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Preparing for Practice by

Pirawatt Changlek

Content Preparing for Pracitice Expectations 1-2 About XUL 3-5 The People 7-8 Office’s Elevation 9 - 10 Interior View (ground floor) 11 - 12 Ground Floor Plan 13 - 14 Basement Plan 15 - 16 How to get to XUL 17 - 18 Walking to XUL 19 - 20 The Journey Diary 21 - 22 My Mentor 23 - 24 Unofficial Mentors 25 - 26 The Skills 27 - 28 THE WORK Overview Met The Team For 1st Time

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Week 1 Day 1 Week 1 Day 2 Week 1 Day 3 Week 1 Day 4 Week 1 Day 5

33 - 42 43 - 46 47 - 50 51 - 54 55 - 60

Week 2 Day 1 Week 2 Day 2 Week 2 Day 3 Week 2 Day 4 Week 2 Day 5

61 - 64 65 - 70 71 72 - 74 75 - 80

The Movie

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Key Points 83 - 84 Job Documents

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About XUL Architecture 5 male

EST. 2008

7 female

Architects Overseas qualified

Argentina Spain Peru

ARB and/or RIBA qualified

RIBA Part 1 and 2 (practical experience)

LOGO

Business type

Partnership

Contacts XUL Architecture 33 Belsize Lane London NW3 5AS United Kingdom 0207 431 9014 info@xularchitecture.co.uk www.xularchitecture.co.uk

The office moved to Belsize Lane in 2009 then moved to the heart of Belsize Village in 2014

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Sevices

Anagram

- Advice on Property Acquisition and Development - Feasibility Studies / Cost Advise - Residential Design - Commercial Design - Planning Permission - Detail Design and Specifications - Tender Process - Project Management and Delivery - Construction Process - Cost Control - Strategic Thinking - Innovative Design

XUL LUX

Diversity

Gender

Background

Race

“ I really thought the practice was quite diverse. People came from different countries and got their educations from different places. There was a good mix of male and female in an appropriate number. Apart from that, I noticed people who were working here and people who worked in this practice in the past were racially diverse. I felt it was a very comfortable environment, working with different people because I came from a different background too. I was also interested in their contributions to the projects and I could see there were various styles of drawings in the presentations, perhaps this came from the firm’s diversity. ”

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Residential

Building type the practice does

Commercial

The clients that approached XUL Architecture were various. They could be divided by the type of the buildings the practice did. Previous clients included shop owner, pharmacist, gym investor, veterinarian, house owner and many more. The contract between the practice and the clients was simple. XUL set up a contract that required clients to pay more to get better services. In other words, the more money clients spend, the better services they would receive. The contract packages were called Bronze, Silver and Gold where Gold package offered the best services. It ensured the project would be finished quickly and on time.

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Project Selections by building types

Templewood Avenue, NW3 - Residential (published in Homify magazine)

St Margarets School, NW3 - Commercial

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The People at XUL

Design Director Christian Clemares

Founder and Firm’s leader Sebastian Sandler

Architect (ARB qualified) Sara Bondia

Business Director, Co-founder Maia Lemlij

Architect Yaiza Ramiro

Architect (ARB, RIBA qualified) Justina Hwang

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Architectural Assistant (Part 2) Tom Haworth

Office Manager Natacha Hutchison-Fuat

Architectural Assistant (Part 1) Alexandra McCluskey

My Mentor

Architect Germán Lentini

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There are 10 - 13 people at the practice.

The pictures here are key people at the firm who help the business altogether.

The people can be devided into four groups. First is the leaders, Sebastian and Maia. Second is the design team, Christian, Yaiza, Germán, Justina and Sara. Third is the design assistants, Tom and Alexandra. Forth is the office man ager, Natacha. I sat amongst the design assistants, working on a new project.

