The Architect`s Plans - Ramsgate

WHAT IS PROJECT MOTOR HOUSE?
Project MotorHouse is a transformative project designed to give Ramsgate
facilities which it currently lacks. It will tackle one of the derelict buildings
on Ramsgate’s seafront and turn it into the kind of sophisticated offering
which Thanet District Council’s Destination Management Plan identifies
as a key component for economic regeneration. When completed the
building will be self-sustaining and incorporate three state of the art
digital cinemas, a theatre, an outdoor theatre/cinema , a brasserie style
restaurant and bar with a huge, south facing terrace overlooking the port
and harbour, a function room and offices.
MEET THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES...
Jul 1914 – The West Cliff Hall and Gardens opens to the public
as a concert hall on the site of the Italian Gardens. On a sunny
day, the concerts were held outdoors in the sunken gardens.
1914 – 1918 – Despite repeated bombardment from Europe
and the nearby placement of a Maxim gun, the West Cliff Hall
survives.
1920s – The hall is a popular concert venue with townsfolk and
visitors alike.
1930s – The building is extended thus widening the Promenade.
A one storey extension is also added. It ruins the elegant
Edwardian lines of the original building.
1940s – During the World War II, dances are held in the hall for
the pilots based at Manston Airport.
1950s – The old Victorian baths next to the West Cliff collapsed
down onto what is now the port. It was only the quick thinking
of a local woman that there was no loss of life. She noticed the
road cracking and stopped all traffic.
Mar 1964 – The number of local people who saw the Rolling
Stones play at West Cliff Hall could fill the building many times
over.
Chairman - John East
John spent his entire career in the City. He became a member of the Stock
Exchange in 1974 and has founded two Stock Exchange firms. His second
company, John East & Partners, was acquired in 2007 and is now part of
international financial giant Sanlam. John retired from the board of Sanlam
Securities at the end of 2013 and is now a non-executive director of its UK
parent. He is a former deputy chairman of the Carlton Club, a member of the
Arts Club, a partner in the 606 jazz club and joint president of Dagenham &
Redbridge Football Club. He leads, as an amateur, a professional band, The
John East Project. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities &
Investment and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Project Director - Janet Fielding
Janet was a Dr Who girl in the early 80s and played the character Tegan.
She is a founder of the UK chapter of Women in Film and Television, an
organisation which she ran for its first four years. She then took over an
established theatrical agency where her clients included Simon Callow,
Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Bill Paterson and Anne Marie Duff. She sold the
agency to her employees so she could return to the third sector and pursue
her writing. More recently, she has was Head of Finance for the charity, One
Plus One, and played a key role in doubling its turnover. She is the project’s
original community champion and current CEO.
Treasurer - Chris welch
Chris is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants
and has been working in UK since 1997. Since 2003 he has been the
Finance Director of the Association of British Insurers (the ABI), a major
City institution. Chris is also a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of
New Zealand. He was for a time treasurer of Ramsgate’s East Cliff Residents
Association.
Brenda Blethyn OBE
Brenda is one of Britain’s best loved and most celebrated actresses. A star
of film, television and theatre, she has worked extensively in the UK, USA
and Australia. She plays the title role in the television series, Vera. She has
been twice nominated for an Academy Award, has two Emmy and three
Golden Globe nominations. She has won a Golden Globe, a Golden Lion,
an Olivier Award, a Critics’ Circle Theatre Award and two BAFTAs. She has
born and raised in Ramsgate and still has a house in the town.
Russell White, RIBA (Retired)
Russell is our oldest board member. His architectural practice, R F White
& Associates worked on large scale projects for clients including GEC
Marconi, British Telecom, British Rail, the Housing Corporation, the London
Borough of Islington, the Libyan Embassy and other major projects. He
has served as an advisor to Keep Britain Tidy, Ramsgate Town Partnership
and the Margate Theatre Royal. He is chairman of the Liverpool Lawn
Adelaide Gardens Residents Association and a committee member of the
Conservation Area Action Group.
WEST CLIFF HALL
OPENS IN 1914
1970s – The original seafront terrace was extended to its current
size which is approximately 600 square metres.
1980s – Two brothers from Essex take over the lease and turn it
into a Motor Museum.
2005 – The Motor Museum closes.
TERRACE
CONSTRUCTED
OUT OF THE SEA;
1970S
THE FORMER
MOTOR MUSEUM
CLOSES; 2005
May 2009 – Janet Fielding first approaches Thanet District
Council (TDC) which is the owner of the building asking what
they intend doing with the building. They intend disposing of it.
