portfolio_selected works 2016

architecture & the built environment

* selected works

portfolio / 2016

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Beauchamp Rd / London Chirp Desks / London

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Warwick Mill / Manchester, UK Micro-showflat / Oldham, UK Green+Gold / Obuasi, Ghana Maliandao Tea / Beijing, China Hong Kong University Auditorium / Hong Kong Industrial Meadow / Shenzhen, China Great Fen / England Willow House / Beijing, China Sensory Landscape / Cronton, UK Hong Kong Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2012 / Venice, IT

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Pacific Dunes Clubhouse / Bandon Dunes Resort, Oregon, USA Tulalip Tribes Cultural Center / Washington, USA

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UO: Grain Art Centre / Portland, Oregon, USA Bartlett: A Social Exchange / London, UK

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Rain in the Desert / Black Rock Desert, USA Wouldn’t it be nice / San Francisco, USA The Bounceway / London, UK

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uk / usa kimberlycwalker@gmail.com www.cargocollective.com/kcw

kcw I’m forever keen to explore the complex world just outside my door, to make sense of what it is & imagine what it could be.

I find myself interested in a myriad of things: the uniqueness of cultures & places, shifting time & its context, the materiality & texture of the world we construct, the link between environment & behaviour, the beauty of natural landscapes, the richness of urban areas & the life of spaces in between buildings.

I like capturing, drawing, creating, & building little bits of life. I enjoy making things happen & working with people to do that.

In some way architecture is central to most everything I do. Sometimes that’s designing a building. But not always.

I completed my Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Oregon, USA, with an emphasis on sustainability and urban design, and my Masters of Architecture at the Bartlett, University College London, UK, exploring the engagement of people with their environment. I hold a LEED accreditation from the USGBC in environmental design and am a licensed Architect in Oregon, USA. My eight+ years of architectural experience ranges across the UK, USA, Asia & Africa; having worked on projects that span from 10 sqm up to 2.4M sqm, from cultural and community to mixed-use and commercial, through all stages of the design process from concept to completed building. This broad experience allows me to keep an eye on the big picture while moving quickly between the macro and the micro scales.

From my roots in the west coast of America, I grew up treasuring the beauty of the natural environment, instilling in me a sense of responsibility in how we construct

the world around us. I have worked closely with Native American communities in the Pacific Northwest; studied and explored the historical, urban context of London and its relationship to public space; designed high-density, large-scale masterplans in the rapidly developing cities of China; shaped a revitalization scheme for the rural village of Obuasi, Ghana; and led the design for converting a listed 19th c. industrial cotton mill in Manchester.

I enjoy being involved in stimulating projects that complement the day to day practice of architecture, keeping me engaged with a community of designers and creative conversation. I have taught a class of 10 year olds about architecture, chaired a young architects panel at the Oregon Design conference, and collaboratively designed and built a large-scale interactive installation which brought a whimsical dream of English rain to the parched Nevada desert.

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142 beauchamp brief / feasibility and concept study for a garden site location / London, UK

date / 2015 - ongoing

office / kcw - personal project role / design •

client communication

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set the fee & project brief

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developed massing options, and concept design

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research planning guidelines & requirements

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_ A feasibility study looking at the possible development options for the clients’ property at 142 Beauchamp Road, London SE19 3DB. The site consists of a semi-detached terrace house facing Beauchamp Rd with a large garden area to the rear of the house. The garden land currently is surrounded by other residential properties with access to the street only via the narrow path to the east side of the terrace house. The possible purchase and development of the council owned surface car park to the north of the site in combination with the garden land is also investigated.

The design aims to define each house as a separate unit and employ a simple form & construction techniques. Natural materials are utilised in contemporary ways to create semi-public screening walls. The massing is minimise by tucking a third level under the pitched roof. At the ground level, the kitchen and lounge extend seamlessly out into a private walled garden.

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entry living kitchen dining bedroom / study bathroom master bedroom ensuite bathroom

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chirp desk brief / design and build a cost efficient desk for a tech start-up location / Chirp offices, London date / 2016

office / kcw - personal project role / design & assemble •

adapted cadd files

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coordinated with the cnc fabricator

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finished the birch plywood

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assembled all the pieces together

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directed untrained helpers during the build

_ Chirp is a small, tech start-up that required affordable yet attractive desks for their new office. An initial desk design was found as an opensource file, this was adapted in order that the desk size fit the needs of Chrip. Birch plywood sheets were cnc routed, and, with the help of the Chrip team, we finished and assembled all the individual pieces together to make 3x large desks.

finishing & assembling the pieces

exploded axon, desk parts

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birch plywood elements

finished built desk

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warwick mill brief / reuse of old cotton mill into a new retail centre, with a new build parking building + retail above next to the site (40,000 GFA) location / Middleton, UK date / 2015

office / Oval

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completed feasibility study, now working towards a planning application submission; fast track project to be on site for construction in 2016

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coordinate large project team & technical information

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UK planning & building regulations

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site visits & community engagement

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fee proposal & resource schedule preparation

view from Roundabout of Warwick Mill tower

_ Warwick Mill is a historic 19th century cotton mill located just outside of Manchester. The Oval partnership has done a feasibility study and is working towards a planning application to adaptively reuse this mill building and it’s surrounding land for a wholesale marketplace selling home and building goods manufactured in China.

