Alex Hobday Portfolio by alexhobday

Alex Hobday Portfolio RIBA/ARB Part II

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Academic Year 5 MArch Thesis: New Northern Frontiers PgDip Thesis: Possible Orkney

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Year 4 Bath House

Young Persons Hospice

Professional Dualchas Architects

Smith Scott Mullan Associates

Alex Hobday 24.12.86

Glasgow alex.hobday.ah@gmail.com

Education __________________________________________

Employment __________________________________________

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 09.12 - 09.13 MArch with distinction - Advanced Architectural Design

Dualchas Architects / HebHomes Part II Architectural Assistant

Masters Thesis New Northern Frontiers - looking at the future of productive landscapes and seascapes in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, through research, mapping and consulting with other professional disciplines. Producing provocative polemic scenarios and illustrations of a future Scotland.

Maple Cottage extension and renovation - Kirkwall, Orkney Uig Hostel renovation - Uig, Isle of Skye Our Island Home - Rural Housing Scotland competition (shortlisted) Perring House - Melvaig, Gairloch, Ross-shire Birken House - Glendale, Ardnamuchan Bird Hide - Kiloran, Isle of Colonsay

Diploma Thesis Possible Orkney - presented at Scottish Parliament event for discussion. Imagining Orkney as a new northern network city. (A+DS Urban Design Award Nomination) Universita degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome 02.10 - 07.10 Erasmus Exchange University of Strathclyde, Glasgow BSc Hons - Architectural Studies

09.07 - 07.12

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow BEng - Civil Engineering

09.04 - 07.07

Smith Scott Mullan Associates Part I Architectural Assistant

10.13 - present

08.10 - 08.11

Kings Theatre refurbishment - Edinburgh Stirling Castle Ticket Office - Stirling Royal Botanic Gardens East Gate Glassshouse - Edinburgh Gracemount Housing - Edinburgh Halcrow 07.07 - 09.07 Student Engineer

Awards __________________________________________

Skills __________________________________________

2013 2013 2008

Everyday use of Vectorworks Diagramming Autocad Print publishing Vray Preparing Specifications Sketchup Sketching by hand Rhino Model making Photoshop Photography Indesign Working in a team Illustrator Clear oral and graphic Microsoft Office presentation

Wilson & Gunn Travel Scholarship A+DS Urban Design Award Nomination GIA TL Watson Prize commendation

Publications __________________________________________ 2014 2011

An Atlas of Productivity, Common Weal (co authored with Graham Hogg, Catriona MacDonald & Tom Smith) Over the Shop project published in Paperspace University of Strathclyde yearbook

Exhibitions _________________________________________________ 2013 2013

Reactivate!, the Lighthouse, Glasgow (New Northern Frontiers thesis) A+DS and RIAS Student Awards for Architecture, the Lighthouse, Glasgow (Possible Orkney Thesis)

Interests __________________________________________ Cycling Running Cinema Photography Travelling and travel literature Woodworking

MArch Thesis New Northern Frontiers Alex Hobday, Graham Hogg, Catriona Macdonald, Tom Smith Awarded Wilson & Gunn Travel Scholarship 2013 Exhibited as part Reactivate! the Lighthouse, Glasgow

Abstract New Northern Frontier 2063 - The highlands and islands of Scotland will be the new frontier of national and international resources and industry. FROM FRINGE TO FRONTIER Scotlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s north + west will transform from a perceived periphery, to the new social, industrial and economic frontier. Changing climate, advances in renewable technologies + new shipping patterns in the Arctic will revolutionise the area, reversing traditional trends. Scotland will re-evaluate its political structure, with more devolved power to the new Bioregions. INFRASTRUCTURE New rail routes, ferry connections and tunnels will act as arteries to outlying communities. Investment in infrastructure will support: population growth in the north + west as people will migrate to areas of resource prosperity; local industries; new grids to facilitate the export of energy to international neighbours; and optimisation of natural resource productivity. RE-INVENTING INDUSTRY Neo-traditional industries will be the backbone of Scotland- with adapted approaches to achieving an efficient, fair and balanced productive landscape. Historic boundary lines will be abandoned, with planning based on landscape, now divided into Bioregions. Eastern Scotland will be predominantly arable, with livestock and forestry to the west. Vernacular materials used in construction. North Sea oil production will decrease and with interest shifting to Arctic waters. INHABITING There will be a reversal in traditional migration patterns, with a population increase to the north + west. Cities will grow: Oban, Fort William, Stornoway, Scapa. Inverness will become an international air hub of the north, home to the National Gallery of Scottish Art and National Museum of Industry and Technology; and Scapa + Stornoway the international shipping hubs. Recreation will regain importance, with integration and synergy between work and play. The highlands + islands will be the new northern frontier.

