Architectural Portfolio - Ryan Western

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About Me

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Curriculum vitae Selected Works

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Misc

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An Architectural thesis T h e H a n d o f t h e E n g r a v e r

5th year ~ 2019

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ABOUT ME I am an architectural graduate from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. I have a passion for the relationship between New Zealand’s vivid landscapes and the architecture that sits within. For the last three years at U n i v e r s i t y, I s p e n t t h e s u m m e r p e r i o d a t Novak+Middleton Architects. After studies, I have continued gaining valuable practice experience on a range of differing project typologies within the Novak+Middleton studio.

I also have a passion for vivid landscapes. Whether mountain biking, skiing, anything with

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spending time in our it be camping, hiking, surfing or golfing fresh air!

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Ryan Western

Victoria University of Wellington

Wellington _ NZ

Mobile _ +64 278447103

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Email _ rwestern5@gmail.com

E D U C AT I O N

2018-2019_Victoria University of Wellington_ School of Architecture V U W M A r c h ( P r o f ) w i t h M e r i t

2015-2017_Victoria University of Wellington_ School of Architecture

Bachelor of Architectural Studies

2012 - 2014 _Scots College, Wellington, New Zealand

NCEA level 3(merit), level 2(excellence) level 1(excellence)

+ PRACTICE EMPLOYMENT

Nov 2019 - current n o v a k + m i d d l e t o n

Architectural Graduate Position

Nov 2018 - Feb 2019 n o v a k + m i d d l e t o n

Summer Architectural Graduate Position

Nov 2017- Feb 2018

novak+middleton

Summer Architectural Graduate Position

+ COMPETITION

2019 - Finalist

New Zealand Institute of Architects Student Design Awards.

2017 - Finalist

Victoria University of Wellington_ Urban Design Competition

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P U B L I C AT I O N S

2021 - Asylum Per review Journal - The Hand of the Engraver C o A u t h o r w i t h D a n i e l B r o w n ( t h e s i s s u p e r v i s o r )

2021 - Architecture Drawing Magazine C o n t e x t u a l P r o v o c a t i o n s b y D a n i e l K B r o w n - t h e s i s + g r a p h i c r e f e r e n c e d

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Instagram _ @rwestern.architecture A d d i t i o n a l Wo r k _ w w w. i s s u u . c o m / r y a n w e s t e r n L i n k e d I n _ w w w. l i n k e d i n . c o m / i n / r y a n - w e s t e r n - 7 3 5 8 8 a 1 4 b /

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ACADEMIC TEACHING

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SKILLS

2019 - Victoria University of Wellington

Tu t o r _ 3 11 A r c h i t e c t u r a l D e s i g n I n t e g r a t i o n

Course Coordinator - Daniel K Brown

archicad a u t o c a d i l l u s t r a t o r i n d e s i g n p h o t o s h o p r e v i t r h i n o S k e t c h u p V - R a y T w i n m o t i o n M o d e l m a k i n g

+ PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

2 0 1 6 – 2 0 1 9 S u n d a y w e e k l y

The Golf Studio, retail assistant

Responsible for the upkeep of the pro-shop,

r e s p o n d i n g t o c u s t o m e r q u e r i e s a n d s a l e s

within Miramar Golf Course for club members

and the public.

Nov 2014 - Feb 2015

Nov 2015 - Feb 2016

Nov 2016 - Feb 2017

Miramar Golf Club, Greenkeeper

general upkeep and maintenance of 18-hole g o l f c o u r s e .

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REFERENCES

A v a i l a b l e o n r e q u e s t 7

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A R C H I T E C T U R E D R AW I N G MAGAZINE DESCRIPTION ( W O R K F E AT U R E D ) “This AD is a survey of some of the best contemporary architecture student work in the world. The most forward-looking architecture schools worldwide are reinventing pedagogy in the hope of developing radical syllabi that are a rich mix of the virtual and the actual.

Design education is changing and adapting to compensate for the new material changes to the discipline, and is being used to disentangle old, outmoded spatial practices and replace them with new paradigms of space and representation.

This issue showcases the students and teachers who are pushing the envelope of architecture in extraordinary ways, offering their insights i n t o i t s f u t u r e m a t e r i a l i t y a n d s p a t i a l d e x t e r i t y.

It premieres a new young generation of architects who are likely to become names in the architectural profession and possibly important teachers themselves.”

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An Architectural Thesis The Hand of the Engraver The site for this investigation is an abandoned strip-mining site in Central Otago – Quartz Point Reef, which appears so violated that it has lost all apparent means of restoration or reuse. This thesis proposes that by building upon these scars rather than ignoring or hiding them, architecture can resurrect place identity for such sites.

These scars are the lessons for future generations. Rather than removing all traces of fledgling dystopias, architecture can invite such traces to actively participate in the story of their future.

Located on the threshold between fiction and nonfiction, this thesis engages a scarred landscape as a contextual setting to mine physical and ephemeral characteristics, from the points of view of the engraver and the p h i l o s o p h e r, d r i v i n g d e s i g n o u t c o m e s that help to fundamentally unveil the narratives of its contextual setting.

The thesis draws parallels between the deep scratches on a copper etching plate that unveil a story and the deep scars of the severely damaged Quartz Reef Point landscape that represent i t s o n g o i n g s t o r y. T h e ‘ H a n d o f t h e Engraver’ is used as an allegory for the further discovery of unexpected architectural outcomes.

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This project is a thoughtful response to the despoliation of a remote region by the extractive i n d u s t r i a l i s t s o f l a s t c e n t u r y. R y a n uses the analogy of engraving – a skill he has recently acquired and has engagingly deployed on this project – to illustrate the disastrous effects of the large-scale scarring of a landscape. Again, this is a scheme that forces viewers, or possibly visitors, to reflect on the damage we have done to the earth. A pleasure of the project is the evident delight of its author in the craft of making objects.

NZIA Judging Pannel

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