WORK BY HENRY OLIVER DUNFORD-BAKER
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Henry Oliver Dunford-Baker I am motivated by the contemporary design and building projects currently being undertaken in Christchurch. I consider it a unique opportunity to see a city developed rapidly, incorporating leading edge architectural technique and engineering applications. A city designed and built today for the future and future proofed against natural disasters. I strive to contribute conceptual and actual design which incorporates best architectural practice with exemplars of contemporary design drawn from throughout the World.
hodb1993@gmail.com 027 392 1353
Address
81 Fendalton Rd, Christchurch
Nationality
New Zealand & British National
Qualification
Bachelor of Architectural Design
References
Catherine Bell, 021 992 358 (Teacher of English and Literacy Christ’s College Boys’ School) Massimiliano Capocaccia, 021 060 0514 (Principal Architect MC Architecture Studio Limited, Past Athfield Architects) Theo Giesen, 027 537 5906 (German Consolate, Giesen Wines)
Education - Cathedral Grammar School 1997 - 2006 - Christ College Canterbury 2007 - 2011 - Gap Year. United Kingdom 2012 - Massey University School of Fine Arts Wellington 2013 - ARA Institute Of Canterbury 2014 - 2016 After school I spent a year overseas gaining practice experience of life and work in a foreign country. On return I enrolled in a Fine Arts degree at Massey. Art had always been a passion of mine however after one year it was apparent that my interest was based firmly in design and rather than classical art and drawing. Subsequent to that, I enrolled in the Architectural studies degree course. My year at Massey contributed significantly to my success in the first year. Skills - Architectural Design - Graphic Design - Adobe Creative Suite - Archicad - Virtual environment - Microsoft Office Suite - Drawing - Painting - Presentations - Articulate and relaxed - Personable Hobbies & Interests - Sports & Personal Well-being - Art - Travel - Micro Brewing - Design - Music Work Experience As with most young people/students I have held a number of jobs which have little or no relevance to my ongoing career. I have worked in marketing roles, retail and hospitality, process manufacture and laboring. The main accrued benefits have been to provide an understanding of team work and supervision but I have also had the benefit of working. Career Objective My ultimate objective is to become a registered Architect in New Zealand and The United Kingdom and to work in both countries. I wish now to embark on this journey by securing a position in an Architectural office whilst engaging also in further post graduate studies. I understand that progress to my ultimate goal will be composed of incremental steps. I will achieve a high pass mark level in my degree and expect to exhibit this excellence in all future design work for an employer. I ultimately aspire to my own practice.
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Christchurch City Library, Christchurch
The Christchurch City Library was my final third year project for my Bachelors Degree. It was designed to replace the current city library and is located where the current Restart mall is located.
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Link, Mixed Use Innercity Development, Christchurch
Link was a third year group project to design a mixed-use building on the corner of Armagh, Manchester and Oxford Terraces, Christchurch.
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Canvas, Centre For Creative Business, Christchurch
Canvas was a third year project focusing on complex wooden structures. We were required to use only engineered timber thorughout the design.
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Clifton Tce, Sumner, Christchurch
Clifton Tce was a second year project. The project was dealing with real client demants on a difficult hill site with a limited but realistic budget.
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Te Whareora, Ara, Christchurch
Te Whareora was a second year project. The project was a renovation and referbishment of the current Te Whareora structure into a multi-use studient accomidation block for the newly designed Ara Institute.
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Christchurch City Library, Christchurch The Christchurch City Library will be a landmark in the newly built Central Business District. A cross roads, meeting place and a destination. An inspirational building that fires imagination and creativity through contemporary design. It’s an adaptable multipurpose venue, designed to service the people of Christchurch. The library has been inspired by the rich history & unique environment which surrounds it from the Avon River, to the Southern Alps. The design strives to capture and enhance the rich surrounding ecology while creating a space where everyone, irrespective of standing and social position can feel comfortable and motivated to learn. It’s a highly modern structure but emulates the position and purpose of ancient libraries as repositories of knowledge and learning. It is heavily influenced by thousands of years of change and now represents the pinnacle of modern learning systems. Most importantly, it is a building that has risen out of the destruction meted out to Christchurch. A new beginning, a beacon of hope and a building for all Cantabrians to be proud of.
