Deakin, Dean

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Master of Architecture

Liverpool School of Art and Design

ABOUT ME

I would consider myself a hardworking, enthusiastic and reliable professional, with over five years experience within an architectural practice and a an ambition to become an architect. Encouraged by the power I believe that architecture has to influence greater change. I am an active person, with the ability to adapt myself to different tasks as a team or individually. I consider myself responsible, creative and attentive to details with a passion for art, graphics and design.

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CONTACT Email: deandeakin37@gmail.com Telephone: +44 07769296605 Address: 6 Minnie Close, Halmerend,

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CONTENTS The Social Exchange Thesis Project

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The Dingle Regeneration Strategy Urban Design Proposal

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Future Yard Future Works 39-40 Live Project Alpha Homega 41-58 Architectural Design Project Rejected, Connected 59-64 Urban Design Project The Death and Life of the City of Stoke on Trent Dissertation

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Abstract To say that our environment shapes us is hardly a radical idea, yet the statement raises interesting questions. Can architecture bring people together? Influence how people interact? Encourage people to interact?

Help people learn, collaborate and innovate? Can architecture foster its own culture? This thesis project had an aim to experiment in an architecture that does just these things and aims to explain how the answer is a resounding ‘yes’.

In a world where city centrers are dying, loneliness and isolation are major issues within society and people are only living to survive, the project envisions a solution, ‘The Third Place’ - a centre of engagement, where people of all walks of life would enjoy coming together. The Social Exchange provides an escape to the noble pursuit of art, where art is the element that adds life to life; providing an alternate to survival in this mundane world. The scheme provides for a dynamic and complex programme with a specific remit to encourage life and bring people together, a constructivist social condenser.

There is architecture, and there is mere building. The line between the two is measured by the level of quality of experience. The approach of thinking beyond the program will be explored. It used to be that programme was the main driver in the design of buildings, of course how well a building meets it’s programmatic requirements will always be a key criterion. But it has become increasingly clear that greater architecture does much more than that architecture has the power to help build and create a culture.

In-between is an abstract space of architecture, the exploration of the in-between spaces are the key concept within this thesis - what measures can be taken and how these spaces can help to create the concept of social architecture.

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The Social Exchange, a building designed to bring together the city of Liverpool and celebrate it’s culture. The design includes three large multifunctional venues, nine restaurants and bars including a large rooftop terrace and external event space as well as the top floor of the tower restaurant offering great views of the city skyline and across the mersey. The twenty storey tower contains a new hotel, spa, gym, library, marina and hot-desk working spaces for those who enjoy the company of other people.

The proposal will be the tallest wood-framed building in the UK, referencing the docks rich history of timber. The 38,875 square meter building will be constructed of a glue-laminated timber frame and enclosed with a glass envelope,which will allow the structure and the activities inside to be seen from afar. Spaces have been designed for maximum flexibility, featuring movable floors and retractable walls to serve a range of functions.

City life will be brought into the building with an open ground floor/first floor foyer and multiple atrium entrances creating a new home for the city’s culture, providing a space for people who would not typically interact to share the same spaces. It’s when these different disciplines meet that the magic of the building will happen.

By providing a building with a wide range of uses as well as many multifunctional venues all with shared amenities including the large mixing foyer, the proposal aims to bring people together who would otherwise not cross paths in life - creating stronger bonds throughout the cities society and a stronger city culture.

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The Dingle Regeneration Strategy made a staged 30 year proposal to redevelop and regenerate the Dingle area of Liverpool. The focal point of the masterplan the social exchange - a mixed use catalyst development with eye catching architecture and a strong public focus, bringing people to the area and really allowing the area to be re-imagined, beyond its current industry dominance and into its new life beyond industry. Bringing a new lease of life to the area filled with life, interaction and engagement.

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The proposal sits isolated on the brunswick dock quay peninsula, a focal point of the entire brunswick entertainment district masterplan and a catalyst for the remainder of the dingle regeneration strategy.

Connecting the site to the city by extending the city to the area.

The focal positioning of the project leaves at least three of the elevations as the building fronts, the only exception being the north elevation which faces the city, therefore the tower face is also an important elevation.

