Tommy Clarke Portfolio Jan 2012

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Wim Wenders,Wings of Desire is a 1987 Franco-

German romantic fantasy lm. The Film is set in

the old divisioned Berlin before the demise ofthe wall.

The lm is about invisible, immortal angels who

populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts ofthe human inhabitants and comfort those who arein distress. Even though the city is denselypopulated, many of the people are isolated and

estranged from their loved ones. One of theangels falls in love with a beautiful, lonelytrapeze artist.

The angel chooses to become human so that he canexperience the human sensory pleasures, rangingfrom enjoying food to touching a loved one, andso that have a chance at human love with the

trapeze artist.

The lm is shot in both a rich, sepia-tonedblack-and-white and colour, with the former

being used to represent the world asexperienced by the angels.

Project 1.1 Wings of DesireContext


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Project 1.1 Wings of Desire_ChronogramChronogram 1

The rst Chronogram to the right here was drawnto get an understanding of the space within the

library scene of the lm.

Exploring the idea of the light intensity withinthe lm conveys the sense of two worlds meeting,

the human domain and the evangelical domain.

The chronogram set out to desribe the scenethrough the lense of the camera. The blue lines

and triangles indicate the perspectives of thecamera and the red symbolise the movement of thelense within the space. The teal line represents

the sound used within the scene, i felt it im-portand to map the sound as the scene plays withthe senses and conveys the two worlds depictedin the lm.


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Project 1.1 Wings of Desire_ChronogramChronogram 2

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Project 1.2 MultiplicityOne and Several spacesSite - Spitatelds and BanglatownThe Tourist

Spitalelds

Christ Church anchor for

area of exploratrion

Spitalelds has unlate as the City o

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The 17th Century sarea in the form osettled in this arNantes in 1685. TH

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The Tourist

Jack the Ripper

Spitalelds - Sites of Interest

Sites of interest

Christ Church

Project 1.2 MultiplicityOne and Several spacesConcept -

The concept to tackle the brief

Multiplicity: one and several spaceswas to explore Spitalelds to gain anunderstanding of the area and to awaken myschizophrenic self.

Having explored the area and through researchconducted i chose to analyse the site throughthe eyes of of a schizophrenic tourist with a

Jack the Ripper complex.

Through Exploring the area today the touristis reminded of the Brutal murders of 1888.The tourists exploration of the area and thebuilding that remain form the ripper era set

the narrative of the lm.

The narative of the lm is how the reaminingfacades and vists to the murder sotes evokes

the ripper complex inside the tourist.


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Project 1.2 MultiplicityOne and Several spacesConcept

Spitalelds 1888 murder Sites

Murder Sites today

Bucks Row now known as

Durward StreetBerner Street as Henrique Str

Hanbury Street

Jack the Ripper is the best-known name givento an unidentied serial killer who was

active in the largely impoverished areas inand around the Whitechapel district of Londonin 1888. By the later 19th century innerSpitalelds had eclipsed rival claimants to

the dubious distinction of being the worstcriminal rookery of London with commonlodging-houses in the Flower and Dean Streetarea being a focus for the activities of

robbers and prostitutes. The latter street wasdubbed in 1881 as being perhaps the foulestand most dangerous street in the metropolis.

Another claimant to the distinction of beingthe worst street in London was nearby DorsetStreet, which was highlighted by the brutalkilling and mutilation of a young woman in her

lodgings This was the climax of a whole seriesof slayings of local prostitutes that becameknown as the Whitechapel Murders.

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City of London

Spitalelds

1888 Time line through area


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Project 1.2 MultiplicityOne and Several spacesChronogram

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Timeline opnes with avertical panning shot ofChrist Church. The purposeof this is toanchor the area where thesequence takesplace in efect setting thescene and enablingthe narration to begin.

These sequences of shots is portraythe character remembering key placefrom his by gone era.

These shots also help in portraying theold and the new the changing faces ofSpitaelds.

The voice have now taken hold as thecharacter begins to develope thetendicies of his other self. Still indenial he seeking away from lookerson.The Pan down of the camera movementdipicts his other selftaking hold.

This seen cuts from the pan up of theprevious shot to a pan down dipictingdepth withinthe surrounding space.

The sequence then jumps to amoving shot to express thecharacterss distress ashe begins to listen to thevoice in his head. As with wingd of desire i

wanted utilise shots ofplanes i.e Facadesto enablethe viewer to engage withthe space.

The story then moves ontoto the other self reaquentinghimself with his formerstomping ground.

