Ben Morgan Jones Curriculum Vitae and Sample of Work Curriculum Vitae 01 Bristol Film Instutute 02 The Peoples Archive 06 Centre for International Culture 08 Wildlife Exploration Centre 10 A Playful Change 12 Exposed Power 14 Haverstock Associates 16 Boyes Rees Architects 18
Ben Morgan Jones Ciriculum Vitae Previous Employment
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Personal Skills
2010 - 6 Months
Haverstock Associates
RIBA Part 1 Placement
www.haverstock.com
2009 - 6 Months
Boyes Rees Architects, Cardiff
RIBA Part 1 Placement
www.boyesrees.co.uk
2007 - 3 Months
Estates & Capital Development, ABM NHS Trust
Summer Placement
www.wales.nhs.uk
2006
Allan Stuckey Architects, Aberdare
Sketching
Experience Placement
www.allanstuckeyarchitects.co.uk
Model Making
2005
B3Burgess Architects, Cardiff
Case Study Placement
www.b3.co.uk
Proficient In
Autodesk AutoCad Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Illustrator Google Sketchup VRay Verbal Presentations Construction Detailing
Learning
Adobe Flash Rhino3D
Past Education 2007 - 2011
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath BSc (Hons) Architecture - RIBA Part 1
2000 - 2007
Saint John the Baptist Church in Wales High School, Aberdare A Level
Physics (A), Mathematics (A), Further Mathematics (A), Design & Technology (A)
AS Level
Computer Programming (A)
GCSE
Mathematics, English, English Lit, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Welsh, Religious Ed, D&T, IT
About Me Professional Qualities
Thorough, meticulous and organised Fast and able to work under pressure Work well individually & within a team Strong knowledge of design & industry Good communication skills Eager to learn and highly motivated
Personal Qualities
Friendly, inquisitive, entertaining, punctual, hardworking & passionate
Interests
Rugby, traveling, cooking, socialising, technology, DIY and all facets of architecture & design
Date of Birth
12th January 1989
Nominated Referees Previous Employer
Studio Tutor
Claire Barton
Toby Lewis
Partner
Consultant
Haverstock Associates
FCB Studios
+44 (0)2072 677676
+44 (0)1225 852545
cbarton@haverstock.com
toby.lewis@fcbstudios.com
3 Hafod Wen, Aberdare, RCT, CF44 8PJ +44 (0)7891 071612 bjones@benmorganjones.co.uk www.benmorganjones.co.uk
Bristol Film Institute Spike Island
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Project Title
“Cinema - the seventh art - has many affinities with
Screen Machine: Film, Ontology and Architecture
architecture and engineering in that its very essence
Location
of ontological narrative.”
intertwines technological invention, with the aspirations
Bristol, England Not aiming to impose a new identity to Spike Island,
Type
the proposal attempts to deeply respond to its existing
Cultural Building
conditions and make public the sites unique creative Date
wealth. This responsive nature is evident through its form
21/10/2011
and materiality, balancing historical and progressive
Duration
forces, urban and sustainable, as it folds to establish its
6 Weeks
position within the site and the greater city of Bristol.
Studio Tutor Taking and distorting the archetypal figure of the industrial
Susan Lloyd Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
shed, the scheme fuses the multiple programmatic requirements beneath its continuous “folding” canopy. Objects found on the site become deeply anchored “nodes” within the industrial heritage. Whilst the introduction of three auditoria, orientated relating to existing site forces, embeds the new program within the historical surroundings. The rest of building’s program is then arranged within dynamic “strands”, whose functions respond to the city on an urban level; drawing tourists and the local communities of residents and artists.