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The spatial planning of the building leaves restaurants that interact with the external spaces, both on the dock and river side of the building. The dockside has pedestrianised a service road that serves the marina. Parking and other services underground with a road that connects to the existing road off of the pedestrianised central park created in the masterplan.

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THE SOCIAL EXCHANGE The complex programme of the building gives the proposal as close to a 24hour life as possible. Whether that be an early morning yoga class in the morning alongside an indoor market and conference to a gig in the evening, alongside a theatre performance and a bingo event. The deign aims to appeal to a general public greater than other facilities have previously been possible to accommodate through this multi-functional process.

The diagrams adjacent show an example of what just one day could hold in terms of programme amongst all the other uses in the building. The example shows the0 different people who would be brought together into the same building who without this space would not cross paths. Just the space for the chance interactions is what this proposal should provide, hopefully this itself allows groups of people who otherwise would not interact to interact and ultimately create a more interwoven and better society.

The large amount of glazing, and internal materials allows the internal light to emanate across the site, across the water and to the city, creating a beacon of culture.

A new icon for the city. A more transparent glazing treatment will provide a clear view of the shining outer shell filling the volume of the main multi-functional space; this powerful image of the bright dome 06:00 will emphasize the presence of the cultural centre.

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From the large main entrance foyer which provides space for public art displays and overflow cafe and restaurant space, the public are encouraged to walk up the communal staircase and along the exchange foyer which connects to the wide variety of multi-function spaces including the 250 seater auditorium space, a sports hall size arena and eventually to the main dome shaped multifunction space, positioned at the heart of the building.

The way in which the proposals layout is configured is that the exchange foyer the key element to the building is positioned down the east side of the building which is set above three independent restaurants facing the marina. This is the shared space where people from different uses will have chance to interact.

The Dome is surrounded by open space which includes three entrances from the river front, the dockside and the city side which gives the dome a central prominence and allows it to stand out in the building, and radiate through the large amounts of glazing and beyond to the surrounding area, attracting intrigued visitors. The Dome itself facilitates up to 1250 people at capacity, however supports a mechanical system which gives the venue a varied seat layout options, giving the venue as much flexibility as possible.

Above the the main building is an external events space, a rooftop restaurant and larger function suite, providing an additional unique urban environment to the proposal.

Creating a backing for the dome is the Tower, which houses the marina building and its facilities, a twelve storey hotel containing 144 rooms, hotel facilities such as a gym and spa, a communal library and 4 storeys of open plan hot-desk working spaces. Finally at the top of the tower is a restaurant and bar offering views across the city and Mersey.

Circulation Mixed Use Spaces External Events Space Restaurant/Bar/Cafe Hotel Marina Hot Desk Working Education Recreation Sports

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THE SOCIAL EXCHANGE A statement piece of architecture along Liverpool docks, intentionally making no reference to the sites historic industrial language, as it is a landmark building expressing a new era for the area beyond industry.

The building takes a more discreet reference to the site history with it’s material choice of timber, in reference to the sites historic timber industry.

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The individual spaces and functions within the programme of the building can work on their own, like they would traditionally - however this building provides them shared spaces and provides new ways of collaboration, using each other’s spaces.

Combining all these cultural spaces in the same building allows people to interact with people that they otherwise perhaps would not cross paths with, bringing the community of the city closer together. The main way this is done is through the shared foyer space which connects to each of the individual uses of the building.

It creates an indoor public space, a cultural street, which has the potential to become the living room of the city a melting pot of for cultural and social exchange.

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The key element within the proposal is the dome shaped multi-function space, set at the heart of the building - with its unique form and external material to draw people in being only the beginning of the overall experience. Once inside the unique space, visitors would be in awe of the unique venue.

The dome is encased in enclosed in a timber shell, with not just a large amount of glazed walls but also a feature roof with a natural and artificial lighting pattern which ensures that the reflective exterior is always well lit. This is supported by a significant glulam beam system picked up by four columns which frame the dome internally.

The space gives opportunity for truly unique performances and will bring a new destination within the city.

The planetarium style domed roof gives opportunity for next generation venue which could redefine live entertainment. The space will require an array of technology geared towards transformative, immersive connections between artists and audiences.

