Craig, Sam

Samuel Craig | Portfolio

BA(Hons) Architecture 2024

Liverpool school of art and design

me

I am a 21-year-old Architecture Graduate student that has a passion of architecture that stemmed from much time being spent in the city centre of Liverpool. As I grew up, I began to learn about architecture through books like ‘Atmospheres’ and ‘Tado Ando: Complete works’, this inspired me to fully commit to the subject. Throughout university I have always viewed architecture through a lens of structural integrity, but I developed a clear understanding and passion for the emotive side of architecture and how it can connect people to design.

About

Email Telephone

04/11/2002

07484626935

Samuel.Craig338@gmail.com

Summary

I’m a responsible and motivated individual with a mature and optimistic approach to every task undertaken. I have organisation skills, effective communication and time management capabilities.

I can work independently or part of a team and am comfortable in social settings. I am wanting to learn and improve in all aspects of architecture.

Education

2021-2024 Liverpool John Moores University

BA Architecture Graduate May 2024

2019 - 2021 Cronton college Chemistry B, Maths B, Physics C

2014 - 2019 Wade Deacon High School

Experience

Labourer for PLF LTD

Seaking onsite experience after my first year in university, helping on site was perfect for understanding the tectonics of `architecture.

Practice tours

Industry skills

CAD/BIM - AutoCad, Sketchup

Adobe suite - Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator

Visualisations - Enscape, Lumion

Seaking industry experience I have been invited to Falconer Chester Hall to see how architects work in an office environment and given an insite to the RIBA stages workflow. I was invited down to KKA architects to ask newly qualified architects questions on the transition from education to practie and advice on the year out.

Samuel Craig Full name

D.O.B samcraigarch

Urban nexus : A Tri-Domensional connectivity

A comprehensive design project based on the docks in Liverpool

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A environmental design project based in the Lake District

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Catharsis

01 | Urban Nexus : A Tri-Dimensional Connectivity

‘Urban Nexus’ emerges as a testament to a redefined urban experience, an emotive journey involving senses, emotions and memories. Primarily, the project defines an arrival (end point) of the public promenade along the waterfront. The nexus includes a public part that benefits of the views and ends with the water experience, from water sports, pools and spa. The spatial experience transcends the conventional sport centre, weaving together the threads of sunken walkways, elevated viewpoints, and the programmes integral to the building along the X-Y-Z axis.

The emotive journey

Site plan

culture

leisure_tourism

sports_relaxation

Long section showing activities

Lower ground plan

Upper ground plan

Cave pools

Sauna

02 | Catharsis - Purgation of the emotions

The projects brief was to tackle climate change in an innovative way. Rather than just physically fighting the impact of climate change through choice of material and construction, the emotional narrative to make people more aware of the climate was a driving factor in the project. People interact with architecture daily, so the experience the porject would provide for users was fundimental.

The circulation and spatial experience through the architecture shows the hope in which we have for the prevention of climate change by using light as a metaphor.

First space

Final space