Professional Experience Roland Karthaus 2000-2012
Professional Experience Document 2000 - 2012 This document is an attempt to capture the breadth of work I have undertaken over a 12-year period in various practices and organisations as an Architect, Urban Designer, Client and Academic.
Roland Karthaus 2013
2000 Qualifications
2002 RIBA Part III
RIBA Part II
University of Sheffield, with Commendation
Architect
Squire & Partners
Employers
Project Architect 2000-2003
McDowell+Benedetti
Andrew Wright Associates
Project Architect 2003-2004
Project Architect 2004-2005
Castleford Bridge
Clapham Park NDC
26 Mount Row, W1
Projects
Short Street, SE1
Stokesley Springboard
Urban Designer Roles
Architect Client
Projects
Employers
London Borough of Lewisham
New Cross Gate NDC Capital Programme Manager
Qualifications
2007
2012
MA Cities, Design & Regeneration London Metropolitan University, with Distinction
Think Place
Associate 2008-2012
Les Ateliers International Jury Member Chelsea Barracks, London
Spatial analysis tools
Hayes, W London Huludao, China
Leighton Buzzard SPD
Academic
SUDRG: LEED ND
Open Framework for Sustainable neighbourhoods
Professional Studies Handbook
NDC Centre
PRINCE2 & MSP
EU / Les Ateliers Workshop Co-Director Naya Raipur, India
University of East London MA Architecture: Sustainability & Design Professional Studies course coordinator 2008 -
Place Research Lab CIC Director 2011-
FRSA
The Production of Place Conference @ UEL FHEA Fellow of the Higher Education Authority
Architecture
26 Mount Row, London W1 From: 2000 to 2003 Client: Corob Holdings Type: Speculative office Involvement: RIBA stages A-L
Originally built for MI6 and subsequently let as speculative office space at a prime address, occupiers included Stanhope, but the building lacked proper servicing and was limited by an inflexible structure. The owners were a private development and investment company who wanted to remarket the building to target the highest rent levels. Still a Part II, this was my first project Architect role, from inception to completion. I built relationships within the office and the wider design team and saw it through to a successful conclusion, with the finished building being fully let. The greatest challenge was the integration of modern air-conditioning into a tight building, whilst meeting draconian acoustic conditions applied to the planning consent.
Architecture
Project Architect
Squire & Partners
Stokesley Springboard From: 2003 to 2005 Client: Hambleton District Council Type: Incubator office space Involvement: RIBA stages D-F
This project was a competition-winning scheme for iconic incubator office spaces for start-up companies. McDowell+Benedetti’s concept was for a central, uplifting space where entrepreneurs could socialise and exchange ideas. I designed and produced tender drawings for the external facades, including the perforated aluminium skin with automated louvers to track the motion of the sun. I also detailed internal packages such as the balustrades, walkways and staircases. McDowell+Benedetti’s approach of using ordinary, inexpensive materials in unusual ways to create a tough kind of beauty proved to be very effective on this project with a tight budget.
Architecture
Team Architect
McDowell+Benedetti
Private house, Notting Hill From: 2004 to 2005 Client: Private Type: Residential conversion Involvement: RIBA stages D-F
The client owned two adjacent, 5-storey Georgian townhouses and the corresponding mews buildings to the rear. The scheme involved removing all but the external facades of the terraced houses and digging a full basement, with new mews buildings to the rear. My work involved the detailing of the courtyard and the new swimming pool in the basement below.
