University of the Highlands & Islands

BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology

Module UK210001 Advanced Professional Practice (Architecture)
Task 2

Large Group Working: Whole Practice Project

Task 2
Design Led Study: Bridge Street Inverness
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BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology
Module UK210001 Advanced Professional Practice (Architecture)
Task 2

Task 2
Design Led Study: Bridge Street Inverness
This is regarded as a mainstay project of the module and this task will be working as one single group
on this project. The task is to meet with your client at the outset agree parameters for the extension
design and produce an extension.

You will require to develop a workflow and strategy to develop this design led task to concept stage
and formal presentation of ideas to external clients at Christmas.

You will need to agree the workflow packages and undertake the work to agreed internal and external
timelines. These workflow packages are as follows;

What do we have to work with?

 Site Analysis
 Massing Study

What can we develop on this site?

 Options Charrette Organising & Host

How can we articulate these ideas?

 Physical Model
 Digital Model

How can we generate support for these ideas?

 Public Presentation of Models and ideas.

Client Brief

Civil Leaders of Highland Council have reacted to the negative press surrounding the Bridge Street
complex in Inverness and have purchased the site from private owners.
Author Bill Bryson famously described the complex as "two sensationally ugly modern office buildings
that blot the town centre beyond any hope of redemption" in his book, "Notes from a Small Island".
Highland Council have for your team’s architectural assistance to seek development options for this
site.

The site is elongated from Castle Road to the West to Castle Wynd to the East on the North by Bridge
Street and south by the ramparts/walls of the Castle.

The site occupies a prominent location on Castle Wynd directly below Inverness Castle. It enjoys
outstanding views across the River Ness towards the Cathedral and the hills beyond the city. Castle
Wynd is easily accessible and benefits from access to all city centre amenities including bus and rail
stations, the Eastgate Shopping Centre and the Rose Street Multi-Storey car park. For that reason the
site has been identified for public uses and civic arts centre.

The current buildings on site consist of IMAG art centre (Inverness Museum & Art Gallery), Tourist
Information, The Keep dental practice and vacant office accommodation on the prominent rectilinear
forms that encompass 4 & 6 Castle Wynd. The site is such that shops exist at street level and the
hitherto sit above these shops creating a hidden streetscape.
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Module UK210001 Advanced Professional Practice (Architecture)
Task 2

All the shops, offices and restaurants are to be re-located and all current building forms are to be
demolished under a separate contract and the site is to be left vacant for development.

Suggested Uses

 Arts Venue Museum

 Shopping Arcade (External & Subterranean) Library
 Assembly Hall Fine Dining Quarter
 Music Quarter Public Realm Square

The client wishes for you to arrange a Charrette to develop options for the site and to host this and
following this Charrette produce a physical and digital model that can allow the public to observe
potential options and offer opinions. These models would be presented publically.

The client timeline is as follows;

Monday 22 October 2018 Client will meet with you to discuss project.
Monday 19 November 2018 Hosting of Charrette with Client & Externals
Monday 11 December 2018 Public Presentation of Physical & Digital Models

Module Information
Task 2 -40% of Assignment 1 + 50% of Assignment 2 - Working Together

DAY DATE WEEK Task 2 -40% of Assignment 1 + 50% of Assignment 2 - Working Together
Monday 22 October 2018 WEEK 06 Task 2 - Design Led Study: Re-imagining of Bridge Street Inverness
Monday 29 October 2018 WEEK 07 Task 2 - Site Analysis
Monday 05 November 2018 WEEK 08 Task 2 - Site Analysis
Monday 12 November 2018 WEEK 09 Task 2 - Massing Study
Monday 19 November 2018 WEEK 10 Task 2 - Options Charrette
Monday 26 November 2018 WEEK 11 Task 2 - Model Production
Monday 03 December 2018 WEEK 12 Task 2 - Model Production
Monday 10 December 2018 WEEK 13 Task 2 - Model Production
Monday 11 December 2018 WEEK 14 Task 2 Submission of Physical & Digital Model and Public Presentation

Production Information

Monday 19 November 2018 WEEK 10 Task 2 - Options Charrette

Produce enough visual information in the form of site analysis and massing information and drawing
production to host a Charrette for external stakeholders. This information for the client will be in a
recognised format, scale and clearly demonstrates your analysis and massing process and your
delivery of the Charrette session will inform the design process further. You are to also enter into
informative dialogue with the client that will clearly demonstrate your thinking for future options.

Monday 11 December 2018 WEEK 14 Task 2 - Submission of Physical & Digital Model and Public Presentation

Following the Charrette you will develop the most popular idea’s and develop a 3D (Digital or Physical
model with supporting 2D graphics which will present this information to the client in an informative
visual manner. This will allow dialogue with the client that will clearly demonstrate the outcomes of
the Charrette and inform the design process further and your team design advice.
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BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology
Module UK210001 Advanced Professional Practice (Architecture)
Task 2

Rubric: Charrette
(A Grade) (B Grade) (C Grade) (D Grade) (Fail Graded)
Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory

