The brickworks Portfolio

Mapping A walk through Reading looking at brick buildings exploring different window typologies and light.

Artists Research Precedent Research During January of 2007, the construction works of a secondary pipe of the water distribution mains in Segarra-Garrigues system, caused an unexpected appear- ance of archaeological ruins from an ancient construction for 4.800 years in Seró (Artesa de Segre, Lleida). The most important point of this discovery was the megalithic nature of sandstone slabs and specially the accuracy of geometrical decoration sculpted. Stones with soft relief that, at the same time, were parts of ancient statues reused from a previous sculptural monument. wo patches that are not in use and next to the scales square, is the place where is projected and built an small cultural building with different type of uses and spaces. A construction projected with local materials that, at the same time, is the topography to beat the drop of one floor between square and patches. A suc- cession of mild ramps with soft and elastic limits made of corrugated steel that suggests different paths and covers the different conditions of the public spaced projected... clay and humus plattform between the square and the prepirinenc horizon, cliff plane as a viewpoint on the fourth of steles where we can see the archaeological ruins... a corner space looking to west orientation with winter sun and vegetal cover during the summer, some banks recycling the stones of one of orchards and different carpets of floors alternating the use of materials such as clay, iron, topsoil, granite gravel… the shadows of two hackberry recovered... and the memory of the old orchard with the spontaneous regrowth of chard. In the inside, the space of the wine offers the product of the local cooperatives, and at the same time is the village bar. Also a multipurpose room that blends the daily uses as a social centre with the introduction to the museum area where is documented the discovery and are showed the pieces of the megalithic tomb… finally start entering to the room of the stele …a spiral tour with an almost im- perceptible slope… surrounded by ceramic pieces that lets in the dim light, the air, the smells of the countryside, the fog… light intensity goes down, the ceram- ic pavement disintegrates, and to get to the camera the overhead light focuses the eye on the etched surface of each of the stele… silence… slowing time in a space of accurate contemplation, in a horizontal plane of clay powder showing the footprint of each visitor… quietly and in reverse start to go out with no pos- sibility of crossing with other… gradually intensifying light and noise, until the horizon of a wheat field comes to find us and takes us back to the common agri- cultural landscape of the area. A sketch showing a Section of how the buildng stst on the terrian.

Ground Floor Plan 7 8 5 6 4 2 1 Main Entrance 2 Reception 3 3 Visual Studio 4 Shared Studio I 1 5 Outdoor Testing space 6 Outdoor Exhibition 7 Deck 8 Communal kitchen/dining First Floor Plan 5 5 4 3 1 Circulation space 1 2 Public Cafe 2 3 Shared Studio II 4 Mezanine 5 Mezanine entrance

Second Floor Plan 2 1 Circulation space 5 3 2 Artists Residence 3 Main Storage 4 4 Residence Storage 2 5 Balcony 1 Third Floor Plan 3 1 Circulation space 2 Exhibition 2 3 Balcony 1

1:100 Roof Floor plan 1:500 Roof Floor plan

1:500 North-West Elevation (Main Road view) 1:100 North-West Elevation (Main Road view)

1:100 West Elevation South Elevation

East Elevation Circulation Axo

1:100 East section 1:50 Environmental Section The Lattice Structure that surrounds the main structure has some glass Cool air produced by the vegetation panes on different levels that can be implemented on the landscape. opened for ventilation. The Roof Glass brings in indirect sunlight that lights up the space More Cladding than glass is put on the south facing facade shades the south sun. The new building sits within >90% the walls of the existing building and demolishing only the roofs.

1:20 Section 1 Steel Frame 1 2 Glass 2 3 wood fiber panel 54 3 4 cellulose insulation 6 5 wood fibre panel 7 6 battens 7 plywood 8 8 Steel Column 9 9 Brick Wall 10 Concrete Foundation 10 11 Concrete Foundation 11 PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION 1:5 Section 1 3 PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION 2 1 Plywood Floor 4 2 Solid Concrete 5 3 Brick Wall 4 Bracket 6 5 Angle 7 6 I Beam 7 Cellular Beam 8 8 Steel Column PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

Exploded Structural Axo Corten Steel Glass Steel Beams/columns Bricks Plywood Concrete