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Assignment Details and submission requirements You are to design and present drawings of a new medical centre for a site in Lisvane, North Cardiff. The building is to be maximum of two stories high and is to accommodate the following: 1. Six doctor’s consulting rooms 2. Two nurse’s treatment rooms 3. One room for Health visitor 4. One room for counsellor 5. Practice Manager office 6. Assistant Practice Manager office 7. Medical Secretary office 8. Receptionist area (working space for two people) 9. Patient’s waiting area 10. Patient’s toilets 11. Staff rest room with kitchen facilities 12. Staff toilets 13. Medical equipment store 14. Medical Records store 15. General office store 16. Cleaner’s store Your proposal should also include a design for the external space providing a car park for patients and for staff. Waiting space should be included for an ambulance and for a taxi. The site is to be landscaped showing areas of ‘soft’ planted landscape and ‘hard’ landscape including road, parking area, footpaths and site furniture. Particular areas for you to consider are: • Site analysis: context; physical constraints; aspect; landscape; access etc. • Appropriate functional space provision to accommodate the needs of the medical practice • Site layout – position and form of building(s) and integration into physical surroundings. • How the design meets functional needs of a sustainable, energy efficient building. The client is interested in any innovative ideas for the construction of the building. • Suitable materials and finishes internally and externally. • Building services – heating, ventilation etc. How could significant decisions inform your design? page 3 of 4 Writ 4 HND/ BSc (Hons) Architectural Design & Technology Design Studio 1 04/03/2015 Submission date The submission date is 4:00pm Friday, 8th May 2015. All your drawings must be pinned up in the designated space by the deadline. Drawings pinned up after the deadline will be recorded as a late submission. You are to submit a maximum of 3 A1 presentation sheets, and your sketchbook, containing: 1. 1 A1 sheet of presentation design drawings that might form a planning application and include a site plan, floor plan, cross section, elevations (1:100 or 1:50) and 3-D views. It is expected this sheet to include colour. The plans on this sheet will show furniture but not dimensions. 2. 2 A1 sheets containing a representative set of technical drawings that convey the construction detail of your proposal and compliance with Building Regulations. These should include dimensioned floor plans, one cross section (1:50), one elevation (1:50) and two construction details at scale of 1:5. These drawings will be black and white and will be fully dimensioned and annotated with specification notes. 3. Your learning journal/sketchbook showing your research, analysis, precedent studies and development of the design from inception to final project drawings. You should also indicate how you have assessed risk in your design (under CDM Regulations) You must use Revit to produce your drawings. You should aim to achieve the highest possible quality of work to present your design to best effect. Your design should be contextualised so we have a clear sense of how the building is sited and how it relates to surrounding levels. The use of Photoshop or similar software will help you in your presentation images. The A1 sheets should be of exhibition quality in the way they are laid out and how they are to be viewed. Sheet layout, graphics and overall composition must be carefully considered.