Architecture Portfolio Jack Kittle 2024

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH

PORTFOLIO JACK KITTLE 2024

PERSONAL DETAILS.

JACK KITTLE

IVYBRIDGE, SOUTH HAMS. DEVON. UK.

DOB: 29/06/2003.

M: +447711210721

E: JACK.KITTLE@ICLOUD.COM

PRACTICAL SKILLS.

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR REVIT HAND SKETCHING

JACK KITTLE

PLEASE FIND MY FULL AND IN-DEPTH CV IN MY EMAIL TO YOU.

EDUCATION.

2021 - PRESENT. UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH, UK. 3RD YEAR STUDENT IN THE FACULTY OF ARTS, HUMANITIES, & BUSINESS. STUDYING A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE. (BA ARCHITECTURE).

2019 - 2021.

IVYBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DEVON. UK.

STUDIED A LEVEL’S IN PHYSICS, ECONOMICS, & BIOLOGY.

2014 - 2019.

IVYBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DEVON. UK.

STUDIED 11 GCSE’S, INCLUDING COMPUTER SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, & MATHEMATICS. WORK EXPERIENCE.

JAN 2023 - PRESENT. HELLIERS. PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT. PRODUCING ADVERTISEMENT MATERIALS AND DESIGN INTERATIONS.

MAY 2023 - SEP 2023. SUMMER WORK AS A POSTMAN, ROYAL MAIL.

MAY 2023 - SEP 2023. SUMMER WORK AS A DRIVERS MATE, CURRY’S.

JUN 2021 - MAY 2023. CUSTOMER TEAM MEMBER, CO-OPERATIVE FOOD. IVYBRIDGE, & MALBOROUGH, DEVON. UK

AUG 2021.

WORK EXPERIENCE, 4D ARCHITECTS STUDIO. DEVON. UK.

CONTENTS.

INTRO

AN INSIGHT INTO MY ARCHITECTURAL SENSIBILITIES.

A SMALL AMOUNT ABOUT ME & MY INTERESTS IN DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE.

01

THE PILGRIM MUSEUM OF ART. A DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT OF AN ART GALLERY AND EDUCATION CENTER FROM THE SECOND SEMESTER OF YEAR 2, BA ARCH.

02 GOOD COMPANIONS SOCIAL HIVE SCHEME.

A TECH REPORT ANALYSING MY DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT SOCIAL HOUSING SCHEME FROM THE FIRST SEMESTER OF YEAR 2, BA ARCH.

03 [RE]FORMING CONNECTIONS. A MASTERPLAN FOR EAST SUTTON HARBOUR.

A MASTERPLANNING DESIGN PROJECT FROM THE FIRST SEMESTER OF YEAR 3, BA ARCH.

04

THE ARCHITECTURE OF A REFUGEE.

MY DISSERTATION FROM YEAR 3, BA ARCH. IN WHICH I EXPLORED LOSS OF HOME IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA, AND THE ATTEMPTED [RE]TRACING OF HOME IN REFUGEE CAMPS WITHIN LEBANON AND JORDAN.

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THE LUMBER PLANT.

MY CURRENT AND ONGOING DESIGN PRAXIS PROJECT FROM SEMESTER 2 OF YEAR 3, BA ARCH. A PROJECT WHICH IS A WORK IN PROGESS AND TO BE COMPLETED BY MAY 16TH 2024.

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PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT & ADVERTISEMENT WORK.

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING WORK I DO IN MY TIME OUTSIDE OF UNIVERSITY. UTILISING MY BIM, DESIGN, AND PHOTO EDITTING SKILLS.

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FROM THIS SECTION YOU WILL EXPERIENCE SOME ACADEMIC WORKS, AND SOME PRIVATE WORKS I HAVE UNDERTAKEN SINCE COMMENCING MY BA IN ARCHITECTURE.

ALL WORK IN THIS PORTFOLIO WAS PRODUCED BY ME FROM 2022 ONWARDS.

COMMENCE.

