Womens refuge and counselling centre Bournemouth (2019)
This work was undertaken to address Bournemouth's issue of housing the homeless. Due to the size of the site and the quantity of homeless people living in the area, it was estimately that site could only accomodate 50-60 people.
As this was the estimated quantity of homeless women in the area, it catered to their needs as a specialist demographic: aiming to house them in a protected environment and provide them the means to rehabilite themselves and each other into normative lifestyles.
The site is designed to enable the women in residence to interact with Levels 0-3, but those visiting to not have access to levels above this to ensure the resident's safety.
It is fully self-funding due to the ground floor and first level accomodating commercial businesses - which cover the water and electrical costs of the floors above.
L1 Floorplan
L0 Yoga Studio and Leased Consultation Rooms
L1 Floor Plan
L1 Cafe and Smoothie Bar
L1 'Pop up' Micro Shops: Leased to Residents
L1 Public Restrooms
L2 Floorplan
L2 Communal Living Spaces and Kitchen
L3-5 Floorplan
L3 Communal Living Spaces : 'LIVING CUBE' Design
L6 Floorplan
L5 Disability and Family Suites
L7 Fenced Roof Garden
L6 Floorplan
The 'LIVING CUBE' was a custom-made furniture piece for the site, with incoporated a closed environment for the user to sleep and study with fitted, lockable storage. It was one of the only design solutions that could be used to house 54 residents (10% of the local homeless population).
LIVING CUBE: Rendering demonstrating utility of internal space
TECHNICAL DRAWING: CROSS SECTION
MODEL: AUDIO-PROOF FIXTURE MECHANISM