Architecture
Team Architect
McDowell+Benedetti
Castleford Bridge & Public Realm Section BB trees
From: 2003 to 2005 Client: Wakefield District Council Type: Regneration project
Aire Street
The Boardwalk
potential development site
Star Square benches
(Sagar Street continues up to Carlton Square)
14.3 AOD
Sagar Street
Castleford Bay
14.8 AOD
max. flood defence level 13.8 AOD bridge clearance is always greater than 600mm
13.5 AOD Aire Street re-aligned to previous route and raised to new level
Involvement: RIBA stages A-C
ramps and steps up to new raised level of Star Square
new pedestrain crossing to make proper link with Sagar Street and Carlton Square
existing level 12.8 AOD
boardwalk cantilevered from new raised flood defence wall substructure to S.E. details
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Section AA
I was part of a McDowell+Benedetti team chosen by community representatives in Castleford via a competition to design a new pedestiran bridge and riverside access as part of a regeneration programme. Working with Alan Baxter and Associates structural engineers and a hydrologist from Arups,
maximum flood defence level 13.8 AOD
piles to restrain barge in horizontal plane, allowing vertical movement to SE details Drawn: RK Date: 15.07.04
Castleford Bay feasibility study Project: Drawing Title: Section AA through Star Square Drawing No.: 221.f.030
The Floating Bridge level varies
The Weir
barge with closed-cell foam core Weir Crest 10.8 AOD Notes: All subject to surveys, site investigation, planning and further design development Status: Preliminary Scale: 1:250 @A3 for structure refer to Structural Engineer's details
Castleford Bay
McDowell+Benedetti
8.8 AOD
we developed and tested the concept of using a local coal barge as the support for a floating bridge able to cope with the large
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Section DD
changes in water level. Using a physical model, we proved to the satisfaction of the Environment Agency that the bridge could operate safely, but maintenance issues eventually resulted in the scheme reverting to a fixed bridge, completed in 2008 and
Castleford Bay feasibility study Project: Drawing Title: Cross-section DD through weir Drawing No.: 221.f.032
Drawn: RK Date: 15.07.04
Status: Preliminary Scale: 1:250 @A3
Notes: All subject to surveys, site investigation, planning and further design development for structure refer to Structural Engineer's details
winning numerous awards including the RIBA CABE public space award. The process was filmed and aired on Channel 4 as part of Kevin McCloud’s Big Town Plan.
Architecture
Project Architect
McDowell+Benedetti
McDowell+Benedetti
Masterplanning and Urban Design
Clapham Park Project From: 2003 to 2005 Client: Lambeth Council / Metropolitan Housing Trust / Clapham Park Homes Type: Regneration project Involvement: RIBA stages C-D
At Andrew Wright Associates I led the design team for a planning application for Clapham Park, which was granted consent in 2005. A government-funded New Deal for Communities organisation had spent 4 years working with local residents to define a brief for this failing housing estate: 900 existing homes to be refurbished and upgraded and a further 1,100 homes to be demolished and replaced with new affordable housing; a further 1,500 homes for sale would be built to fund the project and establish a mixed community. Working with a full team of specialists, we took the brief and worked it through the complex technical parameters and requirements, including unique housing standards and extensive mature tree cover. Construction work is continuing and to date several phases of refurbishment and new build are completed.
Masterplanning
Design Team Leader
Andrew Wright Associates
Clapham Park Project, London
The key to navigating the parameters of such a complex project was to link them all together in a single, layered database which I designed. The information in each layer was established through corresponding drawings. One of the project requirements was that no resident would have to leave the estate during the works and the database tracked each and every household throughout the 12-year phasing programme, scheduling associated infrastructure requirements such as roads and car parking and the consequential impacts at each stage for the Transport Model and the Environmental Impact Assessment. As adjustments were made to the scheme, these automatically cascaded through the database to provide the supporting data for the planning application. Working with the landscape Architects, Grant Associates, we established a structure for the Masterplan early on that revolved around the simple idea of creating a new Park in Clapham Park. This proved critical to retaining a coherence to the scheme through the complex technical requirements.
Masterplanning
Design Team Leader
Andrew Wright Associates
Hayes Park, London From: 2008 to 2011 Client: HN2L Type: Greenbelt rehabilitation Involvement: Lead urban designer Think Place were appointed by a private investor to develop a vision for a 70 Hectare site in the London Borough of Hillingdon. A largely open piece of land, a portion was developed as Hayes Business Park in the 1960’s with striking, listed buildings by Gordon Bunschaft of SOM. The remainder of the site is used as horse grazing. The client had no presumptions about what the outcome should be, but they felt that it could contribute better to its surroundings and play a more active role in the local ecomony and life. Through an analysis of the wider Greenbelt in Hillingdon, we found that the site was not fulfilling the objectives of the Greenbelt, was paradoxically preventing access to facilities and open space in the area and had poor ecological value. Working with ecologists and transport consultants, we developed a framework for the site that would create a new 30 hectare public park, with complimentary, low-density development. We met with local and strategic stakeholders to develop buy-in to the proposals, including the Deputy Mayor of London.
Masterplanning
Urban Designer
Think Place
Leighton Buzzard From: 2010 to 2012 Client: Central Bedfordshire Council Type: Planning Briefs Involvement: Lead urban designer Leighton Buzzard town centre is a largely intact Medieval High Street, with 87 Listed buildings. Despite an affluent population, the town centre is struggling. Over the centuries, the town has sprawled rapidly outwards, leaving undeveloped sites in the centre. Two key areas of the town had been identified by Central Bedfordshire Council as opportunity areas for development. Think Place were appointed as part of a team with GVA and WSP to draw up briefs to guide future development. I worked on this project for two years, carrying out stakeholder consultation, undertaking a comprehensive baseline study, developing options for public consultation and drawing up the final development guidance documents. The client had prepared the ground well and so stakeholders and the public were both fully behind the need for development. We drew a detailed illustrative plan of how the town could grow in a way that worked with the historic grain and buildings, together with a menu of options of forms and functions. This enabled a high level of engagement in what is normally a fairly abstract process.
