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ABOUT ME I pride myself as diligent, resourceful, reliable team-player and I have developed a passion for expanding his expertise in the pursuit of becoming a registered architect. I used to work full time for Roberts Limbrick Architects, where I enjoyed my role as an assistant for the residential team. I focused on learning as much as I can from my colleagues and the projects we have been working on. Over the past couple of years, I have travelled to cities such as Rome, Paris, Venice and Florence specifically to explore the architecture. I am very passionate about rugby, having played at Longlevens RFC since I was six years old, which accumulated to winning the county cup twice and earning myself player of the year in 2013. I also support Gloucester Rugby and regularly go to watch matches with colleagues and friends. I am also interested in Formula 1, skiing, sketching people, travelling and socialising.
CONTENTS YEAR 02 06 ART TRAIL
URBAN DESIGN - GROUP PROJECT
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THESIS DESIGN - INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
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YEAR 01 BRUNSWICK BOULEVARD
URBAN DESIGN - GROUP PROJECT
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URBAN DESIGN - INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
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RESIDENTIAL DESIGN - INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
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ROBERTS LIMBRICK ARCHITECTS LTD
LJMU ARCHITECTURE PART 1 BA(HONS)
MASTERS ARCHITECTURE YEAR 02 The Art Trail urban design project revitalises derelict areas east of Glasgow City Centre. After being captivated by the derelict rail cuttings that ran throughout the city, we developed a masterplan that repurpose the route as a place for displaying all forms of art. The route begins at the Gallery of Modern Art in the city centre and travels down Ingram Street, before diving into the rail cutting to resurface at the Bridgeton Cross conservation area. This urban design serves as a backdrop to the thesis design project. Glasgow’s urban grid creates a strict network of streets and buildings that bring order to the urban landscape, whereas the rail and motorway routes that break up the city. This contrast of elements is reflected in the form of the Maker’s Micro City thesis project. The project connects the levels between surface world and subterranean gallery route with a building that collates a range of artist’s studios. The interaction space between studios becomes a key area to allow artists of different mediums converse, collaborate, inspire and innovate together.
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GLASGOW CITY CENTRE
MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BLOCKS
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RAIL STATION
FESTIVAL SQUARE
MAKER’S STUDIOS
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ART TRAIL URBAN DESIGN - GROUP PROJECT
The Art Trail project links Glasgow City Centre with Bridgeton Cross conservation area with a pedestrianised street, passing through a derelict subterranean rail cutting. A total of 5 character areas encompass the route, accommodating urban areas for student living and learning, homeless rehabilitation and artistic creativity. These areas include a mixed residential area, parklands, art festival square, subterranean gallery and artist’s village.\\\\
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SUBTERRANEAN GALLERY
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AMPHITHEATRE
ARTISTS VILLAGE
BRIDGETON CROSS PAVILION
SCULPTURE GALLERY
FINE ART GALLERY
FASHION RUNWAY
BOTANIC GARDENS
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Gallowgate
South Entrance
Gallery Atrium
MAKER’S MICRO CITY THESIS DESIGN - INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
The thesis explores in how a collection of studios can facilitate collaboration between artists who use different mediums and skills. Each individual medium is partially contained within separate studio/workshops that spill out into breakout zones where interaction takes place. The workshops are connected via a web of sightlines which expose the creation process within each studio to its neighbours. The project occupies a 1 hectare block in Calton, Glasgow and is defined by a strict grid layout that also covers most of the city. In contrast, a disused rail cutting slices it’s way diagonally across the site. The ‘Art Trail’ urban design proposal of adapting the subterranean rail route into art gallery route which resurfaces in a public square directly adjacent to the site. This case study responds to these site constrains by integrating a section of the gallery within the building envelope and highlighting the contrast between the grid layout and diagonal through the application materiality, light and form.
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Artist Studios Double Height Workspace
Gallowgate Single Height Space
Entrance Hall
Sculpture Park
Armour Street
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Festival Square
Subterranean Gallery Entrance
Proposed: 01. Sculpture Park 02. Parking Bays 03. Depot Entrance 04. Gallowgate Bus Stop 05. Art Trail Pedestrian Route 06. Subterranean Art Gallery 07. Festival Square 08. Arts Campus 09. Library 10. Train Station Park 11. Mixed-Use Residential
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n Excavation n Demolition
Level 2
n Double Height Workshop n Single Height Workshop n Breakout Space n Circulation n Eatery
Level 0
n Industrial Workshops n Workshop / Studios n Artist Studios n Gallery n Shop n Cafe
n Double Height Workshop n Single Height Workshop n Depot n Breakout Space n Circulation n Shop
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n Double Height Workshop n Single Height Workshop n Depot n Breakout Core n Reception n Circulation
n Workshop Massing n Internal “Streets” n Gallery n Entrance Lobby n Breakout Core
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Floor Plans
01. Glass-blowing Workshop 02. Metal Workshop 03. Ceramic Workshop 04. Stone Workshop 05. Timber Workshop 06. Depot 07. Gallery Hall
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Entrance Hall Plant Room Breakout Core Entrance Gallery Fine Art Studio Press Print Studio Graffiti Studio Textile Studio
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Art Shop Jewellery Studio FAB LAB Studio Photography Studio 20. Rentable Studios 21. Eatery 22. Administration
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ROOF STRUCTURE 01.
