CASEY HUNTER
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A R C H I T E C T U R E
P O R T F O L I O
I would like to begin with a brief introduction of myself followed by an overview of some of my architectural work experience. Lastly, ending off with my 5th year Master’s thesis project. The aim is to show the projects I have worked on and what role I played in the team, highlighting my specific tasks from more recent projects, first. Schooled in Durban, I obtained both my Bachelors and Masters in Architecture at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, completed at the end of 2016. In 2017 spent the year traveling, attending some design courses and volunteering. Then in 2018 I moved to Cape Town to start my career. Currently, I am Candidate Architect with two years of work experience. My area of experience has been in property development, focused mostly on multi-leveled residential apartment blocks, as well as a high-rise, mixed-use development and some luxury residential work. I have seen through projects at various stages from feasibility, to concept through to construction documentation and on-site details and snagging phases. Working for a property development firm has taught me how to design within a strict set of criteria and budget, creating solutions that best resolve these issues. It has also taught me to try understand the current market and to always be able to shift ideas to constantly be evolving and adapting.
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PART 1 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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CLIFTON MYSTERY
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SIR LOWRY SQUARE
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16 ON BREE
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35 ON MAIN
LUXURY APARTMENT BUILDING
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
HIGH-RISE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BLOCK
PART 2 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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THESIS PROJECT [RE]FUSE EXCHANGE
CLIFTON MYSTERY
Elegantly perched on Cape Town’s premier residential strip on Victoria Road. Clifton Mystery is a ,small scale luxury residential block consisting of 6 apartments and 2 penthouses. Each apartment boasts beautiful views, internal courtyards, your own private pool as well as Italian designed kitchen and joinery, Hansgrohe fittings and Gaggenau appliances. Dug into the ground at the back, several atriums bring light in, while the tapered, elegant concrete structure on the main front facade compliments the heavy retaining walls surrounding the buildin
My role in the team
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External visualisation render of the front facade showing the pedestrian and vehicle entrances as well as the balconies and private pools for each apartment.
I was tasked to analyze the previous initial concept for this site to see if it complies with COCT regulations, subdivide the building into units as well as apply a structural language and grid to be continued through.
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Internal artistic render of the living area in an apartment depicting light, earthy finishes and boasting uninterrupted views of the ocean.
We had to adjust levels and parking layouts to comply with new regulations and adjust the lift and stair core. I was tasked to design the internal layout of each unit as well as the rooftop terraces.
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Internal artistic render of the master suite showing the open plan nature of the layout with luxury, textured finishes and custom joinery.
I had then started with the council submission drawings and service coordination.
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Third and top floor plan of the two penthouse units and common circulation areas.
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Fourth floor plan of the private rooftop terraces for each of the penthouse units.
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Basement floor plan for council submission.
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Ground floor plan for council submission.
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First floor plan for council submission.
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Second floor plan for council submission.
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Third floor plan for council submission
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Site plan for council submission.
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Internal artistic render of the kitchen of a typical apartment.
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External artistic render of the rooftop terrace and pool area for the penthouse.
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SIR LOWRY SQUARE Sir Lowry Square is a mixed-use development located between Woodstock and Foreshore, neighbouring District 6 in Cape Town. It is a growing, gentrifying area with a sensitive socio-economic heritage. The initial conceptual design then aims to be a catalyst of revival for the area while creating a sense of community and a pedestrian friendly hub of activity. Sir Lowry Square consists of a retail and grocer commercial spaces, restaurants, a hotel component as well as residential apartments. It has an internal courtyard that creates a private, quiet escape from the hustle of the city, providing much needed greenery and social spaces for the residents of the block. The building is terraced down on the northern corner to reduce it’s bulk from the street edge and allows light into the courtyard. It has a clearly defined plinth for the commercial section with framed arches and glazed shop fronts. Above the plinth, stepped back, is the hotel and residential sections. The facade is softened with the use of black brick common to the area and various layers and articulation to define the spaces.
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External visualisation render of the initial concept for Sir Lowry Square. Restaurants spill out onto the street creating a vibrant corner, with the main commercial and hotel entrances feeding off this edge.