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XO Bar and Restaurant (hangout place every Friday)

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XUL ARCHITECTURE (workplace)

+44 (0) 207 431 9014

www.xularchitecture.co.uk

West Elevation

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Inside XUL’s Office 1

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Germán Lentini (mentor)

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Christian Clemares

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Design team

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My Everyday Life During Work Experience

XUL ’s office was divided into two floors, ground floor and basement. I was allocated to be on the ground floor where most mem bers of the design team were so I could dis cuss my work with some of the design team members. The office’s configuration was sim ple. The atmosphere is very friendly. For exa mple, when anyone entres the office, most people at XUL will say ‘Hello, how are you?’ most of the time. I believed an environment where people communicate was very good because new people including myself could quickly feel comfortable working at the prac tice.

On my right was Natacha who was an office manager. Natacha was around my age so I liked asking her a lot of questions regarding the practice and life as an architect. I think asking people questions is very important if I am learning something. It helps me to und erstand more about the practice, the work that I am doing and encourage me to socia lise with other people.

Preparing for Practice | 14 Ground floor plan

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The Basement 8

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Design team Business director

archive room 1 + server meeting room kitchen work space book shelves archive room 2 & storage

The Basement Plan XUL’s basement had three main rooms, work space, meeting room and archive rooms (1&2).

Some of the design team members were on this floor, Justina (architect) and Alexandra (architectural assistant). Kitchen was one of the facilities in this office. It had sink, micro wave in the cupboard, dish drainer, coffee maker etc.

Effective Floor Plans

Although the office was very small, the orga nisation was clear and effective in my opinio n because the fact that all the design team was on the ground floor made the practice look more like an architectural office. The architects and architectural assistants were displayed on the ground floor while the bas ement consisted of rooms that acted as stor age, and there were facilities, both did not need to be showed to customers who woul d arrive the office.

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How to get to XUL

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Another Day Another Journey Overview Working Monday to Friday at XUL Architecture was an opportunity for me to learn how to be on time. In other words, I had learned how to be a professional before I even actually worked in the practice. Since the beginning, it was clear to me that I had to be in the office by 9 o’clock in the morning just like everyone else in the practice, and I would finish around 6 o’clock in the evening. I knew if I did not arrive on time, it would somehow affect the firm directly and indirectly because at that time I was doing a research on my own. This piece of work would be used for the next stage so during my time at XUL I always tried to come on time.

Challenge A big challenge for me everyday was how to get to the office on time in the morning. At the beginning, it was difficult for me to get to the office on time because of underground’s uncertainties. The first day was a good example. It was peak hours so every stations I changed were extremely crowded, especially Canada Water station.

On that day, I took route 2 as I thought it was the quickest route, but there were too many people on both platforms so staff at the station stopped people from getting through the barriers. This was the first time I was stopped so I did not know what to do apart from waiting for it to reopen. At some points, I changed my mind and took an alternative route whick would take me longer to get to the practice. As soon as I arrived, I apologised one the people at XUL that I was late. The result turned out to be positive. They told me coming late happened sometimes. However, I felt I had to be on time every time even though I thought being really late was acceptable once or twice.

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“However, I felt I had to be on time every time even though I thought being really late was acceptable once or twice.”

Improvement I took route 2 for a few times at the beginning of my placement until someone told me I should take route 1 which would take me quicker to get to the practice. I took route 1 since then. It was more convenient because I spent less time for travelling. Knowing the new route and being able to manage the time well made me aware of how important it was to start my day. I believed if I planned the journey well everyday, it would be easier for me to start the work almost straight away once I arrvived because my mind was clear and relaxing. In contrast, if I rushed to the office and it was late, I would start my work without confidence because as an intern student I would worry about myself more than other things. Being aware of this day to day life meant that I could change and improve myself everyday. Getting to the office on time was easy to do and I believed it had a great impact on the works produced on that day.

Overall Travel Experience It really was about getting ready and how I wanted to present myself at the office. It was very important to me as an employee.

