Line Kay Spengler

Professional Work / Trodahl Arkitekter / Summer 2019

Trodahl Arkitekter blev inviteret til, at deltage i en boligkonkurrence omhandlende udviklingen af dele af en ejendom, tidligere kendt som Havanna Badeland, i Sandnes i Norge.

På baggrund af projektbeskrivelsen foreslår vi et tydeligt men fleksibelt greb, hvor alle lejligheder får lys fra to sider. Samtidig spiller projektet videre på den unikke identitet, som ligger i områdets historie om det savnede Havanna Badeland.

Ejendommen ligger strategisk placeret langs den nye busrute og den prioriterede byudviklingsakse i Skippergata. Grunden er omgivet af eksisterende bygningsmasser mod både øst og vest. Desuden er de tre nederste etager delvist omringet af ekisterende bygninger mod syd. Her er der tilstrækkeligt med areal til opbevaring, parkering, cykelparkering, teknik samt fællesarealer.

Projektet lægger op til 31 lejligheder med et totalt 2.011 m² salgbart boligareal (ekskl. private haver/ balkoner og fællesarealer). Derudover er der etableret et stort fælles areal for både trænings- og spafacilititeter.

Der er taget hensyn til et rationelt byggesystem med gennemgående bærende konstruktioner over alle etageplaner. Skakte og toiletfacilitieter er placeret direkete over hinanden med tanke på teknisk rørføring af diverse installationer. Svalegange og balkoner er fritstillet fra facaden og etableret med gentagelse således, at der ikke opstår situationer med “kolde” rum over “varme”. Det antages at diverse teknikrum bliver etaberet i bygningens eksisterende kælderetage.

Byggehøjden ligger indenfor reguleringsplanens højdebegrænsning på +20,5, men projektforslaget kan principielt sagtens udføres i flere etager end anvist. Parkeringskrav inkl. cykelparkering antages for løst i den eksisterende bygningsmasse, og ude opholdsarealer kan indgå i nogle af de omkringliggende eksisterende arealer samt fællesarealer på tagterrassen.

Savnet efter Havanna Badeland er stort. Vi tror derfor, der ligger særlig potentiale i at genetablere dele af Havanna som et nyt offentlig spa anlæg. Forslagets indgangssituation vil enkelt kunne kombineres med de publikumsrettede nabovirksomheder i de eksisterende arealer under Coop Xtra. De tekniske installationer findes allerede og med enkelte greb kan dele af den eksisterende bygningsmasse transformeres til et eksklusivt nyt spa anlæg, som spiller videre på sitets historiske identitet som tidligere badeland.

Professional Work / John McAslan + Partners / Spring 2019

John McAslan + Partners has been designing the new Said Business School where as part of a team has been developing the Revit BIM model during Stage 2-4.

Osney Power Station, initially built in 1892, has a unique position in the history of electricity generation. It is a distinctive building with an enviable setting on the banks of the River Thames/ Isis, close to the railway station and Oxford city centre.

Said Business School has a unique position as one of the leading business schools within one of the world's top universities. The school now needs a new facility within the centre of Oxford, replacing its building at Egrove Part, to cater as a residential building for high-calibre bespoke courses for international business people.

The business school require a building with a minimum of 120 hotel-style bedrooms, four flexible teaching rooms and flexible dining facilities for 140 participants, as well as a gym for leisure use.

The building has been extensively adapted and extended as needed since it was first built. The proposal continues the history as another adaptation. The large shed are extended towards the river and a third shed is introduced on the south. A 'veil' is introduced to the new facades, an architectural device which unifies and continues the industrial aesthetic, and helps to control solar gain in the building and overlooking to the neighbouring houses.

The best of the existing building fabric is to be retained and conserved, including the high quality brickwork facades, roof form, industrial structure, cranes and the large internal volumes where possible.

A new courtyard is formed within the building allowing daylight and natural ventilation to accommodation in the centre of the deep plan form.

The new structure will be steel with concrete floor slabs on piled foundations. Relatively closely placed columns help to keep the structural depth slim and, therefore, building height low. The ground floor is raised in response to the threat from flood.

Professional Work / John McAslan + Partners / Spring 2019

John McAslan + Partners submitted a Stage 0-2 Project Report including a Project Brief for the redevelopment of The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (CONEL).

