JACK MINCHELLA PORTFOLIO + C.V. minchella1289@gmail.com
C.V. JACK MINCHELLA 12.02.89 Email: minchella1289@gmail.com UK:
+44 7539840592
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+45 50329164
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PERSONAL PROFILE With over seven years of professional and academic experience in urban design and architecture I am highly motivated, extremely competent and passionate about innovation in urban design and architecture. I have worked on large scale construction projects as a design lead and most recently completed self initiated built work as designer manager. I thrive in a face paced and challenging working environment and want to utilise and develop my skills to tackle the problems at the vanguard of urban regeneration. I am fascinated with finding the right questions; engaging in research to design the right brief. From there, I hope to use my design skills and analytical eye to connect with a multifaceted design approach; balancing my enthusiasm for high quality urban design, architectural quality and encouraging a positive political agenda when working within a the contemporary city.
EDUCATION 2013 - 2015
MA - ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, COPENHAGEN Dept. of URBANISM AND SOCIETAL CHANGE Year 5 - USC Award for best thesis project - selected for exhibition
2007 - 2011
BSc (Hons) - UNIVERSITY OF BATH Year 3 - Highly commended - Basil Spence Competition
EXPERIENCE 2015 - PRESENT
CMPNDM - CPH:DOX / CHART ART FAIR CPH:DOX : Self initiated work as design lead, team manager and construction of CPH:DOX temporary headquarters, Scandinavia’s largest film festival. CHART ART FAIR : Design and co-ordination of a festival pavilion, spanning six weeks for the construction process and culminating in a three day public festival. Working with very challenging budget restraints the process involved collaboration and negotiation with different professional parties and required fast and innovative design solutions.
2012 - 2013
GRIMSHAW ARCHITECTS - LONDON BRIDGE STATION REDEVELOPMENT 18 months experience during the co-ordination and construction phase of Europe’s largest rail project. Design package co-ordinator after first 6 months and given significant design responsibility. Daily cooperation between a 500 strong multi disciplinary team in a fast paced working environment.
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KCAP - ZURICH 3 month placement working in an international office on a serious of masterplanning projects; Ecoquartier Danube, Eslingen Masterplan & ‘New Time’ - high profile office rennovation.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS WORKING PRACTICE
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Team Management Design Leadership Organisation and planning Visual & verbal presentation Teamwork and communication
Projectwise BIM - (AECOsim)/Revit Microsoft Office Adobe Design Suite Microstation AutoCAD Rhino
AWARDS 2015 2015 2012 2011
CHART Art Fair - Competition Winner USC Award for best thesis project Prize Winner, RIBA Pews & Perches Competition Highly Commended, Basil Spence Competition
PERSONAL INTERESTS Reading - Currently reading about the issues around privatisation in public space within U.K. cities. Rock Climbing - Climbing for over 10 years, mainly indoor sports climbing. Tennis + Running
References available on request
ACADEMIC WORK BOXED LOGIC Thesis Project
KADK
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STRATEGIES FOR RURALISM Kandidate Project
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BATH CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY Final Year Project
University of Bath
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BRISTOL FILM INSTITUTE Basil Spence Competition
University of Bath
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PROFESSIONAL WORK GRIMSHAW ARCHITECTS - LONDON London Bridge Station Redevelopment
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PERSONAL WORK OTHER PROJECTS CMPNDM Design Collective
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ACADEMIC WORK 2010 - 2015
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BOXED LOGIC Thesis Project - KADK 2015
WHAT DOES RURAL SETTLEMENT LOOK LIKE IN THE 21ST CENTURY? With European urbanity touching 90% it is testing the notion of what we consider the countryside. The project uses architecture and planning as a tool of communication to experiment with contemporary ruralism in Denmark. It examines the localised Danish government model and their subsequent planning techniques, industrial scale food production and the ARKET MARKET MARKET resultant Mspatial implications in the 21st BASEDfor the countryside BASED BASED century. MENT MENT MENT DEVELOP DEVELOP DEVELOP Framing agriculture and tourism as the main commercial identities of rural life and land use, it experiments as to what extent these opposing logics can be reconciled as a way of stitching back together a declining rural fabric. It actively engages in lifestyle branding as a modern planning phenomenon and aims to use this as design tool rather than a draw back.
