Curriculum Vitae 2024
ADAM SUMMERS
My love of architecture began as a child sketching with my father, being taught to truly comprehend and understand the unique buildings and structures in and around my hometown of Poole. I began to understand the weight of the line, how to shade and study an object, and see the truth of the form I was studying. Many years on, I am a highly motivated graduate of the Welsh School of Architecture aiming for, what I hope will be, a long and rewarding career as an architect.
I have progressed from GCSE work experience to paid architectural work and then to working as a Part 1 Assistant last year. I cannot wait to take the next step as a Part 2 Architectural Assistant and to ARB accreditiation.
Designing our human environment is something I consider a vital part of improving and benefitting the lives of people, as well as being a fascinating career, with the chance to work as something of a renaissance person, studying many diverse skills and ideas with opportunities to learn and change every day.
A focus on designing to satisfy all the senses not just the eye, is also key to my philosophy of design, especially for people who are neurodivergent.
CONTACT
Adam Summers 8 Upton Way, Poole, Dorset, BH18 9LY 07798 725769
Email: adam.summers501@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adam-summers-848250170
Instagram: @adamsummersdesign
EDUCATION
MArch Architectural Studies (currently ungraded)
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University (2022-2024)
BSc (Hons) Architectural Studies
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University (2019–2022)
Art and Design, BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies - Art, Design and Media
Ferndown Upper Sixth Form (2018–2019)
A levels: Art and Design grade B/D&T Product Design AS Level grade E
GCSEs: 10 grade A-C, including Maths and English Corfe Hills School & Sixth Form (2013 - 2017)
EMPLOYMENT
Part 1 Architectural Assistant, Hale Brown Architects, London (October 2022-July 2023 Assistant, Morgan Carey Architects Ltd, Wareham (September 2021)
Freelance Assistant, Boyle and Summers, Southampton (occasional, 2019 to present)
‘Broadstone News’ shop attendant (Saturday and Sunday mornings, 2017)
Unpaid work experience:
ECA Architects, Poole (1 week 2016)
Feria Urbanism, Bournemouth (1 week 2016)
Morgan Carey Architects Ltd, Wareham (1 week 2014)
Quarr Art Gallery, Swanage (1 week 2014)
REFERENCES
Matt Hale, Director - Hale Brown Architects mh@halebrown.com
Paul Harrington, Director - Morgan Carey Architects prh@morgancarey.co.uk
Yasser Megahed, Year 5 Head - Welsh School of Architecture MegahedY@cardiff.ac.uk
Academic Highlights
• Achieving a First Class grade in my Masters research Dissertation
‘The Optimal Healing Environment: How architecture and climatology shaped Tuberculosis healing practices in Britain between 1855-1955 and the implications on architectural design in the Modern era’
• Designing holistic and balanced architectural solutions in final third and fifth year projects.
• Developing graphical and diagrammatic drawing skills.
• Designing proposals that abide by both legal regulations, but also to construction standards such as Passivhaus.
• Taking the lessons learned from ‘Practice Management & Economics’ modules, right into my design proposals.
SKILLS: DIGITAL
VectorWorks
Archicad
Revit
AutoCAD
SketchUp
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, InDesign)
Enscape
V-Ray
SU Podium
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Teams
Zoom
Desktop computer building and troubleshooting
Career Highlights
• Being part of the design team that delivered an extensive retrofit of an office building on Tottenham Court Road.
• Being given the responsibility to start the design process for multiple projects, creating drawings and models in order to design multiple design options for facade, plan and massing.
• Taking over responsibilities for visuals and rendering at my practice, and creating new ways to create visuals at a faster pace for client presentations.
• Creating presentation documents for clients, design teams and planning authorities.
• Gaining practice experience in both rural and dense urban contexts.
SKILLS: ANALOGUE
Modelmaking
Casting
Sketching
Laser cutting
Digital Photography
Academic & Creative Writing
Tour guide and representative of the W.S.A. at Open Days. Also worked designing and building the Physical Exhibition for the 2022 W.S.A. On Display summer show.
INTERESTS
Electric Bass (Grade 7)
Cycling
Cooking
Sea swimming
Exploring Poole and the Purbecks
History
Sociology
Politics
Film
Makeup Artistry
Jewellery making/Crafts
City visits - Amsterdam, New York City, Dublin, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Brussels, Edinburgh, Florence, London, Malaga, Marseille, Miami, Nice, Rome, Siena, Lisbon
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