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A R C H I T E C T U R E A collection of designs and creative work.
George Tamati 2020
Wellington
2019 - 2020
This position was a spatial planning and digital modeling project organised by Victoria University of Wellington. The work involved facilitation with the Capital & Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) to produce a 3D laser scanned building information-based model of an existing hospital building. The CCDHB required this as existing information for the building was inaccurate, therefore required accurate data to develop spatial concepts for renovations of the space. Said renovation concepts were also developed as part of this project and communicated through virtual reality software. A research paper is currently being published on this work.
Tegel Intercrop Maintenance Worker New Plymouth
2015 - 2019
This position was full-time and summer work based in New Plymouth. The occupation entailed maintenance of poultry rearing farms; disassembling machinery, washing equipment, fixing/disposal of equipment and reassembling machinery.
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BIMBVR Laser Scanned Modeling
Commercial Project
This position is an upcoming part-time tutoring position for the ARCI 211 that has been secured under Rebecca Kiddle at Victoria University of Wellington. The position was applied for and accepted in September 2020, with position expecting to run from March 2021 - June 2021.
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2021 - 2021
Residential Project
Wellington
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Victoria University of Wellington Tutor
Culturally Influenced Design
WORK EXPERIENCE
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+64 27 210 9895 georgetuttamati@gmail.com
Community Project
Contact Details:
Dr Wallace Enegbuma Senior Lecturer Building Science and Building Information Modeling (BIM) Phone: 04 4636275 Email: wallace.enegbuma@vuw.ac.nz
Cliff Judge Tegel Intercrop Maintenance Team Manager Phone: +64 27 591 9308
EDUCATION Master of Architecture
2020 - Current
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Architecture and Design
Bachelor of Architecture
2017 - 2019
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Architecture and Design
NCEA and UE
2011 - 2015
New Plymouth Boys’ High School / Te Kura Tamatāne O Ngāmotu
Software Used for Projects:
About: Kia Ora, I am George Tamati, a post-graduate student seeking an employment opportunity within the design and architecture industry. I am seeking employment over the university break, wishing to gain industry experience and craft my skill as an aspiring designer. I have attached my C.V. to showcase my work history and portfolio to display my ability as a designer. If you have any opportunities within the industry, I would enjoy hearing from you. Ngā mihi
REFERENCES
REVIT, AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, Sketchup, Photoshop, InDesign, Twinmotion, and VRAY.
PROFILE
T A M A T I
C O N T E N T S
G E O R G E
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Community Project
George Tamati
AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS RNDR20
2020
One project featured at the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation end of year exhibition.
VUW Deans List
2019
A formal record of Victoria University undergraduate students who achieved academic excellence.
RNDR19
2019
Two projects featured at the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation end of year exhibition.
NPBHS Design Award
2015
A New Plymouth Boys’ High School end of year award for excellence as a top design student.
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Te Whakaora
Western Perspective
PROJECT BREIF 2020
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How can the intangible presence of the bush landscape be intertwined with the abstract rawness of architectural space? - Te Whakaora (the healing) responds to this through the structure being a mechanism of environmental healing, resolving river pollution within the assigned site (Merrilands Domain, New Plymouth). The architecture accomplishes this through implementing a building settled within the river, hosting multiple mechanisms of water healing that connect to provide an architectural method in purifying the sites polluted water.
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DESIGN DESCRIPTION Development Sketches
Te Whakaora
2020
The formal structure of Te Whakaora consists of three architectural domes, all situated within the site’s river. Each dome hosts an individual program, associated with restoring the site’s water; education, treatment and research. The dome form was generated through discovering, investigating, and simulating the regrowth of a piece of trash attained on site (view image 1.2). The dome forms are connected through intersecting pathways. The pathways intersect and connect each of the three architectural domes, providing fluid circulation between the structures.
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Furthermore, the designs pathways connect to the water and background bush space, serving as stitches, sewing the architecture, water and nature together. On two of the domes, a parametric skylight facade functions as a device to communicate growth. The facade panels are operational and when activated, open, visualising the notion of a flower blossoming from the water, communicating growth as the devices work to heal the water. Lastly, a viewing terrace is incorporated at the designs entrance. The terrace is designed to provide a position for occupants to visualise the water healing mechanisms within the architecture working cohesively to heal the water. Mechanism incorporated within the architecture includes; sediment ponds, ultra-violent filtration, water automated rubbish collection, communal education areas and research areas dedicated to investigating means of other sustainable practices related to New Zealand’s water health. The terraces ability to showcase these mechanisms working together provides a subliminal message of the necessity for society also to work cohesively, improving the environment together as one.
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Deconstructing Pathways
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PROJECT BREIF 2019
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D E C O N S T R U C T I N G
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How can the currently earthquakeprone Wellington City Council Library be redeveloped, envisioned through the application of concrete and steel structure? - Deconstructing Pathways accomplishes this by proposing an architectural concept that demolishes the current library and reconstructs the cities library, presenting an innovative and structurally stable architecture for the Wellington Community.