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HERITAGE.

MY INTEREST IN ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, SINCE I WAS YOUNG I HAVE FELT AN APPRECIATION FOR STRUCTURES OF ERA’S GONE PAST.

THIS SENSIBILTY HAS MATERIALED OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS AS A DESIRE TO PRESERVE AND ATTEMPT TO ENHANCE HERITAGE STRUCTURES WHICH I HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF WORKING ON OR IN PROXIMITY TO. DURING 1ST YEAR I WAS TASKED WITH DESIGNING A SMALL RESIDENCE FOR A GROUP OF RESEARCHERS WHO WERE TO BE BASED IN THE GROUNDS OF MOUNT EDGECUMBE HOUSE, CORNWALL. THIS PROJECT WAS LIMITED TO A 30M FOOTPRINT AND 40MH INTERIOR FLOOR SPACE. A LOCATION STEEPED IN HISTORY AND POSSESSING MULTIPLE FOLLY ACROSS THE SITE, IT SEEMED UNFITTING TO DEFACE SUCH A SITE WITH AN ULTRA-MODERN NEW DEVELOPMENT. TO SATISFY SUCH A SENSITIVE HISTORIC SITE, I DESIGNED THE PUBLIC FACING FRONTAGE TO ACT AS ITS OWN FOLLY, MIMICKING THAT OF AN OLD LIFEBOAT LAUNCH POST ON THE EASTERN COASTAL PATH LEADING TO CAWSAND, CORNWALL.

MORE RECENTLY IN 3RD YEAR, MY DESIGN GROUP AND I WERE TASKED WITH MASTERPLANNING A SITE IN THE INDUSTRIAL EAST REGION OF SUTTON HARBOUR, PLYMOUTH. THIS SITE PRESENTED LITTLE GOOD TO THE PUBLIC REALM DUE TO BUSY ROADS AND VAST WAREHOUSE COMPLEXES. HOWEVER, THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN THE SITE OF SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PLYMOUTH SINCE THE LATE 1800’S. TO ATTEMPT TO PAY HOMAGE TO SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PART OF PLYMOUTH’S HERITAGE, OUR MASTERPLAN ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE AND ADAPTIVELY RESUSE AS MUCH OF THE SITE AS POSSIBLE. EVEN AT A SURFACE DEEP LEVEL, PRESERVING THE INDUSTRIAL SENTIMENT OF THE SITE WAS AN AREA OF PRIORITY.

THE EMOTION ARCHITECTURE EVOKES.

WHEN I BEGAN MY BA IN ARCHITECTURE I DON’T BELIEVE I TRULY UNDERSTOOD THE EMOTION ARCHITECTURE CAN EVOKE, FROM THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO PORTRAY POWER, TO THE MINDSET A BUILDING CAN CREATE IN THE MIND OF ITS INHABITANTS UPON THEIR ENTRANCE INTO THE SPACE.

DURING MY 2ND YEAR I WROTE A STUDY INVESTIGATING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE REINFORCEMENT OF POWER FOR BENITO MUSSOLINI IN FASCIST ITALY DURING THE 1930’S. ARTE DI STATO, A GOVERNEMENT FUNDED EFFORT BY THE FASCIST STATE TO EMPLOY ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS TO PORTRAY ITALY AS A STRONG, CULTURED, AND INTELLIGENT NATION. A PART OF HIS CAMPAIGN WHICH HE SAW NECESSARY TO ATTEMPT TO RETURN ITALY TO THE POWERFUL UNIFIED STATE IT WAS DURING THE ROMAN ERA.