A new building will be built to the west of Warwick Mill that will house a multi-levels car park and more levels of commercial floor space. The development includes an events performance space in the old Engine room, an extensive roof garden connecting the two buildings, and a Chinese food market in the lower ground level spilling out onto a deck along the Brook.

The design focuses on maintaining a marked distinction between what is old and what is new, juxtaposing the heavy weightiness of Warwick Mill with a light and translucent mesh-like new building.

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warwick mill

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long section of existing Warwick Mill & the new build

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Warwick Mill atrium section

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lower ground floor plan

warwick mill listed features of the existing mill building

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section, rope race & engine room events space

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Warwick Mill sketch section

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micro-showflat brief / interior design of a micro-flat location / Manchester, UK date /2014

office / the Oval partnership role / design •

design drawings/sketches of concept

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creation of marketing document

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oversight of Part 2 Assistant

_ The microflat is a studio sized flat of around 30 sqm, a more economical property that contains all living space within one main room. The Oval partnership has done a design for the fit out of a showflat. The design maintains that cleans lines and as much built-in furniture and storage space as possible will help to make the space feel larger than it really is. The material palate is subdued tones on off white with timber flooring and coming up vertically for the semi-height dividing wall that separates the sleeping space from the living and dining area.

Interior view, into the lounge/kitchen space

Interior view, from within the bedroom space

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green+gold brief / decomissioned gold mine revitalization masterplan, with a focus on tourism location / Obuasi, Ghana date / 2014

office / the Oval partnership

role / design, concept generation, design team communication and coordination •

attended a site visit to Obuasi & briefing meeting with the client Anglo Gold Ashanti

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met with community members & local architects in Ghana

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coordination of larger team proposed to carry on to stage 2, with economic development specialists, tourism specialist, local architect, & sustainable masterplanning engineers

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creation of the detailed brief of what will go on the site, & design of a process to create a development that benefits the locals

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creation of the drawings, design report, & design presentation

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Oval Partnership’s ‘Green Gold’ master plan proposal for a regenerated Obuasi Gold Mine ETS site is designed to allow for maximum flexibility and ultimately full integration with the surrounding town. The first phase is intended to create an affordable and manageable self-sustaining critical mass of accommodation and activity to seed further sustainable growth. Ultimately the aim is to provide a prototype for the regeneration of Obuasi as a whole, a town that has not benefitted in the way that it should from the riches that lie beneath. With an estimated eight million ounces of gold, worth a billion dollars at today’s prices, still to be brought to the surface, there remains ample opportunity to turn this situation around.

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The decomissioned gold minedesign is nestled right within Obuasi; the new gold ectivity is at the core of the green+gold village – a networked and fabrication mining site is located to the south of the town - distinctly setting itself benefitting from knowledge and skills transfer from centres of excellence like London. apart from the community. longer just a centre of extraction but shifting gradually further up the value chain.

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green+goldexisting site plan - analysis site

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site boundary higher elevation

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Site Contour Analysis

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1 new village centre 2 livestock fields 3 green/gold park 4 gold hill 5 fish ponds 6 pools 7 wetlands 8 agricultural gardens 9 hardwood nursery 10 eco-resort - lodge and individual bungalows 11 path to the lake 12 new univeristy 13 high street - commercial 14 train station - line restored 15 Obuasi market street 16 gold mining museum & old mining shaft

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maliandao tea street brief / urban regeneration of a large district based around the tea trade location / Beijing, China date / 2014

office / the Oval partnership role / design lead •

developed an overall district wide scheme & more detailed plans highlighting core project areas

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worked to GFA requirements provided to us by the client

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worked with Chinese regulations & local Beijing architects

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coordinated information between Oval’s Bejing & London offices

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created final design report

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_ Most of the District is now located outside the imperial inner city and predominantly reserved for the lower class, but this area was once at the heart of ancient second Jin Dynasty Beijing, which was located here because of the clear spring waters of the Lotus and Taiye ponds.

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The physical and cultural history of Beijing on this site is acknowledged and interpreted in the new proposals as part of a comprehensive place-making process. In particular the location of water sources and the creation of water transport routes have been critical in Beijing’s evolution. That history can inform future plans by ensuring that canals and rivers are restored to clean health, creating a new green, car-free network. Permeability, connectedness and high-quality infrastructure are the keys to this, and to future sustainable growth.

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Lotus Canal - recreational waterway & new north south link

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Temple - converted power plant roof gardens

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Cha Yuan Arts Centre - cafes & galleries

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hku auditorium brief / new auditorium & cultural hub for Hong Kong University location / Hong Kong date / 2013 - 2015

office / the Oval partnership role / design assist •

assisted on concept design & design development

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reviewed technical drawings produced by the hong kong team

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chose materials & colours

_ The HKU Auditorium is a radical intervention in the heart of the Hong Kong University campus to create a brand-new 400-seat professional-standard performance venue, new entertainment and exhibition suites, a new bar and greatly improved social and cultural facilities for students. The design builds on the success of the existing Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre that it partially replaces by tying together a disparate mix of faculty buildings, canteens, shops and student union facilities to create a vibrant cultural hub around the new venue.

