SJH Portfolio 2020

Collection of architectural work

2015-2020

Architectural designer

2021_

PORTFOLIO Sam Hawkins

about This portfolio exhibits work that is an outcome of studies and practical experience over the years 2015-2020.

All presented work is the property of Sam Hawkins, except where stated otherwise (however, examples of work shown are all my own outputs) e.g.

14.02.1997

/Trewin Design

07902928507

Enjoy sam.hawkj@gmail.com

Education Newcastle University 2015-2018

BA Architecture (2:1) Petroc College |Barnstaple 2013-2015

A levels: A physics | B Maths | B Geography AS levels: A photography Pilton Community College | Barnstaple 2008-2013 10 GCSE’s

Other qualifications Category B drivers licence Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award

Skills

Personal Profile As an enthusiastic young architectural designer I am seeking to apply my knowledge to the challenges of your project. I believe that my strong and determined work ethic, combined with my energetic approach to design, have a lot to offer.

Being a warm and amiable individual with an open-minded outlook on how to complete any task means I not only enjoy working collaboratively but thrive in all-inclusive design environments. As a determined problem solver it is my belief that there is no better aid than discussion; through strong communication skills I am able to utilise this resource and confidently interpret the needs of individuals and groups alike. With a persistent and organised approach towards work I am capable of efficiently completing any task, permitting a managed response to the varying short and long-term time pressures that design projects present.

Experience 01-09.2020

Self-Employed | Devon Freelance design consultant + on-site labourer Working with clients on planning applications and completing surveys and drawings. Whilst gaining valuable on-site experience for a clients new house build.

2018-2019

Orme Architecture | Somerset Part 1 assistant Working on a range of projects in both the domestic and commercial sectors. Developing my CAD skills and taking on responsibilities of client communication and presentations.

09.2018

Trewin Design Architects | Devon Ideas competition for the adaptive reuse of St Martins church, Brighton. My work was curated into a series of presentation boards and eventually placed third out of the 28 entries and featured in the AJ.

2016-2017

Ryder Architecture | Newcastle RIBA North East student mentoring programme

I find ease in picking up new skills and slotting into new environments.

Indesign

My competitive side means that being the best I can be at any aspect of my work is a constant goal.

SketchUp

Enjoy working as part of a team and communicating ideas in a productive manner.

Model-making

Have the motivation and determination to work well independently.

Illustrator

Strong organisational skills that allow me to maintain a high focus on numerous tasks at one time.

Hand Drawing

Microsoft Office Autocad

Interests + Hobbies Community | Flexible | Preservation Through my previous architecture education I developed a strong interest in community-involved projects, flexible and temporary structures, heritage and preservation. These curiosities shaped my graduation project, based in Sunderland, in which urban farming is promoted through community interaction and structural flexibility allowing the architecture to continually meet the demands of the city. This interest in the dynamic was reinforced by my dissertation studies; exploring the complicated debate on architecture preservation has left me avid to experience it further through practice and study.

Travelling

References On request.

Cycling Surfing Swimming Photography Cooking Hiking Kayaking Sailing Snowboarding

I take great satisfaction in exploring new parts of the world and experiencing alternative cultures, with East Africa as my next target. I take particular satisfaction in being able to document the architecture in foreign countries through photography; both the aging and decaying, and the new and spectacular.

David Wilson Partnership | Barnstaple 2 weeks work experience

Photography

Revit

Learnt a great deal about practice and the management of projects through the RIBA stages

2012-2014

Photoshop

Graphic design Editorial design

project

Content.

year

Lambton Vertical Farming

St Martin’s Church

The Old Parsonage

Graduation Project | University

Competition | In Practice

Domestic Project | In Practice

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Home Delivery Logistics

Old Cow Shed

Exmoor Coast

Commercial Project | In Practice

Domestic Project | Freelance

On-site experience | Freelance

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Lambton Vertical Farming. / Newcastle University

02/06

Graduation Project An approach to overcoming the issues of fading food culture, urbanisation and unsustainable food production and consumption in the UK. Inserting urban agriculture into the Sunderland infrastructure and cultural identity, whilst creating an architecture that educates the people of the city on how to farm in their urban environment. The project illustrates the solution to challenging undeveloped urban sites and, through a new industrial icon, reconnects the city to its industrial heritage and underused green space.

(Opposite) Inside a fin, showing how the public can interact with the project

LVF

2018

02

Vertical growing / 1:1 An interactive model looking at the vertical growing element of the design. Interaction was a key theme of our design studio.

LVF

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2018

1:1000 / Model

LVF

2018 Icon of the city The fins would not only become an architectural icon of Sunderland but an icon of urban agriculture. The new connection between the city and it’s river provide an education on the processes behind the Lambton Vertical Farming Project, stimulating a culture of food production across the urban landscape.

