Calum Robinson CV

Calum Robinson Curriculum Vitae

Part III Architectural Assistant

Calum Robinson

MArch BArch(Hons)

Personal Profile My design approach is informed by my research in place identity, and an interest in a vernacular reinterpretation to create site and time-specific architecture. I strive to create atmospheres that promote mental and physical well-being through environmentally passive solutions and healthy materials, embracing sensory interaction and encouraging exploration. I design innovative architectural solutions with honest materials, appropiate to the rigorous analysis of contexts, client requirements and sustainable construction.

In my spare time I play guitar with a loop pedal, creating ‘walls of noise’, as my friend puts it. I also enjoy football, running, badminton, hiking, photography and travelling.

Education 2013 2011/12 2010/11 2005/10

RIBA Part 3: Advanced Diploma in Professional Practice RIBA North West Master of Architecture University of Edinburgh Diploma of Architecture Edinburgh College of Art Bachelor of Architecture (Honours) 2:1 Edinburgh College of Art

Achievements 2013 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010

CSA & LAWSA Building in the Countryside exhibition, Keswick Member of Cumberland Society of Architects (CSA) Nominated for RIBA Presidents Medals Student Award Part II Dissertation Awarded the Andrew Grant Bequest Award for best Final Year Dissertation Curated and exhibited work at the ECA Diploma Degree show with work published in ECA degree show catalogue Exhibited and work published in ECA degree show catalogue

Part III Architectural Assistant

Experience 10/2011 – Present Part II Architectural Assistant 2030 Architects ltd Penrith, Cumbria, UK

I have taken a lead design role on a number of small and large scale projects: designing, negotiating and preparing detailed schemes throughout all work stages.

I have been fortunate enough to work with sustainablyconscious clients, realising contemporary design in some very sensitive sites within the Lake District National Park. Working closely with both directors has made me relish the responsibility to help manage a variety of projects. It has also given me the skills to employ BIM as a tool for project analysis, communication and efficient procurement.

01/2009 – 09/2009 Part I Architectural Assistant Bureau B+O Architecten Meppel, Netherlands

An insightful nine month experience in the Netherlands working as part of the core design team on a variety of projects including small residential, social housing and large commercial schemes. Of the projects I worked on, I was individually responsible for model making and presentation drawings and was trusted to solely undertake design work of some smaller scale projects.

08/2008 – 10/2008 Labourer Design Developments Monmouth, Wales

A house renovation with an architect provided on site experience that gave me greater appreciation and understanding for materials, detailing and construction methods.

Skills • Archicad 16 • AutoCAD • Vectorworks • EcoDesigner • SketchUp Pro • Adobe Creative Suite • Artlantis • Podium • Vray

My portfolio reflects my proficiency to communicate design through sketching, presentation, technical detailing and construction package drawings. I can adapt and learn new CAD programs quickly and intuitively and have implemented procedures in practice to increase work-flow efficiency. I can also undertake measured building surveys, tender mobilisation and have had good on-site experience, working with contractors to resolve issues pragmatically and effectively.

Contemporary New Dwelling National Park “abomination” on constrained site

Current stage: Building Regulations • Lead designer under Director’s supervision • Prepared planning application and Design & Access statement • Coordinated Contamination report • SAP and EcoDesigner energy analysis • Negotiating connections and quotations for utilities and biomass • Contract value: £230,000

Restaurant and shopfront refit Client picks light fittings

Current stage: Completed • Lead designer under Director’s supervision • Prepared full Planning application • Produced construction drawings package • Organised tendering process and mobilisation of successful tenderer • Contract value: £40,000

Contemporary Local Supermarket Planner loses sleep in Conservation area

Current stage: Planning Permission • Lead designer under Director’s supervision • Prepared Keswick ‘Streetscape Analysis’ report • Produced Planning application • Sensitive Conservation Area meant delicate communication with LDNPA and English Heritage • Liasing with consultants for Structural, Flood Risk, Trees and Drainage assessments • Contract value: £1 million

Sun Room Extension Critical heights to make patent glazing work

Bespoke timber beam fixed to steel angle door lintel

Sarnaplast sealant

Design for flitch plate required

200

VCL sealing strip

Sealing strip

Code 3 lead flashing

Fully adhered Sarnafil G410 12EL membrane

25mm exterior grade plywood

Lonsdale ALM100/WF patent glazing

100mm sarnatherm insulation layed on vapour barrier

Hot air weld

Locating pin/plate design required

Glazing bars mechanically fixed to softwood bearer in accordance with manufacturers instructions

Sarnafil metal roof trim

19mm render

25mm exterior grade plywood deck

25 x 70 p.i. s.w. wall plate shot fired to RSA

10mm fermacel board fixed to softwood frame at 400mm centres

19mm render

70x70x6 RSA

Building Section

S-15

1:20

25 x 70 p.i. s.w. wall plate shot fired to RSA

Building Section

144/69 PAR p.i. s.w. timber rafters birdmouthed into steel channel

Framed out window seat

1:20

125x65 Steel channel

Building Section

75mm Screed

80x80x6.3 RHS

Detail

D-02

1:5

Detail

D-06

1:5

1:20

19mm render

75x50 s.i. p.w. packer

10mm Fermacel board

200

Proprietary IG/Catnic insulated lintel

S-13

70x70x6.3mm RSA bolted to wall with M12 resin anchors at max. 225mm centres through grout packing as necessary as Structural engineer's details

D-01

Level access threshold DPM and water bar

Sandstone flag

100x50 s.i. p.w.

