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N AD676 Experience & Systems:
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Subject To Change
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Kamila Filipek
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Project Introduction 3-5
Chapter 1 - The User(s) 6-31
Walt Disney 10-15
N P. L Travers
Characters inter-relationship
Mary Poppins
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IN TRODUCTION
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This project is all about designing a ‘Public House’
Chapter 2 - Mapping 32-49 for ‘The Unlikely Bedfellows’. By inspiring myself
The Site 34-35 from semester one where we were dealing with
Understanding the Site 36-43 issues surrounding spatial (in-)justice. We used
E History 44-45 that information to find ½ of the household for the
‘public house’ and second part are the ‘opposite’.
Context Mapping 46-49 Together they will form the ‘unlikely bedfellows’.
The main aim of this project is to meet the challenge to
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Chapter 3 - Strategy design a house and ensure that both of the households
Precedent 1 50-63 can coinhabit with one another. Additionally,
Precedent 2 54-57 designing a space for the ‘social event’ where all
Precedent 3 58-59 (households and public) will have a chance to meet.
T Bibliography
60-63 Throughout this almanac, you will be introduced
into the process of designing the ‘Public House’.
At the end you will have a clear idea who are the
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64-67 bedfellows, how they cooperate with each other and
how the house will function at the social event. You
will have a chance to see how different processes
of thinking can lead to the success of this project.
This process includes deep research into the
users of the house, precedents of existing project
in order to inform design strategy and material
exploration to get the feeling of the final design.
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Semester 1 Semester 2
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In the first semester we were designing In semester 02, I will carry on with the idea of
installations for Brighton Fringe Festival in the childhood and play. When it came to choose
summer 2021. We were dealing with the issue my first character, I was looking for someone
of spatial (in-)justice. The project was called that has something to do with play, fun or
‘Bring the playtime back’ and was about kids, childhood, someone that never grew up.
that can’t be kids anymore in this world. We After research, I have decided to choose Walt
often forget that children today are growing Disney and the reason behind this is that, I
up in a very tech-focused environment that feel like he has a lot to do with the thing I
is the antithesis of how many of us grew up was looking for. Disney was a huge part of
in the world of fun and outdoor playing. most peoples childhoods as many of us were
watching and growing up with his cartoons.
The main aim of this installation was to help
kids feel the freedom we used to have as a For my second character I was looking for
kid and let them explore things in the way someone that is the opposite from Walt
their parents and grandparents did years Disney, someone with more of a serious
ago without any fear, crime or technology. personality. So, I have chosen P. L Travers. The
main reason behind choosing Travers was
that I find out that they used to work together.
The second reason was that her personality
is the completely opposite to Disney’s.
The main connection between my two
characters is that both knew each other in the
past when they were making the film ‘Mary
Poppins’, but their relationship wasn’t too
good as they had many arguments because
Travers did not like Disneys ideas for adding
animations to the movie. On the other
hand, they both had something to do with
childhoods; Disney was creating cartoons and
animations and Travers was writing books for
kids.They both were very strong-willed artists.
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THE USER(S)
As a designers, it is important to understand
deeply what the needs are of our users.
In this chapter, we will go further in getting to know
the characters of this project as closely as we can.
You will find unexpected connections between
both characters as well as their difference in
personalities. After this chapter you will have
clear knowledge of the users of the ‘Public House’
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Meet Characters Closer....
I carried out the research on my selected characters. What I wanted to achieve by this, was to get as
much information as possible about my users. The reason behind being that this information will be very
useful for me during this project and it will be much easier for me to meet the needs of my bedfellows.
CHARACTER 1
character 2
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Walt Disney Pamela Lyndon Travers
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That’s the real trouble
with the world, Too
many people grow up.
--Walt Disney--
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Walt Disney
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Walt Disney (1901-1966) was an American he was rejected as he was underage. This
entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor didn’t stop him as he joined the Red Cross
and film producer. Disney was a co-founder and went to France to drive an ambulance
of Walt Disney Productions which became for a year. In 1919 he moved back to the U.S.
one of the best-known motion-picture From that year, Disney started to work at
production companies in the world. He the Kansas City Film Ad Company. During
was also best known for his production of the same year, Disney started experimenting
cartoons such as Mickey Mouse or Sleeping with a camera, doing hand-drawn cel
Beauty. Walt was a very successful man animations. This made him open his own
as he won a total of 32 Academy Awards animation business. In 1923, Disney, his
between 1931 and 1968 and was the founder brother and cartoonist Un Iwerks moved
of a popular theme park widely known to Hollywood and to open the Disney
today: Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Brothers’ Cartoon Studio which soon
Walt had a great affinity for toys and changed the name to Walt Disney Studio.
his biggest hobby was building trains. Disney created more than 100 feature films.
The ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’
Early Life and Education: were the first full-length animated films.
Disney spent most of his childhood in Disney’s last major success that he
Marceline, Missouri, where he began drawing, produced himself was the motion picture
painting and selling pictures to neighbours Mary Poppins, which came out in 1964
and family friends. Later, he started to and mixed live action and animation.
develop his hobby towards trains. It all
started when his family moved to Kansas City Disney’s personality:
in 1911 when his father and uncle worked on Walt was a very honest, enthusiastic and
railroads and Disney worked selling snacks couraging person. His persistence and
and newspapers to travellers at the station. ferocious temper made him a very good
Walt attended to drawing and photography leader and innovator. He was able to
classes in McKinley High School in Chicago, get people to trust him and his dreams.
during that time he also was taking courses
at the Art Institute of Chicago. At the age of
16, he dropped school to join the Army, but 5
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It was 6:30 in the morning, Disney opened his eyes and quickly jumped of the bed with a
quick movement he put on his suit, he looks at his ties [1] and puts one on, his wardrobe was
Walt Disney’s Flatlay rich in ties and bows because Disney believed they add an elegant image.Then, he put on his
favourite watch[2] to keep him on time during the busy day at work. Quickly looked around
the dark bedroom which was lit only by the sunrise.A small, shiny object caught his attention,
it was his wedding ring[3], he always wore it as a sign of a happy marriage with his wife.