Aug 2009 – Ramsgate Arts conducts Love, Hate, Hope: Ramsgate
– a community consultation that attracts 900 people over
three days and identifies derelict buildings plus a poor ‘cultural’
offering as significant problems.
Feb 2010 – Thanet District Council tells Janet Fielding to go
away and put together an influential board of directors and a
business plan which shows the building can operate without
any need for revenue funding.
Feb 2010 – The Theatres Trust, which is a statutory body,
writes to TDC’s then Chief Executive stating that any planned
development of the site building needs to include a theatre.
July 2010 – Following a year of consultation and research,
Low Carbon Community Ramsgate (Later Project MotorHouse)
presents its first draft business plan to Thanet District Council
and it makes the case for the building being self-supporting.
The local residents help reclaim the gardens.
Nov 2010 – Thanet District Council and Project MotorHouse
set out a Heads of Agreement. The negotiations will drag on for
three long years.
July 2011 – Project MotorHouse is incorporated as Low Carbon
Community Ramsgate but changes its name a month later
following work with a focus group of local youths.
Aug 2011 – Funded by Ramsgate Town Council and Kent
County Council, Project MotorHouse conducts a community
consultation during Ramsgate Arts’ Summer Squall Festival.
PMH plans for the site get overwhelming endorsement.
Sept 2011 – TDC Cabinet agree the asset disposal to PMH using
an Option method proposed by Project MotorHouse.
Oct 2011 – Locality begin to provide specialist legal advice and
negotiations with TDC on the detail of the Option and Transfer
Deed.
Mar 2012 – Both Ramsgate Town Council and Kent County
Councillors award PMH funds towards doing minor works
including securing the site from intruders.
July 2012 – Project MotorHouse becomes a charity.
PROJECT MOTOR
HOUSE BECOMES
A CHARITY
Jan 2013 – Dr Who Fund Raising event with David Tennant,
Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker and Paul McGann.
Dr Who fans fly in from as far away as Melbourne just for the
weekend. It raises £32K in one day.
Jul 2013 – PMH begins its partnership with Ellington & Hereson
School (now Royal Harbour Academy)
Marina O’Loughlin
Marina O’Loughlin is The Guardian’s restaurant critic. She is a winner of the
Fortnum and Mason Restaurant Critic of the Year Award in both 2014 and
2015 and is renowned for reviewing anonymously. From 2006 to 20123,
she was the restaurant reviewer for Metro and scooped the Guild of Food
Writers Critic of the Year Award 2011. She and her family live between
London and the Isle of Thanet. She is one of the Sunday Times 500 most
influential people in the UK.
Andrew Allen
Andrew is a barrister and a part time Employment Judge. As a barrister, his
clients have included employees, trade unions, national and international
companies, Transport for London, various NHS Trusts, Housing Associations
and central and local government departments. Andrew has an LLM in
Islamic and Middle Eastern Law and an MSc in Gender and Sexuality both from the University of London. He has worked in Baghdad, Beirut,
Belfast, Djibouti, Japan and Kathmandu on a wide range of projects from
constitutional reform to domestic violence prevention and is very proud
to have become a Ramsgate local.
Jane Hetherington
Jane has had careers in law, business, the voluntary sector and more
recently the NHS. She moved down from London 10 years ago to Thanet
where she managed local third sector services and more recently the East
Kent Psychological Service. She was until recently Director for BCCS who
provide psychological services in the London Borough of Bromley and
also clinical lead for services in Lambeth within the NHS. She now runs an
early intervention programme in Canterbury.
Sonja Bigg
Sonja has had a diverse career in both the public and private sector. She
managed Adult Therapy Services in Lewisham for many years, before
becoming a partner in Fresh Produce Design Consultancy, whose client
list includes EAT, Mitchells & Butlers, BBC, Solidere (Lebanon), YOO, Greene
& Co, Urban Spaces, Union Developments, Findon Urban Lofts, Green
Shoots and MACE. Sonja is currently Clinical Development Lead for ICATS
(Integrated Clinical Assessment and Treatment) services working on the
strategic development of clinical services across East Kent.
Emma Claridge
Emma is our youngest board member. She was brought up in Ramsgate and
is passionate about the area. She read law at Nottingham Trent University
and did her masters at Uppsala in Sweden. She now works for top 50 law
firm, Weightman’s. She wants eventually to settle back in Thanet where
her family still lives.