AN EXAMPLE I EXPERIENCED RECENTLY OF THE COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE CAN EVOKE IS THE CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE. DURING MY STUDY TRIP TO PRAGUE IN JANUARY 2024 I VISTED THE ARCHITECTURE FACULTY, IN WHICH A SERIES OF FLOOR PLATES ARE CONNECTED BY TWO INTERNAL ATRIUMS. SUCH A DESIGN MADE THE CIRCULATION THROUGH THE BUILDING VISIBLY CLEAR WHILE ALSO CREATING TWO POCKETS OF TRANSPARENCY. ALLOWING STUDENTS IN ONE STUDIO TO LOOK ACROSS THE ATRIUM AND FEEL CONNECTED TO A PLETHORA OF OTHER STUDENTS EXPERIENCING THE SAME CHALLENGES, GOALS, AND WAY OF LIFE.

THIS IS JUST A SHORT INTRO TO MY INTERESTS. I COULD TALK ABOUT MY SENSIBILITIES FOR MANY MORE PAGES BUT I REALISE THAT TIME IS VALUABLE.

THE PILGRIM MUSEUM OF ART.

DSCM522 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO.

JAN 2023 - MAY 2023.

MILLBAY DOCKS, PLYMOUTH.

THIS DESIGN PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN DURING SEMESTER 2, YEAR 2, BA ARCH.

THIS PROJECT REQUIRED THE DESIGN OF A COMMUNITY SPACE OF MY CHOOSING UPON A PLOT WITHIN A MASTERPLANNED DISTRICT CREATED BY THE PREDECESSING 3RD YEAR COHORT.

THIS PROJECT STRIVED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITIES IN THE WEST OF PLYMOUTH AND BEYOND WITH A CREATIVE SPACE WHICH THEY ARE CURRENTLY DEPRIVED OF. A SPACE FOR ALL TO DISPLAY WORKS, FACILITATE NEW EXPRESSIVE SKILLS, AND KNIT A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN AN UP AND COMING DISTRICT OF PLYMOUTH. THE MILLBAY BOULEVARD REGION.

I PERSONALLY HAD A LOT OF ENJOYMENT COME OUT OF THIS PROJECT. A DESIGN STUDIO WHICH I SAW AS A TEST OF MY DESIGN CAPABILITIES, EMPLOYING COMPLEX CIRCULATION LINKS TO FACILITATE EXPERIENTIAL JOURNEYS ACROSS THE SCHEME, A PROJECT WHICH TESTED THE WAY IN WHICH ART IS VIEWED & THE IMPACT THIS HAS UPON THE ARCHITECTURE WHICH IT INHABITS.

THE FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT ALTHOUGH MAY INITIALLY SEEM TO BE THE ART, HOWEVER, IN MY MIND THE PROJECT NEEDED TO BE ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF PLYMOUTH. A SPACE FOR FACILITATION, INHABITATION, AND MAKING OF PLACE.

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THE IMAGES & VIDEO THROUGHOUT SECTION 01 WERE PRODUCED UTILISING REVIT TO CREATE AN IN-DEPTH DIGITAL 3D MODEL OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN.

EMPLOYING TWINMOTION AS A POST-REVIT RENDERING SOFTWARE TO PRODUCE INHABITED AND PHOTO-REALISTIC PLANS, SECTIONS, ELEVATIONS, FINAL RENDERS, & VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE DESIGN.

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BASEMENT 1:1000

1ST FLOOR 1:1000

3RD FLOOR 1:1000

THE FLOORPLANS AND SECTION PRESENTED WERE PRODUCED IN AUTODESK REVIT.

THE DRAWINGS WERE EXPORTED INTO ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR TO ALLOW FOR POST-PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENT OF LINEWEIGHTS.

FLOOR PLANS.

WEST FACING SECTION 1:250 [A]

PRODUCED USING TWINMOTION AS A POSTREVIT RENDERING SOFTWARE.

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RENDERED SECTION. THE ZINC-HOUSE GALLERY.

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WEST FACING ELEVATION. THE ENTRANCE.

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GOOD COMPANIONS SOCIAL HIVE SCHEME.

TECN521 ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY REPORT.

SEP 2022 - DEC 2022.

FORMER SITE OF GOOD COMPANIONS PUB, PLYMOUTH.

THIS TECH PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN DURING SEMESTER 1, YEAR 2, BA ARCH.