Disney walked through a large, heavy, wooden doors of his company, greeting people
with a smile on his face when with a bold step, he headed forward to his office. Walt
stopped in front of the office door and looked at the nameplate saying ‘Walt Disney’,
a big smile appeared of his face and with an optimistic movement he opened the
door. He took a deep breath and looked around. A large wooden desk stood in the
right corner of his office, behind there was a cupboard with all Disney’s achievements
and small character figures from his cartoons. Looking further, there was a piano,
armchairs with coffee table and a bookcase. At one moment, Disney stopped his sight
on the old drawing and painting equipment[4]. He closed his eyes and moved back
with his memories to the times he lived in Marceline, Missouri, as a young boy he
loved to paint, where later he was selling his painting to neighbours and family friends.
He opened his eyes and smiled, then went straight to his clean desk. As a busy man, Walt
loved to keep his desk organised.The left side was like a private side, he had a table lamp with
a picture of his daughters next to it.Then, there was a metal train toy[5] because trains were
one of his biggest hobbys and also there was a Mary Poppins movie ticket[6], he kept it for a
souvenir. On the other side there was a typewriter[7],which Disney used for writing laters,etc..
Disney took a quick look at his watch and it was approaching to 3pm, Disney took his
pen, pencils, journal and notebook[8,9,10,11] and placed the, in his bag and headed
to the meetings. On the way, he reached to his pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes
and a lighter[12,13], as an addicted person to cigarettes he always had them with him.
After long hours of work, he leans back on his leather armchair to take a short break
from the hard work. His relaxation was interrupted by a crack in his pocket, there
were nuts & crackers[14,15], Disney immediately knew it ment a quick snack time.
It was approaching 7pm, when Walt entered his home, a dark interior with heavy, wooden
furniture appeared in front of his eyes. He took his favourite armchair in the living
room and asked his wife for a glass of scotch mist drink.[16] Disney did not drink a
lot but after long day he liked to finish it with his favourite liquor- scotch mist drink.
information source: https://www.businessinsider.com/walt-disney-daily-routine-2018-3?r=US&IR=T#breakfast-was-a-simple-affair-for-disney-hed-typically-have-toast-eggs-juice-and-maybe-a-sausage-2
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CHARACTER 2
character 1
Walt Disney Pamela Lyndon Travers
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Pamela Lyndon Travers (P.L Travers) was an Sydney’s Normanhurst Girls School, she
American-British writer, she was born on began to love theatre. After, her wealthy
August 9, 1899 in Maryborough, Queens- family didn’t approve and like her gained
land, Australia and died on April 23, 1996 in reputation as a dancer and Shakespearean
London, UK. The best-known author for the actress, travers decided to move to Eng-
Mary Poppins series. She was very rich in land, settling herself in London during
fantasy kind of person who loved fairy tales 1924. Her biggest success was when she
and animals. This creativity led her to write published ‘Mary Poppins’ book in 1934. Af-
stories and poems at an early age. Travers’ terall, she was feared not be taken serious-
original name was Helen Lyndon Goff. She ly as a writer, so she started to write young
decided to change it in around 1921, she adult novels, a play, essays and lectures on
used her stage name of ‘Pamela Lyndon mythology and symbols. In 1964, Travers
Travers’, taking Travers from her father’s worked with Disney on Mary Poppins film
name and Pamela because ‘she thought its a which gave her great popularity and income.
‘pretty’ name and that ‘flowed’ with Travers. P.L Travers was never married or had kids.
In 1939, she adopted a son called Camillus.
Early Life and Education:
P. L Travers moved to New South Wales
with her mother and sister after her fa- Traver’s personality:
ther’s death. Travers Goff (her father) was Travers was very strict, proper and se-
a very heavy drinker and an unsuccessful rious. She was also very stubborn, de-
bank manager. After his death, her aunt was manding and commanding so working
supporting them. Travers was attending to with her wasn’t an easy job. We can also
Sydney’s Normanhurst Girls School. Her say that Pamela was very sentimental.
writing talents emerged during her teen
Pamela Lyndon Travers years, when she began publishing poems in
Australian periodicals. During her time in
18 19It was a cloudy morning in one of London’s boroughs. The row of white terrace
houses attract attention, especially one with pink doors. Peering inside this house you
could feel the silence, the whole house was silent, everything was perfectly stacked
in place. One of the front rooms was an office, heavy, wooden furniture were placed
on the both side walls, between them there was a wall with large bay window. In the
middle of this office was a heavy but not too big desk where she was sitting, Mrs P. L
Travers, with her eyes closed, lost in her thoughts. Suddenly, a bell rang all over the
house. She opened her eyes and looked around. On the shelf on the right side there
was a photo of her as a child with her family. Next to it there was an old theatrepass
[1] remembering her the times when she was acting in theatre during the beginning
of her career. Travers got up and went to open the door, it was Mr Russell, her agent.
-‘Hello Mrs Travers’ he said and walk in,
-‘hello Mr Russell’, Travers answered, ‘what brings you here?’ she asked.
He held a ticket from the premiere of ‘Mary Poppins’ [2] where Disney recreated
her novel about magical nanny into a movie. Pamela wasn’t happy with this movie
and she didn’t want to agree to it, she only have done it because of the money.
-‘I got something for you…’ he said.
-‘oh god, why you bring this? This movie was a disaster. I knew Mr Disney will apply his
treatment and change it to one of his musicals’, Travers said
and looked at her book ‘Mary Poppins’ [3] that was on her desk.
This novel bring her lots of success and she was very proud of it.
-‘But this movie was received very positive and as I told you before, you received a lot of
income..’ her agent said and looked at her.
-‘I don’t care!...’ she said
and sat back at her desk. Her workspace was perfectly organized, as was the rest of the house.
On the right side there was a desk lamp, and telephone. In the middle she had a typewriter [4]
that she used to write her books on. On the other side, there was a pile of notebooks, a journal
and pens [5,6,7] because as a busy woman and traveller she needed to keep herself organised.