The facilities are designed to be as permeable as possible to maximize the benefit to students during the course of the teaching day, whilst in performance mode they will provide state-of-the-art technology for both in-house and visiting performers. The existing Theatre 303 will also be upgraded as part of the redevelopment.

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construction images

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3 volumes of new addition

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material study

industrial meadow brief / mixed-use masterplan, invited competition

TOWERS raised above the podium

location / Shenzhen, China date / 2013

office / the Oval partnership role / design lead •

led design team - working from both Hong Kong and London Oval offices, and from the Shenzhen local architect’s office

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developed design concept to meet a GFA numbers driven high density brief

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art directed a CGI artist to produce the final renderings

_ In European culture flower-rich meadows (grassland left to grow unchecked so it can be used for hay) are often associated with good times, and the pleasures of variety and diversity. In China the association is perhaps more with the freedom and open space of the high grasslands of the Chinese interior.

Our proposal for a ‘new industrial meadow’ adopts an open and permeable urban pattern within a layout focused on a central ‘meadow’. Pedestrian streets, bridges, walkways and rooftop terrace gardens thread through the development, always connecting back to the central meadow.

The proposed design recreates open streets and squares but is in fact a single structure built at one time with continuous, connecting levels of basement across the whole site. Therefore, rather than pretend this is a grouping of discrete buildings, we embrace the fact that it is a series of enclosed, semienclosed and covered spaces within a contiguous but partial inhabited concrete-frame matrix.

PODIUM terraces & green roofscape, bridges between buildings

GROUND pedestrian scale blocks, streets, & open spaces

‘NEW INDUSTRIAL MEADOW’ a fertile ground for growing a varied & vibrant community

Overlaid on this would be a secondary layer of infill: predominantly steel panels, insulation, glazing and waterproofing, and a tertiary layer of ‘bolt-ons’: sunshading, canopies, planters, trellising for plants. Much of this third layer would be constructed in engineered bamboo.

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USES residential, service apartments residential, worker housing office, higher-end office, workshops commercial, community commercial, food & beverage pavillion, exhibition service

tower & podium elevations

roof terrace

central meadow

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great fen brief / competition, new visitor centre location / Cambridgeshire, England date / 2013

team / Oval & Planit Landscape Architects role / design lead •

attended the site visit & initial client briefing

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collaboration with landscape architects

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concept generation & design sketches/drawings

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creation of final submitted document

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Our proposal is part of a continuing exploration of transient territory and the palimpsest of man’s history in the landscape. The landscape of our Great Fen visitor centre will over time become dotted with lightweight timber ‘fen huts’ – modest sheds with a multitude of uses, connected by a network of raised boardwalks. The footings of the existing barn are used as the base for a new visitor hub and workshop for the construction of the huts.

These fen huts are based on a standard pattern but can be adapted to a variety of uses. Different materials – thatch, willow, clay, timber can be used and the construction of the huts would be part of a charitable sustainable construction training programme. The huts will be wheeled out into position along the boardwalks and can be brought back to ‘base’ for refitting and repair. This would all be part of the theatre of the visitor experience.

Stage One-two/ Boardwalks have been constructed and a few fen•huts are in use. The landscape is being used for livestock grazing, the cattle helping to create shallow pools and areas of shorter and longer grass for wildlife.

Stage Three/ Clusters of Fen Huts appear throughout the distance of the boggy fullly restored fen landscape. Groups of young students are walking the paths, learning about the nature reserve and the construction of the simple architecture that sits harmoniously upon the land.

The reconstructed barn becomes a hive of activity rather than a sterile exhibition space. Visitors arrive at mezzanine level overlooking the workshop area via the boardwalk ramp, allowing for full accessibility. From here views across the restored fen landscape and over the water to the north tantalize and a cafĂŠ and bookshop are provided, but the main event is the hammering and sawing and planing, whipping and whittling, predominantly with hand tools. When a newly completed hut is wheeled out into the daylight this is a symbolic, ritual event: a new birth to be celebrated.

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Reconstruct the existing barn to a workshop & visitor hub

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construct the huts & boardwalk components in the barn workshop

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phase one/ reconstruct the Barn into the workshop

phase two/ construct boardwalks & first fen•huts

phase three+ / extend the boardwalks, add more fen•huts, build barn extension

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fen•bike shed

fen•fire pit & smokehouse

fen•canning hut

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fen•yoga retreat

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willow house brief / private residence location / Beijing, China date / 2011

office / the Oval partnership

role / design assist, concept thru tender package •

developed the design from concept stage to detailed design with input from Oval director

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assisted the project architect with developing the tender package drawings - in charge of detailing the interior feature wall, the entry louver screen, & the stairs

_ A retained willow tree marks the entrance to this new 1500m2 private house.

Family spaces are organised at the west end of the house with guest accommodation and entertainment situated at the eastern end. A double height entrance hall and glazed winter garden act as orientation spaces between the two, with a first floor bridge connection.

The extensively glazed open-plan ground floor, opening onto a sequence of intimate perimeter pocket gardens, paved terraces and pools, is set 600mm below ground level to maintain privacy from the street.

The external form of the house references the Prairie style houses of Frank Lloyd Wright, with deep over-sailing eaves to prevent over-heating in summer.