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4000mm x 3500mm rooflight with canted walls of CLT and roof of EFTE printed with dot matrix to control solar gain. Single ply membrane on 400mm insulation lapped in vapour control layer. CLT deck faceted to accommodate slight pitch of glulam grid below. 8000mm x 7000mm grid module of glulam beams. Sub grid approx 2000mm x 1750mm. Acoustic ceiling panels of perforated plywood with integrated lighting, smoke detectors and fire suppression are recessed within the coffers.
Level 05 22000mm
Level 04 21000mm
Level 03 17500mm
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560mm x 280mm external CLT columns and 130mm x 280mm external beams. Module size of 7720mm x 3370mm. Insulated horizontal larch weatherboards cladding on solid CLT panels with prefabricated openings for double-glazed units. Diagonal steel brace bolted to central plate of triple flitch. Dark powder coated steel grid support frame for louvre screens and changeable cladding.
Level 02 14000mm
Level 01 10500mm
CLT FRAME JOINERY 10. 11.
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560mm x 280mm internal CLT column. CLT floor slabs span across two bays and act as structural diaphragm to transfer stability forces to cores. 280mm 920mm CLT rim joist. 130mm x 130mm CLT joist. Fully threaded reinforced screws prevent splitting due to moisture movement. Double flitch plates through beams with M16 bolts. 20mm plugs for 30 minute fire protection.
Level 0 7000mm
Level -01 3500mm
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75mm screed, under flood heating, polyethylene separation membrane, 100mm insulation, DPM. 150mm thick reinforced castin-situ concrete slab made with ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) or pulverised fuel ash (PFA) substitute. DPM, 50mm sand binding, 150mm compact hardcore. Steel piles aligned with the CLT columns on 8000mm x 7000mm grid.
Level -02 0mm
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MASTERS ARCHITECTURE YEAR 01 The urban design project; Brunswick Boulevard seeks to regurgitate a large part of Liverpool’s southern dockyard. The existing showroom sheds and excessive parking courts are to be replaced with a full pedestrianised highstreet with space for theatres, commercial shops, restaurants, upper floor office space, art studios, college and food market. The new train station and bus shelter serves as a node to and from the site as a destination. An existing 15m heigh, 1km long retaining wall divides the site in two, preventing access between the residential region and new commercial hub. Brunswick Park serves as a hillside park connecting the two layers whilst providing space for cafés, an amphitheatre, leisure facilities and allotments. The existing social housing adjacent to the park is a poor mid-century attempt at arcadia resulting in a substandard suburbia. The Wellington Revival project reapplies the post-first-war terrace housing layout that is renowned in Liverpool. The new scheme incorporates 6 housetypes for social rent with features such as large windows high ceilings and roof that are paid for by increasing the number of dwellings per hectare.
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BRUNSWICK BOULEVARD URBAN DESIGN - GROUP PROJECT
The streetscape was designed with picturesque techniques such as serial vision sketching, applying architectural features that provoke an emotional response and defining materials and texture. These techniques affected building heights, the position of spacial features, the length and shapes of streets and squares.
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Housing Apartments Existing offices Bus station Rooftop restaurant Roof over train st. Arts centre/workshops Theatre Restaurants & food market Existing offices Retail + rooftop sports Community college Amphitheatre Park cafe Allotments Housing Existing pub PHASE 2 - PIER
Masterplan
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The proposed site has a variation of building uses. To the north we have a residential scheme and moving to the south, transport links, restaurants, theatre, arts hub, retail, leisure and education. The south east houses a large park area with additional housing located at the top of the hill, making the most of the view to the River Mersey. The site has a large level change which was dividing the upper and lower levels. By developing the park area into a hillside and creating a walkway on the roof of the train station, we have added new connections across the site.
