BUIL1166 2013 / 2014 Introduction to Building Environments and Construction Gracelyn Ormasa Tutor: Dr. Shaun Murray

Barbican Centre The Beautiful walls

Introduction

Air

Light

Ground

Water

Energy

Recycle

Synthesis

conclusion

Informations

Builing case Study

The Barbican Centre Architect

Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon Location

area of London Function

Theatre art, dance, music, film learning Owner:

city of london Queen proclaimed developed wonder of the world

1982 Date of construction:

1971 Opened

3/3/1982

INTRODUCTION

Journey from the barbican station to the barbican centre Area I focused on

introduction

Visiting the Barbican area, it had quite a juxtaposition with its

opposite buildings. The Barbican Centre was heavy looking and

ferocious, whereas its buildings across were quite developed in

terms of material because the Barbican center used composition of

aggregates to make its walls, but the contrasting buildings were

constructed of steel and glass to form its panels.

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I could describe the heavy looking building, from its exterior, very unattractive and appealing at the same time because although it was made out of formulated, heavy stones, it still gave a beautiful feel in it with

the delicate shapes of structure and the environmental friendly atmosphere.

What interest me the most was the significant connection between the landscape of water, plants, and the

brutal looking residences because I felt like I was walking through the mountains into the forest

and reaching my final destination the pond which made it the relaxing area.

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AIR

Traveling into the Barbican area was quite a cool journey, due to London’s cold weather. Entering the Barbican Centre's area was still quite cold, but as I entered further at the

composed stone walls, I felt the heat rising further into the space that I was standing. Checking around the Barbican Centre, I noticed lots of smoking removals for the heating of each area. Because it’s a huge area with not much wall,

there were many heating ventilation at every column. It was interesting because each exit would have a small space to keep the cold air from trespassing the heating air inside.

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In every exit I notice a small space in between the outside entrance and the inside area. The reason of this small room is to collect the cold air and maintain the space inside heated.

air

The Barbican Centre has a mechanical and passive ventilation. The

thought that was put by the architects to design space for the

ventilation was considered complex and very carefully detailed .The

reason why they included both passive and mechanical Is because of

the constant air coming through the buildings and because of the use

of aggregated concrete wall that cools the place , and also the exiting of

air when too crowded and the many different smell scences

LIGHT

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Outdoor and Public area has general lighting including the levels, walkways, and the main entrance. The 1/6 of the total lighting in the car park is continuously on for emergency purposes. Lakes,

fountains and water gardens, and landscape lighting and floodlighting are all controlled by solar dial switches.

light

Natural lighting can form lots of shapes with its

shadow because of its strong EV. In this page I show

how light comes through the building with its lack of

natural light. With all the effort of the designer to

bring more natural light inside the building, the

result ended up in have more artificial than natural

light because of the usage of material and the tall,

wall buildings.

light

I realized how different materials can have different

type of reflection and how many forms it can

produce. I was fascinate by the design that light can

produce.

GROUND

I annotated the different materials in the Barbican Centre. I want to show the strong-looking elements, especially the

concrete buildings surrounding the centre or also known as wall buildings.

Ground

Ceiling, Columns, and floor were chosen to emphasize the aesthetic of

the building and built up to be known as a brutal building because of it.

WATER

I focused on how the aqua plants grow on the ponds of the barbican. It

was quite interesting how they grow under water such a the growth of

the water lilies that were placed there.

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The barbican centre has joined the fountain society that

encourages active restoration. They try to use and develop the

fountains in order for them to provide technical advise in the use

of water for public and private goods.

ENERGY

There are 3 types of energy management .

energy to be as cheap Energy -procurement

not wasting that energy - Energy efficient

minimise the energy requirement -Energy design

RECYCLE

They have invested on recycling facilities and have placed recycle bins

around the barbican area. They recycle all sorts of stuff, including

% of their food waste. They have this organization called Bin the Bin policy. They also won the award ,Clean City Awards Successes.

recycle

They have invested on recycling facilities and have placed

recycle bins around the barbican area. They recycle all sorts of

stuff, including 100% of their food waste. They have this

organization called Bin the Bin policy. They also won the award named Clean City Awards Successes.

SYNTHESIS

Air

Light

Ground

Water

Energy

Recycle

CONCLUSION

conclusion

basically I have an argument concerning the brutal aesthetic of the building that contrast on the way people view the barbican centre. They have to acknowledge the effort and environmental relation it has with the building. In conclusion my argument is about how people view the barbican because of its aesthetic; I can say for a fact, summoning up the categories of information that it is

enviromnently friendly. People can now view the barbican centre as a beautiful building by saying, don’t judge a book by its cover.