ARCH I TE C T U R E POR TF O LI O Julia Remington 2021
EXPER I EN CE S , Q U A L IF ICA T IO N S , S KIL L S
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
WORK EXPERIENCE
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
QUALIFICATIONS
JU LIA R E M I NG TO N PART 1 ARCHITECTURE GRADUATE
SOFTWARE SKILLS LANGUAGES
REFERENCES HOBBIES & INTERESTS
C O NTE N T S ATL AS GALLERY & STUDIOS
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SSoA Year 3 Project
EDINBURGH CHILDREN’S MUSIC CENTRE
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SSoA Year 3 Project
PART 1 EXPERIENCE
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HTA Design LLP London, UK
S UMMER INTERNSHIP
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Asai Ken Architectural Research Inc. Tokyo, Japan
D ISSERTATION
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Vision: The Architecture of Studio Ghibli in the Pursuit of Contemporary Utopia
FILM PHOTOGR APHY
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ATL AS G A LLE RY & S T U DI OS F OR E DM U N D D E W AAL & T H E LI T T LE S T E E L M E S T E R Located in Atlas, Sheffield, amidst the industrial remains of Sheffield’s famous steel-making history in Lower Don Valley - this project provides studio spaces and a gallery for contemporary ceramics artist Edmund de Waal, as well as for local blacksmith artists. The design focuses around the idea of celebrating the contrasts between delicacy/ purity and griminess/roughness, while aiming to bridge the adjacent Pitsmoor community with the forgotten industry through an interplay between art and social opportunities. The Corner Pin, an old retired steelmaker’s pub on the site, is revived and complimented with an outdoor beer garden to create a new social hub in Atlas.
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Site Plan with Wide Context
GALLERY
COMMUNITY
OPEN BEER GARDEN
STUDIO - PUBLIC INTIMACY
Celebrate artistry & strengthen community-industry relationship through engaging public spaces
INDUSTRY
Development - Exploring Form & Scale in Context Aerial Perspective
Ground Perspective
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Aerial View
Landscaping
Exploded Axonometric
Gallery Roof Detail Section
The Hepworth Gallery Wakefield, UK David Chipperfield Architects
Section A
COMMUNITY
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Ground Floor Plan BACK 1.Mini Forge 2.EDW Kiln & Finishes 3.EDW Reception FRONT 4.Gallery Reception 5.Corner Pin 6.Beer Garden 7.Gallery Management
Beer Garden - Daytime & Evening
Development - Beer Garden Canopy (1:100 Model)
Sheltered by a translucent canopy bringing in unique lighting, the three-dimensional qualities of the beer garden creates a pleasant atmosphere and is connected to the adjacent pub (the Corner Pin). It is a social hub for Edmund de Waal (and his workers), the blacksmith artists, and the local community.
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
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Long Elevation
BACK 1F 1.EDW Personal Library 2.EDW Main Studio 3.Archive 2F 4. Throwing Mezzanine 5. EDW Garden Terrace FRONT 1F 6.Gallery
Section B
1. INDUSTRY
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BEER GARDEN INDUSTRY
COMMUNITY
Gallery Concept Lighting & Views The gallery is divided into three, with each space having a unique view and spatial quality
Edmund’s Throwing Mezzanine Edmund De Waal
A simple, intimate space for Edmund de Waal to turn his wheel and fully concentrate on his artistry.
Edmund De Waal’s Main Studio
Mini Forge
Characterized by its purity, lightness, and open plan. High windows mimic industrial warehouses in scale, and are frosted to diffuse light and overall brighten the space.
Characterized by its textured, dim, mysterious qualities directly contrasting with EDW’s studios. Forge area connects with Edmund’s firing space.
External Perspective - View into EDW’s Firing & Forge Spaces
EDW Firing Space
Direct view through Kiln area, into Forge
Forge
EDINBURGH
EDINBURGH
old town
new town
EDINBURGH
EDINBURGH CASTLE
GRASSMARKET SQUARE
old town
new town
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E D INB URG H C H I LDRE N ’ S M U S I C C E N T RE Located adjacent to Edinburgh Castle & along the Grassmarket Square in the Old Town of Edinburgh, this project provides practice spaces and a performance theatre for local children interested in playing instrumental music. The design of the project revolved around two kinds of spaces: 1. ‘focus’ - spaces that heighten the focus and individual growth of each students (practice rooms and performance space); 2. ‘activity’ - in-between spaces that enable social interactions and collaborative practice (central circulation and practice rooms’ hallways). Meticulous attention was given towards developing these two distinct spaces to meet the social and independent needs of young children, while further cultivating their love for music.
