CHAD RAYNER PORTFOLIO
2019
RESUME Architectural designer with four years of experience in design, drafting, and construction management in small and large architectural and property development firms. Passionate about innovative, sustainable, and socially responsible architecture. Australian national. STRENGTHS Great written and verbal communication. Resourceful and Independent worker. Efficient and practically minded. Able to multi-task in fast-paced environments. Great attention to detail. SKILLS Revit - competent AutoCad - advanced SketchUp - advanced Photoshop – competent Indesign - competent Vray - basic
EDUCATION Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape Town
Bachelor’s Degree – Architectural Studies Verified equivalent to a four-year U.S. degree program 2016 National Diploma / Architectural Technology
2014
WORK EXPERIENCE FWJK Architecture Johannesburg
Senior Architectural Designer 2017 – 2019 Contributed to designing, planning, and managing the construction of multi-story, mixed-use, multi-million-dollar projects with responsibility for producing drawings, directing vendors, liaising with clients, following feasibility reports, and overseeing project progress from start to finish. Reported to the office’s Principal Architect and the Managing Director of a well-established Property Development, QS, and Architecture company with 250 employees nationally. Munnik Visser Architects
Cape Town
INTERESTS Industrial/product design. Furniture design. Woodwork. Automotive design. Heritage. Sustainability. technology.
Junior Architectural Designer 2015 Produced construction and building council drawings for renovations to historic government buildings, commercial, and residential developments of various complexities, scopes, and sizes. Contributed to concept design and development of a kindergarten and standalone office space in client presentations, council plans, working drawings, 3D models, and basic renders. Jürgen Kieslich Architects Cape Town
Architectural Technician 2014 Reported to owner on residential and small commercial projects of up to three floors with budgets up to $700,000. Organized submissions of building council plans for 5,200 ft2 historic building alteration. Detailed a steel attic mezzanine and spiral staircase to accommodate an office for a design agency. Project managed a major townhouse renovation using alternative construction methods. Compiled joinery drawings for a large upmarket restaurant fit out.
INDEX SELECTED WORKS
03 ARCADIA STUDENT HOUSING
05 FWJK OFFICE INTERIOR
09 BOLTON ROAD APARTMENTS
11 DENNIS ROAD OFFICE TO HOTEL CONVERSION
13 HAAS COLLECTIVE CAFE AND OFFICE ALTERATION
ACADEMIC WORKS
15 RIEBEEK SQUARE MUSIC SCHOOL
17 WOODSTOCK MIXED USE COMPLEX
SOUTH WEST PERSPECTIVE RENDER
ARCADIA STUDENT HOUSING
Company: FWJK Size: 10 floors totaling 180,000ft2 , 2 basement levels Budget: $18.6m total Location: Hatfield, Pretoria, SA ___________________________________________________________________ Description: A new student accommodation development on a vacant site. Taking into account local amenities, pedestrian routes and site restrictions (e.g., angled site of the site abuts a high traffic main road). Role: Acted as project architect from initial conception under the supervision of directing architect. Produced initial massing model in Revit, parking grid layouts, core, fire escapes, column support location, floor plans, apartment layouts, common recreational and utility areas. Under direction from architect, designed facade, chose external materials and color scheme. Render credit: By Michael Joubert of FWJK
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
PHOTO: BOARDROOM AND BAR
FWJK OFFICE INTERIOR
Company: FWJK Size: 7200ft2 single level Budget: $1.4 full interior fit-out Location: Illovo Point building, Level 9. Johannesburg, SA _____________________________________________________________________ Description: A full office fit out for FWJK’s new premises to accommodate 85 staff in a new building developed by FWJK. Role: Co-designed general layout with directing architect. Solely completed all further design of spaces, presented design proposal, specifications, finishes and fixed furnishings. Produced all floor layouts, drawings and details required. Project managed all contractors, through to completion, snagging and occupation. Selected all furniture and lighting.
