Portfolio - Michal Scieszka by Michal Scieszka

portfolio. RIBA Part II Student Portfolio

Michal Scieszka e: michal.scieszka@gmail.com i: www.michalscieszka.com t: (+44) 07916942207

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Curriculum Vitae

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Work Examples In Practice Photography Hand Drawings Printworks

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Curriculum Vitae

Education: __________________________________________________

Interpersonal: __________________________________________________

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University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 2011 - September 2012 (expected)

PgDip in Advanced Architectural Design (completed) / MArch in Advanced Architectural Design (ongoing) ■■

Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg August 2011 - January 2012

Involved in the preparations of a 20 m temporary cardboard tower built as part of the Merchant City Festival in Glasgow. ■■

MPARC: Architecture + Urban Design, Student exchange ■■

National University of Singapore January 2009 - May 2009

BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies - Student exchange ■■

Adam Mickiewicz High School, Slupsk 2003 - 2006

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University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - Architecture Department Library | Library Assistant January 2012 - June 2012 / September 2010 - May 2011

Responsible for supervising a small departmental library during the day, dealing with queries from staff and students. Daily tasks included: cataloguing journals and architectural titles which had arrived; organising my colleagues working hours; dealing with lending and returns. ■■

Terry Farrell & Partners, London | Architectural Assistant September 2009 - July 2010

SMC Jenkins & Marr, Glasgow | Architectural Assistant May 2008- October 2008

Involved in drafting production information drawings for the Glasgow Langside College project and layouts for two apartments in the Glasgow Cook Street Housing project. ■■

Antique Shop, Slupsk | Furniture Renovator July 2005- September 2005 / July 2006- September 2006

Carried out furniture renovations, daily supply of renovation materials, negotiations and sales, furniture auctions.

Curriculum Vitae

Gdansk University of Technology + Gareth Hoskins Architects | Participant - Live Build Project - Gdansk June 2012

Live build project participant. Recladding and redesigning an old railway waggon to become an outdoor working studio for architectural students. ■■

Architecture+Design Scotland Workshop | Student Mentor - The Lighthouse - Scotland’s Centre for Design and Architecture, Glasgow November 2010

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Mentoring Elective | Student Mentor - University of Strathclyde, Department of Architecture Academic year 2007 / 2008

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 2006 - 2011

BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies - First Class Honours

Olivier Grossetête’s People’s Tower - Merchant City Festival | Preparation / Participant - Live Build Project Glasgow July 2012

The aim of the Mentoring elective programme was to return advice and peer assistance to Year 1 Architecture students, simultaneously making effective contact with the true interests and concerns of the subject. Furthermore, it gave me an opportunity to test and improve my organizational and team working / leading skills. ■■

Lighthouse Educational Workshop | Student Mentor - The Lighthouse, Glasgow October 2008

Related to the Gareth Hoskins monograph show opened in September 2008 in The Lighthouse - Glasgow, aimed at young people (aged 16+), who are thinking of pursuing architecture at FE level. The main objective was to produce a portfolio-ready project based on three stages: Gathering Information/Research, Design Development/Identifying Spaces, Design Finalization/Presentation Techniques, using Gareth Hoskins Architects community centre in Easterhouse-Glasgow as a starting point,as well a the resources in the exhibition. The workshop was organized to give the participants an insight view into the life as an architecture student and what it entails, simultaneously promoting studies in Glasgow based Universities.

Exhibitions __________________________________________________ Nordic Exodus: Moving Kiruna, The Lighthouse Gallery, Glasgow | Project Exhibited July 2012 A View From Abroad: An International Exchange Exhibition, University of Strathclyde - Main Gallery, Glasgow | Exhibition Organizer, Exchange Work Exhibited April 2011

Awards __________________________________________________

Publications __________________________________________________

2012: Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Architecture + Design Scotland Urban Design Award - Nordic Exodus: Moving Kiruna - winner

2012: Nordic Exodus: Moving Kiruna Project Published in Blueprint Magazine - Best of Student Shows 2012 (blueprintmagazine.com)

2012: Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Architecture + Design Scotland Sustainable Design Award - Nordic Exodus: Moving Kiruna - winner

2012: Nordic Exodus: Moving Kiruna Project Published in Building Design Online (bdonline.co.uk)