-‘ohh Pamela..’ Mr Russell started but she stopped him,
-‘Mrs Travers!’ she said,
he sighed and started again
-‘Mrs Travers, you should be happy, everyone liked this movie and your ‘Mary Poppins’
will not be forgotten’, now it was her who sighed,
-‘is there anything else? Because I have to go’ she said, stood up and went straight to
the mirror in her living room and started putting on her jewellery.[8] Travers was a very
elegant woman and loved to wear her earrings, necklaces and bracelets. Then she took
her bag [9] full of old train tickets [10] and her passport [11] as she travelled a lot in
her life. She took her wallet with money [11] and pu it t in her bag. Travers looked at
her agent, who was standing and looking at her.
‘I really have to go’ she said and started walking in the direction of front door. Mr
Russell followed her and together they left the house.
information source: ‘Saving Mr Banks’ - https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/video/c9d09530-8b58-429d-918c-f7f9c9cd5a4b
20 21Don’t you know that
everybody’s got a Fairlyland
of their own?
-P.L.Travers
22 23Connection between characters
As mentioned before the connection between
chosen characters; Disney and Travers, is that they
used to work together on the movie ‘Mary Poppins’.
The story behind their collaboration started back
in 1940 when Disney’s daughters fell in love with P.
L Travers’ book Mary Poppins and Walt promised
them, he would adapt the enchanting story into a
movie. It wasn’t that easy as he thought because
Pamela didn’t want to agree to sell him screen
rights. That did not discourage him. For about
20years, Disney tried unsuccessfully to persuade
Travers to sell him screen rights. Finally, in 1964,
after Mary Poppins books royalties has dwindled
and at the urging of her agent, Travers agreed
just because of the need of money, to spend 2
weeks with Disney’s creative team. Travers went
to California with a specific attitude because
she wanted fully to sabotage the film and have
the right for the script. This all was because
“she was aghast at the idea of her Mary Poppins
being sentimentalized by the ‘Disney treatment.’”
They both are completely different
people but I believe, what connects
them the most is the fairy tale world.
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In order to know as much as possible about the
relationship between Disney and Travers, I was
inspired by the movie ‘Saving Mr Banks’. this film
is ‘based on true story’ . It is not a documentary,
but a highly-entertaining feature film loosely
based on the deeply antagonistic collaboration
between my two very strong-willed artists.
scenes from Mary Poppins movie
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author:Kamila Filipek - Mary Poppins movie
24 25Mary Poppins
“Practically perfect in every way.”
-Mary Poppins
I decided to do deeper research into Mary Poppins film because I want to have the best knowledge as possible about
the magical nanny. What I hope I would learn from it, is not only the story of Poppins but also what made Travers
create the magical character.
Originally, Mary Poppins is a children’s book by P. L
Travers. In 1964s, Travers together with Walt Disney have
created a movie based on the book. Poppins became
one of Disney’s most iconic and endearing characters.
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When creating Poppins,Travers was inspired by her great-
Mary Poppins flying Mr.Banks’ house on her umbrella
aunt, Helen Morehead. There is many probabilities that
Travers was inspired by her own childhood memories.
The story is about a magical nanny who used adventures
and music to help two neglected children to get closer to
their father called Mr banks. The story goes back to the
year 1910 when she took care of twins, Michael and Jane.
What describes Poppins the most are the words
“practically perfect in every way”. She looks like she
has no faults, and the kids adore her in every way.
Quick Summary of the movie.
The movie begins with Poppins sitting on the clouds.
During the east wind, Mary Poppins flies on her
umbrella to the Banks family living on 17 Cherry Tree
Lane in London. She comes to respond to Children’s
advertisement for a kind nanny. From the beginning
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she started using her magic and music to teach twins
a lesson about life. The children are very thrilled with Mary Poppins
their new nanny as together with her good friend, Bert,
she provides them an amazing adventure that they can
learn a lot from. Poppins has let them jump inside a
chalk drawing which took them into an animated fantasy
world, where they went on the horse race and performed
musical numbers. She took them to her uncle Albert
who floats when he laughs and makes them walk on
the rooftops. When her duties finished, Mr Banks has
changed and went to fly a kite with his kids. Mary Poppins
leaves and fly away on her umbrella during the east wind.
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Mary Poppins with children, Jane and Michael and her good friend Bert
26 27Key Dates of
Mary Poppins
In order to understand the production of Mary Poppins better, I have produced a timeline with the key
dates of Mary Poppins to see when the story about magical nanny started.
1899
1934
1961
1964
1940
1933
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Travers for about 20
years but didn’t want to
15 agree. In 1961, she finally
agreed but only if she had
In 1934 first part of the the rights for the script.
book Mary Poppins
14 was published.
1899 is the year when P. L This book havs
Travers was born, this is 8 series written
were all have began as it was from 1934 to 1988.
At the end of the year of 1933
her fanatsy about writing
P. L. Travers began to After three years
children’s books. Travers and
write Mary Poppins of working on
her family story was the reason Disney with his daughters
of creation Mary Poppins. In 1940, Disney’s daughter, the movie, the
Diane fell in love with the book final premeiere
Mary Poppins. In this year was on 23rd
Disney made a promise to her December 1964.
that he will create a movie based
on Travers’ book ‘Mary Poppins’
28 29As you noticed in my earlier research about my
chosen characters, you could see that both of them
have passed away now so, in this case it is not
possible to design the ‘Public House’ for them.
In order to meet the project requirements, I have
created a third character who is very obsessed with
Disney, Travers and the whole story of Mary Poppins.
He is an older man who was growing
up with the story of magical nanny.
I decided that my ‘public house’ will be called “The House
of Mary Poppins’ magical memories’ and it is going to be
a B&B inspired by Mary Poppins and the old man will be
the owner. People who will come visit the B&B willl have
a chance to experience the magical meomires of Mary
Poppins.Also, I want to play with public and private spaces
so I will have to it in mind when designing the interior.
Also, my intensions are to design a B&B that will
not be very big. It will have two bedrooms so it will
accommodate 4 people or 2 small families of three.
