RESIDENTIAL RETROFIT
Globally we are building to the size of Paris weekly. Reuse of existing buildings is the focus for our time.
DS9 explored the reuse of existing buildings in the Royal Docks, proposing an alternative future for buildings that are currently derelict, under-used or scheduled for demolition. Students developed designs for affordable homes within these buildings, weaving in a mix of additional uses that respond to other needs in the community.
Passive design principles were used to create residential buildings that are comfortable and perform well. The reuse of materials, the circular economy and reduction of embodied carbon were key design drivers for the year, and students were invited to think creatively about embedding these within their designs - exploring the relationship between existing resources and networks, inhabitants, energy efficiency, and wellbeing.
Creating a sense of place within the – at times desolate landscape - of the Royal Docks was important. Designs respond to the character of the existing buildings and make judgments about the quality of the existing building fabric and relationship of the building to the context. Across the studio different scales and types of homes have been explored, suggesting different approaches to living, neighbourliness and co-existence. Students considered what is joyful in a home and evolved their proposals to support the civic, economic, and cultural life of the area.
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Charlotte Khatso, Fran Balaam, Satvinder Sohal, Hossein Sadeghi Movahed (Technology), Martin Waters, HRW Director(Engineers), Hannah Deacon(MPL),
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Denis Vlieghe, Toby Shew, Jason Coleman, Scott Sworts, and Alex Towler Collaborators Alison Mayer GLA Senior Development Manager Development & Placemaking Adam, Joel Davies Cultural Director Projekt Ltd, Sven Mündner Beispiel Director,
Shiraz Ahmed GLA Estates Portfolio
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Abhishek Chandarana Alicia, Desmay Hernandez Ainie Shafeeu, Adam Ackroyd, Aaron Osinuga, Dik Him Kwan, Georgia Smith, Gianluca Gianfiglio, Joseph Zhang, Mohammed Haj Salih, Priya Addanki, Victoria Kolomytkina
Bhakti Dhoria - Kari”Ghar” (Artist’s House) - The project aims to retrofit a Brutalist Industrial Building, the Silver Building located beside the basin of the Royal Docks. Considering the history of the vicinity the building itself holds into account a plethora of heritage value under its skin. Once created by the Carlsberg Tetley Brewery Company, was left unused for 20 years before the current occupants filled in the space. The building currently houses as a base in Silvertown for various artists, fabricators and creatives alike along with a bar and kitchen at the ground level to create a space for people to meet, work and get involved in developing the edge of London. Taking forward the focus of the project will be to incorporate a residential retrofit which could be an upliftment for the building into a new dimension of development and life.
Bhakti Dhoria
Bhakti Dhoria
Dik Him Kwan - RESIDENTIAL RETROFIT – Stacksation, Stacking Sensations - My project is based on the London Regatta Centre, Royal Docklands, London. As the UK’s only Olympic standard rowing course and included with an indoor rowing training tank, it is most suitable to provide affordable housing for Olympic athletes and their families. We DS9 take the stance of the statement “Never demolish, never remove, or replace; add, transform, and reuse!” by Lacaton and Vassal as the principle of our project and so forth. Embracing the scenery of the waterfront where boat racing, canoeing, or watersports happening on the horizon, shattered direct sunlight, creating amazing reflections and echoes with the ripples of the paddles.
Dik Him Kwan
Dik Him Kwan
Joseph Zhang
Joseph Zhang
Joseph Zhang
Mohammed Haj Salih - Residential Retrofit – Celebrating Cultural Diversity Trough Food - The project’s idea is to give a rebirth to the history of the Millenium Mills through the reuse of the whole structure as a new hub for social activities and life in the heart of the Royal Docks. The aim is to create a bridge between different communities in the heart of Royal Dock. A mixed-use building will be delivered to welcome affordable housing for couples and families. To achieve this purpose, the focus of this project is to break all social barriers between vulnerable communities of the area by giving them a social boost through the sharing of different food cultures as an expression of integrating a new melting pot. In other words, this approach will create a new contemporary culture through the mixture of different culinary habits which will contribute to defining food as a new language.
Mohammed Haj Salih
Mohammed Haj Salih