Leigh Hawkswood Architecture Portfolio by Leigh Hawkswood

CONTENTS CURRICULUM VITAE

CHESTERVILLE ROAD ASCENSION

HIRATA’S RETREAT

TABULA RASA UNEARTHING

CONSTRUCTION

PHOTOGRAPHY

CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION 2013-2015

Master of Architecture The University of Melbourne

Jan-Jul 2015 Exchange Program Delft University of Technology 2010-2012

Bachelor of Environments (Architecture) The University of Melbourne

2007

South Australian Certificate of Education Torrens Valley Christian School

SKILLS SUMMARY Personal Strong attention to detail Strong written communication skills trong verbal communication/presentation skills developed through participating at Toastmasters International Trustworthy and reliable Strong organisational skills Highly Creative Technical Proficient in: AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Sketchup, Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator and Acrobat Professional Microsoft Office Suite Physical model making EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2011-2015 Ralph Lauren Sales Assistant Responsibilities Helping to meet a monthly store sales budget Providing advice and service to customers Store opening and closing procedures Operating Point of Sale

2013-2014

David Edelman Architects Student Architect

Responsibilities Architectural drafting of residential projects in AutoCAD General office administration Assisting individual architects in completing/organizing architectural drawings 2013

Bright Young Things Wait Staff

Responsibilities Preparing food and drinks Presenting food and drinks to guests, ensuring a high standard of presentation and service Constantly cleaning and tidying to ensure a high level of guest and client satisfac tion and university staff members 2013

Victoria University Call Centre operator

Responsibilities Receiving inbound calls for general enquiries Assisting and resolving student issues Communication with coordinators and university staff members 2010-2011 Country Road Sales Assistant Responsibilities Providing advice and service to customers Store opening and closing procedures Operating Point of Sale REFERENCES Brian Holland - Assistant Manager at Ralph Lauren Myer Melbourne â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9663 7163 Andrew Arevalo - Manager at Ralph Lauren Doncaster - 9840 1568

This position has provided me invaluable experience within customer service and retail sales. I have demonstrated my commitment to quality service and store integrity within this position. 3

CHESTERVILLE ROAD Office Interior 148 Chesterville Road, Cheltenham 2015 The Client was an ATM company that was looking to refurbish the interior of an office and warehouse space. Through several consultations with the client a design was developed, out of which I developed digital renders as well as working drawings.

FLIRTING WITH SPACE Thesis Design Studio

How can design be used to create architecture that fosters a spiritual or ‘enlightenment’ experience?

Spiritual and religious tourism is an industry that attracts millions of people each year to various sacred sites, monuments or experiences. Synonymous with spiritual tourism is a quest to understand our place within the universe, and to achieve a transcendence above mundane reality. A spiritual retreat in a lunar context would draw on ancient wisdom as well as high technology in order to facilitate a transcendent experience and move users towards spiritual enlightenment. ‘Ascension’ evolved through the study of religious and contemporary architecture and employs a range of architectural elements in order to best foster meditative, enlightening experiences. The lunar context allows for lightness in construction as well as a sense of weightlessness in individual experience. The architecture, through site context and design elements, expresses physically the internal state of those who are on the path to enlightenment.

Reflection 13

Zendo 16

Preparation 17

Solitude 18

Surrender 19

HIRATA’S RETREAT Design Studio C: Iceland Is 2014

Iceland Is required us to design an isolated retreat for an imaginary client: A character named Hirata from the film ‘Cold Fever’. We were to design a retreat which included a bathing experience (drawing on our own personal research into Japanese Bathhouses) - the location of which was Seljavallalaug - a remote public pool in the hills of Iceland. The studio focused on a range of media and experimentation in order for us to design a structure that was highly atmospheric in nature; architecture that engaged all of the senses.

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Hirataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Retreat 25

Bathhouse 26

Corridor 27

TABULA RASA Design Studio D: Future Now 2014 Future Now speculated on future scenarios and issues, asking students to develop an architectural response that was both innovative and appropriate. Tabula Rasa provides a solution in a future context where conflict has left a desolate, uninhabited wasteland. Tabula Rasa considers the destruction of the post-war environment and offers assistance in its regeneration. In a scenario where the infrastructure and urban fabric of an environment has been obliterated there is always the need for the removal of debris and waste and a reconstruction of the city. This is often a complex, lengthy process that is fraught with complications. Tabula Rasa is a system that consumes war-torn landscapes and leaves behind a vast emptiness. The machine functions as a portable, semi-autonomous concrete recycling facility that devours entire areas of rubble and outputs an extensive foundation on which a new landscape can be constructed. The system digs below the foundations of buildings and crushes all material in its path, separating this material into earth, waste, and aggregate. Waste is buried below a layer of earth, on which concrete is poured. Through this process, Tabula Rasa creates an archive of the past and buries this within the strata of the earth. Memories, both positive and negative, are preserved within the architecture that acts as a monument to the past and foundation on which the future can be built.

Mechanics of a Machine 30

UNEARTHING Design Studio: Earth 2011

The brief for this studio was to create a visitor/education centre on Herring Island, a man-made island on the Yarra River in South Melbourne. The design draws on elements of the natural environment, such as the silhouette of intersecting branches to create a Calatrava-esque structure that is reminiscent of some prehistoric creatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remains. I was particularly happy with the shadows and silhouettes that the model produced.

CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS Various Projects 2012/2015

DO1

200mm CONCRETE SLAB

ALUMINUM SLIDING DOOR

PRECAST CONCRETE WALL

PRECAST CONCRETE WALL PANELS RIGID INSULATION PLASTERBOARD

INSIDE

OUTSIDE

ALUMINIUM FLASHING W/ MIN 1ยบ FALL FOR WATER RUNOFF

DO2

TIMBER RAILING W/ TREATED WEATHERBOARD CLADDING

DRAINAGE

ELEVATION 1:20

SECTION A 1:20

SECTION B 1:20

DO3

HORIZONTAL SECTION 1:20

ALUMINIUM

PRE-CAST

ALUMI

ELEVATION 1:20

SECTION A 1:20

SECTION B 1:20

DO3

HORIZONTAL SECTION 1:20

ALUMINIUM COPING PARAPET PRE-CAST CONCRETE WALL ALUMINIUM PROTECTION CONCRETE SLAB RETENTION TEE SOIL FILTER FABRIC

DOUBLE GLAZING

WATER RESERVOIR ALUMINIUM SLIDING DOOR FRAME SCREED

MOISTURE RETENTION LAYER

ALUMINIUM FLASHING UNDERFLOOR HEATING

AERATION LAYER

TREATED TIMBER DECKING RIO AS PER ENGINEERS SPEC.

CONCRETE WALL PANEL 100MM RIGID INSULATION

MIN 1ยบ FALL

2 X 13MM PLASTER SHEETS PRECAST CONCRETE WALL PANEL TREATED TIMBER DECKING

RIGID INSULATION ALUMINIUM SLIDING DOOR FRAME

HOLLOWCORE CONCRETE SLAB

SUSSPENDED CEILING SYSTEM @ 600CRSK

DRAINAGE ROOT BARRIER

90mm BATT INSULATION

13mm MDF BOARD

PVC WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE

FURRING CHANNEL

INSULATION 13mm FYRCHEK PLASTERBOARD

CONCRETE SLAB SOLID INSULATION

ROLLER BLIND

DETAIL 02_1:5

DETAIL 03_1:5

LIQUID WATERPROOFING LAYER

DETAIL 01_1:5

PHOTOGRAPHY