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University of Westminster - Year 3 Semester 1
Pavilion Prototypes: Theory + Construction
Meditation and Ephemerality
Personal Prototype Pavilion
Site: University of Westminster
Marylebone Student Accommodation Tower
Pockets of privacy, moments of serenity, spatial flexibility and subtle gradients between individual and community are some of the aspects that I am focusing on within the wider brief of studio DS(3)2.
The main focus falls on combating the current housing situation in London by designing a unique CLT Co-living unit. We have developed a new housing typology that not only socially engages the occupants but also the wider community.
The ‘Pavilion Prototype’ gives the studio the chance of exploring and developing personal interpretations of what a household is within a co-housing unit. The structure represents a fragment of the housing typology that we wish to pursue in the following semester. However, it also acts as an autonomous entity, built for the benefit of the University of Westminster’s students, staff and collaborating artists.
These 1:50 models explore the materiality and flow of the user’s journey towards the ‘central courtyard’.
On one hand there is the ‘closed’, sensory-sharpening pathway. It is sheltered, with sudden turns and only illuminated by the perforations on the ceiling. One cannot locate the central courtyard from outside. On the other hand there is the ‘open’, see-through and uncovered journey, which allows you to catch the silhouettes of those enjoying the garden.
Both pathways are narrow, subtly restricting large groups from entering at once. The role of the journey is to make the user anticipate his or hers peaceful destination. However, this project explored subtler ways of achieving this concept while avoiding a literal creation of a corridor on site.
Hand Made Models - Balsa Wood + Tracing Paper
DS(3)2’s Pavilion is a unique project designed and built by the studio’s students, from RIBA Plan of Work Stages 0 to 7. We were assisted by Geoff Morrow from StructureMode, who together with Will McLean from the Technical Studies department, guided the design process. The timber ribs and axial elements were fabricated by the students at the university’s FabLab, whilst the base was manufactured by Weber Industries. All of this was funded by the Quintin Hogg Trust, a charitable organisation which granted £12,000 towards the project.
Westminster Pavilion
The Oculus
Personal Work: Form + Structure Sketches Group Work: Assembling Studio Prototype
Group Work: Assembling Pavilion on-site
Group Work: Study Models
Group Work: Fabricating Parts (CNC-ing and Glueing)
‘Impromptu’ExhibitionSpace ArtistBedroomslinkedtotheworkshop
Community&PersonalCasting&SculptureWorkshops
Personality Gradients: Stimulus Differentiation
Co-Living Scheme
Site: Crouch End, North London
proposal in Lewisham. Yet, many people cringe at the idea of being part of a community.
...Why is that?
Society is biased towards people who are intellectually and emotionally stimulated by being surrounded by other people, towards those who refill their energy by talking to others and by engaging in social activities. This is especially accentuated in the open plan work spaces, adopted by many contemporary offices, workshops, studios etc. The ‘introvert’ is often left out of the wider discussion.
University of Westminster - Year 3 Semester 2 Community Land Trust (CLT): Co-Living Scheme Model 1:100 Client placement Material used to indicate privacy Material used to indicate communal areas
GroundfloorElderlyBedrooms
KitchenCommunal Family Bedrooms BedroomIntrovertSelf-contained Units
CommunalLoungeArea
StudioEmpty-nester
Ground Floor Plan (original 1:100) N Long Section (original 1:100)
Sensuous Map to Niceness and Non-Niceness of Kensington
On-going Research in Collaboration with University of Westminster Alumnus Kyu Sung Pai
Having privately rented a flat in the Whitstable House council tower block, a mere 50 metres away from Grenfell Tower. Me and my boyfriend had the unfortunate experience of witnessing the tragedy up-close. This has motivated us to start researching into council houses and their relationship with their neighbours: the top earners of London. We have really enjoyed the ‘pre-Grenfell’ neighbourhood in the sense that we had cheap rent in one of London’s most exclusive areas. We have walked and jogged countless times through the residential sections of Ladbroke Grove and Holland Park. No matter which hill we would climb or which alleys we would explore we could easily find our way back by following the shiny new Grenfell Tower in the distant skyline. It must have been convenient for the Royal Council of Kensington and Chelsea to cheaply clad the brutalist tower block in order to stop the complaining of the affluent from having to stare at such an ‘eyesore’ from their homes.
But why is that?
Why is council housing, old and new, perceived as such? Most would think the answer is simple: the architecture and the way spaces are layed out- the rawness the ugliness- they all promote anti-social behavior. At least this is the most common answer we got when we surveyed the residents in Whitstable house. Some pointed out that even when the burnt and urine drenched lifts were replaced, people were racing to be the first to destroy them.
Thus, we have decided the appropriate first step would be to map the ‘senses’ on the map . We took into account visual pleasure and intrigue, noise levels, feeling of safety/ danger, smell and feeling of isolation/ claustrophobia. We are in the process of analyzing the data and comparing the weak and strong suite of both luxury properties and social housing.
My focus in this joint research is to propose a range of materials and construction methods that would encourage people to be proud of maintaining their houses and communities, instead of actively ‘trashing’ them because they perceive them to be inadequate, hopefully minimizing antisocial behaviour. I cannot create change by myself, thus in the future I am looking forward to collaborating with the tenants associations, councils and planning officers in order to push boundaries of materiality and budget.
Personal Project North Kensington Neighborhood Mapping
Hand Made Models
Sketches and Detail Drawings
MW Architects - Part 1 Architectural Assistant Work Samples - RIBA Stages 1 to 5
-------/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 14 Piano Room Atmospheric Sketch- For Both Options /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ 30 West Temple Sheen 14 Piano Room Atmospheric Sketch- For Both Options Various Projects Various Projects
Piercy&Company
Camden Goods Yard Model
SimonBowden Ltd.
Competition Entry
Sejong, South Korea: Museum Complex Masterplan
Royal Arsenal Riverside Model
Other Practice Experience Work Samples
Technical Study: Site Diary
Hawkins Brown Architects: Wates House
As part of the ‘Technical Study’module, groups of two students were required to find an architect to shadow on site for the course of a semester and record the experience inside a ‘Site Study’. Tom Noonan from Hawkins\Brown Architects has taken us on the site of the now refurbished Wates House of Bartlett School of Architecture.
University of Westminster- Year 2 Sem 2 Technical Studies: Site Diary
Extension Structure Time-line Cantilever extension Structure Study Design/ Existing reinforced concrete structure Structural Pins Washers The steel structure now onto the steel frames welded onto the other beams Steel beam locked place also fixed other structural elements the building, such the load-bearing brick wall) Additional supporting structures added to the reinforced concrete floor slab and to lie Mechanical Machinery Wooden planks Corrugated steel strucfloor Plywood slabs nailed down the wooden planks
Cantilever
Hobbies Still Life/ Sketching/ Digital Illustrations