Connah O’Neill 2020 Portfolio
BA(Hons) Architecture Liverpool School of Art and Design
Connah O’Neill 2020 Portfolio
About me I’m an architecture graduate from LJMU in Liverpool. I have always been passionate about the design process and the magic that good design can bring to our lives. My main ambition is to strive for buildings that perform their functional needs and also carry a soulfulness and materiality that create significant moments and memories in peoples lives.
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Contents BA Year 3 Semester 2: The Birkenhead School of Art
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BA Year 3 Semester 1: Weather of Not
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Summer Project : The Edge : Contemplation Space
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BA Year 2 Semester 2: North West Screen-print Archive
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BA Year 2 Semester 1: The Living Room
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Curriculum Vitae
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The Birkenhead School of Art
How do you create a radical art school in the conservation area of Birkenhead?
How do you create a framework for people to discover themselves, a place that allows people to learn through play. The Birkenhead School of Art provides that framework for play, through highly flexible spaces and studios which aid the students to be almost limitless in their work and ideas. The form of the school is generated from the conservation area it is situated in. Two streets are cut through the school, derived from the geometry of Hamilton Square and the other is created from John Street which is adjacent to the site.
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Site Boundary
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Birkenhead Town Hall
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Victoria Monument
Victoria Monument
War Memorail
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Ventilation Towers
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Hamilton Square Station
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Conservation Line
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The ‘streets’ of the BSA are formed from Hamilton square and the adjacent street, to create a strong relationship with the historical context with Hamilton Square, creating a easing connection with the public - realm. 1. Remove existing extension 2. Grid defined from geometry of site 3. Massing 4. ‘Streets’ formed from grid 5. Spaces defined in grid
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Program Diagram
Kiln Studios Elevator W.C Workshop Market Space Lecture Space Gallery Office
Print Room Viewing Platforms Cafe Loading Bay Spray Room Photo, 3D print and Computer Suite
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1. Ian Colligan 2. Phoebe O’Connor 3. Damian Crukishank 4. Abbie Jones 5. Wayne Freeman 6. Alice Hobbs 7. Kady Garrett 8. Chloe Lloyd
9. Jake Moran 10. Hannah Schulz 11. Max Tillotson 12. Chris Dove 13. Abbie Jones 14. Jodie Greenwood 15. Tom Crichton 16. Connah O’Neill
The facade of the BSA is digital and so will allow students and teachers to upload ideas, work and creations to discuss and exchange. The facade will change daily and will change with each student that comes and goes.
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Film Exhibition
Performance 14 Connah O’Neill 2020 Portfolio
Large Sculpture Installation
Student Market 15 Connah O’Neill 2020 Portfolio
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Materiality Diagram
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Summer Solstice 21 june
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Equinox 21 March 23 September
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Winter Solstice 21 Decemeber
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North faceing sawtooth for even studio light
Motoriased blind for glare control
Flexible Artifical lighting
Low Energy lighting
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Observation Pavilions
How do you express the elements of the weather through space?
How do you express the weather’s elemental qualities in separate spaces? Four pavilions designed for land, wind, rain and light.
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The Observation pavilions are situated in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.The site was once a quarry and has a diverse range of plants and vegetation, along with a clear view of the town.
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Wind Space
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Rain Space
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Light Space
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Land Space
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Service Space
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Contemplation Space
Can a pier create an intimate space for reconnection and contemplation? This space acts as an amplifier of the sound, smell and view of the water below. People begin to notice and appreciate things when they are taken away from them; this pavilion aims to improve the human experience of a threshold.
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North West Screenprint Archive
How do you design a building to house screen prints from artists all over the North West of England? After a large body of research into how screen printing studios work and archive precedent studies, I wondered why archives are incredibly private when they hold such precious things within; would there be a way to treat the building like an artefact is treated, to house the spaces needed in a clear display cabinet.
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Program Requirements
Spaces Organised
Glass Box
By organising the program in a stacking formation and covering it with a glazed box, the buildings’ spaces almost act as an artefact in their own right, with the glazing serving as the display cabinet.
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Key: Ground Floor 1 - Social Seating 2 - Exhibition Space 3 - Garbage Disposal
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First Floor 4 - Gallery Space 5 - W.C 6 - W.C Second Floor 7 - Print Studio 8 - Promenade
Third Floor 9 - W.C 10 - Quarantine room 11 - Archive 12 - Office Fourth Floor 13 - Roof Garden 14 - Cafe/Kitchen 15 - Reading Room 16 - Researcher Accommodation 17 - Personal Balcony
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The Living room
How do you give Liverpool an urban space with the feeling of a Living room?
This project is a continuation from a group urban design project. The site is situated on the North East side of the Fabric District in Liverpool. This project is an exploration into what urban design could be, pushing what the definition of urban design can become.
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Concept Sketch
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The Living Room Stairs Market Space
Breathing Space
Zoning Diagram
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Green Spaces
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Connah O’Neill Curriculum Vitae Contact N: Connah O’Neill T: 07806 754283 E: connahoneill@me.com
Expertise • • • • • •
Auto CAD 2020 Sketchup 2020 Adobe Indesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Autodesk Revit 2020
Core Skills: Physical Model Making Problem Solving Team collaborating Organisation and Planning
Professional Experiences Ryder Architecture Work Experience - Visiting a live site - Designing a coffee shop with Revit - Rendering in Revit Mersey Design Group Work Experience - Experience shadowing multiple members within the office. - Visiting live and finished construction sites. - Interviewing professionals about work flow and the inner workings of a practice. PLACED Volunteer - Interviewing on a panel for a new project leader. - Volunteering on numerous summer programs and offering support and guidance to young people interested in the built environment. - Creating a magazine for RIBA North opening involving interviewing the public about their views on Architectural proposals.
Education Architecture B.A Hons (Pending) Liverpool John Moores University
Hobbies I have learnt to play the violin four years ago and have been playing ever since, I enjoy drawing and making things in my spare time and photography.
UAL Foundation Diploma Art and Design (Merit) The City of Liverpool Collage Seven GCSE’s (All A - C grade) Including English and Maths Calderstones Secondary School
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