2011: Glasgow Institute of Architects 4th Year Design Prize Architecture Department in Porto 2010: London Architecture Festival: Make Architects Dream House Competition - winner 2009: Northern Design Competition - Architectural Design category finalist- Leeds 2008: Glasgow Institute of Architects Design Commendation - Second Year 2007: Glasgow Institute of Architects Design Commendation - First Year 2004: Nationwide Water Machines Tournament finalistPoznan, Poleko 2004, Agenda 21

Certifications __________________________________________________

2012: Student Profile published in University of Strathclyde’s International Leaflet - Engineering and Engineering Insight 5 2011: To Learn: Architecture Department in Porto project published in University of Strathclyde Architecture Department’s Convenient Benches (convenientbenches.tumblr.com) 2010: Wayang Kulit: Shadow Puppet Theatre project published in Convenient Benches and University of Strathclyde Architecture Department’s Paper space Yearbook 2009: To Rest: Drymen Youth Hostel project published in Northern Design Competition Magazine 2009: To Inhabit: Merchant City Housing project published in Paper space 2008: West End Dance Studio, Drymen Youth Hostel projects published in Paper space 2007: Edinburgh Façade project, published in Paper space

University of Strathclyde - BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies | First Class Honours

Languages __________________________________________________

FCE, CAE, IELTS Language Certificates | Cambridge ESOL -

Polish- native language English- fluent, spoken and written

British Council

Computer Skills __________________________________________________ AutoCAD, SketchUp, Vray, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Wacom Bamboo, Windows Movie Maker, MS Office

Interests __________________________________________________ Sport – I enjoy a range of both individual and team based sports. In particular water sports, and have obtained sailing and lifeguard certificates. Art - I have an interest in art, not in any particular movement, but enjoy an eclectic range of artists. Travelling – I have travelled to many countries, to experience different cities and cultures. I have chosen to study abroad, in Scotland and on exchanges in Singapore and Göteborg as I believe this will give me a broader architectural education as well as widening my cultural understandings. RIBA Part II Portfolio: Michal Scieszka

Work Examples

Wiston Lodge MArch in Advanced Architectural Design University of Strathclyde Year 5 - Summer 2012 (ongoing) Joint: Michal Scieszka & Dale Smith

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An overall development plan for Wiston Lodge analysing the existing conditions, what is currently proposed and the potential for what could be implemented within the overall estate. This master’s project should have an impact on the wider community in that it will be a proposal for a charity, Wiston Lodge, designed through an engagement with them, and will hopefully have a long term value to it. It should also help strengthen the connection between the University and Wiston Lodge and it has the potential to connect into the Year 1 curriculum which involves a design project at Wiston Lodge. This overall development plan shows the potential that exists at Wiston Lodge, which if tapped could enhance the overall viability of the whole estate.

Wiston Lodge: Current and Proposed Uses Analysis

Wiston Lodge: Storyteller’s Hut Sketches

Storyteller’s Hut As Proposed

Work Examples - Wiston Lodge

Wiston Lodge As Existing

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Nordic Exodus: Moving Kiruna PgDip in Advanced Architectural Design - Thesis Project Chalmers University of Technology | University of Strathclyde Year 5 - 2011 / 2012 Joint: Michal Scieszka & Dale Smith

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The municipality of Kiruna has a clear political will to firmly hold on to and improve Hjalmar LundbohmÂ´s vision of Kiruna as a model city. The founder of Kiruna wanted to build a modern community adapted to the environment, the people and the special climate of Kiruna. The masterplan aspires to this idea and attempts to deal with these unique conditions which exist within Kiruna. The New City Centre is positioned to the East of the Old City and is enclosed on its limits by existing and proposed infrastructure such as the repositioned E10 motorway. The two buildings from the old City Centre which are to be moved to the new proposed one are significant buildings to the City and take position as such. Both are in elevated positions within the masterplan and act as visual markers which the citizens of Kiruna can readily identify. The positioning of these two buildings is an attempt to begin to create a context for the new city. Through an analysis of the existing city, it was possible to identify and retain its character, adapting successful ideas and repairing those which are less successful. A rationalisation of the existing City Centre has been proposed and the masterplan has been formed around two axes which intersect each other, the green route and the high street. These two axes will be the beginning of the new city, built first, linking the two repositioned buildings and being the points from which the new city will grow.

