Panayiotis Hadjisergis Architecture student at the University of Sheffield

The brief asked for 6-8 dwellings to accommodate a mixture of families. The typical family house needed to be the predominant typology of the scheme. As an additional feature, the scheme needed to include a secondary typology to accommodate smaller domestic groups. An attitude to the city of York was to be developed and demonstrated through the scheme.

The proposed scheme promotes a communal lifestyle, by providing layered spaces of different privacy levels. Contrasting the rigidity of traditional terraced houses, the scheme offers an interlocking layout for flexibility and opportunities for interactions. The communal gardens create an informal back street providing links between residents.

Urban housing

Sectional perspective through housing scheme. Model on Vectorworks, hand-traced with ink and edited in Photoshop

Entrance from the street

Living room

Shared landscape

Sketches of housing scheme. Ink and watercolourPlans of 2 and 3 bedroom house. Ink

Urban housing

Street elevation of housing scheme. Pencil, Illustrator and Photoshop

The brief specified the design of a building to accommodate the storage and maintenance of 4 microlights, as well as small scale accommodation for 2 people and a waiting area for visitors. As a theoretical framework was the notion of “threshold” at the rural site. The theme was to be perceived and interpreted through the design.

The building respects and is restrained by the threshold. It aims to intensify the drama and surprise of the path leading to the edge.

Physical model of microlight centre

Microlight centre

Section showing the building in use. Ink and watercolour

Sequential site sketches, path to the threshold. Ink and watercolour Sketch of path leading to the building. Charcoal

Physical model. Photos edited in Photoshop

Microlight centre

Section emphasizing on relationship of building to the threshold. Graphite and white pencil

Microlight centre

Figure ground plan of site and plan of building. Pencil and ink, edited on Photoshop

Microlight hangar

Maintenance space in hangar

Waiting area

Photorealistic renders of building interiors. Vectorworks (building and microlights), Artlantis and Photoshop

Microlight centre

In an urban context, we were required to design a small commercial building (kiosk) to facilitate the storage, sale and service of a product (crepes) by a single person.

The final design is multi-functional and becomes a sculptural feature of the site. Its form refers to the site’s dynamism.

Section showing multi-functional nature of kiosk. Ink, watercolour and Photoshop

Commercial kiosk

Photo of physical laser-cut model

Sketch of Fargate. Ink Photo-collage of kiosk on site. Photoshop

Site analysis diagrams. SketchUp, Vectorworks and Photoshop

Commercial kiosk