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ground floor plan 1. entry 2. hallway 3. garden room 4. kitchen 5. family activity room 6. family living 7. family dining 8. entertaining room 9. formal dining 10. garage 11. music room & library

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Flat Green Roof -­ Bauder DSE20 System or similar -­ U-­Value 0.2W/m2k or better BAUDER XF301 sedum blanket Plug Planting or vegetation mat as required 60mm Bauder extensive substrate -­ light weight growing medium Bauder filter fleece 20mm Bauder DSE 20 water storage and drainage layer 4mm

Bauder FSM600 protection layer Bauder PE Foil Bauder waterproofing system -­ high performance waterproofing membrane suitable for green roof systems -­ fully adhered and installed to manufacture's recommendations

100mm Bauder PIR insulation cut to falls (or similar approved) 50mm Bauder PIR insulation or simiar approved

15mm Wall board on Gyproc casoline MF concealed ceiling grid.

Decorated with 1 mist coat and 2 full coats of white matt emulsion.

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18o Low pitch roof. U-­Value 0.2W/m2k or better

10mm BAUDER XF301 sedum blanket Marley Eternit Plain Clay Tile col. 'fired sienna' 25mm Timber roofing batten 100mm Galvanised steel bearer (to SE design and spec) 50mm Drainage void Sarnafil single ply roofing membrane fully adhered 150mm Duo rock SPA Rockwool with vapour control layer Vapour control layer 200mm Reinforced concrete roof slab poured in situ.

To SE design and spec. To contain waterproofing mix.

200mm Service void 15mm Wall board on Gyproc casoline MF concealed ceiling grid.

Decorated with 1 mist coat and 2 full coats of white matt emulsion.

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Timber decked terrace. U-­Value 0.2W/m2k or better

20mm Timber decking. Oiled to provide weather protection as required BAUDER XF301 sedum blanket Specification and timber type TBC 30mm Supporting structure or firrings Sarnafil single ply roofing membrane or similar approved fully adhered 100mm EPS rigid insulation with vapour control layer cut to falls 1:40 Vapour control layer Reinforced concrete slab poured in-­situ. to SE design and spec.

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Timber decked terrace above habitable rooms/ lowered floor slab U-­Value 0.2W/m2k or better

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FLOOR TYPE 01

Formal Dining Room Ground Floor. U-­Value 0.25W/m2k or better

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Basement floor. U-­Value 0.25W/m2k or better

20mm Ipe timber decking. Specification TBC

20mm BAUDER XF301 sedum blanket Slate stone tiling. Spec TBC

20mm BAUDER XF301 sedum blanket Slate stone tiling. Spec TBC.

30mm Supporting structure or firrings

50mm Sand cement screed

50mm Sand cement screed

Sarnafil single ply roofing membrane or similar approved fully adhered 100mm EPS rigid insulation with vapour control layer cut to falls 1:40 Vapour control layer Reinforced concrete slab poured in-­situ. DIM. VARIES. FSL lowered to accomodate level threshold to SE design and spec.

330mm Service void

330mm Service void

15mm Wall board on Gyproc casoline MF concealed ceiling grid.

Taped and skimmed ready for painting.

Decorated in 1 mist coat and 2 full coats white matt emulsion.

15mm Wall board on Gyproc casoline MF concealed ceiling grid.

Taped and skimmed ready for painting.

Decorated in 1 mist coat and 2 full coats white matt emulsion.

Vapour control layer Wet underfloor heating system.

Spec TBC with M+E consultant 50mm Ridgid insulation Vapour control layer Damp-­proof membrane 1000 gauge Polythene 50mm Rigid insulation (Rockwool Rock Floor or similar approved) 250mm Reinforced concrete floor slab poured in-­situ.

Damp-­proof membrane by GRACE or similar approved To SE design and Spec. installed to manufacturer's requirements 100mm Rigid insulation 250mm Reinforced concrete floor slab poured in-­situ To SE design and Spec.

GRACE Preprufe pre-­applied waterproofing membrane 100mm Rigid insulation to SE's design and spec

Underfloor heating system.

Spec TBC with M+E consultant Vapour control layer 100mm Rigid insulation (Rockwool Rock Floor or similar) Damp-­proof membrane 1000 gauge Polythene 250mm Reinforced concrete floor slab poured in-­situ.

To SE design and Spec.

GRACE Preprufe pre-­applied waterproofing membrane 50mm Rigid Insulation (as required to achieve U-­vlaue and structural strength)

Floor 03

FLOOR TYPE 03

Typical Ground, First and Second floor. U-­Value 0.25W/m2k or better

20mm Ground floor: Slate stone tiling. Spec and size TBC. First and Second floors: Solid Ipe Timber flooring or similar approved.

50mm Sand cement screed.

Underfloor heating system.

Spec TBC with M+E consultant Vapour barrier 50mm Ridgid insulation (Rockwool Rock Floor or similar approved) DPM -­ Grace Bituthene cementicious render installed to manufacturer's spec.

Reinforced concrete floor slab poured in-­situ. DIM. VARIES. To SE design and Spec.