Remembering Clare Grayston
Project MotorHouse remembers one of its founding trustees with
gratitude and sadness. Clare Grayston died in April 2013. Her contribution
during the earliest phases of the project development was invaluable.
She was a senior partner in the city law firm, Nabarro LLP, a former board
member of Women in Film and Television (UK); a member and officer of
the International Bar Association and an honorary vice-president of AIJA,
the international association of young lawyers.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER
Jo Mapp
Jo worked within the television industry as an actress for several years
and also as production controller for a London based publisher before
deciding on a life in the sun. After five years in Andalucia she returned
home to the UK with her young family.
Since living in Ramsgate Jo has developed various community groups
such as Ramsgate African Drummers, Crafty Bitches and Pop Up
Ramsgate and has worked extensively with various community groups
and organisations such as Ramsgate Carnival and Friends of Ramsgate
Seafront.
Aug 2013 – Dr Who Companions do a one day fundraiser for
Project MotorHouse and raise £20K.
Aug 2013 – Project MotorHouse organises an update of the
2007 Structural Appraisal which was commissioned by TDC. The
appraisal makes no connection between the corroded frame
and its role in supporting both the West Cliff Promenade and
the B2054, which is the main access road to the harbour.
Sept 2013 – Ellington and Hereson School students work begin
working with local residents on improving the gardens and
keeping them tidy.
29th Nov 2013 – TDC and PMH sign the Option and Transfer
Deed
OPTION AND
TRANSFER DEED
SIGNED; 2013
Feb 2014 – Project MotorHouse organises a structural appraisal
by a new firm which confirms suspicion that the frame is now
Part of the roof and the West Cliff Promenade is closed as the
structure is dangerous in places.
Mar 2014 – The building is propped internally. The ‘as built’
survey is done. Debris is cleared from the building.
Apr 2014 – The asbestos survey is done and the asbestos
removed. More internal propping is done.
May 2014 – MITIE which runs facilities at Ellington & Hereson
School kindly donates materials and labour to help further
improve the gardens. More internal propping is done by PMH.
May - Jul 2014 – Test holes are drilled in the walls and ceilings.
The intrusive survey is done to determine the condition of the
frame. It has reached the end of its design life and the frame is
dangerous in places.
Jun-Aug 2014 – The Quantity Surveyor does a Cost Benefit
Analysis on alternatives for the frame. His conclusion is that
demolishing and rebuilding the frame to modern safety
standards is the most cost effective and safest solution.
Oct 2014 – Students of Ellington & Hereson School (now Royal
Harbour Academy) write, direct, choreograph and perform
a musical called Bringing It Back as fund raiser for Project
MotorHouse.
Nov 2014 – Project MotorHouse is awarded a grant from the
Social Investment Business under the My Community Rights
scheme which allows us to appoint an architect.
Nov-Dec 2014 – PMH conducts a competitive tender to select
an architect. We choose Guy Hollaway Architects from a shortlist
of five.
ARCHITECT
APPOINTED DEC
2014
Nov 2014 – The new Dr Who, Peter Capaldi, does his first ever
fan convention as a fund raiser for Project MotorHouse.
Jan-May 2015 – Further surveys are done such as utilities,
drains and geographical.
Apr 2015 – Guy Hollaway’s team present their first version of
the designs.
Jun 2015 – Historic England describe the public benefit of the
MotorHouse scheme as, “considerable, not only because of the
range of new entertainment and leisure facilities that would be
provided, but also as a result of bringing active use and vitality
back to this neglected part of the conservation area”.
Aug 2015 – PMH teams with Canterbury Christ Church
University and Royal Harbour Academy to apply for a Heritage
Lottery Fund Young Roots project grant for a photographic
project based on the SEAS Archive called – Projection SEAS: a
contemporary response to an historic archive.
Mar-Sept 2015 – PMH receives monies from Low Carbon
Unit of Kent County Council as part of the European Regional
Development Fund 2007-2013 towards the cost of consultancy
on the design.
Oct 2015 – PMH receives a substantial HLF Young Roots grant
to do Projection SEAS - a joint project with Canterbury Christ
Church University, Royal Harbour Academy and artists such as
Rachel Wilberforce-Andrews, Theresa Smith, Adamski and Big
Jelly Studios.
Nov 2015 – Guy Hollaway’s team present their second version
of the designs to the trustees and it is enthusiastically received.
