2020/21
Jana Senberga Portfolio 3.1 CIA / BA3
STUDIO 3.1 / Jana Senberga 1
2020/21
Timeline and Content
ASSEMBLY CO-WORKING SPACES
BRADFORD CIVIC SOCIETY
FUSE ART GALLERY
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CONTENT TASK AND CLIENT INTRODUCING THE SITE SERIAL VISION SITE ANALYSIS STATEMENT OF INTENT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT EDITING THE VIEW PUBLIC SPACE DEVELOPMENT PRECEDENT ATMOSPHERIC QUALITIES ADJECANCY DIAGRAM / ACCOMODATION PROGRAMME PRECEDENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT PRECEDENT PLANS SECTION 5 POINT ACTION PLAN
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Task and the Client
TASK
To design dynamic individual sets of spaces for three clients - Assembly, who provide co-working spaces, FUSE volunteer led art gallery and Bradford Civid Society.
LOCATION
The ever evolving edge of Bradford City Centre, re-imagining the Top of Town
ACTION
Design proposals are developed based on site analysis of the city and location, and of series of design research exercises ‘tasklets’.
CLIENTS
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main pedestrian streets site location
UNDERSTANDING THE TOWNSCAPE LANDMARKS, MUSEUMS : 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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National Science and Media Museum Bradford City Library Centenary Square The Peace Museum War memorial Statue of Richard Oaster
IMPORTANT GRADE I LISTED BUILDINGS :
Bradford City Hall 4. Bradford Cathedral
The Wool Exchange
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IMPORTANT GRADE II LISTED BUILDINGS :
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Rawson’s hotel
Fountain’s Hall
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SITE : FIGURE GROUND MAP
SITE A
SITE A
SITE F
SITE G
SITE F SITE G - chosen site All sites are exposed to high traffic areas. Surrounding area has little to no green area like parks.
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Serial vision : site A
Movement in plan
Start of the journey was decided to be from the main traffic street, coming through the proposed pedestrian street and cornering the site.
1. The smaller street off the main road turns into cosy area seperated into two and divided by trees.
2. Pedestrian side is full of small shops, with many people filling the area.
3. On the right side of the street, Grade II listed building can be seen - Statue of Richard Oaster.
4. The street is quite largely filled with parked cars on the right side. At the end small part of the site is seen.
5. The first look of the corner of the site, taken over a larger building and carpark.
6. Grade II listed building is partly taking over the site, which can be incorporated in the design.
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Serial vision : site F
Movement in plan
1. The larger traffic street comes to another high traffic street, overtaken by road.
2. Small green areas with couple of trees can be notices along the road. Very little pedestrian movement.
3. The enterance of a large shopping centre, creating some type of landscape.
4. The only parts filled with poeple are the bus stops along the road.
5. The site can be seen as a larger massing, still mainly surrounded by traffic. Very little greenery.
6. Potential for an enterance as the street faced the corner of the site.
Start of the journey was decided to be from the high traffic street, coming straight to the corner of the site.
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Serial vision : site G
Movement in plan
1. The street faces a further distinct point, a Grade II listed building Rawson’s hotel.
2. A lot of pedestrians can be seen around the streets as there are many smaller shops.
3. The distinct point can be become cleared, creating a beautiful destination of the street.
4. The Rawson’s square is largely used by cars, and people coming in from the left to the bus stops.
5. People walking around the site, to all directions.
6. When cornering the site, we come up to a dip in the site, where many people are gathering and spending time.
Start of the journey was decided to be from the high traffic street, coming straight to the dip of the site.
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Site analysis : Site A
Advantages : Available parking spaces.
Advantages : Great access to the main road, especially for deliveries. Disadvantages : High noise level.
SITE MODEL plan view
Disadvantage : potential loitering
North - South side
Advantage : potential development for green space
East - West
Advantages: Closeness to shops, potential poeple traffic
Vehicle access Proposed pedestrian area
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Diadvantages : Very limited Southern light exposure.
Groupwork site model by Keta Silina
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Site analysis : Site F SITE MODEL plan view
Advantage : sun exposure from South, East and North side.
Advantage : closeness to public spaces - shopping centre
Closest pedestrian area.
Advantages: Possibility of green area.
