Jay Presharnt 2024 Architecture Portfolio by J

PORTFOLIO

Jay Presharnt

University for the Creative Arts

BA. Architecture | Autumn 2024

About me

QUALIFICATIONS

1st Dan Level 2 Black Belt in mixed martial arts

A-levels in Maths, Physics and Fine Art

100% Distinction in Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art, Design and Media Practice

Level 3 Award for Emergency First Aid at Work

Highfield Level 2 Award for Door Supervison in the Private Security Industry

2:1 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Architecture

EXPERIENCE

Kickfit Martial Arts Academy: Assistant Martial Arts Instructor

Always Growing Nursery: Assistant

SSJK Investments: Personal Assistant

Lewandoski Architects: Work experience

AKON Security: Event Steward

AKON Security: Security Officer

AKON Security: Door Supervisor

KSS Design Group: RIBA Mentorship Programme

Hi!I am Jay, a highly driven and aspirational Architecture graduate, passionate about expanding my skills within the architecture industry.

I possess a solid design foundation and advanced proficiency in technical drawing, 3D modeling, rendering and CAD/BIM software. I am passionate about developing sustainable, innovative designs that enhance user experience and well-being, with a strong commitment to shaping the future of the built environment.

Beyond architecture, my background as a dedicated martial artist has instilled in me discipline, courtesy, integrity, and perseverance. These qualities have been further developed through my work as a door supervisor, where I managed intense, high-stakes situations with professionalism and efficiency, building trust and resolving conflicts effectively.

The problem-solving, time-management, and endurance required to balance my part-time employment with my academic studies have reinforced my ability to handle complex architectural projects with focus and determination.

Communication

Customer Service

Organization

Leadership

Creativity and Conceptual skills

Graphic Design

Teamwork

Critical Thinking

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Rhino

Enscape

Photoshop

Illustrator

Indesign

Microsoft

| B.Arch 3rd Year: Project 06

B.Arch 3rd Year: Project 05

B.arch Year 3

UCA — Canterbury

B.ARCH - PROJECT 06

Vigentino Primary School + Communtiy Hub

Software: Photoshop

Indesign

Illustrator

SketchUp

Enscape

The brief for the project was to develop a proposal for our given site based on thorough contextual research. The site is in the north zone of Vigentino, a district in Milan, Italy. It’s one of the city’s most significant regeneration areas which includes the future 2026 Olympic Village.

The approach to the brief revolves around the idea of reinventing the school; Transforming an abandoned, lifeless site into the heart of the local community as a state of the art Primary school that functions as an out of hours communal-hub.

The intervention aims to bring people from all walks of life together in a location that will cultivate their children’s bright futures, through sustainable and modern architectural design.

1,350,000

Environmental conditions Materiality

Vigentino statistics

Air quality index: Moderate

VIGENTINO PRIMARY SCHOOL

The site is in Vigentino in Zone 5 of Milan, Italy.

Car pollutant concentration x5.6 AQI guideline

Air purifier required

Face

Reduced

The site is in Vigentino in Zone 5 of Milan, Italy. The immediate area has an extremely dominant proportion of commerical developments and relatively few residencies, which is projected to be the inverse in the next decade due to Milan being the host city of the 2026 Olympics, which has had a very consistent trend of drastically increasing the population.

These projections also predict a great lack of greenspace for the new population density as well as an extreme lack of schools available in the area.

VIGENTINO | B.Arch 3rd Year | 2024 | External View: Courtyard

• Staggered building heights give optimal sunllight to the space.

• Surrounded by glass giving a big transparent, open and welcoming atmosphere.

• Lots of trees to promote wellbeing and fresh air admist the poor air quality in the area.

• Stone seating which also aids in the communal element and encourages use of the space.

• playground and play equipment for the students.

• recycled tiles to reduce the buildings carbon footprint.

VIGENTINO

| B.Arch 3rd Year | 2024 | Ground Floor Plan

6a. courtyard

Internal View: Staff Room

Space has high up windows to ensure enough privacy but sufficient daylight. Has nurse’s office and conference spaces. The materiality of the space uses carpet flooring, CLT walls and wooden slat ceiling.

Internal View: Foyer

Big open entrance atrium with accented vibrant CLT staircase. Reception and staff rooms are situated such that they’re immediately accessible upon entry into the building for all users, students, staff and the wider community.

Internal View: Entrance

The multifunctional sports hall has Bifolding concertina doors that open to create direct circulation from the street, through the sports hall and into the courtyard to maximise the openness of the space and the desired communal atmosphere.

VIGENTINO | B.Arch 3rd Year | 2024 | Fourth Floor Plan

terrace balcony

vegetable garden

greenroof shed

secondary access

Internal View: Classroom

Large open plan with each classroom accomodating 60+ children. Excellent views into the courtyard and ample amounts of storage space. Adjustable table configurations to suit the needs of different classes and subjects.

