Cameron Jones

Curriculum Vitae

Architecture

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal

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Experience and Education:

Oct 23’Jun 24’

Sep 22’May 24’

Nov 23’Dec 23’

Worked as a lead member in the design and construction of the Physical Exhibition for the WSA (https://wsa-ondisplay. co.uk/2024/)

Completed the Masters of Architecture course at Cardiff University (Distinction, First Class Honours)

Co-wrote an article for Oxford Scholastica for pre-university Architecture students called ‘16 Best Architecture Books for beginners (see here: https://www.oxfordscholastica.com/ blog/16-best-architecture-books-for-beginners/)

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Cameron Jones

Biography

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I am an aspiring architect who has completed a Masters in Architecture at the Welsh School of Architecture. I’m a determined character that will look to push beyond what is expected encourage a healthier relationship between people and the built environment. I enjoy working from an extensive background of research, often focusing on embracing the social benefits associated with tapping into our collective memory of an area’s culture and heritage and the associated environmental benefits of retrofitting and reusing significant Architecture. 08/10/2000

Jun 23’Jul 23’

Nov 22’Aug 23’

Mar 22’Jun 22’

Sep 19’May 22’

Oct 21’Apr 22’

Jul 20’Sep 20’

Worked as an Architectural mentor for Oxford Scholastica, curating my own month-long teaching course for three preuniversity students

Worked as a Part 1 Architectural Assistant for John Simpson Architects

Voluteered in the design and construction of the physical exhibition for the WSA (https://wsa-ondisplay.co.uk/2022/)

Completed the Batchelors of Architecture course at Cardiff University (upper second class honours)

Completed the RIBA Future Architects student mentoring scheme

Competed in an architectural competition called ‘Reimagining museums for climate action’ by Museums for Climate Action and achieved a place in the competitions shortlist (see here: https:// www.museumsforclimateaction.org/reimagine/concepts/themuseum-as-dialogue).

Education

GCSE qualifications Sept. 15Jun. 17

Rushcliffe School

Maths - 9 (A*+)

Further Maths - A* Physics - A* Art - A*

A-level qualifications Sept. 17Jun. 19

Rushcliffe School

Maths - A* Physics - A Art - B

Extended Project Qualification - A*

Achievements and Work Experience

Jun 20’Jun 21’

Jun 17’Jul 17’

Nov 17’Jun 17’

Oct 16’

Sep 10’Sep 17’

Served as the ‘welfare committee leader’ for Cardiff University’s ‘SAWSA’ (Student Association for the Welsh School of Architecture) society

Completed the four-week National Citizenship Scheme, raising £1100 for Framework (a charity local to Nottingham supporting homeless people)

Competed in an amateur debate team and became a member of the English-Speaking Union

Completed the Lawn Tennis Association Level 1 Coaching Qualification

Represented Shropshire at tennis (10U, 12U, 14U and 18U) before moving to Nottingham in 2015

Skills

Diligence and perseverence

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Creativity and openness

Communication and public-speaking

Punctuality and time-management

Empathy and interpersonal skills

Other Employment

Sep 20’Present

Sep 21’May 22’

Jan 16’Jun 19’

Hobbies:

Tennis

Art

Cooking

Guitar

Working as an online mathematics tutor at KS3 and A-level standard

Worked as a student ambassador on open days at Cardiff University

Worked as an assistant tennis coach at West Bridgford Tennis Club

References

Victoria Landeryou - Previous Employer (John Simpson Architects)

(Information available upon request)

Sam Clark - Architecture Tutor (MArch II)

(Information available upon request)

PORTFOLIO

MArch

A Familiar Place

Housing Project | MArch - Year Five - Semester Two | 2024

Page 6-11

Housing Memory

Housing Project | MArch - Year Five - Semester One | 2023

Page 12-15

Work Experience

ECO Paris

Social Housing Project | RIBA Work Stage 3 | 2022-23

Page 16-19

BSc

Grange Farm

Social Housing Project | RIBA Work

Stage 0 | 2022-23

Page 20-21

100 Years

Primer Project | BSc - Year ThreeSemester One | 2021

Page 22-25

Exhibition Design

WSA Student Exhibition 2024

Complete Works of 2023-24 WSA Student Cohort

Page 26 - 29

A FAMILIAR PLACE

Adelaide Street Extra Care Residence’ is a residential development in Butetown, Cardiff for sufferers of dementia (also involving an adjoining commercial building accommodating retail and office spaces). The key theme of this project is to promote residents’ ability to become, and stay, familiar with their environment through a deep association with the area’s historic significance and a clear understanding of the site and its functionality. This is achieved through establishing a strategic tactile and visual connection with local ‘urban artefacts’ that are representative of Butetown’s history, precipitating what Aldo Rossi would call an implicit ‘collective memory’. Additionally, the project’s landscape and internal layout is designed, to a significant extent, to be visually permeable, making it relatively simple to identify location and function.

