SUN ORIENTATIONHousing in temperate regions can benefit from admitting the sun into the building interior. Openings should be primarily orientated southwards, consider the use of conservatories and buffer spaces. Kitchens are better facing east, living rooms to the south and west. Bedrooms are often better to the north to avoid light disturbance. The main aims in daylighting a building are to get significant quantities of daylight as deep into the building as possible, To maintain a uniform distribution of daylight from one area to another, and to avoid visual discomfort and glare. The two main ways architects control the effects of the sun on the building is rough the orientation of the building and the overall design structural layout. For most residential buildings, openings such as doors and windows are preferably not placed along the east-west axis. In commercial buildings, certain areas are left empty on purpose so that sunlight is allowed into the building envelope with minimum obstructions. VENTILATIONNatural cooling techniques have been used for as long as humans have been building homes; after all, the modern air conditioner is a relatively recent invention. These homes were all built to take advantage of simple, natural cooling methods – no air conditioner required. The following design guidelines are selected from the Whole Building Design Guide, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences: Maximize wind-induced ventilation by siting the ridge of a building perpendicular to the summer winds Widths of naturally ventilated zone should be narrow (max 13.7 m [45 feet]) Each room should have two separate supply and exhaust openings. Locate exhaust high above inlet to maximize stack effect. Orient windows across the room and offset from each other to maximize mixing within the room while minimizing the obstructions to airflow within the room. Window openings should be operable by the occupants Consider the use of clerestories or vented skylights. ROUTES AND ACTIVITIESIn terms of major routes of the site, both vehicles as pedestrians and cyclists can be seen that the most traffic is north on Castle Boulevard.
Inside the site the traffic of vehicles is basically the local residents, and there may be from time to time some services (ex garbage collection), making the streets quiet and easily used by pedestrians. There are not many people who go through these streets, they are practically used only by residents to access their homes and the channel. At the entrances of streets in almost every corner, there is a commercial establishment, creating nodes of meeting people, leaving the safest space (no longer exists uncertainty about what might be on the other side of the corner to be more movement) and providing more comfort and convenience for local residents. ![]() brief: Project 3 takes the most fundamental of building types, one that everyone needs and one that forms the bulk of our physical environment both in our perceived world and our work in practice. This typology is the ‘home’. In this project we will explore types of home and we will build an intimate neighbourhood. We will first analyse the site using our urban design skills after which in your tutor group you will make a neighbourhood master plan. You will then be given [out of a hat] a housing typology which you will explore. You will study historical typologies and prepare a brief identifying your client and describing and illustrating their interests, needs, spatial requirements etc. You will be making lots of study models to look at form that responds to your clients’ needs and activity as well as responding to principals of sustainable design. Chicago Roverwalk.Leith Walk ‘Green Bridge’ biomorphisPennington Road FootbridgeProvidence River Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridge Competition WinnerThe Nottingham Canal was a 23.6 kilometres (14.7 mi) long canal between Langley Mill in Derbyshire and Nottingham, England. It opened in 1796, and most of it was closed in 1937. The southern section is now part of the River Trent Navigation, and the northern section is a Local Nature Reserve.Since 1977, the Broxtowe Borough Council has owned and maintained the upstream sections from Wollaton to Langley Mill as a nature reserve and walking trail. The Castle Wharf area is buzzing with bars, nightlife and alfresco dining, all at the water’s edge. It is overlooked by Nottingham Castle, perched dramatically on a high rock above the city. The canal towpath is a scenic walking and cycling route, connecting different areas of the city ![]() A NEW CONECTION The decision of where to put a new canal, came from the idea of connect (denser to the north) the residential area, with commercial activities (south). As there is already one bridge that can be use to cross the Canal from the Castle Boulevard to the Castle Meadow Retail, and from this point on, walking to west there is no other way to cross it and reach the Marina easily. With that, I decided that my bridge would be a would be a way of connecting the next resident of Marina, who live on the north side, with the Marina and nearby activities on the south side. On the south side are located a pub the edge of the canal beside the marina, two hotels, some fast-food restaurants and other commercial activities. Thus the bridge also would connect faster the guests of hotels with Castle Boulevard (the street that leads to the Castle of Nottingham, important tourist spot in the city). THE SITE Along the canal, there were 4 places where the bridge and the activitie would fit. But two of those places (marked in orange in the map) are too close to the existing bridge. As my aim to the bridge is to put a new conextion close to te marina, there where two places where I could o put it. Due to the space needed to build a bridge and an attached activity, I decided to put in place with more space. next to the cars passing bridge beside the Marina. This place does not have a very large height differences. The north side of the Canal is at sidewalk level, while the opposite side is practically at the same level, but slightly lower. The free area to build the proposed activity is very wide on both sides. This also makes it easier for the project has accessibility for all. There is a Holiday Inn Nottingham near the proposed location of the bridge, and also some commercial establishments.and there is a bar and marina, plus some redicencias and access to the Castle Meadow Retail. THE CONCEPT
The primary function of a bridge is to connect two places, first disconnected, shorten distances essentially approach spaces. In the case of this bridge, it wiil not just fulfill its basic function, it will also be a meeting place and information centre. Along with that there will be a boat trip, a As in the first analysis of Channel I tried to stick to the positive aspects of the place, giving emphasis to nature, I will continue facing this theme, trying to create a space where you can enjoy this feature of the site, with tranquility and comfort. And a place for boats to maintain this “tradition”. The Bridge is made of timber because this material fits with the bucolic atmosphere of the Canal, with the history behind it and with the nature of the place. Also timber is easy to use and depending on which kind it creates different feelings. The following photographs were taken by me along the canal, during two days of visit. They show how people use the canal, what kind of building has its surroundings, the nature and other characteristics of the place. The Nottingham Canal originally extended from a junction with the Cromford Canal just above its junction with the Erewash Canal at Langley Mill to the Trent at Nottingham – about 15 miles (24 km) and 18 locks, but most of it has been closed and filled.
The most important traffic on the canal was coal; other goods carried were gravel, road stone and manure. The canal was taken over by the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and East Junction Railway in 1855 and traffic steadily declined. It was disused by 1928 and finally abandoned in 1937, except for the 2¼ mile (3.6 km) section that ran from Lenton Chain to the River Trent through the city centre which was transferred to the River Trent Navigation and is still in use today. The first entry point for walkers is a red footbridge which crosses the canal to allow access across the waterway to those who live within the housing estate. It is probably these people who demanded that the lock and junction should be fenced off as local children were playing near the bridge when I visited the area in 1996. The Nottingham Canal headed north from Lenton Chain but no boat has travelled this way since 1937 when the whole of the route north of here was closed. Most of the canal between Lenton and Wollaton has long since disappeared but it used to head north, on the east side of Lord Middleton's estate, Wollaton Park The maximum boat size that can navigate the Nottingham Canal is length: 79' 9" (24.3 metres) - Castle Lock beam: 15' 2" (4.62 metres) - Castle Lock height: 8' 0" (2.44 metres) - Chain Lane / London Road Bridge draught: 4' 0" (1.22 metres) - cill of Castle Lock |
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