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01 New idustrial town square - Packing up the festival 02 The industry gives pack - Cafe/cafateria/winter garden with plant experimentation lab above
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Agricultural Holiday Homes - Biomass tree house
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01 Biomass Tree house - Summer biomass height 02 Biomass Tree house - Winter harvest
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STRATEGIES FOR RURALISM Kandidate Project - KADK 2014
MUNICIPAL STRATEGY
SUB-URBAN FARMING Engaging in a ‘design by research’ method of working the semester outcome was a fictional strategy book that provided a framework for architectural and planning responce to the current problems facing the rural municipalities of Denmark. It’s approach was to steer away from a copy and paste method of design towards a more holistic proposal based on the symptoms of rural decline caused by both domestic and global trends. It was a group project but here my individual strategy is shown as part of the wider proposal.
GUIDANCE FOR MUNICIPALITIES IN DECLINE
STRATEGIES FOR RURALISM
Municipal Zone Map - Combining symptoms to stimulate solutions
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SUB-URBAN FARMING The strategy engaged with the small town of Søllested in rural Denmark and suggested a framework of future development. The main empahsis was the re-use of municipal assests and resources empty plots to foster a local agriculture theme. This ranged from small scall independant farms of 1 arce to the rennovation of the school building to become a farming academy to create a more area specific responce to the cut backs and centralisation of social welfare, i.e. a consistant curriculum for ages 5-18.
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engine room The workshop form is the key element in the composition and expresses the power of making and invention. The large fins are remanisent of large chimneys that loom over factories, stating their precence on the skyline. The roof openings mark out the circulation line through the entire building and act as a reference to the other functions that sit along the main axis of the building.
expreSSing THe STrATA Knowing the spatial limits on the island is expressed through th north south axis. Each section frame is then distorted to suit the function. By doing so the visual perspective along the canal is enhanced and the strata suggests permiability through the building. This grain is also derived from the access to the site as well as the optimum sunlight orientation.
The main workshop area has a ceiling clearence of 7m for large scale material testing.
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ENTRANCE/RECEPTION CAFE KITCHEN EXTERIOR SEATING EXHIBITION LECTURE HALL SEATING PLANT ROOM MAIN STRUCTURES LAB. INDIVIDUAL WORK AREA ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED LAB. ANALYTICAL LAB. SOIL PREPARATION LAB. TEACHING ROOM TEACHING GARDEN
The workshop area acts as one open space and is nested in the heart of the plan.
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EXHIBITION ROUTE The building acts as a learning tool for both public and private users. Therefore the respective domains are distinct and the points of cross over act as exhibition.
exHiBiTOn rOUTe The building must showcase its entire working process. The circulation route acts as the ‘kebab’ squire that links all the functions. The idea of openness and process are brought to the forefront. The basement typology of the workshop is reversed and nothing is hidden.
For example the public route passes through and above the active workshops to give visual access to the main function of the building.
By placing the functions on along an axis a working and learning process is instantly recognisable. The exhibition route therefore stays constant while the ground condition changes, allowing for reference with each new stage of experience.
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The journey of the visitor is linear; experiencing different exhibition points through the building and leading to the experimentation site outside.
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The entrance bridge is the direct link to the power source of the island . The pedestrians bridge entrance highlights the transition onto the ‘eco island’.
The initial axes is set up as a direct link between the wier on one side and the canal on the other. This route forms the anchor of the site to surrounding land.
The main exhibition space connects the entrance area to the workshops. This area is as open as possible and houses permanent and temporary exhibition.
A key feature in the building is the exhibition route through the workshop. Here visitors are able to view live projects.
The newly installed H.E.P. system forms the entrance to the site and building which gives the first exhibition element. The existing structure is renovated to fit a viewing platform and display
Within this area is the shop and reception with the cafe to the left. This is kept open for temporary exhibitions and is the buildings first point of reference.
Here the key compositional piece is the informal lecture hall. The exhibition space in front doubles as a performance space for live building demonstrations while the top gives onto the workshop ex-
An exterior viewing and exhibitions deck gives onto a staircase leading into the landscape. Beneath are teaching rooms that may or not be part of the visitor experience.
This allows the act of working and discovery to be on exhibition while allowing current work direct relation with any items on display.
The exhibition continues through the landscape in the form of test projects. As time goes on the centre will grow westward on the island and the exhibition route is continued.
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The main workshops dominate the centre of the plan and are the epicentre of private research. The large north facing fins gesture the industrial expression while continuing the rhythm of 4 large trees to the west of the building.
The main workshops dominate the centre of the plan and are the epicentre of private research. The large north facing fins gesture the industrial expression while continuing the rhythm of 4 large trees to the west of the building. All the ‘hands-on’ working areas are treated as one large open space to increase interelations between any given research projects that are happening simultaneously, taking care in the plan to provide a liminal condition between privacy and connection.