Advantage: great vehicle access Disadvantage: high noise polution
North side North - South side
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Disadvantage: closest parking space. Vehicle access
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Site analysis : Site G
Site photographs Grade II listed buildings on the site
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Vehicle access Pedestrian zones
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Existing site qualities
Advantages and disadvantages Advantages : 1. The site is reachable by cars and pedestrians - direct access
2. Main street of the site is pedestrian, thus creating an opportunity for accumulation of pedestrians
3. Good location, close to main pedes-
trian streets to the city centre with landmarks and tourist destinations
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ings and patches of green space
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4. Good views to Grade II listed build-
4. Only views are directed towards nearby buildings
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5. Very little surrounding greenery, potential for creating landscape
6. No surrounding parking spaces, thus can decrease accessibility
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Materiality of the site
SANDSTONE / new - newest structures on site G - lighter colour as haven’t been exposed to weathering that long
COLUMNS - corinthian columns on the remaining Rowson’s Hotel facase
SANDSTONE / new - part of Oatstler Centre - ever newer structures are sandstone to fit within the context
DOME - dome on the remaining Rowson’s Hotel part is very noticable from Rowson’s square
STONE SLATE ROOF - most roof around the site are of stone slate
GOTHIC WINDOWS - there are many window shapes around the site, one of them being gothic of gothic style and elements
STEEL - on opposite to North we can see steel window frame structure
GLASS AND STEEL FRAME SECOND STOREY - plenty of sunlight for the previous use as a photography studio
MATERIALITY
STEEL - blue steel structure on Rowson Place
SITE CHARACTERISTICS
SANDSTONE / historical - almost every building on site G - honey coloured because of weather
GLAZED PASSAGE -shelter for rain -private yet public experience within the two buildings
GLAZING - newest structures are suplemented with large amount of glazing -glazed passage
Groupwork site analysis by Keta Silina
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Environmental Analysis WIND DIAGRAM SUNPATH DIAGRAM
In Bradford, strongest wind is from West-South-West direction, West and South-West direction. However, the large store blocks the wind to the site, therefore allowing it to be a shielded area, perfect for a public square.
SUN PATH DIAGRAM
Summer solstace Winter solstace
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The site is quite shielded from direct morning or evening sun, and midday during winter. However, during summer, the high sun angles allow direct sun into the site. Keeping in mind that the surrounding buildings will mostly cast a shadow over the site.
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Statement of Intent
PROPOSITIONS FOR THE SITE
BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE SITE / The building would create a public space that accumulates peaople from all directions. Moreover, accomodating the FUSE gallery, during summer months the gap between buildings could create an outside gallery.
LEVELING THE BUILDINGS / Currently, the FUSE art gallery next to Rawson’s Hotel is lower than the hotel, therefore creating a gap between the buildings, thus to eliminate it, the future design must be 4 floors high.
‘In urban groupings, ‘...a field of objects would be seen as a unit when they are defined by some dissimilar means of organization, or when, vis some idiosyncrast of form, polarize themselves into a cogent grouping’.’
choosing to keep the Rawson’s hotel and demoloshing the opposite two buildings
creating all access public square
cluster pathway
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Thomas Schumacher from ‘Contextualism: Urban ideals and Deformations’, 1971
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Concept collage ‘While the stuff of this enclosure is concerned with creating an ‘inside’, elaborated through the articulation of floors, ceilings, openings, stairs; it is the window that breaches this threshold connecting us with the world: inside to outside and outside to inside. The window fulfils our desire to look back on the world from which we shelter, a desire that is loaded with expectation and possibilities’.’ David Chipperfield, David Chipperfield Architects und/and John Morgan studio für/for Zumtobel Group, 2013 Accumulating people in the public square, where people can interact with the building and the use of it from the outside. Bringing interior into the exterior.
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Building shape development
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The site is accessible from 3 directions, coming all to a larger area in the midde.
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Trying out a round shape. Does not fit into the overall city context, as it is mainly of rectangular shapes.
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Attaching another building to an existing building, creating a prolonged shelter as the site and pedestrian area becomes longer.
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Attaching the building to the site, now site is reachable only from one site, cannot be circulated around. Allows more room for square.
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Building cannot be attached to an existing one, creating a shelter from the main traffic zone and creating another pathway.
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In order to create a larger square of oval/ round form, the building is cut into, creating an organic form, creating a pocked for the public area.
‘Yet when a void has the properties of a figure it is endowed with certain capabilities which “groung” voids lack’ Thomas Schumacher from ‘Contextualism: Urban ideals and Deformations’, 1971
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Spatial arrangement development
1 / OPEN GAP AND SEPERATE BUILDINGS The buidlings are seprated into 3 masses, creating a gap to be used by the art gallery for summer exhibitions and cafe for a tucked, private area. Third building being seperated from the busyiness of the art gallery and placed in the Rawson’s square, creating another street, pathway continuing from the Darley street, which connects to a pedestrian part of the town. (Creating another route)
2 / ONE MASS The two seperated buildings on the right are filled, thus creating one larger mass of rounder shape, as a continioution of the Rawson’s Hotel. Connecting the building on Rawson’s square to an existing structure, mirroring the inverted facade, thus creating an oval square. Moreover, a larger watchtower mirroring the Rawson’s hotel. However, it shields the view (Serial vision) from the Rawson’s Hotel, which is meant as a tourist attraction.