The qualities and the amount of works produced daily came from a good start, not when I started my works at the office at 9 o’clock but since when I actually started to get ready at home.

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About Mentor “ Germán Lentini was my mentor during the work experience. In my opinion, he was very helpful.

He knew exactly what I was doing and what I was trying to achieve. I had a great time working on the research and the design with him. I found the advices he gave could be used for my works at the university, so I listened to him carefully when he was explaining because there might be something that I can use in the future. ”

Education TIMELINE

2004 - 2007

2007 - 2010

2012 - 2013

University of Belgrano Part I, Architecture, ARG

Universidad de Palermo Architecture, ARG

MSc in Architecture, Energy & Sustainability

London Metropolitan University

Xul Architecture

June 2014 – Present (1 year 10 months)

ROLE : Architect DUTIES :

Involved in residential projects and some competition´s presentations.

- Identify customer’s requirements.

- Produce drawings & 3D visuals for client’s presentation.

- Produce drawings and documentation for local authorities.

- Produce drawings for the tender package.

- Produce schedule of works and materials for tender package.

- Identify and coordinate necessary external consultants.

- Coordinate suppliers for materials required.

- Contract administration and production of valuations.

- Visit the construction site to check progress and schedule.

- Social media management.

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Pilliner Reeves Architects (PRA), London September 2012 – December 2012 (4 months)

ROLE : Architect DUTIES : Involved in one commercial project in particular.

- Identify customer’s requirements.

- Produce drawings & 3D visuals for client’s presentation.

- Produce schedule of works and materials for tender package.

GZOO. Architecture Office May 2010 – July 2012 (2 years 3 months)

ROLE : Architect DUTIES :

Involved in residential and commercial projects.

Previous Workplace

- Identify customer’s requirements.

- Produce drawings & 3D visuals for client’s presentation.

- Produce drawings for the tender package.

- Produce schedule of works and materials for tender package.

- Identify and coordinate necessary external consultants.

- Coordinate suppliers for materials required.

- Contract administration and production of valuations.

- Visit the construction site to check progress and schedule.

Architecture Office at Universidad de Palermo September 2009 – July 2012 (2 years 11 months)

ROLE : Teaching Assistant Worked on subject “Contemporary History of Architecture” DUTIES : - Prepare talks, classes, exercises and works for the students.

- Correct works and evaluating exams.

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Unofficial Mentors “ Sara Bondia was one of senior architects at the practice. She came and talked to me every now and then, and we discussed more often in the last week of my work experience. She became one of my unofficial mentors. Her view was realistic and this made me aware of the real world. I felt her comments were relevant to my future career as an architect because I believed that concepts were as important as how buildings work in reality. ”

Education

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (ETSAB)

Xul Architecture

November 2011 – Present (4 year 5 months)

ROLE : Architect DUTIES :

- Produce 2D and 3D drawings for client’s presentation - Produce drawings & 3D visuals for client’s presentation.

- Produce drawings and documentation for local authorities.

- Talk to clients and identify the clients’ requirements - Identify and coordinate necessary external consultants.

- Coordinate suppliers for materials required.

- Contract administration and production of valuations.

- Visit the construction site to check progress and schedule.

- Lead the design team, helping the members to finish the projects before deadlines

Previous Workplace DMDEAU, Barcelona

January 2007 – September 2011 (4 years 9 months)

ROLE : Architect

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“ Christian Clemares was a design director at XUL. I had thought there was no difference between architect and design director because it seemed like everyone was doing the same thing when I was there, but actually I started to notice after a few days that he gave the conceptual input a lot, trying to lead the design team to think about the concept for the client.