The building structure surrounding the dome consists of a large amount of glazing which allows for it to be seen externally set within a predominantly timber structure, including the large patterned roof which allows large amounts of light to reflect from its surface, whether that be natural light in the day or artificial light and night in the alternating pattern.

The substructure consists mostly of concrete which hosts a two storey car park and supports the structure above. The 20 storey tower provides a back drop to the dome, an end to the marina walk and the scheme.

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The space will feature cutting-edge technology including a high resolution media display, an adaptive acoustic system and finally a mechanical system which allows the spaces multifunctional seating system.

These technologies and the design of the space allow the venue the flexibility to host a wide range of activities within the dome. Whether that be a staged performance, a lecture or a talk, a gig, a boxing event, or even an art exhibition space, all with a very unique backdrop of the dome.

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The construction strategy for the proposal is heavily reliant on two main materials, concrete for the substructure and timber for the superstructure.

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In order to safely complete superstructure works, including the excavation of the existing land, a CFA piled wall will be constructed around the boundary, this will re-enforce land and will be sprayed with waterproof concrete, before later adding additional membrane layers.

Once excavated, substructure works can begin, this involves large amounts of concrete, which will be reinforced by additional piles where required and be re-enforced with structural steel rebars.

The structure above the dome is supported by four columns 30m, supported a square of major glulam beams which are doubled in each direction. With a grid of substructure glulams at 2m centres, with steel bracing set within alternative created squares of the grid.

The dome itself is supported by a hidden steel structure, consisting of two layers of steel columns which support each other at the head of the dome and further supported by horizontal rings.

The superstructure mostly consists of mass timber with some elements of supporting steel. The building is designed in a way that it is supported through a gridded system of structure with main superstructural elements being set out at 20m centres with substructure glulams at 2m centres, these support CLT System which structurally completes the roof.

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It is where the two axis of the grid clash where the structure of the design becomes most important.

The use of timber as the main structural component was decided for environmental reasons, it is here where timber is pushed to its limits as a material.

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The environmental strategy for the proposal is based around the adaptability of the user. The complexity of the building and its many different individual functions call for a mixture of mechanical ventilation and natural ventilation systems, mostly mechanical. The large amount of glazing within the building, particularly the larger open plan public spaces and foyers is something which has had to be considered during the design and has influenced the layout of the various functions within the building. As well as positioning, the larger glazed rooms have been assisted with vertical mullions, preventing large amounts of light coming into the space throughout the day.

The large use of timber in a building which would be typically constructed in steel and concrete is a major part of the designs environmental strategy.

The use of timber in construction is shown to embody carbon rather than emit carbon into the atmosphere, highlighting its environmental benefits.

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THE DINGLE REGENERATION STRATEGY

Abstract The Dingle Regeneration Strategy made a staged 30 year proposal to redevelop and regenerate the Dingle area of Liverpool. There were 3 key concepts that drove the regeneration strategy of Connection, Community and Continuity.

The Dingle Regeneration Strategy aims to provide a much needed new lease of life to the area. There are three main strategies echoed throughout the proposal; Connection, Community and Continuity. Breaking barriers and divisions and connecting the area to the waterfront and improving links to and from the city centre. Encouraging communal interaction and beginning to develop a sense of pride of place across the area. The aim of the strategy is also to recapture and celebrate the areas that have lost their character and identity and give them a new lease of life to thrive.

The concept was developed with the idea of redeveloping Brunswick business park as an Entertainment District, extending the city centre and providing a catalyst for development for the area of the Dingle. This more developed proposal provides a much needed new lease of life to the area, developing a district which separates from the typical seriousness of a city centre - providing opportunities for residents and visitors to recreate, be entertained, relax and have fun.

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THE DINGLE REGENERATION STRATEGY

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The approach of the regeneration strategy is within the first 5 years to implement small incremental changes, focusing on aesthetics and bringing character back to the area.

Within 15 years the implementation became slightly more radical, focusing initially on areas closer to the city and at the north most point of the existing business district, where proposals would be developed to attract visitors to the area and act as catalysts for further development to the area.

