Part 1 Placement Year Sample Portfolio

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LASTING IMPRESSION 4-9

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SYNAPSE 10 - 15

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POINT OF U 16 - 21

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WIREFRAME HOUSE 22 - 25

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

LASTING IMPRESSION Module:

Design Studio

Location:

Hayfield, High Peak

The objective of this project is to design a visitor’s centre to commemorate the 1932 Kinder Scout Mass Trespass as a way of using architecture to serve the local community.

My intervention focuses on the concept of “the path” and how it has not only defined the Right to Roam within The Peak District but also how it connects members of the community across generations.

The design blends indoor and outdoor spaces with the ground floor being an outdoor exhibition space that follows the slope of the site.

1:2000 Site plan

1:2000 Site section

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LASTING IMPRESSION

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

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1:200 First floor plan

Section AA

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Indoor exhibition space Gift shop Café Storage Meeting room Offices Reception (Ground floor)

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Section CC

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

Balsa wood model

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LASTING IMPRESSION

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

SYNAPSE Module:

Design Skills

Location:

Loughborough University

The objective of this project is to design and develop a canopy and walkway using Rhino and Grasshopper. My intervention seeks to connect the three architecture studios on campus by creating suspended seating areas along the routes between the buildings to facilitate the sharing of ideas and experience between the cohorts.

The design takes inspiration from synapses which function as a point of transfer of information between neurons.

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SYNAPSE

Concept sketch

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

1:750 Site plan

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SYNAPSE

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

1:500 Elevations of the social space [left] and entrance [right]

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SYNAPSE

North elevation [Not to scale]

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

POINT OF U Module:

Design Studio

Location:

Loughborough University

The idea behind this project is to utilise the unique vantage point provided by the university library to design a rooftop space for students to create and exhibit their work.

With the needs of the Urban Sketchers Society in mind, this intervention utilises volumes that are intentionally angled such that they frame specific views of the campus for the occupants to sketch.

Through its continuous use, the structure will build up a visual archive of how the built environment of the campus changes over time as the students’ sketches cover its interior and exterior surfaces.

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POINT OF U

1:100 North elevation

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

1:1000 Site plan

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POINT OF U

1:100 Entrance floor plan

1:100 First floor plan

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

1:1000 Site section

Renders showing how the interior and exteriuor surfaces can be used to exhibit work

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POINT OF U

Two students sketching the framed view

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

WIREFRAME HOUSE Module:

Design Studio

Location:

Laxton, Newark

This project is about designing a dwelling that facilitates the work of a specific craftsperson, specifically the sculptor Ruth Asawa as her work focused on permeability and volumes that intersect with each other creating new spaces.

The design not only incorporates this idea of a permeable structure, but it also seeks to integrate and abstract the existing farmhouse typology local to the Laxton area.

This results in a home that can be fully adorned with her hanging wire sculptures.

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WIREFRAME HOUSE

1:1000 Site plan

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PORTFOLIO | Daniel Nduka

1:500 Ground floor

1:500 First floor

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WIREFRAME HOUSE

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