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Original Building Section and Plans

These architectural drawings are here to show the original state of the building that I had to redevelop.

Phase 1

Hoxton Narrative

Marquis of Lansdowne narrative

Contrast Theme

Program & Strategy

Stage Design

Existing & New

Plans

Street View Render Of Design

Street Entrance View Render

Rear View Render

Rear View Entrance Render

Cafe Render

Cross Sections / 1.50 Scale

Long Section / 1.50 Scale

Showing how the roof light filters in natural light into the building.

Contrasting & Dramatic Lighting

I wanted to bring dramatic natural lighting into the theatre and cafe during the day, when the theatre was not in use. I designed a roof light and infrared censored shutters that would filter in strong contrasting light that would produce a dramatic nature in the building.

Infrared Censored Shutter

11.16am / south elevation. The Infrared sensor attached to the shutters, follows the natural sunlight through the day, allowing the shutters to filter vast amounts of sun light into the building.

Construction & Technology Details

Night Street Render Of Design

The windows shutters extrude the indoor light onto the pavement, to produce dramatic lighting to the passers-by.

Rear View / Night Render

The translucent concrete wall lets people coming from the Geoffrey museum to get a glimpse of the theatrical performance.

Theatre Performance

Actors Staircase To Stage

Theatre performance

Technology Report

The Marquis Of Lansdowne Theatre & Geffrye Cafe

The project was to redesign The Marquis of Lansdowne which from 1836 - 1960 was a iconic centre point for the local community but is now a boarded-up pub. The Geffrye museum located directly opposite had plans, ironically, to knock down the historic Marquis of Lansdowne and turn it into a modern concrete cafe designed by David Chipperfield. This, however, did not get past planning and was rejected on the grounds of destroying a local iconic building.

Our brief was to design a cafe in The Marquis of Lansdowne for the Geffrye museum that kept the original identity of the building partly intact, whilst adding another function.

Considering its historical community value, I decided to design a community theatre and cafe as I wanted the buidling to offer more to the local Hoxton community. Being an actor I was keen to add my personal knowledge & passion for the theatre into my design.