1. BA(HONS) ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
E: Jess.A.Beresford@gmail.com
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JESS BERESFORD DESIGN

2. THE AREA FOR THE MASTERPLAN DEVELOPMENT RUNS ALONG
SIDE THE RIVER TRENT IN NEWARK, LINCOLNSHIRE.
SURORUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING THE SITE IS
SUPPRISINGLY UNDER-USED WITH VERY FEW FACILITIES.
WORKING AS A GROUP, THE AREA WAS DIVIDED INTO
THREE QUARTERS, THE CULTURAL QUARTER, FOOD AND
LEISURE QUARTER, AND THE ACTIVITY QUARTER. THIS
WAS TO MAXIMISE FULL USE OF THE SITE. SMALL,
PROPOSED STRUCTURES WERE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO
THEIR FACILITY WITHIN THE QUARTERS.
YR/2 NEWARK MASTERPLAN
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PROJECT

4. THE DISTORTION AND FRAGMENTATION OF MEMORY OVER
TIME WAS THE MAIN CONCEPT THAT WAS PUSHED THROUGH
THIS PROJECT. DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTIGATION
THROUGH CONCEPTUAL MODELS AND DRAWINGS HELPED
TO TRANSLATE THE INITIAL CONCEPTS INTO THE
ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE OF THE FINAL DESIGN.
YR/2 NATURAL BURIAL GROUND
WITH CHAPEL OF REMEMBRANCE

7. THE COLAGED POEM SHOWS
THE PROCESSIONAL ROUTE
OF THE FUNERAL SERVICE
FROM THE MAIN ACCESS ROAD
INTO THE FOREST AND OUT
TO THE BURIAL FIELD.V
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
1-ENTRANCE
2-LIGHT SLITS
3-CHAPEL
4-CHAMBERS OF REMEMBRANCE
MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN
4-CHAMBERS OF REMEMBRANCE
6-BALCONY
7-FOYER
8-STAFF
BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
4-CHAMBERS OF REMEMBRANCE
7-FOYER
9-STORAGE

8. THE WEST ELEVATION SHOWS
THE PRECESSION OF THE
FUNERAL, DOWN THE RAMP INTO
THE ENTRANCE. THROUGH THE
UNDERGROUND COMMUNAL SPACE,
UP INTO THE CHAPEL WITH THE
EXIT FOR THE FUNERAL ON
GROUND LEVEL.
THE UNDERGROUND SPACE ALSO
LEADS TO THE CHAMBERS OF
REFLECTION WHICH CAN THEN BE
EXITED ON GROUND LEVEL.
THE PROCESSION CONTINUES
AWAY FROM THE BUILDING
TOWARDS THE FIELD WHERE THE
BURIAL TAKES PLACE.

10. INTERNAL VISUALISATIONS
OF THE CHAPEL ENTRANCE,
GATHERING FOYER AND
REMEMBRANCE SPACES WITH
MEMORY BOX WALLS.
EXTERNAL VISUALISATIONS
FROM A PHYSICAL MODEL
SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MATERIALITY AND
SCALE.