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project methodology

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selected pages from Atlas produced as part of project

ATLAS OF SCOTLAND AND ITS INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT Alex Hobday Graham Hogg Catriona Macdonald Tom Smith

ARE THE PERIPHERAL ISLANDS AND HIGHLANDS OFSCOTLAND NO LONGER ON THE FRINGE BUT INSTEAD AT THE FRONTIER OF NEW RESOURCES, INDUSTRIES, PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES? WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD....

RESEARCH POSSIBLE FUTURE SCENARIOS FOR SCOTLAND AND SURROUNDING REGIONS

DISCUSS AND OPEN DIALOGUE WITH INTERESTED PARTIES

GATHER IDEAS FOR DISCUSSION

? MAPPING AVALABLE INFORMATION

MAPPING SCENARIOS + IDEAS

SPATIAL PLANS FOR DISCUSSION

WHAT COULD THESE IDEAS LOOK LIKE?

PgDip Thesis Possible Orkney Alex Hobday, Graham Hogg A+DS Urban Design Award Nominee

Abstract In an uncertain future Scotlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity, economy and society could become lost - are we a Northern outpost of a European region centred around the Mediterranean? Or should we begin to consider this nation as part of a wider Nordic region? The climate, culture and economy of Scotland all have more in common with Scandinavia than central Europe, but our society and its architecture currently do not reflect this. Exploring the themes of land and sea we will ask why Scotland is not following the path of its Nordic neighbours and our main aim is to uncover situations where Scotland can learn from Scandinavia and examine the feasibility of Scotland as a Nordic country. At a time when the question of Scottish nationality is coming under consideration we are looking to examine the culture and society wider Nordic region as well as Scotland itself as a place within this region. Our initial investigations have identified our current lack of connections within this region, however in the Orkney Isles we have identified a strategic location to instigate new connections. A former Earldom of Norway and later Denmark, Orkney was at the centre of the historical Western Norse Empire - nowadays remnants of this Norse past are still apparent in everyday life. Scotlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location between the Atlantic and the North Sea is hugely significant and at present under used as an asset, both for the shipping and energy industries, with climate change as a driver for changes in both energy production and new global shipping routes via the North-East passage, huge changes to the landscape and seascape being possible in this uncertain future. Nordic Scotland aims to examine these changes and their significance at four different scales: Global, Northern Europe, Scotland and more specifically the Orkney Isles. The main outcome of this was imagining Orkney as a new northern city, based on the idea of a network city, spread out over the isles, with industry and population centres taking advantage of the different seascapes and landscape provided. It is a polemic for a new way of living and working on the archipelago, the advantages of a city combined with those of a rural island chain.

This idea was developed and tested through an intensive mapping exercise, two exploratory visits to the archipelago and a meeting with interested parties held in the Scottish Parliament attended by 60 people. Asking people to imagine this future and all its possibilities and what it could mean for them, its positive and negative aspects and how it could both damage or enhance the unique landscape of the islands. By doing this we gained a deeper understanding of the problems experienced by the population of Orkney and how by changing their perceptions of what was possible for Orkney also changed the perceptions of these problems.

Scale

The North Sea (west) and the Baltic Sea (east)

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selected pages from thesis publication

Abstract

NOR D I C S CO T L A N D D E P A R T U R E S

WHO ARE WE?

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selected pages from thesis publication

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final exhibition layout

below: Orkney Islands, Scotland, Northern Europe, 2063

BSc Hons Kings Bridge Baths Kings Brisge, Glasgow Green

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location plant, n.t.s. site, programme and organisation diagrams

catchment

park routes park

locality

bathing

park

balneotherapy

relaxation

roman baths

gym river

river

route

programme

route + programme

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exterior view entrance diagram

right: interior view of pool below: model study of pool area opposite: plans

restaurant / roof terrace

restaurant 21°C

roof terrace

double skin as ballustrade

view to river

entrance / pool viewing view over main pool

access view to park

kitchen

outdoor dining

walk on skylights to pool below access to courtyard

restaurant access / escape sheltered entrance area draft lobby

void over main pool air handling plant

escape stair

pool hall

public toilets viewing area

escape stair pool plant area poolside storage

big bath 29°C (water 28°C) heated poolside benches view to river

lifeguard / first aid point escape stair

hot massage (upper tepidarium) void to tepidarium below hot massage rooms 52°C

roman bath tepidarium top lit from courtyard 52°C frigidarium with plung pool 17°C (water 15°C)

storage window to courtyard with two double glazed units (u-value 0.38W/m²K)

shower laconium 62°C calidarium 58°C

treatment / changing female changing male changing daylight via courtyards

bather's waiting area

void over spa bath

gym access

large treatment room

storage

view to river

small treatmant room

balneotherapy / hot rooms sauna 80-90°C showers

sanarium 55°C

steam room 41°C plunge pool 29°C (water 20°C)

pre/post bathing shower area

fire bath 29°C (water 42°C)

ice bath 29°C (water 18°C)

jet bath 29°C (water 32°C)

mineral bath 29°C (water 32°C)

spa bath lit from above 29°C (water 32°C)

hydrotherapy 29°C (water 32°C)

gym / staff / admin

chimney

view of park

wc staff changing staff room

'running in the park' office storage

office

plant / back of house chimney

biomass chp

plant area roman bath plant laundry

fuel storage fuel delivery hatch adjacent to king's drive

bin store delivery / service entrance accessed from park roads

BSc Hons Young Persons Hospice Alan’s Pen Gate, Glasgow Green

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location plant, n.t.s. site, programme and organisation diagrams programme KITCHEN

