Leo Cox Portfolio

Leo Cox

Current year of study: 2nd Design course I am applying for: Architectural Design II

FAB MARKET

Urban Design project based in the Fabric District, Liverpool, UK

FAB STUDIOS

A photography studio design project as a development on FAB Market

CRAFTED OBJECT + WORKSHOP

Design of a crafted object and a workshop that woulld produce the object

ARTWORKS

A selection of some of my architecturally based art.

F.A.B MARKET

Skills:

Hand drawn large axonometrics

Urban planning

Sketch-up modelling and perspectives

F.A.B Market was a group project to devise an urban design strategy of a site of approximately 2 hectacres whithin the Fabric District, Liverpool. The brief stated that ‘The purpose of this strategy is to provide a coherent, structured composition of design ideas that will be a catalyst for the reinvigoration of this area as well as responding to the global climate emergency.’

The work shown is my contribution to the strategy.

Street drawing of two existing streets within the site as part of the site analysis

Street sketch of alley way leading to the site

Site plan development

Sketch plans developing a strategy within the chosen site

Axonometric hand Drawing later edited in photoshop

Visualisation done using sketchup and photoshop

Area plan with red indicating the site

02 F.A.B STUDIOS

Skills:

The floor plans were made in Auto CAD and edited in Photoshop

3D model was laser cut from 3mm plywood Hand-cut 3D model

Hand-drawn axonometrics and plan developments

FAB Studios was a design project linking to the previous Urban Design module, FAB Market. The brief was to design a photography studio within an existing building plus a new build element that infills a gap within he urban context. A developed theme had to be shown from the Urban Design project as a way to develop the area. I developed my theme by promoting the use of rooftops as areas to form as a form of Urban agriculture.

Physical Model with photoshop editing

Section through stairs (red indicates retrofit)

Front elevation (red indicates retrofit)

Crafted object + Workshop

Skills:

Design skills that can pass through to any type of work Quick and effective hand drawn design work

Trebuchet model and technical drawings

The crafted object and workshop design module was to create a crafted object of our choice and design a workshop in which the object would be made. The object I chose was a medieval trebuchet. The design of my workshop consisted of curvatures that mimicked the trajectories of the swing of the trebuchets arm.

PORTFOLIO

Axonometric design development

Physical model used as final design tool to develop from the axonometric drawing seen to the left

PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO LEO COX

Crafted object and workshop

04 ARTWORKS

Skills:

The ability to analyse and draw the world around me

The use of different media types that can be transferred into ways to present my own projects

A range of my architecturally based artworks to present my artistic skills.

Lino print of St. Pauls Cathedral, London

Pencil and ink drawing of a church in my local area.

Etching of St. Pauls Cathedral develeoped further on the following page

Pen drawing with coloured background created using ink