Initially a series of strategic development options were made and appraised to understand the cost, planning, phasing and procurement implications of each permutation and has let to this final preferred option; a 32,000 m² new proposed development on the site. The development consists of a new College Campus as well as a new residential scheme - a configuration combining new-build and refurbishment, in where John McAslan + Partners were to design the new College.

Our vision was to create a transformative scheme that will redevelop CONEL’s existing facilities to provide teaching and learning spaces including specialist facilities for Construction and Engineering training. The learners require a first-class industry standard vocational training centre at Tottenham so they may gain expertise in Construction Engineering, Digital, Heath and Care along with other specialist technical education pathways as Preparation for Employment.

This transformative scheme to redevelop CONEL will reconsider the entire current campus site including all the existing buildings on the current site. The proposed scheme retains the listed Tottenham Green Building and the locally listed Front Building. Both buildings will be converted into residential apartments and the Front Building would be the front of a new residential courtyard,

Furthermore, the scheme retains the Tower Block, Centenary Block, and the Building Block which will all be part of the new College scheme. With the refurbishment of the Building Block and new infills around the Tower Block and Centenary Block, a fully refurbished college of 13,900 m² is proposed. As a result, the college buildings are naturally clustered together as a cohesive overall campus for learners and staff alike. This creates a central heart for the college and the opportunity to define a distinct college identity.

Professional Work / John McAslan + Partners / Spring 2018

John McAslan + Partners was among the 5 shortlisted for the design competition of a new 13,500 m² Research Centre at the University of Exeter. A new place for work and learning, as well as a place where members of the University and its community collide creatively. Our concept for the new campus was to create a vibrant space that allows the building occupants and wider University community to interact and exchange ideas relating to the factors and forces that shape our world.

The architecture, landscape and environment are conceived as a singular entity; with massing, topography, interior and exterior spaces informing each other. The building “flows” down the hill and creates several views to the outside as well as a roof terrace that brings the landscape even more inside the building.

The building footprint purposely corresponds with the existing car park layout. This minimises the impact on the surrounding landscape and in particular minimises the felling of mature trees which make a significant contribution to the arboretum character of the campus.

The vertical pin wheel arrangement of floor plates has been carefully arrange to integrate with the surrounding landscape levels, balancing cut and fill operations, but also carving out from the hillside a series of landscape “stages” or platforms that create external extensions of the internal spaces. Also it ensures that the building responds to the topography in a manner which maximises the long distant views outwards from this elevated site.

The landscape “stages” create multiple points of ingress and egress, and also provide a series of linked multi-functional spaces for activities and events. In addition to the interface of building envelope and surrounding landscape, this integrated and layered approach continues within the building footprint, where courtyards and roof gardens provide areas for contemplation and dramatic views.

Professional Work / John McAslan + Partners / Spring 2018

John McAslan + Partners has development the Phase 1 of the Lancaster University Innovation Campus located to the north-west of the main University Campus along A6 route to the City of Lancaster.

As part of a team I've helped producing the Stage 4 facade drawing package. The proposed elevations are derived from the ambition to create a building that fits naturally into the landscape and a design that reflects its surroundings. The horizontal so called 'strata' bands slide out from the landscape, accentuating the linearity of the building and a connection to the topography. The strong horizontals are overlaid by elegant verticals that sit within the 'strata' bands. As the bands wrap around the building facade the expression of the verticals changes dependent on use and orientation of the building.

The primary colour palette of external materials combine natural stone coloured and earth tones to allow the building to sit comfortably into the natural landscape and colours of the site. Each facade type is based on the same detailing principles with the same materials and modules to create a standardised system. The facade types use the three core building materials CRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete), Perforated and textured anodised aluminium panels and Glass.

Facade Type 1 is used on the south-east elevation only, along which the predominant use is offices. The GRC bands frame each floor whilst GRC angled panels from a deep reveal for glare protection. Each single office has one full heigh window and one opening panel that sits behind the perforated metal for ventilation.

Facade Type 2 expresses the space behind as a double height volume with the floor slab set behind the elevation. GRC pilasters sits between the wider horizontal GRC bands. A mix of glazing and perforated metal panels are set back within the GRC frame. Solid opening panels sit behind the perforated metal for ventilation.

