Jordan Edwards Main Portfolio

Email: JordanEArch@outlook.com

Phone: 07985 517969

Linkedin: Jordan Edwards

Instagram: @jordan.edwards.arch

About me

I’m a part 1 architecture graduate with a proactive passion to further develop my knowledge and skills to enable me to improve and enhance my work and designs. New challenges and opportunities will enable me to work alongside and collaborate with a variety of different specialists, to not only combine ideas, but allow me to develop my own in a team working environment. Passionate about the process of creating something from nothing that impacts peoples lives and society I thrive on developing sustainable architecture. I define myself as a dedicated person both to my work and society with an open willingness to learn, listen and problem solve with others to grow my abilities, whilst experimenting with my own skills to consider new ideas that can add value. My focus will always be to grow and learn to enable me to fully contribute within a company through their projects. My goal being that when complete and finalised speaks to the clients needs and requirements and positively promotes the company’s image.

Online CV

Sample Portfolio

Linkedin Profile

Instagram

Jordan Edwards - Part 1 Architecture BA (Hons)

Education

UCA Canterbury School of Architecture, UK BA (Hons) Architecture Part 1 Graduate Grade: First Class Honours

University for The Creative Arts, UK UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design, Grade: Distinction

GCSE Grades: Art, English, Maths, History, Biology

Achievements

Architects Journal (AJ) Student Prize Nominee for UCA

My Final Third Year Project 06 was a Nominee for 2023 Student Prize and was published in an edition of the AJ.

Administrator for (CASCAN)

Network of universities all over the UK known as Architects Climate Action Network. I managed a small team of students with the goal of enhancing student awareness and knowledge on sustainability and climate change within Architecture Developed public communications through social media and public networking. Collaborated with UCA Multi-story with lecturers on the topic of sustainability. Provided Advice to students in improve their current and future projects using sustainability.

Extra Activities

RIBA Student Mentoring Scheme

Corstorphine and Wright

Administrator

Canterbury Architecture School Climate Action Network (CASCAN) - ACAN

3rd Year Student Rep

2023 3rd Year BA (hons) Architecture Class

Skills

Community Centre

Temporary Workshop

Tracing History

Project Details: Urban Design

UCA: Third Year Final Project 06

Location: Valencia

Nominated for Architects Journal 2023 Student Prize

Tracing History is a project which explores issues of cultural heritage, local identity and civic pride. The building, situated in Valencia’s historic Old Town, is designed to act as a temporary exhibition centre for the 20th Triannual International Committee of Museums, hosted this year in Valencia, and following this as a new headquarters for the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Assets, currently accommodated at the nearby Universitat Politècnica de Valencia.

The building offers event spaces, galleries, archives, laboratories, workshops, lecture theatres and teaching spaces with a focus on new techniques of conservation and restoration. It serves as an educational establishment for both students and professionals to restore artefacts and artworks for museums within Valencia and beyond. The plan combines flexible, temporary and permanent programmes around a central service and circulation core to balance public integration and private use of the building.

The ground floor of the proposal incorporates the display of an archaeological excavation on the site which has uncovered the remains of a 13th century Moorish family house. The building seeks to capture and celebrate the site’s rich history in both form and function, and to establish a strong local and contextual identity. The brief also responds to the UNESCO Forum Declaration of Valencia (1996) which promotes cultural heritage protection, conservation and seeks to foreground universities as permanent and independent members of civil society.

The project uses found and waste limestone as principal structure with locally sourced spruce timber frame as secondary support and infill. The use of stone and timber with naturally ventilated internal spaces and on site energy generation help to make the project carbon negative in construction and low carbon in use.

Tutor Statement

Jordan’s project investigated the nuance and complexities in representing history. His site research uncovered former occupations and building forms which were used to form a geography of patterns and excavations. The proposal used these to form fragments of a new building which sits above a sculptural ground floor landscape. The proposal is a fascinating assemblage of site histories in form and material, speculating how a layered approach to referencing site history can develop a new model for Valencia’s future.

Structural Massing

A total of 18 major changes of the site’s history were found and mapped. After grouping the massing’s into a set of three in relation to their years, each floor for a total of 6 floor plans in order from oldest massing’s to newest at the top floors. This process can be seen below and the produced massing’s at the bottom.