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Form
The library has played a key role in the history of Christchurch, it’s is extremely
The structure’s form is based on a four lay-
important to acknowledge what is to be built there and what preceded it.. After
ered system with each layer intersecting
the earthquakes that destroyed most of the Christchurch CBD it was extremely
and overlaying one another with the top
important to get the city back on its feet as soon as possible. The Restart mall was
and bottom floors laying 90 degrees to the
a key development to help revitalise and bring life back into the city. It was the first
ground and first floor level. The floor plates
of its kind in Christchurch and New Zealand. It was a quick and effective develop-
have been overlaid in this manner to create
ment which has performed a key role in the revitalisation of the city. I have been
a rich, wide and diverse range of spaces.
inspired by this development, the psychological boost that it has provided. I pay
No single floor is the same, thus creating a
homage to the ‘Re-Start’ and acknowledge the role it has played in the rebirth and
journey for the user as they move through
development of this city. The idea used in Restart of overlaying masses has been
the structure not knowing what the next
a key influence in the formation of the new City Library, which will be built on land
space will provide in terms of height, width
previously part occupied by the Re-start Mall.
and light and texture. The floors have been arranged in a North, South, East & West arrangement to help promote and capture the wide range of views and landscapes which the structure has at its disposal. The North & South oriented floors are directed to help frame the amazing views of the Bridge of Remembrance and the Port Hills to the South. The East & West oriented floors are directed toward the statuesque natural views of the Southern Alps and Avon River as it meanders through and borders the green space to the West of the site.
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Connection
An integral driver throughout the entirety of the design process has been to create not only a destination but a connection, a through route and a journey through my structure. The site is located in between two hugely important locations within the context or the city; The historical Cashel Street and the newly developed Justice Precinct which runs along Litchfield Street. Currently these two sites are lacking clear connection to one another and it’s extremely important that a connection C11
between to two to is promoted and enhanced through the design of the New City Library.
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View Paths
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The schematic representation describes the vital influence the site and surrounding landscapes have on the overall design of the Library. Each floor has been arranged in a way that captures and emphasises the amazing surrounding views, no one floor is similar; each capturing its own unique view of the city, creating a truly
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City Library Location
The New City Library is situated within the heart to Christchurch’s rapidly developing Central Business District [CBD] located on the corner of Oxford/ Litchfield and the pedestrianised Cashel Mall. The library sits on the banks of the newly developed Avon river precinct, with the idyllique backdrop of The Port Hills to the East and the beautiful Southern Alps to the Southwest. The library serves to compliment the newly refurbished Bridge of Remembrance, a memorial to to lives lost during the First World War. The library is surrounded by a rich mixture of built and natural environment, each serving to compliment the other. This idea has been followed through in the design of the library as it serves to harness, blend and supplement its surroundings and environment.