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Site Plan with Wide Context
Programme - Activities & Aims
ACTIVITIES, SPATIAL QUALITIES, CONNECTIONS, & STRATEGIES
Strategies
1. Framed views for each practice room 2. Practice rooms are contained with full acoustic control
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Views are framed for each practice room
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Practice rooms are contained & have acoustic control
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Hallways are bright, open, & flexible for social activity & have visual connections with practice rooms
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3. Bright, open, & flexible hallways for social activities; visual connections are established with practice rooms 4. Playful, flexible, & three-dimensional central circulation space 5. Practice rooms & performance space are visually highlighted from the exterior 6. Concrete foundation acts as a plinth where other elements lie upon Central circulation space is playful, flexible, & three-dimensional
Practice rooms & performance space are visually highlighted from the outside
Concrete foundation acts as a plinth where other elements lie upon. Alternated cores structurally fasten the lower & upper elements, stabilizing the building.
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The site is a threshold between the vibrant Grassmarket Square and the dynamic castle. By stepping back from the market and taking yourself towards the other end of the site, you can surround yourself in serenity while having a beautiful view across the city. The design of my building fully utilizes this poetic nature of the site to create a place where children can find joy in playing music to the city.
Space
Reception
Cafe
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Lighting
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Uncontrolled
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Partially Controlled
Performa L
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Contro
Site Strategies Sunpath & Topography
Section A - Wide Context
Prac
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Performance Space Along Public Facade
Aerial View
1:100 Site Model with Exterior Facade
Development Sectional Timeline: hand-drawn & model exploration of key section
Section A
1:50 Model Exploring the three-dimensional characteristics of the central circulation space
Ground Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
1. Front Entrance 2. Reception 3. Staff Room 4. Central Circulation 5. Toilets
1. Central Circulation 2. Performance Theatre 3. Green Room & Storage
1. Performance Theatre 2. Cafe Service Area 3. Cafe Kitchen 4. Food Storage
Performance Theatre
Acoustics Precedent Study
Fifth Floor Plan 1. Hallway - flexible practice, socializing 2. Practice Room 3 3. Practice Room 4 4. Practice Room 5
Detail Section (1:20 on A1)
Practice Room
Practice Rooms’ Hallway
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P AR T I EX P E RI E N C E : HTA D E S I G N LLP Currently, I am working as a Part I Architectural Assistant at HTA Design. This opportunity has allowed me to take my interests in community design a step further and learn about the real-life processes of housing projects, estate regeneration, and placemaking. I have been involved with various projects ranging in different scales from individual houses to larger, phased masterplans.
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ANTELOPE ROAD G R EE N W I C H , UK Client: Royal Borough of Greenwich
Currently in planning stage, this project sits within the area of the former Woolwich Dockyard & is adjacent to Grade-II listed clockhouse & Thames river. It aims to rehome the existing YMCA & nursery facilities as well as provide approx. 180 homes across 4 blocks majority of which will be affordable. The site’s location provides a unique opportunity to enhance the river edge, improve the promenade for pedestrians & cyclists, & add to the historical character of the site. At concept stage, I worked a lot with the design of block D - a potential tower block adjacent to the Thames path - in testing different height and footprint options, as well as developing its placemaking concept at ground level.
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Aerial sketch of scheme showing tower and concept of public realm on ground level - digital hand illustration with Photoshop
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Perspective sketches of tower across the site - digital hand illustration with Photoshop
Quick perspective sketches testing tower at various heights (5, 10, 17, 20 stories) and footprints in this context
Looking at the existing and emerging tall buildings around the wider context of the site seeing how Block D will be an addition to the overall cityscape
Long Elevation Along Thames River
Long Section Across Thames River
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Spatial sequence and heirarchy diagrams across the scheme Sketchup and Photoshop
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Clockhouse square axonometric diagram - looking at the proposed landscape of the square and its relationship with the Busy Bees Nursery, Grade-II listed Clockhouse, and the adjacent existing council homes. Sketchup and Photoshop
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C A M B E R WELL UN IO N S O UT HWA R K, UK Client: Peachtree Services Limited Planning Authority: London Borough of Southwark
This project is an urban mixed masterplan consisting of 500 private and affordable new homes as well as 4,500sqm of rich mix commercial space at ground level. The ground floor environment, with a large central route and a series of ‘yards’ behind the new buildings will create a vibrant and thriving new creative hub for Camberwell. For this project, I have been involved with preparing for the planning application resubmission.
