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Portfolio Jerrica Liu

Stage 3 Academic Portfolio 2019 - 2020

BA (Hons) Architecture Newcastle University

Student ID: 70144195 Design Study: House of Memories Studio 4 Studio Leaders: Neveen Hamza & Stuart Franklin

Chapters: 1. Illustarted Reflective Report ____________________ 3 2. Studio Introduction ___________________________ 4 - 5 3. Charette _____________________________________ 5 - 13 4. Primer ______________________________________ 8 - 27.

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6. Staging _____________________________________ 34 - 43.

7. Realization __________________________________ 44 - 45.

8. Thinking through Making ______________________ 47 - 63.

9. Synthesis ____________________________________ 64 - 79.

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Chapter 1 Illustrated Reflective Report As this year is coming to an end, I have taken the time to look back on the many mini projects leading up to my final design. Thinking back to each project we were tasked, they all ended up contributing to the final design in some way that I did not think would happen going into these modules. This reflective report will outline the overall goal of my chosen studio, cover my thinking process throughout the year and touch on everything I learnt.

my undergraduate degree. Besides having to design for a client that I have never had any experience with to learning new computer softwares in a short amount of time caused delays in coming up with final outputs. Seeing problems occur in my design due to these environmental stimulation analysis’ has taught me to see design in new light as it has given me new factors to consider when coming up with a new design.

In addition to new design alternatives discovered in Germany, this year I grasped a lot of new skills that I am sure will prove to be useful my future journey towards becoming a successful architect which is Envimet and IESVE. Two environmental software simulations I believe should be placed in the curriculum for all architectural students. As mentioned previously, the time it took to learn these softwares was not long enough but the concept behind them and the guide it provides Our studio, House of Memories, focuses on Perhaps my favorite stage out of the entire year towards one’s design is crucial in designing a people diagnosed with Dementia and the was Primer as it was more hands on. I find strong design. psychology behind their perception of space. having to plan and build things with own two This made it essential for us to think about the hands a very satisfying thing to do. Besides the Staging and Synthesis were the parts of the year differences between the way a healthy person hands on aspect, the ability to adapt and change I found most difficult. Having so many ideas perceives space against a person living with plans when problems arise in reality then to proved problematic as I wanted to include dementia. What I found most difficult about see a successful final project is very gratifying. everything, it was strenuous to try to force this was having to put in extra consideration to Through Primer I learnt that group work was ideas together that did not work. However in every minor detail when designing. Not only imperative for a successful outcome, sharing the end I did manage to design a building that did I have to make sure it was comfortable for an ideas and helping each other out was key. fit the criteria even though my development elderly person to move around the space as the work may be considered longer than others in majority of people diagnosed with Dementia A cultivating experience I had this year was my studio. are above the age of 50, but I also had to cater the field trip we did to Berlin and Hamburg these spaces to being Dementia friendly. in of Germany. Being able to site visit specific This year in conclusion has been an uphill buildings with a tutor was a highlight for me as journey, easy at first but difficult during the During this year in particular, I have learnt it was similar to having a real life architecture middle and triumphant at the end. I chose my how important process work leads up to your dictionary next to you. I learnt a lot about double studio because I thought that I would have a final design. My design had gone through skin facades, buildings languages and the lot to learn from doing something out of my an extensive amount of development before importance materiality has on the atmosphere comfort zone and my suspicions were proven arriving at the final outcome. I presume this to and the integration of your design with the true. I did have lots to learn but all were to be a glimpse of what it is like to be working surrounding environment. The only downside my benefit and I am proud to have completed in the real world as an architect where designs to the trip was that many technological details this project and confident skills I gained will change a multitude of times before arriving attained were either non-applicable in the UK throughout this year will be continuously used at its final stage. This past year has been the or for designing a Dementia ward. in my future. most challenging out of the three years in

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Chapter 2 Studio Introduction House of Memories

In our studio, House of Memories, we were looking into the differences between how a healthy person and a person diagnosed with Dementia perceives space. Through research, it has told us that their perception changes over time and their traditional sensory classification that include: vision, auditory, olfactory, taste and touch become fragile. This creates a new challenge for us as architects to have a new approach in the design of

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architecture by making sure spaces created are tailored to people with cognitive deficits.

Our graduation project brief is to design a dementia care home center near the Campus for Aging and Vitality Hospital. Our aim is to provide a safe and comfortable environment for dementia patients and have spaces that have dementia-friendly specific qualities. As a studio it is important that

we design to decrease feelings of disorientation and accommodate spaces that allow for wandering attitudes. The usual increase in daylight within buildings also must be considered as this could result in a sensory overload as well as excessive shade and shadows. Due to the increased sensitivity dementia patients’ the usual design frameworks have to be reevaluated and sometimes changed completely.

