Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames

Art Gallery

Candidates: Gareth Doran K0427023Neil Gonzalez K0415134Andrew Lewis K0432887Robert Thompson K0432884

Introduction:

Who?– Neil

• Introduction & design

– Andrew• Café & bridge

– Gareth• Traffic matters

– Robert• Sustainable issues

... What, Why & How??

What, Why & How?• What considerations are

being made• What it will look like.. • Why it looks like this• How it will be constructed

Introduction:

What... considerations are being made?

Design:– Aesthetics– Life of the development– Maintainability– Energy efficiency– Cost

What... will it look like?

Gallery 2Gallery 1

Events room

What... will it look like?

Lobby Area

What... will it look like?

Why does it look like this?

Idea was based on fractals of the footprint of the land.

Where?

•On the River Thames

•North of the town centre

Here!

Café Area

What has been chosenfor the Café Area ?

Log Superstructure construction with Timber joists & Aluminium waterproof Roof

• WHY?– Fast Modular Construction

– Cheap cost effective Construction– Blends to the Natural Environment

– Low Maintenance – Will Fit the Existing Architecture

– Sustainable Resources

Log Superstructure

• Modular Construction– Most of these constructions are IKEA style

flat pack systems

• Advantages of this are– Key components constructed elsewhere

and transported to site– Given the restraints of this site these

properties could be very useful (The use of a Barge can be considered)

Construction Images

Cheap ConstructionThis was built by the New Forest Log Cabins Company• 11m x 7m and the logs where 100mm in size (77m2)

• Staff Canteen (Dorset)• Including delivery and construction with all the fittings

• THE COST £32,253.00 (Ex VAT) £418m² • Construction cost of similar building are with the traditional materials are:-

– Clientplus.co.uk (£380-£640 and Average £520)– Bronbuild.co.uk (£500-£900

Waterproof Roof Covering• Structure will be timber joist framed

• Over the timber joist will be a marine plywood decking • Covering will be coloured aluminium

• And the guttering will also shaped coloured sheets of aluminium • Costs of these roofs are low (Travis Perkins £3.44 - £19 per

m2 )

Underside of roof structure Coloured aluminium

Blends with the Natural Environment

Being in the Thames Policy Area is essential that the structure can blend with the surrounding environment and not detract from the local character of the area

The log structure achieves this well

Maintenance of Wooden Structures

• No cladding, boarding - just solid logs throughout for durability which will

eliminate the need for intensive maintenance.

• Orignally log stuctures where situated in far out places where maintenace normaly difficult

• As long as the timber is treated and all the tonge and grove joints are

properly joined and also treated the stucture will last indefinaly

Built 1898 Alaska

Right “Treated” Left “No Treatment”

Built 1880 Maryland

Energy Efficiency • Log buildings are natrually very energy-efficient• This saves on direct energy costs of heating and cooling• But it also saves on the energy used to manufacture construction

materials such as brick, concrete, steel and artificial insulation• The U value

– Logs 0.13 (W/mK)– Block 0.18 (W/mK)– Bricks 0.62-0.84 (W/mK)

Sustainability

• The logs used for this building will be sourced from the nearest certified forest supplier UK

• All logs milled in the are accompanied by a full replanting programme which is a certification requirement

• In UK more trees are planted than harvested• The UK has about 1.6 million hectares of certified forest

The PEFC

• This is a non governmental, non-profit and independent certification scheme

• This scheme was founded in1999 and promotes sustainable managed forests

• This is achieved through independent third party certification.• So you can be assured that wood products from these forest from

sustainable managed forests.

Fit with Local Architecture • There is no defined theme in

this area so fitting the existing architecture is much easier than you would think

• There is a huge contrast between surrounding buildings.

• On the local side are new build flats of varying styles and sizes..

•A little north and other side of the river is a filthy

ugly high-rise council tower block,

•And Victorian/Edwardian houses with boat sheds

and gazebos...

Boat House Less than Attractive housing

Many styles down the road

Large housing estates

Other Log Cafes

• Beale Park, Berkshire by the Thames river

• Built by Norwegian log company

Other Log Cafes •Jenner's Cafe, at Maidenhead also situated along the Thames

•Built by the same company

North Eastern Aerial View

Boat View from North of the Island (Down River)

Boat View from the South of the Island (Up River)

Eastern Aerial View

The Pedestrian Bridge

Our Design Concept

• Light weight Frame • Low maintenance structure

• Recycled materials• Fully covered for weather

protection • Accessible for everyone

• Simple construction and fitting

Pedestrian bridge

Dresden Airport

Shopping Centre

Pedestrian Bridge

Factory bridge

Germany

Newham London

New York

Our Design

End Views

Connections to the Buildings

Artistic impression with the bridge section connected

Plan view with the bridge section connected

View from eye level looking up to the bridge

Traffic Assessment

TIA (Traffic Impact Assessment)