This shot also show thefacades of old and therelation they havewith the church

The character then begins tolisten to the voice in hishead and begins a journey toexplore theserevelations

This Pan down sh30 St Mary Axe a notion of theIt also cuts in liner panof Chrindicate the soand the newcentre of worsh

The character then dfrom snapshots from and it ignites his oselfs memory of the The character tries these emotions.of daas he believes it lemore sinister going


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The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is aLondon borough to the east of the City of

London and north of the River Thames. It is inthe eastern part of London and covers much ofthe traditional East End. The borough has apopulation of 220,000, which includes one of

the highest ethnic minority populations in thecapital, consisting mainly of Bangladeshis.

Throughout the 19th century, the local

population increased by an average of 20%every ten years. The building of the docks intensied land use and caused the last marshy

areas in the south of the parish to be drainedfor housing and industry. In the north of theborough employment was principally in weaving,small household industries like boot and

furniture. The availability of cheap labourdrew in employers.

Tower Hamlets occupies a key position within

London, with the City to the west and theopportunities offered by an area dened asthe East Thames Corridor (stretching from

Tower Bridge on both sides of the Thamesinto Essex and Kent), to the east. Thedevelopment of Docklands in particular hasplaced Tower Hamlets at the centre of

Londons future, providing new homes andentertainment but perhaps most dramaticallyof all, a new business centre for the Capital.

Tower Hamlets occupies a position at thecentre of improvements to the infrastructureof the capital (covering road and rail). Thiscombined with the continuance of major

development opportunities places Tower Hamletsin a key position to shift the direction ofdevelopment in the capital to the east.Section 6.1 Tower Hamlets UDP. The City : London The Bo

Project 2.1 urban Design ProjectSpitalelds and BanglatownContext


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Spitalelds and Banglatown - Overall Typology


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Spitalelds and Banglatown - Education

There are number of educational facilities ward. The area also houses a large numer of

level education students due to close proxia number of Universities.

London Metropolitan University

Whitechapel Gallery


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Spitalelds and Banglatown - Community

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Spitalelds and Banglatown - Industry

Industry within in the area is on the declseeking employment in the city.

The City on the boundary of the ward is beinto the area. The High streets demise of decline in industry has enables sites to bofce building to be erected bringing an i

workers to the area.

the Ward has a high Level of enemployment

age group 16-25. The ward lies in one of tboroughs in the UK there fore income suppowithin the area.


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The Brick Lane and Fournier Street Conservation Area is oneof the most important historic areas in London.

It was designated in July 1969 as Fournier Street. It was

extended in 1978 and again in 1998, when its name was changedto reect Brick Lanes contribution to thecharacter of the area. It was further extended to the west

and south west in October 2008 with the inclusion ofSt Matthews Church, St Annes Church and Victoria and AlbertCottages. It is one of the largest in Tower Hamlets, runningalong Brick Lane from Bethnal Green Road in the north down to

Whitechapel in the south.

It contains some of the most architecturally and historically

signicant buildings in theBorough, including the exceptional group of 18th centuryhouses around FournierStreet. They comprise the most important early Georgian quar-

ter in England andinclude Christ Church Spitalelds, designed by NicholasHawksmoor.Bricklane and Fournier Street Conservation Area,

Tower Hamlets

Spitalelds and Banglatown - Comercial

Whitechapel High Street

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Project 2.1 Urban Design ProjectWhitechapel High Street 1843

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Project 2 1 Urban Design Project


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Project 2 1 Urban Design Project


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Project 2.1 Urban Design ProjectHigh Street - Decline

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Project 2.1 Urban Design ProjectHigh Street - Transformation



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j g jHigh Street 2012

High Street 2012 is an ambitious project toimprove and celebrate one of Londons

great high streets. This ribbon of London lifeis both everyday and remarkable. It ishistoric and modern, and constantly evolving.The project aims to reconnect places and

communities, making this high street a placeLondoners can share with the world duringthe Olympics and beyond.

The high street connects the City to Stratfordand is part of the Olympic and Paralympicmarathon route. While it runs through some

of the most disadvantaged neighbourhoodsin the capital and is dominated by heavytrafc, it also passes through some of themost culturally diverse and historically rich

areas of London, with a wonderful range ofexisting buildings, streets, markets, water-ways and many parks and green routes.

We want to build on the strengths of thisstreet,transform perceptions of the area, en-couragepositive change and stimulate invest-

ment.

