
Oliver Dorrington
- P1: Thresholds
- P2: Community Theatre
- P3: Housing Design
P1: Thresholds – Cycle Hub
Tasked with designing a cycle hub on the edge of the Peak District in Owlerton, we chose our area based on the fact it crossed over three thresholds. There was a cycle path/walkway, a river and a road. This ended up being a good place to situate our hub as it served as a catalyst between cycle routes and the roads of Sheffield. Our approach to the design was minimalism and we wanted to have people flow through the site, so we placed both the building and the bike racks on either side of the walkway.
- Territory
- David Hockney influenced take on activities throughout a cycle hub
- Site Plan
- Sections A & B
- South East Elevation
- North East Elevation
- Construction Detail
- Images of our 1:500 and 1:50 models
- Killer Drawing Inside
- P1: Thresholds
P2: Community Theatre
As a lively, vibrant city, Manchester was an interesting area to design a theatre in. Manchester is one of the most LGBT friendly and accommodating cities in the North of the UK, so for my theatre I decided to choose the theme of ‘Drag’. The style of the theatre I designed is quite typically cabaret, but I was heavily influenced by Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks for my front facade and wanted to have a ‘peer behind the curtain’ element of surprise to my drag theatre.
- P2: Community Theatre
- Site Analysis
- Views From Site
- Floor Plans
- North East Elevation
- South East Elevation
- Sections A, B & C
- North East Panoramic
- South East Panoramic
P3: Housing Design
Situated in Burngreave, just outside of the Sheffield City Centre, I aimed to design housing that would appeal to people who worked in the City Centre and to residents of Burngreave with a family. The surrounding area was in need of a public space for the many workers around the proposed site, and I was influenced by Ai WeiWei’s Serpentine Pavilion. After redesigning the central feature, I would have liked to of represented it more visually.
- P3: Housing Design
- Original plans before modification
- Sections taken from original plans
- Taken from original plans
- Description of Type B housing
- Description of Type A housing
- Site Plan of revisited design
- Ground & First Floor Plan of revisited design
- Second Floor Plan of revisited design & elevation of that design