THIS PROJECT REQUIRED THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF A GROUP DESIGN PROJECT, IN WHICH WE CREATED A SOCIAL HOUSING SCHEME IN THE HEART OF PLYMOUTH. A SPACE WHICH NEEDED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND ALLOW THE RESIDENTS AND THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE A MARK ON THE STERILE CITY CENTER.

THIS PROJECT STRIVED TO PROVIDE UNDERPRIVELEGED FAMILIES IN THE HEART OF PLYMOUTH WITH A SPACE THEY COULD CALL THEIR OWN, ATTEMPTING TO CRAFT A STRONG COMMUNITY CENTERED AROUND THE MULTISTOREY PUBLIC COURTYARDS AND STREETS IN THE SKY.

AN ADAPTABLE SCHEME WHICH FEATURES PRE-FABRICATED, SEALED, CROSSLAMINATED TIMBER UNITS WHICH CAN BE SLOTTED INTO A STEEL “DWELLING FRAME”. CONNECTING TO THE RELEVANT UTILITIES ONCE IN-SITU. THE SCHEME PREDICTING THE FUTURE ERECTION OF MORE STEEL “DWELLING FRAMES” ACROSS THE UK WHICH COULD HOST SUCH UNITS. ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO RELOCATE THEIR HOME IF THEIR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRED, DISCONNECTING FROM THE GRID AND BEING TRASPORTED TO THE NEXT LOCATION.

1: 500 PERSPECTIVAL STUDY N

ALL DRAWINGS IN THIS SECTION WERE PRODUCED IN AUTODESK REVIT.

THE DRAWINGS WERE EXPORTED INTO ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR TO ALLOW FOR POST-PRODUCTION ENHANCEMENT OF LINEWEIGHTS.

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1: 50 CROSSSECTION CLT MODULAR UNIT

1:

STEEL BEAM

CLT EXTERIOR FINISH

WINDOW RECESS

PLYWOOD CLAD INTERIOR FINISH

ROCKWOOL INSULATION

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20 ROOF JUNCTION

1: 20 FLOOR JUNCTION

MODULAR UNITS FORM THE HIVE.

PERSPECTIVAL STUDY OF THE FRAME.

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03

[RE]FORMING CONNECTIONS.

EAST SUTTON HARBOUR.

DSCM621 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO.

SEP 2023 - DEC 2023.

EAST SUTTON HARBOUR, PLYMOUTH.

THIS DESIGN PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN DURING SEMESTER 1, YEAR 3, BA ARCH.

THIS DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT REQUIRED A GROUP OF 4, INCLUDING MYSELF, TO MASTERPLAN A 12 ACRE SITE IN THE INDUSTRIAL COXSIDE DISTRICT TO THE EAST OF SUTTON HARBOUR, PLYMOUTH.

THIS PROJECT STRIVED TO [RE]CONNECT WITH 4 MAIN PRINCIPLES WHICH HAD BEEN INHERENTLY IGNORED WITHIN THE SITE. THOSE BEING HERITAGE, COMMUNITY, TRANSPORT, AND GREEN AND BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE. SUCH FACTORS WOULD BECOME THE DEFINING STRANDS OF SYNTHESIS FOR THE DESIGN.

OUR BRIEF FOR THIS PROJECT REQUIRED 5 SPECIFIED BUILDINGS OR TYPOLOGIES WITHIN OUR MASTERPLAN, THOSE BEING A HEALTH-HUB, A BUSINESS AND TRANSPORT CENTER, A D.I.Y. AND REUSE WORKSHOP, A COMMUNITY CENTER AND LIBRARY, AND TO ENSURE OVER 60% OF THE BUILT VOLUME WAS DESIGNATED AS HOUSING. THE BRIEF ALSO STATED OUR DESIGN MUST REVITALISE THE CHURCH OF ST JOHN. AFTER SUCH REQUIREMENTS HAD BEEN SATISFIED WE HAD AGENCY TO DESIGN THE SPACE AS WE SAW FIT.