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Serial vision - editing the view
Movement in plan
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1. The Rawson’s hotel is still ar pinacle of the site, attracting to the site.
2. coming closer to the site, a part of a building can be seen peeking out.
3. The new intervention is shielding away the new square, making it tucked away.
4. The Rawson’s square now has an additional street on the left, thus allowing to choose a quieter street for pedestrians.
5. The new itiration is right against the Rawson’s hotel, without exposing hald of its wall. Inverted facade creating a path inside the site.
6. The inverted facade created a circular area for a square, a place to collect more poeple together.
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Editing the view - part B
ORIGINAL SITE
1 / UNUSUAL First iteration was of an oval shape, thus still maintaining the current two way pedestrian street. However, the oval shape does not fit into the wider context. Breaking apart, creating cluster.
2 / PATHWAY Creating a cluster of buildings that would create a particular pathway (not straight). Of unusual forms. However, does not create a square, rather passing by.
3 / CUT OUT Inspired by the first oval shape, the buidling is cut out to create a larger gap on the site, thus creating an enclosure.
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Forming a public space
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Diagramatic approach of creating a public space : 1 / Filling the available block 2 / Creating a void 3 / Creating patways to the void 4 / creating an organic form for the void
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Forming a public space ORIGINAL SITE
1 / EXTENDED OVAL WITH A RECTANGLE GAP The building arrangement creates an oval square and a rectangular gap, thus creating room for outside landscape creation. The Rawson’s hotel and new stack of buildings on the right side creating a boarder of the site.
2 / SMALLER OVAL WITH A RECTANGLE ENTERANCE Smaller oval shape creates a relationship between the masses, creating a shorter, but larger square, opposite to previous being longer.
3 / LARGER OVAL WITH A RECTANGLE ENTERANCE By cutting off the edge of the building on the right side, creates a larger oval shaped square, without interrupting the rectangular enterance. Moreover, the similarities of the shapes of the buildings creates a unity.
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Precedent - public enclosure ‘A building is like a soap bubble. This bubble is perfect and harmonious if the breath has been evenly distributed from the inside. The exterior is the result of interior.’
The Superkilen is a colourful square, which not only attracts visitors because of its activities, but because of its contrasting look between other buildings.
Thomas Schumacher from ‘Contextualism: Urban ideals and Deformations’, 1971
This has inspired to develop a square that would attract visitors with it’s colourfulness (art gallery) and landscape developed in 3.2 that would allow people to accumulate in the area.
Directions of movement, interacting with the buildings creating enclosure, a public square.
The treshold from the North side, creating a narrower, rounder area as if guiding people to stay in.
The treshold from public (traffic filled area) into a cozy, pedestrian only area.
Superkilen by Bjarke Ingels Group, Superflex, Topotek 1 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
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Accomodation Schedule / Adjecany diagram
ASSEMBLY CO-WORKING SPACES
BRADFORD CIVIC SOCIETY
TYPE OF ROOM
NUMBER OF ROOMS
SQUARE AREA
COMMENT
TYPE OF ROOM
NUMBER OF ROOMS
SQUARE AREA
COMMENT
Private offices
10
36 m2
Offices
1
100 m2
open plan offices
Public offices
rows of tables
140 m2
Meeting room
1
34 m2
for small meetings
Toilets
3
70 m2
Library
1
50 m2
small archives/library
Cafe
1
30 m2
small cubicles as private rooms open plan office with rows of tables 2 toilets + 1 disabled on each floor small cafe for coffee, etc.
Auditorium
1
97 m2
for larger audience
Meeting room
2
68 m2
small meeting rooms
Toilets
3
70 m2
Lockers
1
10 m2
Plant room
1
36 m2
Reception
1
30 m2
available for renters to leave their things in charge of lockers as well
2 toilets + 1 disabled on each floor on the roof or basement
Lift
1
8 m2
large enough for disabled access
Plant room
1
36 m2
on the roof or basement
Fire exit
1
15 m2
18 m from furthest point
Lift
1
8 m2
large enough for disabled access
Fire exit
2
30 m2
18 m from furthest point
ASSEMBLY CO-WORKING SPACES
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FUSE ART GALLERY TYPE OF ROOM
NUMBER OF ROOMS
SQUARE AREA
COMMENT
Gallery space
1
108 m2
also for rentals
Studios
4
50 m2
for different activities
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BRADFORD CIVIC SOCIETY 4. 3.
Archives
1
25 m2
storage for art
Cafe
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25 m2
small cafe for coffee, etc.
