THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD MARCH ARCHITECTURE

LIVE PROJECT: GIST

DESIGN PROPOSALS

MONDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2012

STORE 2

STORE 1 New deeper shelfs (450mm)

Old shelfs (300mm)

Storage boxes

6. Notice board for information

7. Storage rooms

5. Kitchenette
MAIN ENTRANCE

SOLUTIONS FOR OVERALL SPACE

Proposal 1: solutions for the overall space

A series of overall proposals to improve usage of the space. Clearing all rooms from waste and removing L-shaped tables. Adding a few bits and pieces to the current supply of furniture. 1.Lectern for speakers 2.Projector in ceiling. Mount a box in the ceiling for easy changes of projector.

1. Lectern

2. Projector mounted in ceiling

MICROWAVE FRIDGE

3. Welcome Signpost

4. Workspace

SHELFS

3.Welcome signpost with blackboard for information about current meeting/event that is going on in the lab. Also signs to point out the direction to WC, where co ee/tea can be found and light switches (in cupboard). 4.Turn the back room into an o ce/meeting room with a small workspace in front of the window. 5.A storage solution for the kitchenette. Placing the microwave and fridge into a portable storage. Also provides more work surface in kitchenette. 6.Notice/information board for past and present events and meetings. With the layer e ect of new yers/posters pinned or glued on top of old ones. To show history. 7.Arrange the bigger storage room with deeper shelfs and storage boxes. Move the current shelfs into the smaller storage room.

BLACKBOARD

RECYCLE BINS

QR-CODE WEBSITE

PROPOSAL 1: IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS

Projecting onto the opposite wall of Grinders Hill from the o ce window. Free advertising space available now!.

Signage made by GIST user groups using existing shutter housing. Backlit and Arduino linked to activity inside.

More elaborate signage hiding the shutter housing and using downward spotlights for emphasis of the entrance.

Using the kitchen area to create a new lobby space, providing sound insulation from Grinders Hill and a meet and greet area away from any user group activity.

Creating a new entrance for the GIST Lab still hiding the shutter housing. Back lit and translucent the light from it will wash alkong the walls and steps at the entrance.

FACADE
Changes to the facade to highlight the presence of GIST ranging from the free to the expensive can be achieved. With the long narrow nature of Grinders Hill and GISTs position right in the middle of this alley the use of light is of paramount importance in creating an interest in where GIST is located. From simple projections to the oating ethereal glow of a temple entrance, creating a visually exciting, easily noticed event from Paternoster Row and Sheaf Street is the ideal.

Creatre extra natural light by scooping as much of it as falls on the facade. Brushed aluminium nish links in to the SHSU b uilding across Paternoster Road. Raised windows create privacy and o er sound insulation from Grinders Hill.

Interior now washed with di use light from the light scoops.

PROPOSAL 2: ENTRANCE/FACADE/LOBBY

Laser light or projecter: Digital feeling Event set

Bright color painting: Exciting, strong feature,attractive

Black metal and mirror: Industrial feeling, techonical

PROPOSAL 2: ENTRANCES

ADAPTABLE MODULA FURNITURE

The idea of the modula furniture that would allow for adaptable uses. Option 1 is built around the idea of a stackable module, transforming to create a chair, table and workbench. Option 2 follows a very similar concept, however the furniture is all constructure of a single L shape, making it easy to produce. In hindsight, an over engineered solution has possibly been created. a better solution could possibly be to just buy stock, stackable chairs and folding tables.

PROPOSAL 3: CHAIRS

STORAGE BOX[ES]/BOX[ES]
An easily mass producible storage solution which can be stacked and recon gured in near in nite arrangments and can provide seating and work surfaces for multiple uses. The basic unit is made up of 5 identical shapes with feet and divots added 2. A series of di erent inserts and front panels can then be manufactured to suit needs. A secondary unit, a third of the height, can be manufactured the same way to add further furniture con gurations.

PROPOSAL 4: BOXES

FLEXIBLE SPACE
Two sets of partitions of four panels each constitute the basis of this proposal. Due to space being at a premium, the number of evenings in a week being xed and the potential for increasing the number of user groups that use the space there is a need for the space to be able to be exibly reallocated to suit these purposes. Rather than attaching one end to a wall, and thereby limiting the exibile potential of the partitioned spaces, the partitions are able to be placed freely within the space working with each other or independently to create complex working areas.

PROPOSAL 5: TEMP/PERM FOLDABLE WALL

ENTRANCE

PROPOSED FLEXI WALL

VIEW 1

The Pull out boards are xed onto wheels allowing it to be pulled and used for User group meetings

1:100 Ground Floor Plan of GIST Lab

GIST LAB

VIEW 1

DESIGN WALL FOLDING PROPOSAL #1

The Boards will serve a dual purpose, where it closes o the kitchenette and de nes the meeting space. Further, the boards are connected by locks, which can be removed. Each board can be rolled around the room and used to de ne spaces and can be also used for meetings as a means to draw on or as a projection space.

PROPOSAL 5: TEMP/PERM FOLDABLE WALL

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Lab Office Reception

Storage Storage Reception Office

Storage Cafe Private Meeting Space Kitchen

Kitchen

Private Meeting Space

Storage

Kitchen

Cafe

Storage

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FOLDING SPACE FOLDING SPACE

This proposal combines space and furniture design, focussing This proposal combines space and furniture design, the on the area from the entrance along the itnernal wall to focussing emergency exit. A partition wall replaces the internalwall to the on the area from the entrance along the internal wall which divides the space, meanwhile keeping the space as a whole emergency exit. A elements attached to the wall creating if necessary. Foldingpartition wall replaces the internal wall which exible spaces, such meanwhile keeping and the o ce whole dividing the space, as the reception desk the space as adesk. if necessary. Folding elements attached to the wall create flexible

PROPOSAL 6: WALL TO FURNITURE

spaces, such as the reception desk and the office desk.

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