In other words, he made people aware of the design, how the design worked and how they could sell it. His role in the business was similar to the architect’s and it was very professional in my opinion because he could encourage the team to think about things that we’d probably missed. ”

Previous Workplace John McAslan + Partners

September 2009 – February 2011 (1 year 6 months)

ROLE : Project Architect

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners June 2007 – April 2009 (1 year 11 months)

ROLE : Architect

Avanti Architects Limited 2003 – 2005 (2 years)

ROLE : Architect

David Chipperfield Architects 2002 – 2003 (1 year)

ROLE : Architect

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1997 – 2000 (3 years)

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This page shows information about skills that people in XUL have. The purpose of this diagram is to find out what common skills people in architectural profession have (summarised above). I think it is good to know various types of skills, so I can develop other skills that I think I need to have, and more importantly I can put them in my CV. In addition, there are some advanced skills which I think I will probably need to have in the future such as Ecotect (for sustainable design) and Revit (for Building Information Modelling or BIM). I am fully aware there are certain softwares that I need to practice, AutoCAD and SketchUp.These softwares are common and I have planned to practice and develop these skills in my free time, so that I can ensure I have enough skills for the practice I aim to apply for a job at.

THE WORK

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Overview 1

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Presentation at weekly meeting

Life as an architecture student

Times and what happened

Research development

Architectural knowledge

Timeline

Photos of the works

Productivity evaluation

Final presentation

Architectural career

Brief from client

Mentors’ comments

Site visits

Alternative careers Improvement Feelings

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Met The Team For 1st Time

Sebastian, Christian and Sara at XUL’s office

Be Confident Before I started my work experience in the practice I had a chance to meet some members of the design team on Friday 22nd, January. I arrived the office on time before 4 pm. I had not expected anything.

I felt I had to prepare myself, be confident and on time, so I did not have to worry too much about what would happen because I thought that people could feel any negative pressure expressed on my face if I was worrying.

Work Experience Introduction It was Sara and GermĂĄn who brought me down to the meeting room to talk about their plans for me. They told me that every week they would have a weekly meeting on Monday which I had to attend with the other design team members. The brief would be given to us in that meeting.

It was a very nice and comfortable atmosphere and this made me talk a lot. At this point, I thought the first day I met people at the practice was important. It was also the first chance I could present myself as a person who had a good professional attitude by coming on time and sharing my interests with other people.

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Week 1 Day 1

date: 25 Jan 2016

Overview Today was about understanding the brief and trying to think about the design for a client. I was asked to be in a group of five who would work together as a team. At this stage, the people in the group were also working on other projects. As usual, everyone had the weekly meeting and after that I spent most of my day doing some research on gym project for over 50s.

09:45 am

arrived the office

10:30 am

design team had a weekly meeting

11:45 am

I started to do a bit of research on gym

12:30 pm

talked to mentor about what I had done

01:15 pm

went out for lunch (Papa Del’s)

02:00 pm

Typical gym VS Conceptual gym Research

05:20 pm

discussed my research with mentor

06:10 pm

went home and prepared to get up early

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“ It was not easy to understand everything on the first day. I was so confused when I was at the meeting. The team concluded that they would look at the modular architecture. I did not know much about this type of architecture, so I immediately looked at the research after the meeting. By doing this quickly, I knew what the next step would be. I felt that being active could show my good performance and contribution to the team. �

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Weekly Meeting Sheet

Numbering the projects The first two digits are the year when the project started and the next two digits are project’s number in that year. The rest is the project’s address, see below project’s number in the year 2014

1431_40 Hale Lane year 2014 address

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The practice used name code instead of writing full names. This was also used in their computer system. The name code was used for weekly up date and archive.

SB = Sara Bondia YR = Yaiza Ramiro SS = Sebastian Sandler JH = Justina Hwang GL = Germรกn Lentini CC = Christian Clemares AM = Alexandra McCluskey TH = Tom Haworth

XUL had a weekly meeting every Monday. This sheet was given to everyone before we started the meeting. At the meeting, the employees had to talk about their projects that they were working on. Sebastian was the head of the meeting, questioning updates from top to bottom of the list. Everyone listened to any problems that each person/team might be facing, so people could give some ideas and helps.