Nov 2015 – Brenda Blethyn does a fund raiser on behalf of
Project MotorHouse.
Nov 2015 – Mouthin Off for MotorHouse Concert (starring Linda
Lewis, Steve Ansell, Celloman, Sarah Head and students of Royal
Harbour Academy) kick starts the crowd funding campaign.
Nov 2015 – Scheme goes to public consultation.
SCHEME GOES
TO PUBLIC
CONSULTATION
SITE LOCATION AND ANALYSIS
TRANSPORTATION
LINKS:
HISTORICAL
PEDESTRIAN ROUTE
Direct link to the A2
77 minutes HS1 from
London
1.0 miles
19 minutes
Viking Coastal Trail
RAMSGATE TRAIN
STATION
Site
Total Site Area 0.51Acre
(Equivalent to 0.2 Hectare, 2098sqm)
HARBOUR ARM
PMH SITE
Jul 1914 – The West
Cliff Hall and Gardens
opens to the public
1970s – The original
seafront
terrace
was
extended to its current size
which is approximately 600
square metres.
RECLAIMED LAND TO
CREATE INDUSTRIAL PORT
1950s – The old
Victorian baths next to
the West Cliff collapsed
down onto what is
now the port.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
LISTED BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES IN PROXIMITY
TO THE SITE
St AUGUSTINE’S
ROAD
VIEWS FROM EXISTING
HOUSING PRESERVED
4.
PREVIOUS
ACCESS POINT
VIEWS
1
PROPOSED
ACCESS
POINTS
2
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HISTORICAL
CRESCENT
PEDESTRIAN ROUTE
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PAN
PARAGON PROMENADE
3.
SITE PHOTOGRAPHS:
1.
2.
3.
1
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1. West Cliff Concert Hall
2. View from Promenade
3. View from the lower promenade before construction
of the terrace
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
5
VIEW FROM PARAGON APPROACH
STRATEGIC CONCEPT:
1. Remove the existing building
HISTORICAL PEDESTRIAN
ROUTE RETAINED OVER NEW
PROMENADE ROOF
SERVICING ACCESS
2. Rebuild the frame and promenade
PUBLIC ACCESS
PROPOSED ACCESS POINTS
LINK MILITARY ROAD WITH THE
TERRACE
SITE APPROACH - ACCESS DIAGRAM
3. Extend to the rear
INCLINE LIFT ENSURES
VIEWS TO RAMSGATE
HISTORIC HARBOUR ARE
NOT OBSTRUCTED
4. Create access and servicing points
5. Create pop up structures on promenade
ENTRANCE
PAVILION
LONG DISTANCE VIEWS
CONTROLLED BY
LOCATION AND DEPTH
OF WINDOW REVEALS
MEZZANINE BAR
SMALL FUNCTION
ROOM
EXTERNAL
DINING
KITCHEN
RESTAURANT
LONG DISTANCE
VIEWS TOWARDS
THE SEA
VIEW LINE FOCUSED ON
HORIZON; THE INDUSTRIAL PORT
BELOW IS HIDDEN FROM VIEW
SOLID BALUSTRADE
CONTROLS VIEW
FROM EXTERNAL
SEATING
AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSAL
CURRENT CONDITION
EXISTING CONDITION RENDERS THE BUILDING UNSAFE,
THEREFORE IT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE DEMOLISHED
ORIGINAL FEATURE INTERESTING TO RECREATE
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CONSTRUCTION STRATEGY
NEGOTIATION
OF A SAFE
ACCESS ROUTE
1. HOARDING
INSTALLATION
‘VIEWING WINDOWS’
INTRODUCED TO ALLOW
THE COMMUNITY TO
TRACK AND OBVSERVE
CONSTRUCTION
PROGRESS
CRANE
INSTALLED
ON A LOWER
PROMENADE
HOARDING INTRODUCED TO
PROVIDE A SAFE AND SECURE
SITE . PROVIDES A CANVAS FOR
ADVERTISING AND KEEPING THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY INFORMED
ON PROGRESS.
