BA Honours Interior Architecture and Design

Final Portfolio: A consolidation of third year projects

Elliott Jones E: elliottjones@mail.com

Education BA Degree, Interior Architecture and Design University of Suffolk Student of the year award, 2015. Technical drawing, drafting, group work, organisation, model making, problem solving.

Elliott Jones T: 07791343189 E: elliottjones@mail.com P: https://issuu.com/elliottjones7/docs/the_port folio_final_elliott_jones

2014-2017

Level 2 & 3 BTEC National Diploma in Counselling skills.

Weston College, Weston-Super-Mare.

Transferable skills were learnt as well as essay writing, group work, research skills, communication.

Final year graduate from University of Suffolk, demonstrating throughout the academic years an endeavour to achieve.

High efficiency and organisation skills have enabled the production of projects to be produced to a high standard. A highly ambitious designer that thrives in challenging environments and hopes to improve social issues through design.

Skills

2011-2013

Electrical installation, level 1 & 2.

Weston-Super-Mare.

Transferable skills were learnt as well as commercial and industrial wiring, wiring plans and working under pressure.

2007-2009

Work & Accomplishments PASS leader University of Suffolk

InDesign

SketchUp

AutoCad

Employed by the university to mentor the first year Interior Architecture and Design students through their study. Preparation for sessions and guidance towards the correct information was foremost.

2017

PowerPoint

MsWord

Photoshop

Client Kitchen design.

Ipswich Paid to Design, visualise and detail a kitchen for a Greece based client that was later built.

2016

Sketching

Photography

Model Making

Work & Accomplishments The Atrium competition University of Suffolk

Warehouse Operative, Lidl Warehouse Ltd, Weston-Super-Mare.

To design a room for the new university atrium building based on a site specific concept.

Obtained an in house forklift license and transferable skills. Dealing with stressful situations, communication skills and group work became the main skills demonstrated throughout.

2016

Course & student representative University of Suffolk To be the voice of the students.

Attending meetings and voicing concerns.

2014-2017

Google Campus competition University of Suffolk London based competition, representing the university and working in a group.

2015

The Canopy, University of Suffolk Client based competition, to design a door canopy that would later be built.

2015

2012-2013

Youth Volunteer, b-creative.org Weston-Super-Mare Supporting people with learning and physical difficulties through art.

Engaging with individuals in need of support, enhancing communication skills, one to one interaction and the understanding of diverse individuals.

2013-2013

Voluntary Support, Crossroads Care.

Weston-Super-Mare Supporting the elderly with their everyday needs. Communicating with people in need of communication, time management became foremost and efficiency and attention to detail became the foundational skills.

2013

Allied Health Care, 11 Boulevard, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset BS23 1NR.

Care Assistant, Ravenswood Care Home.

Weston-Super-Mare

Supporting the elderly, transferable skills were obtained. Working in diverse environments, time management, dealing with challenging behaviour and communication skills.

Supporting people with challenging behaviour. Learning how to deal with difficult situations to avoid harm to myself and the client. Here communication, time management and working within a team became foremost.

2014-2014

2009-2012

Contents page Chapter 1: Interconnecting volume..................................................................................p4-15 Chapter 2: A Transition Trough thresholds...............................................................p16-36 Chapter 3: Immersive Distillation.....................................................................................p37-39 Chapter 4: Freelance work.................................................................................................p40-44

Chapter 1: Interconnecting Volume

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Chapter 1: The site To create a space that echoes elements of the neurological system from an ontological stance. Connectivity between students, staff and courses will be physically expressed through the means of orientation. Connection will be created using a hub that will symbolise the brain of the complex, providing and producing knowledge within this space. The rooms surrounding the brain will resemble the neurons and how they are needed within our biological system to enable the production of knowledge. A consideration into the necessities of each course will be researched and perceived at the final stages of the design proposal.

