Mark O'Hare Architecture Portfolio

MARK O’HARE Architecture Portfolio

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M A R K

O ’ H A R E

Architecture Graduate Dublin Institute of Technology harkomare1@gmail.com instagram : harkomare 0480179066

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Hi! My name is Mark O’Hare and I’m a graduate architectfromtheDublinInstituteoftechnology.My passionforarchitecturecomesfrommyinnatelovefor buildings that are practical and beautiful.

ThisportfoliofocusesonprojectsIcompletedduring myformaleducationaswellasmiscellaneouspiecesI completed outside of University.

Please enjoy my selected works!

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WORK EXPERIENCE B r an d Architects M e lb o ur n e S e p 2019 - Pres e nt Archite c tur al G r a duate David Rea Architects Lo n d o n M ay - S e p 2018 Archite c tur al A ssis t ant

Sheen Lane Developments Lo n d o n M ay - S e p 2017 Archite c tur al A ssis t ant

+ New schools Victoria - This was the largest project I worked on that comprised of over 20 school buildings across 5 different sites in Victoria.

I worked as building lead on the Learning neighbourhood typology for the primary and secondary schools which was on 4 of the 5 sites.

+ Registered Residential in Westminster - For this project I documented and surveyed a grade 2 registered building, then applied for the reinstatement of detailing that had been removed without Westminsters authorisation. +Harefield Residential apartment extension - The brief of this project was to join two separate apartments to make one large flat. I mainly focused on changing the use of each room and removing walls to make the communal areas open. + Cheviot House Residential apartments - Cheviot House was the largest project I worked on. It consisted of designing 19, 30sqm apartments and after they were built, furnishing and interior designing the spaces. +Zenith House Residential apartments -Zenith House was a building that I mainly focused on detailing and creating ceiling plans. This was also my first opportunity at undertaking the planning drawings.

E D U C AT I O N D ub lin Ins titu te of Te chn o l o g y D ub lin, Ire lan d 2013 -2019

SKILLS

INTERESTS

+Bachelor of Architecture 2019 +Winning team of 4th year Masterplanning final project +Candidate for 1st year 1.1 scale building competition +Relevant Courses +Design studio +Building science +Visual communications +Enviromental design +Structures +Building Technology +Architectural Law +Digital:

+Analog

+Digital Fabrication:

-Autocad -Adobe Photoshop -Adobe illustrator -Adobe indesign -Rhino -Sketchup -Revit -Cura -V-Ray -VectorWorks

-Hand Drafting -Model Making -Membrane Models -Free Hand Drawing

-3D Printing -Laser Cutting -CNC Machining

+Playing guitar +Drawing +Digital Art +Photography +Unreal engine 4

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CONTENTS

Rudolf Steiner School

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Harolds Cross Masterplan

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B r u t a l i s t To w e r p37-p44

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G a l way G a l l e r y a n d Th e atre

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Wexford R e l i gi o u s Bu i l d i n g

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Col our & Pe rs pe c ti ve re s e a rch

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Miscellaneous

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Rudolf Steiner School North Wall, Dublin, Ireland ; 2018-2019

This project was the building I tested my thesis with. My thesis topic was based on how colour can affect our perception of the spaces we inhabbit and how we can use colours to alter that perception.

The building is a four storey primary school that utilizes the Rudolf Steniner ethsos to educate the students.

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Model Photo Right

Full rear elevation model Photo

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Model Photshop Right

Full rear elevation with people

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North Dublin Site The site is located in the inner city North Dublin. Formally a notriously rough area it’s now becoming a hub for businesses and large scale apartment buildings.

Other notable buildings in the area are large scale commercial buildings like the new central bank building and the new Wapping street development.

Smaller buildings; i.e bungalows and estate houses have been knocked down and although a few are still protesting to stay in the area it looks unlikely that this will be possible meaning the massing of the entire block will continue to escalate.

A major landmark for the area is the convention centre located on the front of the quays. This building by Kevin Roche sets the scale for buildings in the area at 32 metres.

The new apartment buildings bring new communities, there is evidently a diverse multi culturalcommunity already there, highlighted with buildings like the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau, and the American Agencies.

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From here I used site models to test the massing for the Steiner school.

Model Photshop Left & Right

Site map with separated communities

Two Communities

Development zones

Marked on the map above is where the two communities are separated by the train line.

The blue being East Wall, and the Red being North Wall. Both communities go in separate directions when traveling to their respective schools, and things like this cause divides within the social enviroment.

The yellow indicates the rest of the city.

The Diagrams on the next page show a range of developments taking place including the site for the project.

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EXISTING

Site map without developments and proposed

Convention Centre

Central Bank of Ireland Building

Spencer Dock Apartments

The convention centre is an iconic building sitting on the front the quays that sets the scale for the buildings surrounding it.

The large scale central bank building holds a mass at the front of the quays.

Apartment buildings built before the recession. Half of the apartments are derelict while half are considered top of the line.

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Road going East from site

Houses outside the site

Estate behind the site

DEVELOPING & PROPOSED DEVELOPED

Site map with developments and proposed

Proposed Rudolf Steiner School

New Wapping street buildings

The school is situated in between a developing business hub. With transport links to the tram directly infront of it.

Currently being developed behind the central bank.

New Developing Building

Building from the street

Building sites in surrounding area

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Photshop Section Right

Section from autocad

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Model Making Process My project used colour to alter how we see depth, cooler colours appear further away while warmer colours appear closer.

Throughout the day this space would feel larger and more open encouraging the students to go back out into the world.

For my Steiner school I used these colours to make the students experience different scales depending on what age category they were.

For this project I primarily used an iterative process of model making to test how the coloured lights from the stained glass windows would travel around the spaces.

The younger students would inhabit areas with warm colours so the classrooms feel closer to them. While the older students would be surrounded by cool blues making the rooms feel larger. The room would grow with the students.

Models and photography with natural sunlight is what I used to get an exact depiction of how the building would alter throughout the day.

I also used this at a horizontal level. In the morning the atrium would be penetrated by warm reds to make the space feel closer.

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Model image Left & Right

Full rear elevation

Rear Block

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Classroom Model

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Model image Left & Right

Structural Model

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Photoshop section Middle

Coloured Section

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Ye l l o w C l a s s r o o m

Green Classroom

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Photoshop Model Images Left & Right

Blue Classroom

Red Classroom

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Photoshop Plan Image Middle

Photoshop Plan of models showing natural lighting

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2. Harolds Cross Masterplan Harolds Cross, South Dublin, Ireland ; 2017-2018

Th e a i m of t his was to m ake p e d e s tr i a n ro utes, c reate a desi rea bl e wa l k , and c reate ho using t hat h a d a s o c ial envi ro m ent. Thi s site a i m s to b e so m et hing t hat has co n s ta nt p assi ve sec ur it y and a v i bra nt b usy at m o sp here wi t hin a ba ck l a n ds si te.

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Photoshop Perspective Image Middle

Photoshop perspective of backlands housing

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Back Lands affordable housing This project was situated in a disused, derelict area in Harolds Cross. The brief was to densify this suburb in Dublin with close attention to what I was taking out and leaving in. The site I selected was located just off the main road sandwiched between two estates with no route between them. This problem was one of the first things I intended to solve on an urban level. Opening up Harolds cross and allowing it to be a more permeable suburb.

Wall detail

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Photoshop Elevation Image Middle

Plan of single apartment

Elevation of the backlands project

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2b. Harolds Cross Masterplan Harolds Cross, South Dublin, Ireland ; 2017-2018

Another problem that was observed throughout Harolds Cross was the lack of parking spaces.

Harolds Cross itself has an immense problem with congestion due to traffic, this causes cars to be abandoned all over the pavements making it more difficult for pedestrians to get from A to B. Having a place for cars to actually stay was necessary for improving the pedestrian condition.

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Harolds Cross Changes Middle

Changes highlighted

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Harolds Cross Changes Middle

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Rosemary Sketches

Gallery & Artists Cafe Sketches

Day Care Sketches

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Harolds Cross Changes Sketches Left & Right

Music school

Library Sketches

Rosemary Sketches

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3 . B r u t a l i s t To w e r South Dublin, Ireland ; 2017 - 2018

After identifying the urban problems I looked towards what was around me. excluding the housing estates, one large six storey apartment block sat to the south looming over the site.

