Faversham's Adaptation On The Traditional Home
Module:
Collective Dwelling
Year:
2016 - Second Year
Location:
Faversham, Kent
Located in the coastal town of Faversham, Kent, this was the second location for the second year design project.
The brief set out for the masteplan design which was done as a group of the surrounding area of the Faversham Creek. The second assignment for the brief was to then design a series of dwellings for a site on the creek which was individually chosen.
For this particular scheme the focus was on Faversham’s industrial history. With the dwellings sitting on a site that was previously used as an oil depot the main aim was to recreate the traditional looking house with industrial interventions. This was done with its use of materials, using a mixture of metal and wood for the clad of the houses.
As the site was previously an oil depot, I started to look into the different types of oil rigs and the structures they form. Exploring the construction and materials used to build the oil rigs, it led me to creating a building that was strongly linked to the industrial themes.
To create this, I used a steel structure for my building and clad the housing in a mixture of corrugated metal cladding and treated rosewood. The mixtures of metal and wood for the scheme helped to soften the industrial look of the buildings, however the use of wood also helps keep the traditional materials of the area. To keep with similar views along the creek I also used pitched roofing for the housing, however have played with the different angles to help maximise lighting into my buildings.
Looking at the existing industrial buildings, I tried to take elements from certain areas and use them to influence the design of the scheme.
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The Oyster Bay house has a part of the building that extrudes out to create a framed view, which is one of the aims of my design. In order to replicate this design element my scheme my housing had elements which extruded out at different levels. This not only would create an interesting river frontage but would allow the residents living in the housing to have clear views to the riverside.
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