Work Examples - Nordic Exodus: Moving Kiruna

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Low: 0 - 30 pers / ha (64%) Medium: 30 - 100 pers / ha (31%) High: 250+ pers / ha (5%)

Comparison of Densities: Old City Centre / New City Centre

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Total Masterplan provision (+10%)

Gallery Town Hall Fire Station Police Station Commercial Library University School Hotel Office Sports Facilities Church Hospital

Comparison of Ground Floor Uses: Old City Centre / New City Centre

Residential Community Transport Recreational

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Iron Ore Mine Green Route Major Vehicular Route E10 Motorway Repositioned E10 Virgin Nature Space Industry Airport Ski Centre Cable-Car Golf Club Tourism Economy Diversification

Kiruna as Proposed - 2050

City Centre Vehicular Axis

Main Pedestrian Axis: City Hall / Public Square / High Street / Public Green Spaces

Work Examples - Nordic Exodus: Moving Kiruna

Green Route Axis

Cable-car Axis: Airport / New City Centre / Remnants of Old City / / Ski Centre

City Centre Strategy - Axonometric View

Kiruna Masterplan As Proposed

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Housing for Seniors MPARC: Architecture + Urban Design Chalmers University of Technology Year 5 - 2011 / 2012 Joint: Michal Scieszka & Dale Smith

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Kiruna has an ageing population, and there is currently a shortage of certain types of housing, particularly Housing for Seniors. The municipality is beginning to address this issue by commissioning housing of this nature and so this was an appropriate typology for the first new blocks to be built within the New City Centre and to test and prove the drafted masterplan. The Housing for Seniors comprises two blocks, linked at first floor level, within the proposed New City Centre and in immediate proximity to the relocated Church of Kiruna. A strong contextual approach to the building as a whole has been developed, , where the use of timber cladding has been chosen as a consistent building material to emphasise the character of the site and to visually link the two separate blocks through a common envelope. The materials are established and long term and require little maintenance externally. Both blocks of housing are on plinths which link them to the recreational green route, deals with the change of level within the site and which contain harmonious commercial functions: nursery, offices, retail and gym, which as well as being revenue generators can serve to enhance the lives of the residents.

When considering the life cycle of housing and the fact that in the future there is a very real possibility of seniors needing to be provided with living assistance, thus the apartment layouts and zoning of the apartments have been tailored in such a way as to be as flexible as possible without compromising the primary functions of spaces. Individual apartment layouts have been zoned in such a way that the route from bedrooms to the toilet / bathroom is the shortest and most convenient route possible. Furthermore, one can enter both the bedroom and bathroom spaces without having to directly enter the living space, thus allowing residents to have help provided to them within their home without compromising their privacy. Larger 2 bedroom apartments have a separate access to one of the bedrooms from the main circulation, as well as a direct access between the bedroom and bathroom. Additionally all rooms are fully accessible with widened doors and an apartment layout with the minimum possible number of turns required in order to negotiate between spaces. A combination of both coloured doors and individual inset niches have been proscribed within the design in order to create individual visual markers within the corridor like streets and thus make identification of individual apartments easier for the occupants

Also contained within this plinth level is all the back of house functions, refuse storage, parking, plant rooms and delivery entrance. The commercial and back of house functions within the plinth on which the housing sits are delineated through their materiality being clad in precast concrete elements, which lends the building visual weight and density and helps root it to the site giving it a sense of permanency. The massing of both blocks has been sculpted in order to minimise overshadowing, maximise southerly aspects and to maximise views, towards the repositioned Church of Kiruna, proposed Public Square and Recreational Route.