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Illustrative Section showing the relationship of commercial spaces and the street between Blocks F and G - AutoCAD and Photoshop
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I NTE R NSH I P E X P E RI E N C E : AS AI K E N A RC H I T E C T U RA L RE S E A RC H I N C . For most of the time during my two-month internship at AAR+, I was actively involved with the interior design team. This included contributing ideas for the interior layout and design of several hotel lobbies and communal areas of residential complexes. Some of my work revolved around sketching spaces to communicate my own ideas of interior finishes, working with AutoCAD and furniture catalogs to come up with my own full interior design proposal for communal areas of a hotel currently under construction, drawing special furniture for custom orders, and so on.
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H OT E L KE IH A N A I C HI , J A PA N Type: Hotel (Commercial) For this project, I was involved with the design of the lobby, lounge, and dining area of the hotel at a later stage. Other than looking at flooring and wall finishes, I worked a lot with producing illustrations of special furniture for custom orders.
Asai KEN ArchitectuRal RESEARCH INC.
Material & ITEMs（A工事）
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床仕上げ
■床タイル：ランドストン 3930G(岩面) 600×600 (名古屋モザイク)
■床タイル：セメンティング 600×300 (名古屋モザイク)
■床タイル：セメンティング 600×600 (名古屋モザイク)
■床タイル：モザイクタイル 23角ミックス貼り VIC-MIX-5 （名古屋モザイク）
■床タイル：ビストロイタリア 210×182六角形 MRR-Z1260 （名古屋モザイク）
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■床タイル：ランドストン 3830(平) 600×600 (名古屋モザイク) タイル
2 1 Interior Photograph of the Lobby of Hotel Keihan Nagoya (2020) by Asai Ken Architectural Research Inc., 2 Hand illustrations of Special Furniture for Custom Orders 3 Flooring Proposal Plan
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ネオンサイン提案資料 ブランド ロゴ色
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フォント名：FABFELT SCRIPT BOLD
odd Drinks Foan Bar and Cafe 壁模様
Food and Drinks
Food and Drinks
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フォント名：AMBAR PEARL
ネオンサインイメージ写真
PSI ATAMI SH I Z UOKA, JAPAN
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Type: Hotel (Commercial) For this project, I was given the task of coming up with a proposal for the interior design of the lobby, lounge, cafe, and bar of the hotel at an early stage. To meet the client’s demands for a tech-centered design catered for young women, I picked an art-deco approach with contemporary and industrial twists to create spaces that are social-media friendly in aesthetic and enjoyable for groups of women. I used catalogs and online sources to collect references for the chosen concept of the design and produced various mood boards as well as layout and artificial lighting plans.
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Neon sign proposal for Bar
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Part of layout plan with proposed furniture
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Artificial lighting plan
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D IS S E R T A T I ON Hayao Miyazaki’s Vision: The Architecture of Studio Ghibli in the Pursuit of Contemporary Utopia A study of the interconnected relationship between Japan’s historical, cultural, architectural, and filmic discourse through the lens of acclaimed animated Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.
UN DE R G R A D UA T E DISSERT A T ION H A Y A O MI Y A Z A KI ’ S VI SI O N
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This dissertation critically explores the interconnected relationship between architectural and urban reality, film, and representation through the lens of an acclaimed Japanese animated filmmaker, Hayao Miyazaki. By framing Miyazaki’s works Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986) within a larger and longer contextualization of Japan’s urban realities and collective utopian representations, I delineate the key ideologies that are implicit in the filmmaker’s response to post-war Japan’s rapid modernization. Through this, we can observe the impressions his unique visions have left on the collective Japanese perspective towards images of utopia, and the possible impacts his ideas have had on the development of contemporary Japanese architectural ideologies.
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Part I - Establishing Japan’s historical, cultural, and theoretical framework in relation to architecture and film
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Part II - Analysis of two of Miyazaki’s films
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Part III - Establishing connections with the filmmaker and contemporary Japanese architectural ideologies
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Conclusion
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FIL M P H O T O G RA P H Y
A selection of film photography I’ve taken over the past few years. I particularly enjoy shooting portrait photography and capturing the simple moments of the people in my life.
A Selection of Film Photography Taken with a Contax T2 35mm films used: Kodak Gold 200 Kodak Porta 160 Ektar 100 Fujifilm Natura 1600
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