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Photograph taken by: Yew Zhi Xuan, 2019

This year I was placed in the charrette group Give a Damn! whose goals are to tackle issues involving the public realm.

As city dwellers, life in the public realm often gets the least amount of acknowledgement as its often forgotten and taken as a given.

In this charrette we wanted to remind ourselves what it feels like to be a person who is typically marginalized or forgotten when planners design for these public spaces.

We were told to focus on certain experiences one can have on the High Street (Northumberland St.) in Newcastle city center. Walking around the street one may notice how it may seem like an obstacle course to some. From uneven ground making navigation difficult for people on wheelchairs to signs being too tall for shorter people to see. Being a young person with no physical disabilities I was surprised to notice so many obstructions on the

main street I am unaware of.

Learning from our observations, our response to bring awareness to the more vulnerable members of society was to hold a peaceful protest to remind people around us that not everyone has the same privilege that many take for granted. It is important for city planners and designers to make the theory of an equal experience on a public street become reality.

‘ Give a Damn! ’

Chapter 3 Charrette

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Chapter 4 Primer Primer was an opportunity for us to explore design possibilities that are linked to the understanding of dementia. As an introductory project to our stage 3 studio, we explored different materials and technologies that could be used to create a learning, remembering and feeling space. For people with dementia, sensory experiences obtained through the repetition of exposure to tactile, visual and olfactory senses can help slow down the progression of the disease by keeping them entertained, active and less agitated. Another factor that helps slow down this brain disease is intergenerational activity. The act of playing with kids encourage dementia

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patients to remember things. They also evoke a sense of care for the children which has shown beneficiary factors to the brain.

In our group we created a multitude of activities to demonstrate what an intergenerational space would have. To prepare for this we first conducted some research on finding out the statistics for people diagnosed with dementia to get a sense of the significance of the work we are doing by focusing of designing for the diagnosed. The numbers we found proved that there is in fact an immense lack of funding into this for specific field of design despite the ever growing numbers of people being diagnosed with a type of dementia

per year. Aside from research on numbers we also explored the different type of dementia diagnosis’ there are providing ourselves with a deeper understanding of the disease.

Subsequently from this research, our fundamental focus was to create a space that would help slow down the process of the defective disease. To do this we wanted to create a 1:1 intergenerational space where patients and kids can intermingle and both parties would have a positive advantageous experience. The young generation would be offered a learning opportunity while the elderly would be offered a chance to work their brain and slow down the dementia effects.

Dementia in Practical Terms Increased Stress Levels Destressed in unfamiliar environments

Anxiety from not recognizing people Inability to recognise, unerstand, or adapt

Impairment of Reasoning

Difficulty working things out Not being able to use new designs Difficulty handling money

Reduced Capacity to Deal with agerelated changes Forgetting to use recently acquired prosthetics Neglecting to keep the house warm Forgetting to eat or drink enough fluids

Impairment of Memory

Difficulty remembering recently acquired information Difficulty recognising friends and family Forgetting names of friends and common objects

Impairment of Learning Inability to learn or remember names of people or objects

Repetitive questioning Problems learning how to learn new objects

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Dementia Statistics (Alzheimer’s Society) Dementia = Different brain disorders that trigger a loss of brain function; these conditions are all usually progressive and eventually severe. Dementia is a terminal condition.

Dementia is a brain disorder that triggers the loss of brain function. Alzheimer’s disease being the more common type but there are other types such as: vascular, frontotemporal and dementia with Lewy bodies.

dementia. In the UK there are over 42,000 cases of people under the age of 65 with Dementia. There is an estimated 54 million cases of people living with dementia around the globe and it is predicted that another 9.9 million people will develop dementia around the world every year.

There is no cure for any type of dementia and by delaying onset dementia by five years can save 30,000 lives a year.

1 our of 6 people over the age of 80 are diagnosed with

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Pod Design Layout As dementia can come in many forms, patients will likely experience slightly different symptoms due to the damaging of different parts of the brain. Damage can occur to the frontal lobe; affecting problem solving, the temporal lobe; affecting memory, the sensory cortex; affecting sensations, the parietal lobe; affecting perception and spatial awareness, and the occipital lobe; affecting vision.

Being given a space of around 9m2, we

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wanted to create a space targeting a variety of senses similar to the way different types of dementia affect different parts of the brain.