I felt the weekly meeting was very useful for the practice because people knew what they were doing, what had to be done by the end of each week/month and what situations that company was in as a whle. Moreover, the meeting was not just about the updates, but it also encouraged everyone to be enthusiastic, therefore the weekly meeting was a good start for everyone in the company.

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The Brief

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In the meeting

finished the meeting list started to talk about the new project a group of five had to make a presentation for client everyone gave some ideas of how the gym would be Meeting finished The brief was sent by Christian via e-mail to remind the team

Identify Key Points The brief was a starting point. Once I knew who I would work with for a couple of weeks, I then quickly identified client’s needs because I would keep referring to the brief. This made it easier for me to extract essential information and use it for the next stage.

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The Client Was Developing The Brand

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The client was also the owner of LA Fitness gym chaing. When the client approached XUL, the brand of the new gym was still being developed, aiming to sell healthy lifestyle to old people age 50+ years old. For now, the client used the key words Re-Fit fot the gym’s name. I found that the details we got from the client was simple. More details would be added in the future and the branding like colours of gym, logo and machine would be developed further.

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Research Strategies

Relax

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Working with the main key words

Luxurious

Warm

they should be relevant to the brief

Finding some images online imagine the what the design will look like

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Something Completely Opposite

The GYM BOX is colourful. Colours here are used to attract people aged between 15-30 years old

Colours of the proposal in my mind show a sense of luxury, contemporary and calm and warm.

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Week 1 Day 2

date: 26 Jan 2016

Overview Today was a continuation of the research. The team, Alexandra, Christian, Sara, Germán and me had to be responsible for this project, aiming to finish the presentation by the end of February. Alexandra was working on the presentation, and I was working on the research while other senior members had to focusing on other things because of the deadlines.

09:10 am

arrived the office

11:00 am

presented my ideas to the team and listen to others’

11:30 am

finding more images for inspiration and reference

01:05 pm

went out for lunch (Papa Del’s)

02:00 pm

research: gym regulations > spatial allocation and relationship

04:00 pm

research : room types (open, semi-private, private)

05:00 pm

discussed my research with mentor

06:05 pm

went home

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“ After I had presented my ideas, Christian (design director) had the same thought about looking at something different from typical gyms in London. I was a regular gym goer, so I knew what step I should be doing next. However, I learned more from the research and other people’s ideas. Listening to other people was a good chance for me to think about things that I might not think about before. I believed when I had to listen to them I had to be open-minded too, so I could take the information, extract it and develop further. �

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What I did today?

1. Understood how a space can be defined in three different ways

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SEMI-PRIVATE

PRIVATE

2. Began to find the information about the relationship between spaces

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Style of the Presentation

Presentation style for previous project, Greene and Co HQ, W9

The reason why I had been asked to find a lot of images online was because the practice would use them in the presentation. The previous presentation was printed in a book format with a basic spiral binding. All the presentation books looked very similar i.e. the practice used online images as a reference for what they thought the design would look like, then there were original drawings 2D and 3D that they made.

I thought the presentation was okay at this stage because it can be done quickly and it could be presented to potential clients. However, I thought it could be better if the practice had a kind of styles, so the presentation could stand out and the client would be likely to go to the next step with the practice.

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Week 1 Day 3

date: 27 Jan 2016

Overview Everyone spent the first half of today with one of the staff from Human Resource. We had a long useful meeting and after that we spent the rest of the day doing our works. I continued with my research, bringing more reference images and trying to find the right document for gym’s space.

09:25 am

arrived the office

11:30 am

Human Resource Meeting (everyone)

01:00 pm

went out for lunch (Roni’s)

02:10 pm

discussed the work with my mentor design team went to CPD for an hour

02:20 pm

continued with the research

05:00 pm

talked to the architect (Sara)

06:00 pm

went home

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“ Having a chance to listen to everyone at the meeting made me think about my life as an architecture student.

