Detail the void
Materials
Stairs:
Keep original material; reinforced concrete? This may fit in well with the existing building however it may come across as replicating the existing features and may be inauthentic.
Use original materials in a different colour? This may take on form that fits with the existing building but modernised with colour to differentiate between old and new.
Use a contrasting more sustainable modern material? This will show an evolution and story of the building through time but will not keep the original style. This also allows me to use modern materials that are much more sustainable than concrete.
take inspiration from the 1960s
Space division – colour blocking
Textiles
Older textile choices such as William Morris – less contrast and geometric pattern – better for neurodiverse users. They come in multiple colour ways which can be coordinated with the colour blocking of different spaces.
Flooring
Rubber –
It is soft and warmer on feet, furniture legs won’t squeak, and is much quieter that solid flooring if something is dropped which is likely in a kitchen space.
It can be made with lots of colours which will help with colour blocking of different spaces and different textures can be used for coding different spaces as well as slip resistance.
Graphic presentation
1960s brutalist architecture collaged with bright colour / texture in background.
example;
Sketch;
I want revisit the space and take better photographs of both the outside and inside to allow me to develop the graphic presentation of the exterior and also overlay interior photographs with sketches.
Engineer visit
The void connecting the basement, ground, and first floors is viable.
Support the new floor levels with upstands or downstands
Noise plan
Below I overlaid a the plan of the basement with different colours and sizes of dots representing how loud each space will be. Green will be quieter spaces, orange medium and red will be louder social spaces.
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