Shown below is of my design proposal for King's College. In recent years the College has bought and refurbished the East Wing of Somerset House. The intention of my thesis project is to stitch the various parts of the College together and provide a culturally relevant spatial and functional strategy for the future. At the heart of this is the revitalisation of the Quad which is currently neglected as a service yard for the University. Propositionally I am removing the oversized
zeilenbau block which faces on the Strand and replacing it with two lower buildings which provided a gateway to the Strand/Quad and frame the church of Mary-le-Strand. One of these buildings connects into Somerset House via a
loggia. Somerset House's ground floor is 600mm higher than the level of the Quad. The
loggia provides a programatic function as well as being a place for human gathering and activity. Visually the
loggia accentuates the horizontal plane in order to create visual continuity between spaces: from Strand to Quad and onto the river (nature). A room at the top of the New Strand Building includes a terrace space for external meetings and a view point to watch the Duel Day festivities:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/archives/wellington/duel08.htm
Next semester is to develop this in more detail.
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1. Sketch of King's
2. Sketch of Uffizi, Florence
3. Propositional Collage 1
4. Propositional Collage 2
5. 1:50 Model of Loggia
6. Sketch of Inigo Jones's Triumphant Route from Whitehall Palace to Old St Paul's
7. Existing Site Plan
8. Existing Site Section
9. Proposed Site Plan
10. Proposed Site Section
11. Proposed Elevation
12. Room Study
13. Room Study