•Existing Conditions

•Proposed development

•Estimation of Trip Demand

•Trip Generation

•Trip Distribution

•Modal Split

•Assignment

•Transport Impact

•Transport Proposals

•Environmental Impact

Existing Conditions

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Existing Conditions •Of the 42 vehicles that entered this road network from (9-10 hours)

• 9.5 % where services vans for the near by Nursery and Boat House Inn

•The remainder 90.5 % where main single occupant cars and seemed to be driving straight thought (Why?)

•Also there where loads of bike users the period from 9-10 there where 27 bike users riding in all directions

•There is no bus stop at the site or nearby train station

•But there is a large Jetty and good bike and walking tracks

Proposed Development• Plan area

– (Gallery only) 4275m² or (43 Ares)• Opening Hours –

– 10am – 8pm Thursday till 11pm (For exhibitions)• Open 6 days –

– closed on a week day • Estimate of usage

– 1 school/college/university group visit per week of limited to 40 people

– 1 Exhibition per Thursday of about 150 people– General public of about 30 people a day and 50 on

weekends– Total off around 410-500

Estimation of Trip Demand• Trip Generation (This is the number of trips starting or finishing in a certain area or zone per time period)

Land Use Per 100m²

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arrivals

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Office 1.5 0.1 0.1 1.1 4.8 4.8

Business parks 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.9 4 4

Warehouse 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 2.1 2.1

Our Gallery 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 2.1 2.1

Residential 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.2 3.9 3.9

Industrial 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.6 4.2 4.2

Hotels 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 3.2 3.2

Retail parks 0.5 0.2 0.8 1 12.2 12.2

Supermarkets 2.4 0.7 6.2 6.4 68 68

Estimation of Trip Demand• Trip Generation

Typcial Trip Generation Rates (Using Hostorical Data and our Estimates for the Gallery)

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Estimation of Trip Demand

• Trip Distribution (This is the estimation of trips from the ORIGIN zone spread out amongst the destination zones)

Estimation of Trip Demand

• Model Split (This is the spilt between the different modes of transport)

Cycling :- 20 %

Car 2%

Train 0% bus transfer needed

Motor Bike 5%

Bus 30%

Ferry 30%

Walking 13%

Estimation of Trip Demand

• Assignment (this is the routeing of all the trips from the origin to there destinations via what ever route is needed)

• For all the bus routes this will be down the “Chestnut Road” and out at the northern end of “Lower Ham Road” stopping

at the train and main coach stop in-route

• For all the Proposed ferry links this will be to Richmond and Kingston Which are within walking distance to the multi-

storey car parks

• There will be no impediment for walkers or bike riders to travel any way they wish

Transport Impact• Road Traffic

– The impact of this development will probably be quite high even with special bus routes and ferry services

– There is very limited space (This will be of special concern during the construction)

– The Richmond Road that all these tributary roads lead to are all ready badly congested for the morning and afternoons

• Public Transport– Small the bus system isn't yet as

bad as London• River Transport

– Small the River is a transport system that hasn’t been exploited to its full potential

• Walkways and Bikes– Small

Transport Proposals• For normal working week days we would propose to

have a stop on the Bus route 65. This would stop at the end of Chestnut Road and you could then walk the remaining 100m

• At this junction there is also a controlled crossing to get to the other side for the return trip back into town.

• For weekends and special visits there will be a special mini bus service which will run from the main bus station and include the train station (the fee for this bus will be your public transport ticket to be shown)

• Also on the weekends, holidays and special visit a small ferry service will be run from near Kingston bridge to the Gallery and then to Richmond and back this will be servicing the multi story car parks which all happen to be close to the river (the fee for this service will be your car park ticket)

• For Bike users and Motor bikes there will be the appropriate facilities at the Gallery i.e. lock ups etc.

Environmental Impact

• The main negative impact on this site will be during the construction phase this will need to minimised to keep the people living in that area on our side – The noise and dust and all the construction

debris will need to be carefully monitored and kept to a minimum.

• There must also be a method for the users of the gallery to know that there is generally no car parking for them at the site – This will hopefully reduce car pollution in this

area and encourage other less polluting methods of travel to the gallery.

• With this gallery encouraging more people to the site, this will bring more rubbish pollution but with it. But we hopefully well offset all the negative affects with some positive affects, by making people more aware of there own environmental impact