The Human Resource covered objectives, values, vision mission, job profiles and a lot more for employers and employees at the practice. Apart from putting myself as an employee of the practice, I also referred back to my objectives as an architecture student. Being aware of my the goals would lead me to a successful career in the world of architecture. �

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Human Resource’s Agenda 1

Vision mission and Values

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Skills Experience

Induction 4

Performance Management 5

Salaries and pay progression 6

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Maternity/ Paternity and Adoption leave

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Week 1 Day 4

date: 28 Jan 2016

Overview I spent most of the day completing the research that I had started since Monday with helps from the architects, Christian and Sara. The content in the work at this stage was new and there were a lot of things to be changed. The circulation, size and modular shapes were the main content of the page which would be used next week.

09:15 am

arrived the office

09:20 am

tried to complete the research

01:00 pm

went out for lunch

02:00 pm

completed most of the research

02:05 pm

started Old People Behaviour Research

03:15 pm

talked to mentor and architects, developed the modular design

04:00 pm

started a document for room sizes

06:00 pm

went home

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“ Sometimes when there were lots of works to do and there was a high expectation in the office, I tried my best to complete the works, especially the things that I must cover, I would try to do a bit of everything first.

After that I felt there was a need to consult mentor or architects before I developed the works. By doing this, I could change the things that were incorrect. It also saved time. �

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The purpose was to show the three main spaces, reception, fitness area and change. Also to show spaces requested by the client.

The First Diagram

Space Requirements for Small Gym

ENTRANCE

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Customer Sales and Marketing area

Physiotheraphy 1

Fitness area Assessment and Instruction room

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Change

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Studio 2

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The diagram was created to be used in the next meeting so it had to be presentable.

Main Spaces

Circuit training Stretch area 1

Fitness area

Free weights Resistance Cardiovascular

toilet 2

toilet Change

shower

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lockers

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Optional facilities

First Aid room

Health spas

Health treatments

Plant

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This space requirements diagram shows the size of each main space and how it is related to one another. The diagram will be used to design a circulation within the bulding. It will also be used to give a general idea about the size of each space.

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Week 1 Day 5

date: 29 Jan 2016

Overview The works of the first week were combined for the next weekly meeting on Monday. This included the first diagram showing the relation ship between the three main spaces, and also modular ideas, size specification for each space and circulation within the building.

09:10 am

arrived the office

09:20 am

develop: hexagon for the modular shapes

11:40 am

develop: dimension, size for one module

01:00 pm

went out for lunch (Papa Del’s)

02:00 pm

office induction (health and safety)

02:30 pm

talked to the architect, Sara continued with the development

05:30 pm

printed out all diagrams, prepared for the meeting

06:00 pm

went home

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“ The atmosphere at XUL Architecture was great. Even though there were stresses around, people still talked to each other in the office to make their colleagues feel relaxed. I believed what was more important than talking to people was also how to create this great atmosphere. �

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Prepared For The Meeting circulation

The design was based on the brief. This page and the next are about the exploration of room’s types, open, semi-private and private. I aimed to have a lot of ideas for my second sheet as I had to present them in the meeting next week.

Physiotherapy 1

Physiotherapy 2

Reception Offices Cafe and

Customer sales and Marketing area

Staff room

Assessment and Instruction area

Storage

Retail

Fitness gym

Public WC's Waiting area

Change

Studio 1 Stretch area Studio 2

Diagram showing locations of space using modular system

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Using grid system made it easy to arrange the modules

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Started to be specific about the size of each space. This was made because it would be used for the next stage, designing the proposal.

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All modules (28 modules) have a total area of = 290.976 sq m (3132.04 sq f) Brief 1000 - 3500 sq f

Always referred back to the brief.

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Week 2 Day 1

date: 1 Feb 2016

Overview The final week of work experience. Monday was a about the weekly meeting at the beginning of the day as usual. Later today, changes was made to the drawings and more research was added.