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Work Examples - Housing for Seniors, Kiruna

Massing - Minimise Overshadowing / Maximise Southerly Aspects

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FIRST FLOOR

1. Glazed walkway(s) linking blocks 2. Flexible communal event / activity space / day-care centre 3. Inhabited wall dividing / defining communal space 4. Kitchen 5. Communal dining room / café space 6. Communal residents living room 7. Semi-public courtyard open to green route 8. Private resident’s courtyard 9. Staff room / changing facilities 10. Public toilets 11. Entrance threshold 12. Wet room with draught lobby 13. Outdoor activity storage 14. Cleaners store 15. Horticulture areas 16. External storage 17. Fire escape 18. Link form private courtyard to green route 19. Gym 20. Gym reception / staff room 21. Resident’s entrance to gym reception 22. Resident’s reading room overlooking public square 23. Street like corridor with inset niches 24. Apartments 25. Guest Apartments 26. Arts Studios facing Green Route

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First Floor Plan

Back of House / Delivery / Car Parking

Exit Fire Lined Exit Core Dry-riser Plant Room Refuse Chute

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Ground Floor Commerical Uses / Housing Foyers

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1. Kindergarten 2. Entrance to gym ( shared vertical circulation with housing) 3. Parking 4. Plant room / Electrical Sub-station 5. Binstores 6. Nursery office 7. Nursery lunch room ( linked with elderly communal kitchen above) 8. Service lift 9. Parking entrance / exit 10. Housing foyer / reception / main entrance 11. Housing office 12. Newsagents / convenience store 13. Retail unit 14. Vertical circulation core (housing) x 2 15. Office Space - rental

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Second Floor Plan

Double Height Communal Space Overlooking Nursery and Recreational Route

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Semi-public Courtyard View Facing North _____________ A. Zinc sheeting B. Timber shingles C. Timber boarding D. Precast Concrete Cladding

Internal View of Double Height Communal Space Looking Torwards Church of Kiruna

Snow / Climate / Roof / View studies

Materiality of Blocks Relates to Vernacular (Church of Kiruna / Existing residential)

Window shutters - Low Maintenance: Back Insulation / Sun Blackout / Colours Relating to Vernacular / Fibre-cement Panels on Timber Frame With Insulation Infill

________________________________ 1. Roof Construction: 2 mm zinc sheeting Bituminous vapour barrier 50 mm impact sound insulation 10 mm plywood 50 mm thermal insulation 10 mm plywood 60x500 mm I-Joists with 350 mm thermal insulation / servicing infill 10 mm plywood 115 mm thermal insulation 15 mm gypsum plasterboard finish Inset LED lights

2. Faรงade construction: 2 x 20 mm Sawn Larch Boarding (Board on board vertical cladding) 25 mm battens 25 mm counter battens UV Resistant wind diffusing building paper, complient with BS 4016 300 mm EPS thermal insulation between timber studs with thermal break 10 mm Gypsum Plaster board 3. Floor Construction: 15 mm double-ply hardwood flooring 65 mm screed over under floor heating pipes 20 mm EPS impact sound insulation 50 mm EPS thermal insulation 300 mm Reinforced Concrete Floor Slab 400mm Servicing Void with 20 mm EPS impact sound insulation 10 mm Gypsum Plasterboard ceiling finish 4. Glazing: Window System with thermally divided aluminium sections and Triple glazing (0.60 W/m2K) / Toughened safety glass specified where required

Penthouse Apartment Internal View

Work Examples - Housing for Seniors, Kiruna

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Private Residents Courtyard View Facing North

Birch-ply Sectional Model

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Church of Kiruna PgDip in Advanced Architectural Design - Thesis Project University of Strathclyde Year 5 - 2011 / 2012 Joint: Michal Scieszka & Dale Smith

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Kiruna church built in 1912 and designed by Gustaf Wickman, is an important building both locally and nationally whose movement is inevitable. Because of this cultural significance, it would be inappropriate to modify it in any significant way when it is moved. Positioned prominently within the new masterplan for maximum visibility; it can be seen when entering the new city centre from the remnants of the old City, from the motorway when entering the City and from the cable car when coming from the airport. To become compatible with the architectural principles which we have applied to the planning of the new city centre, the building would have to have added complimentary functionality. The addition under the church is sympathetic without being apologetic, it replaces an important function within the town which is being lost â&#x20AC;&#x201C; music performance / production spaces. It conforms to the principles of rethinking typologies and layering functions, and is a re-imagination of the traditional church crypt / vault. The vaulted brick arches of the music performance / production spaces, reflect the character of the underground mine, the existing arches within the Kiruna church and the traditional architecture of church under crofts. By using a variation on the fill of the brick joints it is possible to alter the acoustic properties of the arched brick surface to be more compatible with the internal activities.

