PROFICIENCIES
ANDREW HARRISON
address: 8 Duddle Drive, Longstanton, Cambridge, CB24 3UP mobile: 073 6752 7677 | email: wonderisons@gmail.com | age: 31 years qualified: candidate architect | uk passport: 525078577 | nino: SX322024A
PROFILE:
I hope to understand how best to design and combine elements as part of spaces & communities, through every experience with people, materials and systems I have. This to and fro allows me to express myself better through craft, by intricately weaving ideas and the needs of people into practical decisions.
TRAINING:
Matriculation (Parktown Boys’High, SA) Full Time Study in 2004 - 2008 (60 months) th • 11 of12Courses: ‘Industrial Design’involved Technical Drawing, Carpentry & Steelwork(98%Grade). Bachelor of Architecture (Witwatersrand, SA) Full Time Study in 2009 - 2011 (36 months) • Courses: Advanced Design, Construction, Mathematics, History, Ecology, Furniture and Business. Returned to Witwatersrand: Part Time Study in 2013 - 2014 (12 months) • Degree: Completed degree through revision of Civil Engineering Theory (Mathematics). Honours in Architecture (Witwatersrand, SA) Full Time Study & Practicals in 2017 (6 months) • Courses: Research, Philosophy & Design (delayed degree completion due financial restraints).
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- SAISC Structural Steel Award at Witwatersrand University - 2 Industrial Design Valedictory Awards at Parktown Boys’ High School
SKILLS:
Scope of Architectural Works ISO Standards and Methodology Industrial Design: Timber, Steel, Masonry Free Hand Sketch Drawings Publishing, Media & Infographics Minutes for Meetings Residential, Commercial Projects Client and Contractor Liasson Site Inspection Business Administration & Directing On Site Building Experience
HOBBIES & INTERESTS:
Operating Systems Microsoft Operating System Autodesk Suite Programs Sketchup & V-Ray Rendering Revit AutoCad Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint Masonry & Groundwork Woodwork Steelwork
Hiking: I did competitive Cross Country at school. Now I hike and camp outdoors to get fresh air. Biking: I mountain bike to get outdoors and explore new places as well as to conserve fuel. Woodwork: Instead of buying new furniture and tools, I often make it or restore it by hand. Literature: I read a biography based books and do small courses to keep reading. Drawing: Free hand drawing to figure out how to solve problems and communicate ideas.