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DESIGN DESCRIPTION Deconstructing Pathways
The design of Deconstructing Pathways is formed on the encompassing site elements, comparing the surrounding buildings to body elements, narrating them as ‘the organs of the city’, providing life to Te Ngākau; ‘the heart of the city’ (view image 2.3). Through this method, the library is viewed as the mind of the city, forming spatial design arrangements (view image 2.5). This method of design is achieved by analysing the brain in section, discovering areas that host varying types of thinking within the mind. The design architecturally translates these areas within the mind, clustering spaces to correspond to discovered spaces that relate to certain kinds of thought in mind, thus deconstructing pathways. When visualising the design in this manner, occupants can be visualised as neurons, traveling between clustered spaces of thinking relating to the brain, forming the concept of the design being ‘the mind of the city’.
CITY CONTEXT Deconstructing Pathways
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SITE ANALYSIS Deconstructing Pathways
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2. Te Ngākau - translate to ‘the heart of the city’ 3. Citizens Advice Bureau / a place of protection 4. City Gallery / a place of visualisation 5. Town Hall / a place of opinion 6. Michael Fowler Centre / a place to gather 7. Library / a place to think
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‘Heart of the city’ The immune system The eyes of the city The voice of the city The stomach The mind of the city
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Deconstructing Pathways
Main Lobby Perspective
STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION 2019
The structure of Deconstructing Pathways is formed on two separated grids, dictating the location of structural elements. Structural elements are made from concrete and steel materials, employing; steel I beams, concrete columns, concrete sheer walls, concrete raft foundation and steel trusses, all employed to provide earthquake resistance. Furthermore, structural elements are exposed, visually educating occupants on the importance of structure to resist earthquake movement and provide structural stability.
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PROJECT BREIF Ngā Hononga Wairua
DESCRIPTION 2019
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Ngā Hononga Wairua reflects the allocated Shelly Bay site history through capturing the cultural, account of the site. The design achieves this through the structure, forming an architectural narrative, designing elements as symbolic components, revealing a tale of the living summoning the deceased Māori spirits that lived within the area. The Māori people that lived within the area were peaceful until western ideals corrupted the site, communicating the idea that returning the spirits to the site will return the site to a state of naturality. Consequently, the design is an architectural Pōwhiri, returning the site to state naturality through the summoning of peace. Symbolic elements within the design include; Vertical Tower: acting as the Kuia calling the spirits; Main Building: a waka carrying the deceased rising from the ocean, answering the call of the Kuia; Entrance Pathway: connecting the tower and the main building, allowing occupants to travel between life and death, attaining the knowledge from the spirits, applying said knowledge in the world of the living (reflecting the program of the design being a school of art, music and design); Structural Patterns: repetitive triangles representing men/women through form, used to create a suspended roofing structure, symbolising the living pulling the waka from the ocean; and Grid-line Angle: grid-lines, thus structural elements are formed on 45-degree angles, imitating patterns found in Māori weaving, communicating the weaved connection between the living and deceased.
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How can a newly developed school of design, art and music display the unique history of Shelly Bay within Wellington, New Zealand? - Ngā Hononga Wairua reflects the allocated Shelly Bay site history through capturing the cultural, account of the site, representing the Māori people that inhabited the territory before western-influenced war ravished the area, returning the site to a state of naturality.
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DESIGN DESCRIPTION
54 JERVOIS QUAY
54 JERVOIS QUAY
2019
The following drawings incorporated showcase 3D renderings of the building’s facade arrangement, plan drawings of the building’s core, and section drawings of the core of the building. These drawings aim to showcase the buildings structure and the incorporation of Cross-laminated timber (CLT) and Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL). A link to visualise full documentation relating to the construction of the building can be found on page 36.
Facade Exterior View
In an increasingly expanding Wellington, commercial high-rise structures are notably being constructed in large quantities, catering to the high demand in city situated apartment housing. With there being an evident demand in commercial high-rise structures, 54 Jervois Quay aims to provide a more environmentally friendly means of the high-rise construction, exploring the prospect of high-rise construction through employing the utilisation of Cross-laminated timber (CLT) and Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL).
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Waihora Residents
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PROJECT BREIF 2019
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R E S I D E N T S
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How can culture and family values be incorporated into the western sense of a residential home, renovating an existing sites structure to develop these values within a given budget? Te Waihora Residents aims to achieve this through the architecture being designed to facilitate interaction between WhÄ nau, facilitating; Manakitanga, Mohiotanga and Tuakana, whilst remaining within the existing structure and given budget.
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Waihora Residents
Waihora Residents
2019
The design of Waihora Residents is divided into two separated structures; social and private, designed with timber and cultural patterns to develop a natural atmosphere. The front house acts as a social gathering area, hosting exible external and internal spaces for guests and family to gather and interact in a communal space, promoting Manakitanga, Mohiotanga and Tuakana. The back house acts as a private area, speciďŹ cally for the living family to have their personal space or direct interaction with the immediate family. Furthermore, the design is integrated with nature, hidden behind a facade of native New Zealand bush with gardening areas to provide food for guests.
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The front house is designed to be a contemporary impression on the Marae, hosting the traditional gable front, tukutuku patterns, and an external meeting area for welcoming ceremonies. The back house is designed as a New Zealand impression on the typical two-story western home design, blending with the front house through timber cladding and inclusion of tukutuku patterning.
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P O R T F O L I O A collection of designs and creative work.
George Tamati 2020