PHOTO: MEETING ROOM
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OFFICE FLOOR PLAN
OFFICE CEILING PLAN
BAR, KITCHEN, BATHROOM DRAWINGS - 1
PHOTO: BAR BACK - 1
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BOARDROOM, RECREATIONAL AREA DRAWINGS - 2
PHOTO: BAR SIDE - 1
PHOTO: BATHROOM - 1
PHOTO: RECREATIONAL AREA - 2
PHOTO: BOARDROOMS - 2
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DESK AND STORAGE DRAWINGS - 3
PHOTO: OPEN OFFICE AND DESKS - 3
RECEPTION, MEETING ROOMS, SLATTED WALL - 4
PHOTO: SLATTED WALL - 4
PHOTO: CONCEALED DOOR - 4
PHOTO: RECEPTION - 4
PHOTO: PHONE BOOTH - 4
SCHEMATIC SECTION
NORTH WEST PERSPECTIVE
BOLTON ROAD APARTMENTS
Company: FWJK Size: 13 floors totaling 175, 500ft2 , 5 basements Location: Rosebank, Johannesburg, SA __________________________________________________________________ Description: A new residential development with retail on ground floor. Role: Co-developed initial massing exercise, parking layout as well as apartment and penthouse layouts. Followed zoning restrictions and gathered existing diagrams and information. Render credit: Jeff Timm of FWJK
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
TYPICAL APARTMENT LEVEL FLOOR PLAN
BIM MODEL OF EXISTING BUILDING
SECTION
DENNIS ROAD OFFICE TO HOTEL CONVERSION
Company: FWJK Size: 2 floors totaling 94,500ft2 , 1 basement Budget: $4.4m for land and existing building, $5.6m for renovation Location: Sandton, Johannesburg, SA _____________________________________________________________________ Description: The conversion of an existing 1970s office block into two-star serviced apartments, including common areas, tea kitchen, landscaping of courtyards, gym and laundry facilities. Role: I was the sole architectural professional on the job from the beginning. I produced the existing model in Revit and then designed the complete proposed alteration, including room layouts and furnishing, achieving an extremely efficient floor plan with a one bed fitting 135ft2 and 3 beds fitting 301ft2. I liaised with all required consultants and engineers that were appointed to see the project through construction. Produced schedules of existing, salvageable items and required additional items. Prepared council/municipality drawings for approval. Specified internal fit out fixed furnishings and finishes.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
TYPE A UNIT PLAN
TYPE B AND D UNIT PLANS
TYPE C.2 AND C.3 UNIT PLANS
TYPICAL UNIT WALL FURNITURE
TYPICAL FACADE
ENTRANCE
FRONT/WEST ELEVATION
HAAS COLLECTIVE CAFE & OFFICE ALTERATION
Company: Jürgen Kieslich Architects Size: 2 floors totaling 5200ft2 Location: Gardens, Cape Town, SA _________________________________________________________ Description: Conversion of existing historical building into café on the ground floor and office premises on first floor with new steel mezzanine level in attic to supplement office space. Role: Measure and draw existing building in CAD, developed government submission drawings and submission for historical council consideration. Detailed a mezzanine constructed of steel which was not permitted to permanently affect existing structure.
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
CROSS SECTION
ACADEMIC
WORKS
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
RIEBEEK SQUARE MUSIC SCHOOL
My final university project brief was to design a school for a chosen discipline on a historically significant location in the central CBD of Cape Town. I chose to design a music school for orchestral, classic and jazz genres. Important considerations were the nearby town hall which was to remain, and all of the surrounding buildings which varied greatly in size and function. Also needing consideration was the abutting main vehicular street, which has historically been considered a gateway to the city and the urban landscapes threshold. avenues.
EAST ELEVATION The large, dominating, dark slate cladded portion is the presiding feature of the building. Seen as the main event, it creates a presence and domain over the historic recreational square. It also houses the main performance auditorium and intermission lobby which overlooks the busy street and surrounding avenues. The bottom three levels are finished in light acidwashed concrete and precast concrete louvers slide along the length of the faรงade. This is the lighter, more subsidiary element of the building, keeping a more clean and simple appearance in contrast to the auditorium.
WALKWAY PERSPECIVE
WEST ELEVATION
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
WOODSTOCK MIXED USE COMPLEX
The brief for this project was to propose a mixed-use commercial residential building in Woodstock, Cape Town. The surrounding context was a main informant in the buildings form, scale and its relationship with the street. The ground floor has very purposefully considered double-volume commercial and retail spaces that contribute to the interaction on the sidewalk. The central entrance leads you from the corner through vertical access to the residential levels, and to a courtyard behind the retail units. The residential units are designed in varying densities to encourage varying income levels of occupants in the same building.
NORTH WEST PERSPECTIVE
SIDE WALK PERSPECTIVE
COURTYARD PERSPECTIVE
SOUTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
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