TEXTILES | URBAN R&D STATION

Timothy de Beer
Bealey Ave

FUTURE CHRISTCHURCH
COURSE THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND ADVISORS

V2

1st Semester 2012 Advanced Design 1 School of Architecture and Planning Camia Young & Jordon Saunders

SOUTHERN ALPS

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

How can we, as designers, contribute to a city in need of inspiration and energy? And how can we help to rebuild Christchurch and drive it into the future?
airport

Moorhouse Ave
Cumnor Tce

The Urban R&D Station is a move to give Christchurch quality designed architecture in conjunction with a business attraction, job opportunities and new innovative textile research. The theoretical client is ICEBREAKER, a New Zealand clothing company. The building runs in partnership with the Rural R&D Station receiving wool to clean process and create ICEBREAKER products. The building facilitates a moderate sized factory for the creation of clothing, a research and development sector and a retail area which exposes the customers to the manufacturing process. It is located south east of the Central Business District in an industrial area, which has plans for a large retail refurbishment across the river. The idea driving the concept of the building is drawn from the motion of spinning. This is derived directly from the manufacturing process where many fibers are spun into a single yarn. The concept has been carried through the design with axial forms, spun material flow, twisted structure and rotational circulation through the building. This is beneficial as it provides a smooth flow of materials though the building as well as exposing all occupants to each other and the their surroundings creating an awareness.

95km on state highway 77 Pudding Hill

CBD

Lyttleton port Methven

74A

Site Avon ive Avon River

King Edward Tce

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Curries R oad

RURAL R&D

74A

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1 hour 20 minutes travel - 95km

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Cumnor Tce

CHRISTCHURCH SITE

CITY SITE

LOCAL SITE

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sun path

a window heavy south facing facade helps to diffuse the sun light into the building, reduce solar gain and sun glare for the occupants.

the emphasised circulation of the program promotes a flow of ventilation through the building

WIND AND SOLAR CONSIDERATION

DESIGN CONCEPT
Local & International Model
merino wool dock

Merino Wool Harvesting & Manufacturing Process

icebreaker farm shearing manufacturing [overseas]

Farm Shearing Manufacturing Distribution Retail R&D

timber panel

CHCH sheep

CHCH

INT

welding plate

Proposed Local Model

rural research and development

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Farm Shearing Ski Lodge
farm manufacturing [local] shearing
- keep it local - provide jobs

bolt Recycle Centre Manufacturing Distribution Retail R&D

merino wool

structural pipe

icebreaker

Merino Wool Harvesting & Manufacturing Process

- ski lodge

R&D

RURAL R&D STATION

CHCH CHCH sheep CHCH

URBAN R&D STATION

customer movement truck movement steel member

PROGRAM ANALYSIS

PROPOSED PROGRAM
Urban R & D Station

material movement worker movement

component component
+

overlap

INPUT raw wool

INPUT used R&D Customers

10

20

30

40 Metres

PANEL TO PIPE DETAIL

rotation

2 dimensional
Manufacturing Recycling

PLAN

plan scale bar

FORM SELECTION

convergent

cyclic
Retail OUTPUT Distribution

2 dimensional

2 dimensional

3 dimensional

axial

form

CONCEPT PRINCIPLES

CONCEPTUAL PROGRAM

physical material movement integration communication

FORM DEVELOPMENT

Bale Opener Pre-cleaner Homogenous Mixer Feeding Machine Condenser Card Silver Coiler

Blowing

Carding
Carding Combing Drawing Slubbing Roving

Spinning
Ring Spinning Mule Spinning
Cloth Winding Warping
Weaving Sizing
Doubling Bleaching Winding Spooling

SECTION AA
Spreading, form layout + Cutting

Yarn Reeling Bundling

Fabric Relaxing

Embroidery + Screen Printing

Thread

Sewing

Storage
Cleaning

Apparel
Ironing

Storage

Distribution

Recycling

Storage

INTERIOR WOOD PANEL

STEEL TUBING (STRUCTURE)

EXTERIOR WOOD PANEL

Storage Storage

Storage
Storage

Retail

CONCEPT SKETCH

ARCHITECTURAL SPACE

R&D

SECTION BB PROGRAM DIAGRAM

10

15

20 Metres

section scale bar

DESIGN INVESTIGATION

exterior wood panel

interior wood panel

PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY

STRUCTURAL PATTERN

structural pipe
a b e c d f

SINGLE COMPONENTS

SPUN PRIMARY MEMBERS

STRUCTURAL VARIATION

COMPONENTS ARRAY

interior walls and machines

primary member

secondary member
90
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o

A + 90

B + 90

C + 90

D + 90

E + 90

F + 90

0 90 SPIN

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC

360

A + 360

B + 360

C + 360

D + 360

E + 360

F + 360

PRECEDENT STUDY

360 SPIN STRUCTURE MATERIALITY PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STRUTURAL MEMBERS

MATERIAL RESEARCH
Bale of raw material
BALE BREAKER CARDING

PRODUCTS
CLOTH
WINDING WARPING SIZING/ SLASHING/ DRESSING WEAVING

SILVER LAP

WILLOWING BATTING

COMBING

Customers
1 2 3 4 5

DRAWING

BLOWING ROOM

TEXTILES - any filament, fibre, or yarn that can be made into fabric or cloth, and the resulting material itself.
The term is derived from the Latin textilis and the French texere, meaning to weave, and it originally referred only to woven fabrics. It has, however, come to include fabrics produced by other methods. Thus, threads, cords, ropes, braids, lace, embroidery, nets, and fabrics made by weaving, knitting, bonding, felting, or tufting are textiles.
source: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/589392/textile