Work Examples - Church of Kiruna

_____________ A. Zoning: Public / Semi - Public B. Independent usage of vaulted chambers C. Auditorium: Indoor - Outdoor -1 FLOOR 1. Entrance Foyer 2. Auditorium 3. Back of house 4. Artist Lounge 5. Listening / Mixing Room 6. Control Room 7. Live Room 8. Rehearsal Space 9. Secondary Entrance / Escape Exit

10. Plant Room 11. Outdoor Performance Space 12. Equipment Loading / Back of House Entrance 13. External Store

-1 Floor Plan

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1. Vaults / Church Plinth

D. Hand-made Red Brick E. Hardwood Flooring 20 mm double-ply hardwood flooring F. Reinforced Concrete Vapour barrier 50 mm EPS impact sound insulation 25 x 25 mm battens, 10 mm plywood ` support 100 mm timber joists on Reinforced concrete structure with inset Ă&#x2DC; 400 mm servicing voids 500 mm reinforced concrete arches 65 mm brick as permanent shuttering, joints partially filled for acoustic reasons LED lights

2. Floor Construction: 20 mm double-ply hardwood flooring 65 mm screed over under floor heating pipes 50 mm foil backed EPS thermal insulation 200 mm Reinforced Concrete Floor Slab Bituminous sealing layer 50 mm EPS insulation 100 mm gravel

Detailed Section of Underground Vaults

Control Room Internal View

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Kiruna City Hall PgDip in Advanced Architectural Design - Thesis Project University of Strathclyde Year 5 - 2011 / 2012 Joint: Michal Scieszka & Dale Smith

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Kiruna City Hall, designed by Artur Von Schmalensee, and built in 1962, is an important building both functionally and symbolically to the people of Kiruna. It was designed to be open and to facilitate the transparency of democracy. This relocation of the City Hall retains its character and functions whilst adding to them and enhancing them. By elevating the City Hall, it conveys that the building has been moved and reinforces that it has not always been in place, but in fact has been relocated. Furthermore this serves to facilitate the addition of other functions below the City hall. The City has a historic and continuing relationship with art, which we have extended to add functionality and enhance the existing City Hall, the city having a large art collection of over 2000 pieces, which includes works by Anders Zorn, John Bauer and Edvard Munch. The City Hall as existing contained space for only a small amount of this work to be exhibited, and as the collection is continually growing due to City commissioning an artist to work there and produce works for the city every year, it was appropriate to allow the provision of spaces to both exhibit this collection and also to allow those who enter the new City Hall and gallery to be able to view the process of art being created. The repositioned and extended City Hall, takes a prominent position within the new masterplan for Kirunaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Centre, once again being the termination of the high street as it was in the Old City, whilst no longer being disconnected.

Work Examples - Kiruna City Hall

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GROUND FLOOR 1. Ground Floor Gallery / Proposed City Hall Lobby 2. Artist Workshop 3. City Hall / Gallery Vertical Circulation 4. View / Light Funnel 5. Library 6. Office Block 7. Proposed Green Route 8. Proposed Public Square 9. Proposed High Street

Ground Floor Plan As Proposed

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_____________ A. Gallety Escape Routes / City Hall Service Link to Archive B. View / Light funnels at Public Square Level

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1. Gallery Cafe / Shop 2. Kitchen 3. Information / Tickets Sale 4. Cloak room 5. Service link to Archive / Escape Route 6. Link to Office Block / Escape Route 7. Gallery 8. Storage 9. Library - Basement Level - Archives

11. Office Block - Basement Level 12. Plant Room Underneath

-1 Floor Plan As Proposed

Repositioned Kiruna City Hall - Proposed Public Square View

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A. Birch Ply Sectional Model Through City Hall

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6. Light / Viewing Cone:

215 x 102.5 x 65 mm City Hall reclaimed brick - flemish bond, 10 mm colour matching mortar continuation of 30 mm cavity moisture diffusing sheet 300 mm EPS thermal insulation fixed on varied extruded aluminium profiles; fixed to steel structure Bottom: 200 x 150 x 115 mm welded steel sheet bracket angle / flashing

30 mm laminated safety with aluminium fixing attached to 300 mm reinforced concrete with 75 mm EPS thermal break; ploythene separation layer 12.5 mm gypsum board with matt white paint finish on 25 x 25 mm timber battens

