MURPHY & SONS LTD.

ISLAND BREWERY, NOTTINGHAM.

ABEE4045 | SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STUDIO | INTERIM PRESENTATION | GROUP 4: DANIEL JOHNSON, WEI DAI.
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 the BRIEF.

Murphy & Sons Ltd Carbon

Negative Brewery.

Showcase of British food &

drink manufacturing.
Fig 1. Bubble diagram

Centred on a restaurant
hub, to also including
marketing gardens and
reservoir / heat recovery
systems.

To include office
space, manufacturing
warehousing and
laboratories.
Fig 2. Murphy & Sons

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 site overview.
10.5 Ha Brownfield Site

Nottingham,City-
Centre adjacent

Links the city centre,

canal quarter, station Fig 3. Location of Nottingham within UK Fig 4. Site location within Nottinghamshire

area & residential

area (Sneinton)

Biosciences complex
on the Northern
edge, listed heritage
warehouse & station
buildings on South.

Fig 5. The Island Site (highlighted), with existing & surrounding buildings.

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 site history.

Synonymous with Jesse

Boot (the Chemist) since
1914.
Fig 6. Historic aerial photograph, 1937. Fig 7. Bomb damage to Boots gymnasium, 1941.
Then consisted of
warehouses, factories,
metal / cement / gas
works, slum cottages.

Suffered direct hits in 1941

Nottingham Blitz

Last produced chemicals

in 1993; plans for
redevelopment ever
since.
Fig 8. A Boots company canal barge, 1916.

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 masterplan.
£650M residentially-led
scheme by Conygar.

Also include Grade-A

offices and green space. Fig 9. Proposed visuals for the masterplan’s central park. The renovated warehouse (left) contrasts the new.

Increase permeability &

footfall to city centre.

Natural surveillance
through active street
frontages with strong
building lines.

Utilise public park to cover

high pressure gas pipe /
works.
Fig 10. Proposed masterplan. Orange = Murphy’s proposed site

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 transport.
Site is bounded by
busy (and sometimes
congested) roads; A60
(London Road) & A612
(Manvers Street)

NCT Routes 44,44A,50

stop on/next to island site;
possibility to divert onto site.

Lilac Line, Green Line also

stops nearby; Train/Tram
10min walk.

Forms a natural pedestrian

/ cycle route from
residences to city centre,
but no cycle stores at
current.
Fig 11. Annotated travel map. Dotted white lines shows the main pedestrian routes around & across the site.

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 climate - solar.
Local shading depends on
individual site choice.

Located at 53°N -1.25°E giving

a Cfb (Oceanic climate) with
warm summers and mild
winters.

Building orientation East- Fig 12. Summer Solstice (June 20th 2020) stereographic solar path.

West receive maximum solar

gain but may require solar
shading for summer months.

Glare from low winter sun

could be a problem for
working spaces.

Unlike most buildings, there

are some areas requiring low
temperatures.
Fig 13. Winter Solstice (December 21st 2020) stereographic solar path.

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 wind & flood.
Predominantly Southwesterly
winds create opportunity for
natural ventilation depending
on orientation.

Open spaces reduce wind

funnelling effects.

Most of the site is in the Fig 14. Wind Rose (June 20th 2020) stereographic solar path.

Nottingham canal flood plain

Maintaining & improving

drainage across site
imperative (SUDs).

Rainwater harvesting, green

roofs, permeable paving to
increase lag time.

Raised ground floor would be

beneficial. Fig 15. Flood Risk Map.

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 demographics.
Links the relatively affluent city
centre with some of the most
Fig 15. Health census data shows Good and Very Good Health has room for improvement.
deprived areas in the country.

Health is lower than national

average- integrating the design
well with the green spaces ensure
they get used.

Important to design to Secure-

by-Design guidance to give
opportunities for societal
development- not continue
to provide opportunities for Fig 18. Young people are concentrated towards
the City Centre
Fig 19. A large minority of Nottingham residents
do not have a household vehicle.
vandalism

Large minority of Nottingham

citizens do not have access to a
car

Large % of young people

and provision of student
accommodation in masterplan
allows design flexibility
Fig 14. Indices of Deprivation Map.

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 case studies.
Kane’s Food Factory, Evesham
£30M extension to existing food
processing plant by Zero Energy
Architecture.

11,000sqm salad factory utilising Fig 20.

green roofs, large glazing for

daylighting, heat-recovery,
rainwater ponds.

La Galilée, Toulouse by Bellecour

Architects. Office building utilising
glazing & solar shading for
optimised daylighting. Central
courtyard allows daylighting from
multiple angles to interior. Fig 21.

20% improvement on 2005

RT regulations (electrical
consumption.)

Fig 22. Fig 23.

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 SWOT analysis
STRENGTHS:
•Design flexibility through all-new masterplan,
few heritage assets & openness of current site
•Relatively flat, level ground
•Good transport links & accessibility

WEAKNESSES:
•Industrial site within a residential development
•Requires secure yards on a site encouraging
thoroughfare
•Vehicle movements could damage
attractiveness of green spaces

OPPORTUNITIES:
•Utilise footfall for commercial success
•Optimise for solar gain if exposed
•Restore industrial heritage of the area
•Increase cycle usage across site

THREATS:
•Noise from rail / road is disruptive to office use
•Depraved areas could reduce appeal
•Overheating in the summer in the low-
temperature areas
•Past industrial uses may cause contaminated
ground

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references.
Fig 1. Author’s Own
Fig 2. Available at https://www.murphyandson.co.uk/training-auditing/murphy-training-days/ Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 3, 4, 5: Author’s own generated using Google Earth & Google Maps under fair use. Available earth.google.com / maps.google.com. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 6. Available at https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW053240. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 7. Available at http://researchgroup12345.weebly.com/blog/bombing-images. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 8. Available at https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/fascinating-history-nottinghams-vast-boots-4353780. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 9. Available at https://www.theplanner.co.uk/news/nottingham-approves-regeneration-scheme. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 10. Full masterplan report available at https://www.nottinghaminsight.org.uk/d/aAXDFH2. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 11. Author’s Own using imagery under license from aerial.digimaps.edina.ac.uk. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 12. & 13: Stereographic sun paths from http://andrewmarsh.com/apps/releases/sunpath2d.html. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 14. Wind rose from meteoblue.com/en/weather/archive/windrose/nottingham_united-kingdom_2641170. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 15. Flood risk map from https://flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk/. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 16, 17, 18, 19. Charts and graphics from https://www.nottinghaminsight.org.uk/research-areas/census-2011/. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Fig 20. Available at https://kanesfoods.co.uk/kanes-foods-wins-multi-million-nationwide-contract/. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Figs 21, 22, 23. Available at https://www.archdaily.com/71453/galilee-studio-bellencour-architects. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.
Figs 24, 25. From http://extrium.co.uk/noiseviewer.html. Last Accessed: 10/11/2020.

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