14TH OCTOBER 2019
14TH OCTOBER 2019
HYBRIDITY
HYBRIDITY
PROJECT TITLE
GREYFRIAR'S GREEN HYBRID CIVIC SPACE
PROJECT TITLE
CLIENT
COVENTRY COUNCIL
GREYFRIAR'S GREEN HYBRID CIVIC SPACE
CLIENT
LOCATION
COVENTRY- United Kingdom
COVENTRY COUNCIL
LOCATION
COVENTRY- United Kingdom
The client for this project clearly instructed our design team that they required a social eating space that also allowed for a residential space. Our design team however wanted to take this further and allow for an integrated social space that would in turn improve the flow and traffic of the public through the city centre of Coventry.
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The project involved creating a housing establishment on a site established close to the motorway in Coventry. After primary and secondary research of the diverse population within Coventry and the food interest, it has. A focus on cultural eating was established and was used as a tool to bring people together in the atrium space where stalls are positioned, they can cook for each other and be involved within the process.
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Creating a permeable open inviting social space was crucial to the success of the project which transferred in to the use of curved glass panels and a tensile fabric roof to promote fluidity that helped create bright and airy conditions for such social interactions to take place.
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The rigid sections of the project such as the housing units required more privacy and subtle measures have been taken to ensure this such as the use of frosted glass, change of levels. These units involved the use of 3D printing as a structural tool which was a lot more efficient, reliable and a cheaper alternative than regular building procedure which ensured the project to be handed on time and lower than the anticipated budget.
The client for this project clearly instructed our design team that they required a social eating space that also allowed for a residential space. Our design team however wanted to take this further and allow for an integrated social space that would in turn improve the flow and traffic of the public through the city centre of Coventry.
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The project involved creating a housing establishment on a site established close to the motorway in Coventry. After primary and secondary research of the diverse population within Coventry and the food interest, it has. A focus on cultural eating was established and was used as a tool to bring people together in the atrium space where stalls are positioned, they can cook for each other and be involved within the process.
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Creating a permeable open inviting social space was crucial to the success of the project which transferred in to the use of curved glass panels and a tensile fabric roof to promote fluidity that helped create bright and airy conditions for such social interactions to take place.
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The rigid sections of the project such as the housing units required more privacy and subtle measures have been taken to ensure this such as the use of frosted glass, change of levels. These units involved the use of 3D printing as a structural tool which was a lot more efficient, reliable and a cheaper alternative than regular building procedure which ensured the project to be handed on time and lower than the anticipated budget.
Isaac Moody
CONSERVATION & MANUFACTURING DIRECTOR
QUALIFICATIONS
BArch (Hons) Architecture - Nottingham Trent. MArch Architecture -Manchester School of Architecture. Part 3 Architecture – The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL.
What I Do For The Company:My role involves conserving the projects pre-existing structure and designing repair works that must take place, that maintains the structures contextual value. Using my knowledge and connection to the projects, I also oversee the manufacturing and installation of new additions to the pre-existing structures, to foster new a life and use.
CAREER JOURNEY
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Before co-founding ADAPT Studio., I worked with GROUPWORK, a London based firm, between my studies and gained a vast knowledge of historical materiality. Projects were heavily based in dense urban environments such as London and other projects overseas which allowed for the study of non-western history.
AIMS FOR THE FUTURE
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My goals for the future of this business to handle larger structures to create communities benefited by 3d printed homes, through the quality of living and a lower carbon environment. As the future approaches so will new 3d printing technologies that will allow further progression in the quality of the built environment, while using recycled building waste to make the next iteration of urban living.
ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT THE JOB
I enjoy each project we do, as the limitations of pre-existing structures, force me to innovate and improve upon my own skillset continually.