Sun orientation:

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Neuron sketch:

Location sketch: Ipswich waterfront

Chapter 1: Plans

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Chapter 1: Plans and Exploded Axonometric

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Chapter 1: Plans and Exploded Axonometric

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Chapter 1: Plans and Models

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Chapter 1: Section

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Chapter 1: Section

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Chapter 1: Visualisation

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Chapter 1: Visualisation

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Chapter 1: Visualisation

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Chapter 1: Visualisation

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Chapter 2: A Transition through Thresholds

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Chapter 2: The site The site is situated within rural Suffolk on the East coast of England. Non used land sits on the coast 0.3 miles from the church making the land ideal space to occupy the complex. Covehithe has maintained its rural qualities yea has an issue with tourism which effects the economy. The location makes the site suitable for a drug rehabilitation centre as the rural location will allow clients to escape from the influences of drugs.

The cliffs are 6000mm high and is being constantly eroded away. Between 1830 and 2001 5000mm has eroded away from the cliff showing a problematic issue for the landscape.

Due to excessive erosion the church roof was removed in 1672. To allow the function of the church a smaller church was place into the confines of the existing shell which still is functional to this day.

An occurring social issue throughout the United Kingdom is the rise in homelessness, accounting for 25000 people across the United Kingdome and the East of England has the 2nd highest rise between 2015-2016 with 38 percent increase, (Richardson, 2016).This rise indicates a problematic issue within the East of England, Alcoholerehab.com (2016) States 26% of the homeless population take drug.

Sun orientation, time line and wind direction

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Chapter 2: Concept Development Sea defences have been put in place from Lowersoft to Covehithe and from Felixstowe to Covehithe leaving the Helmet to the sea.

This can be prevented, with the church protecting the people that occupies the rehabilitation centre, the rehab will protect the church.

Creating a sea defence:

Entrance to the complex:

Diagram showing 4 stages of drug rehabilitation:

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The complex: To design a complex that becomes a programme which aids the physical and mental well-being of the clients. The design will protect Covehithe from future destruction by becoming a sea barrier as the church protects the people and now the structure protects the church. The design will utilise the scenery to connect the users with nature which will aid the mental well-being . A vase open space that will allow natural light to penetrate the space which is also of an importance to the health of the client. The design will encapsulate and protect the client, engulfment will provide the feeling of protection and allow the client to grow within the space. The church will becomes a vital part of the design, providing empathy to the clients and tourists. Empathy will be evoked through the creation of viewpoints that occupy the interior space of the church, providing perceptual view to important parts of the surrounding land (agricultural farming, nature reserve and the sea). The structure will become a ramp that runs along the interior space allowing individual to perceive the craftsmanship put into making the architectural envelope. The church and complex will be connected 19 through architectural means which will interconnect the clients with the church.

Chapter 2: Initial visualisations

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Chapter 2: Initial visualisations

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Chapter 2: Elevations The roof flows over the building and into the floor creating a canopy and a path to the church.

The roof now shades the interior from the sun, thus cooling the interior space. The elevations show form and how the roof becomes a path which guides the clients to the church and thus connection the church and complex through architectural means.

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Health centreswimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi

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SPAB workshops

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Plant room

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GP centre

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Laundry room

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Staff room

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Storage room

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Staff sleeping facilities

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Showers

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Fire lift and stairs

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Lecture room

Chapter 2: Plan and full site elevation

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Ground floor : Beneath ground, scale 1:500

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Chapter 2:

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Entrance and reception

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Art therapy

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Garden and smoking area

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Dance therapy

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Meditation space

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Reception to the therapy centrer

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Single therapy- one to one

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Lounge

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Dining area

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Kitchen

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Fire lift and stair

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Toilets

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Office space

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Sea defence

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Meditation garden space

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Road

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Bins room

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Car park

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Plans: Chapter 2:

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Library

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Group work space and computers

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Chapter 2: Section Through research the existing foundations within the area is clay. This knowledge determined the foundations needed. A concrete raft is attached to friction piles, this allows the building to ‘float’ above the clay. The piles are board piles, meaning they are cast-in-place. Due to the clay friction piles must be put in place, these are classed as friction pile due to their 1 and half times the diameter span, this is to allow the load to be passed through the pile and distributed across the clay without placing further compression upon the opposite pile. At the end of the pile a bell-end will be placed to distribute the load evenly across the clay and to allow the pile to compress the clay and sit on top of it. A clay board is placed underneath the bell-end to withstand the compression.

