Jordan Barrett Part II Architectural Assistant
jordanhbarrett@aol.com
+44(0)7988592001
W9 1AD, London, UK
INTRODUCTION:
Experienced architectural assistant seeking Part II placement. Industry experience includes MCW Architects Cambridge, HOK Architects London and OZ Architects Amsterdam. My research at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, the Sheffield School of Architecture and the University of Hong Kong (incl. the Shanghai Studio) focuses regenerating post-industrial contexts in an environmentally and socially sustainable way. Commercial experience includes competition projects and education projects in the UK and the Netherlands.
ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION:
Glasgow School of Art Masters Architecture (by conversion)
The Glasgow School of Art Dip Arch PART II
Sheffield University BArch PART I (2015 Study Abroad University of Hong Kong & Shanghai Studio)
ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
British Council Scholarship of Excellence Hong Kong (August 2014)
Extended Project Qualification B+ Haussmann’s overhaul of Paris (July 2012)
ARCHITECTURAL VOLUNTEERING:
Prince’s Trust Construkt Programme: June 2022 (2 weeks) Site Visit to Kensington Olympia. Constructed a large timber model within a team.
Presented our work to an audience.
Tutor Project at HKU Hong Kong: July 2015 (1 month) Worked with a Tutor on multiple concrete model towers.
SKILLS:
Architecture Design: Design Process, Research & development, Sketching & hand drawing, Physical model making, Graphic design layout skills, Visualisations (computer renderings)
Skills Digital | Technical: Autocad, Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, Revit, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing
Skills Professional | Project management: Collaboration, Commercial awareness, Team working International experience working in Hong Kong, China and the EU, Self-motivated with excellent intuition, initiative and ability to work independently, Excellent time management skills and commitment to meeting strict client deadlines.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Part II Architectural Assistant MCW Architects Cambridge: May 2023June 2024
First 6 months I worked on London Metropolitan University in London, Work-Stages 01-03. I produced floorplans, sections, elevations and diagrams. Second 6 months, I worked on Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, Work-Stage 04, where I produced construction details and floorplans, sections and elevations for the external envelope. I was the CPD coordinator and organised CPD lunchtime presentations for 6 months. I communicated with manufacturers to obtain samples and liaised with my supervisors to produce PEDR sheets.
Part II Architecture Internship: Toca Architects: July 2023 (3 weeks)
Produced construction details on Autocad and produced a model of a residence for a family with a disabled member alongside renders, floor plans, sections and elevations.
Part I Architectural Assistant OZ Architects Amsterdam: May - Dec 2018
Codam project Work-Stage 04: Produced hand drawn floorplans and a presentation booklet including a furniture layout (interior design).
Elzenhoeve Nieuwegein project Work-Stage 02: Produced physical site model, presentation booklet including adobe illustrator made diagrams and Revit 3D model. Ruimterweg project Work-Stage 02: Produced a physical model.
Part I Architectural Assistant HOK Architects London: Sept 2016 - June 2017
Clapham residential competition project Work Stage 04, produced renders on Adobe Photoshop. GOSH Children’s Hospital Work-Stage 02, produced floorplans and sections on Revit. Kuwait University project Work-Stage 02: Produced 3D printed and Laser-Cut models and modelled façade options on Revit.
Professional Work Academic Work
We were transforming the arts school for London Metropolitan University or LMU into a new arts school. This involved the retrofit of the Aldgate campus on Goulston street. We conducted calculations to work out the number of students and teachers the spaces we proposed could accommodate and completed retrofit plans and sections to make a design proposal to the arts school.
London Metropolitan University Art School is composed of three campuses. I produced floorplans sections and FF&E drawings to complete the proposal for the Work Stage 03 Design Report. The Accelerator building contains multiple retrofit changes which are illustrated in the work shown on these two pages.
Holloway Campus on Benwell Road required serious retrofit changes. The roof height on the main building was raised accommodating a new floor that would be used for art school facilities.
Anglia Ruskin University or ARU creative quarter contains a Ruskin Building, Coslett Building and a proposed a Media Building extension. These construction details, elevations and strip sections show work that I worked on to the external envelope. The Coslett building was to be retrofitted and the Media building is an extension New Build.
I designed a residential building on Revit for a family for one disabled user. This small dwelling contains a balcony and curtain glazed wall to prevent sound disruption to nearby residencies. I looked at building regulations to understand the space requirements for the disabled user and these specialised building regulations heavily influenced the floorplans and the design of the building.
Part I: Ruimterweg, Amsterdam, OZ, 2018
When I worked at OZ Architects in Amsterdam I produced a physical model for a high-density residential project in Ruimterweg the Netherlands. I worked on Revit to produce a 3D model of the design and worked to adjust the balconies of the facade of the towers to suit.
Part I:The University of Kuwait, Kuwait, HOK, 2016
When I worked for HOK Architects in London I designed the facade of Kuwait University this required me to use families on Revit, as a result it was an excellent software exercise in using families and design options to present to the client to obtain the desired facade.
Work produced in collaboration with OZ Architects
During my 5th year at the Glasgow School of Art, the Mackintosh School of Architecture I developed a thesis project designed to increase the land-value of the South-Side of Glasgow in an environmentally and socially sustainable way. I designed a Manufacturing City composed of 3D printing blocks to complete this objective.
