Atelier One prepares for the 2009 – 2010 end of year exhibition.
The grid layout continues from the column to the plinth.
Image grid on the column.
The plinth.
Exhibition opening
Exhibition opening
Exhibition opening
Atelier One column
Atelier One column
Exhibition opening
Exhibition opening
Photographs from the Atelier One field trip to Earthship Brighton, East Beach Cafe and Littlehampton Welding.
Stanmer Park, near Brighton. The Earthship is located in the grounds behind Stanmer House.
Inside the living willow dome. John from the Low Carbon Trust gives an introduction to the eco projects in Stanmer Park.
The living willow dome.
Earthship Brighton, a prototype eco building whose design and construction techniques are derived from the original earthships designed by architect Michael Reynolds.
Revealing the tyre walls of the Earthship, an example of using recycled materials for construction that can also help provide high thermal mass for a steady internal temperature.
The lobby of the Earthship.
The main room of the Earthship, where John explained the rainwater harvesting techniques used for the building and its surrounding grounds. The plants in the room are part of the water harvesting cycle.
East Beach Cafe, Littlehampton, By Heatherwick Studio.
East Beach Cafe.
Inside the cafe.
On the beach at Littlehampton.
Beach huts in Littlehampton.
Guided tour at Littlehampton Welding, the steelwork company that constructed the East Beach Cafe and has worked on many other interesting projects, such as the floating bridge at Canary Wharf.
Bridge under construction at Littlehampton Welding.
Viewing drawings at Littlehampton Welding.
Site section models @ 1:200 from the December crits.
Billingsgate Market site with proposed interventions.
Telehouse site with proposed interventions.
The Project 4 brief is now online in the “Pages” section. The Integrated Technology brief is also included as a PDF download.
Atelier One at Telehouse, Docklands – 19th October 2009
New data centre under construction at the Telehouse site
The brief for Project 2 (Perceptual Model) has been added to the site – see the Pages section. There have also been some additions to the Reading List.
Atelier One at Billingsgate Market – 6 AM on 6th October 2009
Bay 1 – cold storage at Billingsgate
Billingsgate and Telehouse on the New London Architecture model at the Building Centre in Store Street – highlighted in yellow.
On Friday 2nd October, Atelier One met to discuss the energy impact activities that they had been asked to explore.
Activities included –
– Making a cup of tea
– Buying a computer screen
– Buying bread from a local newsagent
– Making fresh chapati bread
– Making dinner
– Cooking baked beans
– Selling t-shirts that are produced abroad
– Pulling a pint of beer in the student bar
– Playing the guitar
– Playing multiplayer video games
– Buying bread
– Buying cereal
– Creating a garden
– Baking a cake
Some of the issues associated with these activities included –
+ Distribution of goods from source to market, often returning to the source for sale.
+ Products created for a lifestyle of convenience vs. activities that are an integral part of a society’s culture.
+ Use of public transport to offset the energy footprint of a purchased product.
+ Importing goods and ingredients to serve a market created by people who have migrated.
+ Use of packaged ingredients vs. fresh ingredients for cooking.
+ International source of locally purchased foodstuffs.
+ International sources of energy supplies used locally.
+ Supply route of products manufactured abroad and sold locally, including packaging materials that are discarded at point of sale, and the impact of labels and brands on the purchase of these products.
+ Creating an experience around a social activity, the choice of local products vs. imported products, and the effect of advertising on this choice.
+ Quality of a product related to its performance (sound) requiring materials from international sources for manufacture, plus the energy requirements of a temporary activity such as performance – power, transport, lighting.
+ Network requirements for multiplayer games, and for daily tasks such as sending an email, and the energy impact of greater online social interaction.
+ Provision of local distribution for locally produced goods.
+ Packaging as part of the eating experience vs. functional refill packets, plus energy required for recycling of cardboard to create the box.
+ Creation of garden with plants brought from abroad, enabling local people to experience things that they might not have otherwise seen.
+ Transport of ingredients and processes required to make convenient pre-packaged ingredients for cooking.
This Friday’s session at the Maritime Campus will be at 2PM.
Your task for the week, plus details of next Tuesday’s site visit to Billingsgate Market, can be found on the “Project 1” page.
A student list has also been added to the “About Atelier One” page.
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