2. Soffit Construction: 20 x 150 mm untreated larch boarding (80 mm cavity) fixed on 80 x 40 x 5 mm galvanized steel SHS fixed to steel structure moisture diffusing sheet 300 mm EPS thermal insulation LED downlights 3. Curtain Wall Construction: AGC - Stopray Safir glass 6 mm / 12 mm Low-E fill / 6 mm 0.9 W/(m²K) (used on Snohetta’s Oslo Opera House) / load -bearing linear adhesive fixing 2 x 42 mm safety glass mullions with 2 x 140 / 30 mm hidden steel plates attached to structural steel truss / concrete floor slab

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7. Floor Construction 50 mm Roachbed Portland Stone flags laid in 40 mm bed of mortar Polythene separation layer 50 mm EPS impact sound insulation 1400 mm reinforced concrete hollow core floor slab

_____________ A. City Hall reclaimed hand-made Dutch bricks B. Fair Faced Concrete C. Untreated Larch boarding D. Roachbed Portland Stone

4. Superstructure

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Primary: 1400 x 305 mm UB 487 with Ø 675 mm web openings 1400 x 700 mm / 1400 x 1400 mm (filleted cornered) Insitu cast steel reinforced concrete columns Secondary: 610 x 305 mm UB 238 5. Walk-on Glazing Construction: 8 mm toughened glass wearing layer with non-slip grid 30 mm opaque laminated safety glass restraining breakage fixed on 80 x 80 x 10 mm steel angle fixed to 180 x 100 x 5 mm steel SHS

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Work Examples - Kiruna City Hall

Kiruna City Hall As Proposed

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To Learn: Architecture Department in Porto BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies University of Strathclyde Year 4 - 2010 / 2011 _______________________________________________________________

The project’s aim was to firstly research architectural education, how is it taught and which spaces it requires in order to form new ideas for architectural education. Following on from this research an architectural response has been developed for a new Department of Architecture in the core of Porto’s historical centre – hitherto Praça de Lisboa. The proposal on wider urban scale involves the reinstatement of Porto’s Medieval Circuit with a contemporary insertion of the proposed cloister of buildings in order to restore the historical centre’s urban fabric. The massing of buildings forming a cloister has been sculpted in order to frame vistas and create view corridors to link the different parts of the surrounding area to this public discussion hub within the centre of the proposal. The scheme relates to the surrounding context and is sensitive to its site within the historic medieval quarter; the eastern corner of the building is offset to form a public space in front of the main entrance and acts as a gateway to the start of Porto’s medieval circuit, the statue of Bishop António Ferreira Gomes has been retained and the building has been stepped back to create a small public space linking to the Cordoaria Gardens, buffer zones / public green spaces have been created on each side of the site in order to respond to the site being bounded by vehicular routes on each side, a formal edge to Rua Dr. Ferreira da Silva has been established in the form of a public gallery space.

Seeking to create cohesion between different disciplines, and create a space in which these can interact and debate ideas with the wider public, the building draws influence from the ancient Greek Agora, a place of public assembly and democratic debate, as well as the medieval typology of a monastery and the community created within. In order to be able to fully engage in the process of an architectural education one must be fully immersed in the study of architecture, much in the same way as people choosing to live in a monastery fully dedicate themselves to spirituality. Monastery denotes a complex of buildings, which house a room reserved for prayer (oratory), as well as domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics. In this capacity the proposed Department of Architecture strives to instill a similar ethos in regard to study of architecture in order to embed this ‘living and breathing’ with architecture work ethic.

_____________ A. La Tourette Monastery - Le Corbusier B. Novy Dvur Monastery - John Pawson C. Architecture Department As Proposed

Architecture Department As Proposed - Long Section

Work Examples - To Inhabit: Merchant City Housing

_____________ A. Navarra Blue Travertine B. Blue - white Porto tile C. White render

View Of Tiled Walkway

Architecture Department As Proposed - Aerial View

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To Work: BOAC Offices BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies University of Strathclyde Year 4 - 2010 / 2011 _______________________________________________________________

The first project of the Fourth Year Architecture course at Strathclyde University was to design an atelier to accommodate three Glasgow based architectural practices. The future office were to be situated in one of four Glasgow buildings of architectural merit, pre-selected by the Architecture Faculty Panel. Taking into consideration the current economical situation, the choice of the building in which the architectural offices will held their future businesses needs to take into account three main factors:

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Firstly, the edifice must be strategically located within Glasgow’s City Centre: ideally in close proximity to city’s transport hubs (railway station, subway, bus station and bus stops etc.), as well as in junction of main vehicular, cycle and pedestrian routes – to enhance the office accessibility, to both: current and potential customers.