OUR FOCUS WAS SET UPON CRAFTING A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE, & MIXED-USE SPACE.

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PEDESTRIAN ARTERIES

VEHICULAR ARTERIES BARRIERS

MAJOR NODE

MINOR NODE/ PLACE OF CROSSOVER LANDMARK

VIEWS OF SITE BUSINESS ASSET GREEN SPACE

HERITAGE ASSET FRAGMENTED AREA

THE SITE

INDUSTRIAL DOCKS AREA

CURRENT SITE BUILDINGS SITE BUILDINGS INTENDED TO BE ADAPTIVELY REUSED

CAR PARKING

THIS METHOD OF SITE ANALYSIS WAS A KEY FACTOR IN HIGHLIGHTING OUR 4 STRANDS OF DESIGN SYNTHESIS WHICH WOULD BE CARRIED INTO OUR DESIGN PROCESS.

ATTEMPTING TO FACILITATE A MASTERPLAN WHICH MET THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC, ENCOURAGED BIODIVERSITY, & ALLOWED FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST FOR THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE.

MARINE BAZAAR

WAREHOUSE STUDY

MATERIALITY BRICK: MARINE BAZAAR

CURRENT SITE MATERIALS PALETTE: CORRUGATED METAL SHEETING (IRON, ZINC, TIN).

AVG. MATERIALS YIELD:

TOTAL VOLUME OF BRICKS FROM THIS WAREHOUSE = 89.31m^3

YIELD OF INDIVIDUAL BRICKS = ROUGHLY 64,000 BRICKS

ENOUGH BRICKS FOR 109m’s OF 4m TALL DOUBLE SKINNED WALL.

CORRUGATED METAL:

TOTAL VOLUME OF CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS FROM THIS WAREHOUSE = 24.15m^3.

YIELD OF INDIVIDUAL 2m X 2m CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS = ROUGHLY 120 SHEETS

ENOUGH SHEETS FOR 240m’s OF 2m TALL CORRUGATED METAL WALL.

(THIS MATERIAL IS SALVAGED FROM BOTH THE WALLS AND THE ROOF OF THE WAREHOUSE).

STRUCTURAL COLUMNS:

TOTAL VOLUME OF STRUCTURAL COLUMNS

FROM THIS WAREHOUSE = 2.72m^3

YIELD OF INDIVIDUAL 5m TALL STRUCTURAL COLUMNS= ROUGHLY 45 COLUMNS

(ALL COLUMNS FROM THIS WAREHOUSE ARE BETWEEN 5m AND 5.5m).

STRUCTURAL BEAMS:

TOTAL VOLUME OF STRUCTURAL BEAMS

FROM THIS WAREHOUSE = 4.2m^3

PART OF OUR ETHOS FOR THIS DESIGN PROJECT WAS TO ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE AND REUSE AS MUCH OF THE ALREADY PRESENT MATERIAL WITHIN THE SITE TO FACILITATE OUR MASTERPLAN.

YIELD OF INDIVIDUAL 10m LONG STRUCTURAL BEAMS = ROUGHLY 84 BEAMS

(ALL BEAMS FROM THIS WAREHOUSE ARE ROUGHLY IN 8m LONG SECTIONS)

THIS ETHOS WAS NOT ONLY INFORMED BY THE LOW-CARBON STRATEGY WE HAD IN PLACE BUT ALSO TO ATTEMPT TO PRSERVE THE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE & SENTIMENT OF THE SITE.

1:100 SECTION THROUGH SOUTH-EAST FACING WALL.

SHEET METAL PANELS (IRON, ZINC, TIN).

STRUCTURAL STEEL BEAMS & COLUMNS

VARIOUS TYPES OF RED BRICK, SOME OF WHICH IS PAINTED

DIGITAL COLLAGING OF THE SITE. ATTEMPTING TO OUTLINE DESIRABLE FEATURES AND HAPPENINGS WE WANTED TO SALVAGE AND ALLOW TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN OUR MASTERPLAN.