As mentioned above, we have proposed to reroute Sefton Street in order to create a more pedestrianised area. The smaller road is to be used as a bus and taxi route. The proposed master shows an integration of new green spaces that interlink with the new community spaces. Furthermore, a variation of building uses will ensure the site always has a busy aspect to it.
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BRUNSWICK PARK URBAN DESIGN - INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
A 1km long, 16m high retaining wall divides the site in two and blocks residents living in the Dingle, Liverpool from accessing the Brunswick Business Park and the new amenities proposed in the previous project. The site also lacks meaningful green spaces, with no seating, meeting places and little to no planting. By knocking down parts of the existing retaining wall, there is an opportunity for a new public green space that bridges the high and low levels. The new park begins at a new set of terrace houses with amazing views across the Mersey River. The landscape gradually slopes down passed tiered allotments that provide fresh produce for a cafe that sits adjacent to the top of the retaining wall. An amphitheatre steps down in the footprint of a disused gasometer tower. The base of the slope flattens out onto a rooftop leisure park which contains two five-a-side football pitches, three tennis courts, a basketball court and a 600m winding running track with a six lane 100m sprint straight. The running track cantilevers out beyond the `proposed commercial building, with views down over the food market square below.
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ROYAL MAIL GROUP BRUNSWICK BUSINESS PARK
ELEVATION
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PROPOSED FOOD MARKET SQUARE
LEISURE PARK BRIDGE
RAILWAY TUNNEL
PROPOSED AMPHITHEATRE
EXISTING LEVEL AND RETAINING WALL
PROPOSED CAFE
PROPOSED ALLOTMENTS
PROPOSED TERRACE HOUSING
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EXISTING
SWICK
EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY
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2 - VIEW TO THE AMPHITHEATRE
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10 - MULTIPLE TRACK ROUTES
11 - CANTILEVER HAIRPIN
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WELLINGTON REVIVAL RESIDENTIAL DESIGN - INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
ST Cleopa's church
Indicative position of newbuild apartments
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The figures from the 2011 UK Census suggest the neighbourhood surrounding Herculaneum Road is home to predominantly working class people who socially rent their homes from either charities, housing associations or the council. There were a very high concentration of single/widowed/divorced adults living in the area and household sizes rarely exceeding 4 people. The age distribution is fairly even with a slight skew towards the over 45s. Finally people with a disability or in need of care count towards 20% which is on par with national statistics.
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The proposed site layout revives the original street pattern with the return of Wellington Road, Haylock Street and Aken Street in their original positions. The new build terrace blocks mimic the layout of the iconic post-first-war terrace blocks. Four story apartment blocks are positioned adjacent to Mill Street to reflect the height of the Mill factory and the Florrie, with ground floor commercial space fronting onto the major route. The proposed site layout has a density of 39 dwellings per hectare, which doesn’t include the proposed apartments on Mill street.
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4% Owned Outright 5% Mortgaged
UPSCALING HOUSEHOLD
77%
Social Rent Household Ownership 8% Council Rent 4% Other
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16% One Person
19% Four People
37% Two People
2% Five People
24% Three people
3% Six People
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Relationship Status 23% Of Adults Have a Partner
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Two / Three People Household OCCUPANCY
Four of the house typologies follow the backto-back design principle used at Newhall Be and The Gables. The massing is moved to one side of the plot, allowing a channel for daylight to reach the first floor roof terrace and ground floor courtyard. To best capture daylight on site, the plots are rotated 10° and the front facade chamfered to align parallel to the street. The front half of the dwelling is chamfered again to widen the view port down the street, widen the roof terrace/ garden space and also softens the angular geometry on plan. The four house typologies tessellate on plan with varying depth allowing for various combinations which respond to dimensions of the site. Housetype E is a corner turner at the end of the terrace block and has a chamfered edge to help turn the corner. Every internal layout has been developed to work efficiently with a circulation space at the centre of each dwelling and the habitable rooms radiating around it. Housetypes A and D have a dog-leg staircase, allowing for a three storey option where the first floor plan is repeated upwards.