With each part of the brain having different responsibilities we came up with the idea of having a separate activities targeting a specific sense or brain function. Here are the initial sketches to what kind of activities would be included and a final digital model to what the space would look like.

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Story Time Wall During one our meetings with doctors and nurses that work with dementia patients, we were told that each patient had a biopsychosocial page that told them who and what type of a person the patient is to help staff get to know the patients better during the admission process.

Within this document, it revealed the kind of activities the patients like to do and possible trigger points that alter a patient’s behavior. From these documents specialized plans can be made to help patients.

To imitate this, we converted this concept into

an activity that would encourage the engagement of the old and young generation. The wall contains slots that are organized into: Name, Family, Home, Pets, School Subject, Hobbies, Holidays, Media and Food. Under each category, one can place imagery cards underneath them to form a story lines of their life. This activity integrates both sight and touch.

Strong imagery and texture can help the recovery of past memory and keep the attention of the younger age group.

Neurochemistry Disability

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Interchangeable Views According to research, patients appreciate the ability to make decisions. By giving patients the opportunity to choose the type of view they want prompts the decision making and reasoning part of the brain. (Frontal Lobe) The reason for deciding on interchangeable views was to accelerate patients getting accustomed to their surroundings. We thought that this activity would be useful

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to have within a dementia care home as there are cases where patients forget where they are. By having familiar surroundings, it can minimize confusion and anxiety.

digital feature would be more accessible and contribute a much larger variety of choices.

It also grants patients the option to pick an image that is personal to them.

The original idea for this concept was to have interchangeable boards that show different views to trigger certain memories. However after considering other alternatives, we decided that a

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Atmospheric Features

Besides the interchangeable views, we thought it was important to have details within the pod that provided the space with more atmosphere. These features include items placed around the space such as a circadian rhythm lightbulb, an action figure, marvel comic wall paper and simple artworks of familiar places around Newcastle.

The lightbulb acts like a duplicate of the sun indoors but can be adjusted to prevent sun downing syndrome which is a sudden change behaviors such as confusion, anxiety and aggression. The action figure acts as a physical memorabilia and the wall paper alongside with the entrance simulates the environment of a playroom. Lastly the artwork on the walls are another form of reminder to patients of where they are, helping with the feeling of familiarity.

QUAYSIDE PARKWHITLEY BAY Quayside ST St.JAMES’ James’ Park Whitley Bay 18

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Circadian Lighting Development

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Pros Most accurate light colours: Made in factory so no ‘guessing’ of color hues Easy to set up: Screw in light blub to lamp

Cons Have to switch off to get next color: Will end room into darkness for short periods of time which could cause agitation

Lightbulb Philip Scene Switch LED Screw Light Bulb: Light switches from bright light (2700k) to a natural daylight, or right up to a ‘cosy warm glow’ light (2200k)

More expensive than alternative methods such as projection Additional cost of lamp for light bulb

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Dementia can also be difficult for young relatives of the patients to understand. By providing a setting for both generations to interact and express themselves through different means can aid communication, connection, and the creation of new memories. Through our ‘pin impression’ wall concept, we aim to stimulate the physicals senses of touch which help patients and kids with

the understanding of three dimensional space. In conjunction with this, we also aim to prompt the use of the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that contributes to creativity and short term memory.

space’ for patients and children to play. Similar to the wall that contains interchangeable views, this is another activity where patients have full control on what is on display.

This pin wall allows for a creative space for both patients and children.

Additionally, it provides a ‘game

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Scent Wall

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Concept The sense of smell is closely linked with memory, more so than any of our other senses. Those with full olfactory function may be able to think of smells that evoke particular memories; for example, the smell of coffee brewing may evoke recollections of everyday routine. This can often happen spontaneously, when a specific smell acts as a trigger in recalling a long forgotten event or experience. Research shows that losing one’s sense of smell can result in the loss of an important pathway to memories. The ‘smell-memory wall’ of the sensory pod serves as a stimulating interface helping to trigger the user (patients’) memories through scent.

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The idea here is to allow users to interact with a collection of different smelling options recognizable by labeled name tags and smell. Each individual bag could carry a smell specific to the patients’ bio-psycho-socio report which could further help in recollection of memories and relieve stress.

These scents are placed in cloth (jute fiber) bags and hung on individual rotating wall panels that form a part of the wall. When not in use, these wall panels rotate through 180o to fill the gaps in the images of the wallpaper that the fixed parts of the wall create, thus concealing the scent bags helping to prevent over stimulation.