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External visualisation render of the initial concept showing the terraced corner with rooftop communal pool and deck for residents while allowing light into the internal courtyard.
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I was tasked with developing the facade design for this project. It involved taking a conceptual SketchUp mass model and translating the language into Revit and developing it in to further detail. Particular attention to Heritage Western Cape’s input into the design was needed to create a sensitive building that speaks to the architectural language of the area.
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Northern elevation from Sir Lowry road showing the hotel articulated by the formal repetition of the grid and black brick on the left, and the retail main entrance and shopfronts on the right.
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Northern internal courtyard elevation of the hotel.
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Interior courtyard western elevation showing the residential units with balconies looking out onto the courtyard.
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Ground floor plan of the retail level and hotel entrance foyer.
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Upper ground floor plan of the double volume retail level.
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First floor plan of affordable row housing, hotel parking, communal areas and back of house and plant areas.
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Second floor plan of the residential and hotel units and courtyard level.
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Fourth floor plan
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Fifth floor plan with rooftop terrace and pool.
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B R E E 16 on Bree is a 36 storey mixed-use development in Cape Town’s city centre. It is the tallest residential development in Cape Town with 372 apartments and retail shops at it’s base. 16 on Bree spans across the whole block and has 360 degree views of table mountain, lions head, Bo-Kaap, and the ocean. The building includes a protected heritage site. Many buildings in the area are more than 60 years old and date back to the old port, before Foreshore was claimed from the sea. A steel bracing system, with large counterweights on the street side, stabilised the historical facade wall allowing uninterrupted construction of the building while the wall was kept safely in place.
My role in the team
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External 3D visualisation render of 16 on Bree showing the historical facade on the corner, parking levels above and then the start of the residential apartments.
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External 3D render of the night life scene on Bree street.
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Exterior 3D render of the opposite corner showing the main retail entrance.
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Exterior 3D render of the 27th floor roof desk with a pool, the bar area and gym facilities.
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Internal 3D render of the concept for the kitchens in a typical apartment.
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Internal 3D render of the entrance foyer, main access into the building.
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I started work on 16 on Bree when the project had broken ground and the above ground parking levels were well underway. I was tasked, together with a team to produce the Room Data Sheets for all the internal apartment layouts. The Revit model integrated service coordination in with the architecture and structure design to create a complete 3D modeled collaboration. I learned the complexities of working in a big team worksharing on a central file and the full BIM management thereof. I was then in charge of drawing up and detailing the joinery for the entire building ranging from kitchens, to BICs to the foyer desk and common areas. I then worked closely with the joiners subcontractors, marking up their shop drawings and monitored their installation on site.
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Typical floor plan room data sheet for a 27th floor, 3 bedroom apartment layout.
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A 3D generated from Revit of the entire layout of the apartment.
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A 3D model of the kitchen and scullery joinery design.
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A detail kitchen and scullery floor plan showing electrical and plumbing layouts, joinery and appliances installation.
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Detail kitchen joinery elevation showing splash back tiling layout, cabinet layout, electrical pint positions and appliance fit out.
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Detail joinery elevation of the main entrance foyer desk.
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Detail floor plan of the foyer reception desk design.
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3D model of the front of the foyer reception desk.
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3D model of the back of the foyer reception desk.
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Detail plan of the penthouse fire place and media cabinet.
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Detailed section through the cabinet.
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Detailed axonometric view of the cabinet and it’s wall mount assembly.
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3D model of the cabinet joinery and its wall mount assembly.
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35 on Main is located in Greenpoint, Cape Town along side other apartment blocks, shops and restaurants. It consists of two underground levels of parking accessible by a car lift, a small boutique retail space and 32 apartments over 8 storeys. The facade is cladded, with floor to ceiling glazing to create a modern, clean and sophisticated building. The apartment block has typical 1 bed/ 2 bed units from the second storey up until the fifth level. The higher levels then has an upgraded specification for luxury finishes and Italian marble tiling, while clients had the option for customization of their apartments. My role in the team I started working on this project near the beginning of my work experience. It was already quite far along on site and required site details, tiling and finishes layouts. 1
A 3D realistic visualization render of the main facade from the street.