After overlaying the grouped massing’s together, I then mapped the revealed common spaces created through the overlap to become the final floor massing’s as seen below.

Finally, by extruding the sites history to become the structure, a total of 6 floor massing’s was formed through this process which would become the final buildings form once stacked. Similar to how history lays the foundation for the furfure so does the floor masing. Resulting in the buildings users experiencing the history of the site as they travel through and upward the building.

Structural Framework Process

To create the stone structure, I used a total of 18 columns that would run through the building. To create the structural plan for the vertical stone columns I overlapped the collective total of the sites massing history perimeters together to form the plan grid below. After applying this onto the previous floor massing I then drew shapes which would be cut. A total of 18 shapes were chosen signifying the sites 18 massing changes, highlighted in black at the bottom and the final distribution to the right plan in red.

Stone Floor Framework Process

First, I overlayed the 18 sites massing outlined together and placed the corresponding building floor massing onto the site and cut the floor massing using these lines. The resulting shapes formed the floor framework by extruding them together onto the floors massing perimeter. (depicted at the next page top right).

Vertical Stone Columns Process

I first extruded the plan of the 18 columns as seen to the right, to shape the sides of the created extrusions I did the following:

First, I overlayed the 18 sites massing outlined together and the placed the corresponding building floor massing onto the site and using the void space created by the floors massing I then cut the void space using the 18 overlayed massing outlines to create a total of 18 shapes. I then cut the extruded plan columns using these shapes to create the final form of the columns (depicted at the next page bottom right). I then repeated this for each floor creating 18 continuous columns each with a different identity per floor.

Overlayed site massing history

Third floor (The largest floor

Third floor final plan with columns highlighted in red

Overlaying both layers together

Picking 18 shapes to become the plan for the stone columns

massing)

Third floor structural construction process, stone floor framework and columns

2000

2000+

1910

1895

1865 - 1869

1300

Above shows the exploded massing axonometric of each floor, created by categorising the 18 site changes into years and then extruding the common spaces when they are combined to form each of the building’s floors.

The final structural framework consists of two stone massed structures supported by an inner framework of glulam with continuous posts. A lightweight timber structure connects the two built forms at its center.

Top Floor - Located on the top floor sits the main adaptable event space with large open room able to adapt and accommodate for different use with exterior rooftop space the east side of the top floor feature a main head office for quite meeting room.

Fourth Floor – Educational workshops with an informal conference space and office and meeting room each with external spaces.

Third Floor – Including a second small atrium space for relaxation or as a meeting space. The main artifact temporary storage/ exhibition space is located for public display of the work done within the building. On the opposite side sits office space and photography space for digitization of the public archive for accessibility.

Connecting Atrium – located between the private and public dominant programs with a strong stone structure, sits the lightweight timber atrium space that connects them together and acts as the main circulation space.

Second Floor – the public digital accessible archive featuring information and access to the work that has been archived. Isolated labs space is located next to main large workshop acting as the main space for restoration of more fragile Artifacts.

First Floor – Heading up through the staircase/elevators visible archive storage and auditorium for large conferences to be held and exhibition space to the opposite side of the building sits the main large workshop for restoration work.

Ground Floor - The north exterior hosts a pavilion conversation space created by extruding the overlapping history massing plan. Views of the above stored artifacts can be visible from the pavilion space. The main Entrance hosts a large adaptable space that celebrates the archaeological dig bellow. Finally, a stone mason workshop for heavy and large work to be stored with a small café sitting opposite.

Master Plan – Continuing previous site pathways extrudes a stage at its center for public interaction for exterior conference and events nestled within trees spanning the perimeter of the site.

Above depicts a detail section of the building and corresponding elevation showing the hidden joints of the stone to the glulam framework and how the space is insulated with the stone to glulam and window connection. The roof drainage system feeds into the carved stone to hide the drainage and keeps the uniform stone elevation. Moving downwards the exterior shades that protect the spaces such as the lab that have more fragile work stored, are formed carving the shapes of the 4 preserved tiles found in the sites archeological dig. And finally, the ground floor drainage and structural connection to the foundation.

