Exploring the Architecture of Colour
Derry is a city on the edge, struggling to find its place socially, politically and economically. This seems to create feelings of unsettlement, a feeling of unease that translates into poor mental and emotional health for many.
Working with the growing mental health crisis this project has explored an integrated health centre that brings together prevention as well as treatment options to improve mental well-being. The integrated well-being centre aims to create a place of solace in the city. A haven focused on improving physical and mental well-being that can bring people together and integrates itself into the existing community of Derry.
Critical Building Section | Originally at 1:50
The Outreach of the Proposal | Derry
Site Analysis | Great James Street
Programmatic Drawing of the Health and Wellbeing Centre
Ground floor plan of the Wellbeing Centre
Architectural Assembly Drawing
First and Second Floor Plans of the Wellbeing Centre
Landscape Plan
Full Building Section
Great James Street South Elevation
Landscape Section
Exploded Building Isometric
1:500 Massing Model
Exploring the Expression of Colour
Designing an Art Therapy Room
Fire Escape plan
Considering the history of the Site
Developing a design through models and sketches
Design Development sketches
Design Development Sketches
Design Development Sketches
Accomodation Schedule
Edge Effects | Exploring Derry and the Concept of Architectural Colour
Parts of Derry’s identity are seen through colour; particularly the pain still felt from the troubles through a series of murals in the Bogside. The precedent of colour has continued to spread throughout the city and in many ways has become an integral part of the city as well as its architecture. Environmental explorations, including those into architectural colour, have been an important asset in shaping the design that has well-being at its heart. This has resulted in a project with, not only environmental sustainability at its core, but social sustainability alongside.
Analysing the Colour of Derry
An initial investigation into the city of Derry was conducted through the lens of the studio WEAP. Under the classifications, Water, Earth, Air and People, Derry was examined across four eras, and we were able to get a better understanding of its history.
Exploring the painted murals of Derry
The Coloured Edge
An abstraction of different points along a route through Derry. Removing the architecture and detail to create tapestry paintings representing purely the colour of different areas
Mixing initial colours on site of the different areas I had been drawn to through the city
The process from abstracting the streetscape into 2D and 3D form
Exploring colour in 3D | Brooke Park
Exploring colour in 3D | Brooke Park
Exploring colour in 3D | Brooke Park
Exploring colour in 3D | Great James Street
Exploring colour in 3D | River Foyle
Exploring colour in 3D | 1st Iteration
Throughout the year, we went through a detailed process of understanding Derry through the lenses of environmental and social edges. From this I progressed my understanding of the city through studying colour, which then began to dictate working processes, i.e. through painting and modelling, which then informed the final architectural outcomes.
Exploring an Architecture of Colour