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Chapter 5 Germany Field Trip

Nordic Embassies, Berlin Alfred Berger Tiina Parkkinen (1999) 28

Sony Centre, Berlin Helmut Jahn Peter Walker PWP Lanscape Architects Ove Arup & Partners (2000) 29

Frei University Library Foster + Partners (2005)

CDU Headquarters, Berlin Petzinka, Pink and Partners (2000) 30

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Herzog & de Meuron (2016) 31

Berliner Philharmonie Berlin Hans Scharoun (2008)

Unilever HQ, Hamburg Behnisch Architekten (2009)

Heinrich Bรถll Foundation Headquarters, Berlin E2A Architects (2008) 32

Reichstag Dome Foster + Partners (1999) 33

Chapter 6 Staging The main focus point for this chapter are the residential pod spaces. To begin this stage an in depth site analysis was completed to help inform further design choices. After playing with multiple configurations of the residential pods, a lighting analysis software was used to calculate lighting levels within the pods.

The notion of light and shadow is especially relevant due to the high sensitivity patients may have and how it can change their perception of space. Furthermore, these in depth analysis on the site help guide the overall build of the structure and initial massing and program of spaces are also explored.

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Project Declaration My project is a care center for people diagnosed with dementia located a short walk away from the Campus for Ageing and Vitality in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This will be a care center able to house up to 8 patients, 4 male and 4 female. With 24 hour care within this home, patients are allowed to wander freely without restrictions and have planned daily activities to do together. The focus group for these patients are people diagnosed with severe dementia symptoms therefore high levels of attention and

and plants, there are ‘indoor’ courtyards as well for sheltered contact with the natural environment.

This housing unit is also designed to integrate with the surrounding neighborhood therefore patients living in this home are likely to have shared activities with the existing community. The main concept behind this home is the connection My proposal for this care to greenery. Research has shown that high levels center is the high levels of contact with nature of connection to nature provided within. Not only help alleviate stress and is there an outdoor garden prolong symptoms of center where patients can dementia. plant their own vegetables care will be put towards them thus the limited number of occupants available. Each patient will be assigned to their own personal nurse/carer. The stay in this care home will be long term. Assisted living regimens will be provided for patients as well. The goal is to cater for a high standard of living.

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Initial Dementia Pod Designs These are a few sketches I made for my initial design pod ideas. I wanted to create a bedroom space with arched windows to make the ceiling feel higher and the bedroom to feel more spacious. The multicolored walls are to evoke calming and happy emotions. Yellow for sunlight, green for nature and blue for calmness. At first when I was imagining the bedroom to have multicolored walls I found it difficult to visualize what it would look like so I painted these atmospheric watercolors to represent what I had imagined. After developing these paintings I realized how some rooms may be considered too cold rather than calming and can evoke depression so I have not used these color schemes in my final design.

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Velux Simulations A key part of this project includes the lighting analysis within the building. High exposures to light can cause over heating while low levels can cause confusion and disorientation. In order to have a balanced supply of light these images show lighting simulations made within the dementia pods.

Through this development stage I discovered that by having arched roofs can not only make the room lose heat quicker but also heavily affect the natural circadian cycle of the patient. It is crucial that the patient has a natural circadian rhythm to have a healthy lifestyle and high quality standard of living.

According to research the ideal lux value in a bedroom should be 300. The first simulations made show that the lux levels reach 250 at most, making the rooms too dark for comfortable living. By changing the design and adding skylights the lux levels have shown an increase within the room making the lux levels surpass the comfortable level at 500. Learning from this my final designs for the dementia pods have been altered.

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For my initial design concept I was wanted to design a very linear building with a green house in the middle where patients can see and walk into. Above shows my very first sketches of what I wanted my massing to look like. I was experimenting with different types of roofs structures such as arched, flat and pitched. For the aches along the corridors I was inspired by Victorian arched doorways and wanted to recreate that in my design.

After some discussion with my tutors however, I realized that this would be a very uncomfortable space for patients to live in as one of the fundamental problems in designs for hospitals built in the 80s were long corridors that felt like they went on forever which easily disorientated dementia patients and caused discomfort and distress. After realizing this problem, I went back to my sketchbook and modified my design to fix this issue.

Alongside creating my initial massing designs, I created standard room sizes at a scale of 1:100 and cut them into small square pieces. I used this method to materialize my study of program of spaces. These simple cut outs helped me develop my floor plans as well as give me a deeper understanding of the relation of space within each room.

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Chapter 7

Thinking Through Making

Thinking through making week is a week where we had to create an object that dementia patients would use. I decided to create a shelf that had a hidden compartment where patients can keep their medication that only nurses and doctors can access. I did this by concealing the handle for the medication shelf underneath while the drawer meant for patients access easily reachable and seen by patients. The idea is to have this shelf act as a bedside table for the patients. As this was only a week long project I only created the top half of the bedside table, if this was a longer project I would have built the entire drawer including the pull out table underneath as shown in my sketches.