QUIET ROOM

LIVING ROOM

LOUD ROOM

NURSES STATION

COUNSELLING SUBDIVIDIBLE ACTIVITY ROOM

ART ROOM

MULTIPURPOSE TREATMENT ROOM

SMALL TREATMENT ROOM

COUNSELLING

CHAPEL OF REST

BEDROOM

NURSES STATION

STAFF ROOM

STAFF CLOAKROOM

NURSES STATION

WORK STATIONS

HEAD OFFICE/ DEP HEAD OFFICE

WELCOME/ LIB/ GALLERY/ INFO

CLOAKROOM

ENTRANCE

WHEELCHAIR/ STORE

organisation

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accommodation

treatment

activity

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typical bedroom bedroom study exterior view

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upper floor plan, n.t.s lower floor plan, n.t.s section b-b, n.t.s

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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bedroom study model section a-a, n.t.s east elevation, n.t.s

Dualchas Architects 10.13 - present

DUALCHAS

UNIT 4

BUILDING 5

TEMPLETON BUSINESS PARK

62 TEMPLETON STREET

G40 1DA

T+44(0)141 5501401

ALEX@DUALCHAS.COM

BUILDING 5

TEMPLETON BUSINESS PARK

62 TEMPLETON STREET

G40 1DA

T+44(0)141 5501401

ALEX@DUALCHAS.COM

Birken House - Ardnamurchan

DUALCHAS

UNIT 4

C PAVED ENTRANCE PATH

W.18

Level access TERRACE W.02

D.05

DRYING ROOM

D.01

MAIN ENTRANCE

LOBBY

W.17

W.01

D.06

CLNR'S STORE

Fixed seating D.07

W.03

STORE

RECEPTION

D.08

KITCHEN

STOVE Double-sided

DINING

LIVING

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TERRACE

OFFICE D.02

D.09

D.12

Fixed seating

Sideboard D.10

REAR LOBBY PLANT

D.13

ACCESSIBLE WC/SHOWER

Shelving

6 BED DORMITORY 3no. bunks D.25

D.04

Raemore Farmhouse

D.11

D.14

WC/SHOWER

W.05

D.24

W.16

6 BED DORMITORY 3no. bunk-beds

W.15

WC/SHOWER

D.23

W.06 D.15

WC/SHOWER D.22 W.14

6 BED DORMITORY 3no. bunk-beds

DORM. CORRIDOR

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WC/SHOWER

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4 BED DORM. 2no. bunk-beds

6 BED DORMITORY 3no. bunk-beds

D.18

W.10

W.09

600 MIN

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SELDEK FLEXIBLE FLASHING SYSTEM OR EQUAL WHERE FLUE PENTRATES ROOF COVERING

DINING

100

6 BED DORMITORY EKOL CLARITY HIGH DOUBLE SIDED STOVE. INSTALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS

1000

TERRACE

400

FRAME DOWN TO LINE THROUGH WITH WINDOW HEAD

HEARTH

REFER TO CONSULTING ENGINEER'S SPECIFICATION AND STRUCTURAL DETAILS

Uig Hostel refurbishment 32 DRAWING SET

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SKYE Duisdale Beag, Sleat, Isle of Skye IV43 8QU T: 01471 833 300

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GLASGOW Unit 4, Building 5, Templeton Business Centre, Glasgow G40 1DA T: 0141 550 1401

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© Dualchas Architects. To be read in conjunction with the specification and all relevant drawings. Contractor to check all dimensions on site. Do not scale from this drawing. Architect to be advised of any variation between the drawings and site conditions.

DUALCHAS

UNIT 4

BUILDING 5

TEMPLETON BUSINESS PARK

62 TEMPLETON STREET

G40 1DA

T+44(0)141 5501401

DRAWING NUMBER

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16 / 01 / 2015 SCALE

1:200 @ A3

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ENTRANCE

ALEX@DUALCHAS.COM

Maple Cottage, Kirkwall - Extension & Renovation

FFL +12.77M

FFL +10.77M FFL +10.07M

FFL +9.20M

33 DRAWING SET

726_PL

CLIENT

726_STEVENSON

Smith Scott Mullan Associates 08.10 - 08.11

Lochend Butterfly Design Competition

Newcraighall Fire Training Centre

Kings Theatre refurbishment

Royal Botanic Gardens Glasshouses 34