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IONA HAIG 02/01/95
PROFILE
Garloch, Fintry Road, By Balfron, Stirlingshire, G63 0RR
0775 699 4552
ionahaig@hotmail.co.uk
www.linkedin.com/in/iona-haig
E D U C AT I O N Newcastle University
2013-2016
BA (Hons) Architecture Subjects include: Design, Technology, History of Architecture, Environmental
Self motivated and forward thinking Architecture graduate, excited by the prospect of working in an innovative and creative environment as part of a team. Passionate about design and trends with a keen eye for detail and appreciation for eclectic and individual design solutions. Customer focused with well developed communication and time management skills. Experienced charity volunteer, with the ability to teach and motivate teenagers to a national curriculum standard in a remote village school in Fiji. Tennis and hockey player, keen skier, qualified and competent sailor with PADI Dive certificate.
EXPERIENCE Jardine Matheson – Dairy Farm Intern, Hong Kong
July 2016- Present
Intern at Dairy Farm under Jardine Matheson Group. Currently positioned in Corporate Brand marketing in the Health and Beauty department, studying several Asian markets and proposing creative ideas for new brands. Involves creative thinking and design, understanding of financial positioning in the market and innovative strategies on how this could be improved to encourage growth.
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Artemis Investment Management – Assistant Chef Fettes College (UK)
2009-2013
IB Diploma - 39/ 45 points Subjects include: Art and Design, English, History, Maths Studies, Physics and Spanish. This included a three week volunteering project teaching children with disabilities conversational Spanish to allow them entry into main stream education. Developed and adapted teaching methods to support various levels of disabilities.
GCSE’s - 6 A*’s & 3A’s Subjects include: English literature, English language, Maths, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Art and Design, Physical Education, Spanish.
August 2015
Working as part of the Artemis Ocean Racing corporate entertainment team during Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight. Role included assisting senior chef to produce Cordon Bleu standard hospitality and managing junior waiting staff. Glasgow Memory Clinic - Receptionist
June 2013- Present
Working as front office administrator for research clinic during university holidays, responsibilities include dealing with patient enquiries, arranging support for client group who suffer from Alzheimers, updating medical records (awareness of the importance of client confidentiality), reception and administration duties. Global Vision International (Fiji) - Volunteer
June 2013- August 2013
Volunteered and worked alongside the local teachers whilst immersing myself in a completely new culture. Independently taught lessons in Maths, Literacy and Sports to a mixed gender group of 12-14 year olds in often quite challenging situations that required flexibility, resilience and openmindedness. Set up an ‘after school youth club’ to support the development of a recreational culture and encourage a competitive spirit for young children and teenagers. This club still continues to run today.
KEY SKILLS Adobe Creative Suite: Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign & Illustrator Microsoft Office: Powerpoint, Illustrator, Word, Excel Competent in AutoCad and Google SketchUp Well developed communication and presentation skills
Mary’s Living and Giving Charity Shop - Shop Assistant
Ability to adapt to change
Volunteering in local charity shop. Created a memory ‘living’ tree window display for Mothers Day which was instrumental in increasing weekend sales. Looking after customers and organising donations and stock.
Ability to work as part of a team or on my own initiative Task focused with ability to work under pressure Good planning and organisational skills
INTERESTS & ACHIEVEMENTS Newcastle University Hockey Hockey & Tennis 1st teams Fettes College NCO (Non Commissioned Officer) in Combined Cadet Force (CCF)
AMD Interior Architecture
Sep 12- May 13
Winter 2013
Completed a two day work shadowing opportunity in the London office which focused on reviewing the interior portfolios of key clients White Stuff and Jigsaw in Sloane Square. Country Kitchen Caterers - Waitress
2011- 2015
Wedding attendant and waitress at other events, serving canapes and champagne and customer aftercare. Haa Design
Summer 2013
Completed a one week work experience with Glasgow based architects/ interior design company, which focused on reviewing several architectural design projects using AutoCad and Google SketchUp. Norman Foster Architects
Summer 2012
Completed a one week work experience shadowing an interior architect who was commissioned to design both interior and external space for the new New York Library.
Duke of Edinburgh Gold, Silver & Bronze Award House Prefect Sailing RYA 1-5 Certified PADI Dive Certificate Photography
P E R S O N A L D E TA I L S Excellent health Full clean UK driving license
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Top left: life drawing using charcoal. Above: using a camera obscura to reduce horizons to small linear circular images; using thread, paper and watercolour.
Sketchbook pages showing formation of ideas.
These drawings reflect an element of my ‘OCD’ personality: ‘tidying up’ images of building sites in a similar style to artist Rachel Whiteread, using line and paint.
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Place Displaced was a stage 2 project designing a small terraced house with restricted dimensions for a young family in the outskirts of Newcastle. My design looked to split levels and an open central core to bring light through the house to the key social space in the basement.
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In third year we were placed in studios with different
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themes, I was part of the Experimental Architecture studio led by Dr Martyn Dade-Robertson and TED Fellow Rachel Armstrong. This studio would compromise the theme of our graduation project, for
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The studio was based on ‘living architecture’: architecture that responds and breathes with it’s surrounding environment. I chose to be a part of this studio as it was an opportunity to do something very different and explore the current boundaries of the architecture profession.