50 x 100 C16 grade p.i s.w. joists notched over wall plate and secured with proprietary timber connector

25mm exterior grade plywood deck

50 x 100 C16 grade p.i s.w. joists fixed to wall plate with proprietary timber connectors

S-08

100mm deep hardcore

Sealing strip

Vapour barrier 100mm Sarnatherm insulation layed on vapour control layer lapped over plywood deck

100

Hot air weld

Fully adhered Sarnafil G410 12EL membrane layed on vapour barrier

Fully adhered Sarnafil G410 12EL membrane

Hot air weld

12mm exterior grade plywood

75

Sarnafil metal roof trim

Insulation Sarnafil peelstop mechanically fastened

175

Hot air weld

Sarnafil fully adhered flashing

Framed out pipework running under beams

200

Sarnametal roof trim, bonded with the appropriate SikaBond adhesive (AT Metal or AT Universal).

All in accordance with the Sika Sarnafil recommendations for SikaBond Adhesives.

Design for flitch plate required

Lonsdale patent glazing system

Side hung window

Detail

1:5

Stone dwarf wall

Raft D-10 foundations

Detail

S-15

S-09

S-13

S-08

Lonsdale ALM100/WF patent glazing

210

Black UPVC gutter on fascia brackets

Oak framed high performance window

Hatched area indicates cavity wall stop ends at cavity tray/cill dpc junction

Sealing strip

75

34 Sarnafil roofing membrane

Hot air weld

19mm render Render stop bead

Vapour barrier

50 D-01 Detail

125x65 Steel channel purlin

100mm dressed sandstone outer leaf with DPM dressed up internal face and fixed under sandstone cill with a proprietary cavity tray

70/70 Steel angle

144/ 69 timber rafter PAR Lonsdale ALM100/WF patent glazing

D-03 Detail

Steel centre line

Tiled floor finish

D-05

2,833

1:50

S-18

For Steel Frame refer to DWG 1127/12 Building

Framed out seat

100mm RC25 reinforced slab with A142 mesh min 40 cover on separating layer on 100mm HD EPS insulation on 1200G Visqueen floor membrane

D-10 Detail

1:50

S-10

Building Section

Heating main flow and return taken through existing wall and connected to existing heating system.

Opening in wall to use concrete pre-cast lintels to suit

D-04 Detail

2 side hung windows either side of door

Tel: 01768 824424 Tel: 01768 863030 www.2030architects.co.uk

1:50

Client

100

DMP wrapped underneath pipework through and up the interior face of the existing stone wall to top of floor slab

75

Extension, Gamblesby Mr and Mrs Everatt

Drawing Title Structure quote Rev a

100

Drawing No

150

FFL

Slab level

1:5

Date

13b Angel Lane Penrith CA11 7BP

450

Framed out seat

Section

Loose laid mineral wool insulation

75x50 p.i. s.w.

Rev

Project

2,065

Ground Floor Proposed

25mm exterior grade plywood deck

Framed out Detail window seat

75

S-11

DPM

Boxed out pipework in corner

19mm kiln dried oak lining

100mm blockwork inner leaf

10mm Fermacel board fixed to ceiling binders at 400mm centres

Steel channel filled with p.i. s.w. noggin between rafters

es 22.5 degre

80/80 steel RHS eaves beam wrapped with 19mm timber on all four sides

S-15

S-09

S-13

S-08

S-19

Detail

185

S-18 D-07

90x50 p.i. s.w.

Full fill cavity 75mm insulation Jablite Premium EPS

120

460

25mm plywood deck

D-02 Detail

100

1:5

440

Detail

S-19

D-07

Fully adhered Sarnafil G410 12EL membrane layed on vapour barrier

100x50 p.i. s.w.