In addition to social event I decided to design a ‘movie
nights’ because it will have some connection to my
first two characters . To bring the feeling of childhood
again, during the ‘event’ pepople could watch old good
films or cartoons. It also will not be avery big space so I
think I will try to accommodate 10to 15 people at once.
30 31MAPPING
In this chapter we will be getting to know the site of the
project. The main aim of this chapter is to get to know
the site from a different perspective than just from its
exterior. So, in order to do this we will meet the site
context linked to the site of the ‘Public House’, its history
and the materiality & constrcuction. After this chapter
you will learn what the site is and why it was choosen.
32 33The Site
15 & 16 Trafalgar Street
The site I chose is a house no. 15&16 on Trafalgar
street. Folowing on from semester 01, I chose
to look at Grand Parade Garage again but in
much closer and wider way. I have expanded
last semesters’ threshold site and chose to
redesign the whole building. The main reason
for choosing this house is that I needed a
house that is not too big , ideally a 2 bedroom.
Also, I realy enjoyed working with this site last
semster so I thought it will be very interesting
to get to know more about the whole building.
Another reason for choosing this site was
that as a future B&B, the location is crucial so
this site is perfect as it is in the city centre,
few minutes from the train station, beach
and other attractions the city has to offer.
34 author - Kamila Filipek 35Materiality & Construction of the Site
On this page you can find precise research of the materials and construction of my site. I
wanted to do this research to have better understanding of the building but also to decide
what I would like to leave and what to exchange when designing and creating my project.
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The first thing that caught The tiles in some places are Surprisingly, the rest of The south side of the building, I The existing entrance to the Another thing that I think is
my attention from my chosen damaged which suggests its the building is made of red believe is also made with bricks shop on the ground floor is interesting, is the idea that this
site is its green tiles. There history and that it wasn’t brick. It is quite an original but from that side they are mostly glazed. I like it how it building is quite mysterious
is no other building like this renovated for a long time combination of green tiles and painted white. It is very difficult looks but I feel like I will have as you can’t get behind the
around the city. This green if ever. Also, you can clearly red brick, but to be honest, it to see what materials it is as to change it as in this room gate because it is private. You
material occurs only around see the inscription (Grand gives the building charm and the site is private which means there will be a social event- can still see what is going
the entrance of the threshold. Parade Garage - established originality as the rest of the I didnt have full access to do movie night so I will not be able on behind the gate but it
I really enjoy the shade of 1918) of old owner’s company. buildings on Trafalgar street do my site survey and had to look to let a lot of natural light fall makes you want to come in
green and the texture, which is not have such a combination. on google earth to routhly see. inside, as this place will have to and see the whole courtyard.
very shiny that at some point be quite dark. I am not planning
you could see your reflection. The picture above shows south to change it completely but I
I feel that I should keep the
side from the google earth. It is could do some changes in order
bricks as well, once again to
not very clear but at least I got an to make it more ‘magical’ so it
keep its originality and also to
idea how does it look from other could fit the rest of the building.
keep what the history has left.
side. I feel like south side it’s
Another thing that caught In order to keep the histo- losing its unusual look that this
my attention is that the arch ry but also the unique of this building has at the north side.
You can’t even fully see the
of the threshold entrance is building, I will leave green entrance to the flat because its
similar as the ones in Dis- tiles. the reason behind this kind of hidden away in the wall.
ney’s theme parks but my site’ is that my project is all about The only part you can clearly
is in much smaller scale, but magic and uniqueness experi- see and get access to is
the similarity is very clear. ence so I would like my quests the shop at the north side.
could get their attention on
the uniqueness of this Afterall, I still like it as I believe
building from the start that the window sizes and the
before they get inside. dormer roof is helping to keep
the uniqueness of this building.
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36 37In order to have better can give me knowledge of the the building from only ist exterior.
understanding of the building interior without needs of being From this research I learned that
and its structure, I have carried out inside. Both windows and roof I need to know a bit more of the
research about the construction are very interesting on my chosen history of the construction of this
and materiality of the site. I mostly site because they are more buiding as the roof construction
concentrated at windows and unusual. What I’m hoping I will has changed over the years.Also,
roof types this time. The reason learn at the end of this research another thing I concentrate
behind this is that whether its is better knowledge of the site on is how my chosen site is
windows or a roof, both of them and that I learn how to read similar and what connection it
has to the Mary Poppins’ house.
Roof Analysis
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gable roof
The photos I took help me identify what type of
roof occurs at my site. I believe the orginal shape
of the roof before reconstruction was gable roof.
Years after the construction of this house, the owner
decided to add two attic rooms. They have added 5
dormer windows which is not very common to have 3
dormer windows close to each other (see image below).
Because of these additional windows, the house has
gained more space, which is favorable for my project.
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I believe the structure of the present roof is similar to
the diagrams above as they both are the same roof shape.
Also, those diagrams show and explain the structure of
the dormer window, I used this photo in order to help
me understand the probable structure of the dormer.
image source:
4 - Shed Dormer Plans New Result Building For A Gable - http://www.plandsg.com/1535368575-only-96fe317bbb349ca5.html
38 images source: https://earth.google.com/web/@50.82814071,-0.13711106,59.32672928a,11.7661018d,35y,-120.09782121h,30.61409222t,0r 5 - https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/589549407447857335/ 39Windows Analysis
North side South side
When I was doing window analysis,
things I was concentrating at were types
of the windows, how they open and if
the whole building has the same types.
From the images on the left we can clearly
see that all the windows are different,
the type of window and size. The north
side of the building, window above the
gate and dormer windows are single
hung windows. The window on the left
is called a bow window, they are usually
designed to create space by projecting
beyond the exterior wall of a building, From the south side windows are also single hung but they don’t have grids. Also, we can see that they are not
and to provide a wider view of the street that large as are at the north side. Dormer windows are also different sizes. Front of the house has much bigger
outside. All the windows have grids. than the back. It is very interesting and at the same time a bit strange why the whole house has different windows
When I was trying to
compare my chosen site
with the house from
Types of windows found within the site Mary Poppins movie, the
things I have found in
common are single hung
Single Hung Windows Single Hung Windows Single Hung Windows with grids Bow Window with grids windows with grids. Both
without grids with grids
the type, size and even the
colour is similar to the
house from the movie.