09:00 am

arrived the office

09:15 am

prepared for the weekly meeting

11:30 am

I was in 3rd group to attend the meeting (everyone did not attend at the same time)

12:10 pm

finished the meeting

12:15 pm

started to change the diagrams talked to the architect, Sara

01:00 pm

went out for lunch

04:00 pm

Sara gave a clear explanation of how the diagram worked

06:00 pm

went home

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“ I had been aware I needed to work in the office for two weeks to pass the module, but the responsibility changed since the first day of work experience. I was more aware of how much I could contribute to the practice. Since then, I started to really think about my responsibility to the society too. �

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2nd Week Meeting

Germán (mentor) Sara (architect)

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XUL’s meeting room, basement

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11:30 am - 12:10 pm

Purposes :

Updates Make a plan for this week Let people know what to do to meet client’s requests

Conclusions :

The first diagram has to be rearranged 2nd page should try to sell the modular idea Too early to have a specific modular shape because the machine might not fit Decide with Christian what to present to the client Try to have clear ideas about size and circulation

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Changing The Diagram

Even the arrows in the diagram are important. It should points the right direction, so Sara told me to be careful

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Week 2 Day 2

date: 2 Feb 2016

Overview Christian wanted us to show our designs rather than showing the diagrams, so I started to focus on the design after that. Today, there was a 14 year-old boy coming to do his work experience as well for a day which was lovely.

09:10 am

arrived the office

10:50 am

Josh came to do his work experience

11:40 am

completed the size specification for the gym

01:00 pm

ate lunch at the office

01:10 pm

some design team members went to CPD

02:15 pm

Christian explained we should develop the modular ideas

04:00 pm

finished some of the drawings

05:00 pm

Josh’s presentation

06:00 pm

went home

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“ I wanted to make it easier for people to use my drawings in the future so when I was working on something I had to plan and see things from start to finish. This simple activity could make a huge change to my final work. �

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The Second Diagram WELCOME Offices

Crèche

Reception

Waiting area

Staff room

Reception and Offices Customer sales and Marketing area

Public WCʼs

Café and Retail

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Female shower

Female lockers

Plant

Female toilets

Chan are

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EXERCISE EXERCISE Health spas

Storage Stretch area

First Aid room

Circuit training

Consulting room 1

Free weights

Fitness area

Consulting room 2 Resistance

Cardiovascular

Studio 2

NGE

Studio 1

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Male lockers

This diagram was the last diagram which would be used in the presentation. It was very clear because of the colours, arrow’s directions and sizes of space. All bubbles with lines connected to the main bubble were essential spaces. Each bubble represented its function. The brown bubbles were additional facilities which I thought it would be good for customers to see in case they want to add them to the gym complex.

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Finding Total Area

Brief = 1000 - 3500 sq f

Proposal = 3497.14 sq f (including optional facilities)

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Online Reference

This was used as a reference to find the total area and the spatial relationship.

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Week 2 Day 3

date: 3 Feb 2016

Overview It was a day of induction for everyone at XUL. The new office’s system would be used from today. The design director talked to me a lot about the design of the gym and encouraged me to work on the proposal.

09:10 am

arrived the office

09:20 am

continued with the modular patterns

10:00 am

everyone excepts me went to induction : new computer system for office

01:00 pm

had lunch at the office

01:10 pm

some people were sitll having the induction

02:20 pm

talked about the gym project with the team what I had done so far and what to present

02:30 pm

I presented my drawings again

02:40 pm

Yaiza presented her drawings

06:00 pm

went home

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Week 2 Day 4

date: 4 Feb 2016

Overview It was almost the last day in the office as tomorrow I would go to site visits, first with Tom and second with Christian and Sebastian so the works I had done so far were put together. With a lot of helps, I could move on to look at the interior with my mentor.

