SOIL | CREATIVE STARTUP

Jeremy Wymer
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Exchange is a multi use, mixed program building. The Exchanges main principle is based upon the interaction between creative professionals and the general public. The idea is based on the intertwining of three categories of program: Showcase, Exchange and Production, and the benefits which can be drawn from this. The buildings form is a functional expression of the behavior of soil particles during liquefaction. Through utilising its natural vertical process as a circulation language and a way to arrange space The Exchange principle is meshed with the liquefaction properties to create a harmonious concept. The site connects High Street to Hereford Street, within the compact core of the Christchurch Central Business District. The concept draws its potential from a previous laneway location, asserting the importance of the development and reopening of these iconic sites throughout the city. The structure terminates at the north and south at cantilevered segments over the streets and is bound tightly by neighbouring buildings on the eastern and western sides. The building is constructed with a steel structural grid of columns and beams, with two reinforced concrete service cores and a sandblasted glass curtain wall. The ground floor provides a largely open, uninterrupted space for convient pedestrian access between the two main roads. Coupled with open-plan concept retail space, the ground floor aims to make use of a potentially high level of pedestrian traffic and entice visitors up through the buildings upper levels. The first and second levels which complete the building comprise of a balanced arrangement of specific program based spaces fufilling the interaction between those who work and those who use the building.

FUTURE CHRISTCHURCH
COURSE THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND ADVISORS

V2

2nd Semester 2012 Design 6 School of Architecture and Planning Camia Young & Jordon Saunders

ALUMINIUM FLASHING GRAVEL LAYER WATERPROOF MEMBRANE INSULATION PLYWOOD

DOUBLE GLAZED PANELS GLAZING BRACKET

STEEL HOLLOW SECTION COMFLOR 210 COMPOSITE FLOOR STEEL I-BEAM STEEL I-COLUMN

REINFORCED CONCRETE RAFT WATERPROOF MEMBRANE

SCREW PILE 210

SAND SCORIA EARTH

DESIGN CONCEPT

URBAN CONTEXT | HEREFORD STREET APPROACH

GROUND LEVEL | RETAIL SPACE & COURTYARD

CROSS SECTION | CONSTRUCTION DETAIL | 1:50

SITE MAP 2

SITE MAP | CCDU BLUEPRINT

SITE MAP | CHRISTCHURCH CBD CORE

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LONGITUDINAL SECTION

PROGRAM MASSING

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E 5000 F 10000 G 5000 H 10000 SERVICES CORE 1 CONCEPT STALLS WC WC 5000 I 10000 J

CIRCULATION - Open Passages [5]

SERVICES - Service Core - Elevator Shaft - Mens Toilet - Womens Toilet - Stairwell [2] [4] [6] [6] [4]

SHOWCASE - Exhibition Hall - Exhibition Corridor -Informal Cinema [1] [1] [1]

EXCHANGE - Cafe / Bar - Small Scale Retail Space - Medium Scale Retail Space [1] [1] [1]

PRODUCTION - Open Plan Studio / Office - Small Private Studio / Office - Medium Private Studio / Office [1] [1] [2]

COMPLETE ASSEMBLY

5000

OPEN COURTYARD SPACE

5000

SE I RV C ES C O R E W C W C

STEEL FRAME & CONCRETE SERVICE CORES

2

APPLIED SPATIAL ASSIGNMENT

LIFT TOILETS STAIRS EXHIBITION OPEN-PLAN STUDIO PRIVATE STUDIO KITCHEN CIRCULATION

CONCEPTUAL CIRCULATION LANGUAGE

L2
PRODUCTION EXCHANGE SHOWCASE
EXHIBITION BAR / CLUB

SERVICES & ACCESS OFFICE

SERVICES & ACCESS

SERVICES & ACCESS

FLOOR PLAN | GROUND LEVEL | 1:200

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FIXED SERVICES

PROGRAMATIC SPACE

TRANSITION SPACE

CAFE RETAIL

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RETAIL

EXHIBITION

00 0

LIFT

TOILETS

STAIRS

CAFE / BAR

CONCEPT STORES

EXHIBITION

STUDIO

CIRCULATION

L1
SERVICES & ACCESS SERVICES & ACCESS BAR / CLUB SERVICES & ACCESS OFFICE

FIXED SERVICES

PROGRAMMATIC SPACE

TRANSITION SPACE

INTERIOR PARTITIONS & COMPOSITE FLOOR SLABS

C AF E /B AR 10 00 0

PRODUCTION
LIFT TOILETS STAIRS FILM CONCEPT STORES CIRCULATION / MARKETPLACE

STUDIO

EXCHANGE
50

SHOWCASE

RETAIL

PERFORMANCE

RETAIL

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E 5000 F 10000 G 5000 H 10000 SERVICES CORE 1 EXHIBITION SPACE WC WC 5000 2 CONCEPT STALLS 5000 3 5000 4 I 10000 J