04 01 Internal view of classroom
02-04 1:100 Final Model
05 Internal view of cinema
06 External Street view of cafe
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VMZINC Standing Seam
Vapour Control Layer
Breather Membrane
12mm Cement Particle Sheathing Board
150mm Kingspan Rigid Mineral Wool Insulation
Breather Membrane
Vapour Control Layer
Structural Steel Columns
Corus D60 Structural Decking
VMZINC PLUS Standing Seam
VMZINC Plus Gutter
Metsec Stud
L2L Insulation Metsec Stud Primary Structure Secondary Structure 12mm High Density Core Plasterboard VMZINC PLUS Standing Seam
Kingspan Rigid Mineral Wool Insulation
Structural Steel Columns
Softwood Skirting
Suspended Ceiling
Applied Floor Finish 50mm Screed Underfloor Heating Pipes 200mm In Situ Poured Concrete
12mm High Density Plasterboard Vapour Control Layer
Comflor 100 Floor Deck
Kingspan Rigid Mineral Wool Insulation 12mm Cement Particle Sheathing Board Metsec Stud Primary Structure
Kingspan Rigid Mineral Wool Insulation
Services
Breather Membrane
Suspended Ceiling
Detail 7 Hidden Gutter Detail Strand Roof - 0.12 W/m2K
Detail 1 Floor Structure External Wall - 0.22 W/m2K
Material 3 Steel Structure Light and flexible structure with efficient large spanning abilities.
Material 2 In-situ concrete In-situ poured concrete with fly ash cement and locally sourced aggregate.
Material 3 Timber thinnings Sourced from forestries within a feasible proximity to the site. Using a resource that is considered waste.
Material 1
Material 1 Pre-patinated zinc Sourced from recycled material with an average energy consumption of 10% less than that sourced from ore.
Detail 4
Detail 7
Detail 1
Material 4
Material 2
Applied Floor Finish
VMZINC Plus Gutter
50mm Underfloor Heating Screed
Double Glazed PPC Aluminium Skylight
200mm In Situ Poured Concrete
VMZINC Standing Seam L2L Insulation Tertiary Structural Steel Roof Boarding PPC Aluminium Variable Ventilation Grill
Comflor 100 Floor Deck
Solar Thermal Panels
Primary Structure
Breather Membrane
Suspended Ceiling
VMZINC Standing Seam
Kingspan Mineral Wool Insulation
150mm Kingspan Rigid Mineral Wool Insulation
Double Glazed PPC Aluminium Window
Precast Concrete Hollowcore Planks
Structural Stel Truss
Softwood Window Cill
Structural Steel Columns
Roof Boarding
Metsec Hangers
Metsec Stud
12mm High Density Core Plasterboard
VMZINC PLUS Standing Seam
Acoustic Damping Sheet
Vapour Control Layer
150mm x 25mm Hardwood/ Softwood Timber Thinnings
Concrete Upstand 200mm Kingspan Rigid Mineral Wool Insulation Foundations
Metsec Stud
External Steel Rainwater Gutter
12mm High Density Core Plasterboard
Concrete Paving Slab
Primary Structural Steel
Detail 2 Projecting Window Detail Glazed Unit - 2.20 W/m2K
Detail 5 Ventilation Stack Auditoria Roof - 0.06 W/m2K
Material 3
Detail 3
Detail 5
The Peoples Archive City of Bath
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Project Title
In the current disposable society of the twenty-first
Garden City: Alienation, Nature + Re-conciliation
century, meaningful personal items are often disregarded
Location
photos and trinkets, whilst rich in personal meaning, are
Bath, England
often stored without care or thought due to their lack of
although having a significant role within one’s life. Letters,
monetary or technological value. Yet these items provide
Type
a far more poignant insight into the lives of the individual.
Archive Date
With the belief that alienation occurs within a city due to
02/02/2011
the lack of knowledge and understanding of others within
Duration
society, the City of Bath Archive aims to unite a socially
14 Weeks
fragmented community through the celebration of the history of the city and the lives of those who reside there.
Studio Tutor Matt Clay The Form Design Company
The peoples archive, consisting of a steel structural tower, a detached service tower, “plug in� storage units and a cantilevering glazed mollusk, becomes a flexible, symbolic civic entity within the city of Bath, forming an intimate public relationship with its immediate contexts. Whilst a new city archive imbedded within a forgotten layer of the city, gives symbolic purpose to the archeology of the old city structure. The proposal rejuvenates an important forgotten part of the city centre,
whilst
displaying honesty and clarity through the constructional build up, representative of its contents and programmatic natures.
06 01 Internal visual of lecture theatre
02 Construction section of city archive
03 External visual from the archive gardens
04 Scene from Everything is Illuminated
05 Section a:a
06 Personal storage box
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Centre for International Culture Amsterdam
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Project Title
Is there a risk that the Amsterdam society will become
Centre for Contemporary Culture
stagnant? The city caters extensively for its wide array
Location Amsterdam, The Netherlands
of traditional and contemporary cultures, but without the absorption of new world traditions previously introduced through immigration and trade, is the existing free and
Type Cultural Building
liberal development of Amsterdam going to cease to exist?