Floor 04

ISSUED FOR TENDER

FLOOR TYPE 04

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Lowered slab to entertainment room second floor terrace -­UValue 0.25W/m2k or better

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20mm Ground floor: Slate stone tiling. Spec TBC. First and Second floors:Solid Timber flooring. Spec TBC

Drawn

50mm Sand cement screed.

Underfloor heating system.

Spec TBC with M+E consultant

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Vapour control layer

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50mm Ridgid insulation (Rockwool Rock Floor or similar approved)

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50mm Sand cement screed DPM

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Varies Reinforced concrete floor slab poured in-­situ. Dim Varies.

To SE design and Spec.

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Min 200mm Service void.

15mm Wall board on Gyproc casoline MF concealed ceiling grid.

Taped and skimmed ready for painting.

Decorated in 1 mist coat and 2 full coats white matt emulsion.

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Vapour control layer 120mm Reinforced concrete roof slab poured in-­situ. To SE design and spec.

To contain water-­proof mix to SE design and spec.

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timber cladding behind

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willow house

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Screened louvred entry details

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a sensory landscape

brief / International competition entry for a new landscape & living follies on a disused colliery site location / Cronton, England date / 2012

office / the Oval partnership & BCA Landscape Architects role / project lead, concept design •

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created the final design document & oversaw all design drawings

_ On the former site of Cronton Colliery, a national competition calls for a selfsufficient attraction for local and regional visitors to help regenerate the area.

We propose a Sensory Garden for the 21st century, an inclusive place for the whole community of Knowsley and beyond; A garden for the arts, science, ecology and industrial heritage; A garden to foster community cohesion through ecological regeneration.

colliery site plan, 1939

The primary elements will include a community building with an organic bar and restaurant; cultivated gardens and interpretive material mapping the footprints of the original colliery buildings; wild, natural areas, and; an outdoor amphitheatre for theatre and solar-powered cinema. These will be the setting for play, relaxation, learning, therapeutic gardening and sensory exploration.

colliery gardens landscape sketch

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Landmark Historical Map Mapping: Epoch 5 Published Date(s): 1967 Originally plotted at: 1:10,560

catalogue of material and spatial options to be combined in the gardens

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a sensory landscape

hillhouse At the heart of our proposal will be a new community building with views across the landscape that we have called ‘Hill House’.

Hill House will be a place for voluntary and charity groups to come together and interact, a place where food is prepared and served, where ale is produced and drunk and an embarkation point for nature trails and cycle rides. We have identified groups that are interested in using a space in ‘Hill House’ as an outreach and/or day service location for their users. Bringing together various groups in one location presents a unique opportunity to facilitate interaction with groups of society that are currently excluded from one another.

exhibition/workshop, adaptable space for education & community functions 2. tower, with lift and stairs up to a lookout and lunar observatory 3. entry 4. brewery/restaurant 5. bar/kitchen 6. brewing area, mezzanine level above bar 7. roof terrace dining 8. administration 9. restrooms 10. planted roofscape 11. stairs up to inhabitable roof terrace

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greenScreen An outdoor ampitheatre set into the land it is both a functioning outdoor cinema and a ‘green folly’ that explores the poetic possibilities of a structure that ‘breathes in’ light by day and ‘exhales’ it by night. Modern digital projection techniques, combined with new high efficiency photovoltaic cell technology mean that a permanent, self-powered installation can have video remotely streamed to it from anywhere. The screen and amphitheatre seating would double as a setting for music and theatre performances, with performances broadcast as well as received.

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seating plateaus stairs to enter plateaus screen solar pannels panorama terrace ramp to access terrace wall providing wind shelter and elements to attach temporary structures like a pop up bar etc. projector shed

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venice biennale 2012 brief / curate, design & build the Hong Kong exhibition for the Venice Biennale location / Venice, Italy date / 2012

office / the Oval partnership

role / design & build team member •

part of the Oval curatorial & exhibition design team

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went to Venice to build the installation ourselves

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coordinated the logistics of shipping all the materials from London to Venice

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designed Benchmark the ‘communicating bench,’ commissioned the steelwork, assembled it in Venice

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created the (3) Oval graphic drawings to display with the exhibited models: Wuli Garden of Towers, Benchmark, Integer Hotel

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part of the Venice Biennale opening ceremony events

_ David Chipperfield chose his title for the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, Common Ground, for its double meaning: shared ideas / shared territory.

He hoped to reconnect architects, both to each other and to the wider public and to expand the debate on how we jointly shape our shared built environment.

In Hong Kong this double meaning has added poignancy. The phrase ‘one country, two systems’ is a maxim constantly under interrogation. To what extent does Hong Kong retain a different system, and how does this different system envisage the involvement of its citizens in shaping their future?

We chose to explore these questions in the context of the regeneration of South East Kowloon, the redevelopment of which became feasible following the departure of Kai Tak Airport in 1998, and has been the subject of heated debate ever since.

The exhibition, which ran from August 27th to the 25th of November 2012, aims to recreate the complex, partial, fragmented experience of passing through a city full of competing voices and spaces. As curators we became ghostwriters, threading stories from past, present and future through real and speculative propositions for the South East Kowloon development area and beyond: cutting and pasting, juxtaposing and re-contextualising, time-shifting.

We saw this as a way of conjuring memory and individual experience into an abstract master plan, as a way of furthering local debate and dialogue and as a way of evoking the past whilst celebrating the unofficial, ad hoc re-inhabitation of this rapidly changing area.