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Chapter 2: Section The structure of the building all interconnect, whilst taking the load from the roof, the structure becomes ‘one’.

This unifying structure encapsulates the users as a form of protection from the outside environment. Five columns occupy the lift shafts that transport the clients throughout the complex. These columns come in three different sizes; the smallest size occupies the internal space, the middle sized columns are placed in the corners of the raised flooring and the largest columns hold the lifts. The structure is made out of sustainable structural steel, hot rolled into tubular steel beams that combine to create the triangulation of the columns.

Circular I-beams connect each section of the columns together which is all welded together to create a unified structure.

Steel was chosen as a material to signify solidity and to construct a structure that is systematic similar to the decision process the complex is aiming to achieve. Open web steel trusses are welded to the columns connecting each column together. The structure is exposed symbolising a space that exposes the psyche to generate a better self. Each floor is attached to the column by trusses; this system gives the illusion of the floor floating. The columns are surrounded by 1000mm in height glass panelling. The panelling allows the client to perceive the lower floor without the risk of falling through.

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Column supporting floor and roof:olume:

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The columns layout:l volume:

Barrel truss working as shear walls:l volume:

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Concrete screed Thermafleece insulation

Concrete screed

Concrete slab

Waterproof membrane

Gutter Services J-anchor 100mm diameter Hot rolled steel beams to I-beam welded connection

Glass fin

10mm laminated glass barrier 30mm laminated glass Shear studs End-bearing member welded connection to I-beam 400mm depth I-beam

10x14x10mm Laminated insulated glass

Spider clamp

100mm polished concrete Steel deck K-series open web steel joist Ceiling hangers

Chapter 2: Detailing

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Chapter 2: Structure

Red symbolises the elevator volume:

Different uses of the column: volume:

Structure as a whole volume:

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Column exploded axonometric:l volume:

Chapter 2: Garden Meditation Visualisation

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Chapter 2: Garden Meditation Visualisation

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Chapter 2: Interior Visualisation

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Chapter 2: Pool Visualisation

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Chapter 2: Central Meditation Visualisation

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Chapter 3: Debates on Contemporary Practice: Immersive Distillation

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Chapter 3: Immersive Distillation The theory of Immersion is seen by many as an immersive state that is evoked through virtual reality, however this book voices the theory of immersion from a dissimilar interpretation. By utilising theories throughout, this reading gains a new perception of the immersive state. During this documentation, various ideologies of immersions will be depicted, underpinning the mechanisms needed to create and define an immersive state.

Contemporary debates allows us to apply theory to practice, countenancing our understanding of space and the relationship humans have with it. Spatial environments are a part of everyday life, an entity that surrounds and engulfs us, yet we tend to take this component of our lives for granted, discarding the senses that are affected through spatial stimuli which evoke thought and feeling.

A final installation will be produced in relations to the theories explored and will gain credibility through exploration of experimentation.

We designed an installation that utilises aspects of the theories explored throughout and experimentation. 8 televisions are used to create a wall of concentrated light, whilst also representing connotation; the static sounds of the televisions are played through speakers, stopping and starting, evoking thoughts and emotions through connotation. The threshold is developed through the transition from light to dark, external environment to the internal environment. A room that blocks the outside light from entering the internal space and creates an architectural threshold.

Built structure:

Plan diagram volume:

Isonometric view of the structure volume:

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Chapter 3: Immersive Distillation

This image is a view of inside the installation. The televisions generated a state of concentration and the structure created a threshold to which all aspects of the installation led to a state of immersion.

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Chapter 4: Paid Work: The Kitchen

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Chapter 4: The Kitchen Specifications Freelance work during the beginning of the third year. A Greek based client asked for the visualisation, design and specifications to be presented in order for the design to be built. The client had specified the need for an industrial style design, to which they became pleased with the results.

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Chapter 4: Visualisation

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Chapter 4: Visualisation

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Chapter 4: Visualisation

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Elliott Jones E: elliottjones@mail.com