cv + selected works / 2022 kiran singh birring
all design work in this portfolio has been completed by myself unless stated otherwise
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GWPA, Leeds - Part 1 Architectural Assistant 2019 Sept. - 2020 Oct.
Organised and presented data to upload property portfolios online for letting and sales. Wake Architects, Holmfirth - 2-week work experience 2017 Shadowed on site visits, client meetings and took on responsibility of surveying a client’s property for an extension and built the resulting 3D CAD model of site.
A Level’s: Art, Biology, Economics AS Level: Psychology xxx, Huddersfield. 2010-14 GCSE’s: 13 A*-C
kiran singh birring educationabout experience skills interests
University of Liverpool: Master of Architecture / Merit. 2020-22
Architecture BA (Hons) / 2:1. 2016-19 xxx, Huddersfield. 2014-16
Working as part of a design team delivering highly sustainable buildings. My responsibilities included: producing design and access statements, visuals, drawings, assisting with planning applications and all in house 3D printing, producing presentation models. I worked across a range of projects and sectors including the adaptive re-use of Swansea Palace Theatre, student housing schemes and an industrial expansion project, which I also visited and assisted with initial surveying.
Freelance Graphic Designer 2011-2015 Marketing myself through various online platforms: I designed logo’s, visuals and motion graphics for clients around the world. Bradford Metropolitan Council Architectural Services - 2-week work experience 2013 My first insight into the world of architecture.
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Applegate Properties, Holmfirth - Data Organiser 2017 July - Aug.
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ArchiCAD Adobe Suite AutoCAD Photoshop SketchUp InDesign Microsoft Office Hand Drawing Model Making 3D Printing In Progress / Revit kiranbirring@btinternet.com
I am a creative individual who is naturally gift ed at free hand sketching but also highly com petent in a range of computer software’s. I have developed a confident communication style both visually and verbally. Keen to learn new skills and have demonstrated resilience, professionalism, and high performance under pressured situations. I am passionate and driv en to lead the design for a sustainable future.
Howden Russell Architects, Sowerby Bridge - 1-week work experience 2015 Gave me further insight into the role of an architect which helped confirm my decision to study architecture.
5th Year, Thesis Project Group: Calum Luke, Kiran S Birring Working as a pair, our project tack led the plastic waste crisis on the University of Liverpool campus. We proposed a series of develop ments to create a circular econ omy of plastic waste on campus. In summary: We proposed the refurbishment of the delipidated Derby & Hartley Buildings, bring ing them up to date with current fire and accessibility standards. These newly refurbished spac es would be used by the Univer sity for teaching and research.
4 Liverpool Plastic Innovation Factory
Secondly, the Plastic Innovation Factory, the centre piece of our pro ject provides space for the storage, sorting, and processing of campus waste plastic into building elements,
5 such as cladding. These materials alongside the waste from an exist ing demolition site to the rear of the Derby & Hartley would be used to construct our new build elements. The factory also houses large ad justable workshops for a variety of ments allowing research students to live on site at reduced rates thanks to the modular recycled construction system. A range of communal spaces and terraces are provided to allow a sense of com munity and promote well-being. research projects to take place. The second new build element is a tower on Brownlow Hill that houses a public café, library, and double height exhibition space. The up per floors provide generous apart 0 5 10 20m Opposite Left Internal & External views of ‘factory’ and multi-use tower. Opposite 1:500 Site ConceptualModel.Diagram. Above Exploded ISO of Scheme. (completed as team) Below Proposed West Elevation.
Below Proposed Playground & Bridge Link.
Left Exploded ISO, re-purposing of abandoned ships. Opposite Section through Recycling Hub.
6 Óbuda Island Shipyard
Above Conceptual Diagram, encompassing the islands industrial heritage and the projects focus on reuse / recycling.