Successful cities are permissive, embracing a spirit of multiplicity and difference, of subversion and invention. Without the underground, the semi-legal and the anti-authoritarian, cities become sterile and predictable.

Biologically dead.

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Our exhibition presents some of the official, large-scale new uses proposed for South East Kowloon, and the unofficial, unplanned, locally generated activities that occupy the cracks and crevices in between. These, with a little water, might flower into a rich meadow.

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venice biennale 2012

Benchmark / an installation by Oval in the Hong Kong exhibition

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This prototype design for a street bench evolved as a response to working in different parts of the world, in different cultures and time zones. It is both universal and site specific. A bespoke gabion is filled with locally sourced rubble into which native plants are sown. The seat acts as a rain catcher, funnelling the rain into the gabion. Seat sensors measure the number of people who sit on the bench and this data is uploaded to the web and appears on built-in counters. Sounds of the city and conversations are picked up and relayed to a twin bench in another part of the world. This bench receives the local sounds of its twin in Hong Kong.

The speed and scale of urbanisation in China is unprecedented. The traditional social realms of the street and courtyard are being lost. We need to re-state the importance of the local and the particular and the importance of the individual voice in the face of top-down uniformity.

A repeated physical object that can be placed in very different cultural and spatial contexts becomes a datum, a device for ‘reading’ a place. At the same time it can act as a conduit, connecting remote locations, reasserting our shared needs and desires.

This drawing depicting Oval’s Wuli Garden of Towers project goes with the tri-orama model (top, right) depicting the variety of scales of life in the new mixed-use development in China.

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pacific dunes clubhouse brief / new build clubhouse for the Pacific Dunes golf course location / Bandon Dunes, Oregon, USA date / 2008, built

office / StastnyBrun Architects

role / design assist, schematic thru construction administration •

assisted with developing the design from schematic to construction documents

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with oversight by the Project Architect, drew technical drawings for design/build construction

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Building upon the evolving vision for the Bandon Dunes Resort, the clubhouse provides a welcome to golfers at the beginning and end of each course. In the true tradition of links golf, the golfer sees no buildings along the course.

Celebrating its ranking as the 2006 #1 golf course in the nation, the Pacific Dunes Clubhouse houses golf operations, retail services, and food and beverage opportunities. Tucked into the sand dunes, the pavilion form enables a 270Âş view of the land with distant views of the Pacific Ocean and the coastal mountain range. The lantern beckons the golfer home and highlights the internal circulation of the building through a unique combination of natural and artificial light.

3d structural model

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site plan

hibulb cultural center brief / cultural center & museum for the Tualalip Tribe location / Tualalip, Washington, USA date / 2009, built

office / StastnyBrun Architects

role / design assist, schematic design thru construction administration of the finished building •

assisted with developing the design from schematic to construction documents

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with oversight by the Project Architect, drew technical drawings for design/build construction

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assisted with construction administration of the project

_ The design of the Cultural Center expresses a symbolic relationship with the land and water: it takes inspiration from The Tualalip Tribes’ description of themselves as ‘land based water born people.’ Four zones define the 23,000 sf facility. The ‘water side’ houses the exhibit spaces while administration and retail spaces are housed in the ‘land side.’ The Canoe Hall connects the two major parts of the museum and leads visitors to the longhouse and classroom cluster that provide places for elders and youth to share and learn.

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The design addresses social and environmental sustainability, accommodating tribal participation in the construction process and prescribing local materials and manufacturing. The structural system was selected to allow the Tribes’ framing crew to construct the building. In addition, the varied forms of the ‘land side’ have been regularized into a system of articulated frames so they can be easily prefabricated and installed on site to reduce cost and construction time. Daylighting strategies are incorporated into the design to reduce energy needs and to create a rich sensory environment.

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hibulb cultural center

elevations

temporary exhibition

permanent exhibition

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visitor entry hall gift shop

kitchen

administration traditional longhouse

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plan

the tribe did all the woodcutting & heavy timber woodwork

outside of the classrooms

the longhouse

south elevation

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grain brief / reMaking the existing centennial mills into an art center; bachelor of architecture thesis project location / Portland, Oregon, USA date / 2006

academic / University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts (Part 1 & 2 equivalent course) _ The remaking of centennial mills into a community art center focuses on preserving the past and building the future. Through adaptive reuse, it takes the typology of an urban flour mill and symbol of Portland’s industrial past, and gives it a new identity as a hub for the creative arts scene which has developed in the city. The art center, GRAIN, creates a ‘blank canvas’ architecture wherein every space is changeable and has potential for use in multiple ways by artists and the community. The masterplan retains a strong, built up edge along the street and creates three different outdoor rooms which open up and connect to the river.

The gallery takes its form from the long, narrow tanker ships which dock on the opposite side of the river at the still in-use grain silos. A new, contemporary, post and beam concrete and glass structure is placed over the existing heavy timber column and beam structure of the old warehouse.

Two types of spaces are created to display artwork in: ‘the galley’ on the first floor is naturally lit and has moveable walls that can be reconfigured within the column grid as desired. Above, on the second level ‘the boxes’ contain a controlled environment for exhibition and are built of wood reused from the existing mill buildings.

