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ALICE HEWITT
ARCHITECTURE STUDENT





ARC550 | Curiousity Shop
01/06/2014
Dialogues With Urban Context
The first project of the second year of the BA(Hons) Architecture degree was the design and development of an artisan bakery within the existing Beechurst building, that responds to both the social and historical context of Poole. Various issues were identified with Poole high street ranging from a distinct misuse of space to a lack of character within the architecture and no sense of community. The curiousity shop is a sensitive and subtle solution to this that responds to an analysis of the urban landscape and modern day social requirements of Poole’s inhabitants.
![]() Day Time section of BakerySection showing the interior of the bakery with the chimney coming right through the existing Beechurst building as well as the exterior intervention. | ![]() Photoshop/CAD planFinal plan showing interior and exterior of the bakery with the exterior landscaping mirroring the organic, natural form of the interior. | ![]() Night Time West Elevation of BakeryA night time elevation showing the warm light emanating from the interior of the bakery as well as the lighting of the exterior intervention. |
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![]() AxonometricSketchup visualisation of the existing Beechurst and the frame and form of the bakery intervention inside it. | ![]() Sketchup VisualisationSketchup visualisation showing how the bakery sits inside the existing Beechurst building. | ![]() Sketchup MontageVisualisation showing the south entrance to the bakery as well as the exterior interventions. |
![]() Night Time SectionSection showing the interior of the bakery with its large, central bread oven and flue that carries right through the building out of the roof. | ![]() Autocad DrawingCAD drawing of the Beechurst with an earlier idea cutting into it's facade. | ![]() Photoshop MontageMontage showing the exterior landscaping and seating of the bakery. |
![]() Mass ModelEarly mass model prior to development of the large chimney. | ![]() Mass modelMass model showing the chimney and frame structure inside the Beechurst. | ![]() ModelModel showing the West entrance of the Bakery with the oven inside at the centre. |
![]() Photoshop renderRender of an earlier idea for the exterior seating of the bakery. |
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