Facade Type 3 is in general full height curtain walling, around the atrium, creating bright welcoming reception, cafe and break-out areas. A perforated metal panel is fixed externally to the upper levels of the curtain walling to provide protection from overheating and glare and to create dynamic variations to the quality of light within the space.

Professional Work / John McAslan + Partners / Winter 2017

John McAslan + Partners was among the 10 shortlisted for U.K. Holocaust Memorial International Design Competition.

The proposal is a 2,400 m² sunken space in the centre of Victoria Garden with an interactive Memorial at its core. The learning centre will be constructed in two floors beneath the 200 m² Memorial – firstly the 1,000 m² threshold floor, secondly the 1,200 m² exhibition floor - accessed from the excavated space adjacent to the memorial.

In Jewish tradition, laying a stone at a grave is intended to project against disturbance and to mark the many visitors over years who come to remember those who have died. This simple act binds generations together. The Holocaust shattered this very foundation stone of Jewish Tradition. Its legacy is not just the elimination of nearly six million Jews but the grievous loss of generations that never came to be – millions of stones yet to be placed. And so in the ritual of placing and taking the stone we see an effort to mark memory and legacy over generations. Taking the stone captures that individual memory and symbolises our individual and collective commitment to justice and tolerance. This is our proposal. A pile of six million stones placed at, and then taken from the centre of London.

Lowering the Memorial and Learning Centre entrance into the ground hides the lift shafts, lobbies etc. from the view in the ground plane. Raising the ground minimises the impact of the ramps and stairs. The accessible sloped lawns create an impressive view of the Thames and are spaces for people to sit, walk and gather around. By keeping to the existing park language of paths and grass, and natural language of stones, there is a balance between a meaningful place to contemplate the enormity of the Holocaust, and the treasured green oasis of a park in central London.

Professional Work / John McAslan + Partners / Summer 2017

John McAslan + Partners has been working on a Pre-Application Design Statement for the British Museum Archaeological Research Collection in Shinfield near Reading.

The brief is to design a significant storage and research facility to house and provide access to some of the worlds-renowned archaeological collections of ancient sculpture, mosaics, archaeological assemblages, and historic cast collections in connection with the British Museum.Hereby to grow the educational and cultural relationship with the University of Reading and enhance Wokingham Borough’s profile.

The British Museum is searching for a 15-20 acre site with a well-defined and secure perimeter, sufficient to accommodate a building of two phases. First phase of approx. 17,000 m² (this proposal) and ultimately up to 31,000 m² when including the second phase. The principle groups of users will be the staff of the British Museum and visitors of the University Archaeology Department.

The approx. 18 acre (72,843 m²) site is located on Cutbush Lane immediately south of the M4 and sits adjacent to St. Johns Copse (which is protected ancient woodland) and flanks both Cutbush Lane and the road down to the University of Reading’s Old House Farm. In addition there are a number of gas mains that run adjacent to the proposed site which constrain the footprint of the development.

This design proposal reflects the British Museum’s preferred option. It delivers the needs of the brief while mitigating impact on the site’s surrounding landscape assets and consists of a new building which primary function is as a collection storage, loan and research centre with a simple, logistic, and functional efficient layout.

The materiality of the proposal is a combination of three primary materials consisting of corrugated metal panels in a dark hue, cladding panels in a contrasting colour to the metal clad. With glazing finishes of clear and opaque glazing modules.

Master project / 10th semester / spring 2016 / group work

The project is located in the heart of Copenhagen in an intersection between one of the more congested gateways to the city and one of the most attractive recreation areas in the city centre. The vision has been to create a new cultural platform for several social activities all year round. With it's central location the project is meant to improve the current situation dealing with a problematic infrastructure in the area. It also helps to include the many existing users of the area; pedestrians, exercisers, cyclists and the small dinghy club by the lakes.

The intension has been to challenge the traditional public swimming pools and to create an alternative place and experience. A place with a great focus on both the cultural and historical aspects of public bathing and with inspiration from both old public baths of Copenhagen as well as specific bathing traditions worldwide. The new urban bath includes both outdoor as well as indoor facilities for common use, stay, and activities for the citizens of Copenhagen.