523 60

12

27

100mm sarnatherm insulation layed on vapour barrier

80x80x6.3 RHS

S-10

Framed out pipework running under beams

Sarnafil metal roof trim

Oak framed seat with associated carcassing

Timber cill 19mm kiln dried oak

75x60 oak framed side hung casement windows

1:5

200x75mm Timber beams

144/69 PAR p.i. s.w. timber rafters birdsmouthed over 80x80 RHS eaves beam

150

Date 28/6/2012

1127 13b Angel Lane Penrith CA11 7BP

150

Tel: 01768 824424 Tel: 01768 863030 www.2030architects.co.uk

Project Client Drawing Title

S-15

Section through door

1:20

S-08

Section

1:20

D-04

Detail

1:5

Drawing No Drawn by

Extension, Gamblesby Mr and Mrs Everatt BR Sections Proposed 1127/10 CR

Checked by

RH

Current stage: On site • Lead designer under Director’s supervision • Discussions with structural engineers to design cranked timber construction • Liasing with heating engineer to design biomass boiler • Production of Building Regulations and Construction drawings package for tender • Contract value: ~£40,000

House extension Planning approval with no one noticing Current stage: Building Regulations • Client meetings and site visits addressed the key passive and design principles • Modelled various concepts through discussions with client • Prepared planning application drawings and renders • Contract value: ~£100,000

5* holiday let refurb

Asbestos found on site creates headache

Wall light and emove existing switch omitted. ed, oil tank and Additional sociated bases. double socket ovide self-bunded rwp+g tank on concrete se all installed in cordance with rrent Oftec tv gulations

Extract fan

NW5

Single socket dedicated for oil watchman

NW4

IC

Extract fan

Liaise with kitchen manufacturer/installer for electrical requirements to appliances

NW3

Retain 1no. existing Kitchen light

wp+g

vp

rwp+g

rad

E

Bathroom FS

extract fan

Kitchen

C towel rad

Dining

DH

RE

DS

rad

ND13

NFD2

Bedroom 3 Oil tank

ND12

FS

FB

FS

ND9

Corridor

ND8

towel rad

DS

ND10

rad

XW1

New towel rails to the bathroom and ensuites to be of a duel fuel type with associated controls in the cylinder cupboard

FSN E

bt

D DDD

ND2

torch

Form under-tile electric heating in the bathroom and ensuites with associated controls in the cylinder cupboard

Living Room

EL

Bedroom 2

E

EL

Relocate Consumer unit to cylinder cupboard

rwp+g

G1

D

DS

rad

ND1

PIR

D

• Worked closely with client to develop 3D model “live” • Prepared planning application • Prepared building regulations and construction drawings package for tender • Modelled energy efficiency assessment

Chimney broken out for BBQ

tv NFD1

Wardrobe

torch

G2

HC

DS

bt E

bt

towel rad En-suite ND6

tv ND7

New external boiler on oncrete base

T

Current stage: On site

Relocate light D switches

Wardrobe

tv

DS

Bedroom 1

DD

D

extract fan

rad

ove ceiling hatch nd provide 1no. orridor light fitting in eu of 2no. fittings

E

ND5

Cpd

ND11

EL

P rwp+g

Lobby

NW2

En-suite

NW6

ur's k

New loft hatch

ND3

ND4

Extract fan

XW2

PIR

• Contract value: ~£90,000

Move Emergency Light NW1

Hedge and Post and wire fence

Barn conversion Building around wildlife surveys Current stage: Planning Permission • Client meetings modelling the project ‘live’ • Prepared planning application drawings • BEM (Building Energy Modelling) assessment to determine internal insulation solution • Contract value: ~£150,000

Feasibility projects

Not going anywhere

Option 2 - Back

Feasibility/Competitions: • Wildlife Visitor Centre • Strategic master plan for a Visitor Centre with significant landscaping • LDNPA Rangers office/workshop • Theatre extension • Interior design refurb fly-through • Restaurant/Exhibition venue

Place Psychology Research Masters

My Masters dissertation examined current theories of place attachment and place identity to analyse the proposed Waterfront Development Framework.

I identified physiological and psychological identity processes through physical, social, economic and political domains; scales of identity; and the functions of attachment.

Leith

Poet’s Workshop and Retreat

Diploma

Schemes exploring the character and geology of Edinburgh and Assynt through the lens of the late Scottish poet, Norman MacCaig.

George Grosz Gallery

BArch (Hons)

Website Design

I took it upon myself to update the website for 2030 architects. I felt this was necessary to reinforce their reputation as THE design-orientated, sustainable architects in Cumbria, and optimised search engine indexing to strengthen their online presence.

With the old website, there were no enquiries. Now, through internet based media and better marketing design, we have had 18 written enquiries in the past 4 months and consistently receive around 40 visitors a week.

2030architect.co.uk

Graphic Design

Marketing

Having formatted and organised all the project images and text for the web site, it made sense to produce a practice brochure with a consistent graphic identity.

This emphasises 2030 architects professional image and is a simple tool to offer a potential client a hard copy of work, for them to look at at their own leisure.

I conceived and designed a simple, fun and engaging Christmas card quiz last year for clients and collaborators.

Applicants had to identify all 18 iconic built silhouette forms in and then go on to 2030’s web site to submit their answers.

The winner picked a charity of their choice to receive ÂŁ100.

St Stephen’s Cathedral Budapest August 2009

If you would like to see more of my work, please get in touch

Contact

calumdrobinson@gmail.com 07858391507

Thank you for taking the time to read my CV

Statue of Adam Smith Edinburgh August 2011