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axon, arts complex

process models, masterplan

model, masterplan

ecogarden on waterfront path

naito blvd street entry

pedestrian bridge over railroad tracks

river plaza on the waterfront path

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grain structure types grain storage [elevators] milling [mills] product storage [warehouses]

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site section

site plan

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model, gallery building on the river edge the gallery pieces roof/ concrete

con·nec·tion/ n. (k-nkshn) reference or relation to something else

ceiling beams/ heavy timber *

keep open views through the gallery; connect across the river to the functioning grain elevators + industry to the river + the sculpture court; solid ends to anchor + provide strong edges

exterior columns + beams/ concrete

gallery boxes/ wood *

structure/ 2 independent systems overlap

floor 02 walkway/ concrete

keep existing/ heavy timber columns+beams of old warehouse add new/ concrete columns+beams that go over timber columns

interior columns + beams/ existing heavy timber

the gallery ‘box’/ cube to display art in a contained environment

south end, restaurant/ concrete

north end, entry/ concrete * the wood is remilled from the mill buildings that were removed.

‘galley’ exhibit space

‘boxes’ exhibit space

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a social exchange brief / choreographing movement, master’s thesis project location / London, UK date / 2010

academic / the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London _ As architects we choreograph spaces for events to happen within. The act of performance in ‘a social exchange’ was utilized to construct a participatory environment, inserting a spontaneous, counter program into a calculated, formulaic space: the Exchange Square, found within the financial district in the City of London.

The script is a framework for the sequence of six acts as experienced moving through the plaza. Each act centered around the interaction of a physical form [noun] with a human action [verb] and was left malleable, to change and develop as the participants grew more confident and comfortable as a group in the space.

The participants were assigned roles to play, with specific actions and behaviours attached, asking them to experience the space in a way they wouldn’t normally. Through time, this gradient of experience allowed them to become more aware of each other, how they would move through the space, and how the space affected their actions. There is a relationship between sensing and action; the logic rules developed from the specified human behaviours given to each participant form a response to individual areas in the space, these can be triggered by combinations and patterns found within an array of previous experiences.

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The fabric in this urban theater was used as an activator and a foil: it directed attention onto certain aspects of the space, it allowed for play to happen, it gave visual form to environmental conditions, it provided shelter and a soft juxtaposition from the hardness of the city surrounding the group. The green fabric was a prop which allowed people to act in a way they normally wouldn’t - a ‘green screen’ simulating other activities and prompting different behaviours - enabling the participants to test, investigate, and create a new spacial form through activity.

site plan, exchange square showing the sequence of acts

< enactors playing six character types The en[act]ors re-enact the ordinary everyday actions which have been developed through the observation of peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behaviour within the city.

The group is split into six character types with specific actions, movements and props assigned to each. Their task is to respond to the construct of the physical forms found in the environment and each other through their role.

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a social ecology brief / a network of people in space; master’s thesis project location / London, UK date / 2010

academic / the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London _ A story of an event now past: the outcomes of the urban theater held within the exchange square are portrayed in a narrative sequence telling about the social ecology of the space through its use in an imaginative way. Both a character and a location from the performance of ‘a social exchange’ are paired together, illustrating the experience through their eyes, expressing their rhythm, forms of movement and way of engagement with the space. The character is represented as both the individual person who played his or her part in the performance and is symbolic of certain behaviours and traits in today’s society.

All these characters are interlinked and related to each other through their physical surroundings.

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the character’s were found within the city and then developed through sketches and models

[two strangers] pass

[a businessman] just like any other

[the crowd] as a collective

[mother & child] shift apart, come together

[a lady] as if in a dream

keeper of the gate [guard]

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a social ecology

the corporate personality The story begins in the one-dimensional world of the corporation, an entity being given many of the legal rights of a person. He is entering his domain clad in pinstripes, and, like the rest, moving about the routine of an office worker without engaging gin the space: arrival on the train, up the stairs, into the building, out to lunch, back into the cubicle, then departing by train at the end of the day. He goes through these motions Monday to Friday, on the weekend he does not come to this place.

walking prop of the surveillance system The surveillance system monitors the behaviours of people who are on the private property of the Broadgate corporation, allowing the public space of the Exchange Square to exist as a private entity by controlling and enforcing the legal rules put in place by the corporation.

Such as: no filming or photographing, no going on the grass or in the water. The guard is simply a walking prop of this system, providing a physical presence on the ground to supplement the network of CCTV cameras and security control room situated underneath the square.

an exclusive world, money & status personified

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A glimpse is taken into the affluent world that is funded by the financial businesses located in the buildings surrounding the square. At dusk, the square twinkles with the glimmer of lights blending with the elegance of the Victorian train station. The lady personifies the exclusivity of this world, the social status and high fashion which is a part of it - becoming an object of desire.

a crowd advances in the dark passage A new days arrives with the eruption of a storm: the crowd fills the dark passage. It is chaotic with sounds reverberating off the hard surfaces and the wind blustering about. The space feels like a completely other world as it is situated within the shadow of the building above, the brightness of the outside a glimmering light just visible on either end.