Above depicts a breakdown of the structural framework, at the top shows the elevation of the building and shows the connection between the glulam inner framework and the exterior stone framework. The middle breaks down this form to reveal the CLT flooring and glulam framework. The bottom shows the stone connection and how each stone column and stone floor framework connect and how the windows frame sits on the interior.

1. Preserved Archaeological dig (13th century Islamic residence historic site) now a focal point to the entrance.

2. Pavilion calving into the ground using the site’s history creating a landscape for conversation space.

3. Reception and main event space for exhibitions, acting as the central space to enter the upper floors.

4. Dining space and café facing the masterplan whilst sheltered from the sun.

5. Archive displaying work currently in the process of work, visible from the pavilion space.

6. Large auditorium space for formal lectures and conferences.

7. Public assessable physical and digital library that includes the work and archive within the building.

8. Gallery holding temporary storage of artefacts for public viewing to see the work on hold.

9. Informal conference space and relaxation area with more open natural lighting and informal seating

10. Classroom and workshop space focusing on education and teaching restoration to the uni students. 11. Adaptable event space with revolving door slides and exterior access with a quiet space.

Secondary event space with more natural lighting for exhibition work.

This section cuts through the center of the building revealing the stone columns and floor framework that expresses the site’s history through its unique forms of each component. As well as the section shows the connection to the ground level that feeds into the master plan. Breaking down what’s visible in this section as follows:

At the center of the building sits the main central circulation space consisting of a lightweight timber structure nestled between the stone structures that hold both public and private functions. This acts as a bridge to form a seamless connection between the stone structures as due to the sites typography the street side holding the private programs (Left side) sits at a 1m level difference to the masterplan side that holds the public functions (Right side). The Space offers a unique set of stairs that intertwine the spaces together wrapping around the central space.

On the east street facing elevation hosts the predominant private spaces (Left Side), consisting of dining space on ground level, heading up through the building resides a large adaptable event and exhibition space, followed upwards by a lab space, small office, larger office and finally located at the end on the top floor the head of department office.

Finally, the masterplan facing façade and main entrance sits the public dominated spaces (Right Side). At the ground floor sits the pavilion conversation space, followed upwards by the large auditorium space, and sheltered exterior space to the right, Gallery and open exterior space, a classroom and finally on the top floor adaptable space with natural lighting and privacy. Finally moving onto the masterplan sits opposite the pavilion space acting as a plaza and stage space for external large conferences to be held, nested within a perimeter of trees mapping the site that reduces both wind and noise of the surrounding area.

Reuse And Recycle Natural Lighting

By sourcing local sustainable building materials that are recycled as well as reclaimed such as timber, maximising recycled materials used in the construction. For instance, by collaging tiles recycled by the community forming a collaborative community ground floor installation that reflects the archaeological digs tiles found.

To utilise Valencia’s warm sunny climate and reduce the overall amount of energy consumption used during the day, using the high volume of natural sunlight to brighten the spaces accompanied by open plans as well as connected spaces. Solar panels installed at the prime sun path areas on the roof to optimise sustainable power.

Passive Cooling And Heating Techniques

Passively cooling the building interior through harnessing the wind flow created by surrounding alleyway streets and the open masterplan. Using passive technologies such as a central atrium that forces a convection which releases hot air by opening the roof ridge and window vents using a network of autonomous sensors.

Collection And Reuse

Optimising the water usage within the building through a grey water system. Rain collection system embedded within the buildings structure and masterplan to optimise rain collection, at the end run of the water cycle the reused water could be used to water the masterplan’s vegetation.

Brewers Lane

Project Details: Residential Master Planning

UCA: Third Year Project 05b

Location: Canterbury

The projects brief consists of creating a residential master plan for a community of homeworkers/makers, inspired in relation to the increases in homeworking following covid. The site for this master plan is situated in Canterbury on a corner plot currently being used as a car park due to its proximity to the city center. The sites sits next to one of the main entrances to the city between two major universities and colleges of Canterbury

In response to the brief my proposal Brewers Lane explores creating a residential working neighborhood of makers that produces homemade beer in each housing unit within a dedicated working space. Inspired by the site’s previous occupancy that hosted a brewery and bar that was destroyed in a bombing in WWII. Creating an external social hub within a local community like that of German beer gardens, taking advantage of the rich student population through the central circulation of the masterplan. While the living space would be located towards the street front of the building separating the work and living areas. Each house focuses on producing a step in the brewery process working together as a community. The Units are designed to accommodate for a family of 4 with a workspace included within each unit that can adapt to incorporate each process of the brewing. The working space resides at the back of the living space that faces onto the central landscape of the masterplan.