The system I designed (above) was based upon the time the studio spent in the microbiology lab studying materials which contract and expand in reaction to humidity in an environment. The design used biomimicry and studied gills and scales to create a natural leaf like form that curled in humid environments, so when used as a complete system for a building skin would ventilate automatically when humidity levels reach a certain point. Working on a small scale allowed for greater sensitivity, and I envisioned a rippling effect across a facade as the system ‘breathed’ with an environemment.
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Venice GRAD PROJECT
MAPPING Analysing the stor y of Zemr ude has led to an interest of water as a medium between the two cities in Venice. I would like to explore water as the medium through which our sur roundings are perceived: appreciating what is
mapping technique to locate a site
above and around by looking dow n. Flooding is a result of tidal movements and the push and pull forces prov ided by the cosmos, so I have mapped the Nor ther n Hemisphere constellations and found the Perseus constellation to be over Venice. I have overlayed this w ith a map of f looding in the city to locate a site.
PERSEUS CONSTELLATION The Perseus constellation has highlighted 18 different potential sites. I want to select the site that has the highest chance of f looding, w ith a
I chose my site using a mapping system of overlaying zones ofict.high low toursit populationwhich would be in the D orsoduro distr flooding and constellations, derived from the narrative ‘Zemrude’ from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities.
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I mapped the toursit f low in Venice (in pink) based on attractions and por ts of entr y, and in doing so eliminated sites that would be in toursit areas. My method has lef t me w ith a site in the D osoduro distr ict which interests me the most as it is on the S outher n side of the island, allow ing for g reater access to light in such a dense city which w ill add to the ref lective quality of the water.
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01. RISTORANTE TERRAZZA 02. GIARDINO DI PALAZZO 03. SAN TROVASO SQUARE
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Dorsoduro district, where one of three remaining traditional gondola workshops remains. My brief was born: a project that would revive the traditional art of gondola making by harnesing this function with a social space and microbiology lab testing biofilms collected on gondola hulls.
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IL SORGERE GIARDINO DEI GONDOLIERI “the rising garden of the gondoliers”
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aluminum casing the corrosion resistance, high strength and easy machining of aluminum makes it a suitable material to case planting mediums within bricks
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gravel soil
soil encourages the natural growth of plants, whilst gravel as the base of the brick anchors and supports plant roots
agar solution agar solution can be altered by microbiologists to encourage growth of certain organims
rain water supply rain water perculates through the facade encouraging the growth of other organisms through pooling in the crevices of the herringbone brick pattern
water supply from canal water is directed directly into selected bricks at adjustable rates in order to stimulate growth
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PLANTED BRICKS TO INITIATE GROW TH
planted bricks
brick cladding gypsum board fibreglass batt insulation
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aluminum water pipes direct water into planted bricks water valve
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tank vent pump
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reconstructed brick facade stepped bricks create holds for biofilm formation
expolymer production & biofilm development primary colonisation & attachment organic layer attachment
selected brick detail bricks which can be ‘planted’ and altered in the lab allow for a planting pattern to be formed by creating defined agar that encourages growth of specific organisms
aluminum cased brick
removable inner ‘pod’
It was impor tant to me that each of the three f unctions are interdependent, and the use of a planted br ick system integ rates the collection of samples and lab work into the fabr ic of the building, encourag ing it to be understood and recog nised by those who use the building.
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The internal courtyard is created by exploding and opening up the existing wall to create a central core that brings commerce between the functions of the building. This is the point at which the biofilm garden will flourish and grow, and gondolas are docked and raised along the height of the wall to reach their destination. This becomes a kind of exhibition space for the functions of the building.
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From top le f t: Gondoliers social space, probe making workshop and microbiolog y sampling lab. The gondolier’s bar and cafe opens onto a ter race overlooking the busy canals, allow ing gondoliers a new perspective of the busy waters they nor mally exper ience below. The probe making workshop has a dual f unction of generating par ts for planted br ick components as well as making probes. The microbiolog y lab lends itself as a satellite research centre for the Ca’ Foscar i University of Venice.
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DESIGN BIBLIOGRAPHY
ESIGN BIBLIOGRAPHY books referred to throughout the design module
Calvino, I. (1999) Invisible cities. United States: Arion Press.
Cruz, M. (2013) The inhabitable f lesh of architecture. United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing.
Haig, I. (2016) Fondamenta Bonlini: A Guidebook. United Kingdom: Self Published.
Hildebrand, G. and Hildebr, G. (1991) The Wright space: Pattern and meaning in Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses. 5th edn. University of Washington Press, Seattle: University of Washington Press.
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design bibliography
Mi, P. (2011) Conceptual representations: Architectural diagrams. Singapore.
Ruskin, J. (1981) The stones of Venice. Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company.
Stokes, A. (1945) Venice: An Aspect of Art. First edition edn. Faber and Faber.
Venturi, R., Brown, D.S. and Izenour, S. (1972) Learning from Las Vegas.
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Garloch, Fintry Road, By Balfron, Stirlingshire, G63 0RR
0775 699 4552
ionahaig@hotmail.co.uk
www.linkedin.com/in/iona-haig