(see image on the right)
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The understanding of the extensions added. The ground plans on next page we can see 2
building is not only about the floor is the smallest floor that the bathroom is within
exterior but also its interior. because a big part of it, is taken the house but is located in the
Second Floor
I have carried out the research by the threshold (archway) extension that is attached to the
about the interior and room called ‘Grand Parade Garage’. hosue. From the rear elevation
locations, the reason behind Also, we can clearly see that we can see it has to sit between
this research is because there is not many rooms located the ground and firts floor.
this house is private, I don’t apart of the shops. Throught On the second floor they have
have accesss to the interior. I the archway we can get to the allocated two drome bedrooms, 5
believe this research is very resiedential access to the hosue. with two windows in each room
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useful for me because it let to let the naturalight come into
me understand the building The first floor is where the the rooms. From the previous
in every aspect not only what house is starting. The lounge research I have found that this
can be seen form the outside. and bedroom can be found at building didn’t have the drome 3
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the front of the house, whereas when it was built, after the
From this reasearch I learned kitchen and another bedroom years they decided to enlarge
what can be found on each were placed at the back. This the hosue and they have added 2
floor. Also, it helps me floor has small terrace that is two rooms, turning the attic First Floor
understand if all the rooms are linked to the terrace from the into two additional bedrooms.
in the house or may it have any building opposite. From the
7
6
9
7 8
kitchen 1
bedroom 2 Ground Floor
lounge 3
bathroom 4
terrace 5
wc 6
shop 7
residential access 8
42 refuse 9 43HISTORY
15&16 Trafalgar Street Later, in 1934, dramatic changes happened to the
Trafalgar Street was described by the Pevsner places premises, Mr H Goldberg, a coppersmith
Architectural Guide as a “small-scale nineteenth- from Poland purchased it for £2,000 and
century industrial buildings and artisan housing, transformed into a garage. Goldberg firstly moved
mostly opening directly to the street”. Trafalgar to London but then in 1918, he moved to Brighton,
Street was originally named Trafalgar Place he didn’t know English at all but still invented his
and was one of the east-west leakways (tracks) own formulae for fluxes for ferrous metals. From
that acted as a boundary between the 3rd and that time the old slaughterhouse was changed into
the 4th ‘furlongs’. (‘Furlongs’ were sections of motor repair and engineering business with making
agricultural land into which the North Laine was metal body parts for cars. Later he was chosen to
divided until landowners began selling off land repair the copper domes on the Royal Pavilion.
for building development in the early part of the
19th century.) Development of Trafalgar Place Later on, Goldberg family (Goldberg and his 2
began in the early part of the 19th century with sons) began to contract to the Brighton & Hove
a few houses built at the eastern end. It was not Hebrew Congregation to start carry out funerals.
until the coming of the railway in the 1840s that They developed a funeral business for the Jewish
there was large-scale development of the street. community which relied on making coffins and
Trafalgar Street was very much now a major providing transport to the Jewish burials at
retail street. The residents of the nearby streets Florence Place and Ditchling Road. In 1953, Mr
could purchase all their needs in this street. H Goldberg died, leaving his sons to carry on
the business. After one of the sons dies (Louis
Goldberg), second one (Bernie Goldberg) retired
A rich with its history, Trafalgar Street, has one the premises was sold to a local developer who
building that address of particular my interest obtained planning permission to turn it into flats
is number 16 (now known as Trafalgar Mews). and live/work units, now called Trafalgar Mews.
This building was originally a butcher and
slaughterhouse, it’s one of the remaining building
associated with the meat industry during 19th We can still see the green tiles and
century. In 1869, the owner of the building was the garage door with the inscription
William Adams, who commissioned to extend ‘Grand Parade Garage - established 1918’.
in into a yard so he could build a separate WC
and washing area between the house and the
slaughter room behind which was a two-storey
bullock pen and stable, both with lofts above.
44
http://www.northlainehistory.me.uk/grand-parade-garage.html 45Context Mapping
This context mapping shows relevant location
for my project within 1 mile from my site. All the
locations have connections with my characters. 11
Two of my locations extends beyond Jubilee Library - Jubilee St, Brighton - 0.7mil from
the site.
Brighton to where my characters come from. As both Travers and Disney were writers, I put the
library to the list on my context map.
14
Key: 13
cinemas
theatres
12
animation studios
film production studios Brighton Toy and Model Museum - Trafalgar St,
Brihgton - 0.2mil from the site.
12 Train toys were Disney’s the biggest hobby so the
libraries
musuem of train toys has to be on the context map.
toy shops
train shop
books shops
16
13
11
15
Picture Book Films Brighton - New England Rd,
Brighton - 0.4mil from the site.
This is film production studio, I chose it because it
does connect to Disney as he was making movies.
14
Duke of York’s picturehouse - Preston Rd, Bright-
on- 0.9mil from the site.
I chose cinema because both of my character has
something to do with film and acting.
Walt Disney Animation Studios (2100 Riverside Dr
Burbank CA 91506, USA)
I put this animation studio because Disney was the
owner of this studio with his brother.
What I like about this is that even Disney has
passed away he building still is in function, making
18 it one of the oldest-running animation studio in the
world. 15
Dukes at Komedia Picturehouse- 44-47 Gardner St -
0.5mil from the site.
Komedia is theatre in Brighton. I put theatres on my
map because Travers was acting in theatre during
her career.
BRIGHTON
16
Daisy Daisy - North Laine Shopping District -
0.3mil from the site.
Both Disney and Travers had something to do with
17
playing/childhood, that’s why I have put the toy
Mary Poppins, Maryborough in Queensland shops on my list.
46 47Multimedia Museum of Mary Poppins
in Maryborough in Queensland.