Shop
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26 m2
for souveniers
Lockers
1
10 m2
Reception
1
30 m2
available for renters to leave their things in charge of lockers as well
Plant room
1
36 m2
on the roof or basement
Lift
1
8 m2
large enough for disabled access
Fire exit
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15 m2
18 m from furthest point
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gallery space auditorium offices cafe shop archives library services
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FUSE ART GALLERY
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Atmospheric qualities
PRIVATE / PUBLIC ATMOSPHERE The square is tucked in between high traffic areas, being pedestrian only, creates a feeling of sheltered area, a safe area to spend time outdoors.
MATERIALS The buildings stand out, with difference in pattern or material, create a united cluster of buildings, without overwhelming the surrounding buildings. Moreover, the glass facades would guuide the pedestrians further.
DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT The circular shapes of the building facades guide the pedestrians through the site. GREENERY In order to create a feeling of nature and bring it to the city, landscape development will be made and green roofs to bring the natural to the industrial.
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Programme
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PROGRAMME BY FLOORS USAGE BY CLIENT
PROGRAMME BY FLOORS / Taken from adjecancy diagram and accomodation schedule, each room and need of a building is seperated into floors, to therefore understand the programme of the building. Mainly all ground and first floors accomodate public spaces, like a gallery and auditorium for easy public access. Private spaces like offices and single work stations are on upper floors to decrease the flow of the public.
USAGE BY CLIENT / As seen in Adjecancy diagram in the previous page, FUSE art gallery and Bradford Civic society share a common need like auditorium, cafe, etc. Thus they are placed next to each other. However, Assembly as co-working spaces need to be further away from the business of the public, thus are places on the right side.
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PLAN VIEW
A path that a pedestrian would take by experiencing the artwork of the building.
Visitors experiencing the artwork and pedestrians having a look into the gallery.
Lo-Reninge Town Hall, noAarchitecten
Precedent - buildings as extended public spaces The gallery’s main purpose is to show artworks not only for visitor, but attract the passbyers as well, thus inviting into the building. By creating a glass facade, which shows artwork in the walkway, it opens up the building to the square, creating an artistic experience walking by. Similar to Lo-Renige Town hall, where going from one building to another, one can experience the outside and the inside. A sheltered feeling.
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Plan development
UNDERSTANDING FINAL SHAPE /
AVAILABLE FACADES /
In order to understand the area, the final square shape was created and thus understood how round, etc. the building facades must be. Furthermore filling the spaces with programme.
To truly understand the programme and area working with, all open facades (those which would have windows) are chosen to accomodate offices etc., in order to create better working environment.
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Plan development
side enterance?
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too close to another stairs
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no fire escape
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1 lift is enough all services in one place
seems out of place
larger shelter area
no fire escape FUSE ART GALLERY /
ASSEMBLY CO-WORKING SPACES /
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Archives Toilets Lockers Cafe Kitchen Office Gallery walk Gallery space Open studios
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reception lockers cafe kitchen toilets open plan offices balcony private office cubicles roof terrace
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Connecting the buildings Historisches Museum Frankfurt by Lederer Ragnarsdottir Oei
Manchester central library walk, SimpsonHaugh
Museum de Lakenhal, Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven
- Mistoriches Museum Frankfurt shows an integrated glass connector between two prominnt parts of the building, works as a division of programmes. The glass filling is also extended, which is used as a watch area (as if stepping out of the building). - Museum de Lakehalcreates a feeling of outside inside. The building facades makes the area feel as a part of the stree. However, the glass shelter ensures the safety of weather, etc.
- Manchester Central Library Walk is a connector between the Library and the Manchester Hall, thus creating a beautiful transition between the both buildins. Moreover, the connector is of artistic design, thus standing out as own structure. Design approach to the connection between the buildings can be implemented into the design.
- The connection of the buildings would be between the FUSE art gallery and Bradford Civic Society. This can be explained by the need of the auditorium for the Fuse art gallery as well. Moreover, the glass structure would be marely for the public space, thus lower than the BSC building to ensure only private access to the higher levels of the building.
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Second floor 1:200 @ A2 4 / kitchen 5 / toilets 9 / service riser 10 / auditorium 13 / balcony 14 / open plan offices 15 / open studio
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Third floor 1:200 @ A2 4 / kitchen 5 / toilets 8 / storage 9 / service riser 13 / balcony 16 / BCS offices 17 / private work cubicles
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FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
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Fourth floor 1:200 @ A2 5 / toilets 8 / storage 9 / service riser 18 / BSC library 19 / roof terrace 20 / plant room
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Section 1:200 @ A3
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Elevation 1:200 @ A3
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5 point action plan 1 / Landscape development 2 / Interior design development 3 / Development of plans 4 / Environmnetal strategies 5 / Facade development
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