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Scaled Floor Plans
HARD LINE INDICATING PAVED OUTDOOR AREA
DOTTED LINE INDICATING FLOOR ABOVE
FIRE STAIRS SERVICING FIRST & SECOND FLOORS
BLUE FILL INDICATING VOID
SERVICE ENTRY/EXIT
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ACCESSABLE ROOF AREA
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ACCESSABLE ROOF AREA
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SINGLE LINE INDICATING ROOF EDGE
DOUBLE LINE INDICATING BALUSTRADE
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Ground Floor Community Space (West Wing)
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First Floor Fiction
Area (West Wing)
First Floor Fiction Area (West Wing)
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(C) First Floor Construction C1.Service channel housed in steel grate C2. L bracket providing edge for flooring system C3. Wooden floorboards on insitu concrete pad housing underfloor heating on rigid insulation on concrete pad supported by steel tray decking C4. Steel truss continued C5. Suspended ceiling system C6. Universal beam bolted to steel truss system C7. Steel ceiling joists running perpendicular to universal beam C8. Steel L bracket welded to truss providing fixing for glazing system C9. Steel L bracket @ specified centres providing fixing for louvre system C10. Lightweight aluminium flashing providing protection for rigid insulation C11. Steel tray system providing support for butynol roof on rigid insulation (B) Ground Floor Construction B1. Wooden floorboards on insitu concrete pad housing underfloor heating on rigid insulation on concrete pad supported by steel tray decking B2. Reinforced precast concrete sandwich panel continued (Exposed) B3. Suspended ceiling system B4. Universal beam bolted to steel truss system B5. Steel floor joists running perpendicular to universal beam B6. Specifically engineered primary steel truss system welded to steel plate cast into concrete sandwich panel B7. Lightweight aluminium flashing providing protection for rigid insulation B8. Steel L bracket welded to truss providing fixing for glazing system B9. Steel L bracket @ specified centres providing fixing for louvre system (A) Subterranean Level Construction A1. Supporting reinforced concrete footing surrounded by perimeter drain A2. Granular backfill on insulating drainage board A3. Wooden floorboards on concrete topping pad housing underfloor heating system on rigid foam board insulation supported by reinforced concrete pad A4. Reinforced precast concrete sandwich panel (Exposed) A5. Suspended ceiling system A6. Universal beam welded to steel plate cast into concrete footing A7. Steel floor joists running perpendicular to universal beam ( Services running in between floor joists)
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Christchurch City Library, Christchurch
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Link, Mixed Use Innercity Development Link was a group project to design a mixed-use building on the corner of Armagh, Manchester and Oxford Terraces, Christchurch. The development was to include retail, commercial and residential spaces. The core idea of the project was to bring or link people and nature together, in the heart of the Christchurch CBD, through architectural design.
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300MM PRECAST REINFORCED STRUCTURAL CONCRETE WALL
PINK BATTS WALL INSULATION
13MM GIB WALL LINING FIXED TO 90MM
90X45 BOTTEM PLATE FIXED TO CONCRETE FLOORING SYSTEM WITH ENGINEERED DINABOLT
STARTER BAR FIXED IN PRECAST CONCRETE STRUCTURAL WALL SPECIFICALLY ENGINEERED BOLTS SECURING UNIVERSAL BEAM TO JUNCTION
80MM POLISHED CONCRETE TOPPING PAD PROVIDING FLOOR FINNISH RIDGED FLOOR INSULATION CREATING THERMAL SEPARATION UNDERFLOOR HEATING PIPES HOUSED WITHIN POLISHED CONCRETE TOPPING PAD 25MM COVER TO REINFORCING MESH
DIAMOND HIBOND METAL TRAY COMPOSITE DECKING WITH CAST INSITU CONCRETE TOPPING PAD
310MM STRUCTURAL UNIVERSAL BEAM SUPPORTING FLOORING SYSTEM
30MM CEDAR BLOCKING PROVIDING FIXING FOR LIGHTING
BOLT SECURING CEDAR TIMBER TO UNIVERSAL BEAM @1000 CTRS.
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Wall To Floor Detail
Part of the ideology for the design was to provide a learning tool to help inform the public on how the design works. It was important that the building exposed as much of its structure as possible. This idea was emphasized to become a unique and interesting aspect of the building itself. Two details were used to help illustrate this idea; one being a wall to floor detail, which uses the exposed universal beam as a platform to fix feature lighting, and the other being a seismic joint interconnecting two wings of the design through an air bridge. The seismic detail becomes extremely relevant in a post-earthquake Christchurch.
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SPECIFICALLY ENGINEERED UNIVERSAL SEISMIC HINDGE BEAM EDGE STARTER BAR SPECIFICALLY ENGINEERED SEISMIC PIN
25MM COVER TO REINFORCING MESH
DIAMOND HIBOND METAL TRAY COMPOSITE DECKING WITH CAST INSITU CONCRETE TOPPING PAD
310MM STRUCTURAL UNIVERSAL BEAM SUPPORTING FLOORING SYSTEM
SPECIFICALLY ENGINEERED BOLTS SECURING UNIVERSAL BEAM JUNCTION
LOAD BEARING 700MM UNIVERSAL BEAM
Seismic Joint Detail
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This seismic joint detail is specifically designed for areas prone to earthquakes such as the Christchurch CBD. The way the systems work is that in the case of a large seismic event the specifically engineered bolts will fail under a certain pressure and turn the rigid joint into a pivoting connection. This allows the bridge to move independently from the structures on either side of it without failing all together. This also means that neither building will be directly affected by any movement of the other.
