1. Goodtrees Auditorium
BACKGROUND Proper seating auditorium is not available and its existence
Interest 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
could be a valuable addition to:
The Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre is a community centre
located in the heart of Moredun and Greigour neighbourhoods. 1. Raise the centre profile across the local area bingo
The centre opened six years ago accommodating different kinds of 2. Engage people from different range of ages
to be more involved in the community cinema
activities for children and youth. Whilst the centre was an attractive
building, it was underused by the local community (2006 Neigh- 3. Raise people’s confidence to perform in public
4. Provide a comfortable place to provide people’s “Do it yourself” project
bourhood Centre Quality Development Assessments). Despite its
lack of attractiveness to local community, the centre management interest in watching a movie within walking distance
5. To be the place for music enthusiasts to express environment/wildlife
team future goal is to raise its profile across the local area. The
master plan intervention to improve pedestrian connectivity brings themselves in singing, music performance, etc.
gardening
opportunity to raise the centre profile. The centre facilities interven-
tion that is suitable with people’s interest is a potential to make the listening to music
centre a destination a place to visit at the last journey of the
pedestrian experience. Based on the demographic of local interest (figure 1), type of a
music - easy listening
multi-purpose auditorium would be suitable. The goal of a multi-
purpose auditorium is beyond to attract people to come. It is a music - eightees
place to inspire and be inspired; for and by the local people. Cur-
“Impact on the local community was weak overall. rently, the centre has an activity hall. The hall is fully function for music - rock and roll
Whilst the centre was an attractive and accessible building, it was sports, but not suitable for proper performances. The proposed
underused by the local community. There was no clear strategy in
place by the management committee to develop or strengthen the
auditorium is a flexible space with adaptable acoustic and daylight Figure 1: Moredun/Goodtrees Neighbourhood Interests
Source: www.caci.co.uk/acorn
programme despite this being a priority in their development plan.” setting to accommodate film shows, lectures, music, and dance
performances.
- 2006 Neighbourhood Centre Quality Development Assessment
What kind of intervention is suitable for the centre?
402.34m or 1/2 miles
Initial study was performed using ACORN geo demographic tool
database to identify and understand local people’s interest for Facts: Comfortable walking distance
services. 608 dwellings
Interest (figure 1)
The result represents the ACORN classification of the local Age structure (figure 2)
people as an index compared to the UK national average (Figure 1). Total population: 2,432*
100 is median number. in UK average. Based on the data, there are
*Assumptions:
good amount of interest in music and cinema. At present the 4 people (2 adults, 2 children) live per dwelling
community centre utilize the activity hall for performances.
Average of 67% of population age 25-44 live within
500 m radius cachement
Sustainable Strategy > Surroundings: Neighbourhood Predicting number of visitors interested coming to the auditoria
CONNECTIVITY REVITALITAZION
Improve connectivity to the Tower Blocks
Female shower shower Male
Changing Changing
entrance 2
(from the park)
male restroom
storage Auditorium
female restroom
cafe
EXISTING BUILDING Amphitheatre
LOBBY
reception
offices
Stair
to Audio Room entrance 1
(from parking lot)
Less parking space and more
bicycle racks to encourage
FLOOR PLAN Scale 1: 200 more pedestrian usage
Entrance One Perspective
Community Gardening
Nurturing nutrients for community, exchange interest and ideas through
gardening
N
Scale 1: 500
Deasy Darmawan
MSc. Advanced Sustainable Design
University of Edinburgh
Programme Director: John Brennan 2009/10
Embedding Environments. Stage 5: Curation
Goodtrees Community Centre Expansion
20 May 2010
Approaching the building from the park

2. Sustainable Strategy > Building: Auditoria
Acoustic influence in Building Material and Daylight
1 Sunlight penetrates through rooflight
The Goodtrees Auditoria is a neighbourhood centre school facility providing space for rehearsal, musical events, gatherings, SOUND Sustainability in terms of materials locality and possi-
and lecture. It is a multi-purpose auditoria with proper acoustic and suitable for formal events. The auditoria is used for bility for reuse are part of the crucial considerations in
formal teaching, youth groups and visiting groups. In addition to providing space for local community, it is a rentable space Sound quality is important to design a successful designing the auditorium.
for private events. Case study reviews of Jacques Brell Hall by Jean Harari, the Adelaide Festival Theatre by John Morphett, and auditorium. Reverberation time is one of the topics in
Studio 3 at Copenhagen Concert Hall by Jean Nouvel are the inspirations in refining characteristics of the auditoria. architectural acoustics that measures the time it takes BRICK
for the sound level to decrease 60 dB decibles.
The auditoria is a fully adaptable space depending on the needs. Different events held in variety of times and have different Reverberation time is useful to measure space Why brick?
lighting requirements. Depending on the needs, the auditoria can be a ‘blackbox’ or a daylight space in the middle of the day suitability for a specific function. - Majority used as the auditorium and EXTERIOR
(figure 3). Utilizing daylight during the day improve energy savings. lobby materials
In this project, building acoustic influenced the build- INTERIOR
ing sustainable strategies focusing on - Good thermal mass Roof insulation
6-8 degrees Celcius between peak internal and
external room temperature
building materials and daylighting
- Local material
MATERIALS: reusability and sound
Closest site: Glasgow
(46.3 miles from Edinburgh)
Choice of material affects the room reverberation time.
Excessive use of non absorptive material causes the - Durable and possible to reuse.
room to have high reverberation time. Different mate- last long: 150 years
rials have different level of absorption coefficient. Zero
coefficients means the material is fully reflective and - Possible Reuse Roof insulation
one means the material is fully absorptive. When select-
ing building materials, the aim was to select high ab- Interior Lighting light cove
sorptive coefficient material. Figure 5 is the material pal-
ette chosen for the project. Materials were chosen by its
sustainability, practicality for disassembly, thermal and
level of absorption coefficient.
Sustainability in terms of materials locality and
cinema bingo game training/lectures music concerts possibility for reuse are part of the crucial
considerations in designing the auditorium.
Shutter motor
Light is reflected on ceiling and enters 3 Mechanically operable shutter
the room as diffuse light to control daylight
DAYLIGHT SOUND Sound ray behaviour analysis in section
2 Ceiling reflector bounce off the light
Daylight and sound are the two topics with opposite characters, especially when designing a
performance arts building. For acoustic, the best room is fully enclosed without glazing because
glazing is a reflective material that can reduce acoustical quality. In contrast, daylight is an environ-
mental strategy to save on electricity energy. It is possible for a multipurpose auditorium to bring Light behaviour against the reflector
daylight because not all activities in the room require the room to be completely dark. Therefore,
there should be balance between acoustics and daylight (figure b)
insulation
(a) without daylight, shutter closed
air gap .18m
two layers of bricks
Speech (optimum: 0.6) : 0.4 – 0.8 seconds reclaimed wood sidings
Music (optimum: 1.2) : 1.0 – 1.4 seconds
(b) with daylight, shutter open
brick
.025 Medite MDF acoustical panel
Radiance study demonstrating daylight qualities in the auditorium. Daylight is
mostly effective during summer months. More artificial lighting needed during
winter months.
Auditorium when shutter open based on sound ray study
TEST 1 TEST 2 TEST 3 TEST 4 TEST 5
Double brick with cavity as thermal mass and sound proofing material
Displacement Ventilation
Daylight Factor (%) 0 1.7 3.4 7.2 6.9
Illuminance (Lux) 0 250 100-750 200-1400 250 -725 Good comfort control, low noise levels, removal of contaminants and pollutants
Uniformity 0 0.06 0.22 0.26 0.37
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South Elevation Scale 1: 200