FIXED SERVICES

PROGRAMMATIC SPACE

TRANSITION SPACE

IC RV SE

LIQUEFACTION PROPERTIES

EXCHANGE PRINCIPLE
PRODUCTION
DEVELOPMENT

SERVICES & ACCESS RETAIL

SERVICES & ACCESS

SERVICES & ACCESS WORKSHOP

ES O C R E W C

EXCHANGE SHOWCASE
EXHIBITION RETAIL

C W

ERUPT

PR E AT IV ST U D IO

PRODUCTION

NON-PUBLIC

OFFICE WORKSHOP REHEARSAL

PRODUCTION

SERVICES & ACCESS

SERVICES & ACCESS OFFICE CINEMA

SERVICES & ACCESS BAR / CLUB

SURGE

PRODUCTION EXCHANGE SHOWCASE

RETAIL

FLOOR PLAN | FIRST LEVEL | 1:200

GALLERY

GLASS CURTAIN WALL FACADE

EXHIBITION

RETAIL

EXCHANGE

BAR/CLUB CAFE STORE

INTERACTION

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SERVICES & ACCESS

SERVICES & ACCESS BAR / CLUB

SERVICES & ACCESS OFFICE

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COMPACT EXHIBTION PERFORMANCE DISPLAY

PUBLIC

PRODUCTION EXCHANGE SHOWCASE

PRESENTATION

REHEARSAL

RETAIL

AUDITORIUM

RETAIL

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H EX I IB TI

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SHOWCASE

N O AC SP E

C 0 50

SERVICES & ACCESS

SERVICES & ACCESS

SERVICES & ACCESS WORKSHOP

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E F 5000 10000 G 5000 H 10000 SERVICES CORE 1 PRIVATE STUDIO WC WC 5000 2 KITCHEN / LOUNGE OPEN-PLAN STUDIO 5000 3 5000 4 I 10000 J

SPREAD
PUBLICATION

PRODUCTION EXCHANGE SHOWCASE

CATWALK

IC RV SE

GALLERY

RETAIL

ES O C R E W C PR E AT IV W C

MATERIAL RESEARCH
The young sediment christchurch is built on means the city is prone to the effects of liquefaction during an earthquake event. Liquefaction variation is determined by the epicentre location, magnitude, depth, duration and geological conditions. Flat areas such as this, where the water table sits only a few meters under the surface, release a build up of pressure through sand boils and waterspouts in many areas and in lateral spreading and cracking near rivers. This occurs as waters are removed from the lower lying saturated loose sediment during the shaking. The water is forced up through weak points in the denser sediment just below the surface. As this occurs the loss of water in the lower layers gives way to compaction, producing a variety of effects to the natural and built environment.

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FLOOR PLAN | SECOND LEVEL | 1:200

SECOND LEVEL | INFORMAL CINEMA & HEREFORD STREET ENTRANCE

LATERAL SPREADING Soil particles spread laterally under seismic stress, transferring volume from high areas to lower areas, especially near rivers and other bodies of water.

GROUND SETTLEMENT Over the duration of an earthquake the earth subsides as the seismic waves compact and densify the loose, saturated second layer soil.

GROUNDWATER PRESSURE As the soil compacts groundwater is forced out of the saturated particles, surging upwards and breaking through the dense top layer soil.

SAND BOILS / WATER FOUNTAINS Resulting from the increase in groundwater pressure, sand boils and water fountains occur through fissures in the surface layer.

DENSE SEDIMENT SATURATED LOOSE SEDIMENT

SETTLED FOUNDATIONS Weakened soil can cause buildings to sink or tilt as compaction occures. this results in deformation or cracking of the building.

SUBSIDED LAND As the lower sediment compacts and moisture is forced upwards, large chunks of land subside, damaging buildings above and leaving large steps in the landscape.

FLOATED SERVICES As the pressure increases pipes become buoyant and float up through the ground. manholes are pushed up out of the roads and pipes become damaged and severed in places, leaking their contents into the earth.

SAND BOILS Strong surface evidence that liquefaction has occured. the pressure in the ground forces the liquified silt upwards and out of the ground covering the surface in mud and water.

WEAKENED SOIL Trees, power poles, lamp posts and similar objects are unable to be supported properly by the liquified ground.

LATERAL SPREADING Earth on river banks slide towards each other under the pressure causing significant cracks to open up. this may extend quite some distance back from the river itself.

SOIL CONDITIONS (LIQUEFACTION PRONE) LOWER: LOOSELY PACKED, SATURATED SOIL. UPPER: COMPACTED, FINER SOIL

SEQUENCE IN SECTION 5 SECOND INTERVALS

SEQUENCE IN PLAN 5 SECOND INTERVALS

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DENSE SEDIMENT COMPACTED SEDIMENT

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LIQUEFACTION SIMULATION SECOND LEVEL | VERTICAL CIRCULATION