Dublin School of Architecture
ARCHITECTURE Orla O’Donnell - Design Portfolio
ORLA O’DONNELL ARCHITECTURE + URBAN DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2015 Dublin School of Architecture, DIT Bachelor of Architecture
ORLA O’DONNELL
086-0766959 orlaodonnell91@gmail.com
ARCHITECTURE STUDENT
INTRODUCTION
SOFTWARE SKILLS
I have completed four years of a five year bachelor of Architecture degree program at Dublin School of Architecture. Last year, I took a year out from my studies to gain experience in professional practice. I spent twelve months living and travelling in Asia and acquiring experience in two very different practices, one small emerging practice and a large intercontinental firm in Seoul, South Korea.
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Aside from architecture other personal interests include cycling, art, photography, reading and travel.
WORK AVAILABILITY| From 04 May 2015
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EXPERIENCE JUNGLIM Architecture, South Korea| February 2014 - July 2014 (5 Months) International Projects Department Intern -
Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator AutoCad Vectorworks Rhinoceros Vray Microsoft Office Suite Cost X
OTHER SKILLS LANGUAGE
JOHO Architecture, South Korea | August 2013 - February 2014 (7 Months) Architect Intern -
English | Native Language Irish | Proficient French | Conversational Korean |Basic
Ailtireacht Architects, Dublin | May 2012 - September 2012 (3 Months) Architectural Intern
ORGANISATIONAL
Irish Architecture Foundation | Oct 2011 + Oct 2012 Open House Dublin Architecture Festival Volunteer
EDUCATION Secondary School| Mount Sackville Secondary School | 2004 - 2010 University| Dublin School of Architecture , Bolton Street, Dublin | Sept 2010 - Present Bachelor of Architecture
Dublin School of Architecture End of Year Show Assistant Coordinator| March 2015- May2015 - Planning of exhibition layout, assembly of exhibition, production of promotional material, production of graphic design maps and brochures for event opening night. Treasurer of Architectural Student Association - College Society| (Sept 2012 - June 2013) - Book-keeping, event budgeting, posting account records to university societies office, responsibility of society cash flow Architectural Student Association Event Coordinator| (Sept 2011 - June 2013) - Organising student workshops, college lecture series, social events, publication booklets - Lead organizer of Dublin School of Architecture Black Tie Ball 2012 + 2013, an annual event attended by over 250 Architecture students and lecturers.
CONTENTS
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Sustainable Living
Working Life
Independent Living Community
Timber Frame Housing, Waterford City| -
Waterford City Sports + Health Centre| -
Sheltered Housing|
The objective was to design a timber frame housing scheme for families and elderly people within Waterford’s Viking Triangle. The project was to ensure minimal environmental impact.
Working alongside the IDA, the objective here was to explore the workplace in modern day Ireland and the quality of these spaces at an individual, communal and social level. It was important to consider how a building for employment can shape the cities in which they are located and the lives of the people that live there.
The choice of typology examined as part of my third year dissertation project evolved from the current issue of the lack of suitable facilities for independent living amongst elderly citizens in Ireland.
April 2015
There was a particular emphasis on sustainability, tectonics and universal design. Flexible design and adaptability had a key influence on the concept.
December 2014
Architectural concepts considered through idea, building and process.
were place,
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May 2013
This scheme aims to provide a community which offers varying degrees of care, permitting elderly couples to live within the same community despite requiring different levels of care.
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Timberframe Construction Study
Urban Rooms of Northern Italy
A Primitive Study
Photography
Murray Grove, London|
Piazza Mercanti, Milan|
Newgrange Passage Tomb|
A Selection of Photographs|
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At nine storeys, Murray Grove is one of the world’s tallest modern timber constructed residential buildings. It is constructed from CLT panels from the first floor upwards. The load bearing walls and floor slabs as well as stair and lift cores are constructed entirely from timber.
As part of a three year study on the medieval European square typology carried out by the Dublin School of Architecture, the objective here was to investigate a series of squares in Northern Italy.
The objective of this project was to study the aesthetic and construction of a primitive typology. My area of investigation was the prehistoric tumulus at Newgrange dating from c.3200BC.
The precise fraction of a second we choose to freeze, will be the memory that is associated with a particular time and place, the perception that becomes etched into our consciousness.
An analysis of the space of the Piazza Mercanti in the centre of Milan was carried out through a collection of drawings and a 1:100 model study.