Masterplanning
Urban Designer
Think Place
Huludao, China Date: 2 weeks in 2009 Client: Les Ateliers International Workshops Type: Workshop Involvement: Urban designer I was invited as the sole UK participant 1. DESIGN APPROACH
in an international design workshop in Huludao, China to design a new Eco-district. 18 professional experts were drawn from around the world and organised into 3 inter-disciplinary teams together with local participants. The teams worked for 10 days and presented proposals to a Jury who in
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turn made recommendations to the local authority for implementation. Huludao is an industrial city on the Bohai sea, with oil refineries and heavy metal processing plants. We looked at the vernacular form of courtyard housing and traditional methods of treating water. We developed a framework for the site to accommodate higher-density housing, using courtyard housing as a block. In-between spaces are used to channel and recycle the water in a closed loop, treating greywater with seasonal plants that bring a changing Team A in the workshop
colour pattern to the city. We concluded that it was not possible to make a city entirely self-sufficient on this site, but that the generation and retention of clean water was the most critical and achievable aspect.
Masterplanning
Urban Designer
Les Ateliers Internationaux
The new city re-uses the traditional north-Chinese courtyard housing arrangement, which is highly adaptable and has stood the test of time •Remove pollution •Retain in cycle •Sustainable supply level
4. SYSTEMS DESIGN
•Efficiency •Local generation •Renewables infrastructure •Transport •Industry (largely external)
Water
1. DESIGN APPROACH
Energy
-35%
100% sustainable -70%
Seawater Surface water (Seasonal)
•Air quality •Habitats •Social cohesion
Wellbeing Biodiversity
Grey water
•Closing materials loop •Organic > Energy
Dark water Drinking water Washing water
Waste
•The new housing works within the solar-oriented block pattern of courtyard housing, whilst increasing densities and unit numbers and introducing new uses for the spaces between
Biomass plant Desalination plant Houses Seasonal lakes Seawater greenhouse ‘Living machine’ Reed bed Filter bed
Chelsea Barracks, London Date: 2010 Client: Project Blue Type: Invited competition Involvement: Urban designer
Think Place were invited as part of a team with Hamilton Associates and Patel Taylor to take part in a competition for the redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site in southwest London. The site had previously been the subject of a planning application by Richard Rogers Partnership that was withdrawn following an objection by the Prince of Wales. I worked in a team with directors of each of the practices to develop an urban framework and a set of components, which would allow the site to be developed in a way that repaired this broken piece of the urban fabric of Belgravia, whilst maximising the development potential of one of the most valuable sites in London. Our team was shortlisted to the final three by the clients.
Masterplanning
Urban Designer
Think Place
Spatial Analysis Tools Date: 2011 Client: Internal (think place) Type: R&D Spatial analysis tools can provide a valuable evidence-base for urban design. Space Syntax’s depthmaps have been widely used to predict pedestrian use of street networks for more than a decade now. The skill of urban design involves judgment, however and a simple mapping of the street network doesn’t take into account the differing nature of the environment or even basic things like busy, impassible roads. On behalf of think place, I commissioned a software developer, to create a bespoke spatial analysis tool. It takes a network map, generated in ArcGIS and allows weightings to be added to parts of the network according to conditions that support or obstruct pedestrian movement. In this example, the network map of part of Charlton, in London is first analysed without weightings, with thick red lines showing the most integrated (and therefore most trafficked) routes. In the next version, weightings are added to account for busy roads, with poor crossings, resulting in a more accurate representation of what one finds on the ground.
Masterplanning
Urban
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Client
New Cross Gate NDC Centre From: 2005 to 2008 Type: Mixed-use Community development Involvement: Client
The New Deal for Communities programme
The most significant building project was
(NDC) was a government-funded
the NDC Centre, a multi-purpose community
regeneration initiative, led by locally-
facility, incorporating a state-of-the art GP
elected residents. Based on the concept of
facility, Library, Gym, residential and retail
tackling all the interconnected aspects of
components. I worked with the locally-
Social Exclusion, the programme was multi-
elected NDC board members, Lewisham
themed, targeting education, employment,
Council officers across several departments
social capital, health and sport. The capital
and Government Office for London to
programme had the objective of delivering
develop a brief for the scheme. I ran OJEU
a physical infrastructure as a legacy to
tenders, undertook a land-assembly process
the community trust that would continue
and ran an exhaustive engagement process
the work of the NDC at the end of the
that saw 800 questionnaires completed by
programme. I was employed by the Local
members of the public.