A former bank that was the place where Mary
Poppins creator P.L. Travers was born, has been
converted into a multimedia museum in the
heritage city of Maryborough in Queensland.
I have choose this location on my context map
because this museum was the first existing space I
was taking inspiration from as my first initial idea
was more towards musuem/gallery. I still decided
to put this on my map becasue I really like the
idea of converting the house into the museum
of Mary Poppins, what is even more interesting
about this is that they have used Poppins as an
inspiration for decorating the city. For example,
the traffic lights, when the red lights are on the
poppins stand with umbrella down, when it’s
green the umbrella is up (see the images below)
19
20 21
image source:
20. red lights -https://samjohntravelogue.com/2019/05/17/maryborough-queenslands-heritage-gem/
21. green lights -https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g494995-d17767894-i465829558-Story_Bank-Maryborough_Fraser_Coast_Queensland.html
48 images source: 19. musuem of Mary Poppins - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-07/bank-invests-in-stories-to-celebrate-mary-poppins-author/11281884 49STRATEGY
This part of the almanac is all about the strategy. You will find the
precedents of existing buildings that were used as an inspiration
and compare with the strategy that will be applied on the ‘Public
House’. Also, you will have t hechance to see the beginning of the
designing process. At the end of this chapter, you will have clear
idea of what and how the ‘The house of Mary Poppins’ will look like.
50 51Spatial Planning I decided that I will seperate the house in two and create 2 different experiences. The ground floor will be for the social event which is going to be a movie night. It will be open for public aswell as for the B&B visitors. First and second floor is intended for a B&B. The main reason for this is because my chosen site has 2 seperate entries, one to the public shop and one to the apartaments which is private. On the right side you can see the spacial planning for the interior and where each room will be located in the house. I have chosen key moments from the movie Mary Poppins and will be designing the interior based on those key from the movie. My intention for the future of this project is to not only decorate the house but also give people the experience of a magical place. For example, the kitchen will be inspired by the Uncle Albert Scene where they flew from laughter, so I will try my best to recreate this scene and feeling of levitating when in the kitchen. Also, I will different methods to make the house seems bigger. For example, my first idea will be to use mirrors to optically enlarge the flat.I could use one way mirrored screens which is mirror from the outside walls of the room and transparent from the centre. 52 53
Strategy 1
Expensify, Portland Office
ZGF Architects,
location: Portland, Oregon
This building is located in Portland, Oregon and was designed
by local practice ZGF Architects. The company leased the
national Landmark First National Bank (1916). It is a century-
old bank . The orginal building was designed by Codidge
and Shattuck, classical columns and stone cladding define
the buidling’s stoic exterior. ZGF partnered with Expensify
in order to design an interior that will perfectly reflect on the
comapny’s signature which is ‘choose-your-own-adventure’
work setting. That means that emplyees are able to work
where they want to because the seating is not assigned.
The company had to undertake a bold project, bearing in
mind that the building is rented out. “design interventions
had to speak not only to the enduring grandeur of the
existing interiors but also the realities of a finite lease term”
The reason behind choosing this building as one
of my precedents is that it is very interesting,
especially the way designers managed to insert
the intervention to fit the existing building.
I really enjoy the way they inserted intervention to create
an office with embodied company spirit. From this project
I learned the way I could use ‘gloating’ box in order to
divide my house into two parts to show different experience.
I will use this precedent only for inspiration for the ‘floating’
room as this project is in a much bigger scale than my site
and it doesn’t have a similar theme. On the next page you
will see how I used this idea and applied it to my site.
ZGF Architects balanced the company’s space needs and
the historical importance within this building during
designing a couple of floating conference rooms which
were hung opposite and above the bank’s main entrance
staircase by referenncing the historic details and proportions.
54 55
images sources: https://www.dezeen.com/2018/12/27/zgf-architects-expensify-office-portland/Applying strategy 1 to the site
By taking inspirations from By inserting this ‘box’, I room where the guests will
the precedent mentioned on will achieve my plans and be able to spend their time
last page, I have decided to will create unexpected during the day. Additionally,
apply similar strategy which experience for my bedfellows. I’m planning to insert two
is ‘insertion’ to my building. This intervention is going different types of stairs (see
The reason behind this to be inserted between diagrams below) inspired by
choice is that my main aim first and ground floor to each character (Disney and
is to divide the interior into give a feeling of ‘floating’. Travers). Those staircases Also, my other aim was to play with
‘two’ to give two experiences. Also, this intervention will lead to the bedrooms private and public. So, I decided
will turn into a living on the second floor. to cut out some bits from the
first floor to open it up with the
ground floor. When people will
come for the event they will have
a chance to see the life in the b&b.
Floating Box Scissor Switch Spiral Stairs
Staircase
Quick Sketches
56 57Strategy 2
Behind the scenes of The Red Barn
The red barn is a 12 man stage crew show. Having that
many bodies on stage requires a ton of coordination
so that they do not run into each other. They don’t
only move the trucks but also set the scenes. All the
props and furniture is made on the trucks so it’s a
complicated process. With the sliders opening and
closing, the crew has something to hide behind when
setting the next scene directly behind the sliders. This
gives the impression of a cinematic world, tracking
and panning through the scenes as they play out. The
sliders and wagons are being moved by people who
have been trained to move them in a specific way.
I am trying to make my project magical and unique in
every aspect. In order to make my ‘social event’(movie
night) space very interesting, im planning to do
something more than just chairs and the screen.
I took the red barn as an inspiration because I find
their work very inspiring. I really like the way a
group of people can make something that incredible.
What I hoped to learn from them is the way they create
the scenes so I could get inspiration and use similar
way in my own project. After the reasrch I have enough
information to start applying this idea to my own space.
The images above shows one of the scene
from the Red Barn, we can see that the walls
are getting closer to finish the scene. They
not only move across but also up and down.
58 photos sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFj4sOHAfVU 59Strategy 3
Kinetic Landscape
“Kinetic Landscape is an attempt to create a sculptural
object which value lies within the discovery of its
functional nature. The sliced sculptural forms invite
exploration and an opportunity for the audience
to install their own narrative, seeing perhaps
the sliced landscape, skeletal or eroded forms.”