Date 09/10/2010 Duration 6 Weeks
The aim of the project is to continue the development of a Contemporary Amsterdam Culture through the detachment of an individual from the city, leading to the complete immersion within a performance.
Studio Tutor Toby Lewis Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Delicate in its actions the centre for international culture distinguishes itself from the city, creating a pocket of isolation containing cultures in their pure form. The proposal produces spaces of an unfocused dreamy quality to offset against the focussed and directed space of a stage and seating area wrapped in a sculptural envelope, designed to enhance the experience of the performance.
04 01 Visual of cloud space, pre-performance pratice room
02 External visual of Damrak Street facade
03 Visual of stage envelope
04 Stage envelope concept form
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Wildlife Exploration Centre Penarth
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Project Title
By heaving the beach into a vertical dimension; creating
Linking The Lands
an augmented man made landscape, the proposal converts a currently inaccessible beach into a location
Location
that allows for the easy congregation and socialization
Penarth, Wales
of the community and visitors, whilst also continuing to Typology
provide the existing ability for a person to find a solitary
Regeneration
place.
Date 28/08/2010
A series of paths entwine and meander throughout this landscape with an aim to excite and encourage
Duration
exploration. At high tide the paths will seem to float
3 Weeks
effortlessly on top of the waters surface, with the many Studio Tutor Toby Lewis Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
fascinating rock pools and outcrops revealed as the tide recedes.
The proposal includes a restaurant, cafe, fish mongers, tackle shop and wildlife exploration centre. With a desire to become a hub of activity and part of the community, the scheme expands on the famous seaside culture of Penarth.
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01 Basement plan
02-03 1:100 Final model
04 Visual of proposal, towards Penarth Pier
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06 Intial proposal sketch
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A Playful Change Victoria Bridge
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Project Title
In desperate need of some care and attention, Victoria
Studio In The City
Bridge is a well used means of crossing the River Avon.
Location Bath, England
Neglected, it is covered in graffiti and vegetation, yet those who use it choose to ignore its current state. Fixated on their commute, they are blind to their environment.
Type Installation
Aimed to alter the status quo, the installation attempted to
Date
raise the awareness of location and surrounding personal
31/09/2010
by disrupting the standard routine of commuters,
Duration
through the means of inducing interest and curiosity.
4 Days Based on the idea of a playground toy, brightly Studio Tutor Gareth Stokes 4orm
coloured listening devices provided a sense of play and happiness. Involving everyone that crossed it or passed beneath, the installation created a positive atmosphere that hopefully brightened up the day for many, thus bringing some joy and awareness to Victoria Bridge.
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Exposed Power The Design Potential of Services
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As students of architecture we are often taught the ideals of structural and material honesty, but where is the honesty to the environmental services? My final dissertation at the University of Bath was an investigation into the design potential of environmental services, the aim of which was to discover through critical analysis of existing structures, the concepts and methods of incorporating the building services into the aesthetic of the architecture. Below is an extract from the opening section.
“Within The Architecture Of The Well-Tempered Environment01, originally published in 1969, Rayner Banham proposed the term “exposed power”, citing the foul air stacks at Le Corbusiers Unité d’Habitation, the external ducts of Albini’s La Rinascente Store and the “clip on” air conditioning units of Zanuso’ Olivetti factory, as examples of the increasing significance of environmental devices as decoration within architecture. But four decades later this significance is no longer apparent. Within recent works of architecture it is evident that the more dominant method of practice is now the discreet concealment of environmental services within the ducts and voids of the building fabric. This can be considered in essence, the smuggling of the necessities of the environment.
It has become clearly apparent that due to the architectural professions general lack of interest within the subject of environmental services, it has now fallen to another body of men and women to assume responsibility for the maintenance of a decent environmental condition. They represent “another culture”02, so alien to the architectural profession that most architects hold it beneath contempt. Although this other culture of consultants and subcontractors holds a significant role within the tectonics of architecture, their work and opinions are rarely allowed to impinge upon the teaching of architecture schools, where the preoccupation continues to be with the production of elegant graphic compositions, rendering the merely structural aspects of plans, elevations and sections. It is now evident that because of this situation, the great potential within the expression and exposure of services is somewhat limited and unexplored. The environmental services have thus passed out of the control and comprehension of architects and into the hands of the specialist consultants, resulting in an often mutually ambivalent relationship. The art of architecture has thus become divorced from the practice of making operational buildings.
