Contact
+ 46 702880280
carolineegeskov@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin. com/in/caroline-holm-egeskov995a87229/
Technical Skills
- Autocad
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Rhino
- Physical model making
Skills
- Leadership & Management
- Verbal & Visual Communication
- Time Management
- Organized
- Fast Learner
- Adaptive
Languages
- Spanish
- English
- Danish
- Swedish
I am a responsible, creative, and detail-oriented person with good leadership skills. Self-motivation drives me to constantly want to learn and explore new things, whether this be in my field of work, or in other hobbies. Within Architecture, I am especially interested in human-centered design, and community-based projects. Besides my creative interests, I have a big passion for learning new languages and about new cultures. Growing up in multiple different cities and countries, means that I adapt quickly to new environments, and I can communicate fluently in Spanish, Danish, Swedish, and English.
BA (Hons) Architecture, Birmingham City University
First Class Honors
September 2020 - June 2023
Birmingham School of Architecture & Design
Awards
- B&FCAA Trust Green Book Award 2023 - Highly Commended Awarded for a thoughtful and sensitive approach to my final project
- Studentship Award
International Baccalaureate, International School of Gothenburg
September 2018 - May 2019
Upon graduating, I received a merit award in IB Visual Arts for my overall work in the subject.
International Baccalaureate, American School of Madrid
September 2017 - June 2018
I was an exchange student in Madrid and studied at the American School of Madrid. I received Academic Excellence awards in English and Spanish.
Graduation Show Organizer, Birmingham, June 2023
Along with 3 others, I was responsible for organizing the set-up of the Birmingham School of Architecture Graduation Showcase Viewing. This involved space organization, overall set-up, delegating responsibilities, and maintaining communication between staff and students.
Glenn Howells Masterclass, Birmingham, March 2023
Selected by my tutors, I was put forward for a masterclass with Glenn Howells Birmingham. The day was spent working with Glenn Howells personally, to get feedback on my final thesis project. I was chosen based on who tutors felt were performing to a high standard within their studio.
Glancy Nicholls Architects, Birmingham, January 2022
Architectural Intern
On a two-week placement, I assisted in the preparation of site analysis and presentations used to show clients for an upcoming project. I also worked on tasks using Photoshop and SketchUp for other design projects.
Private English Tutor, Gothenburg, 2017-2019
I was a private tutor for two children, where I helped develop their overall level of English. I assisted in teaching them English vocabulary for everyday use and improving their communication skills.
The portfolio contains work from my second year of BA Architecture, as well as my Third year final thesis project.
This project combined the idea of upward movement with architecture being like a drawing or game. Four elements; a material, function, poetic, and module were randomly combined to become the basis of the design. These words were Workshop, brick, tenuous, and stairs.
Based in an unspecified location, the final designed space was a cantilevered brickmaking workshop. The project focused on detail drawings, and successfully delivering a project and idea through orthographic drawings.
Landing Length 3200mm (minimum 1200mm) in accordance with Part M, Section 1.33 a+b, Diagram 4
Headroom 2965mm (minimum 2000mm) in accordance to Part K, Section 1.11, Diagram 1.3
Handrail Height 950mm (minimum 900mm, maximum 1000mm from oor) in accordance with Part K, Section 1.34a, Diagram 1.11
Handrail Starting Point 300mm (minimum 300mm from rst step) in accordance with Part K, Diagram 1.12
Handrail Height 1000mm (minimum 900mm, maximum 1000mm from oor) in accordance with Part K, Section 1.34a, Diagram 1.11
Riser 175mm (minimum 150mm, maximum 190mm) in accordance to Part K, Section 1.3, Table 1.1
Going 270mm (minimum 250mm, maximum 400mm) in accordance with Part K, Section 1.3, Table 1.1
Precast Concrete
Cities need to move beyond an inward looking view of nature, and instead explore alternative ways of integrating biological and ecological systems into a human-dominated built environment. A world in which the line between the human and natural world is blurred .
The project entailed a residential scheme, as part of a larger multi-stage masterplan. It explored making architecture that not only responded to the life and needs of humans, but also to a non-human species.
