Darius Narmontas - CV + Portfolio Sample

CURRICULUM VITAE

Darius Narmontas Education

Profile Date of Birth 16/01/1992

20152017

Master of Architecture

Languages English Lithuanian

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts CITAstudio Masters Programme: Computation in Architecture

20112014

BSc Architecture

The Grenfell-Baines School of Architecture (University of Central Lancashire) First-Class Honours Degree (UK)

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High School Diploma

Kaunas “Santara” Gymnasium (Lithuania)

Address Žuvų g. 13-2, Domeikavos sen. Kauno raj. 47412 Lithuania Phone +3764321103

Work exhibited at the RIBA in London

Email dar.nar@live.com

2014

Nominated by the school for the RIBA “President’s Medals” award

Website www.dnar.info

2014

Nominated for the UCLan “Creative Focus Award”

2014

Winner of the 2014 RIBA North East Charette “A Northern Soul”

Phil Watson Tutor

2014

Work published in the February 28th issue of “Architects’ Journal”

27 Woodland Road West Colwyn Bay, LL29 7DH T: 01492532565 M:07714423701 E: philwatson19@aol.com

ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISATIONS

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YEAR 2

Awards / Accomplishments 2015

References

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Employment 2015 - Present

ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY

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DOCKLANDS: Regeneration of Preston Docks

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RECLAIMING THE RURAL

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BATTY MOSS VISITOR CENTRE

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YEAR 3

Freelance 3D visualisation artist

Skills

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Professional Skills

Personal Skills

Rhino Grasshopper Trimble Sketchup Autodesk Autocad Autodesk Revit Architecture Autodesk 3ds Max Blender 3D Photoshop V-ray

Organisation Communication Time Keeping Team Player Commitment

HORIZONS OF CHAOS

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BROCKHOLES WATER SPORTS CENTRE

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ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISATIONS A-Frame House Interior inspired by A-Frame ReThink by Bromley Caldari Architects

Loft interior dining area render

Retro interior render

Loft interior lounge area render

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ARCHITECTURAL VISUALISATIONS

Swimming Pool Render inspired by Circulo Mercantil Industrial Sports Center by Manuel Quijano Vallejo

Capitol Reef Desert Dwelling by Imbue Design render

Higher quality images are available at http://www.dnar.info/gallery/

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Furniture models and interior render

Render of a 3D building sketch

Office building interior render

YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1

ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY Individual Work

The task was to work individually to design a proposal for a tradition retail establishment in Deepdale, Preston. I was assigned a Chocolate Sweet Shop and Cafe.

The aim was to create and attract new industries and people to Deepdale. New infrastructure, social and environmental strategies were suggested by writing an Urban Design Manifesto that informed the development of a small entrepreneurial shop in a forgotten part of the town.

Technology integration : The task was to create a 1:20 sectional model through our building in order to demonstrate the material and structural strategies. The final model shows the internal, external wall construction and roof details.

The finished building is a small coffe shop designed to adhere to the surrounding building vernacular with a simplistic design approach. The building includes a small shop, a toilet and a storage area. an outside customer area is intended to bring more people into the area and the nearby park.

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YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1

Development master plan

DOCKLANDS: Regeneration of Preston Docks Group Project

We were tasked to redevelop the Preston Albert Edward Dock by turning it into a multi-purpose complex.

Building on the previous studio project whereby the entrepreneurial aspect of urban design was explored, this speculative urban design project focused on Preston Docks. Vacant land and decay is a common sight in our towns and cities. In this postindustrialist landscape, abandoned buildings, parking lots, disused brownfield sites and former industrial corridors are common sights. The Preston Docks area is no exception.

The goal of the project was to explore the creation of place, public use of space and successful mixed typologies.

North-South section

My tasks were: To create the initial 3D context model that was used to build the site model.

Help with building the site model.

Be part of the residential building team and be in charge of designing one side of the development.

Help with creating 3D models for all the developments Create 3D visualisations of all the developments.

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Finished site model

YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2

RECLAIMING THE RURAL Individual Work

The task was to design an affordable, social housing scheme built in Sawley, east Lancashire. The project was concentrated on social and economic sustainability of rural settlements. The project included the need to develop potential solutions to the increasingly prevalent problem of settlement flooding as the project site is on a floodplain.

Design development models

The final proposal consists of a series of 4 different apartments aimed at people with different income and expectations.

Design development scheme

The south facing sunspace incorporates a vented thermal storage wall. Warm airmoves into the building through upper vents by means of convection and cool air moves into the collector area from the building through lower vents. These vents should be closed at night to decrease heat loss from the building.

Top skylight. When open the suspace acts as a solar chimney

Reinforcing bar grouted solid in grout key and CMU cell

7. EPDM membrane

8. Wood sheathing

6. Shingles

1. Internal CMU leaf 2. Rigid insulation

9. Rafters

3. Wall tie 4. Cavity 5. External stone veneer 6. Gypsum board

Air Convection

Vent

Thermal wall heating and ventilation strategy diagram

Continuous bond beam

Wall and roof detail drawings

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South facing elevation

Exterior building visualisation

FIRST FLOOR PLANS

Building Type A

Site Plan

SECOND FLOOR PLANS

Building Type B

Building Type C

Building Type D

Building Type A

Building Type B

Building Type C

The west side of the building features large window openings that open up the view towards the viaduct.

YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2

Batty Moss Visitor Centre Individual Work

West elevation Site Plan

We were tasked to design a building to accommodate the visitors and hikers that are coming to see the Batty Moss Viaduct.

The visitor centre is intended to hold exhibitions about the Batty Moss Viaduct and the Settle-Carlile railway.

The aim was to design a small multipurpose building that could function as a shelter for the visitors and inform and educate them about the history of the area.