The research relevant to the project involved the use of QGIS and Space Syntax softwares. Additionally, the project design was developed using Rhino modelling software.

A FAMILIAR PLACE

The residential provision is parsed into three groups categorised by the ‘lifestyles’ of the residents, inspired by the Hogewyk Dementia Village as a means of grouping residents with likeminded people to maximise social integration. These lifestyle definitions (social, hobbiest, and quiet lifestyles) are defined to help design the size, scale, and nature of their associated communal and living spaces, curated to match the behavioural patterns which they are most familiar with.

This project is a demonstration of the necessity to preserve and make use of our vacant and forgotten ‘urban artefacts’ as an act of both environmental and social good. The continued government legislation to enforce circular economic principles and reduce construction-related carbon emissions creates a helpful context for the future development and application of this design thesis, in which older age people suffering with dementia can be supported to participate and contribute to our communities.

HOUSING MEMORY

This project explores a small-scale intervention looking to enhance the feeling of object attachment to encourage memory recall and sense of place. By understanding the challenges of designing for dementia, architectural interventions can be effective in allowing people to travel beyond their homes psychologically, using their possessions to ‘live in their memories’.

This design chooses to take the position that our possessions should be designed into our architecture. The concept of the ‘lifeworld’, first developed by philosopher Edmund Husserl, refers to how the repeated familiarity of objects play a role in our everyday experiences. Cherished posessions become that everyday, affirming our self-identity and locality, confirming the sense of ‘insideness’, and deepening the degree to which we feel we belong in our environment.

Design and representation was largely explored and performed through physical modelling and diagrams.

ECO PARIS

Elevation of the proposed neo-classical design for the ECO Paris social housing project in

Serris, Paris

ECO PARIS

During my time working for John Simpson Architects (JSA), I aided in the production of drawings for a series of social housing apartment housing blocks based in Serris, a commune in Paris, France for a development company. I worked in partnership with another architectural firm and a collection of consultants to produce a planning application at RIBA work stage three. The housing blocks are designed to reflect the local Parisian neo-classicism, accommodate communal gardens, and look out onto greenspace and a small stream from the rear.

JSA took on the role of facade designer for the project, looking to not just pay homage to the existing Parisian classicism but also to use the language the building draws from to enhance the onlookers collective cultural experience of the areamaking it regionally relatable and understood. I played a primary role in developing the BIM model for the building’s facades as well as the CAD elevations and illustrative drawings.

GRANGE FARM

At John Simpson Architects, I produced masterplans and other necessary drawings for a pre-planning affordable housing proposal (RIBA stage zero) for the Grange Farm Development project in Cambridge. I was required to be autonomous in meeting deadlines and produce material ready for regular design team meetings to discuss ideas with the clients and consultants.

100 YEARS

This project aims more to change the perception of abandoned architecture, rather than to create it. This project is primarily a community gardens based within a structure in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales called the Miner’s Hall but is also a series of archways that leads people off the main highstreet and towards the forgotten gems of the towns past.

This project aims to...

...rebrand the weeds to wildflowers that harmoniously thread through the imperfections in our historical urban artifacts.

...reintergrate the community into the heart of the town by making the centre a more colourful and vibrant diverse place.

...rewrite the path of Merthyr’s history by changing their focus from industry driven economic growth to biodiverse sustainable growth

...educate people in the importance of biodiversity in curbing global warming

...reinvolve the community in a collective activity that can act as a symbol of its strength and resiliance

This was a monument primer project completed using physical and illustrative representation and exploration techniques.

WSA 2024 STUDENT EXHIBITION

During my final year of Masters education at the WSA, I took a cochair role in the organisation and design of the ‘WSA 2024 Student-Led Exhibition’. As a leading group of three co-chairs, we managed a team of over 70 students to develop the show. My role specifically centred around the design and construction of the physical exhibition, taking charge of the curation of the students work within our University building, working directly with the students themselves whilst also managing the construction of our various installations. We showcased nearly 450 students works from first year students in our undergraduate course to research students in our postgraduate courses. I have held a long-standing association with the WSA student exhibition, climbing the ladder from a team member to a co-chair, using my experience and drive to aid in its development.

We chose to curate the exhibition under the overarching theme ‘In Transition’, meaning the intention to question the widening gaps between education and practice. We start our journey through architectural education from a personal perspective, seeing the built world through the myopic lens of our own self-actualisation. It’s only when we begin to transition towards thinking more broadly, through the eyes of the community, through the eyes of local cultures, through the eyes of the environment, that we begin to give context to this limited perspective.

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