09:20 am

arrived the office

09:30 am

continued with the ideas of using different geometry to find the right modular shapes

10:20 am

talked to mentor

01:00 pm

out for lunch (Roni’s)

02:00 pm

started to finish the drawings (modular patterns)

04:00 pm

moved on the understand the interior of the modular architecture

05:30 pm

Tom’s introduction to site visit tomorrow

06:00 pm

went home, prepared for site visit

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Studio 1

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Public WC's

Shower (M) Shower (F)

Offices

Cardiovascular

Free weights

Resistance Circuit training

Waiting area

Shared area (F)

Shared area (M)

Shower (F)

Shower (M)

1 module = 4.5 sqm (48.44 sqf) 74 module = 333 sqm (3584.38 sqf)

Studio 2

Stretch area

Staff room

Too hard to put the machines inside Studio 1

Consulting room 1&2

Café and Retail

1 module = 9 sqm (96.89 sqf) 35 module = 315 sqm (3390.64 sqf)

Storage

Shared area (F)

Waiting area

Lockers (M) Lockers (F)

Stretch area

Staff room

Too rigid

Studio 2

Resistance

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Week 2 Day 5

date: 5 Feb 2016

Overview Today was the last day of work experience.

There were two site visits one in the morning and another one in the afternoon. I presented all the works at the end of the day.

09:00 am

site visit with Tom at 4 Woronzow Rd

10:30 am

finished 1st site visit

11:10 am

went to the office

11:20 am

prepared for the presentation and talked to the design team about how they would use my drawings

01:05 pm

went out for lunch

02:00 pm

continued with the works

02:45 pm

site visit with Christian and Sebastian at 48 Woodsome Rd

04:00 pm

came back from site visit and got ready for the presentation

05:30 pm

presented the works to the design team

06:10 pm

had a small party at the office and went for drinks at XO bar

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“ Work experience was more than just two weeks. It made me think of my future and I kept referring back to it. The next challenge would be how I could adapt myself quickly when I work in a different practice. �

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Site Visit 1 with Tom 4 Woronzow Rd NW8 6QE Tom was working on the rear extension project in St. John’s Wood. The whole house was being renovated on the inside.

It would be converted to a rental house.The client had bought this property and she wanted to maximise the profit.

Tom wanted to talk to the neighbour today about his project so I accompanied him to learn from the visit.

glass wall

The main job for Tom was at the rear extension where he had to make sure the glass walls on both sides of the extension were safe in case of fire.

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Tom was talking to the builder about the light that they would use for the wall. The light would run vertically to emphasise the natural light from the top

Tom decided to move a master bedroom to the opposite side and made this room on the left a bathroom instead because he told me that the master bedroom should be the nicest room in the house. This room on the left had stairs running across so he made a storage for the bathroom.

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Site Visit 2 with Christian and Sebastian

48 Woodsome Rd NW5 This was also a rear extension project. The whole house was being renovated on the inside.

The client was a couple from the US.

Builder, client and architects were discussing on the ground floor. At this point, I felt the architects were learning from the builder a lot by asking the questions.

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The builder was explaining the details of the extension to us such as what stage it was at the moment and what he would need in the next few weeks.

The rear extension would look like that the neighbour had

A builder was putting cement to the brick wall.The foundation of the house was being built.

Most of the internal structures were built.

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Maia’s comments - CV and Covering Letter “ You should tell a bit more about yourself in the CV, maybe write a small paragraph for that, not too cliche. You should let the employer know how interesting you are. “ “ It’s good you said in the covering letter that you like one of our works. I think when you’re writing either CV or the covering letter, the content should be change according to the practice you want to apply the job, don’t send them the standard one. ”

Preparing for Practice | 86 CV (first version)

Preparing for Practice | 88 CV (new version)

Preparing for Practice | 90 Introduction Letter and Covering Letter

Preparing for Practice | 92 Thank You Letter