2. DEMOLITION
ALL CLEARANCE
AND HEAVY PLANT
MANOUVERING
MANAGED VIA
MILITARY ROAD
M
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ITA
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RO
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3. PRIMARY
STRUCTURE
REINFORCEMENT WORK TO
RETAINING WALLS
LOCAL PILING
WORKS
RE-CONSTRUCT
THE BUILDING S
FRAME
4. REPROVISION
OF THE ROOF
REPROVISION OF THE
ROOF TO RE-INSTATE
PROMENADE
NEW HOARDING
INTRODUCED, WHILE
REMAINDER OF
CONSTRUCTION
WORK CONTINUES
ARCHITECTURAL PLANS
2
2
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE RESTAURANT LOOKING TOWARDS THE SEA
CURRENT PARKING
PROVISION AT THE LOWER
PROMENADE LEVEL
TOTAL NUMBER OF
SPACES 8
PICTURE GALLERY OF VIEWS
WINDOWS ARE STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED TO FRAME
VIEWS FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE BUILDING THIS SERIES OF FRAMED VIEWS CREATES A PICTURE GALLERY
EFFECT, AKIN TO THAT OF AN ART GALLERY WALL
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MILITARY ROAD EXTRACT
PRELIMINARY
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Revisions
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PROPOSED LOWER PROMENADE PLAN
3
All dimensions are to be checked on site prior to fabrication and the Architect should be
notified of any discrepancy
Do not scale from this drawing
50-60 SEATER
CINEMA SCREEN
CINEMA KIOSK, BOX
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Project
Project Motor House
Client
London
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Title
Kent | The Tramway Stables | Rampart Road | Hythe | Kent | CT21 5BG
| Fourth Floor
261 Pentonville Road
Scale
Date
Drawn
1:125/250 @ A1/3
Jan 2015
MJH
Chk'd
50-60 SEATER
CINEMA SCREEN
80-90 SEATER
CINEMA SCREEN
-
EXPANDABLE
FUNCTION ROOM
SEATING 80+
EXTERNAL STAGE
+ BACK OF HOUSE
FLEXIBLE THEATRE
SPACE SEATING 140 IN
RETRACTABLE SEATING
1
THEATRE BACK OF
HOUSE
GROUND FLOOR
EXTERNAL SCREEN SET WITHIN
RECESS AND COVERED WITH A
ROOM TO REDUCE LEAKAGE OF
LIGHT
WIRELESS HEADPHONES
USED TO MITIGATE
DISRUPTIVE SOUND
DELIVERY LAY-BY TO
SEPARATE SERVICING LIFT
MILITARY ROAD EXTRACT
PMH
MANAGEMENT
OFFICES
EXTERNAL CINEMA
3
RENTABLE FUNCTION
SPACE
PLANT
CLOAKROOM
THEATRE BAR
CINEMA BACK OF HOUSE
1
THEATRE BACK OF HOUSE
MEZZANINE LEVEL
5
Allows for large event,
with 174 seated
comfortably around
circular tables
Acoustic screen walls
folded back into hidden
store within wall
Tiered seating collapsed
into hidden store within
wall
ALTERNATIVE LAYOUT OF FUNCTION & THEATRE SPACE
N1 9NG
Revision
RETRACTABLE
ACOUSTIC SCREENS
DIVIDE THE SPACES TO
ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY
OF ARRANGEMENT
4
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14.075.113
OVERSIZE KITCHEN FOR
INCREASED SERVICE
CAPACITY
EXTERNAL
AMPHITHEATRE
SEATING UP TO
200 PEOPLE
London
Drawing Number
DESTINATION
RESTAURANT
75-80 COVERS PLUS
ADDITIONAL EXPANSION
OF EXTERNAL SEATING
2
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Proposed Lower Promenade Floor
RESTAURANT/ BAR
KIOSK
1
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PROMENADE LEVEL ENTRANCE EXTRACT
3
VIEW FROM THE EXTERNAL TERRACE
CREATING A MEMORY
TRACE
FRAMING VIEWS
THE EXISTING FACADE CONTAINS A NUMBER OF INTERESTING
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES. BY TAKING MOULDS OF THIS PRIOR
TO DEMOLITION, WE PROPOSE RE-CREATING SOME ELEMENTS
OF THE ORIGINAL, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, TO
CREATE A MEMORY TRACE OF THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED DEEP WINDOW FRAMES PROVIDE DIRECT VISUAL
CONNECTION TOWARDS THE SEAFRONT CONTROLLING THE VIEW AND FOCUSSING
THE EYE ON MORE DESIRABLE LONG DISTANCE HORIZON.
PRECEDENTS OF INVERSE CASTING
4
INTERIOR OF THE RESTAURANT
4
VIEW FROM THE EXTERNAL TERRACE
PRECEDENT EXAMPLES OF FENESTRATION INTERVENTIONS ON HISTORICAL FACADES