Below shows a long section of the design with the central core space at the middle that acts as the main social hub. The landscape within this space is formed by lifting the sites typography and is then cut using the original circulation paths used by both students and passing visitors, forming a nested social space within the residential community. The public/ customer interaction between the housing units and this space can be seen with the brewery space located on each end facing towards the core social space.

The form takes inspiration from the previous brewery’s shape and reimagines it into a modern home and workshop. I have chosen to use stone brick to mirror the historic presence opposite the site with the large stone walls and stone ruins. The bricks are double staked and rotated to act as a shell around the timber structure. Acting as a sound catching wall reducing noise to the building’s exterior from both the proposed social hub and main road entering Canterbury that runs opposite the site. The bricks are perforated in areas that provide more open and spatial programs such as the living room and brewery while areas with private programs aren’t perforated creating further privacy.

Previous site history plan

Image of the original brewery on site

A. This capsulated area allows for a space for storage of shoes coats etc providing a space of rest before entering the main space of the house.

B. Toilet Space located on ground floor for quick and easy access for both gests and residents in need for easy access without having to go upstairs and located under the stairs taking advantage of the space underneath.

C. Living Room This open space provides easy circulation by placing strigae and embedding living room furniture within the walls and allow for open floor space.

D. Kitchen and Dining space as with the furniture the kitchen appliances are located within the walls for more floor space with the cabinets being larger for more space while also defining the living room and kitchen space.

E. Brewery Space with open atrium like space with plenty of natural sunlight the high celling provides open space for large brewery machines as well as storage space.

F. Relaxation Space at the end of the stairs sits a open relaxation space for resting with open window to give an open feeling to the space as well as providing a space to sit after going up the stairs.

G. Bathroom with a toilet and shower installed at the end of the hallway to make it clear to new visitors where the bathroom is to avoid confusion and understand the space layout easier.

H. Bedroom 1 with double bed this could be for a teenager or guest room each room can fit a double bed to allow for when the user gets older and may require larger space to maximise space storage has again been folded into the walls.

I. Bedroom 2 showing how a single bed would fit into the space and with space on either side of the bed for custom adaptable use.

J. Open space for custom use of the homeowner a more private space allocated from the site at the top for more quiet and private area with the adaptability of the user with the example being a place for one to write their novel as a hobby etc.

K. A Large bedroom located at the top this space will have both the quite and privacy that one may prefer with more options for expansion into the next room over.

