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postgraduate undergraduate rco architecture + design
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2021 - 23
2015 - 18
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2019 - 20
riba part i
2018 - 21
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_reece oliver contact
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25/11/1995
glasgow, uk
Part II Architectural Assistant
Recent graduate from Glasgow School of Art with extensive experience across multiple scales of architecture and design. Seeking further exciting opportunities within architecture and spatial practice.
email_ mob_ web_
reecejoliver@gmail.com
+ (44) 7492073073
@rco_architecture
Freelance Architecture + Design rco architecture + design UK
Over 30 architecture and design projects across the UK, in landscape, education, residential and commercial sectors.
Part I Architectural Assistant
Worked across RIBA Stages 0-4, mainly responsible for visuals and feasibility studies. Managed social media and marketing, boosting all to 1k+ followers within 12 months.
Part I Architectural Assistant
London 2012 Olympics site regeneration for 400+ homes, commercial and office development. Worked across RIBA Stage 2-4
RIBA Mentoring Scheme
Overseeing a student housing development, attending multiple site visits with project architect.
education
DipArch
BA(Hons) Architecture
1st Class Honours
Level 4 Art Foundation Diploma
Merit Award
design skills
2018 - pres.
RaynerDavies Architects
Nottingham, UK
Feb. 2020 - Sep. 2022
sprunt architects
London, UK xsite architecture
Sep. 2018 - Sep. 2019
Newcastle, UK Glasgow School of Art
Oct. 2016 - Jun. 2017
2021 - 2023
Newcastle University
2015 - 2018
Nottingham College
2014 - 2015
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Drawing
2D Vectorworks Illustrator ArchiCAD 3D Sketchup Model-Making Revit Rhinoceros Visual Photoshop Lumion Enscape V-ray Document Indesign Word Excel Pages
AutoCAD
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_Laser-Cut.dwg + Paper + 18mm-Plywood + Paint
Winner GSA Hutcheson Prize 2023
Synecdoche, Molenbeek DipArch
Glasgow School of Art Yr_5 (2022 - 23)
Synecdoche, Molenbeek explores the surrealism of architecture in cinema and its application in re-identifying the post-industrial ‘non-landmarks’ of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels.
The thesis aims to bring this social injustice to light by providing a centre for film production and screenings to showcase the multi-cultures in Molenbeek. Through this platform, the thesis presents surrealist representations of architecture in film and establishes Synecdoche as a concept to represent Molenbeek’s socio-cultural identity.
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_Synecdoche-EcplodedAxo.skp + AutoCAD.dwg + Photoshop.psd
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_Film-Classroom-Axonometric.skp + AutoCAD. dwg + Photoshop.psd
(above) _Long-Section-A.dwg
(below) _Elevation-RueDesQuatreVents.dwg
DipArch
Glasgow School of Art
Yr_4 (2021 - 22)
Barras Youth Hub
The Barras Youth Hub provides a much-needed respite and opportunity space for the young people of Calton and the Barras.
As part of Glasgow City Council’s ‘Integrated Children Plan’, the council-funded scheme will offer accessible space for young residents aged between 10-19 years. The hub offers a variety of learning, leisure and performance environments to cover a wide scope of non-curriculum and creative interests the young user group may have, to encourage alternative modes of learning alongside and after their school life.
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Prize 2022 _BarrasYouthHub-Axo
Winner GSA Portfolio
+ colour pencil.hand + Photoshop.psd
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_ext wall
8mm polycarbonate galv. steel fixings
150mm insulation
120mm CLT
24mm plywood
_floor type
203/102/23mm steel i-beam exposed services + ventilation channels
100mm CLT
24mm floor tile
_foundation
220mm concrete floor slab w/ reinforced steel blockwork
140mm upstand
150mm insulation
_BarrasYouthHub-EXT-Night.skp + materials-v-ray.vrmat + Photoshop.psd
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DipArch
Glasgow School of Art
Yr_4 (2021 - 22)
Commended
GSA Sustainability Prize 2022
Bare Necessities! Urban Housing
Domesticity and Labour, though intrinsically linked, cannot exist without Leisure; it is Leisure which enables the sustenance of contemporary modes of living. Joffre Dumazedier states – ‘Leisure is activity – apart from obligations of work, family and society, to which the individual turns at will’. This notion ties in directly with the relationship between Domesticity and Labour – one cannot exist without the other, but both are dependent upon Leisure as an outlet for their sustenance.
Bare Necessities! examines the requirement for Domesticity and Labour to exist within the typical residential unit, where such commodities are stripped back to a minimum to allow for an increase in Leisure activity within and beyond the dwelling.
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_HousingCouncilSQ-BN-Model.skp + materials-v-ray.vrmat + Photoshop.psd
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01 XX 01
_HousingCouncilSQ-BN-Model.skp + materials-v-ray.vrmat + Photoshop.psd
Featured Project re-thinking the future
Museum of Unnatural History
BA(Hons)
Newcastle University
Yr_3 (2015 - 18)
A futurist approach to museum design promotes a greater understanding, knowledge and appreciation of the role of material as part of today’s society.
