Architecture Portfolio | Connah O'Neill | 2020

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Connah O’Neill Curriculum Vitae Contact N: Connah O’Neill T: 07806 754283 E: connahoneill@me.com

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Auto CAD 2020 Sketchup 2020 Adobe Indesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Autodesk Revit 2020

Core Skills: Physical Model Making Problem Solving Team collaborating Organisation and Planning

Professional Experiences

Ryder Architecture Work Experience - Visiting a live site - Designing a coffee shop with Revit - Rendering in Revit Mersey Design Group Work Experience - Experience shadowing multiple members within the office.

- Visiting live and finished construction sites.

- Interviewing professionals about work flow and the inner workings of a practice.

PLACED Volunteer - Interviewing on a panel for a new project leader.

- Volunteering on numerous summer programs and offering support and guidance to young people interested in the built environment.

- Creating a magazine for RIBA North opening involving interviewing the public about their views on Architectural proposals.

Education Architecture B.A Hons (Pending) Liverpool John Moores University

Hobbies I have learnt to play the violin four years ago and have been playing ever since, I enjoy drawing and making things in my spare time and photography.

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UAL Foundation Diploma Art and Design (Merit) The City of Liverpool Collage Seven GCSE’s (All A - C grade) Including English and Maths Calderstones Secondary School

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I’m an architecture graduate from Liverpool John Moores University. I have always been passionate about the design process and the magic that good design can bring to our lives. My main ambition is to strive for buildings that perform their functional needs, and also carry a soulfulness and materiality that creates significant moments and memories in people’s lives.

1 Past tense future perfect - The Birkenhead School of Art 03 - 28

2 Weather or Not - Observation Pavilions 29 - 44

3 The Edge - Contemplation Pavilion 45 - 48

4 N.W.S.P.A - Screen Print Archive 49 - 56

5 The Livingroom - Urban Space 57 - 62

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The Birkenhead School of Art

How do you create a radical art school in the Birkenhead conservation area?

How do you create a framework for people to discover themselves, a place that allows people to learn through play. The Birkenhead School of Art provides that framework for play, through highly flexible spaces and studios which aid the students to be almost limitless in their work and ideas. The form of the school is generated from the conservation area it is situated in. Two streets are cut through the school, derived from the geometry of Hamilton Square and the other is created from John Street which is adjacent to the site.

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Year: 2020 . Location: Birkenhead . Building: School . Type: Academic

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1. Town hall 2. Hamilton Station 3. War memorial 4. Victoria Monument 5. View of Hamilton Street 6. View of the site 7. View of Liver building 8. View of Town hall

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Site Boundary

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Birkenhead Town Hall Birkenhead Town Hall

Victoria Monument

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Conservation Line Conservation Line

The internal streets of the BSA are formed from Hamilton Square and the adjacent street to create a strong relationship with the historical context, creating an easing connection.

1. Remove existing extension 2. Grid defined from geometry of site 3. Massing 4. ‘Streets’ formed from grid 5. Spaces defined in grid

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1. Ian Colligan 2. Phoebe O’Connor 3. Damian Crukishank 4. Abbie Jones 5. Wayne Freeman 6. Alice Hobbs 7. Kady Garrett 8. Chloe Lloyd

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9. Jake Moran 10. Hannah Schulz 11. Max Tillotson 12. Chris Dove 13. Abbie Jones 14. Jodie Greenwood 15. Tom Crichton 16. Connah O’Neill

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1. Workshop/ Sculpture Studio 2. Flexible Atrium 3. W.C 4. Cafe/Bar 5. Workshop Loading Bay 6. Student Market Space 7. Reception 8. Art Supply Shop 9. Lecture Space 10. Textile Studio 11. Staff Office 12. Photography Studio + Digital Studio + 3D Printing 13. Print Studio 14. Printing Room 15. Paint Studio 16. Sculpture Studio 17. Ceramics Room

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Film Exhibition

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Print Room Viewing Platforms Cafe Loading Bay Spray Room Photo, 3D print and Computer Suite

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Observation Pavilions

How do you express the elements of the weather through space?

How do you express the weather’s elemental qualities in separate spaces? Four pavilions designed for land, wind, rain and light.

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Year: 2019 . Location: Hebden Bridge . Building: Pavilion . Type: Academic

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The Observation pavilions are situated in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. The site was once a quarry and has a diverse range of plants and vegetation, along with a clear view of the town.

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Contemplation Space

Can a pier create an intimate space for reconnection and contemplation? This space acts as an amplifier of the sound, smell and view of the water below.

People begin to notice and appreciate things when they are taken away from them; this pavilion aims to improve the human experience of a threshold.

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Year: 2019 . Location: Liverpool . Building: Pavilion . Type: Academic

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How can you amplify contemplation ?

The contemplation pavilion is situated on the Otterspool Promenade; the main concept is simple, a space for people to be present and feel the true effect of being by water, creating a threshold between the water’s edge and the lands edge. The pavilion has a distinct materiality that references the roughness and ageing process of the sea. Corten steel is used to reflect the rust of the past railings, whilst timber speaks the same material language of traditional piers.

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North West Screen Print Archive

Can you treat a building like an artefact ?

How do you design a building to house screen prints from artists all over the North West of England? After a large body of research into how screen printing studios work and archive precedent studies, I wondered why archives are incredibly private when they hold such precious things within; would there be a way to treat the building like an artefact is treated, to house the spaces needed in a clear display cabinet.

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Year: 2019 . Location: Liverpool . Building: Archive . Type: Academic

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View from Kempston St (West)

View from London Rd (North)

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View from Kempston St (East)

By organising the program in a stacking formation and covering it with a glazed box, the buildings’ spaces almost act as an artefact in their own right, with the glazing serving as the display cabinet.

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Ground Floor 1 - Social Seating 2 - Exhibition Space 3 - Garbage Disposal First Floor 4 - Gallery Space 5 - W.C 6 - W.C Second Floor 7 - Print Studio 8 - Promenade

Third Floor 9 - W.C 10 - Quarantine room 11 - Archive 12 - Office Fourth Floor 13 - Roof Garden 14 - Cafe/Kitchen 15 - Reading Room 16 - Researcher Accommodation 17 - Personal Balcony

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The Livingroom How do you give Liverpool an urban space with the feeling of a Living room?

This project is a continuation from a group urban design project. The site is situated on the North East side of the Fabric District in Liverpool.

This project is an exploration into what urban design could be, pushing what the definition of urban design can become.

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Year: 2018 . Location: Liverpool . Building: Urban design . Type: Academic

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Concept Sketch

The Living Room Stairs Market Space

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Green Spaces

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