The monument primarily consists of a large mound, built of alternating layers of earth and stones with a passage chamber at the centre lined with orthotstats.
The photograph, a crucial tool of spontaneity, in time teaches us to see and perceive the world without a camera.
January 2015
The process of building in prefabricated timber is fast, the entire building was completed within nine weeks.
September 2012
March 2011
Ongoing
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SUSTAINABLE LIVING| TIMBER FRAME HOUSING WATERFORD CITY
The objective was to design a timber frame housing scheme for families and elderly people within Waterford’s Viking Triangle. The project was to ensure minimal environmental impact. There was a particular emphasis on sustainability, tectonics and universal design. Flexible design and adaptability had a key influence on the concept..
The scheme sits upon a concrete plinth which creates a datum along which you rise as you reach the top of exchange street. Withing the plinth is the carparking for the aparmtents as well as the basement/ street entrance level of the four timber townhouses which sit upon the plint overlooking the street, The scheme consists of a series of apartments designed specifically for elderly people and families. Rather than creating a set of different apartment layouts to suit each of the demographics, the apartments are designed to allow maximum flexibility and adaptability over time. This is achieved through the construction technique, the utilisation of Glulam post and beam for apartment layout where spaces may be required to change over time and partition walls may be added or removed, CLT is used where the space is fixed in service areas and stair cores. There is a community aspect to this scheme, the artisan food market, which rises up out of the plinth at the top of exchange street defining a hard edge to the corner of the site. The market hall opens directly onto the courtyard which is a public space, and permits the stalls to spill out into the courtyard on weekends. The circulation cores are key to the scheme and their design is manipulated to allow them to become inhabitable light wells, where the stairs is pushed to the back from the first floor upwards, creating small communal living rooms which look down onto the courtyard.
Large Scale City Map of Waterford_Main shopping District, Viking Triangle, Walking Distances + Bus Services
Courtyard Level Plan_Market Hall, GF Townhouses, GF Apartment Block
Weekday Local Market
Weekend Local Market
LOCAL FOOD MARKET| WEEKEND Bay Detail of Market Hall + Apartments Above
Exploded Axonometric of Glass Circulation Core, Illustrating Communal Shared Space Overlooking Market
Exploded Axonometric of Townhouse Construction
Ground Floor One Bed Apartment_Bathroom overlooking bamboo patio
Ground Floor One Bed Apartment_Dining + Living with Sliding partition open to Bedroom
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WORKING LIFE|
WATERFORD SPORTS + HEALTH CENTRE WATERFORD CITY
Working alongside the IDA, the objective here was to explore the workplace in modern day Ireland and the quality of these spaces at an individual, communal and social level. It was important to consider how a building for employment can shape the cities in which they are located and the lives of the people that live there.
The objective of the scheme was to be a positive and regenerative addition the local community. An initial key concern was to embrace the existing local community gardens which exist on the site and are heavily used by the community for events such as drama workshops, night time concerts, basket weaving workshops, family fun days etc. The concept behind the health and sports centre was to draw the existing garden up through the scheme to street level via a large top lit public atrium. The atrium boasts large open spaces which can be used freely by the public and compliment the activity space of the community garden, allowing events that would normally take place there continue regardless of weather conditions. The Health Centre and Sports centre each open up off either side of the public atrium. The scheme consists of four primary anchoring volumes; the large sports hall, the medium sports hall, the swimming pool and the atrium. The position of these volumes on the site inform the consequential programming. The swimming pool volume is actually located on the health centre side of the atrium, as it is sunken to overlook the parkland. There is also an access route to the pool from the health centre for uses such as occupation and physiotherapy requirements.
Public Atrium
Commercial
Walking Distance
Residential
Main Pedestrian Routes to City Centre
Industrial
Development Plan Pedestrian Bridge
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5 Mins
Flood Plain
Bus Stop
Main Shopping Area
Project Site
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Waterford City Site C_Location Analysis Scale_1:2500 PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
Existing Community Garden_New Street Gardens
Medical Centre Reception + Waiting Area
Large Sports Hall
Section AA_Street Level, Atrium, Community Garden
Section BB_Medical Centre, Atrium, Sports Centre
Section CC_Medical Centre, Swimming Pool, Community Garden
01|Waterford Sports + Medical Centre Sports Hall, Changing Rooms, Swimming Pool
02|Waterford Sports + Medical Centre
Public Atrium, Medical Centre, Sports Centre Staff Quarters
03|Waterford Sports + Medical Centre Medical Centre 2nd Floor
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INDEPENDENT LIVING COMMUNITY| SHELTERED HOUSING CORK CITY
The choice of typology examined as part of my third year dissertation project evolved from the current issue of the lack of suitable facilities for independent living amongst elderly citizens in Ireland. This scheme aims to provide a community which offers varying degrees of care, permitting elderly couples to live within the same community despite requiring different levels of care.