4th Year, Semester 1 Solo Project Located on Óbuda Island, Buda pest, this project was inspired by my interests in the possibilities of reusing and recycling waste to develop design solutions to ur ban and social issues. It looked to develop the decaying island, which is home to one of Eu rope’s largest music festivals for a week each year, Sziget Festival. The island had a long history of shipbuilding which has since ceased, leaving it neglected with many brownfield sites. These sites provide suitable foundations to de velop new public facilities and qual ity green spaces. A few miles north of the island lays a ship graveyard, I proposed to use the repurposed material to create a new public playground inspired by Superuse Studios’, ‘Wikado Playground’. Secondly a series of repurposed Gantry Cranes are proposed to create a new pedestrianised and cycle route through the island, con necting it to both Buda and Pest. These developments could be come a catalyst to further develop the islands brownfield sites with quality green spaces for yearround enjoyment and create a new backdrop for Sziget Festival.
7 Above, Right Proposed Views of Recycling Hub & Dry Dock. Right Conceptual Dia gram, illustrating the urban re generation and proposed public infostructure. 0 10m5
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Re-Intergrating Óbuda Island
Right Proposed Detail Section of Ferry Terminal Walkway. (completed as team) Below Proposed Internal View of Ferry Terminal, central circulation space.
4th Year, Semester 2 Group: Calum Luke, Krishan Patel, Kiran S Birring Working alongside two others, we further developed a propos al to reintegrate the island within the wider city and social context. We proposed a new ferry terminal that would allow the island to act as a transport hub along the Danube, paying homage to Budapest’s his torical links with great European cit ies along the river such as Vienna and Belgrade. The proposal utilised a structural glulam frame with precast concrete floor slabs and imple mented a series of passive design strategies and sustainable technol ogies, which in practice could help the building be carbon positive. This was developed alongside a multi-function pedestrianised bridge through the island. Recon necting the island to the wider so cial context, offering new links to Buda and a link to the Pest side that was previously convoluted.
9 Above Site Map Context. Above Right Multi-Purpose Bridge Functions. (completed as team) Left Structural Timber Frame & Concrete Slab Connection Detail. (completed as team) Below, Right Movement Model. (completed by team member)
10 GWP Architecture Part 1 Architectural Assistant Leeds, 2019 Sept. - 2020 Oct. Swansea Palace Theatre Adaptive re-use of the Grade II listed Theatre, the oldest intact theatre in Wales. The restoration and refurbishment were to act as a catalyst for the regeneration of the High Street, one of the core arteries in Swansea. Proposed conversion into shared rentable workspaces a short walk from the train station. Responsibilities • Design & Access Statement • 3D Modelling • Planning Drawings • Design Proposals Above Left Swansea Palace Theatre. (3rd party photo) Above Proposed Prince of Wales Road Elevation. Above Right Proposed Elevation New Cross Road, Lon don. Right Proposed Elevation Residential Scheme, York.
11 New Cross Road, London New student residential scheme, in proximity with Goldsmiths, Uni versity of London. Working within a design team I created a series of elevations, internal social space plans and courtyard landscaping for design development and con sultation with wider construction team and public.
12 MSD Site Improvements Series of developments for MSD’s pharmaceutical factory, Newcastle. I worked alongside a project archi tect to complete full planning appli cations for a new boundary security fence, retrospective planning per mission for car park extension and ongoing warehouse extension and refitting work. Responsibilities • Design & Access Statement • Planning Drawings • Planning applications via Plan ning Portal • Security Fence Detailing • Assisting Site Inspections A L E Y G O M M / O H @ G H 2 C Above Left Proposed Elevations. Above Existing MSD Site Boundary, Photo.
13 Aurora Wellbeing Ctr., Worksop Assisting with site inspections for refurbishment job of lottery funded rehab centre. Focus of visit was to establish a cost estimate for the ex tent of damage caused by damp. Model Making I was responsible for creating inhouse 3D printed presentation models of design proposals for cli ents and public consultations. Above Top 3D Printed Proposals of Residential Schemes: Bournemouth & London. Above 3D Section. (completed by colleague) Aurora Wellbeing Centre, Worksop, Photo.
14 emailphone kiranbirring@btinternet.com kiran singh birring