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Canvas, Centre For Creative Business, Christchurch
The project brief was to create a building using a unique complex wooden structure. Canvas is a centre for creative busineses to create, teach and showcase their crafts, whether it be industrial design, fashion, architectural design, fine arts or all of these, all possible needs will be designed and catered for. My design ideology was to produce a creative, clear and contemporary space. A space that inspires and promotes exploration, imagination, creativity and originality. To design a building that was clear to understand and interpret, from structure to spatial and enclosure (an ideal environment for to realise their full creative potential). And building that employs modern building techniques, principles and materials to create a eco-friendlier, sustainable and holistic design.
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Clifton Tce, Sumner, Christchurch The project brief was to design a reasonably priced home for a young family on Clifton Hill, Sumner. This project had all the normal issues faced when designing a hillside property on a limited budget. The client’s requirements were that the house be of a modern but traditional design with a pitch roof and large glazed areas to maximize amazing views the site had to offer. They also required the building to have well defined areas, with their master bedroom separated from the children’s rooms and entertaining areas. The design was limited to a specified size in accordance with budget but still provided the required amount of rooms and spaces as specified. I looked to create a modern building that framed and maximized all aspects of the site. I wanted to create well defined but adaptable spaces, which could be used as the family wished. It was also extremely important that the design allowed for further development as the family grew. The design has a mixture of amazing open entertaining spaces whilst also providing great personal spaces for the family with each having their own space to retreat to.
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Scaled Construction Section
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brick ties screw fixed to framing spacing to NZS 4210
10 mm overhang
Wall to Floor Detail
150 mm slab to paving diamention (225 mm to natural ground)
Wall to Roof Detail
profiled steel roofing
10mm wall gibb
solid blocking to end of rafter extension sofit lining to close off veneer cavity from roof lining
140 mm stud wall
wall underlay to finnish 10mm below finnished slab level
50mm min overhang of roofing
steel spouting
13mm gibb ceiling lining
ex 25 fascia, width to suit spouting brackets and fall set 10mm off veneer
40-75 mm veneer cavity 50mm polished concrete topping pad
brick ties screw fixed to framing
60mm concrete screed housing underfloor insulation brick ties screw fixed to framing
65mm high density poly insulation DPC
40-75 veneer cavity 140mm stud wall @ 600 ctrs
10 mm overhang
50mm rebate in concrete slab DPC to rebate
150 slab to paving dimension (225 to natural ground)
10mm gibb wall lining
wall underlay
pink batt insulation r4
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Te Whareora, Ara, Christchurch The project brief was to redevelop and renovate the existing Te Whareora building at the Ara Campus in Christchurch. The building was originally designed and built to house the school’s health and fitness curricula but we were instructed to redevelop the building into new student accommodation to replace Ara’s obsolete student accommodation. The brief required us to keep the original structure of the building which added an aspect of complexity to the design as we had to allow for the original structure. The design was to house a specified number of students while also allowing for all the facilities involved in a building of this kind. My Design response was to create modern student housing that was heavily influenced by Christchurch’s historic brick buildings lost in the Earthquakes both on and off the Ara Campus. These were buildings such as the Moorhouse ave Railway station and Bedford Row Markets. I aimed to provide a wide range of spaces both communal and private with large loft spaces but also small intimate corners.
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Site Plan
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Structural 3D Model
This 3d structural model explains how the designs structural layout is comprised. The design has four main structural components starting from the ground up. The foundation system (in grey) is a rib raft system supporting concrete shear walls (in yellow) and primary steel structural members in black and red. The black members are the designs original structure with the red members being the additional structure added to support the changes made to the redesigned building.
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Full copies of all these projects (including all technical information) plus more are available on my linkedin profile https://nz.linkedin.com/in/henry-dunford-baker-802922123
THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME HENRY OLIVER DUNFORD-BAKER