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Amy F. Docherty
Feb 6, 2021
Social Condenser
To get my head around the Soviet Constructivist idea of the Social Condenser, I began to research the topic extensively. The topic really...
Amy F. Docherty
Feb 5, 2021
Charrette Day Brief
Ahead of Monday's Charrette Day which sees each member of the studio trade 'brief' for their project with another member to work on for...
Amy F. Docherty
Feb 4, 2021
Management Strategy
For the past three days, I worked exclusively on the management strategy assignment to get it finished off for the earlier deadline. The...
Amy F. Docherty
Feb 1, 2021
Week 2 Tutorial
Today I presented the sheets published yesterday to a group for discussion for my tutorial which threw up the following comments/notes to...
Amy F. Docherty
Jan 31, 2021
Amy F. Docherty
Jan 29, 2021
The Ouseburn Soundscape
Initial Soundscape maps and keys:
Amy F. Docherty
Jan 28, 2021
Sonic Environment of Cities Precedent
Following a conversation about Michael Southworth's Sonic Environment of Citites research paper which was suggested for my research in...
Amy F. Docherty
Jan 27, 2021
Planning Policy Diagram
To begin the management strategy assignment, I spent time looking into the national, local, sub-area and regeneration planning policies...
Amy F. Docherty
Jan 26, 2021
Semester 2 Catch Up Tutorial
Notes from the post-Christmas catch up tutorial are below! I took a voice recording of all discussion too to enable myself to go back...
Amy F. Docherty
Jan 25, 2021
Amy F. Docherty
Dec 5, 2020
Sketch Site Model
I spent the majority of the day working on the site model to overlay drawn pieces of information I had come across from my site visit...
Amy F. Docherty
Dec 4, 2020
Refining the Narrative
While I'm waiting on materials to construct more of the site model, I decided to try to formulate the PDF for Tuesday's final review...
Amy F. Docherty
Dec 3, 2020
Preparing a Site Model
Ahead of next weeks review, I was wanting to prepare a site model to overdraw diagrams, forms and notes to explore ideas for my selected...
Amy F. Docherty
Dec 2, 2020
Site Visit: Photographing Conditions
Having selected a site at the end of last week and drawn up a couple of diagrams to understand the relationships between the site,...
Amy F. Docherty
Nov 30, 2020
Initial Site Selection
Municipality (council) owned sites within the lower Ouseburn valley were located by using the Who Owns Britain map: The site for the...
Amy F. Docherty
Nov 29, 2020
Beginning to Consider Programme
Having considered several typological precedent studies, the programme for the Ouseburn artists’ residence can begin to be established....
Amy F. Docherty
Nov 28, 2020
Model Artists Housing
UKS (YAS) - Kunstnerbolig (Artist Housing), Hovinbyen, Oslo Looking to create good living and working spaces for artists in Oslo, UKS...
Amy F. Docherty
Nov 27, 2020
Acoustic Options - Balconies
Absorption Balcony Balconies can be a welcomed outdoor area within modern apartment buildings but can easily be acoustically poorly...
Amy F. Docherty
Nov 26, 2020
Acoustic Options - Windows
In relation to the guideline “Støj fra veje” (Noise from roads), a new thing in Danish legislation, requirements in Denmark have been...
Amy F. Docherty
Nov 25, 2020
Acoustics Case Study
The United House development in Swanley is an award winning acoustics case study, an exemplary project in how to develop land near to...
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