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Finally, the 30 year implementation concludes the complete regeneration of the area with lively corridors being encouraged, a complete connection along the waterfront from The Dingle to Albert Docks and beyond, giving a complete new lease of life to the area.

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1. General Area Revamp 2. Improve Existing Connections 3. Replace Existing Walls 4. Improve Existing Public Spaces 5. Creating New Public Spaces 6. Brownfeild Sites Given Temporary Uses 7. Ensure Existing Facilities Do Not Fail 8. Encourage Re-use of Empty Buildings 9. Existing Terraced Streets Retrofitted

1. Fringe Train Station Re-Opened 2. Develop Waterfront Destination 3. Develop New Links to Waterfront 4. Increase Density of Population 5. Mixed Use Developments 6. Brownfeild Sites Given Permanent Uses 7. Re-Use of Brunswick Business Park 8. Existing Aging Properties Replaced 9. Sefton Road Business Area Relocated

1. Lively Corridors Encouraged 2. Corridors Bind Communities 3. Waterfront Connection to City 4. Mixed Use Developments Continue 5. Large Scale Communal Space 6. Car Parks Given to Public Spaces 7. New High Value Developments 8. Existing Residential Areas Redeveloped 9. Education Hub Added

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The masterplan lead to an area of focus which was the current Brunswick business centre, an area which as part of the 30 year strategy will become an extension to the city centre of liverpool as an entertainment district.

This site was identified as it is an area which is believed can be the real catalyst to development as well a binder to the present segregated community.

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THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT 1. Pedestrian Ferry Port 2. Landmark Tower - Mixed Use

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The proposal continued with the three main concepts developed in the greater masterplan of connection, community and continuity.

While trying to develop these themes further by creating the ideas of destination, permeability, public realm focus, pride of place, new amenities, landscape and natural environment, re-establishm conserve and celebrate and providing opportunity.

Key goals acheived within the proposed scheme are an improved waterfront connection to city, improved links to the dingle, the creation of landmark architecture and activities as well as new public parks and green spaces. The scheme also added the provision for amenities and locals businesses, an increased density of population while retaining and reusing existing characteristic buildings and re-establishing dingle terraced housing.

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Although the scheme is presented as one complete project it is designed in a way to be staged from north to south, while also influencing development to surrounding areas.

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FUTURE YARD FUTURE WORKS This project was a design appraisal which was presented to a client as a five phase proposal - with an overall vision which fulfilled the client brief requirements. As there was no budget given a phased proposal was provided so that one complete proposal was not proposed that would never be financially viable, nor did we want to provide a proposal that may be assumed more financially viable but not meet the clients aspirations.

Therefore the proposal provided various workable phases which gave the client options as to what can be constructed when the demand and funding is there as their company grows.

In summary, the client requested 10no. additional studio spaces, an additional hot-desking area and a vision for the external events area. The The vision for the external events area was proposed within Phase 1 of the scheme. Phase 2 would see 5no. of the requested studio spaces provided within the existing roof space. Whilst the additional hot-desking area was provided within Phase 3 along with a further 2no. studios. All internal requests were met by Phase 4 which would complete the requested 10no. good sized studio spaces and an additional 2no. studio spaces or alternatively a further additional hot-desking area is available within Phase 5. The way in which these phases were designed were so that Phases 1, 2 and 3 could be complete in any order as and when Future Yard requires, while Phases 4 and 5 require the completion of Phases 2 and 3.

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ALPHA HOMEGA Abstract Situated on the edge of Liverpool’s Georgian Quarter, this project aims to provide a variety of residential units ranging from one bedroom apartments to five bedroom houses. The development provides a mix of dense mid rise apartments stepping down to a dense low rise terraced street. The design inspiration is to be taken from the areas surrounding Georgian architecture.

With neutral colours and extensive use of brick and strong repetitive rhythms in the buildings façades.

The aim of the project is to regenerate the majority vacant land located off Upper Parliament Street, currently the site is occupied by a community centre and a car park.

The development will provide 394 bedspaces in 167 residential units as well as communal facilities for the residents and a replacement community centre is also part of the scheme. A scheme that puts the community at the heart of the project – a place to know and be friends with your neighbours.

