Curriculum Vitae
Samuel Rees
Contact
email: rees.samuel@gmail.com
phone: +45 31 31 73 28
References
Victor Julebæk
The Royal Danish Academy. victor.julebaek@kglakademi.dk
Karsten Gori
Leth & Gori. kg@lethgori.dk
Work experience - architecture 2022 - 2023
Junior architect at Leth & Gori, Copenhagen. S ite measurements, renderings, project drawings, competition proposals, co-ordination with contractors.
Work experience - other 2022 - present
Producer at Equinox Festival, Copenhagen. Project management, budgetting, grant writing and graphic design for an international classical music festival.
2019
Canal tour guide at Hey Captain, Copenhagen.
2014 - 2019
Ballet dancer at the Royal Danish Ballet.
Education
2023 - 2025 (expected graduation June 2025)
The Royal Danish Academy, School of Architecture. Master’s degree “Cultural Heritage, Transformation and Restoration”.
2024
Exchange at Kyoto Institute of Technology. Studies of traditional Japanese townhouses.
2019 - 2022
The Royal Danish Academy, School of Architecture. Bachelor’s degree in architecture.
2011 - 2014
The Royal Ballet School, London. A-level maths, biology, french, music A*, A*, A, B.
Other skills
IT
AutoCAD, Rhino, V-Ray, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Revit, Archicad, Leica Field.
Languages English (native), Danish/Scandinavian (near native), French & Dutch (fluent), Japanese (conversational).
Børsen (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
In 2024 one of Copenhagen’s last renaissance buildings burnt down. Our brief was to propose a reconstruction based on archaeological surveys and archival studies.
School project, autumn 2024 with Kristine Nissen and Carolina Jernberg
Børsen (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
Burn site with destroyed timber structure
Børsen (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
Study of surviving roof structure and repairs
Section drawings, original scale 1:10
Børsen (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
Reinterpretation of load-bearing structure and facades Cross section, original scale 1:10
Børsen (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
Reinterpretation of timber structure in first floor spaces
Rendering (Rhino, V-Ray, Photoshop)
Børsen (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
Reinterpretation of facades with clay blocks, render, and new sandstone elements
Section and elevation, original scale 1:10
Børsen (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
Reconstruction and reinterpretation of street-level spaces
Rendering (Rhino, V-Ray, Photoshop)
Børsen (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
Reconstruction of burn site
Longitudinal section, original scale 1:50
Apartments in Islands Brygge, Copenhagen
For this school project we were asked to reinterpret a traditional Copenhagen apartment block. We created double units with shared terraces to accommodate multigenerational families.
School project, spring 2021 with Emma Ejeskär
Apartments in Islands Brygge, Copenhagen
Organisation of city block
Model, scale 1:200
Apartments in Islands Brygge, Copenhagen
Double apartment layout
Floorplan, original scale 1:50
Apartments in Islands Brygge, Copenhagen
Interior of studio apartment
Model, scale 1:20
Amager Substation
The brutalist Amager Substation was designed by the Danish architect H.C. Hansen in 1962. Our brief was to transform the empty personnel wing to a public cultural building, which involed reinterpreting the uninsulated facades full of PCB chemicals and asbestos
School project, autumn 2023
Amager Substation
Existing non-insulated and PCB contaminated facade
Isometric drawing, original scale 1:50
Amager Substation
Transformation of ground floor entrance area
Plan, original scale 1:50
Amager Substation
Entrance hall and custom font
Rendering (Rhino, Enscape, Photoshop)
Amager Substation
Insulation and reinterpretation of facade
Section drawing, original scale 1:5
Amager Substation
Removal of PCB contaminated concrete, addition of new windows and insulation Rendering (Rhino, Enscape, Photoshop)
Maison de l’Usine, Orpierre
We travelled to a village in France to document a threatened medieval townhouse for the NGO Urgences Patrimoines.
School project, autumn 2023 with my classmates
Maison de l’Usine, Orpierre
Surveys using 3D point cloud, total station, laser levels and manual measurements Cross section, original scale 1:50
Leth and Gori Architects
I worked for 18 months as a junior architect at the Copenhagen firm Leth and Gori. During that time we won a competition for a new theatre and concert hall in Varde. I took part in the sketching process and produced the final section drawings.
2022 - 2023
Varde Theatre and Concert Hall
Competition proposal for a new theatre in Denmark with Leth and Gori
Rendering and section drawings, original scale 1:100
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semester in Kyoto
I spent 5 months at Kyoto Institute of Technology studying the city’s traditional houses and streetscapes that are threatened by economic development. The brief was to conserve a threatened site and simultaneously fulfil the often-required 300% floor area ratio.
Spring 2024
Kyomachiya 京町家
Addition to a Kyoto townhouse at 300% floor area ratio
Elevation, plan and section, original scale 1:100 立面図 平面図 断面図
Existing volumes
Added street volumes in Machiya and Kura scale
Added volume in courtyard
Voids and paths
Kyomachiya 京町家
Repair of a Kyoto street corner
Isometric diagram
Citizens’ Hall in Thorshavn, Faroe Islands
My bachelor’s thesis project was a public hall and geological museum in the centre of the Faroese capital. My main reference was Jørn Utzon’s writing and sketches on platforms and plateaus.
School project, autumn 2021
Citizens’ Hall in Thorshavn
Entrance hall
Rendering (Rhino, V-Ray, Photoshop)
Citizens’ Hall in Thorshavn
Monumental staircase and thoroughfare
Elevation, basement plan and longitudinal section, original scale 1:200
Citizens’ Hall in Thorshavn
Addition to urban landscape
Model and collage, scale 1:200
Nannberga
Nannberga is a summer cottage by the Swedish firm General Architecture. Our brief was to build an exact copy of a portion of the house’s interior. We chose the top of the staircase and lining of insulation.
School project, autumn 2020 with Carolina Jernberg and Tone Karlsen
