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Sample Portfolio

Selected works:

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Discover Brinkburn Y3|S2

Brinkburn Priory and Manor House

Morpeth

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Create Berwick Y3|S1

121-125 Marygate

Berwick Upon Tweed

Project: Discover Brinkburn

As part of a live project for English Heritage, the brief calls for a reconsideration of Brinkburn Manor as a venue and a ‘destination for discovery’. The new scheme proposes two key concepts - the transformation of the East side of the Manor into a state-of-the-art musical therapy centre and the preservation of the site’s rich history through a public facing exhibition of the building and its surrounding context.

Upon entering the exhibition, visitors embark on a sensory journey, guided by a series of steel walkways introduced into the existing double and triple height spaces. These pathways, reminiscent of the winding forms of the River Coquet, lead guests through an exploration of the building, revealing the manors rich past and narrative.

Influenced by the compression and rarefaction of a sound wave, the walkways and steel interventions are purposefully organized to guide visitors through small, dark, compact spaces and then out into the more expansive, double and triple height areas. This process repeats throughout the exhibition, building up a truly phenomenological experience.

Watercolour light study Plaster massing model

Concept image using plaster model

Topographic site model (NTS)

Topographic site drawing (NTS)

Interior Perspectives

This project was a live project for Northumberland County council, as part of ’Create Berwick’ – a programme designed to kick start the culture and creative zone within Berwick Upon Tweed. The scheme aimed to deliver “a focal point for strategic coordination and collaboration, bringing together the wide range of existing and planned cultural and creative projects and activities”.

The brief called for a public facing, fixed term resource hub as a space for creatives and community groups to work, with a specific focus on the performative and moving/ visual arts aspect of the programme.

A series of polycarbonate interventions have been introduced into the existing shell, creating interesting silhouettes as people move around, turning the building into a piece of moving art in itself. Aluminium framed polycarbonate panels throughout the building can be arranged in different formations to separate the space and accommodate different functions.

Site Plan (NTS)

Materiality palette

Birch plywood

Forbo marmoleum

Clayworks plaster

Polycarbonate

Exposed brickwork

Front elevation (NTS)

Interior Perspectives

* Existing structure drawn to best knowledge based on site visit and existing plans/ sections available

The bleacher seating and custom built in seating booths act as a piece of archi-furniture, dividing the open plan space. The structure is clad entirely with birch plywood panels, with the ones inside the booths being nano-perforated to absorb sound and increase privacy.

A. Axonometric of built in seating booth/ bleacher seating (NTS)

B. Bespoke polycarbonate handrail detail (NTS)

1. 40mm Marlon Bioplus ST polycarbonate sheet in Opal

2. 50mm x 50mm x 3mm aluminium box section

3. 2mm custom matt black aluminium profile by Phoenix aluminum

4. Recessed LED

5. 2mm custom matt black aluminium profile by Phoenix aluminium Throughout the retrofit, a series of aluminium framed polycarbonate panels are arranged on a track system to form partition walls between different areas of the building, accommodating for different spatial and functional requirements. 35mm Marlon ST Polycarbonate sheets are fitted into the aluminium frame, providing a physical separation while still allowing light into the spaces.

C. Polycarbonate panel axonometric (NTS)

D. Top hung track detail (NTS)

1. Existing concrete slab 2. Concrete anchor dual thread steel socket bolt 3. Steel threaded rod

4. Saheco SF-P50 aluminium top track with Matt Black finish

E. Elevations showing different configuration options of the polycarbonate panel system (NTS)

Seating booths section (NTS)