Reworking the concept plan

This week was crucial to the finalizing of the 'South Building' of the proposed School of Multimedia.
The grid and stability ideas reworked the general concept of the design in many ways. I was firstly opportunistic in the fact that a challenge is looming and I'm eager to solve this in a responsible and legitimate way.

From the detailed sketches of the proposed, I went away on cad to draw and streamline this on computer. One thing - it barley ever looks the same on paper from sketches to cad!!! Anyhow, while drawing in a suitable grid system, originally 9x9m, all changed as you would expect.
After speaking to the boys on site (Wycombe Group) they suggested to apply the original grid of the Lacelles building. Richard kindly also suggested to use the existing grid plan.

After the plan was redrawn again for the third time, still conceptual, I finally found a design that I liked. I wasn't leaning for the conservation theory and sketched up some quick perspectives of what I wanted to do. I wanted to mix the old with new, emphasize and add to the historical building.

But this would involve a 4o per cent demolition of the historical street facade facing Broughham St. I was so set on this intricate and exciting glass curtain walling system to compliment the facade, as I thought it would bring more meaning to the building.

The smartest thing I did this week was to take the initiative to find Richard, asking him of his opinion which I was so set upon. I was glad I did this and Richard kindly chatted to me. I now saw such a part as faultless to be the fault of my design.

I was apparently "demolishing a facade" that I saw to be as giving it new life. Richards third degree of separation, enabled me to see that this would be careless, as I could still add a curtain walling system to the facade with minimal impact to it.

So finally, from redeveloping or as Richard said 'demolition' to conservation. What a change in one week. The whole theme, structure and idea, has hopefully turned for the best of a sharper design. It's not what you know, it's who. Now back to work.