antagonists become allies Out of the passage filled with the crowd come two strangers. They meet situated on either side of the chessboard as opponents but through the playing of the game, they turn from antagonists into allies - seeing each other as individual people and not just part of a crowd. They end up developing a relationship and laughing together on the bench with the chess pieces strewn about around their feet.

a child touches the grass

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In the end - the untouchable, perfectly manicured grass, in the very center of the square around which all the characters circulate - is touched by a child. The mother and child play in the soft grass, using the space and disregarding the rules of the corporation. The child discovers a tactile, humane space and within that the unyielding, tough city exterior fades away.

rain in the desert brief / a whimsical dream of english rain under the parched desert sun location / Black Rock Desert, Nv, USA date / 2011 Burning Man festival

design collaborative / Warmbaby

role / design and development, testing of the construction in London, full build of the installation in Nevada, documentation of the process and final piece through photography, video and a book •

partial test build of the structure in London to test design & construction

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built 1:cocktail umbrella scale model

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developed our successful crowd funding campaign on kickstarter

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sourcing of materials & delivery to Reno

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construction of installation on the playa in USA

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photography & video of full design & build process - culminating in the creation of a short video and book showing our process

_ The Wet Dream brought a whimsical dream of English rain to the parched Nevada desert. It tickled the senses and provided a place to congregate, interact and create beautiful new experiences. Hundreds of umbrellas and LED rope lights were suspended in an illuminated canopy, accompanied by a 24 hour sound track of thunder and lightning.

It became a civic space, used by participants for whatever they needed in the city at that moment; shade, shelter, event space, musical space, a meeting point, wedding chapel and a landmark. It changed dramatically over the daily cycle, from a cool and shady shelter for reading a book or doing yoga, to a vibrant and bubbling party hub, teaming with activity.

The umbrellas were adopted by individuals who actively contributed to the project by bestowing each with a unique character. These were then gifted at the end of the festival, so that new relationships were instigated across the site and onwards throughout the world long after the temporary city was deconstructed.

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This was a Burning Man Art funded project.

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rain in the desert

the design process took place in London, through a 1:cocktail umbrella model and building 2x full scale legs we learned handâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on how to build the structure

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rain in the desert

raising the structure was done with the help of three cranes in less than three hours

Timelapse print exhibited at the RIBA â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Open Architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; exhibition

the site was the vast and beautiful Black Rock Desert

timelapse of the one week build process; framed print displayed at aa RIBA exhibition

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wouldn’t it be nice brief / public installation imagining what could be behind the empty shopfronts location / Market Street, San Francisco USA date / 2012

design collaborative / warmbaby •

idea brainstorming with Warmbaby team

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created graphics throughout the project

_ “Wouldn’t It Be Nice…” is a public installation funded by the Mid Market Art Project. It was installed in spring of 2012 in the boarded up spaces on Market street, San Francisco. Community suggestions and feedback informed the design of a series of peep boxes, seen through spyholes that reveal glimpses into fantastical worlds through the boarded up shopfronts on Mid Market Street. Passers-by spy through the peep holes and see small models depicting fantasy ideas from local residents, shop or office workers. These fantastical little models sit behind the boarding, in the unseen spaces. The aim of the Market Street peep boxes is not to imitate realism, but to give a chance for the locals to imagine what could be in these private spaces. The glass lens (spy hole) as a device allows the participant to suspend reality as they peer through, imagining that they are really looking into a private fantasy world.

The scope for interaction is twofold; we ask visitors to this site, and locals on the street what they imagine could be behind these boards and we build some of their ideas into the models. Then locals and passers by look into the holes and imagine what could be there, and start to consider the hidden spaces and possibilities of their city.

poster made to gather community suggestions of what could go behind the boarded up shopfronts of mid-market street

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peep boxes installed in UN Plaza in San Francisco as a public art work

Sloth Street Signs

Urban Fungi Farm

Swan Lake Stage Left

Smugglers Alley

peep boxes installed in the gallery before they went to the UN Plaza

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bounceway brief / installation proposal to create a bounceway in London location / London, UK date / 2014

design team / Warmbaby in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity •

created initial postcard graphics

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created concept design sketches, drawings & graphics

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scouted for potential sites in London

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led collaboration with Architecture for Humanity team

_ The idea for the Bounceway stems from a typical Warmbaby meeting in the pub. The time was advancing into the night and we began the inevitable discussion that all Londoners have: how to get home, and what bus/tube route take each of us our separate ways there. When suddenly we thought, wouldn’t it be great if you could just bounce on trampolines from A to B to C and D all the way to bed? How much fun transport would then be!

We turned this bouncy idea into our submission for Architecture for Humanity’s ideas on a postcard exhibition, with trampolines pasted all over the city to create a completely new, sustainable and fun transportation network. A good while after that exhibition, Architecture for Humanity added us to their shortlist of ideas to try to make into reality, and we began collaborating with them on the Bouceway project.

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postcard exhibited at Architecture for Humanity exhibition ‘Ideas on a Postcard’

BOUNCE

iterative process sketch - showing bouncing coupled with sound as a linear movement

proposal to install the bounceway in Southwark

BOUNCE TFL Sign

BOUNCE TFL Sign

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BOUNCE SE1 WAY ‘jump here’ signs

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No ‘jump here’ signs

‘do not enter’ sign

stop/go

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