(Opposite) Early digitally enhanced sketch, imagination of how the project (through all stages of it’s conception) could welcome visitors to the city arriving by train.

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LVF

Use of a very simple floor plan style to put a focus on the growing element of the project.

(Opposite) Arrival view developed from early concept sketches

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2018

1:200 / Floor Plan

St Martin’s Church. / Trewin Design

03/06

Ideas competition This short listed work was completed in two weeks, ideas were generated as a team and it was my task to represent them in a format for a successful competition entry. The main concept was to rejuvenate the church through ‘community play’. The proposal was to erect a sculptural climbing frame structure inside the church, creating an activity which would subsequently provide a place for the public to integrate and enjoy the impressively vast architecture, both new and old.

(Adjacent) Interactive play inside the church (Opposite) 1:200 section of proposed climbing frame sculpture

(Page-spread) Parti-diagrams

St Martin’s Church

2018

10

The Old Parsonage. / Orme Ltd

04/06

Contemporary life, Old home With this project I worked on all drawings and visualisations from early site surveys and concept design through to the end of the planning process.

The contemporary extension attempted to accommodate the needs for an expanding modern family in an aging Georgian house, whilst respecting and complimenting the architecture of the existing. This listed property required highly considered design, and hence representation, to convince the clients and planners that this extension was a considerate addition to the historic house.

(Adjacent) 1:100 elevations (Opposite) Render showing contemporary yet classical extension

The Old Parsonage

2019

12

Home Delivery Logistics. / Orme Ltd

National delivery

05/06

(Below + Adjacent) Completed project in Kettering, showing the finished warehouse spaces and van loading bays (Opposite) Sections and elevations for one of the schemes in Cornwall. As these were fast paced projects the time-scales would not allow for alterations, hence the proposed design would often have to fit around all existing levels and features of the stores.

Food + Transport During my time at Orme I continuously worked on ‘ASDA home delivery’ projects in a small team of 3 people within the office, with projects situated in various locations around the UK. Highly detailed and specified drawings through from feasibility to planning, whilst corresponding with external engineers and contractors. This exposed me to the fast paced and demanding commercial sector. It taught me a lot in producing functional and efficient floor plans and elevations to be shared amongst the variety of contractors for input into delivering a successful finished product to a highly demanding client.

Home Delivery Logistics

2019

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Old Cow Shed. / Freelance Design

06/06

Barn Conversion This project came about from a client wanting to look at ideas for converting a disused cow shed on their working farm in Devon. With the aim being to create a small holiday let (that would eventually become a retirement property) whilst maintaining as many features of the beautifully irregular stone structure. It was agreed that views and connections to the barn’s surroundings were to be maximised whilst preserving as much of the existing character as possible.

This gave birth to the idea of acting on the current form and extruding the internal space through the existing fabric.

Making clear distinctions between new and old, so that the agricultural language of the barn is kept and emphasised through new additions.

(Adjacent) Initial on site sketching used to discuss an early stage concept with the client. Extracting elements of existing and extruding the “dark” space from within the stone walls.

Old Cow Shed

Removing elements of the existing barn and inserting a new timber and steel structure within the decaying stonework to provide expanded living space and stronger visual connection between the house and valley.

(Below) Isometric diagram. The steel frame insertion provides a structure to brace the fragile stone walls and allows for minimal intrusive groundworks, also giving a strong form from which the timber elements and up-cycled roof can be built off.

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2020

New + Old

West elevation / 1:100 Raising the original steel roof allows for the agricultural aesthetic to be maintained whilst providing room for first floor glazing.

Old Cow Shed

2020

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Old Cow Shed

2020 1:100 / West elevation Use of materials to dramatically distinguish between new and old.

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Floor plans / 1:100 Proposal for a simple yet efficient layout of space, maximizing views of the valley and working farm.

First floor detail / 1:10 Technology behind inserting the new structure whilst bracing the existing.

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Bedroom view Soft timber finishes create a warm contrast to the broken stonework, whilst the two come together to compliment the views of the wooded valley.

Exmoor Coast.

/ On-site experience

Woodland Home Alongside my freelance design work, I spent 7 months gaining valuable on-site experience on a new house build in North Devon. The scheme, born from old stone stables on a steep wooded site, has created a new large steel framed home making the most of natural light and the coastal views whilst tying back into the existing building . My labouring work provided me with a hands on insight into the building trade’s use of a variety of materials and approach to on-site problems. I value this experience highly as I was able to make a real education of it, learning of both traditional and contemporary construction methods and the related materials and labour involved.

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Exmoor Coast

2020

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Thank you.

sam.hawkj@gmail.com 07902928507

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Sam Hawkins

2021