The final design includes a small visitor storage room, a cafe, an outside terrace, main exhibition space, public toilets, a parking lot and a main office area.

To remember the many people who died while constructing the viaduct a small chappel is located further from the visitor centre.

South elevation

East elevation

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Building exterior visualisation

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Chapel interior visualisation

YEAR 3

HORIZONS OF CHAOS Individual work

Narrative and technology is used in the project as drivers to create a programme for exploring synthetic landscapes and architectures. For the first stage Dante’s “Inferno” is simulated as a remote site using Dore’s engravings of the demon wing, fallen angels, khymeras. This is used as a computed tool to create models for the cantos.

The first drawings are constructed using line drawings of derelict objects and structures. The constructed models are of a power station and a biofuel reactor system. The first part of the programme investigates energy sources and landscape geologies reviewing fractals from mineralogical samples as infinite spaces. The site in Holy Island is granite. The fractal geometries of stone are expanded to reveal interior architectures of the site as a virtual micro site of Gothic terrain. Some of these are manipulated to create perspective details of possible fractal Gothic interiors. The ornamental and decorative conditions of virtual programme fractal aesthetics are developed as materials for the detailing of the project as rhizomatic architecture.

Stage two is reassembling derelict element of industrial oil refinery architecture fused with fractal detailing to form a new self sustaining micro city.

Presidents medals entry page: http://www.presidentsmedals.com/ Entry-35871 Full Project Booklet: http://www.dnar.info/portfolio-pdf

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Design development sketches

3D Visualisation of the Housing Unit Type 1

3D Fractal Geometry Experiments

3D Visualisation of the Housing Unit Type 2

HOUSING UNIT TYPE 1

The housing units are inspired

by Mas Yendo’s living units UL9205 and UL-9304. The units act as survival pods that provide everything that is needed to survive the harsh conditions of the site. The units are fitted with a kitchen unit, toilets and livings spaces. An extra water tank is fitted on top of each unit for an emergency water supply in case the Water Desalination unit would malfunction. Two septic tanks are fitted to each unit. One is for waste water from the kitchen and the other is for the bathroom.

The front of the first housing unit has a large window assembly that provides light and acts as a form of decoration that is based on the initial fractal images. Windows are fitted in order to provide ventilation.

The building is electrically heated as a biofuel power plant is planned for the project. The bottom floor has a kitchen / dinning area while the first floor of the unit has an open living area that can be fitted with needed furniture.

There is a platform in front of the house that is used for circulation around the project and as a meeting point for the inhabitants and workers.

The units can be replicated and positioned anywhere on the site as needed.

HOUSING UNIT TYPE 2

The unit is inspired both by Yendo’s housing projects and derelict sea vessels. The building is a studio type flat with a kitchen, bathroom, open plan living space, a mezzanine sleeping level and a balcony The shell of the building is 3D inspired by Gothic church pulpits. printed and can be produced in the The front of the building is fitted nearby 3D Printing Factory. with a large opening to let light in.

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3D Visualisation of the Water Desalination Unit

3D Visualisation of the 3D Printing Factory

3D PRINTING FACTORY The final render shows the building in context of the surrounding cliffs and sea. The building functions as a 3D printer that prints architectural elements out of sand using a non organic binder.

The centre core of the building is a steel frame mechanical assembly. Building parts are printed on a platform that is raised or lowered by 4 elevator motors controlled by the main computer. A crane is positioned above the printing assembly

so that the finished element could lowered down on the dock through the bottom hatch. Sand is provided for the printer by the “grain elevator� system behind the main structure.

The building is hung on the main structure used as a scaffolding system to position the buildings on the site.

WATER DESALINATION UNIT

The building provides fresh water to the factory, vertical farm, the housing units and other buildings. It uses a 2 step filtering process that removes the hard particles from sea water and then uses reverse osmosis to produce fresh water. The system has 2 main tanks: one for fresh water and the other one to store brine that would be used to extract magnesium and other minerals.

The system can be easily expanded by adding another unit and connecting it to the existing framework.

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YEAR 3 MPL GROUP PROJECT

BROCKHOLES WATER SPORTS CENTRE We were approached by a manager at Brockholes nature reserve to design a centre for recreation. The project was requested by Brockholes, a local nature reseve and bird haven. The idea of a water sport centre had been envisioned by the nature reserve since the aquiring of the site in order to raise revenue.

The client wanted a place that small groups and clubs could use and store items for use in the pool.

My main tasks: Writing the team ethos, helping with initial design ideas, technical goals and resolution, presentation, initial and final 3D models.

“Our goal is to educate visitors on nature but also teach them about their impact on it. Our water sports centre will focus on canoeing and open water swimming as the primary activities, with the option to expand into others such as zorbing. It will include storage for all the equipment, toilets and changing areas with warm showers as well as an area for educational use. We propose a floating structure created from many recycled and reclaimed materials including timber, newspaper and plastics.

With the community taking an active role in donating, raising awareness for the building before it is built. This approach is more environmentally friendly and cheaper.The building will be constructed off site and will be off grid, removing the high cost of connecting to services which would be very destructive to the nature reserve. It will employ passive statagies to provide light, heat, ventilation and water.

These include natural light, compost toilets, wood burning stove, rain water collection and reed bed filtration.”

After the presentation at the Brockholes Nature reserve the scheme was nominated as the best proposal and chosen for further development with the Brockholes nature reserve.

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“Our design is a lightweight timber structure supported by a floating platform on the water of Ribbleton Pool. The floating foundation is made of a timber frame and recycled plastic bottles, a cheaper and less destructive alternative to pile foundations. A floating structure is also more secure and makes it much easier to access the water. The surrounding platform forms a walkway around the building while also providing extra stability to the structure.”