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SKETCH ITERATION TESTING.

TRANSPORT HUB

HOUSING

SOCI A L

COMMUNITY KITCHEN B USINESS HUB

ENTERT AINMENT VENUE

VERTIC AL F ARM A

GRICULTURAL HUB STUDENT A CCOMODA TION

ART STUDIO MEDIC AL CENTRE

GALLE RY

VIN TA GE THEA TRE FILM STUDIO

VIN TA GE CINEM A

CHURCH COMMUNITY CENTRE

BO A T REST ORA TION SHED BO A T HOUSE MARKET

MUSIC CENTRE PUB AND BREWER Y

LIBRAR Y

CORNER ST ORE

DIY ST ORA GE FA CILITY

COMMUNITY GARA GES

WO RKSHOPS

DIY AND MARITIME RET AIL COMMUNITY W ORKSHOP

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THE MARKET, SOCIAL HOUSING, & CREATIVE DISTRICT, BORDERED BY SHEPHERD’S LANE.

COMMUNITY CENTER & LIBRARY, THE MARKET, & SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE VICINITY OF THE SQUARE.

THE CREATIVE MARKET LINKING THE SOCIAL HOUSING DISTRICT AND CREATIVE DISTRICT.

AN ARCADE ALONG A MAIN WALKWAY. OVER-LOOKING THE FLOOD DEFENSE LAKE, TOWNSQUARE, & MARKET.

ENTRANCE TO THE MARKET ALONG A MAIN FOOTFALL ROUTE FOLLOWING THE REINSTATED RAIL-LINE.

THE SQUARE UNDERNEATH ST JOHN’S BRIDGE, VIEWED FROM THE PEDESTRIAN ISLAND IN THE CENTER OF THE LAKE.

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1:500 LASER-CUT CONTOUR MODEL OF THE 12 ACRE SITE. POPULATED BY OUR MASTERPLAN IN 3D-PRINTED MASSES. ALONGSIDE CONCRETE MASSES WHICH REPRESENT STRUCTURES THAT WERE ADAPTIVLEY REUSED.

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF A REFUGEE. [RE]TRACING HOME OUTSIDE OF PALESTINE AND SYRIA.

ADA600 ARCHITECTURAL DISSERTATION. SEP 2023 - JAN 2024.

THIS DISSERTATION WAS UNDERTAKEN DURING SEMESTER 1, YEAR 3, BA ARCH.

THIS DISSERTATION REQUIRED A WORDCOUNT OF 6000 WORDS, INCLUDING 6 VISUALS MADE BY ME, AND SUPPLEMENTED BY RELEVANT IMAGES AND DIAGRAMS. (ALL VISUALS SHOWN IN THIS SECTION ARE MADE BY ME).

THIS DISSERTATION STRIVED TO INVESTIGATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DESTRUCTION OF PLACE, MORE SPECIFICALLY THE DESTRUCTION OF HOME AND EXISTENTIAL SPACE. A PRACTICE COINED BY ACADEMICS AS DOMICIDE.

THE FOCUS OF THE STUDY BEING SITUATED WITHIN PALESTINE & SYRIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST. DOMICIDE IS COMMON PRACTICE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIONS IN POWER IN THESE REGIONS, IMPARTING BOTH PHYSICAL & POLITICAL VIOLENCE UPON THE HOMES OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION.

THIS DISSERTATION GRAPPLES WITH THE IMPACTS OF LOSS OF PLACE, THE JOURNEY OF THE NOW REFUGEE, [RE]SETTLEMENT, THE ARCHITECTURE WHICH IS IMPOSED UPON THE REFUGEE (IN THIS STUDY WITHIN LEBANON & JORDAN AS A PLACE OF REFUGE), RACIALLY MOTIVATED DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS REFUGEES, & THE [RE]CONNECTION TO HOME AFTER SUBJECTION TO DOMICIDE.