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Secondly, the building’s selection needs to be measured against its current state / building works required and limited budged available, ideally minimizing the investment contribution and maximizing the long term profit.

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Lastly, the potential of the building must expand beyond the office running framework and provide the opportunity to both: contribute to its wider / immediate contexts and create the additional profit prospect.

Work Examples - To Work: BOAC Offices

Repositioned Kiruna City Hall - Proposed Public Square View

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To Inhabit: Merchant City Housing BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies University of Strathclyde Year 3 - 2009 / 2010 _______________________________________________________________

‘Glasgow copper, copper Glasgow. Here is a city and a material made for one another. Think of the steamships, built from 1811, at Partick and Govan on the Clyde. Remember the locomotives built, from 1862, by Neilson Reid and from 1903 by the North British works at Springburn. Recall such characterful buildings as the Cathedral and the Church of our Lady of Good Counsel in 1964-66 by those unrepentant Modernisers; Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. All made extensive use of the full orange material that turns magically green when exposed to air.’ Jonathan Glancey ‘FULL METAL JACKET, THE SAS RADISSON HOTEL IN GLASGOW’ in gm+ad: curious rationalism (2006) The first project of the Third Year Architecture course at Strathclyde University was to design two inter-connected dwellings with workspaces, situated on undeveloped land in the Victorian-era Merchant City district of central Glasgow. The design exercise had two hypothetical clients, both of whom were architectural historians researching the history of Glasgow’s built environment. One of the clients required accommodation for a family of three people, the other younger client required space for only two people. Both clients required study and work areas.

Work Examples - To Inhabit: Merchant City Housing

The edifice is situated in an undeveloped ad-hoc courtyard between two major thoroughfares lined with substantial Victorian Classical buildings. Overlooking this narrow, linear courtyard are tenement housing and the handsome yet derelict Stirling Library. The proposal involves restoring the Stirling Library to make it fully functional, creating a new “lane” route across the courtyard to connect the two thoroughfares, to create a new public square within the courtyard and provide the existing tenements with an external area. At the centre of this development is the proposed copper-clad Live/ Work house. The form of the house is derived from the medieval Scottish tower-houses of the 11th-17th centuries. Internally, the two houses are conceptually considered in section as two ‘interlocked’ blocks locked together by the stair-core, which is extruded on the facade into a chimney-like form. As this ‘contemporary tower house’ is so overlooked, the tower is naturally lit by numerous occuli, light-chimneys and canons. Top-lit study areas are extruded from the tall narrow body of the house, in a manner reminiscent of the cupolas and turrets of a medieval tower. The tower is clad entirely in narrow, vertical sheets of rolled, unpatinated copper. This first copper layer is then wrapped fully in a layer of heavy-gauge copper mesh. Both layers of copper will patinate at different rates over time. Therefore the tower-house, as a sculptural object within the square, will gradually but continually change in appearance. Copper was also chosen as it shares many of the characteristics of harling, the usually white render applied to medieval tower houses. The copper from a distance gives our tower with its blank facades a hard, defensive appearance; yet up-close the copper mesh has a sculptural, tactile and soft quality.

View West of House As Proposed

North-South Elevation As Proposed

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Work Examples - To Inhabit: Merchant City Housing

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Wayang Kulit: Shadow Puppet Theatre BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies National University of Singapore Year 3 - 2009 / 2010 _______________________________________________________________