External View: Greenroof

4 storeys high with a large amount of greenspace, promoting user wellbeing. Seating to enjoy the area and aid the communal element of programme. Open floor plan to the allow the childrena a space to run and play freely.

Aerial View

This view shows the aerial perspective of my proposal. From here you can see all the street-facing facades of the building as well as the greenroof terrace and the ground floor courtyard and how these spaces are lush with greenery and vegitation

This is a photograph I took of the site from our initial site visit in order to capture a first person view of the whole site in it’s entirety. The is an abundance of vibrancry from the flowers in the foreground, the graffitti that decorates the entire site wall in the midground and the sun in the background.

2023

B.arch Year 3

UCA — Canterbury

B.ARCH - PROJECT 05

Dual-type Housing

The brief for this project was designing houses to live and work in, and a new community of at least 12 live-work families located in the heart of Fish Island in London, responding to the area’s cultural and social history, and current and future condition.

Hackney Wick has a long and rich history, having a particularly prominent role in London’s intrustrial history. Artists used low-cost warehouse as work spaces during the height of London’s industrial period, which invovled into the rich and artistic Hackney Wick we see today.

Software: Photoshop Indesign Illustrator AutoCAD SketchUp Enscape

Now, Hackney Wick is a world class creative quarter and is now home to a large number of artists, musicians and other creatives. The area has a high proportion of social housing, as well as 250 artists’ studios and 100 creative businesses

DUAL-TYPE HOUSING | B.Arch 3rd Year | 2023 | Site Collage

This is a collage I made from another photo from our site visit. I wanted to capture the vibrancy of the graffitti that englufs both the site wall, the Lord Star Napier and all over Hackney Wick.

In this page I used data I found from my resarch to construct my own sections of the site, cutting it into 4 sections in to use for diagrams, drawings and design strategies for the proposal moving forward.

SECTION A-A, NTS

SECTION B-B, NTS

SECTION C-C, NTS

SECTION D-D, NTS

Current Site Condition:

•blank island

•dilapidated 3m high brick wall

•There are no buildings on the site

•The wall is all that remains of the Hope Chemical Works

•Immediately adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Surroundings Key:

Annual Range in which the sun sets

Annual Range in which sun paths can lie Sun Diagram Key:

Annual Range in which the sun rises

Predominant annual Wind direction

Highest path, June 21

Lowest path, Dec 21

Proposed Site Plan

The site plan contains 13 detached houses, all of which are Sourh-East facing, in line with the contours of the site. There is a pathway through the middle of the site to give easy access to all of the shops and have a semi-private area for a sense of community and homeliness.

Front Facade | Rendered in Enscape and Photoshop

Ground Floor Plan | Workspaces | Rendered in Enscape and Photoshop

First Floor Plan | Kitchen and Terrace | Rendered in Enscape

Second Floor Plan | Bedrooms and Greenroofs | Rendered in Enscape

DUAL-TYPE HOUSING | B.Arch 3rd Year | 2023 | Longitudinal Secton

Enscape render of the ground floor workspaces

The first floor plan situates the communal kitchen and an adjacent terrace with a large amount of floorspace to make the inhabitants as comfortable as posible.

Enscape render of the first floor communal kitchen.

The ground floor contains 4 different workspaces divided into 4 adjacent strips. The walls that divide the spaces have their own sliding doors to open up the spaces for collaboration and community.

DUAL-TYPE HOUSING

B.Arch 3rd Year 2023

Exploded Axonometric

Software: Photoshop Illustrator Indesign AutoCAD SketchUp Enscape 2020

ADDITIONAL WORK

These are various architectural and architecture adjacent projects and artworks I’ve made in recent years.

This section showcases various experimental and self-directed mini-projects outside of my university coursework.

Main Facade

Courtyard Section

B.Arch — 2nd Year | 2023 | Site Moment Collage

B.Arch — 3rd Year | 2023 | Site Moment Visual

B.Arch — 3rd Year | 2023 | Case Study Visual

This piece was inspired by a spark of creativity I had revisitng old photos from school. This was an assembly of school objects which I thought had an intruiging form and shape in year 11 which even then I was intruiged by the the practice of abstraction.

Reference photo

Initial sketch Process

This piece was commisioned from a friend as a birthday gift for his partner. I was sent a selection of her favourite artworks and Instagram posts she liked which I used as elements within the piece and to establish both the narrative and atmosphere of the drawing.

Central London Architecture collage

Drawing process

The theme for the Fine Art unit of my Foundation Degree was “Collage”. As I had already established at this point that I wanted to pursue architecture but had a mostly fine art background at this point I attempted to combine these disciplines and make a digital drawing based on a collage I made of London architecture.

DRAGON CITY — FINE ART | Foundation Art | 2020 | Abstract Architecture Drawing

The inspiration for this piece was quite literally a burnt tortilla with an odd shape. I extracted the lines and curves of the object and reimagined them into the form of an architectural space. This was an experimental tests for trying to find my art style, practicing digital drawing skills and delving into my love for creativity through abstraction.