Authority to act as a professional client for this building programme.
Through a public architecture competition, I procured Feilden Clegg Studios, whom
In this role I worked with a multitude of
I briefed throughout the process of
stakeholders, Council officers, Politicians
stakeholder engagement, developing
and local residents to commission Design
an outline brief into detailed proposals,
Teams and Development Partners to deliver
supported by a business plan. Partway
each of the building projects, whilst keeping
through this process, I procured a
a strategic overview of the programme as a
development partner to deliver the scheme
whole
and then led the negotiations through to the granting of full planning permission in 2008.
Regeneration
Capital Programme Client
Lewisham Council
The Exhibition Inset: From left: Clive Wilson, NDC; Joan Ruddock MP, the first time when anyone would see real proposalscso we thought we could
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Consultation and engagement is central to the operation of the
around the idea of building something, using construction signage
NDC. We believe that the community need to be involved at all
to ask the question, 'What would you build?'.
stages of a project for it to be relevant, well-used and well-loved. Sometimes this can bring out negative responses, that question the
There was an intensive marketing campaign for two weeks up to
fundamental basis of what we are doing. Projects that survive and
the event and we posted a flyer to every single household in
respond to such a process will be all the more successful.
the NDC area. The five teams produced six presentation boards and a model
The aim of the competition was to produce some different
each, which were displayed anonymously, with the teams being
conceptual approaches to the site, so we could consult on the best
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way forward. Due to the complexities of the site and the brief, however the schemes had to be worked up to quite a high level of
During the event, questionnaires were given to visitors to complete.
detail. It was a difficult balance, because if the schemes were too
We wanted to know which schemes people liked best and also
vague, they would be difficult to interpret. On the other hand,
what aspects of the schemes were successful and less
if they were too 'real' then it would appear as if the scheme was
successful.Over the week of the exhibition, 391 questionnaires
already designed. Our aim was to pick the best designer and the
were completed
best concept to be developed over the next year. In the end the schemes appeared to be quite well-resolved, but we spent a lot of effort explaining that they were conceptual. This was also helped by the fact that the five schemes set out very different approaches. We planned a public exhibition in the old Carnegie library on New Cross Road in February. The project had been in the community's minds for a long time, but this was the first time when anyone would see real proposals, so we thought we could generate a lot of excitement. Our marketing strategy revolved
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The Schemes Team A: Feilden Clegg Bradley Two briefing sessions were arranged, which the teams all attended
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The philosophy of the masterplan was to propose a series of relatively small interventions, which would combine to strategically enhance the physical environment. The centrepiece of this strategy, was the NDC centre and a site located in the centre of the NDC area, close to the strategic roads was identified. It is a council-owned housing site, which is being decanted as part of a housing strategy for the area and the NDC have secured it for this project.
Team B: Alford Hall Monaghan Morris Our existing work and consulted with to build a brief
Team C: Cottrell & Vermeulen with Sarah Wigglesworth Consultation and engagement is central to the operation of the NDC
Team D: Buschow Henley Stakeholders were identified through our existing work and consulted with to build a brief
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Regeneration
Capital Programme Client
Lewisham Council
Naya Raipur, India Date: 2012 Type: Urbanism workshop Involvement: Workshop director
Having acted as a member of the international Jury for Les Ateliers in Russia and France, I was appointed as co-pilot (or subject director) for this workshop in India. Naya Raipur is a new Capital city for 560,000 people currently under construction in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Adjacent to the existing city of Raipur, the landscape is a network of paddy fields, villages and ponds. Invited by the city’s development agency, the NRDA, the workshop had a strong remit to propose adjustments and enrichments to the masterplan. Together with my co-director Florence Bougnoux, I wrote the brief for the workshop which was circulated amongst the Les Atelier network. We selected multidisciplinary teams of professionals, each of which included one member of the NRDA and they worked for two weeks in Raipur to make proposals to the Jury and the NRDA. The workshop was a huge success: the teams all made complementary, practical proposals which the NRDA undertook to implement. Documents available at www.ateliers.org/en
Masterplanning
Workshop Director Client
Les Ateliers Internationaux
Lecturing & Research
Professionalism for Architecture From: 2008 to 2012 Type: Undergrad and Postgrad courses Involvement: Course coordinator Professional practice issues are notoriously difficult to integrate into the culture of teaching in Architecture schools. The conventional antagonism between studiobased design and regulatory constraints has resulted in professional practice commonly being taught as an independent body of fixed knowledge to be learned by rote before entering the real world. My professional experience has led me to realise that the best design work comes from a thorough engagement and questioning of received professional knowledge, integrated within the design process. I have worked hard over the past 4 years at UEL to integrate it into the studio teaching. I encourage both the tutors and the students to take a pro-active approach to the field and to understand the principles, before they learn the letter of the rules. The handbook I provide to students contains a ‘map’ to guide them through the field and exemplary projects from past students. A lecture series supports the book, providing in-depth examples and guests from practice.