The project is situated towards the west corner of the site in the hub between the traffic and the recreational route along The Lakes. The building concept consists of a new so-called water tower, a new bridge connection, and a building of a more landscape-inspired character facing towards the lake. The water tower indicates a new urban trademark on the site. The new bridge connects with the existing cycling and walking paths and creates a natural and continuously connection between the two lakes Peblinge Sø and Sankt Jørgens Sø. Finally the landscape-inspired building shapes create new amenity spaces for outdoor activities towards the lake.

Master program / 9th semester / autumn 2015 / group work

Kirke Hvalsø is a small town located in the municipality of Lejre. The town only consists of approximately 4,000 inhabitants and is struggling with increased emigration in general. Subsequently stores are closing down, buildings becomes empty, and the streets seem completely deserted.

There is an old sanatorium located 9 km south of the town. It's surrounded by forests and fields which makes it appear as a rather distant place. Today it's functioning as a centre and home for asylum seekers coming from all over the world. The place is calculated to accommodate approx. 600 residents but due to the increased amount of asylum seekers over the past years the number has now grown to more than 800. The space is limited, the asylum seekers have nothing to do and they are completely isolated from the rest of the society.

The vision for the project has been to create a new strategy for settlements of asylum seekers in smaller communities as in this example in Kirke Hvalsø. By doing so the asylum seekers and the local citizens of Kirke Hvalsø could benefit from each other and contribute to both a better integration as well as an overall more positive town development.

The aim is to create a new community in Kirke Hvalsø. A place where the local citizens and the asylum seekers can meet, cook, and dine together. The future soup kitchen is meant to act as a new gathering point for social food activities. The asylum seekers will be settled in small houses and become part of the existing neighbourhoods. The asylum seekers should then help running the soup kitchen and kitchen gardens which as a result hopefully could give a better sense of belonging in the society.

Bachelor / 6th semester / spring 2014 / individual work

The main focus in this project has been to improve an old industrial site called Magle Mølle adjacent to Næstved City Centre. The site was originally an old paper factory. Today it appears more or less deserted with only a few industrial companies left mainly dealing with reuse and recycling of different waste materials. By adding a new function to the site the intention has been to attracts new visitors to the area - especially the younger generations. With this project we are creating a new platform and playground for innovation and experimentation within the field of recycling of materials – a “from trash to treasure” principle.

The intention has been to merge the existing industry with a new educational functions on the site. Hence create a new symbiosis where the materials of the industry and city will be the resources of the new school and workshops. The new building structures are executed in more stages which imitates the original establishment methods of the industrial area. The new School of Recycling can be considered as an catalyst for future development and functional renewal of the area.

The new established buildings should be executed in recycling materials from the site and create a new physical connection between the industry and the waterfront next to the harbour. There will also be added a secondary urban space in terms of densified new pavement to optimise the human scale on site. The workshops are located closest to the existing industry whereas the student residence are facing the waterfront. The lecturing- and conference rooms are situated as an extension to the entrance area in relation to the city. The new building structures are gradually descending towards the waterfront which creates a new wharf and an outdoor amenity space.

Bachelor / 6th semester / spring 2014 / individual work

The new fish market and wharf are located in Nordhavn. Nordhavn is an old shipping harbour in the middle of a transformation and a new urban planning proposal has been developed for the entire area. The proposal suggests a new city centre of mix use and includes both residential developments as well as more business oriented use with offices and small boutiques. This project is situated in the dock called Kronløbsbassinet adjacent to a new established metro station. In this scheme the larger island from the master plan proposal has been replaced with three smaller islands surrounded by narrow canal systems.

The combination of canals and smaller pools creates green spaces for outdoor activities along the waterfront.

The three islands each have a function and identity. “The Industrial Island” is working as a fish market with buildings for both wholesales and retail as well as a separate smokery. “The Wharf Island” consists of a fish restaurant/café, sea swimming facilities and a club for rowing and kayaking. And finally “The Harbor Island” includes a marina for both yachts, fishing- and sailboats, and other relevant facilities.

The overall concept has been to create a link from the green bike- and pedestrian route across the islands and its different functions. This is done by intentionally working with a new so called “boardwalk”. A boardwalk starting from the green bike- and pedestrian path, passing “The Wharf Island” with the light and transparent-looking fish restaurant/ café and ending by the marina on the “Harbor Island”. By creating this oriented walk visitors get a various number of experiences throughout their journey on the dock.