The project’s aim was to the design a theatre complex hosting one of the previously pre-selected living traditional performing arts to be situated in the Fort Canning surroundings- Singapore’s area of high historical and cultural relevance. The chosen scheme is a Wayang Kulit theatre- a traditional and most prominent Malay theatrical expression, where flat cut-out figures are silhouetted against a translucent, white screen, with a coconut-husk lamp as its source of light. It is mostly expressions or enactments of religious mythology blended into one with historical facts that will keep the entertained all night long. The proposal was developed on the Armenian Street site, bordered by the colonial Peranakan Museum building and the contemporary Laud Architects developmentBible Society, heretofore used as a parking space to the surrounding edifices. This historic edge of the city was calling for a boundary that would delineate the transition between the modern-vibrant and the historic-placid parts. The scheme involves creating a new lane route that would indicate a legible back and forth continuity of this historic path connecting the city’s prominent monuments, simultaneously preserving the site’s natural landscape and topography. The characteristic feature of the wayang performance is that it is to be observed from both sides of the screen. In the past, the space in front of the screen customarily adhered to women and children, meanwhile, men were privileged to observe the theatricals directly from the side of the animator and the show accompanying musicians- gamelan. Contemporarily, every spectator gets the choice of selecting the favoured side regardless of sex and age, for the casted

Work Examples - Wayang Kulit: Shadow Puppet Theatre

shadows are as intriguing as the puppets themselves. The central figure and the master of ceremony in a shadow performance is the puppeteer or dalang- originally translated from Javanese to story-teller. In this capacity as well as a narrator and orchestra conductor, the solo actor serves the role of the puppet animator, who brings the marionettes to life by providing voices to all his characters and developing their individual personalities while simultaneously relating the story through dialogue and song. The unusual and most definitely unparalleled in Europe is the behaviour during the performance, as the audience is not expected to sit silently: people meet friends and socialize, look around and sometimes they get a snack from a stall. Those who need to rest are allowed to take a nap. From experience, everyone more or less knows how a wayang play will proceed, and enthusiastically participate in parts which are most exciting to watch: the fight scenes, and in particular, the moment when the hero appears with his servants at midnight. According to tradition, everyone at wayang is safe from evil influences that plague people- even though they may be far from the screen and scarcely hear the voice of the dalang. Both internally and externally the Wayang Kulit theatre explores light’s shadow and shade, its different sources, opacity, transparency, translucency and conditions of reflection and refraction, relationships with the matter and tactility of the construction materials, to stimulate the perceiver’s senses and achieve a spiritual connection with this mystical performance.

Shadow Puppet Theatre As Proposed

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In Practice

In Practice Terry Farrell and Partners London - Architectural Assistant September 2009 - July 2010 _______________________________________________________________

Involved in the continuing development and production of various materials for the Chelsea Barracks Competition, Nine Elms / Embassy Gardens and Bishopsgate Goods Yard Masterplans, as well as production information and detailed planning application drawings for the Lots Road Residential Development in London. I was in regular communication with clients, contractors, planners and engineers and was often responsible for making sure each of these parties corresponded with each other.

Church of St Barnabas

St Barnabas Road

Existing Chapel

Chelsea Bridge Road

Royal Chelsea Hospital

I have gained a significant amount of knowledge of the construction industry and the role of an architect within that process. People and time management became an essential skill in liaising with various participants in the construction process, as well as developing a strong working relationship with my office colleagues.

Chelsea Barracks Masterplan Competition, London Sample of produced material

In Practice - Terry Farrell & Partners

Nine Elms / Embassy Gardens Masterplan, London Sample of produced material

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Nine Elms / Embassy Gardens Masterplan: Underground Extension Sample of produced material

In Practice - Terry Farrell & Partners

Lots Road Residential Development, London Sample of produced material

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In Practice SMC Jenkins & Marr (Archial Group) Glasgow - Architectural Assistant May 2008 - October 2008 _______________________________________________________________

Extensively involved in drafting production information drawings for the Glasgow Langside College project and layouts for two apartments in the Glasgow Cook Street Housing project.

In Practice - SMC Jenkins & Marr (Archial Group)

Langside College, Glasgow: Sample of drafted Production Information Drawings

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Photography

I have a great passion for photography and enjoy building a physical representation of memories and places I have visited.

Photography

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Hand Drawings

I enjoy drawing in a variety of styles and techniques and feel confident in conveying my ideas through the medium of hand drawing.

Hand Drawings

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Printwork

Printworks

While I ultimately aspire to be an architect, I am â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and always will be â&#x20AC;&#x201D; interested in any kind of creative work, from graphical to architectural, industrial to photographic. I feel confident in producing a variety of graphical materials ranging from CD cover, booklet and poster designs to whole exhibition compositions.

Printworks

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