Final Major Study Project

Its the time of year when all the experience gathered throughout the year is consolidated into one major piece of work. Yesterday I submitted a somewhat abstract image for the Nottingham Trent MA/MSc catalogue for 2012. Below is the submitted text and image for the project which should tempt the viewers imagination to see more! 

Paul Colfer

MSc Architectural Technology and Design

Manipulation of Tide – The architectural recreation of natural flow

The sheltered nature of natural coves offers protection from the harsh environment of our coastline. Infrastructure has been built in these coves thus interfering with the natural tidal flows which create the sheltered deep water conditions. This project proposes an architectural solution to restore natural harbour conditions originally created in nature.

The project focuses on using this concept to complete a regeneration of Dunmore East Harbour, Co. Waterford, Ireland. Political decisions are changing the requirements placed on Irish harbours and this project aims to transform Dunmore East to accommodate these variations. The settlement of silt threatens to reduce the overall water depth in the harbour which would limit its future use. This project uses architectural design and technical innovations to protect a major natural amenity for the South East of Ireland. 

Image: A Graph showing the relationship between tidal height and tidal flow volumes. By: Paul Colfer, 2012

Paul Colfer

MSc Architectural Technology and Design

paulcolfer@hotmail.com

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