‘The museum of unnatural history’ sets out as a critique to the modern method of museology, acting as a typological anomaly concerned with exhibiting and the fostering of a new understanding of materiality. As opposed to the traditionally used method of chronological formatting, this museum categorises its artefacts in reference to their material specification; namely metals, ceramics, and glass.
museum of unnatural history
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_X01-Detail.dwg
Dancefloors of Impossibility
Through the lens of Svetlana Boym’s theory of reflective and restorative nostalgia, ‘Dancefloors of Impossibility’ compares and contrasts the reflective nostalgias of individuals who experienced the UK Rave Scene of 1988-1994, with the nostalgia of those who did not.
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_Garage-Nightclub-FLOORPLANS.skp + Illustrator.ai + GF-1F-BF-Photoshop.psd
Happy Munchkins Pre-School
rco architecture + design (2019 - 21)
Currently found within an agricultural context on the edge of Nottingham lies a former pavilion building, disused for almost 20 years. The building is in a state of disrepair, and has attracted unwanted crime to the area. A local pre-school have proposed to take advantage of this unique landscape setting, where I was asked to produce a full planning application for the project.
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_0002HappyMunchkins-X01-AutoCAD.dwg
_0002HappyMunchkins-3DModel.skp + AutoCAD.dwg + 3D-Visual-Photoshop.psd
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_0002HappyMunchkins-GF-Plan.dwg
105 Trentham Drive
rco architecture + design (2019 - 21)
This residential rear extension takes the form of a gabled roof and uses this form to dictate the framed glazing looking out towards the rear garden. An existing conservatory stood in the footprint of the proposed extension, where internal reconfigurations were also executed.
The project involved RIBA Stages 0-4, where design and tender information were produced by myself working with the client.
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_0004Rear-Extension-Detail-X01.dwg
_0004Rear-Extension-3DM.skp + AutoCAD.dwg + Rear-Elevation.psd
Alpha Kindergarten RaynerDavies Architects riba part i (2020 - 21)
On a 1700sqm site of an existing public house, RDA were commissioned to design a new £1.5million childcare facility with provision for 92 places across age groups 1-4 years. The scheme is based around a courtyard garden with a playful approach to massing, creating vaulted classroom spaces. I was involved with RIBA Stage 4 tender drawings.
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10 12 13 15 1100 1480 platform Single Entry (Long Side) D.07/SC/VP D.09/SC D.10/SC D.06/FD30S/SC/VP D.05/FD30S/SC/VP (21)X01 DE.08 D.01/FD30S/SC/VP DW DW DW D.16/FD30S/SC/VP 1190 2040 1510 777.5 1135 440 685 675 1002.5 1070 4170 552.5 1135 1115 910 1002.5 1070 910 1090 910 990 780 910 2190 1070 1630 1002.5 1902.5 1135 1810 1115 315 1320 1580 W.04(V) W.19(V) W.22(V) Kitchen and store layout indicative only. Final layout and specification by specialist Refer Only to Drawing 2505a(20)C01 For WC Details Drawing Refer Only to Drawing Refer Only to Drawing 2505a(20)C03 For Corridor Details Refer Only to Drawing 2505a(20)C02 Refer Only to Drawing 2505a(20)C02 Refer Only to W.39(IN) W.40(IN) Low wall (+1,300 from FFL) with gate 1F outside face above shown dashed 1F outside face above shown dashed Riser from kitchen available subject to input from M&E consultant and specialist sub-contractor/kitchen designer demolished. Survey by Others. be demolished. Survey by Others. rainscreen cladding to electrical meter Lighting to M&E Eng. Door on alarm-linked hold-open device 1628.5 Pre-School (24max) Rm.06 12.4m2 Child WC 29.8m3 22m3 Plant Baby (12max) CHG Rm.12 Reception Office Dis.WC Curtain track fixed to vaulted ceiling above with black-out Must provide manual retraction system to allow curtains to be opened towards external wall side. Acoustic 1. All survey information by others, please check dimensions on site. conjunction with structural and mechanical/electrical drawings by 3. Please notify RDA of any coordination issues/clashes as Drawing must be read in conjunction with specification notes 2505a(20) and type notes 2505a(20)K01 ... 02 etc. Manufacturer's instructions must proposals must be reviewed and approved by the client team. DIMENSION NOTES All external dims given to facing timber frame structure (not incl. sheathing board) unless given in (brackets) and therefore given to finished face* For horizontal S/Os refer only to GA plans For vertical S/Os refer only to GA *note, internal dims not given until internal wall specification finalised acoustic panels. Number reference [01] Ecophon, Akusto Wall panel, Ecophon Solo Rectangle, suspended acoustic ceiling rafts shown blue dashed. Staggered heights. RaynerDaviesArchitects 2 St. Peter's Gate Nottingham Kent 29/04/21 2505a(20)001 C Project Beta The Fenman GA Ground Floor PlanTender 01 GA Ground Floor Plan - 30/04/20 SC First Issue. Pre-release