Key
External Wall
Cafe
Housing
Social Space
Green Space
Iteration 2
From these initial iterations I began to cut up my plans to consider the spatial qualities of a design which was much more spread out. I wanted to do this to give my scheme less of an institutional feel.
SsD use an external aluminium façade to unify the separate housing blocks found in their building.
Breaking up of this collage helps to create a more dynamic and interesting silhouette. Below I have tried to do the same with my plan.
STRENGTH
Housing of varying size allows for the direct needs of the occupants to be met. Residents can move between a mixture of shared flats, single rooms etc. as they develop along their journey of rehabilitation.
STRENGTH
Central green courtyard to be used to grow food for the cafe. This would form a part of the residents rehabilitation.
OPPORTUNITY
Explore how the use of separate housing units can be used to make the project feel less like an institution.
STRENGTH
Moving the housing up to match the line of the surrounding housing will help my project to integrate into the surrounding context better.
WEAKNESS
Rectilinear plan makes the project feel a little dull.
OPPORTUNITY
This area could be used to provide medical care and councilling, as well as a social space for the residents.
Dignity Village
Portland
Use of informal gardens which are situated around the site to grow food for the village.
Small housing blocks offer independence for the occupants.
Sense of community enables the sharing of skills and time for the mutual benefit of all residents.
Holmes Road Studios
Peter Barber
More formal than Dignity Village, but maintains the sense of community.
Again uses gardens to provide pleasant green space for the residents.
Formality makes this project feel more permenant for the residents, who would require this sense of stability for their successful rehabilitation.
Social Bite
Sandwich shop in Edinburgh who gives all profits to charity and employs the formerly homeless.
In the evening, the shop gives all of its unsold food from that day to the homeless.