My scheme explored the concept of urban farming, by designing residential units that worked together with corn and tomato harvesting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In combination, this aimed to create a more sustainable and local food production cycle in and around the canals of Amsterdam.
Phase 0
The initial phase of the master plan consists of all housing units on site. These are broken up to maintain privacy distance between block, but still keep a community feel for the people living there.
Phase 1
Phase 1 begins to touch the existing site. Part of the site is excavated, making space for a wider canal at the top of the site. This will allow for canal boats to park in order to enter the site.
Phase 2
Public spaces is introduced to the plan, in order to allow for maximum engagement with the people living on the site, as well as people coming from outside; in line with manifesto point 2 & 5. The spaces include two restaurants, a farmers market, and a seating area leading down to the canal.
Phase 4
The non-human species, corn, is introduced to the plan by designing fields around the buildings for corn to specifically grow. The fields are broken up to create walkways between, for farmers to be able to harvest the corn.
Phase 3
Service and refuge areas are introduced to the back of the site. This consists of car and bike parking spaces as well as waste management. The last unit will be a bio fuel conversion building, where excess product from corn production will be used to produce fuel for canal boats.
Phase 5
The final phase of the masterplan introduces green spaces to be used by the residents and others visiting the site. Implementing green spaces means that pedestrians are prioritized and have easy access to comfortable and healthy outdoor areas.
Orientation towards South maximizes solar gains, which means that solar radiation can be used as one of the heating sources in the building
Rainwater Harvesting Tank Greywater Recycling
Rainwater
Tackling UN Sustainable Development Goals, the first semester of this project looked at the social injustices that happen in Newtown, Birmingham. The injustice was tackled through exploring a ritual significant to the area. I explored ‘the ritual of coming together to do laundry’.
Following research, it became apparent that the history of doing laundry carries much more than just washing clothes. Historically, it was an activity that brought people together and created a social gathering space.
The introduction of laundromats also freed up time, which could instead be spent on something productive and educational.
Combining the ideas of socializing and education was the starting point for my thesis project, ‘a meeting place between the forgotten & the Everyday’. a project that celebrates the everyday rituals, or activities, that bring a community together.
The invention of the washing machine let people use their time differently, which was an idea incorporated into the ‘LaundroLibrary’ design. It is a combination of a laundromat and a library, where the local community can meet, read, talk, and potentially educate themselves and others.
:A meeting place between the forgotten & the everyday
The project looked at UN Sustainable Development goal 11: sustainable cities & communities, through mapping of activity and movement in Newtown, Birmingham. The mapping developed in to a site identification for the new design, in order to tackle isolation in certain parts of Newtown.
The strategy map is designed to show how different areas in Newtown are inviting and used, through negative contour layers. The bottom layer, cuts out the tower blocks, as this is one of the least inclusive spaces. The layers above range from the green spaces around the tower blocks, to bigger public green spaces. Imposed on to this are the already existing designated community spots. On top of this, are suggestions to where new policy implementations can be placed around Newtown. The surrounding buildings, functions and general spaces were taken into consideration when deciding where to place them.
1:100 Scheme Model
The scheme proposes a retrofit of an existing street containing locally owned shops, amenities, a community center, and housing. It celebrates the local community and is designed to create a piece of architecture that specifically suits the needs and desires of these people.
For the design of the building, it was important that big parts of the existing structure were maintained. Therefore, the window positions have all been kept in the same place. And this is what became the starting point for the rest of my design. Internally, many of the walls are kept in the same place. In the right part of the units, many of the shops are currently very narrow and do not get a lot of natural light. The layout of these has been changed, to make the back duplex residential units, and the front existing local shops.
The floor plans feature male and female prayer spaces, cooking areas where people can bring food to eat with friends, or come to learn to cook, a laundrolibrary, a cafe, and duplex apartments.
It shows the intention of community gatherings and activity in every part of the building. Essentially, embracing that many spaces that are often forgotten because they are seen as “the every day”, are instead celebrated because they are the DNA of the community.
Extruded windows are a big element of the design, in order to create more use-able and interactive space. It helps promote activity and engagement internally and externally and attracts usage. The English brick bond extrusion is a design that is only added to the new parts of the building, whereas the two existing floors are kept as a stretcher bond.
