUNKEN AUDITORIUM 5 LABORATORY DIRECTLY LINKED TO TANK BELOW 6 ADJUSTABLE SHADING FOR LABORATORIES AND TANKS WITHIN

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RAMILLIES STREET
Oxford Street Antidote
RENT A BOOT[H] Affordable Designer Studios
Bringing the public closer to the process and technique behind the products they often consume on a daily basis without thought of its origin or creator. A place in which independent young designers, inventors or even tailors can showcase their process by renting a boot[h]. Visitors are relieved of their shopping/handbags upon entry by the handbag halt that runs along one side of the building. Visitors wander amongst the designers workshops and pause within the spaces.
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The boot[h]s create a sense of personal space for the designers. They function both as a studio and advertisment for their products as their space is on display for all visitors to see (both above and below). Some of the lounging areas are upstairs amongst the studios allowing visitors to socialise and watch as the designers work. The wall that filtrates the water for the fish pedicure can` be heard and viewed from nearly throughout the whole building. The green wall that filtrates the water runs up to the top floor, confirming the floors to be very much connected. Even those that leave their baggage at the ground level just for storage wil be able to hear the interior of the structure through the void created by the handbag halt.

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ATRIUMS DESIGNER BOOTHS. EXTERIOR BALCONY VARIOUS LOUNGING AND SEATING AREAS SIT AMONGST THE DESIGNER BOOT[H]S

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Ensures that no clutter enters the building. It is just the designers clothes that occupy the space
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When a booth is not in use it can easily be used as a seating area for the public
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The atriums are a result of the negative spaces created by the pathways and studios that intrude on the central space. Each one is different in size and creates thresholds to make moving through the structure more interesting and to create a sense of adventure and unpredictability after walking the monotonous length of Oxford St.

4 PLANT FILTRATION/FISH PEDICURE

The plants provide an injection of green and the movement of water can be seen from Oxford St. Bringing an element of nature into the antidote that this building brings to Oxford Street. The green within connects the interior with the atriums outside. The studios and the wall are very much a part of the same space.

2 STUDIOS / BOOT[H]S
Visitors walk amongs the studios and are able to pause in the spaces between. The artists work-in-progress hangs above them. As if they are clothes for sale but in fact they are unfinished products. If one is interested in the product they are forced to engage with the designer.

5 SUMMER OPEN MARKET

Railings retract from floor plane to provide hanging for Summer markets. The space below becomes more inhabited and no longer just a dark and dingy pedestrian route. Even in winter the shelter provides enough space and seating for smoking employees to gather in a more inviting environment where they too can get a glimpse of the designer up above hard at work.
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3 CAFE
The cafe provides a place for visitors to remain longer in the space. Often eating on Oxford Street is just a continuation of the chaos and noise. Views to the back of house offer intriguing and vastly different views of the area. A reminder of the process and work that goes on behind the seemingly perfect act of consuming.

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An urban garden in London disregarded by its community. My proposal creates a landmark for the green, a fantastical facade of literature that invites passersby to climb through genres and read them on the green.

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Competition, Doha, Qatar
A competition to design Doha Colleges new campus in Qatar. A British International school with up to 1600 students., first class sports and performance facilities for community use. The vision for the scheme was of a global learning village under one iconic roof
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A design that is embedded into the context of Doha, yet delivers an environment that is ideal for the British curriculum. The Graphics that follow were as a result of my SketchUp model and I produced the graphics presented here.

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These graphics were produced in order to represent the flexibility of the design and its ability to change with the curriculum and methods of teaching. The key to the design was the connection to the outside and the encouragement of outdoor learning.

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QATAR ACADEMIES
Masterplanning report
A masterplanning scheme that involved 2 different sites with similar school designs. The scheme focused on enlosing outdoor spaces with classrooms and setting the specialist shared spaces within these outdoor learning areas.
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ST. LUKES
Feasability Study/Bid
A report was put together in 2 weeks to explore the option of developing a piece of land in London for either a school or residential development.
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