The scheme aims to draw residents from all ages and backgrounds and become a place which will allow families to grow and stay in the area, whilst providing a safe place for children to grow and play.

Cohousing is a way of life in which residents not only get to know their neighbours and enjoy a real sense of community, but jointly manage their living environment together. As well as their own private home, each resident household benefits from shared spaces and facilities that enrich the living experience and encourage a more social way of life.

Car parking is kept to the periphery and bins in communal stores, conserving the outside space for people’s enjoyment. The three different open spaces are designed to create attractive, people-friendly spaces, encouraging children’s play, communal gathering and neighbourly interaction.

At the centre of the development is the open house which provides a place for the residents to socialise, host guests and eat together. It would include a large kitchen, lounge, laundry facilities, children’s play room and flexible spaces for meetings and wellbeing classes, bringing the new community together.

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ALPHA HOMEGA The Demographic of the area showed that a lot of young adults lived in the area but moved away from the site when growing old, the sense of community is effected by this.

Therefore the scheme aims to provide multiple types of accommodation in order to provide an area where residents can grow old in, alongside a good community. A place to grow old with. A place with community at the heart.

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The proposal includes a range of accommodation ranging from 1 bedroom apartments to 5 bedroom houses. The scheme is proposed in three pockets of housing, each surrounding a communal garden, greenscape or pedestrianised street. As the ground floor areas are all public space, private outdoor areas are provided in form of balconies or rooftop gardens.

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Abstract Our urban design proposal aims to establish a new urban framework to the Ports and Wharfs area of Chester, working carefully and respectfully with what already exists on the site adding small pockets of intervention. The proposal will aim to enhance accessibility and connections between the historic core and the waterfront whilst making the most of historically significant sites to define public space. More social communication will be encouraged in the area with the appliance of urban design methods, reclaiming the waterfront for public uses along with regenerating existing public areas. The main use of the these areas intend to include leisure and entertainment for everyday life, a small market and exhibition spaces bringing people from all backgrounds together, developing a sense of place and encouraging a sense of community, providing a mix of leisure activities and encouragement of smaller local businesses. Some buildings would be re-purposed and some new buildings would be constructed, offered as mixed-use developments building a sense of urban scale.

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The existing site was relatively pleasant, the masterplan focused on retaining the existing character of the area while using the area to develop the cities connected to its river, reducing vehicular movement and increasing Existing landmark plan, Existing routes plan, pedestrian links, developing more landmarks and densifying the highlighting under use of historical features on the site. highlighting roads disrupting any area. clear pedestrian routes.

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1. Opening up green-space near canal, 2. Re-landscaping area to reveal water tower.

3. New Community area connecting two canals, 4. Road removed to connect gardens to canal, water tower focalised.

5. Water tower gardens re-landscaped and offered as temporary exhibition space.

6. Ground floor of current accommodation offered to local businesses 7. Existing car parking area re-landscaped to increase walk-ability 8. Road resurfaced to increase walk-ability and link to river 9. New communal hub with interactive play-space plaza 10. Riverfront promenade linked, with connection to water developed 11. Corner plots of ground floor accommodation offered to local businesses.

12. Connection to water developed with seating and performance space.

13. Plaza created in-front of existing landmark building.

14. Landmark building re-purposed and given public use.

15. New mixed use development opening to new public space.

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This scheme is a finer tuned proposal of what was originally proposed in a group urban design proposal. From the group urban design proposal it was analysed that although the area had a lot of residential properties it really lacked a sense of community. This proposal aims to provide a space which brings people together, providing opportunity for social interactions and ‘communal exchange’. The area is positioned so that it also acts as a link between the historic city core and the ports and wharfs area of Chester, so that it is not just exclusive to the residents but brings people together from beyond its realm.

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THE DEATH AND LIFE OF THE CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT Dean Deakin Full Dissertation available upon request.

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The Death and Life of the City of Stoke-on-Trent

The Death and Life of the City of Stoke-on-Trent

The Death and Life of the City of Stoke-on-Trent Improving city life for the people of the North Staffordshire conurbation

Abstract This study suggests potential approaches in order to improve the quality of city life for the residents of Stoke-on-Trent. Firstly, to understand how to move forward, the study describes the city’s past, how it was born and how it developed through the years into one of the greatest cities of the World’s first industrial Revolution. It then looks at how the city has developed since, its current state and how the city aims to move into the future and work on identified issues.

