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JULIAN DJOPO
PART II ARCHITECTURE
SELECTED WORKS
JULIAN DJOPO | CV
PART 2 GRADUATE
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.
SOFTWARE SKILLS
• AutoCAD
• SketchUp
• Revit
• Vectorworks
• Enscape
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Premier Pro
• Microsoft Office
INTERESTS
• Arts-drawing, gallery visits, photography.
• Sports-weightlifting, martial arts, cycling, gym.
• Travelling and exploring.
EDUCATION EXPERIENCES
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (20222024)
MARCH ARCHITECTURE
• Class Two Division One (2:1).
• Lionel Stirgess Architecture and Landscape Design Award.
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY (20182021)
BA HONOURS ARCHITECTURE
• Class Two Division One (2 : 1)
ST CUTHBERT’S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (2015-2018) A-LEVELS
• Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Geography, Photography.
ST CUTHBERT’S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (2010-2015) GCSES
• Maths, English and Sciences, with Fine Art, Geography and German.
ARCHIAM CENTRE (JULY-AUGUST 2023)
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
• Illustrated 2D architectural site plans and sections using AutoCAD and Adobe Illustrator.
• Collaborated with the research of development policy guidelines and contributed to key mapping illustrations.
• Undertaking past and existing sectional survey drawing for two key historic streets in Oman.
• Corresponded to in-person and remote meetings and prepared meeting notes to track work in progress.
CARVE ARCHITECTURE (2021-2022)
PART 1 ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
• Conceptualised 2D and 3D designs, hand drawings and developed sketch designs.
• Curating and production of sketch design documents for client meetings and planning applications.
• Initiated with architects in office meetings and site visits and completed office administration tasks such as scanning and file management.
• Engaged in client home measurements and produced survey drawings for planning applications.
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 (MAYSEPT 2018)
MARKETING ASSISTANT
• Assisting with the redesign of graphics for office reports and marketing graphics.
• Monitoring and engagement of activities on social media platforms – LinkedIn, Facebook, X.com.
• Assisted marketing manager with Google Analytics, office administration and meetings.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Creative Suite for digital marketing media.
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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.
SOUTH VIEW York
RESIDENTIAL
PART 1
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.
Rough sketch ideas of the side extension, front patio and their views in section.
Close-up views of the front patio with alternative roof styles that could be proposed. The side extension view to the rear was also explored in sketching.
THE PEAT DISTRICT
Glazebury
ECOLOGICAL
This group thesis project stems from a hypothesis developed in response to the increasing climate that progressively pushes the UK into a housing crisis. 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. As climate change drives the UK into a housing crisis, such as overheating and flooding, developers are pushed explore areas of damaged peatland previously regarded as uninhabitable. This thesis project seeks to explore an approach to adaptive architecture that has a role in ecological care and repair that may provide answers to the UK’s housing crisis.
Concept sketch section of elevated peat settlement.
From the segmented section below, the key programmes that enable the function and continuous restoration of peatland beneath. This also highlights the key idea to elevate the structures away from restoring peatland.
This map identifies the various layers of bedrock and superficial deposits, with areas rich in peat subsoil shown to be potentially restored.
Initial development of the masterplan and location of networks to make up the connected rewetting infrastructure for human-peatland co-living.
MASTERPLAN
Sketched perspectives of the Peat District dwellings throughout different seasons.
BUILDING PROGRAMME
Floor plans of buildings that form the settlement.
Exploded axonometric of project masterplan, highlighting key infrastructure of Peat District.
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.
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Concept sketch addressing the section through the multistorey studio spaces and circulation for the Milanese School of Art.
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
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. Via Abbadesse remains existing and diagonal to the new linear layout.
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. The residency and chapel at Abbadesse remain
Initial schedule of accommodation is determined and distributed through the site, within the established negative spaces, whilst being sensitive to the existing trees on site.
Initial massing iteration. Programme bubble diagram. Spatial organisation of programme.
Zoning through the open voids.
Concept section of main towers and programme organisation for each floor level.
Initial concept sketch with ideas of materiality in section in relation to the context.
FLOOR PLANS
Public Entrance and Cafe. Studio Mezzanine. Open Studio.
SALTAIRE COMMUNITY CENTRE
My project aims to bring focus back to the community of Saltaire through a Community Centre and Library, influenced by the concept of the Temple for the People and the Greek agora. The architecture of the building represents the social history of the people of Saltaire, mill workers, child labourers, and locals who have committed to establishing Saltaire as a World Heritage Site.
Saltaire Community Centre and Library hopes to accommodate both locals and visitors through a complex programme of spaces, akin to that of the French Salle Polyvalente (multi-purpose) Centres. The Library programme, being the largest houses a quiet studies, collaborative learning spaces, computer rooms reading areas and Biographical Archives of Saltaire’s people and history. Other programmes include a children’s area (crèche), cafe and car, community adaptive hall, council offices and debate chamber.
This proposal sits in the heart of Saltaire, Shipley. The program is formed by a central library space, creating a threshold between public and private. By integrating internal garden spaces, the structure seeks to sit within the site, whilst responding to the adjacent typologies.
PROGRAMME
Concept collage to convey visuals ideas from the theory promoting community engagement in the agora and framing of key views.
The building aims to be permeable through the two central gardens that align with parallel streets facing the Salt’s Mill in the background.
Ground Floor
First Floor
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.
Redrawn floor plan with program functions throughout the renovated and extended building, characterised by play spaces and garden courtyards for residents.
New Buildings
Preserved Buildings
Retained Chimney
I utilised materials such as cardboard , tissue, paper, foam, polystyrene, balsa wood and acrylic sheets. These photos show the some of modelling process leading to the final construction detail at 1: 10 scale.
Final photos of construction detail model.