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Bristol: a pedestrian city; Urban Environmental HQ.

Part 1 Project 2005
Arvind Varsani
 University of Westminster | UK
The proposed Environmental Awareness Headquarters, lies on the Quayside of Bristols Floating Harbour. It provide a vital quayside development, which link in towards the City centre. It also acts as a point of arrival into the city making it iconic and representative of what the Cities future is about, 'Urban Sustainability.'
The buildings intention is become an automatic emblematic entrance, a point of reference and learning about the city and the environment. With in the scheme constitutes the Greenpeace headquarters, Bristol Living Rivers Project, the natural environment and the congestion charge.



The site, in Bristol, was located at a confluence on the River Avon. The project inviting a celebration of the past, present and future of the city as a prosperous trading hub and cradle of technological invention. An emblematic and iconographically strong proposition was required to unite the Cities quayside with the local community. Arvind reconciled the practical needs of the cities future sustainability prospects by introducing an Environmental Awareness HQ. The scheme aims to act as a public learning station by exhibiting beneficial educational programs to do with Greenpeace, Environmental disasters, Global warming, and the Bristol Living Rivers project.


2005
1. Section perspective taken through the main entry point leading into Bristol City Centre
2. Urban Analysis Exploration of Past, present and future plans for Bristols plans to introduce a congestion zone.
3. Urban Flux Studies A look at the immediate movements around the site whether it be by pedestrians, river traffic or road vehicles. These vertical and horizontal flux's thus creating design solutions.
4. Bristol Environmental Awareness scheme teachs the public about the environment, The Bristol Living Rivers Project, enforcing a congestion cordon area and teaching about Greenpeace and there involvement.
5. Initial Scheme Representation Having an initial thought to design an iconic quayside building, by making its presence felt in Bristol.
6. River Level Plan Used mainly by the River cleaning volunteers.
7. Quayside Level Plan Pedestrian entry level and main activity level.
8. Level 1 Main environmental exhibition space and Rainbow warrior exhibition.
9. Level 2 Complete public Circulation across the river confluence.
10. Quayside public spaces
11. Longitude Section Through the complete cycle of Public movement from education and learning, across the bridge and in towards Bristol City Centre.
12. Interior/ Exterior Spaces
13. Short Detail Section
14. Environmental Debating Chamber Timber light control facades.
15. Short Detail section 2 Through the main core debating chamber.
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