Existing installation using kinetic landscape
Hyper-Matrix is a kinetic landscape installation created
for the Hyundai Motor Group Exhibition Pavilion in
Korea, the 2012 Yeosu EXPO site. The installation
is made up of a bespoke made steel construction to
support the weight of thousands of stepper motors
which have control over the cubes which project out
of the internal front of the building. The cubes consist
of foam and are attached to actuators which move
them back and forth by the steppers, forming patterns
crosswise the three-sided screen. It looks, what at first
appears to be three blank white walls, Hyper-Matrix
installation rapidly comes to life as thousands of
separate cubes constructing a screen of pixels begin
to move, pulsate, and create dynamic patterns across
the hall, forming an infinite number of configurations
in the vertical. Also, the cubes can act as a moving
screen for pictures or movies projected onto it.
When I came across the kinetic landscape for the
first time, it immediately caught my attention. It
is something more than moving cubes, I really
like the fact that it can be used to create a moving
screen and also a screen for movie projections.
In order to get better understanding of this
type of screens/instalations I did research
on exhibition for Hyundai Motor Group.
60 images source: https://www.techeblog.com/crazy-video-of-hyundais-hyper-matrix-kinetic-wall-will-blow-your-mind/ 61Applying strategy 2 and 3 to the site
After deep research of precedents The reason behind blending them Those precedents will be used
2 and 3, mentioned on last pages, I together is that both of them I only on the ground floor where
will take the information I learned found very interesting and I didn’t the social event will take place.
and try to apply them to my site. want to stop myself on only one.
Both often are very interesting Also, I would like to experiment
for me so I have decided to more with my designing and try
combine them together to something new, in order to create
give unexpected expeirience. an unusual and ‘magical’ interior.
My initial idea is to have
the whole screen of cubes Kinetic landscape screen will move foward towards
hidden away during when people sitting at some scenes. It will have a
its not being used. combination of moving cubes and projecting objects.
Drawings above shows how the wall move fowards.
The wall but also the cubes will move at the
same time if the scene of the movie it requires.
moveable walls How is it going to work?
hide on the sides
Cubes will move because of the stepper
of the room when
there is no event. motors which will have control over the cubes.
the stage comes up
only for the events.
scale 1:50
----> ---->
Being inspired by precedent no.2 I will have the
same idea of closing the walls on the screen the
same way they were closing the screens on the
stage. The walls in our house will only move in the
horizontal plane unlike the screens in precedent no.2.
Drawing above shows how the walls close up.
kinetic wall when off kinetic wall when on kinetic wall when the movie can
be projected on.
62 63- 15 - Mary Poppins book - https://historical.ha.com/itm/books/first-editions/p-l-travers-mary-poppins-illus-
Bibliography trated-by-mary-shepard-new-york-reynal-and-hitchcock-1934-/a/683-57215.s
Chapter 01 - 16 - Disney with daughter Diane, ‘Interview’, FILM blogging the reel world https://www.slashfilm.com/inter-
view-diane-disney-miller-talks-growing-walt-disneys-daughter-disneyland-walt-disney-family-museum/
Walt Disney: - 17 – film poster, by EJLightnin007arta - https://www.deviantart.com/ejlightning007arts/art/Mary-Poppins-
- Biography.com Editors, ‘Walt Disney Biography’, The Biography.com website, April 2, 2014 1964-poster-MPR-Version-782038519
https://www.biography.com/business-figure/walt-disney
- Cain, Aine ‘A look inside the daily routine of Walt Disney…..’, Insider,Mar 7, 2018 - https://www.businessinsid- Flatlays:
er.com/walt-disney-daily-routine-2018-3?r=US&IR=T Disney:
5 - https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/news/news-hornby-terrier-first-look/
P. L Travers: 6 - https://thettc.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/marypoppins-ticket2.jpg
- Biography.com Editors, ‘P. L Travers Biography’, The Biography.com website, April 2, 2014
https://www.biography.com/writer/pl-travers Travers:
- ‘P.L Travers…Hard Medicine & Strong Magic’, Routine Matters, - https://awritersden.wordpress.com/tag/p-l- 1 - https://www.zazzle.co.uk/theatre+id+badges
travers/ 2 - https://thettc.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/marypoppins-ticket2.jpg
- Hone Joseph, ‘Steely, self-centred, controlling-the Mary Poppins I knew’, Irish Examiner - https://www.irishex- 3 - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mary-Poppins-Original-P-Travers/dp/0007286414
aminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20251767.html 10 - https://www.icollector.com/Complete-Child-Disneyland-Railroad-Ticket_i28534654
- https://graphicriver.net/item/retro-railway-train-tickets-us-america-travel/26316876
Connection between characters:
- Henderson, Amy. ‘How Did P.L Travers, the Prickly Author of Mary Poppins, Really Fare Against Walt Dis-
ney?’ December 20, 2013 Quotes:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-did-pl-travers-the-prickly-author-of-mary-poppins- - “That’s the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up.” – Walt Disney
really-fare-against-walt-disney-180949052/ http://www.notable-quotes.com/d/disney_walt.html
Mary Poppins: - “Don’t you know that everybody’s got a Fairyland of their own?’ – P. L Travers
- Libbey, Dirk. ‘Everything you need to remember about Mary Poppins Before Seeing the Sequel’, December 18, https://www.azquotes.com/author/14764-P_L_Travers
2018
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2463696/everything-you-need-to-remember-about-mary-poppins-before-see- - “was aghast at the idea of her Mary Poppins being sentimentalized by the ‘Disney treatment’.” – Amy Hender-
ing-the-sequel son
- ‘Marry Poppins (Character), Fandom - https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(character) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-did-pl-travers-the-prickly-author-of-mary-poppins-
- Witter Brad, ‘it took Walt Disney more than 20years to make ‘Mary Poppins’’, Biography - https://www.biogra- really-fare-against-walt-disney-180949052/
phy.com/news/walt-disney-mary-poppins
Images:
- 1 -Disney Black&white – ‘Walt Disney is a tres’, Zenerjen, https://zenerjen.com/famous-tres-walt-disney/
- 2 -Travers black&white - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871308/
- 3 -Disney with Mickey mouse, ‘grandson of Walt Disney in longstanding inheritance battle’, Mastry Law,
https://www.mastrylaw.com/grandson-of-walt-disney-in-longstanding-inheritance-battle/
- 4 – Disney with Mickey and Dinald, ‘Year 3-Walt Disney’, KAPS - https://www.kensingtonavenueprimary.