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Hall
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Bed 2
WC
AC
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2.13 m²
0.83 m²
Landing
TYPE B
9.02 m²
Lounge 19.82 m²
Bed 3
Bath
7.75 m²
Lounge
Bed 1
4.83 m²
Hall
25.27 m²
AC
13.23 m²
0.87 m²
Bed 3
15.25 m²
13.00 m²
Kitchen
Bath
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21.12 m²
4.82 m²
3.00 m²
Dining / Family
Roof Terrace
14.16 m²
25.30 m²
WC
13.94 m²
Courtyard 13.50 m²
Diner 9.27 m²
Kitchen
WC
11.76 m²
3.41 m²
TYPE D
1.61 m²
Courtyard
Bed 2
Bath
8.45 m²
TYPE A
4.99 m²
Lounge
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20.78 m²
Hall
3.41 m²
AC
11.99 m²
Bed 2
Bed 1
14.55 m²
12.32 m²
0.45 m²
Landing 10.75 m²
Lounge
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12.46 m²
Bed 3
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13.15 m²
Study / Snug 9.07 m²
Bath
Roof Terrace
4.28 m²
16.39 m²
Kitchen 14.76 m²
Courtyard
TYPE C
11.26 m²
Courtyard 13.19 m²
Kitchen 16.46 m²
Garden 25.60 m²
Garden
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Roof Terrace 14.29 m²
Garden
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Living / Kitchen 30.12 m²
Living / Kitchen 30.12 m²
En-Suite
Bed 2
En-Suite
3.36 m²
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15.20 m²
Kitchen / Living 19.55 m²
Kitchen / Living
AC
19.55 m²
Kitchen / Living
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Hall 4.14 m²
Hall
TYPE E
TYPE E
0.29 m²
Snug / Study
Kitchen / Living
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Bath
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Bed 3 8.50 m²
4.14 m²
Hall
11.75 m²
Bath 4.28 m²
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Lift
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Hall
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WC
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Bed
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TYPE F
Bed
11.01 m²
4.28 m²
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Bed 1
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Bed
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Bed
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Bed 2 9.45 m²
Roof Terrace 23.18 m²
Bed 4 8.45 m²
Bed 3 8.00 m²
Landing 8.29 m²
Bed 1 16.21 m²
Bed 2 15.20 m²
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Bed 5 Bed 3
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Bed 5 8.50 m²
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11.75 m²
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Balcony 3.42 m²
Bed 4
Bed 4
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11.46 m²
Balcony 3.42 m²
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ED STANGOE CURRICULUM VITA CONTACT
EDUCATION
7 Foxleigh Crescent Gloucester GL2 0XW
Liverpool John Moores University Architecture Part 2, First Year 70% Architecture Part 1, BA(Hons) 2.1
ed.stangoe@outlook.com
EXPERIENCE
07513344627
SKILLS Autodesk Revit, Autocad, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Sketchup, hand drafting, sketching, model making, Enscape VR.
INTERESTS Rugby union, skiing, Formula 1, climbing, running, sketching, traveling, socialising, urban design, architecture.
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Full-time Part 1 architect assistant, Roberts Limbrick LT, Residential Department. 2018-2021. Part-time Petrol Customer Assistant + Customer Assistant, Sainsbury’s Quays / Barnwood. 2012-2015.
ROBERTS LIMBRICK ARCHITECTS LTD
LJMU ARCHITECTURE PART 1 BA(HONS)
For two years, I have worked as a part 1 architect‘s assistant within a large team of experienced urban designers, architects and technologists at Roberts Limbrick’s Gloucester office. Our residential work encompassed private bespoke, affordable housing and retirement developments throughout the UK.
The focus of the first year was to develop students hand drawing and model making. I was particularly skilled with working on a drafting table and creating accurate drawings by hand. My projects included the design of an intimate radio maker’s studio and a shoemaker’s shop and dwelling.
I had the opportunity to work on a range of residential planning projects comprising of large scale masterplans, developing new build houses and apartment blocks, surveying and adding extensions to listed buildings.
During the second year, students focused on CAD drawings. For the first semester I worked in a group of four to redesign an area of Liverpool’s city centre. The masterplan included a high street link between Liverpool’s L1 district and China Town including an urban square, local market space and privately owned commercial buildings.
I was regularly relied upon to adapt houses and virtual site models using Revit and enscape. As the company was incorporating BIM into more and more projects, I was teaching Revit to some of my colleagues. I then moved on to work in the technical department where I have started producing construction drawings for a listed care home and coach house conversion. As well as building my competence in producing a technical pact, I developed a better sense of the design process now that I was able to follow a project through to the its next phase. I have gained valuable experience in the residential planning sector and I believe I have developed a high level of competence within my role at the company.
One of my third year projects included a response to the Haiti hurricane crisis where I designed a set of modular classrooms to be transported via shipping container to be assembled on site. The design featured a passive cooling strategy and a slot together timber frame. For the final project, I designed a factory that produced atomic batteries at Edge Hill, Liverpool. The process recycles radioactive waste to create synthetic diamonds that produce a constant source of energy. The factory included a train platform, radioactive material storage pools, special furnaces, reservoir, laboratories, packaging area and export depot.
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