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Photograph from the balcony on the eighth and top floor penthouse.
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Photograph of a typical interior view of a one bedroom unit on the fifth floor.
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A photograph of the master bedroom on-suite bathroom with built-in bath and Italian marble tiles.
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A photograph of the interior view of the eighth floor penthouse apartment with custom Italian kitchen and open plan living room.
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I then spent a good few months on site snagging and assisting the contractors in reaching practical completion of the building. It was a great way to start, learning about the more practical side of architecture of the realization of the design into reality through the construction, the project managing and coordination necessary as well as the complexities of the South African construction industry and the challenges that arise from it. It was also particularly rewarding to see the end finished product of months of hard work to create a quality building.
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Eighth floor plan showing the two penthouse apartments.
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3D model showing the different cladding finishes on the facade.
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Detail 3D model of the vehicle entrance and ground floor retail space.
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Tiling layout of an apartment bathroom layout. Particular attention was paid to marble tiling layouts to avoid wasted cut-offs.
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Tiling and finishes layout of a bathroom.
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Elevation of the entrance postboxes and joinery for municipal electrical connection boxes.
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Floor plan detailing the apartment postboxes.
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Detail section through postboxes and ceiling detail.
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The design of a waste management and recycling facility for Walmer, Port Elizabeth. Our cities can be viewed as urban mines, full of resources that already exist within the urban fabric. This treatise focuses on the design of a recycling facility to be used as a tool for metabolising waste and separating it into valuable resources. It then goes further into the uses of waste and its up-cycling in the realms of industrial products, arts and crafts and even in the fabric of architecture. It also looked at how the intervention could possibly be applied to help and cater for the informal settlement living nearby in understanding a South African specific environment by including the informal waste pickers into the formalised waste management system. The treatise aim was to perpetuate Regenerative Sustainability and its application in design and architecture. It tries to understand the impact waste has on social, economic and environmental aspects of the community and how the better management of waste can positively affect these aspects of modern urban life.
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A collage depicting the history and context of the site chosen. Port Elizabeth developed under colonial rule as a traditional city with green spaces and a civic hierarchy of buildings. Later under the National Party, it further developed with modernist ideals using a gridiron layout and separation of activities, together with implementation of The Group Areas act. Peripheral residential entities emerged and were segregated from the city by natural barriers, distance, infrastructure and industrial complexes. This created communities that could be characterised according to racial, economic and social status. Now it is a multi-centric structure with industry and commercial activities moving to different cores, zoning them to specific locations as well as the continuation of these segregated enclaves that lack opportunity. Artificial barriers such as arterial roads and highways now dominate the landscape due to increased travel distances between these cores and to the sprawled outskirts of the city.
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Photomontage section through the site. The section shows the different built fabric of the area, light industrial on the left, RDP housing on it’s right with an informal settlement behind it.
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Perspective Render of the South Western Elevation. This edges faces the proposed housing and township side and therefore provides public amenities such as bicycle and pedestrian pathways as well as braai facilities to happen against it will creating a strong boundary between these spaces and the processing factory within. It still allows people to look in at certain places to visually connect people to the inner workings to educate and create interest.
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Ground floor plan. The floor plan is divided into two main areas, that of the processing/factory spaces and the offices/education/market areas, split on either side of the site for relief from noise and smell pollution.
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Diagrams showing the urban Intervention. The upgrade considers sustainable urban regeneration through the implementation of infrastructure, concentration of activities and economic generators. It promotes the hierarchy of pedestrian movement and green public spaces. Movement and accessibility are key generators of the urban design as they need to facilitate the collection of waste at various scales and the ease of utilisation. This will be done by linking the facility to the community through bicycle and trolley lanes, pedestrian walkways and bridges, bus and taxi stops. It also creates a formal edge to the facility by provided two-storey walk up RDP housing as well as concentrates the activity into a centre market space.
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Detailed cross section depicting the processing area of the formal waste collection. Waste is sorted by hand facilitated by the use of a gantry crane and forklifts. A dedicated forklift lane was designed in order for it to move waste around the entire facility, unencumbered.
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Photograph of my physical model showing the pedestrian connection through facility.
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Photograph of my model depicting the roof configuration.
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