Part 1 Architectural Assistant Portfolio

Contents

Curriculum Vitae

1. Perimeter Courtyard Development. Studio Sergison, USI

2. Food Exchange Centre. Stage 3 (First semester only)

3. Renovation of Bo’ness Library. Stage 2 Project

4. Restoration of Fairfield Farm. Stage 1 Project

5. Mining Renfrew Street. Studio Practises

Stephen Douglas

Part 1 Architectural Assistant

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Details

Email: Stephendouglas94@outlook.com

LinkedIn: /in/stephen-douglas-50208327b/

Num: +447557685201

Address: 0/1 33 Brisbane Street, Glasgow. G42 9HZ

am an aspiring architect studying at the Glasgow School of Art, seeking employment as a Part 1 Architectural Assistant. With 6 years of academic experience, I have developed skills in several different architectural software, and other practical skills along the way. Though this have learned how to adapt and learn quickly, and have the ability to pick up new kills easily and quickly. Starting my architectural career at NC level and working up to Bachelor level, I have developed a wide education and a very commitment work ethic. Through studying in 3 different academic institutions, including abroad, I have developed excellent communication skills, the ability to work efficiently while knowing my role in a team and have practical quick thinking problem solving skills.

Education + Experience

NC

Skills

Built Environment, C Glasgow College

2017-2018

Architectural Software

-Revit

-AutoCad

-Rhino

HND

-Enscape

Editing Software

Architectural Technology, City of Glasgow College

2018-2019 A

2019-2020 A

Bachelor of Architecture (Hons.)

Glasgow School of Art

2020-Present

Bachelor of Architecture Exchange Semester

USI Università della Svizzera italiana

Feb-July 2023

Winner

GSA Degree Show Sustainability Award

Project: Mining Renfrew Street

Summer Internship

Aitken Turnbull Architects

10 Week Internship Summer 2018

-Photoshop

-InDesign

-Illustrator

-Lightroom

Other Softwares

-Microsoft Office

-Adobe Acrobat

Other Skills

-Model Making

-Hand Drafting Technical Drawings

-Lazer Cutting

-Sketching

1. Courtyard Preimeter Blocks Antwerp, Belgium

Brief Perimeter Courtyard Blocks

This project focuses on the perimeter block with many courtyards. The given sight is just north of central Antwerp in an industrial area of the city. The site is on an island, containing mostly industrial units. The full island is to be considered as a tabula rasa, to build high density housing for approximately 10,000 people.

Strategy Design Approach + Precedents

In order to approach the design for this project, we set out rules for the design to follow.

1 Have the blocks orientation follow the axis of the site, and avoid - to as reasonable a degree as possible- façades fully north facing.

2 .For each block to have a connection with the water and / or a green-space. This included cutting out the site to bring the water deeper in, while reusing the ground to landscape the courtyards.

3. For the interior of the courtyards to have a large contrast with the regular streets. The urban streets to have a clean and organised feel, with a far more vibrant and communal feel to the interior courtyards.

1. View From Island

2. Existing Buildings on Island

1. Complex Shift Architecture, Houthaven

2. Adolf Loos, Wien

3. Hornbaekhaus, Kay Fisker 3.

Strategy Plan

1. Initial Sketch

2. Align the Axis

3. Access To Water + Green Space

4. Density + Contrast Within Courtyards

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Section Through Block 1.500

Brief Food Exchange Centre

The purpose of this project is to build a communityled food exchange centre to a more neglected area of Glasgow. The centre will have a teaching kitchen, a main area for exchange, markets, events, and accommodation for students and teachers.

The centre is placed right on the canal in Port Dundas, with the intention to have produce both brought in and exported from the Centre via canals.

GLASGOW

Strategy Design Approach + Precedents

The first few weeks of this semester required us to partake in a precedent study with a selected building, and use that building to influence the design of the centre. Our chosen building was Alvar Aalto’s Town Hall.The key features of Aalto’s work which was incorporated into this project were:

1. The separation between the commercial, domestic and council buildings.

2. The courtyard of the project creating a tranquil garden. The final design utilises the existing belt of trees on the site to create one ‘wall’ of the courtyard.

3. The form of the proposal makes reference to Aalto’s tower by having the building’s accommodation housed within a tower-house.

1. Approach Along Canal

2. Existing Wall Ruins

3. View Across Site

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1. Säynätsalo Town Hall, Alvar Aalto

2. Mixed Use Architecture, AIM Architecture

3. Säynätsalo Town Hall Courtyard, Alvar Aalto 3.

View: Courtyard + Growing Garden

1. Isometric of Skeletal Structure

2. Exploded Isometric of Tower House

3. Exploded Isometric of Main Exchange Building

4. Exploded Isometric of Learning Kitchen

Facade: Brick Cladding and Relationship with Existing Ruin Wall

Section Detail: Steel Frame Structure Through Tower

Brief Restoration of Bo’ness Library

The town of Bo’ness has seen better times, from being a formally useful industrial port town. Currently, the town is in need of an injection of life and community, to keep locals within the town walls and to not loose its population to the nearby cities of Edinburgh and Falkirk.

The renovation of Bo’ness Library is a project which intends to bring a sense of destination and community to this town. A place where locals can meet, connect and enjoy. The aim is to provide Bo’ness with a cultural hub that can host events alike and provide locals with a place to enjoy that doesn’t require leaving the town.

BO’NESS

1. Approach to Existing Library

2. Approach Inside Scotland’s Close

3. Inside Bo’ness Library

Strategy Design Approach + Precedents

The initial feeling when arriving inside Bo’ness library is one that is dark, crammed and old fashioned. The aims of the design are to open the space up, bring in lots more light and create a multi-functional open space.

1. Initially the roof of the existing building is to be removed, to make way for one which lets in far more light and reaches higher, creating a feeling of more space. Demolition to some existing partition walls will also open up the space.

2. Extending and adding to the existing structural beams, the roof will have arched vaults at the top, which extent down to the floor and become the full wall length and height bookshelves.

3. A new extension from the existing form is created, this is to catch the eye of pedestrians to the sight (while remaining sensitive to the existing building and surroundings) and also creating a new entrance to the building with a far more open and bright space, and with improved accessibility routes.

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1. Brick Addition, Noji Architects

2. 77 Washington Workspace, Worrell Yeung Architects

3. Timber-Roofed Restaurant, Behive Architecture

Brief

Fair Field Farm Restoration

Glasgow, and in particular the areas between the centre and the south, is a city awash with derelict buildings. Many are listed buildings with demolition blocked and no parties willing to re-purpose. Fair Field Farm, located within Elder Park, is one such sight. The aim behind this project is to restore the Farmhouse and the site to be a usable and useful area within the community.

GLASGOW

Strategy Design Approach + Precedents

The initial sight visit for this project showed just how poor condition the original building is, and also the surrounding area of the site. The site is completely blocked off to pedestrians and is deemed hazardous. The proposal for the renovation of this project is dissected into stages.

1. Remove hazardous and unsafe elements of the existing structure, and replace with upgraded and modern alternatives. The roof will be replaced by a rusted metal sheet, taken from recycled boats from the nearby shipyards in a nod to the site’s history.

2. Re-landscape the rest of the site, not to be closed off, but to be an extension of Elder Park, so that the site and park have a seamless connection.

3. Renovate the usage of the building to allow for library, gallery and event spaces. Seated stairs, similar to bleachers with bookshelves incorporated, are proposed for the interior. With the side building’s previous roof competently removed and turned into terrace seating, with a view out to the park and the local area.

1. Front Facade Condition

2. Site Area Fenced Off

3. Back Facade Condition

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1. Gastronomy School, Pueblo Garzon

2. Panorama House, Moon Hoon

3. Espal Santa Gironella , Carles Enrich

Renfrew Street Mining B12

The Savoy Centre & Clockwise Offices

Presented is a 1:200 scale physical model, material blocks indicating quantity and two artefacts exploring characteristics of the brutalist savoy centre. Materials and parts were analysed and potenial proposals shown in feasibility section.

Materials and Parts Results:

Feasibility:

Instead of mining the whole building we believe that to truly recycle the building, parts could be kept. Initially we thought that keeping the structure and demolishing the facade then building around that skeleton could be implemented. In doing research we found concrete can become stronger through compression and that there were many tower blocks currently being demolished wasting energy. Our idea is to use these structures, upcycle them, and add them to the savoy centre.