Part II Architectural Assistant
Selected Works
Westhafen Art Gallery
Berlin Westhafen Port Redevelopment, Germany
A project designed to redevelop the existing industrial port area of Westhafen through the introduction of cultural facilities accessed by new pedestrian and cycling routes. The proposal seeks to alter the use of key buildings on the site of Westhafen Port, Moabit, Berlin. Crucially interventions concern the existing cement factory as the key exhibition space of a future gallery and the intervening spaces as sculpture courts and walkways. These targeted moves allow the industrial functions of the site to be maintained whilst cultural users are protected. Connectivity with existing green spaces to the North and future greening of the road and path networks elevate the joy of being in the area and moving through it as well as further bringing the people closer to the river which presently remains distant from citylife. The community and Spree-side has suffered from entrepeneurial planning (Mediaspree) and been witness to protests demanding community involvement and interest in, making these areas public good. Renders created using Revit and Photoshop, arrangements editted in Illustrator and presented in InDesign. AutoCAD 2D and Rhino site drawings remodelled from Berlin Geoportal.
The site lays orphaned by its rail and road network to the South and the River Spree to the Nor th as such in order to bring pedestrians and cyclist to the area it is impor tant to improve existing communications as well as introduce new routes. A new path following the historic rail lines has been established with a bridge to the Island and to the Nor ther n side. It is intended that the path networks join also beneath the main road bridge. All industrial works should be buffered by a layer of appropriate tree planting,
1. Collage Axonometric 1:400.
2. Ground Floor Plan, Gallery, 1:200.
3. Render Collage, Perspective, showing existing warehouse and entrance to ticket and shop.
4. Render Collage, Perspective, entrance to public space and opportunity to assemble for rights of Spree.
5. Render Collage, Perspective, new connecting bridge over spree to improve pedestrian infrastructure.
Envelope Detailing Course
Valencia, Spain
This was produced as a part of a 10 week course in detail drawing for envelope design. Collaboratively we worked on paper to sketch wall and roof build-ups in a range of materials, create sectional models and draw these to different scales in BIM. Here is an example of Cross-Laminated Timber Construction Details drawn to explore potential use in the Design Course.
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Social Housing Feasibility Study
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
This professional project involved alterations and extensions to 36 flatted dwellings over 9 buildings. The redesign as part of a feasibility study involved designing-in of accessiblity. This has been achieved by adapting existing and proposing new elements which generously meet the needs of the elderly, students and single-parent families.The project has involved the use of ArchiCAD, AutoCAD and the Adobe Suite. As well as the creation of physical models in card, foam and MDF in scales 1:200-1:50.
Abinger Place
Repairs and alterations to Edwardian terraced house, Lewes, East Sussex
These images were produced for the Listed Building Consent application and formed a part of the required drawing list and heritage statement. The design process included a survey of the house and production of an accurate digital 3D model, a design according to the limitations of the listing and client brief. Review of historical and archival material to show the evolution of the site and environs and the case for its alterations for continued use according to modern needs.
Staffa Cottage
Cottage Extension, Isle of Iona
These images were produced for an initial design consultation. The proposal sought to extend and alter an existing traditional Hebridean style cottage into a family home. Key constraints were keeping the new accommodation within the existing footprint of disused out buildings and discrete enough to not detract from the historic character of the cottage. I was involved in the final stages of modelling and rendering in ArchiCAD as well as drawing up the plans and editing the renders of all of the images in Photoshop.
Island Development Plan
Isle of Luing, West Coast of Scotland
These images produced for a round of community consulatations for the Isle of Luing Development Plan and Strategic Report. The design shown highlight the existing vernacular influence on housing and community assets proposed for different parts of the Island. The new mixed-use recommendations are the first of Argyll and Bute’s communityled plans.
My role was in the modelling and visualisation, preparing of commununity consultation materials including maps, planning applications and production of strategic report.
1.Perspectives of two villages with new-build proposals, made in ArchiCAD and edited in illustrator, InDesign and ProCreate.
2. Image of plans of development opportunities during Community Consultation.
3. Plan of development opportunities in South Cuan, 1:200.
1. Render collages made with Rhinoceros and Photoshop. Walkway looking towards seating.
2. Walkway Structure, 1:20.
Inspired by examples in Jansen, Jules. Building with Bamboo: A Handbook. Connections lashed with bamboo fibre.
3. Ship Wall to Beam/Column Connection Detail Section, 1:10.
4. Section, 1:500. Arrangement of Mark III Tanker Membrane.
Travelling Theatre
Mossmorran Petrochemical Plant, Fife, Scotland
This project was a semester long research and design studio in which the site was determined but the typology and tectonics were developed as a response to these. The final design, a travelling theatre, came about through a desire to keep alive the oral tradition and theatrics of storytelling which had been a big part of Scottish tradition and provide a space for interaction, exchange and education between places globally linked only by their connection to the gas and oil industry. This proposal sought to reverse the extractive relationship with a supportive one which might aid a future beyond petroleum. All drawings generated from Rhino model and 2D, renders in V-Ray.
Food and Wellness Centre
This project involved the retrofit of a 1960s tower. The tower is expensive to run due to thermal bridges and strip windows on all elevations. As a result, interventions included the addition of a glass block facade to create both sun-space to passively heat the remainder of the building and cool using trees. The interest in food as reparative for the users of this centre came from an investigation into colour derived from a palette of meals. This project grew my knowledge of film editing through Adobe After Effects and improved generally my skills with Rhinoceros, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Animation was created in After Effects to illustrate this process.