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All the ‘hands-on’ working areas are treated as one large open space to increase interrelations between simultaneous research projects, taking care in the plan to provide a liminal condition between privacy and connection.
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EXPLODED WORKSHOP ISO Integrated PV Glazing
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Secondary Roof Structure Structural Plywood for lateral stability Timber deck for exhibition route Supporting stucture
FINS Timber cladding batons Glulam primary curved member Secondary timber structure
Premanufactured timber working pods clad with metal exterior.
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Premanufactured timber sliding doors on metal frame.
NORTH WALL [HEMPCRETE] DETAIL 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
Seamed zinc roof (5 degree slope) D.P.M Sheep wool insulation 150mm Secondary timber structure 150x150mm Premanufactured cross laminated roof pannel 75mm Larch cladding 25x80mm Internal larch cladding Hempcrete 400mm Lime based render 20mm Timber joist 80x150mm Laminated timber window frame 200mm Triple glazing 20mm Concrete floor slab 400mm Perlite insulation bags 300mm Polished limecrete floor 100mm Slate [total depth 300mm] Drainage pipe Filtration bed Gravel/reed planting Concreteretaining element 150mm Steel bench with timber seat
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BRISTOL FILM INSTITUTE Bachelor Project - University of Bath 2010/11
STACKING THE CINEMAS This design involved stacking cinemas and wrapping them in circulation. The aim was to give the user a fresh perspective of the city scape [embodying the metaphor of cinema as an enlightening experience] while using the height to gain a sufficient pressure differential to naturally ventilate the cinemas. The project was completed for the Basil Spence competition; a unique group design project between architects and civil/ environmental engineers. The aim is to provide a viable solution to a challenging brief that marries aesthetic, structural sophistication and sustainable design.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK 2010 - 2013
LONDON BRIDGE STATION REDEVELOPMENT The London Bridge Station redevelopment project is the cornerstone of the thameslink project; the largest undertaking of a commercial project by network rail in order improve links from the south east into the city if London. During 2012 the project gained planning permission and subsequently moved to the detailed design stage E. Network rail then initiated a collocated office for all the disciplines involved to be housed under one roof. This progressive decision aims to allow better collaboration and efficiency and also sheds light on how the other disciplines operate.
LONDON BRIDGE STATION REDEVELOPMENT
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ECOQUATIER DANUBE COMPETITION ’Ecoquartier Danube’ (eco quarter) is a new housing neighboorhood in the centre of Strasbourg. The perimeter of the quarter is located between the N4 in the South, a strong barrier between Strasbourg and Neudorf, and the Dusuzeau Basin in the North with its long promenade. I worked on the feasability studies for and the masterplan layout for the project as well as the presentation to international clients.
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PERSONAL WORK 2011 - Present
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Design and management lead for the temporary head quarters of Scandinavia’s largest film festival. The installation was under an extremely tight time schedule and therefore the concept was to use a single piece of rope, like knitting, to define the interior and exteroir space and visual identity of the festival. Challenging co-ordination and assembly required keen managerial skills as well as an ability to maintain the clarity of the design aesthetics.
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CHART ART FAIR PAVILION ‘THE CURTAIN WALL’ The pavilion explores the curtain wall: The default language of our cities, and the stud wall architecture behind the blank whiteness of the art gallery. Two-tone mylar fabric forms the skin that transforms to reveal the inner construction; the humble timber stud wall that houses a bar made of post and frame construction - a decorative yet functional sculpture - like a large piece of half-finished furniture. The piece explores established norms of contemporary architecture culture, but takes its inspiration from a reaction against it. What is formed is somewhere between expression and function, art and architecture.
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Pavilion in-situ
STRUCTURE/GLAZING PATTERN The structure of the greenhouse matches the glazing pattern of the front facade for aesthetic continuity.
KØDBYEN ROOFTOP GREENHOUSE A small project for a rooftop greenhouse in the listed buildings of Kødbyen, Copenhagen. The project took the aesthetics and rhythm of the site and was used as an initial planning proposal.
A LONDON BENCH Design collective with a friend called ‘CMPNDM’ - entering competitions, collaborating with communities and creating projects for ourselves wherever possible. We aim to explore architecture and its many overlapping fields. These are visuals of our latest venture to design a bench for the London Pleasure Gardens 2012. The outline suggests a typical London ‘bench-scape’ for Olympic tourists to imitate. The design was a winning entry and was built in the 2012.
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JACK MINCHELLA minchella1289@gmail.com UK: +44 7876301045 DK: +45 52609698 Linkedin Profile
CMPNDM GRAPHICS
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