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Staging Review Response During my staging review I was given the advice that the linearity of my massing design could cause patients’ discomfort due to long corridors that could seem like they go on forever causing potential discomfort. Another disadvantage the linear massing has is the lack of sunlight on the buildings located behind as only the first two rooms that are South facing would receive sunlight while the buildings behind would receive minimum sunlight.

As a response to the reviews, I changed the orientation of the bedrooms by a 45 degree angle so that all rooms have a south facing window. This massing change has in turn broken up the linearity of the building and

Realization

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This stage in the project is where my design developed into a more solid concept by investigating Urban Performance Simulations such as wind and lighting analysis’. From these simulations to noticing certain aspects that may be uncomfortable through physical usage in thinking through making week, I have created conceptual plans and ideas as a response. During this time, it was critical to make sure that the final design integrates with the surrounding area and would be a positive addition to the surrounding neighborhood. Through research, I found that it is also crucial that dementia patients have a clear relationship with the outdoors as this reduces agitation especially with patients with ‘wandering attitudes’. In the following pages, these show further developmental stages of my design and responses to previous reviews.

created a V shape to the entire structure.

While designing the interior programming of the building I noticed that the overall shape resembled a tree which fit in well with the idea of the main activity for the patients being connected to nature. To allow for more green space to be integrated within the building I added a V shaped courtyard in front the right ward. This V shape was inspired by the Ortega Mora House located in Colombia. The images on the right show what the interior spaces would look like with the V shaped court yard.

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Courtyard Development The courtyards in my design have profoundly changed over the course of this development stage. In the initial designs, even though the linearity of the building was broken up there were still very long consecutive corridors.

After multiple designs did my design become both aesthetically pleasing and comfortable to inhabit.

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Envimet Simulations Envimet is a software used to simulate different climates within the urban environment. Using this software as part of my environmental analysis I have made a simulation showing the existing

base case wind speeds and the worst case scenario. These results show that the prevailing wind is coming from the south west and that the surrounding area has fairly comfortable

winds speeds. The diagrams to the right shows the ideal wind speed at street level according to the most used criteria for wind assessment, the Lawson-based Criterion.

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This phase of the project goes beyond massing and pod developments.

The outputs of this section show the finalized design plans for my Dementia care center.

The designs show my personal interpretation on how to create a safe and comfortable space.

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Tate Modern Olafur Eliasson In Real Life Exhibition

11 Jul 2019 - 5 Jan 2020 Earlier in the year I visited the Tate Modern to see the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;In Real Lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; exhibition by DanishIcelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. This exhibition included over 40 works of art that included immersive installations, sculptures, photography and paintings. One of his key interests that relate to my

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undergraduate project is his investigations into how we perceive and shape the world around us. By experiencing his installations, it offered a new perspective on how one might think a dementia patient perceives space.

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Roker and Mowbray Dementia Care Centre The Roker and Mowbray is an First Stirling Gold award winning inpatient dementia care center we visited as a studio located near the Monkwearmouth Hospital in Sunderland.

This building being my first encounter with a real life dementia ward showed me what a successful care center design looks like.

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Castleside Dementia Ward Castleside Dementia ward is a center my undergraduate project is planning on replacing.

Previously a maternity ward recycled into dementia ward, Castleside showed use exactly what not to do when designing the ward and why. Being able to experience the negative aspects ingrained in my mind on what a care center unit should not look like.

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In the course of this year, I have attempted to attend a few crafting architecture workshops. Amongst them, I have learnt a handful of new skills such as collaging and casting.

These skills offer me an alternative way to represent my work and a new perspective.

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Chapter 11 Bibliography

Chapter 12 Appendix

Sketchbook Pages

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Figure 2, ArchDaily. 2020. Ortega Mora House / Estudio Transversal. [online] Available at: <https://www.archdaily.com/924940/ortega-mora-house-estudio-transversal?ad_source=search&ad_medium=search_result_all> [Accessed 17 August 2020].

Figure 3, ArchDaily. 2020. Ortega Mora House / Estudio Transversal. [online] Available at: <https://www.archdaily.com/924940/ortega-mora-house-estudio-transversal?ad_source=search&ad_medium=search_result_all> [Accessed 17 August 2020].

Figure 4, Still Alice. 2014. [film] Directed by R. Glatzer and W. Westmoreland. Hollywood: BSM Studios.

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