THE ARCHITECTURE

TRACING HOME [RE]

ARCHITECTURE OF A REFUGEE:

HOME OUTSIDE OF PALESTINE AND SYRIA.

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ABSTRACT:

ARMED CONFLICT AND VIOLENT OPPRESSION HAS BEEN RIFE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST OVER THE PAST CENTURY, DISPLACING MILLIONS OF INNOCENT CITIZENS FROM THE EXISTENTIAL PLACES THEY RECOGNISE AS HOME. THIS INQUIRY STRIVES TO INTERROGATE THE DOMICIDAL TENDENCIES OF THE REGION’S ADMINISTRATIONS. THOSE ADMINISTRATIONS NOT LIMITED TO THOSE INVOLVED IN CONFLICTS BUT ALSO THOSE WHO SUPPOSEDLY PROVIDE REFUGE. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL FOCUS ON THE DESTRUCTION OF HOME WITHIN PALESTINE AND SYRIA AND INTERROGATE THE [RE]-SETTLEMENT OF PEOPLES WITHIN JORDAN AND LEBANON. WHERE A LARGE MAJORITY ARE SUBJECT TO FURTHER OBSTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION OF THE HOME THEY ATTEMPT TO [RE]FORM. THE INTERROGATION OF SUCH TENDENCIES WILL CAUSE THIS EXPLORATION TO GRAPPLE WITH THEORY OF PLACE, ISSUES OF RACIALLY MOTIVATED DISCRIMINATION, NOTIONS OF MEMORY, AND CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF REFUGEES. A FUTURE BOUND TO PERPETUAL TRANSCIENCE BY BEHEMOTH ADMINISTRATIONS.

INTRODUCTION INFORMING THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE REFUGEE.

CHAPTER ONE

THE WAR ON PLACE.

CHAPTER TWO

THE REFUGEE, A PRECARIOUS ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER THREE

[RE]CONNECTING HOME TO ARCHITECTURE.

CONCLUSION

A DIGITAL COLLAGE TASKED WITH PERSONIFYING THE DOMICIDE TAKING PLACE WITHIN SYRIA. A MASS MOVMENT OF PEOPLE IN A DYSTOPIAN LAND.

A DIGITAL COLLAGE USED TO PERCIEVE THE JOURNEYS UNDERTAKEN BY REFUGEES, EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCES ON A PHYSICAL LEVEL BETWEEN HOME AND THAT OF THE REFUGEE CAMP. THE COLLAGE ALSO STRIVES TO RE-ITERATE THE DILUTION OF CULTURE THAT OCCURS WHEN PEOPLES ARE DISPLACED FROM HOME.

REPRESENTING MOVEMENT OF DISPLACED PEOPLES ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY, BEGINNING AT HOME, EXPERIENCING DOMICIDE, SEEING THE REFUGEE CAMP FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND BEING [RE]SETTLED WITHIN A CAMP.

A DIAGRAM INSPIRED BY CHRISTIAN NORBERG SCHULZ (1971). THE PERCEPTION OF LAYERING EXISTENTIAL SPACES, IN WHICH THE RELATIONSHIP OF PLACES TO OTHER PLACES IS SIGNIFICANT, THE DIAGRAM ATTEMPTS TO PORTRAY HOW SUCH SPACES SIT WITHIN THE PHYSICAL REALM, AND THE THEORETICAL CONNECTIONS SUCH HAPPENINGS CREATE FOR THE INHABITING INDIVIDUAL. THE RELATIONAL NATURE OF SPACE RELATES TO THE PERCEPTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL INHABITING ONE SPACE TO ANOTHER RESPECTIVE SPACE. THIS WAS RELEVANT TO MY INVESTIGATION AS THIS PERCEPTION OF ANOTHER SPACE CAN IMPACT UPON THE SPACE YOU ARE INHABITING.

A REPRESENTATION OF THE HOME REFUGEES ONCE HAD LOCKED WITHIN CONCRETE, BEHIND BARBED WIRE AND FAR OUT OF REACH, NO MATTER HOW HARD DOMESTIC REFUGEE ARCHITECTURE ATTEMPTS TO [RE] CREATE HOME.

