Scrap Metal Refinery

Architecture & Technology Part 2, Diploma YR5 2011

Situationist Drawing Device provided the initial reading of the site and was conceived as a concept model for Scrap Metal Refinery.

Geometric Abstraction Drawing demonstrates characteristics of the site context, expressing architecturally through the devices' notation and tectonics of both residential and industrial conditions. Fragments of geometries from both sides combine to construct an abstract composition of architectural space.

Geometric Abstraction Drawing

In the last 50 years, Dunkirk has noticeably been divided into two sides - residential and industrial. The local council have pushed all the industry out of the residential area, creating a clear boundary division over the railway.

Situated on the boundary and extending into both sides, the intervention creates a point of connection through the insertion of a Scrap Metal Refinery, an art studio run by two artists who collaborate with both residential and industrial community. The artists work closely with the automobile repair center and Dunkirk's residence to produce art work. Cars are dismantled and elements are extracted for resale or recycled for the metal workshop. Artists working with Dunkirk's residence use recycled car parts to create art work, displayed on the residential side. Unused metal at the workshop is then sent to the local scrap yard.

The proposal aims to mediate the two disconnected sides of Dunkirk through creating new opportunities for the residential community to be involved in the creative process of metal works.

Plan

View from Outdoor Exhibition

South Facade Perspective

Internal Sectional Perspective

Long Section

Structural Assembly Axonometric