Architecture IR

ARCHITECTURE IR

Buildings. Interiors. Landscaping. Urban Design.

18 Overton Street, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3AT

E: mail@architectureir.co.uk

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EXTENSIONS Wiltshire, Hampshire South Wales		CONCEPTS A Modern Architecture With Historical References

THE PROCESS
	Survey
Proposal
	Working Drawings including special details

THE HOUSES

5A Greenfields, West Grimstead, Salisbury

Heol Teleri, Merthyr Tydfil

Heol Teleri, Merthyr Tydfil, Approved Scheme

Cae Uchaf, Merthyr Tydfil

Rear of 1 Lake Street, Ferndale, Approved Scheme

Rear of 1 Lake Street, Ferndale, Proposed 2 -Bedroom Scheme

For A Design Statement for Ferndale Please Click Here

KNUCKLAS COMMUNITY CENTRE

Presentation to Management Committee, 2009. This centre failed to secure Big Lottery funding partly because of the number of other halls in the area and partly because the committee failed to persaude them that a new hall would attract sufficient numbers of additional users.

NURSING HOMES, ERITH

This is presented as work in progress - a full design statement will follow later - but in simple terms the design revolves around three main ideas:

1. Two open-ended courtyards with the lounges, dining rooms and bedrooms of each nursing unit either on one of these courtyards or the main street. This means that residents can watch activity on the street and around the complex whilst also being in a highly secure environment with only one controlled access - the gateway to the outside. The precedent for this approach is to be found in traditional almshouses and also Oxbridge Colleges.

2. Setting the building back from the rear and side boundaries of the site to conform to the 22m overlooking rule in Bexley, or to present blank walls/obscure glazing to neighbouring properties if within 22m.

3. The use of a large open plan space where different nursing units converge, some of it double height and galleried, so that residents are not strictly segregated into their own wings.

Construction is envisaged as a steel frame with a precast concrete flooring system in the hub with the double height spaces. The MCCH building could be timber frame or blockwork with a precast concrete flooring system. It depends which combination of structures the contractor can give the cheaper price on though there are acoustic advantages to a concrete solution as the mass makes noise reduction easy.

For A 1:500 Block Plan Please Click Here

For A Site Plan Please Click Here

For The Ground Floor Please Click Here

For The First Floor Please Click Here

For The Second Floor Please Click Here

For The Street Frontage Please Click Here