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THE LUMBER PLANT.

DSCM622 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT. JAN 2024 - MAY 2024.

THIS DESIGN STUDIO PROJECT IS A CURRENT WORK IN PROGRESS, BEING UNDERTAKEN DURING SEMESTER 2, YEAR 3, BA ARCH. DUE FOR COMPLETION ON MAY 16TH 2024.

THIS PROJECT REQUIRES THE DESIGN OF A D.I.Y/WORKSHOP SPACE UPON A PLOT WITHIN THE MASTERPLAN CREATED BY MY GROUP DURING SEMESTER 1, OF YEAR 3, BA ARCH.

THIS PROJECT STRIVES TO CREATE A TIMBER PROCESSING WORKSHOP, TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION CENTER, & RESOURCE ARCHIVE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COXSIDE. THE WORKSHOP PROCESSES LOCALLY FELLED TIMBER FROM GREEN LUMBER TO FINISHED PRODUCT. MANUFACTURING THE RESOURCE INTO PRE-FABRICATED ELEMENTS WHICH FACILITATE A SELF-BUILD, AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE UPON THE SITE OF OUR MASTERPLAN.

THIS SCHEME SEEKS TO PROVIDE A FACILITY WHICH CAN FACILITATE THE MODUS OF LUMBER PROCESSING. FROM DRYING, TO LAMINATING, TO FINISHING.

A PROJECT WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO PHASES. PHASE ONE WHICH CONSISTS OF PRODUCTION & COMMUNITY LED CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOMES ON SITE. FOLLOWED BY PHASE TWO WHERE THE SCHEME NO LONGER PRODUCES HOUSING BUT CONTINUES TO EDUCATE, ACT AS A RESOURCE, & ALLOWS PUBLIC ACCESS TO WORKSHOP SPACE. OTHER INDUSTRIAL FACILITATING STRUCTURES ARE ALSO ADAPTED FOR COMMUNITY USES.

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CONSTRAINT TESTING.

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SKETCH TESTING.

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PROPERTY CONSULTING, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT & ADVERTISEMENT WORK.

WORK DONE FOR HELLIERS INVESTMENT GROUP.

JAN 2023 - PRESENT.

THIS OPPORTUNITY AROSE IN EARLY 2023, WORKING CLOSELY WITH HELLIERS INVESTMENT GROUP TO PROVIDE THEM WITH INITIALLY ADVERTISING MATERIALS FOR THEIR PROPERTIES BUT FOLLOWING ON TO BECOME A MORE DESIGN LED ROLE.

MY ROLE CONSISTS OF VIEWING & SURVEYING SITES WITHIN THEIR PORFOLIO FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE MOST RECENT OPPORTUNITY BEING A LONG STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN IVYBRIDGE & BITTAFORD, DEVON. SITUATED BETWEEN THE RAILLINE AND A MAJOR B-ROAD, AND PARTLY WITHIN DARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK, THIS SITE PROPOSED MANY DIFFICULTIES.

ALTHOUGH NO WORK HAS BEGUN AS I AM MAKING THIS PORTFOLIO, THE OWNER OF THE LAND, MYSELF, AND DARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK CAME TO FIND A POTENTIAL USE FOR THIS SITE. THAT BEING A FARMSHOP & CAFE WHICH HOSTS A SIZEABLE VISITORS CENTER. PROPOSED TO BE THE BIGGEST VISITORS CENTER ACROSS THE WHOLE OF DARTMOOR.

MY ROLE IN THESE PROJECTS IS PURELY LOGISTICAL AND TO LEAD ITERATIVE DESIGN TESTING BEFORE THE PROJECT IS MOVED ONTO A CHARTERED ARCHITECT.

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THE CANTRELL FARMSHOP & DARTMOOR VISITORS CENTER.

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THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW MY PORTFOLIO.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH