ACCREDITED BY CABE WITH EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN AND ENGINEERING WORKING ON PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE RIBA ALONGSIDE ARCHITECTS.
RESUME / CV
EDUCATION:
BSc. ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD
SEP 2021 - JUL 2025
Completed with a First Class honours working on a various range of projects over four years ranging from structural design and constuction to architectural research, design and resolution alongside structural engineers and architects.
DIGITAL SKILLS:
3D MODELING
REVIT
RHINO 3D
SKETCHUP
OTHER SKILLS:
MODEL MAKING
MATERIAL SELECTION
DETAILING
LASER CUTTING
MATERIAL ASSEMLY
A LEVEL STUDY
XAVERIAN COLLEGE
SEP 2019 - JUL 2021
Physics helped me understand structural and spatial concepts relevant to architecture. Accounting and business developed my strategic thinking and awareness of real-world applications. Together, they shaped a balanced approach I now apply to my architectural work.
GCSE
BURNAGE ACADEMY
SEP 2014 - JUL 2019
Working on Art and Design Technology alongside academic subjects sparked my early passion for architecture. Art developed my creativity and visual communication, while Design Technology introduced me to materials, construction, and problem-solving through hands-on projects.
GRAPHICS
LUMION RENDERING
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
PRESENTATION
AUTOCAD
ADOBE INDESIGN
POWERPOINT & WORD
DRAWING
FREEHAND SKETCHING
DETAIL DRAWING
AXONOMETRIC DRAWING
DIAGRAMMING
QUALITIES
ORGANISED
IMAGINATIVE & CREATIVE
STRONG COMMUNICATION
PROBLEM SOLVING
WORK EXPERIENCE:
RESIDENTIAL EXTENSION DESIGNER
STOCKPORT PRIVATE RESIDENCE
DEC 2024 - JAN 2025
I was approached by licensed architect and university tutor Remi Phillips to contribute to a two-storey home extension in Stockport. As part of a small team, I took on the role of planner and designer, surveying the site and developing viable design solutions. The experience taught me the complexity of working with real clients, balancing their needs with practical constraints, and collaborating with professionals to bring a shared vision to life.
PART TIME MACHINERY TRADE
KM TRADERS MANCHESTER LTD
APR 2018 - PRESENT
Currently working part time in a family-owned company trading industrial machinery goods like chillers and HVAC units. Provides a knowledge of industrial machines and how they work, alongside how to deal with customers and communication in meeting their needs.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
VOLUME ZERO TREEHOUSE
MAY 2024 - AUG 2024
Worked with peers to design a sustainable treehouse, involving finding and surveying a site, alongside collaborative planning and design solving. Gained experience in pushing the extents of a brief through brainstorming a range of design resolutions with peers to provide a respected, complex yet sufficient answer, to a tiny sustainable treehouse. Awarded a participation certificate.
CONSERVATORY BUILD
MANCHESTER PERSONAL RESIDENCE
MAY 2023 - AUG 2023
Built up a small conservatory in my garden with my dad, a mechanical engineer, from installing a steel frame, to tiling floors and walls, to plastic sheeting a roof. It provided a knowledge of how to lay a concrete foundation, installing steel columns using bolts, creating a roof using sheets and installing windows and doors on a small scale for a perspective into tackling complex construction issues.
RESIDENTIAL RETROFIT
MANCHESTER PERSONAL RESIDENCE
JAN 2023 - APR 2023
Worked closely on retrofitting a residential structure with my dad,. Picked up many skills like how to make and lay concrete, tiling, laying floorboards, repairing and installing toilets alongside installing PVC windows and doors.
01. WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY
ADAPTIVE REUSE
YEAR 3, INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO
This studio centred on the adaptive reuse and extension of the Working Class Movement Library (WCML), situated on Chapel Street in the heart of Salford Crescent, Manchester. Originally constructed as a nursing home, the building was later repurposed into a publicly accessible library preserving significant artefacts and archives of working-class history, largely donated by the Salford and Greater Manchester communities.
The brief called for a dual retrofit and extension strategy for the existing 1000m² site. Students undertook a detailed measured survey, followed by the production of a comprehensive analytical report covering site context, social and historical studies, structural condition, and regulatory constraints. This research laid the groundwork for a design response that addressed both the building’s historic fabric and its potential for a more interactive experience with its archive and material.
The removal of the ground floor exposes the once hidden archive, allowing it to reconnect with the public realm. A cylindrical digital core symbolises the archive’s shift from physical to digital, anchoring the new library extension. Open ground floors across both structures enable fluid movement through activated public squares. A compressed void beneath the lifted existing structure reflects historical oppression, while the new volume is supported by a forest of columns serving as memorial pillars to reflect the resistance to war with a peace engraved facade. Together, these elements reframe the archive as a dynamic, accessible civic space and enlighten the attention and experience surrounding the library.
SECTION CUT THROUGH DATA TRANSFER TUNNEL
SITE STRATEGY
3D MODELS & PLANS
To enable access to the reconfigured Ground Floor, the existing East-facing external wall along Acton Square, a public quarter, is punctured to form a threshold facilitating horizontal movement, either across the surface into the column forest or, below, into a tunnel that intersects and rises into the same zone. A tram stop integrated along the main road supports sustainable mobility, enhancing public accessibility and embedding a community driven layer into the project
1. REMOVED GROUND FLOOR
2. EXISTING ATRIUM STAIRCASE
(EXISTING STRUCTURE)
3. FOREST OF COLUMNS (INTEGRATED STRUCTURE)
4. ACTON SQUARE (PUBLIC QUARTER)
5. METAL GRATED ROOF OF TUNNEL (INTEGRATED STRUCTURE)
6. CYLINDRICAL CORE ENTRANCE
7. BASEMENT STAIRCASE
8. FIRE ESCAPES
9. W/C
DESIGN CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
MASS MODELING
During design development, various massing concepts were explored to understand the strategy’s volume and its fit within the sites context. The removal of the existing ground floor was used to express oppression through the creation of a void beneath the preserved facade. This informed the new structure’s massing, which inverted the original library’s solid-void relationship: placing a solid base formed by a “forest” of columns below, and a symbolic aluminium facade and curtain wall void above. It was from this point the concept of integrating a tunnel was explored to show the relationship of these two structures. EXISTING STRUCTURE
USER EXPERIENCES
MONTAGES INSPIRED BY BERNARD TSCHUMI
BARRIER REMOVAL ALONG EASTERN PUBLIC QUARTER
OPRESSED REMOVED GROUND FLOOR SPACE
FOREST OF COLUMNS
EXHIBITION SPACE
TRANSFER TUNNEL
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
DETAILING
KEY CONNECTION OF REUSE
DETAIL THROUGH KEY CONNECTION (REMOVED GROUND FLOOR INTO TUNNEL)
SECTION THROUGH TUNNEL (CONNECTION)
VIEW
TRENCH HEATER
- Incorporated within mixed mode ventilation strategy to allow for heat transfer from highly insulated glazing
OPAQUE FACADE ALONG FLOORS
Consisting of:
- 30mm acoustically attenuated louvres to allow for natural ventilation when outdoor temperature is desirable
- 60mm Kooltherm K112 vertical insulation to prevent thermal bridging
- Supported by steel bracket from above and below floor
DEAD LOAD BRACKET
WIND RESTRAINT
DOUBLE LAYERED FACADE
Consisting of:
- Aluminum box section rings with white coating
- Supported by dead load brackets and wind restraints
- Extending out 220mm from Aluminum curtain wall consisting of high performance glazing with black powder coat
- Integrated to create void narrative in entire facade wall with extended Aluminum facade representing peace
COLUMN CONNECTION
Consisting of:
- 200x200 Glulam column with steel plate and bolted connection plate connecting to 260mm concrete floor slab
- 200x200 Glulam column connected to OSB board supported by Steel knife plate connector 60mm from plywood floor finish
SECOND FLOOR (DIGITAL ARCHIVE)
Consisting of:
- 12mm plywood floor finish,
- 18mm OSB board,
- 50mm acoustic cavity,
- 150mm Kooltherm K112 thermal insulation,
- Vapour control layer,
- 160mm triple layered CLT,
- 20mm acoustic tiling for sound absorption
- 20mm open cell rafted ceiling suspending down 80mm for ventilation strategy
- Supported by 240x320mm spruce Glulam beam
- Connected to 200x200 Glulam column
ACCESSIBLE COLUMN (CONCRETE)
- One of the many columns within the exhibition space where this one allows users to enter and material will be displayed around them
FIRST FLOOR (EXHIBITION SPACE)
Consisting of:
- 12mm plywood floor finish,
- 18mm OSB board,
- 50mm acoustic cavity,
- 150mm Kooltherm K112 thermal insulation,
- Vapour control layer,
- 260mm low carbon mixed concrete
- Supported by 280x280mm reinforced concrete column
FOREST OF COLUMNS (STONE)
- Columns which vary in size, some at seating level and some which run up to the first floor slab representing memorial pillars
- Columns do not physically connect although, they give the impression that they do
DETAIL THROUGH COLUMN EXHIBIT
(FIRST FLOOR EXTRUDED FROM GROUND)
PROJECT SKETCHES
DESIGN CONCEPTS & DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN CONCEPT
02. TREE HOUSE 2024
SUSTAINABLE TREEHOUSE HOME
VOLUME ZERO, OPEN COMPETITION
An open competition hosted by Volume Zero where the brief was to design a sustainable tree home holding only 30m² of floor area for two individuals. Taking part in the competition to design a 30m² sustainable tree home on a self-selected site was a valuable learning experience. It explored spatial efficiency, lightweight materials, and passive design strategies. Working within strict constraints encouraged creativity and helped to better understand the relationship between architecture and nature. The project strengthened skills in sustainable design and deepened the appreciation for how limitations can drive innovation.
In response to the brief, a forested hillside beside Lake Louise, Canada, was selected for its strong connection to nature and panoramic views. The design, inspired by a shell, integrates into the landscape with a central tree piercing through a cylindrical core, supported by timber columns embedded in the slope. With 30m² of internal space, the scheme embraced minimalism, incorporating essential functions, sleeping, working, and washing, while fostering a retreat-like atmosphere. The ribbed structural form echoed a shell’s interior, with strategically placed openings framing views of the lake, mountain ranges, and footpaths below, strengthening the occupant’s bond with the environment.
