Architecture Portfolio 2023 | Euan Backus

CONTACT

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Empathy Sustainability, Oxford - Assistant and Researcher

Avio Sports Ltd, OxfordProduct Tes�ng and Feedback

Aqueco Ltd, Oxford - Plumbers assistant

OxAir, Oxford - Data collec�on

EDUCATION

Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, Third Year

Our Lady’s Abingdon - A levels

SOFTWARE

Autocad Rhino

Sketchup

Enscape

Affinity Suite

Procreate

Photoshop

Lumion

COMPETITIONS

OxArch x OSA

architecture photography compe��on - 3rd

TRAIL HUB

Year 3 Sem 2

FLOOD LINE

A historical site that faces new challenges of flooding due to the changing climate. With a focus on keeping access to nature and promo�ng a sustainable link through the area and encouraging ac�ve transport links to nearby towns.

IRONBRIDGE, SHROPSHIRE

Oxford Brookes University Oxford, UK

Tutors; Alex Chalmers, Tom Jelly & Mina Samangooei

TRAIL HUB 01

Oxford Brookes University

Oxford, UK

Year 3 Sem 2

IRONBRIDGE, SHROPSHIRE

FLOOD LINE

With many historic routes crossing through the area, there is an opportunity to reac�vate these forgo�en trails and by ways to connect a more sustainable future for the area. I observed many different types of cyclist and walkers on my site visit with their own set of individual needs. Access to forgo�en historic forest trails with underu�lised poten�al provides an opportunity for development.

Crea�ng a space where access through, in and around is crucial to the design and brief, to keep access to the other side of the river with under u�lised sustainable transport traffic free routes.

TRAIL HUB 01

Oxford Brookes University Oxford, UK

Year 3 Sem 2

Tutors; Alex Chalmers, Tom Jelly & Mina Samangooei

IRONBRIDGE, SHROPSHIRE

FLOOD LINE

WILDLIFE CENTRE 02

Oxford Brookes University

Oxford, UK

Year 3 Sem 1

Tutors; Alex Chalmers, Tom Jelly & Mina

Samangooei

OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE

NEW WATERWAY HABITAT

I wanted a building that was simplis�c in its form and that shaped with the landscape that it sits within, I liked the way that the building is used to walk through and acts as a gateway to the wetland area. I played with the idea of having a courtyard and a pathway that went around the building to access the other parts of the wetland.

I explored having a space that sat over a body of water to provide a viewing pla�orm to sit and observe the wildlife.

WOODWORK COMMUNITY

Year 2 Sem 2

DOWN WITH THE TIDE

Crea�ng a space that links the community back to the waters edge when developments are pushing them back from the waterline. A community boat building workshop creates a atmosphere where people can learn about the history and the techniques that were used. Bringing the water line up to where people can sit within the amphitheatre and dry dock which engages the community with ac�vi�es and lessons in tradi�onal ways of London.

TRINITY BOUY WHARF, LONDON,UK

Oxford Brookes University Oxford, UK

Tutors; Louis May, Luke Vonacheck

Experimenta�on with waste plas�c bo�les to create a new way to construct with the waste we produce. Experimen�ng with other types and other applica�ons such as �les use in prototyping before mass produc�on purposes.

MODELMAKING 04

The picture on the right is my submission to the OxArch x OSA architecture photography compe��on �tled ‘Glitches in architecture’ in which I was awarded 3rd place

SKETCHES