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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO CESC CLAVE I DOMENECH

11/08/22

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Cesc Clave I Domenech (ES) +34 693614494 / (UK) 07742785215 cclavedomenech@gmail.com CescClave | cescclave.github.io

EDUCATION Kingston University London, England - 2020/2022 MArch | RIBA Part II 2-year masters course focused on ‘Surrealism in Design’ & ‘Reuse of the Existing Build Environment’ Dissertation - Retrofitting Brutalist Social Housing Blocks in France - 2:1 | Studio: 2:1 2016 - 2019 University of the West of England Bristol, England - 2016/2019 BSc Hons Architecture | RIBA Part I 3-year undergraduate course focused on sustainable design and theories of architecture Core Modules: Design Studio, Dissertation, History of Architecture, Theories of Architecture and Design American School of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain- 2011/2016 International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme HL: Economics, Physics, Spanish, English | SL: Mathematics, Visual Arts, Theory of Knowledge +250 hours of community volunteering work

WORK EXPERIENCE GroupG4 Barcelona, Spain - 2019/2020 Junior Architect • Advised on multiple international luxury retail architecture projects for Fortune 500 companies. All design, construction, and client relations conducted to the highest standard of quality.

• Took charge of an expansion and renovation project in Bicester Village, England. Conducting conferences with the clients, providing preliminary designs, contacting general contractors, drafting the drawings, and developing a bill of quantities.

• Developed site and project drawings to a professional finish with AutoCAD and Revit for projects in Spain, England, Dubai, Italy, and the United States. Leading weekly progress reports to keep up with team members.

• Supervised several key site visits while undertaking site surveys for a store renovation. Consulted city officials and legislatures to find building regulations for the sites' protected façade.

DAW Office Barcelona, Spain - 2018 Architect Apprentice • Drafted plans, sections, and elevations for a renovation project of Antoni Gaudí’s first project in Barcelona, Casa Vicens. Worked meticulously to complete a detailed and carefully planned renovation project for a highly protected building.

• Designed, built, and photographed a 2m x 3.5m, 1:200 detailed scale model of a charity project to create the Thinonck-Essyl High School in a remote village in Senegal. The model and photographs were displayed for company fundraisers and presented to key stakeholders.

• Designed several competition boards for local projects in Barcelona. Creating skate park designs with Photoshop, InDesign, and model making to fulfill submission requirements.

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Revit

Rendering

Photoshop

Adobe CC

Model-Making

Front-End Development

Languages |

English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Catalan (native tongue), French (limited professional proficiency)

01 2020-21 PLASTER CASTING TECTONIC STUDY

An exploration of the creases created by flexible formworks for potential roof fragments.

Giving particular importance to the dichotomy of the cast concrete and the impression of softness.

A fabric pillowcase was used to allow for the texturing of surfaces and to produce indentations.

Three chosen casts were rearranged to create a wide variety of sheltered spaces.

To address the lack of order in the structure, the joints between the columns and the roof structure were investigated further by casting the columns directly against the underside of the roof.

This allowed the columns to reliably interlock with the roof structure, creating a more stable joint.

The result is a partially self- supported roof with structural columns helping carry the load.

1.50 MODEL

1.50 MODEL

02 2020-21 BATBOX LITTLE SPACE DESIGN CONTEST (runner-up) Studio-wide competition to build a small space along the Hogsmill River in Kingston upon Thames.

The brief was to design a sustainable space along the Hogsmill River that would help the local wildlife flourish.

Proposed to host a Build Your Own Bat-Box (B.Y.O.B.B) workshop.

Community members will build and design bat boxes and hang them above the Hogsmill River along bat-inspired structures.

The goal is to provide more habitats along the river for bats, which are losing their natural shelters when housing developments appear along the river.

BATBOX STRUCTURE

BATBOX SITE PLAN

03 2020-21 TENSILE STRUCTURES TECTONIC STUDY

Initial inspiration from Frei Otto, a German architect, and sculptor, known for making lightweight tensile membrane structures.

Balance large building elements with thin, almost invisible cables, creating an illusion of a floating building.

Formed a peaceful space tucked into the underbelly of the lightweight membrane.

Skylight creates a viewing point framing the sky from a sheltered space.

TENSILE RENDER

EARLY CONCEPT DRAWING

LOAD PATH DIAGRAM

TENSILE MODEL

04 2021-22 LLOYD’S REGISTER EXISTING BUILDING STUDY

1890s Lloyd’s Register Shipping Insurance was large enough to move into its own office: a classical Italian manner was designed by Thomas Edward Collcutt.

The business kept growing over the next decade, several expansions added a gun shooting range and, another floor to the building.

The building expanded ans integrated the façade of the Coronation House which lies within a conservation area.

The Richard Rodgers building in 2001 has its installations on the outside resulting in a detailed and complex building without any typical ornamentation.

LLOYD’S REGISTER | 2001

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| 1908

LLOYD’S REGISTER ELEVATION

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| 1980

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| 1996

LLOYD’S REGISTER SECTION

05a 2021-22 RYE LANE, LONDON CARE & REPAIR

Peckham is a rapidly developing area in South London with a rich cultural diversity and one of the most famous retail streets in London, Rye Lane.

With a focus on Care & Repair for the existing environment, the project brief asked us to bring our own interest to a site on Rye Lane and creatively transform an existing space.

RYE LANE WEST ELEVATION

BLENHEIM GROVE SOUTH ELEVATION

05b 2021-22 PECKHAM SCAFFOLD MARKET CARE & REPAIR

The Scaffold Market re-purposes materials found on-site from the previous scaffolding yard to create a vibrant mix of markets, workshops, art exhibitions, and community spaces, promoting local business and adding to the proposed Peckham Coal Line.

The project provides a sustainable framework for local businesses to grow, exterior spaces for visitors to relax and eat, and a rooftop for all to train-watch and take in the site’s richness while greening an area of 1000m2 in central Peckham.

The site serves as a backdrop to an industrial, dynamic public project. The re-wilding of spaces forms a relaxed, fragmented environment for everyone to find their interest. A robust, responsive design planned for the future, serving as a flexible environment where building & design lessons can be re-applied to other brown sites around Rye Lane. The project will re-purpose and re-use the existing to adapt to life on a high street.

MARKET STREET RENDER

The project is inspired by Rye Lane’s chaotic and jumbled energy, essentially extending the famous street away from roads to create an environment for pedestrians and cyclists.

The Peckham Scaffold Market offers an open space away from the compact and often crowded Rye Lane curbs. Promoting creativity, innovation, education, nature, and connectedness through design. Visitors will have more to do around the area when shopping at the historic Khan’s Bargains or exploring the different floors of Peckham Levels. Connecting two high streets, adding green space in Rye Lane and re-purposing existing infrastructure to create a community-led development

WEST ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

STRUCTURE FRAME AXONOMETRIC SITE AXONOMETRIC

Cesc Clave I Domenech cclavedomenech@gmail.com