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CreateSPACE:

a queer design initiative

ARC2001 Design Report


Stage 2, Project 1

Demographics Collage
Contents
Project summary 3

Street Elevation 4

Site plan 6

Unit Plan 7

Floor plans 8

Section 13

Key Moments 14

Construction 16

Material Renders 18

Ground Floor Collage


Project Summary

Shields Road is home to a multiplicity of cultures, histories, materials and sounds. The
CreateSpace queer design initiative attempts to provide the basis for diverse communi-
ties to come together under the same roof, celebrating their differences and enriching
social mobility regardless of income, race, gender or sexuality.

After first visiting the site on a bike, I felt alienated from the street and was even
warned to not lock my bike in certain places. The fantastic irony of this is that two of
Newcastles ‘best’ bike shops sit on Shields Road, and dont even provide their own bike
parking outside - I have found that moving through a city in different ways is often a
reflection of identity.

Further site analysis revealed the lacking of greenspaces, Newcastle East have created
a survey for locals to discuss their reflections on the surroundings and almost all re-
sponses yearn for a community feel, the return of the walkable neighbourhood and busy,
bustling markets. Locals want spaces to sit and enjoy their surroundings, provisions for
children to feel safe and to feel safe at night - all things I believe should be the ab-
solute baseline of design.

Personal reflections on the brief revealed my responsibility as a designer to provide,


not enforce, opportunities. Strict floor plans and room cataloguing leads to innaccessi-
ble homes that restrict adaptability, therefore:

The CreateSpace co-housing project aims to create provision for such changes to begin
their implementation along Shields road, recognising that there is no single way for all
demands to be met instantly, but using an inclusive design standard to create inspira-
tion for community projects in years to come.

Each unit begins as a blank canvas, stakeholders are given the opportunity to express
themselves however they see fit. Through providing that which is neccessary, Mabel’s
love of high heels, or Sadiq’s miniature ant circus all have a place under the light-
weight CLT structure. Furthermore, a steel-frame wintergarten hung onto the facade, pro-
vides a space full of daylight all throughout the year, to maximise the natural light
brought into the deepset building.

The ground floor’s pay as you feel cafe, BrakeSpace, and community bike repair zone,
ToolSpace, aim to re-ignite the once bustling market feel of Shields Road, bursting its
tables and chairs out on to the pavement at every opportunity. Residents are able to
take advantage of the kitchen and convert the ground floor space into whatever they may
desire: space for a banquet, a drag show or perhaps a night of standup comedy.

Visual Brief Collage


3
Street
elevation
Site Plan

6
Unit Plan

7
Floor Plans
- Ground

8
Floor Plans
- First

9
Floor Plans
- Second

10
Floor Plans
- Third

11
Floor Plans
- Roof

12
Section

13
Key Moments
- BrakeSpace

14
Key Moments
- ToolSpace

15
Material
Decisions behind choosing CLT Research
Glulam CLT
+ve Loabearing Used for surfaces and walls

Can reach 120m Loadbearing in two direc-


span tions due to timbers being
joined at 90deg
Better for sin-
gle span support Can have forms cut out to CLT to CLT Connection systems CLT to Concrete connection
structures make voids
Metal Plate system
-ve Spans in a single
Single Spline CLT
direction
Needs a sustainable supplier EWP
Prone to rot in damp conditions
Metal Plate
Bad acoustics/ thermal proficiency before insu-
lation Half Lapped Concrete Footing

Double Surface Spline Internal Spline


CLT

Dowels through plate


Material collages
Plate + Anchor bolts
Internal Spline
Concrete Footing

16
Construction
Material
Renders

18
Material
Renders

19
Material
Renders

20
Fin(N)

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