This teaching approach has
been highly acclaimed by staff, students and the RIBA.
Architecture course
Senior Lecturer
University of East London
MAASD From: 2009 to 2012 Type: Masters Course Involvement: Module Leader
My colleague Alan Chandler and I took over this Masters course in 2009 and adapted it according to our interests in the social perspectives of sustainability. Our original conversation arose from a shared appreciation of Marshall Berman’s book ‘All that is Solid Melts into Air’ and has continued ever since. We understand sustainability as a characteristic Modern problem, that suffers from reflexive action and irony. We challenge the students to engage with it in this way and in the first term they develop 1:1 scale ‘urban prototypes’ that plug into, engage with and disrupt Modern processes in the city. In the second term, they use the USGBC’s urban design sustainability standard as a ‘prism’ to ‘split out’ the layers of the city for analysis. We have collaborated closely with the USGBC in this area and several student projects have carried on to become grant-funded research projects. www.maasd.co.uk
Architecture course
Senior Lecturer
University of East London
LEED:ND Research From: 2010 to 2012 Type: Grant-funded research project Involvement: Research director The US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighbourhood Developments (LEED:ND) is an internationally-recognised sustainability standard, operating at an urban scale. Having used it as a teaching tool on the Masters course, I realised that it had a much broader potential as a framework for recognising the inherent qualities of existing urban quarters. On the basis of research grants from UEL, I set up a research programme to investigate this potential and developed a strong relationship with the Research department at the USGBC. Several strands of work are now underway, including the Neighbourhood profiling tool shown overleaf. The USGBC have shown great interest and they are currently setting up a formal method of assessing existing neighbourhoods based on my work. The research will form part of UEL’s Research Excellency Framework (REF) submission in 2014.
Research Project
Researcher
University of East London / Place Research Lab
Neighbourhood Profile prototype From: 2011 to 2012 Type: Grant-funded research project Involvement: Research director
Building on my work with LEED ND, I developed a consultation tool as a method for addressing some of the perceived WESTBOURNE GREEN NEIGHBOURHOOD PROFILE
National Planning Policy Framework, both
Westbourne Green Neighbourhood Profile
emerging in 2011. Using LEED ND as a basis of a questionnaire that asks people to
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rank issues in terms of current provision and
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MAASD graduates tested the prototype in Paddington Green and Bermondsey, two areas undergoing Neighbourhood Plans. The
Current rating
findings are online at
Best
Cycling
Wildlife
Sustainable buildings
A team of researchers, including one of my
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audit plans as they are put forward over time.
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plan, residents have a brief and a means to
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Streets with trees and seating
benchmark for a given area, so instead of a
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The right kinds of shops
be expressed as a bespoke sustainability
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The right kinds of housing
the graph should improve. The output can
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New development, investment and regeneration
met. This is a dynamic process, so over time,
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Public services and facilities
to measure how well local needs are being
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Parks, play areas and allotments
generates a profile for a neighbourhood
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then priority. Mapping one against the other
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www.neighbourhoodprofile.org
Applied Research Project
Research Director
Place Research Lab
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framework, a matrix of topics forms the
Walking
shortcomings in the Localism Bill and the
Choice most important Choice least important PROFILE Profile trendline
The Production of Place Date: December 2012 Type: Conference and workshops Involvement: Organiser
Together with my teaching colleague Alan Chandler and an administrator, Juliet Sakyi-Ansah, I organised an international conference and workshops at UEL, titled the Production of Place. 40 academic papers from all five continents were presented under three themes, with chaired discussions at the end of each sessions. Keynote speeches were given by Chilean Architect Alberto Molletto, British Architect Tony Fretton, the Vice President of Research at the USGBC, Chris Pyke and the bestselling author, Iain Sinclair. In parallel, construction workshops in fabric formwork concrete, sound installations and sculpture were led by Tejo Remy, Christina Pollak and Richard Wilson. An edited selection of the papers will be published in a forthcoming book.
International Conference
Conference Organiser
University of East London