In Studies in Tectonic Culture03, Kenneth Frampton clarifies the distinction between spatiality and tectonics in architecture and develops a powerful argument for the reestablishment of the significance of the tectonic in relation to the dominant position of space in much of twentieth-century theory. Here, the tectonic is represented as more than an instrument of construction, resisting the notion that it is an end in itself. The concern is with the poetics of construction: “the full tectonic potential of any building stems from its capacity to articulate both the poetic and the cognitive aspects of its substance.”04 Frampton’s argument has thus been highlighted within Dean Hawkes’ The Environmental Imagination05 as an “implicit challenge to the historians and theoreticians of the architectural environment to develop a parallel account of its evolution.”06 This essay is to some degree a response. Concerned with the tectonics of the expressive environmental services of architecture and indeed the resulting outcomes and theories of the exploration within this field, it is a method of exploring the architecture of “exposed power”.
01 Rue Du Renard Street facade, Centre Pompidou
02 View of Plant, Queen Elizebeth Hall
03 Inmos microprocessor factory
04 Core Tower, Richard Memorial Laboratories
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Haverstock Associates London
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Address
Haverstock Associates LLP is a design-led practice of 27
Studio 10 Cliff Road London NW1 9AN
architects with an annual turnover of ÂŁ2.7 million. Formed
Telephone +44 (0)20 7267 7676
in 1980 and located in the London Borough of Camden their extensive portfolio is largely Public Sector based, including a range of award winning buildings. Committed to quality design and planning, they strive to improve lives by creating modern buildings that are intelligible,
Website www.haverstock.com
protective, stimulating and attractive.
Placement Period
Whilst at Haverstock Associates I was an integral member
14/04/10 till 24/09/10
of an architectural team consisting of 4 architects and
Employment Mentor David Givens
2 architectural assistants. Through working closely with Skanska RM and Essex County Council we strived to realise the new ÂŁ19.7m BSF Columbus School and
RIBA Registration No. 067185A
College, Chelmsford, catering for children with profound multiple learning difficulties and/or autistic spectrum
Mentors Email
disorders. Aiming to create solutions which would allow
David.Givens@haverstock.com
the SEN students to play an integrated role in society throughout their lives at the school, college and beyond.
Over a 6 month period my tasks whilst working on Columbus School (during RIBA work stages F-H) included the revision of information for financial close, the production and revision of tender package information, the production of key preliminary and final construction sections, the collaborating with structural engineers Skanska Technology for design team meetings, and the responsibility as Skandocs document controller for both the Columbus School and College.
01 Prilimianry onstructions sections for Columbus School
BoyesRees Architects Cardiff
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Address Greyfriars House Greyfriars Road Cardiff
Boyes Rees Architects (AJ100) established for over 40
CF10 3AL
operate throughout the U.K with an annual turnover of
Telephone +44 (0)29 2055 8900
years is a leading design practice employing over 60 members of staff (30 architects). Based in Cardiff they
£4.5million. Distinguished by the high caliber of their designers, their progressive approach to construction, and their delivery of innovative, sustainable and cost
Website www.boyesrees.co.uk
efficient services, they have managed to develop a successful client focused culture.
Placement Period 16/02/09 till 14/08/09 Employment Mentor Jane Boyes
Whist at Boyes Rees Architects I was part of a flexible team consisting of 2 architects, 1 architectural technician and myself an architectural assistant. We were involved in a total of 12 projects, varying from a university campus
RIBA Registration No. 054662C
to Royal Mail distribution offices. With the majority of our time divided between three key projects, the DVLA
Mentors Email
Swansea Masterplan (£70m), the JCP Expansion (£50k
jboyes@boyesrees.co.uk
- 150k per project) and the Farringdon Royal Mail Super DO (£65 m).
With a very fluid personal role within the design team I was often working on serveral projects at once, continuously juggling various tasks. My duties within the team included building surveys, the production of brief feasibility reports, the production of scheme proposals for approval and tender, the preparation of rendered visuals for client/planning approval, the production of construction plans and details, and the attending of design/progress meetings and site inspections.
01 Proposed DVLA x-ray building arrangements and details