The Site
1:200 Model study of Proposed Design
Ground Floor Plan
Dining Hall Interior
Independent Living Unit overlooking parkland
Park Elevation
Street Elevation
Threshold was the most important consideration from the conceptual stage of the design process. It was important to instill a sense of security and safety within the elderly residents, but also to provide them with a sense of freedom and independence. Assisted living residents are all located at the focal point of the scheme in private rooms located above the community facilities. Independent residents each have their own front door along a newly created public street reinforcing the idea that these residents are not part of a nursing home type facility, but rather are still very much integrated members of the wider community. The private parkland of the complex makes up the communal back garden which all residents share and all houses look out onto. Each resident shares an entrance threshold with his or her neighbour, and at the back of each unit, they share a private outdoor space threshold with the neighbour living the other side of them. There was a strong emphasis on promotion of community interaction and socializing amongst residents.
Threshold Analysis Diagram
Central Communal Coutyard
Entrance to Scheme from Street
Community Facilites Exploded Axonometric
Dining Hall Section Detail
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TIMBERFRAME CONSTRUCTION| MURRAY GROVE, LONDON Waugh Thistleton Architects, LONDON, UK
At nine storeys, Murray Grove is one of the world’s tallest modern timber constructed residential buildings. It is constructed from CLT panels from the first floor upwards. The load bearing walls and floor slabs as well as stair and lift cores are constructed entirely from timber. The process of building in pre-fabricated timber is fast, the entire building was completed within nine weeks.
Floor Plan Type A_Twin Core_GF-3F
Floor Plan Type A_Twin Core_GF-3F
Floor Plate Arrangement
Floor Plan Type A_Twin Core_GF-3F
Floor Plan Type A_Twin Core_GF-3F
Floor Plan Type B_Single Core_4F-8F
Ground Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Fourth Floor
Fifth Floor
Sixth Floor
Seventh Floor
Eighth Floor
Ninth Floor
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URBAN ROOMS of NORTHERN ITALY| PIAZZA MERCANTI , MILAN MILAN, ITALY
As part of a three year study on the medieval European square typology carried out by the Dublin School of Architecture, the objective here was to investigate a series of squares in Northern Italy. An analysis of the space of the Piazza Mercanti in the centre of Milan was carried out through a collection of drawings and a 1:100 model study.
Plan + Folded Elevations of Piazza Mercanti
Space and Light Study| 1:100 Piazza Model
Space and Light Study| 1:100 Piazza Model
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A PRIMITIVE STUDY|
NEWGRANGE PASSAGE TOMB MEATH, IRELAND
The objective of this project was to study the aesthetic and construction of a primitive typology. My area of investigation was the prehistoric tumulus at Newgrange dating from c.3200BC. The monument primarily consists of a large mound, built of alternating layers of earth and stones with a passage chamber at the centre lined with orthotstats.
Newgrange Passage Plan
Kerbstone 52, Newgrange
Newgrange Passage Section
Plan View of Newgrange Tumulus
Birdeye View of Newgrange Tumulus
Newgrange Tumulus Before excavation
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PHOTOGRAPHY|
A SELECTION of PHOTOGRAPHS Various Locations
The precise fraction of a second we choose to freeze, will be the memory that is associated with a particular time and place, the perception that becomes etched into our consciousness. The photograph, a crucial tool of spontaneity, in time teaches us to see and perceive the world without a camera.
Venice Biennale| 2012
“For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.� Henri Cartier-Bresson
Beneath Rialto Bridge , Venice| 2012
Top of Burj Khalifa, Dubai| 2014
Namsan Summit, Seoul| 2013
“We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.” Stephen R. Covey
Sean O’Casey Bridge, Dublin| 2012
Seomun Market, Daegu City, South Korea| 2013
Military Training, Chungju, South Korea| 2014
Ancient Khmer Stone Carvings, Cambodia| 2014
Khmer Empire Temple Ruins, Angkor Thom, Cambodia| 2014
“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.� Ansel Adams
Modern Day Phnom Krom, Cambodia| 2014
ORLA O’DONNELL| 2015