Bachelor / 5th semester / autumn 2013 / individual work

The project is located in the neighbourhood of Frederiksberg in Copenhagen and is surrounded by a green and attractive campus area that stretches between two metro stations.

The vision for the culture house has been to create a public building with a common place for both the students on the campus and for the local citizens of the neighbourhood. A great focus has been on how to develop an attractive and welcoming space. In this case as a building shape that attracts attention and opens up to the many people passing the site - both during day- and nighttime.

The culture house consists of a main building (approx. 2,100 m²) and a smaller secondary building (approx. 800 m²). The main building includes a book café, a workspace for reading and studying, an administration office, studios for creative workshops, and a larger hall-room acting as a multifunctional area. An area meant for e.g. exhibitions, concerts, and lectures. The smaller secondary building is only solved on an overall conceptual level and is meant to contain more studios for creative workshops for both day and night events.

Bachelor / 4th semester / spring 2013 / individual work

The project is designed for a multicultural family with cultural relations to both Denmark and Turkey. The villa consists of respectively a residential part, a guest section and an additional local business. Furthermore the villa includes some larger roof terraces integrated on first and second floor facing the waterfront.

The elongated and triangle-shaped site is located in an intersection between a heavy congested street and a more quiet residential road with a boardwalk along the seaside.

The villa has an architectural expression inspired by some of the old Turkish residential building traditions. The references appear both in the materiality, the external expression as well as in the internal layout and configuration of the building.

The spatial intentions for the project have been to create better connections and interactions between the immediate divided functions (the residential part, guest section and local business). Visual connections are created between the different rooms and functions in order to integrate the three functional components and optimize their mutual relationships.

Finally the perforated wooden facade panels create a distinctive light inside specific rooms and reflect an architectural expression of a more Arabian character.

Bachelor / 3rd semester / autumn 2012 / individual work

The sports- and activity centre is designed to include 5 different sport facilities. Facilities for the physical tough and hardcore martial arts; boxing and wrestling, wide open spaces for badminton activities, and smaller and more intimate rooms for spiritual yoga and pilates.

Visual connections are created between the activities. A sport tribune appears as the focal point of the building's interior. Here you can easily and unfettered move around and switch between watching boxing, wrestling and badminton activities. A translucent wall creates equally a visual connection between the badminton hall and the room for the yoga and pilates activities. The moving silhouettes appear anonymous but reveal at the same time the activities taking place in the space on the opposite side.

All sport facilities are connected with a core of common changing and shower facilities. Multiple spaces have a direct access to the outside running track as well as a garden area - both designed for outdoor exercising.

The white concrete appears as ribbons twisting in and out of the massive brick walls and reflects both the external and internal orthogonal architectural expression. In the intersections of the concrete and brick elements there are created long horizontal window gabs to optimize the natural light in the building. The brick walls are folding in and out of the facades and creates a more smooth transition of what is defined as internal and external spaces in the building.

“The floating box” is the most characteristic feature of the building. The box is floating above the ground level, stretching outside the plot area, to reach the street, and attracts the attention of people when passing by.

Bachelor / 2nd semester / spring 2012 / individual work

The creative workshops consists of a various number of creative workshops which are offered for the citizens of the region.

The building includes “The Large Scale Workshop” for work that requires a lot of space, “The Hobby Workshop” for medium sized working tasks and “A Quiet Workshop” for smaller working tasks that only requires to sit behind a desk. The building also includes some common spaces, a gallery/an exhibition hall, and finally a smaller studio for photography and movie making.

“Transition” has been a key word for the development of the entire project. At first hand when approaching the building it expresses a rather closed facade towards its surroundings. But when moving up closer the building encounter a clear transition and gradually starts to open up. It now reflects a more welcoming facade expression due to the several characteristic diagonal cuts. Cuts that not only gives the facades a rather artistic expression but also helps to indicate directions of how to enter the building.

The transition from the neighbour gable and to the building is indicated by volumes which is gradually stepping downwards. They create an ongoing rhythm and reflect a movement as the building is “twisting” its way free of the gable.

The external architectural expression reflects the internal connections between the different workshops and activities and the connections is indicated externally by the overlap of the several building volumes. Simultaneously there is created a physical overlap of the internal rooms to achieve a higher symbolic interaction between the workshops and functions in the building.

The building appears as a folding and twisting movement that reflects the internal spacial relationships and interactions.