11. THE HOLDERNESS COAST IS ONE OF THE FASTEST ERODING
COASTLINES IN EUROPE. CLIMATE CHANGE, RISING SEA
LEVELS AND THE REPETITIVE RHYTHM OF THE TIDE ARE
BATTERING THE SOFT SEDIMENT OF THE GLACIAL CLIFFS.
WITH A RETREAT OF AROUND 2M PER YEAR, HOUSES AND
ARABLE LAND ARE FALLING INTO THE SEA AT VISIBLE
RATES RESULTING IN WHOLE VILLAGES BEING LOST AND
ULTIMATELY FORGOTTEN BENEATH THE NORTH SEA.
STRETCHING FROM THE MORE RESILIENT HEADLAND AND
SELECTED SITE OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD, TO THE SPIT OF
SPURN POINT, THE HOLDERNESS LANDSCAPE PROVIDES A
DRAMATIC REMINDER OF THE FORCES OF NATURE AND THE
FRAGILE IMPERMANENCE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
WITH ROADS DISAPPEARING OFF THE CLIFF EDGE AND
REMNANTS OF LOST VILLAGES SCATTERING THE SHORE,
THE COAST IS INTRIGUING TO THOSE THAT VISIT.
PHOTOGRAPHING THE OBSCURE EDGE CONDITIONS,
THE PUBLIC UNINTENTIONALLY FACILITATE THE
DOCUMENTATION OF THIS DISINTEGRATING TERRITORY.
COUPLED WITH GEOLOGICAL RESEARCHERS THEY VISUALLY
RECORD THE RETREATING CLIFF EDGE TO BE UPLOADED,
EXHIBITED AND ARCHIVED WITHIN THE PUBLIC PROPOSAL
AT FLAMBOROUGH.
DRAWING FROM THE PASSIVE INFLUENCE PHOTOGRAPHS
HAVE ON OUR MEMORIES OF PLACE AND THEIR EXPRESSION
OF OUR DESIRE TO HOLD ONTO SOMETHING, THE BUILDING
BECOMES THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE
VISUAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE RETREATING HOLDERNESS.
WITH REFERENCE TO MONOLITHIC RELICS, OVERLAPPING
GEOLOGICAL PLANES AND THE ONE DIRECTIONAL
LINEARITY OF EROSION, THE DESIGN AIMS TO CHALLENGE
OUR PERCEPTION OF WHAT IS DEEMED FAMILIAR AND
PERMANENT.
FOR THE REMAINING SMALL VILLAGES THAT OCCUPY THE
SACRIFICIAL COAST THERE WILL IN TIME, BECOME ONLY
ONE OPTION, TO RETREAT. ULTIMATELY, THE AIM IS
NOT TO PRESERVE PHYSICALLY BUT RATHER TO PRESERVE
VISUALLY.
YR/3 DESIGN PROJECT

12. MAPS SHOWING AREAS OF THE
UK AT RISK FROM RISE IN
SEA LEVELS, THOSE SUBJECT
TO RAPID COASTAL EROSION
AND THE EAST YOTKSHIRE
GEOLOGY.

13. ANALYSIS OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD AND NORTH LANDING SITE CONTEXT

14. UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN/LOST MEMORIES OF THE LOST VILLAGES OF THE RETREATING HOLDERNESS COAST METHODS IN WHICH MEMORIES ARE PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS OF COMMUNITY REMNANTS OF THE RETREATING COAST SCATTER THE BEACHES OF THE HOLDERNESS AND FORM THE
ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSAL

15. PHOTOGRAPHY IS
INVESTIGATED AS THE
PRODUCT OF HOW WE
CHOOSE TO REMEMBER
SPECIFIC MOMENTS IN
HISTORY AND HOW THESE
PRODUCTS GO ON TO
TRIGGER MEMORIES.
THE POST CARD IS
ANALYSED AS AN
IMPORTANT METHOD IN THE
VISUAL DISSIMINATION OF
KNOWLEDGE OF PLACE.

16. CONCEPTUAL PHYSICAL MODELS AND HAND DRAWINGS INVESTIGATING
THE FRAGMENTED FORM OF EROSION AND THE GEOLOGY OF
FLAMBOROUGH CLIFFS. TOGETHER THESE CONCEPTS FORM THE BASIS
OF THE 2-D AND 3-D DESIGN APPROACH.

21. INLAND APPROACH

22. NORTH ELEVATION
1:200
VIEW OUT ACROSS NORTH LANDING BAY
TOWARDS THE NORTH SEA

23. BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE ARCHIVE
ROOFTOP WALKWAY
ISOMETRIC OF
SCHEME SHOWING
FRAGMENTED,
MONOLITHIC BLOCK
FORMATION AND
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE
VARYING LEVELS.
VIEW OF PROPOSED SCHEME FROM THE BEACH

24. PITCHED ROOF DETAIL WITH
GUTER AND ROOF LIGHT.
REINFORCED CONCRETE
STRUCTURE
THERMAL INSULATION
EPDM
STAINLESS STEEL ELEVATED
MOUNTING
PRE-CAST CONCRETE
CLADDING
GLASS ROOF CONNECTION
BETWEEN BLOCKS WITH
GUTERING DETAIL.
METAL PLATE IN WALL
CREATES A HIDDEN
CONNECTION BETWEEN
GLASS BEAM AND
CONCRETE LEDGE.

25. SECTION BB
1:100
PHYSICAL MODEL OF FINAL BUILDING PROPOSAL

26. FINAL EXHIBITION PIN UP

27. 2008-2011
MIXED MEDIA HAND DRAWINGS