Ground Floor Plan

Housing Unit Axonometric

Materiality

G1. Exposed Concrete Floor

G2. Stone Brick External Interface

G3. Polycarbonate Cladding

G4. Supporting Timber Framework

G5. Timber Wall Storage

G6. Timber Frame

G7. Insulation

G8. Timber Frame Studs

F1. Timber Floor Frame

F2. Timber Flooring

F3. Timber Wall Finish

F4. Insulation

F5. Timber Frame

F6. Timber Frame Studs

F7. Polycarbonate Cladding

F8. Supporting Timber Framework

S1. Timber Floor Frame

S2. Timber Flooring

S3. Timber Wall Finish

S4. Insulation

S5. Timber Frame

S6. Timber Frame Studs

S7. Timber Roofing

S8. Polycarbonate Cladding

R1. Timber Finish

R2. Timber Frame

R3. Timber Vertical Supports

R4. Timber Horizontal Supports

R5. Insulation

T1. Timber Exterior Cladding Space

A1. Front Door

A2. Living Room

A3. Kitchen / Dining Space

A4. Workspace/Brewery

A5. Toilet

A6. Stairs - First Floor

B1. Stairs- Second Floor

B2. Relaxation Space/ Hallway

B3. Bathroom

B4. Bedroom 1

A5. Bedroom 2

C1. Relaxation Adaptable Space

C2. Master Bedroom

Render of brewer home workshop

Render of living room

Stonemasonry

Project Details: Temporary Workshop

UCA: Third Year Project 05a

Location: Canterbury

The Brief for this project was to create a small workshop space for a craftsman that has a temporary element to the structure situated within Canterbury. My design proposal was a stone mason workshop that could perform onsite repairs for the Canterbury Cathedral for smaller elements of the structure reducing the overall time consumption, with repairs ongoing constantly on preservation of the cathedral, as a key historical and cultural icon of the city of Canterbury. Acting as a temporary modular structure that could be installed and reinstalled on the site. While inactive the stone structural materiality of the workshop would remain leaving a ruin like structure of the cathedrals history each layered with pieces of history stacked on top of one another, showing just how much the cathedral is preserved and the hard work that is done to achieve the structure stays standing while keeping the historic components on site. The briefs proposed 3000 x 3000mm workshop dimensions is achieved by the design complimenting the stone masons process and ensures little wasted space, while also providing comfortability though spatial efficiency of adaptability and interchangeability of the spatial layout.

The Stone masons process using the space entails the following:

Sliding the stone onto the conveyor belt below, when located below the hatch is opened allowing the stone to be lifted using a cantilever, formed using part of the Cathedral. After lifted and hatch closed, the moveable worktable is positioned below the stone block. Then after being placed onto the table it can be moved back to the center of the space. Tools are located on retractable wall storage keeping the space open. An impact generator is located below the workstation within the structure, so that through carving and hammering at the stone it produces power for the tools. After completing the finished product can be moved using the worktable and placed on a storage lift to cranked upwards to the top of the space for storage. The structure can be cleaned with drainage and ventilation fan included in the structure. Finally, fold down seating for breaks are included on both interior and exterior.

The design would replace pieces of the cathedral and reimagine them into the workshop’s structure. Forming a workshop that as it repairs another it builds itself, keeping the elements taken from the cathedral onsite giving them new life. The materiality of the workshop would consist of stone from the cathedral and timber that would become a temporary module component of the structure, stored till the workshop is needed again.

Canterbury Keystone

Project Details: Public Archive

UCA: Second Year Final Project 04

Location: Canterbury

Brief - Archive project, creating a public archive consisting of a physical artifact or a conceptual archive, to be situated in Canterbury. The concept behind my proposed archive was imagining a red ribbon path extending from Canterbury city walls, traveling though the city collecting shards of missing connections that have become lost and transversing them to the site becoming reforged into a structure that reflects Canterbury. Ultimately acting as a device to relink these lost connections results in a more inclusive and diverse collaborative community culture.

To realised this archive concept the building will take the form of a redesign and relocation of the Canterbury City Council and community centre. Becoming a key space from the current building located on the hidden outskirts of Canterbury unnoticed and become a keystone of Canterbury’s community and government acting as social hub and mixing pot. The building would comprise of public accessible 24-hour study spaces, library, auditorium leisure area, adaptable large sheltered and adaptable spaces and a cafeteria. Encouraging public engagement and bring Canterbury’s large student community together to the space and increase governmental youth engagement, offering more public exposure to city government though proximity and ease of access. The floors are transversed using the path that extends from the city walls to the building and leaves to reconnect back to the wall completing the broken ring created by the city’s historic walls circulating the city. The building would be draped in a moving skin that would reflect a shard like design each moving to shelter the space from the sun opening views to the surrounding site and city. The structural design of the building mirrors the shard like formations in not only its shape connected to the path but by its triangular structural supports and skin, reflecting canterbury.

Public Community

Archiving Canterbury’s community though providing a social hub formed through the collected disconnected spaces within the community that would become reformed together to create a building that acts as a mixing pot of social and public engagement spaces. This would serve to ultimately form a more socially connected community using the provided spaces as a bridge that positively affects their social and educational growth both individually and as a community.

Canterbuy

Archiving Canterbury though approach of a ribbon path stone walls the path would collecting shards of missing These connections would be become reconnecting like together reflecting Canterbury. to provide these public services to both the community and

Canterbuy City City Council

though exploring the Conceptual path extending from the city would travel though canterbury missing spatial connections. be transported to the site to shards becoming reforged Canterbury. The building would serve services as acting as a bridge and city council of Canterbury.

The physical archive would consist of the city council departments and city documents. The corresponding city council spaces would become relocated and reimagined within the building, located at a close site to the city and provide a more public engaged space that looks at reconnecting back to Canterbury’s community. Reconnecting Its missing audiences by proximity offering more public exposure to the council through the building’s public occupancy and circulation.