for discussion Legal Info from this drawing in either paper or digital form. Use written dimensions All survey information by others. Check all dimensions on site. Site not assume any liability any third party for the information herein. All demolition works subject to statutory approval and assessment by consent must NOT be carried out without statutory approval. NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION A 18/06/20 SC General issue, numerous items added/updated B 16/03/21 SC Additional notes added C 29/04/21 SC Change in height to low wall in Rm.05 noted. Additional note added regarding curtain track W.47 +5,035 S/O +6,000 Top of Parapet GF Top of Screed +2,185 S/O +3,750 Top of Timber Frame +5,250 Top of Brick +2,185 S/O Top of Brick GF Top of Screed Brick Opening Ecophon Solo Rectangle, 1200x1200x40mm suspended acoustic ceiling rafts shown blue dashed. Staggered heights. 2400 Passive ventilation stacks with PPC steel weathering cowl. Structural fixing by S.Eng. or specialist sub-contractor. Bird/Insect Mesh to be provided +2,775 Top of Timber Frame Suspended acoustic ceiling to corridor +2,8750 S/O W.27(CW) 900 250 W.33(CW) W.32(CW) W.31(CW) W.30(CW) W.29(CW) W.28(CW) W.34(CW) Reception sliding (30)D01 (30)D02 (30)D03 (30)D05 Top of Timber Frame +2,850 +5,250 Top of Brick +2,185 S/O +0,450 Brick Opening +3,825 Brick Opening +5,035 S/O +6,000 Top of Parapet +2,485 U/S Brick GF Top of Screed +0,850 S/O +2,185 S/O +2,850 Top of Brick +3,850 S/O +2,850 Brick Opening +2,875 S/O +5,035 S/O S/O GF Top of Screed +2,775 Top of Timber Frame Ecophon Solo Rectangle, 1200x1200x40mm suspended acoustic ceiling rafts shown blue dashed. Staggered heights. Passive ventilation stacks with PPC steel weathering cowl. Structural fixing by S.Eng. or specialist sub-contractor. Bird/Insect Mesh to be provided All survey information by others, please check dimensions on site. Drawing must be read in conjunction with structural and mechanical/electrical drawings by 3. Please notify RDA of any coordination issues/clashes as soon as they are noticed. Drawing must be read in conjunction with specification notes 2505a(20)N01 ... N02 etc. and type notes 2505a(20) K02 etc. be followed for all specified items. proposals must be reviewed and approved by the client team. DIMENSION NOTES Unless otherwise stated... 1. All dims in mm to nearest half All external dims given to facing brickwork or outside face of timber frame structure (not incl. sheathing board) 3. All internal dims given to C/L unless given in (brackets) and therefore given to finished face* For horizontal S/Os refer only to GA plans 5. For vertical S/Os refer only to GA sections in conjunction with (30) series details *note, internal dims not given until internal wall specification finalised RaynerDaviesArchitects 2 St. Peter's Gate Nottingham 01159473859 www.rd-architects.co.uk Nottingham Kent DWG NO. REV. 29/04/21 STATUS 2505a(21)X01 D Project Beta The Fenman GA Sections X01 and X02 SCTender A1 02 GA Section X02 1:50 Legal Info from this drawing either paper or digital form. Use written dimensions only. All dimensions are given in millimeters unless otherwise stated. All survey information by others. Check all dimensions on site. Site boundaries to be confirmed by client solicitors with reference title deeds. 3. This drawing is intended for use by the commissioning client only. RDA do not assume any liability to any third party for the information herein. This drawing is to be read conjunction with all relevant engineer's and specialist designers’ drawings and specifications. All demolition works subject to statutory approval and assessment by structural engineer. Works covered by pre-commencement conditions or works without consent must NOT be carried out without statutory approval. NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION 01 GA Section X01 1:50 - 30/04/20 SC First Issue. Pre-release for discussion A 18/06/20 SC General issue, numerous items added/updated, discussion status removed B 24/06/20 SC Revised to include further detailing at key junctions as marked C 17/03/21 SC Status Updated D 29/04/21 SC X02 Updated to show RWPs and Hoppers
_1:100-model + 1.5mm-Card + 3mm-Timber
Oakfields Road
RaynerDavies Architects riba part i (2020 - 21)
On 1000sqm site of a disused building, RDA were commissioned to design a high density housing scheme on a restricted infill site bounded by overlooking issues, and a steep slope. The resultant scheme provides 9no. contemporary housing units. I was involved heavily in co-ordinating the massing and layouts of the scheme, RIBA Stages 0-3.
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_2990-OakfieldsRd-3D.skp + AutoCAD.dwg + A3-Print + hand-sketch + Photoshop.psd
+32,930 Ridge Context +29,120 Eaves Context +21,650 Undercroft Parking +24,800 GF FFL +27,800 1F FFL +35,300 Existing +28,925 Eaves +31,940 Parapet +31,545 Parapet +23,450 Ground 03
_2990-OakfieldsRd-X01-AutoCAD.dwg
_2990-OakfieldsRd - GF+1F.dwg
_019 / 20 email_ mob_ web_ reecejoliver@gmail.com + (44) 7492073073 @rco_architecture _reece oliver