This building disregarded all context and stood as a monolith among the housing estates.

The addition of the new tower with apartments intends to stand out while giving context to a building that previously didnt have any.

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B r u t a l i s t To w e r Right

B r u t a l i s t To w e r P h o t o s h o p

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To w e r W i t h G a r d e n

To w e r f a c i n g o p p o s i t e To w e r

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To w e r w i t h S h a r e d m a s s i n g Left

Back Lands affordable housing This image conveys how the pedestrians can now use the new space and voyage through the new permeable landscape that has been created.

Greenery and trees are added as well showing a previously derelict sites ability to be something more.

The second image shows the relationship between the two buildings standing side by side, their mass is what seperates them from every building around them. Ignoring all the context while sticking to their own new context.

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To w e r M o d e l p r o d u c i n g L i g h t

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To w e r w i t h S h a r e d m a s s i n g Left

To w e r C o n c e p t M o d e l s

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To w e r Te c h S e c t i o n

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To w e r w i t h Te c h S e c t i o n Left & Right

To w e r Te c h S e c t i o n

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4. Galway Gallery and Theatre Galway, Ireland ; 2015 - 2016

The brief for this project was to design a theatre that also functioned as a temporary and permanent art space within the urban fabric of Galway Ireland.

For this project I created a space that from the exterior was connexted to the speed and rhythm of the city but from the interior created a slower atmosphere.

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To w e r w i t h Te c h S e c t i o n Left & Right

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Plan Photoshop

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Photoshop Images Left & Right

This slower atmosphere was created by placing twice as many columns on the outside and halving them on the inside to create two different rhythms.

Therefore when you walk through the two buildings looking out at the city, one’s view is punctuated by the columns every two metres.

In contrast looking inwards the columns are spaced every four metres making the repitition feel slower.

Gallery Photoshop

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Photoshop Sections Middle

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Gallery Aerial view

Gallery Model

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Model Photos Left & Right

Gallery Night time

Gallery Model

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Model of the Street

Concept Model in site

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Model Photos Left & Right

Site Model with Building

Concept Model

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5. Wexford Religious Building Wexford, Ireland ; 2014 - 2015

The objective of this project was to make spaces to house religious services without any specific religion in mind.

The site was in Wexford, Ireland.

My intent was to follow the very basic ideas of religious constructs without following any religions.

The main building itself is slightly elevated from the ground emphasising it’s significance.

The building makes use of separate outdoor gathering areas, this is to allow more than one event to take place at any given time.

Each space, both interior and exterior, can accommodate a number of different purposes; like weddings, funerals and christenings all at once

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Plan Photoshop Right

Roof Plan

Ground Floor Plan

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Photoshop Sections To p & B o t t o m

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6. Colour and Perception Conceptional project ; 2018 - 2019

The concept of this project was to create a corridor with a two walls at the end of it.

The two walls are coloured differently but when they appear as a single wall then the assumption is that colour alters our perception of depth and appear closer than they are or further away.

Here is a model with some of the failed results photographed

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Photoshop Perspectives Right

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Red & Blue Colour

Red & Blue Colour

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Model Photos Left & Right

Orange & Green Colour

Purple & Blue Colour

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7. Typology Projec t Ex trac t Vienna, Austria ; 2015 - 2016

The aim of this project was to understand a space in a different way. From reading Hiller and Hanson’s 1984 spatial diagrams I translated their ideas of how the space in a building is continous not just within but also outside of the building.

They talk about how there are two types of people, namely, inhabitants and vistors.

Vistors have a limited circuit where as inhabitants have larger circuits. By overlaying where each group is allowed access it shows the hierarchy of these two types of people as well as the hierarchy of the spaces within the buildings.

This is an extract from a diagram I constructed of all the museums in Vienna and the full syntax diagram I made of Vienna.

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Syntax Diagram Right

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Thank you for reading

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