SPINNING

spinning weaving dying printing

LAPPING

CARDING ROOM

Raw Materials

Textiles Plants

Apparel Plants

Distrib. Centres

Retail Stores

BREAKER SCUTCHER

SLUBBING

YARN (CHEESE)
REELING BUNDLING

BUNDLE

INTERMEDIATE

MULE SPINNING

FINE ROVING

ROVING

RING SPINNING

FINISHING SCUTCHER

SEWING THREAD
DOUBLING BLEACHING WINDING CABLING GASSING SPOOLING

blowing room

carding machine

spinning machine

THE SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE TEXTILE & CLOTHING SECTOR

After clothing is produced & manufactured it reaches the consumer through retail stores. If the clothing is used & returned to the retailer, it can re-enter the chain dependent on the condition or properties of the textile. If the item of clothing has a defect the retailer would send it to the distribution centre. If the clothing is damaged it would get sent to the textile plant to get broken down & recycled for its fibres where the process then begins at that point.

1. bale opener 2. pre-cleaner 3. homogenous mixer 4. storage and feeding machine 5. condenser 6. card 7. silver coiler

roving machine

RETAIL AREA

MANUFACTURING PROCESS

SPINNING
goat sheep

alpaca

vicuna

llama

camel

angora rabbit

musk ox

silk worm

wool

cotton

polyester

raw materials

S
Kayseri Plant - Turkey Textile Plant Spinning Machine

Spinning is the twisting together of drawn out strands of fibres to form yarn, though itthecolloquially used to describe the process of Spinning is is twisting together of drawn out strands drawing out, inserting theyarn, though it is colloquially used to of bres to form twist, and winding onto bobbins. describe the process of drawing out, inserting the Artificial fibres are winding extruding a polymer through a spinneret twist, and made by onto bobbins. into a medium where it hardens. Wet spinning (rayon) uses a Arti medium. In are made (acetate and triacetate), the coagulating cial bres dry spinning by extruding a polymer through a spinneret into medium where hardens. polymer is contained in a solventathat evaporates initthe heated Wet spinning (rayon) uses a coagulating the extruded exit chamber. In melt spinning (nylons and polyesters)medium. In dry spinning (acetate and triacetate), the polymer is polymer is cooled in gas or air and sets. All these fibres will be of contained in a solvent that evaporates in the heated great length, often kilometres long. exit chamber. In melt spinning (nylons and polyesters) the extruded polymer is cooled in gas or air and sets. Natural fibres arebres will be of great length, often kilometers All these either from animals (sheep, goat, rabbit, silkworm),long. mineral (asbestos), or from plants (cotton, flax, sisal). These vegetable fibres can come from the seed (cotton), the stem Natural bres flax, hemp, from animals (sisal). goat, (known as bast fibres: are either jute) or the leaf (sheep,Without rabbit, silk-worm), are needed before a or from plants exception, many processes mineral (asbestos), clean even staple (cotton, with a specific name. With the exception of silk, is obtained- each ax, sisal). These vegetable bres can come from the seed is short, the stem (known as bast bres: each of these fibres (cotton), being only centimetres in length, ax, hemp, jute) or the leaf (sisal).[3] Without and each has a rough surface that enables it to bond with similar exception, many processes are needed before a clean staples. even staple is obtained- each with a speci c name. With the exception of silk, each of these bres is short, being only centimetres in length, and each has a rough surface that enables it to bond with similar staples.

SPINNING

Cotton Recycling Wool Recycling Burlap, Jute and Sisal Recycling Polyurethane Foam Recycling Polyester and Polyester Fiber Recycling Nylon and Nylon Fiber Recycling AFTER USE Other Synthetic Fiber Recycling Carpet Recycling Rags and Wipers Used and Recycled Bags Used Clothing Used Footwear Leather Recycling Textile Recycling Employment

sorting

shredding

knitting/weaving

shoes wearable clothes

Resold abroad countries.

Goodwill Industries

Resold in the U.K. and abroad.

The Salvation Army

trousers/skirts unwearable

Sold to the 'flocking' industry.

woollen garments

Sold to specialist firms for fibre reclamation to make yarn or fabric.

cotton and silk

Sorted into grades to make wiping cloths.

RECYCLE PROCESS

LOADING AND RECYCLE AREA

SHARED SPACE

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URBAN R&D

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Fitzgerald Ave

Deans Ave

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