Figure 1. An Image of Stoke-On-Trent Bottle Kilns, Of Which Over 2000 Used to Dominate Its Skyline

“I believe the greatest thing [about life] is a matter that comes directly home to us all. When it is said that we are too occupied with the means of living to live, I answer that the chief worth of civilisation is just that it makes the means of living more complex; that it calls for great and combined intellectual efforts, instead of simple, uncoordinated ones, in order that the crowd may be fed and clothed and housed and moved from place to place. Become more complex and intense intellectual efforts mean a fuller and richer life. Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have enough of it.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr1

The study will explore an alternative future for Stoke-on-Trent with some different approaches and suggestions on how to revive the area, back to the great city it once was. To do this the study explores other cities around the world, where alternative approaches have been taken, been successful and which could be appropriate to Stoke-on-Trent.

This study contains no masterplans (of which there have been many) and no miracle cures. The regeneration of the city is a vast and complex project, requiring deep planning and in-depth exploration of proposed ideas, which are made and analysed throughout this text focussing on the social and economic revival of Stoke-on-Trent.

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CURRICULUM VITAE Profile

Experience / Portfolio

I would consider myself a hard-working, enthusiastic and reliable professional, with over five years experience within an architectural practice and a an ambition to become an architect. Encouraged by the power I believe that architecture has to influence greater change. I am an active person, with the ability to adapt myself to different tasks as a team or individually. I consider myself responsible, creative and attentive to details with a passion for art, graphics and design.

I completed my undergraduate degree with a final project where I designed an eco-tourism centred coastal defence system encouraging a rich ecology while protecting an historic site. This encouraged my dissertation which was an effort to develop an architecture which harmonises humanity with nature in a new non-anthropocentric paradigm.

Education Liverpool John Moores University Masters of Architecture

2019 - 2021

Portfolio attached

Leeds Beckett University Undergraduate Degree

2013 - 2017

Bachelor of Arts with Second Class Honours (First Division) in Architecture

Newcastle under Lyme College A Levels

2011 - 2013

Art (C), Geography (C), Maths (E) and Physics (D)

Sir Thomas Boughey High School GCSE’s

2019 - 2021

Art (A), Biology (A), Chemistry (B), English Language (C), English Literature (B), Geography (A), IT (A)(A), Maths (A) and Physics (A).

Employment

Architectural Assistant bpArchitecture I started employment as an architectural assistant between years whilst studying for my undergraduate degree moving into full-time role once complete including while completing my Masters. Working in a practice has helped me to gain invaluable skills, knowledge and experience in the world of architecture; from familiarising myself with the planning process and building regulations and gaining technical knowledge in various construction methods to developing my confidence while communicating with both clients, planners and engineers on various project design teams.

During my time at the practise responsibilities have grown up to now running not just small projects by larger projects too. Working alongside my masters has developed my professionalism and time management.

2016- Present

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During my masters degree I have discovered my interest in the social power of architecture and the influence it can have on society, developing schemes throughout the course all of which had social ambitions. This spans at many scales, from urban design to finer tuned architectural design in my thesis and even my dissertation.

I began in practice starting working on smaller projects, residential scheme designs and planning applications, I have now experienced carrying those schemes into construction phase drawings, seeing projects through to completion. Throughout my time in the practice I started taking on greater roles, working on larger projects including new build developments, industrial projects, educational projects and other specialist buildings, spending most of my time recently working managing and working on a project for a genomics laboratory.

Interests and Activities Outside of the world of architecture I also enjoy other areas of design, including graphics and photography, occasionally practising these in my spare time. I also have a strong passion for travelling and keeping in shape.

Skills Revit

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Autocad

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Contact

Sketchup

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Photoshop

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Illustrator

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Email: deandeakin37@gmail.com Telephone: +44 07769296605 Address: 6 Minnie Close, Halmerend,

Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 8BY.

Indesign

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References available upon request.

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