High Street 2012

Its tting that there will be a wonderful,

vibrant avenue leading to Londons 2012 legacyin the east of the city.Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

The above statement was the incentive forthe High Street 2012 inititive although withchanges being made by LOGOC the Olympic

organisers has but a mockery on the agenda.The initial idea was for this to be the mainthorough fair to the Qlympic Park and for theMarathons nal stages returning to the

stadium. This has now been changes as theorganisers want to give the world the bestexperience of London.

This is at the cost of those living in thisarea who have endured years of disruption dueto the games and this was to be the only free

event that the local community would be ableto witness.

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The Past Recalled

Works began on 64 to 68 Whitechapel HighStreet in February 2010. Building owners

were engaged through the process and designsfor shop-fronts and colours for signage wereagreed in accordance with the ConservationArea guidance.

Andrew Hargreaves, Historic Areas Advisor forEnglish Heritage, said: The completion of therepair and restoration works to the exterior

of this group of late 19th centuryConservation Area buildings marks an excitingstage in the High Street 2012 initiative and

an invaluable investment in local heritage.He also states by doing this it is creating aworld class high street of which London can beproud and which will be admired by the world

during the 2012 Games.

The resonance of his last statement admiredby the world, conjures questions for

exploration whether or not the work and theinitiatives set out by the high street 2012agenda has any relationship with those that

mater, the local population that live and work

on this street and what the legacy if any willbe for them after 2012.

The high street 2012 initiative set aboutrestoring it back to its 1700 face. The workcarried out by Julian Harrap Architects set

about rebuilding the entire faade butreplacing the outer leaf of brick with a similar tile of London stock brick constructionwith elaborate stone cornice at second oor

level and stone render window surrounds. Thecorner of the block was further delineated bya pediment door surround and a mirroredpediment at roof level, further enriched by

ball nials.

The results of these works is merely a face

lift in attempt to give an impression of aperceived past but has ended up resulting in afalse even Disneyed aesthetic. This could beconstrued as an insight into the true legacy

of 2012.



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Pastness

High Street 2012; Repair and reinstatehistoricBuildings - create idealisedversion of the past.

THe Olympic Organisation commitee and HighStreet 2012 want to convey to the world anEast london full of History.

To do this they have created elements ofa false past by the recreation of facadesalong the route. they want to tranport

tourists back to the East london of old.

The recreation or Disneyfying of these

facades is quite conceted as the onlyconcentrate on the facade and not inpreseving the buildings for the futre.

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Chronogram

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The Site i have chosen to explore issituated on Whitechapel High Street.

Presently on the site is a recenltyrefurbished block of 18th Centurybuildings. The facades of which have

recenlty been refurbished under the HighStreet 2012 inititive.

The facades of the building was all thatwas restored the builings that liebehind the facade sadly have been

neglected. It is this point that i wichto explore further. what lies behind thefacade. Is it a chaotic micro city or aplace of nothingness?

Arial of Spitalelds and Banglatown Ward

The Site

Project 2.2 Urban Design ProjectThe Site


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It is obvious why this block was chosen not

only because of the grade II listing butthey are framed by the exit of the tubestation and are the rst visual visitorshave of the high street.

This block has been present since the 1700sbut a lot of its elements were lost during

the blitz.

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Works began on 64 to 68 Whitechapel High

Street in February 2010. Building ownerswere engaged through the process and designsfor shop-fronts and colours for signage wereagreed in accordance with the Conservation

Area guidance.

The results of these works is merely a facelift in attempt to give an

impression of a perceived past but has endedup resulting in a false evenDisneyed aesthetic. This could be

construed as an insight into the true legacyof 2012.

The Site



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The Site

Site - Cross Section

Site - Long Sectiom

Site Plan - Site location



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In order to progress with 3d modeling I

wanted to get a to know the building in 2drst. In doing so i got a betterunderstanding of the level of detail thatwas reinstated during the restoration

procsess



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To get an understanding of the Facade and

intense level of detailing was done inorderto give gravatas to the porject.



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Project 2.3 Urban Design ProjectThe Building


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Project 2.3 Urban Design ProjectThe Building - Concept


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The concept Behind the design is to create a

form with multiple functions.

Taking insoiration from Cedric PricesFun Palace the building i want to achieve is

a multi function cummunity hub.

Project 2.3 Urban Design ProjectThe BuildingConcept - Concept


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Concept - Concept

The concept is to have a range of plug inunits arances around a ramp that climbsthrough the building.

The Ramp and the external new shell havehave structural implications. They helpwithout the need for buttressing the frontfacade in keeping it upright.

Vertical Circualtion

Plug i

Plug in Units

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