co.uk/teaching-learning/our-classes/year-3-walt-disney-2/
- 5- Disney with Travers, ‘Saving Mr Banks’, Disney+, https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/home
- 6 - Travers, ‘How Disney Sold P.L Travers Down the River (Twice), The Cycle Fitch Report by David Finkle -
https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2014/01/how-disney-sold-p-l-travers-down-the-river-twice/
- 7 -Travers signature - : https://www.icollector.com/P-L-Travers_i16385638
- 8 – P. L Travers, ‘How Disney Sold P.L Travers Down the River (Twice), The Cycle Fitch Report by David Fin-
kle - https://www.clydefitchreport.com/2014/01/how-disney-sold-p-l-travers-down-the-river-twice/
- 9 – Disney, Travers and Disney’s daughter, ‘The Story Behind Saving Mr Banks’, by Stacy Contadt - https://
www.mentalfloss.com/article/51926/story-behind-saving-mr-banks-starring-tom-hanks-walt-disney
- 10 – Disney and Travers,by Jolanda van Trier https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/454652524862405115/
- 11 -Mary Poppins on umbrella - https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Mary_Poppins?id=f2qUxRo5R-
GY
- 12 – Mary Poppins: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(character)
- 13 -Mary Poppins with children and Bert, ‘Half Day Movie: Mary Poppins’- https://northshorekid.com/event/
half-day-movie-mary-poppins
- 14 -Travers as a young lady - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._L._Travers
64 65Chapter 2 Chapter 3
History: Strategy no.1:
- Trafalgar Street history – ‘Trafalgar Street’, mhms:myhousemystreet - http://www.mhms.org.uk/content/trafal- - McKnight, Jenna, ‘ZGF Architects transforms historic Portland bank building into Expensify office’, DEZEEN -
gar-street https://www.dezeen.com/2018/12/27/zgf-architects-expensify-office-portland/
- https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/places/placestree/trafalgar-street/trafalgar-street - ZGD Architects - https://www.zgf.com/project/expensify-portland-office/
- Disney animation studio, wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios
Strategy no.2: Simenon Georges, Hare’s David, The Red Barn, Brhind the scene chsngesc- https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=tFj4sOHAfVU
Images:
- 1 – Disney theme park entrance - https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/05/06/disney-world- Strategy no.3: hyper matrix vertical kinetic landscpaes by jonpasang, designboom - https://www.designboom.com/
will-soon-have-new-entrances-at-every-single-theme-park technology/hyper-matrix-vertical-kinetic-landscapes-by-jonpasang/
- 2 – google earth images - https://earth.google.com/web/@0,0,0a,22251752.77375655d,35y,0h,0t,0r
- 3 – Roof type, Bondright Roofing Services - http://bondrightroofing.co.uk/bondright-roofing-guide-to-resi- Quotes:
dential-roofing-types.php - “Kinetic Landscape is an attempt to create a sculptural object which value lies within the discovery of
- 6 – single hung window without grids - https://www.lowes.com/pd/Project-Source-20000-Vinyl-New-Con- its functional nature. The sliced sculptural forms invite exploration and an opportunity for the audience
struction-White-Exterior-Single-Hung-Window-Rough-Opening-18-in-x-36-in-Actual-17-5-in-x-35-5-in/3681922 to install their own narrative, seeing perhaps the sliced landscape, skeletal or eroded forms.”- https://
- 7 – single hung widow with grids - https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/single-hung-window-19141248712. www.janwaterston.co.uk/kinetic-landscape
html
- 8 - single hung widow with grids open - https://www.lowes.com/pd/ReliaBilt-105-Vinyl-Egress-New-Con-
struction-White-Exterior-Single-Hung-Window-Rough-Opening-36-in-x-62-in-Actual-35-5-in-x-61-5-in/50279037
- 9 – bay window - http://www.california-classics.com/project/bay-windows/
- 10 -Poppins house, Lowne, Cathy - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mary-Poppins-by-Travers
- 11 – Jubilee Library - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brighton_Jubilee_library_(21630605990).jpg
- 12 – Train museum/shop - http://letsgowiththechildren.co.uk/places-to-go/brighton-toy-and-model-museum/
- 13 – Picture book film brighton - https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x487585132a8f0897%3A0x7a98f-
1c71b7efbb4!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipO_ILvqktrOLM9FT-
WCzJf7YgCVmzozJsdL-QtvS%3Dw804-h320-k-no!5spicture%20book%20film%20brighton%20new%20england%20
road%20-%20Szukaj%20w%20Google!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipO_ILvqktrOLM9FTWCzJf7Yg-
CVmzozJsdL-QtvS&hl=pl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOhMWEmYnwAhVRQEEAHe5rAG4QoiowGXoECCYQAw
- 14 – Duke of york’s picturehouse - https://www.visitbrighton.com/things-to-do/duke-of-yorks-picture-
house-p346741
- 15 – Komedia theatre - https://www.komedia.co.uk/brighton/
- 16 – Daisy Daisy - https://www.brilliantbrighton.com/directory/daisy-daisy/
- 17 – ‘the magic of Mary Poppins in Maryborough, Queensland’ https://www.travellintale.com/2017/02/03/
mary-poppins-maryborough-queensland/
- 18 – Disney’ studio animation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios
66 67Kamila Filipek
Level 6
Student no. 18827333
University of Brighton
Interior Architecture
AD676: Experience and Systems: Subject to Change
19/04/2021
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