PORTFOLIO ARCHITECTURE
SELECTED WORKS
Julian Djopo | CV
Part 2 Graduate
CONTACT
Phone: 07533167576
E: juliandjopo1999@gmail.com
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
Masters in Architecture (2022-2024)
• Class Two Division One (2:1).
• Lionel Stirgess Architecture and Landscape Design Award.
• AJ Student Prize 2024 MArch Nominee.
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
Bachelors in Architecture (2018-2021)
• Class Two Division One (2:1).
SOFTWARE SKILLS
• AutoCAD
• SketchUp
• Revit
• Vectorworks
• Enscape
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe InDesign
• Microsoft Office Suite
INTERESTS
Arts - drawing, gallery visits, photography.
Sports - weightlifting, martial arts, cycling, gym.
Travelling and exploring.
My passion for the arts and the environment guides my approach to design through freehand drawing, which embraces materiality and a human-centred design philosophy that harmoniously coexists with nature. I have consistently enjoyed the process of developing architectural designs, and I am motivated to continue learning with the drive to develop myself through professional and personal environments. With my enthusiastic and diligent spirit, I am eager to expand my knowledge and advance to the next opportunities in my career. I believe that I can bring this enthusiasm and energy to your team, including my creative and technical skills.
WORK EXPERIENCE
ARCHIAM CENTRE (2023)
Architectural Intern
• Utilising AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite to illustrate 2D site plans and historical sections, learning to infer between past and current site.
• Collaborated with the research of development policy guidelines and contributed to key mapping illustrations.
CARVE ARCHITECTURE (2021-2022)
Architectural Assistant - Part I
• Developed 2D and 3D illustrations of concept designs for various home extensions, addressing a consistent hand-drawn representational style for clients meetings.
• Initiated with architects in office meetings, and learned to undertake site surveys. Efficient management of file system and office admin tasks.
XSITE ARCHITECTURE (2019-2020)
RIBA Student Mentee
• Conducted meetings with architect mentor Zoe Hayes to learn about the practice and understand architect’s responsibilities.
• Learned the RIBA Plan of Work Stages in-office and liaised with fellow architects about ongoing local architecture projects.
ADVANTEX NETWORK SOLUTIONS (2018)
Marketing Administrator
• Influenced and curated the graphic design for office reports, advertisement and website design. Learning office time management and communication.
• Facilitated in Google Analytics learning and monitoring, which led to increase in client outreach.
ST. AUBYN’S PLACE
St Aubyn’s Place is my first and ongoing domestic project, with the client looking to refurbish their kitchen, dining and family space with a rear infill extension. Together with the architect, I produced sketch iterations of possible rear extension layouts that both incoprates the garden shed or takes full advantage of the rear garden space.
I worked on this project from the sketch design stages to developed concept in 3D modelling, which was presented to the client meeting through a curated document. By working on projects like this from the briefing to concept stages, I can was able to continue utilising my freehand sketches to together with 3D models to test all the scales.
Loft Floor Plan (1:50)
House Pear Tree
HouseOuseburn
Silverthorne
South View clients seeked a side extension to their historic detached house to provide a garage and workshop that connects to the rear garden. I was given the full design decision in the sketch design and developed design stages to this project. The clients also wanted an extension to the lofts for a bedroom space and a new from entrance porch.
To meet the planning requirements for this project the design decisions had to retain the original roof heights and utilise the same local bricks that were originally used. A key feature the client wanted to explore was the sheltered walkway to the large rear garden which would potentially renovated as a small study.
Sylvia Dene North View
Evergreen Farm Wedgewood
PROJECT WEBSITE
THE PEAT DISTRICT
Glazebury
ECOLOGICAL
M.ARCH 5.0
This final year thesis project stems from a hypothesis developed in response to the increasing climate crisis and restoration of UK peatlands. Therefore we ask, “What kind of architectural propositions would be needed for creating an inhabitable landscape that prioritises peatland restoration and expansion?”.
“Peat District” is made up of settlements each consisting of dwelling clusters that prioritise housing and landscape restoration. The settlements are laid out in clusters in a gridded archipelago for long-term adaptability. To retain biodiversity and optimal peatland restoration, there is a 35 per cent density per hectare. The proposed settlement on stilts supports peatbog growth through a complex infrastructure, including ponds and peat rewetting channels.
Sketch process of settlement.
Three-storey communal farmhouse.
Sectional model
Settlement site plan drawing
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS
This project explores the Urban Proposition to reconnect key historical and modern elements of the site, listed church, ancient street and the towering business complex opposite. Through the existing High School on the site, a new School of Arts extension of the schools aims to reintroduce new student engagement through the Arts as a new department in the local school.
By addressing the concept of scale from the street level to the skyscraper level, this project explores the potential for a rising scale architecture within a low-rise urban context. This would establish the project within a constrained boundary and radicalise the Milanese skyscraper concept.
Intial function concept drawing
Level program concept drawing
Public Entrance and Cafe.
Studio Mezzanine. Open Studio.
Palazzio Lombardia
Torre Galfa
Gioia 22
1875
The area was a rural settlement for the nuns of St. Augustine (Abbadesse Covent), with a cross placed on a pedestal in 1644 during the time of St. Charles Borromeo.
Abandoned until 1911, the Superintendence discovers frescoes by Pietro Maggi, commissioned by the countess Lavinia Marliani, placing a constraint on Chiesa dei SS. Carlo e Vitale as a historic building.
The linear layout of plots are more defined and there is evidence of a plaza in development opposite to development of public park space. Works to cover the Naviglio della Martesana begin.
The site begins to be populated with residential buildings in linear format and parallel to each other. Trees are planted in the surrounding open green spaces to develop the public gardens.
IMC School Historical Timeline
Local educational institutions
Key historical road - Via Melchiorre Gioia Parks and Trees
Design development sketch
Close up render - upper levels
Site axonometric render
Concept collage drawing
Ground floor plan
First floor plan
South section drawing
Massing concept drawing
SAVONNERIE HAYMANS
This project engages with the Savonnerie Heymans by MDW Architects in France, where a chosen construction detail would be studied. This study also included technical and aesthetic characteristics through analysis in orthographic drawings, diagramming and understanding of construction elements in section.
In summary, bio-climatic loggias were the selected section to focus the construction model. This was because of its function to creating a naturally-lit space that also promotes energy saving into living spaces.
Detail section hand-drawing
Detail construction model
Model-making process