Charrette Excellently planned and Well planned and Appropriately hosted In-consistently hosted Work not submitted at the
(50 Marks) executed charrette with executed charrette with charrette with a planned charrette with an standard required of this
Worth 50% of Task 2 intensive planning intensive planning session where in places it unplanned session which level of study and or poor
Marks session where all session where most collaborated on a vision for rarely collaborated on a dialogue with the client and
collaborated on a vision collaborated on a vision development. The delivery vision for development. The a lack of collaboration
19 November 2018 for development. The for development. The of the Charrette and the delivery of the Charrette between group resulting in
delivery of the Charrette delivery of the Charrette forum in places allowed for and the forum was poor a Charrette that did nothing
and the forum allowed and the forum allowed most ideas to be generated and did not allow for ideas to develop the design
for ideas to be generated for most ideas to be and some feedback to you to be generated or
and immediate feedback generated and feedback as the designers. feedback to you as the In-appropriate information
to you as the designers. to you as the designers. designers. and visuals to very poor
Average information and standards that did not
Excellent information Good information and visuals in places Poor information and demonstrate your analysis
and visuals to Industry visuals developing to developing to Industry visuals in places and planning process.
standard production that Industry standard standards that in places developing to Industry
clearly demonstrates production that demonstrates your analysis standards that did not Very poor collaboration and
your analysis and demonstrates your and planning process. demonstrate your analysis structure to the work
planning process. analysis and planning and planning process. sharing observed.
process. Average collaboration and
Excellent collaboration structure to the work Poor collaboration and Timelines not met and work
and structure to the work Good collaboration and sharing observed. structure to the work of a very poor standard.
sharing clearly observed. structure to the work sharing observed.
sharing observed. Timelines met and work of
Timelines met and work an average standard. Timelines not met and work
of a high standard. Timelines met and work of an poor standard.
of a good standard.
Models (50 Marks) Excellent development of Good development of Acceptable development of Poor physical and digital Work not submitted at the
Worth 50% of Task 2 both a physical and both a physical and both a physical and digital model that does not standard required of this
Marks digital model that clearly digital model that allows model that allows in places communicate and capture level of study.
allows communication communication and communication and capture of design ideas from the
11 December 2018 and capture of design capture of design ideas of design ideas from the charrette. This urban Very poor physical and
ideas from the charrette. from the charrette. This charrette. This urban model is not seen as an digital model does not
This urban model is urban model is seen as model is in places an appropriate tool for communicate and capture
clearly seen as a vital a good tool for planning appropriate tool for planning this development. of design ideas from the
tool for planning this this development. planning this development. charrette. This urban
development. The production of these model is a very poor tool
The production of these The production of these models does not allow the for planning this
The production of these models allow the client models allow the client to in client to understand scale, development.
models allow the client to to understand scale, places understand scale, massing and site
fully understand scale, massing and site massing and site constraints and No collaboration within the
massing and site constraints and constraints and opportunities and does not group and work sharing is
constraints and opportunities and in the opportunities and in part fulfils the client wishes. non-existent or observed.
opportunities and fulfils main fulfils the client fulfils the client wishes.
the client wishes. wishes. Poor collaboration within Timelines not met and work
Acceptable collaboration the group and work sharing is sub-standard.
Excellent collaboration Good collaboration within the group and work in not equal or observed.
within the group and within the group and sharing equally in places
work sharing equally and work sharing equally and and observed. Timelines met and work of
clearly observed. clearly observed. a poor standard.
Timelines met and work of
Timelines met and work Timelines met and work an appropriate standard.
of a high standard. of a good standard.

Rubric: Presentation: 50% of Assignment 2

(A Grade) (B Grade) (C Grade) (D Grade) (Fail Graded)

Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory
Presentation Presented work is Presented work is good Presented work is fair with Presented work is poor with Presented work is
Quality of Research of excellent with a clear with a clear researched a clear in place researched a clear in place researched unsatisfactory with a poor
Submitted Work researched production production which is the production which is in part production which is not the researched production
which is the “fruits of “fruits of everyone’s the “fruits of everyone’s “fruits of everyone’s which is not the “fruits of
everyone’s labours” and labours” and makes its labours” and makes it labours” and does not everyone’s labours” with
makes its evident to the evident in places to the partially evident in places to makes it evident in places many errors and very last
audience that this is free audience that this is free the audience that this is to the audience that this is minute. The message of
of error and not “last of error and not “last free of error and not “last free of error and not “last the research is poorly
minute”. The message minute”. The message minute”. The message of minute”. The message of pitched to the audience of
of the research is clear of the research is clear the research is clear the research is clear peers during discourse.
evident and excellently evident and well- pitched evident and consistently evident and consistently
pitched to the audience to the audience of peers pitched to the audience of pitched to the audience of
of peers during during discourse. peers during discourse. peers during discourse.
discourse.
(A Grade) (B Grade) (C Grade) (D Grade) (Fail Graded)
Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory
Presentation Presented work is Presented work is good Presented work is in limited Presented work is not Presented work is of a poor
Delivery developing to a and in places developing areas developing to a developing to a presentation standard
professional standard, to a professional professional standard, not professional standard, not developing to a
clear and information standard, clear and that clear and information clear and information professional standard, clear
contained is appropriate information contained in contained is partially contained is limited and in and information contained
for this stage. places is appropriate for appropriate for this stage. the majority not that is appropriate for this
this stage. appropriate for this stage. stage.
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BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology
Module UK210001 Advanced Professional Practice (Architecture)
Task 2

Views from Site

View from Ness Bridge

View from Town House (Bridge Street Vista)

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View from Castle Wynd

View of Building Massing on site.

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View from Bank Street Junction

View from Castle Road

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Aerial View of site