4. The shards form into categorised spatial programs the structural plan takes shape with the path reconnects

1. Showing how the path extends from the Canterbury’s city historic stone walls transporting people towards the site.

2. Representing how the path tears though Canterbury connections and collecting them like shards reflecting

3. The path arrives at the site and the collected shards start to form structure around the path.

collecting missing reflecting the city.

programs around the path and reconnects back to the city.

Landmark

Transportation Commerical

Student Dorms

University/Collages

Schools

Archive/interventions

Traintracks

Connecting Path

Main Hight Street

Above breaks down the site context to the archive, looks at the potential visitors that can engage as users of the space stemming from the surrounding land use. To further the circulation from the surroundings area of the city through interventions that are situated around the central ring made by the city stone walls, acting as guides to direct potential visitors to the building. The interventions echo the idea of creating a bridge looking at areas of missing connection or potential user engagement at locations of high public circulation. Ultimately creating a directional landmark for the community in combination with the Canterbury Cathedral.

Canterbury

Ground Floor

Preserving the original sites pathways and extending the footpaths into the central external space of the building. The ground floor features high public engagement and conversation spaces that feed into the cafe and relaxation spaces. At the street facing elevation includes the city council departments that priorities department with high public interactions.

First Floor

Offering adaptable external sheltered space for public events such as pop-up markets to be held as well as an auditorium available for city council meetings and public use. Acting as a circulation space that connects to the upper floors with glass panned railings to optimize transparency while transversing through the building.

Second Floor

Moving upwards, youth engagement spaces for both individual and group study spaces. The upper auditorium includes sheltered external space for outside viewing to allow better exposure towards people passing and allows people to engage with the space without entering with the hope of bringing more circulation into the space.

Third Floor

Continuing upwards sits the library that predominantly comprises of physical and digital books for students curated by the surrounding university relevant to course work. Next to the library sits the city council department offices as well as opposite the upper study spaces are located for group work with larger tables and privacy walls for students open 24hours for late night work.

Fourth Floor

Moving upwards at the library space includes more working areas for reading and computers for the digital library books with a more open layout. Next door at the top floor of the governmental space hosts the upper management departments and co-working spaces maximizing circulation by including storage within the desk designs

Fifth Floor

Finally, the top point in the building located in the library includes larger working space located in a quieter environment away from the more circulated areas.

Perspective render of the central exterior space after entering the building on the first floor.

Perspective street view entering from the high street at ground level.

Living Brick

Project Details: Pavilion/Folly

UCA: Second Year Project 03a

Location: Canterbury

The project brief was to create a temporary pavilion/folly to be situated in a man-made site by casting on different surfaces as the medium for creating the landscape the pavilion would be placed upon.

I explored a modular design allowing for the pavilion to be transported to and from the site allowing for reuses and simple deconstruction for other purposes after use. Inspired by the Folly For A Flyover and its bead wall curtain design. Fascinated at reimagining the standard brick building material. First through its materiality such as sustainable reclaimed wood cut into the dimensions of a standard brick and by cutting holes at its center, allowing rope to be sown though creating a solid structure. Second is its form from the typical standard solid wall construction appearance to become manipulated into organic structures. Using inspiration of Richard Serra use of center balance stabilisation allowing for a free-standing structure that by bending the structure could achieve structural stability. Through a more playful process of form manipulation to capture the casted landscapes typogthaophy and its created atmosphere. Shaping the structural form organically in a way that compliments the land and creates a domestic atmosphere using the form a structure. After manipulation the form inspired by the landscape, I then extracted potential user functionality of the structure from its created forms and arrived at a program of a sitting and viewing area. This allowed for multiple simultaneal user iterations with the structure while complimenting the landscape typography. Finally, when situated onto a site to further support the stability of the structure every two rows of bricks the corresponding rope can be removed and replaced with a metal pipe bent into the form of the previous situated rope, that would be installed into the ground or a form of fixed above ground connection.

Perspective Side View Of Public Engagement With The Final Pavillion Design

Brick Model Construction

Stitching The Wooden Bricks To Form Wall

Creating Structures By Manipulating The Form