architectural portfolio
Daniel Lomholt-Welch
University of Edinburgh
This portfolio presents a selection of work from two distinct projects completed as part of the Master’s programme at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, both with their own focus.
The first project, dream: I am in the Interzone , is an investigation into the architectural workings of literature and culture reflected onto the cities of Tangier and Edinburgh. This project won both the James Dunbar-Naismith Prize , and the ESALA Design Report Award .
The second project, Port of the Twelve Vessels , is one which focuses on the structural and environmental qualities of an architectural proposal in a historically-sensitive location.
The work included in this portfolio displays a broad range of techniques that are key in the architectural profession.
Y2: Design [Tangier]
dream: I am in the Interzone 2
Design [Avila]
of the Twelve Vessels 13
Approaching Tangier through an exploration of William Burroughs’ hallucinatory texts and Brion Gysin’s method of cut-ups, the city manifests itself as a parallel, as an other. Hidden in plain sight, parasitic architectures exploit Tangier’s incongruities to mask themselves as convenient civic infrastructures.
Bolstered by their endemic presence across the city, the parasites then begin to embed themselves in their aural, visual and textual forms of representation.
field drawing, 1:5000 at A1
The Port of the Twelve Vessels acts as a gateway to the walled city of Avila and the texts of the renowned 16th century writer and mystic, Santa Teresa de Avila. Poised above the landscape, a sequence of tower and screen architectures curate the flow of light, moisture and movement. A steel skin channels rainwater to provide drainage and cooling for the internal spaces, whilst redwood louvers can be adjusted to moderate sunlight.
perspective detail view
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A steel frame is the primary structure, transferring all vertical loads from the timber frame that acts as the secondary structure, through itself to the ground.
Gabion baskets across the northern facade of the proposal, bracketed in position. They act as a deadload counterweight for the elements on the southern side of the steel frame.
The limestone stowage consists of a steel frame which has pieces of limestone fixed onto it to create a watertight yet lightweight volume.
The timber skeleton extends outwards from the steel frame, and is braced horizontally. It utilised splayed-scarf joints to allow timber columns to extend the full height of the proposal’s southern facade.
The walkway support bracket extends from the steel frame to the timber skeleton, and is relatively sturdy due to being braced at both ends.
Steel brackets connect the mesh canopy to the timber skeleton at regular intervals. The canopy is held at a distance from the skeleton to prevetnt excess water from running down the timber columns.
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