Architecture Portfolio Ryan Green
Ryan Green 191 Hillsview Avenue, Kenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne Tel: 07471686846 Email: ryangreen99@hotmail.co.uk
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Ryan Green 29/08/1995 Tel: 07471686846 Email: ryangreen99@hotmail.co.uk 3rd Year Architecture student
Skills:
Saloria Architects Unit 27, Cygnus Business Centre Dalmeyer Rd, Willesden, London NW10 2XA 28th April 2019
Drawing - Fast sketching and idea generating - Interest in charcoal drawing - Technical Plans (Autocad or drawn)
Modelling - Modelling skills from quick conceptual, developmental models into final presentation models
Software - Photoshop - Autocad - Indesign - Illustrator - Sketchup - Vray - Microsoft
Dear Sir/ Madam
Renovations - Product Sourcing - Managing budget - Kitchen fitting, Tiling, Joinery, Plumbing, Electrics, Kitchen and Bathroom Designs
I would like to apply for the role of architectural assistant part I within your organisation as advertised recently. I am a part 1 qualified architect with several years’ experience working on site renovating properties, I have been very hands on with the projects and have learnt a lot in terms of how materials connect together, from the structure of a building all the way down to the finish of the internal walls.
About Me: My interest in architecture and the built environment grew from an early age, with my parents constantly moving and renovating properties. I have been very hands on with the renovations and have learnt a great deal in terms of technical building knowledge. All the houses I have renovated have been have been stripped back to their bricks and everything refurbished to a very high standard. Over the last 4 years I have took the lead and managed the projects while my parents took a back step.
I am passionate about property development and love transforming disused residential spaces into high quality homes, I am applying to work for Saloria architects as you specialise primarily in bespoke high quality residential developments. I would fit in well from my previous experiences of renovating my own projects to a similar standard and ethos.
I have managed to complete and renovate 4 properties while studying at Northumbria and both architecture and renovating houses has enabled me to build a strong work ethic and learn to manage my time efficiently. I have also learned how to build a family home from start to finish to give people a quality home through the creation of spaces and material use, all for an affordable price around the Kenton area in Newcastle.
I have worked on many extensions on the side while studying for my architecture degree including applying and successfully completing planning applications for a garage conversion, changing the unused garage into a family kitchen while raising the ceiling and creating a space which conforms to building regulations. Other applications include knocking down structural walls and installing steel RSJs to open up a kitchen / dining rooms. Since 2015 I have been responsible for project managing the renovation of 4 properties and I am currently working on my 5th property, from planning applications to the co-ordination of the specialists trades such as gas and electrics, all the products have been sourced by myself and over the years I have built up a collection of materials and managed to refine the budget for each house and the result has been a family home which has been improved each time from learning by my mistakes and fixing issues from the previous projects. During my time at Northumbria I have completed modules such as Architectural design , Architectural Constructional and Environmental Design, Project Management and Architectural History. These modules have helped me gain an understanding of architecture and how a building should fit into its landscape. Should you require any additional information please do not hesitate to contact me. Yours Sincerely Ryan Green Part 1 Graduate Architect
In my spare time I like to travel and am fascinated by different cultures, traditions and landscapes. My hobbies merge into my work life as I enjoy woodwork and joinery and designing kitchens and bathrooms. Qualification: 2016-2019 Architecture BA (Hons) Northumbria University (Completing July 2019) 2015-2016
Built Environment Foundation Year Northumbria University (First)
2013-2015
Newcastle Sixth Form College ( A Levels : Graphic Design A, Mathematics B, Physics C)
2012-2013
Inspire Kitchens and Bathrooms (Business Administration Level 2 Apprenticeship)
2008-2012
St Cuthberts High School, Newcastle (A*, 6A’s, 2B’s C)
Previous Employment / Experiences: 2015 - 2019 Renovating ex-council homes, creating affordable priced, luxury family homes, competing with the new build market. 2013- 2015
Range of part times jobs including Primark (3 years) Asda (7 months) and bar jobs
2012-2013
Inspire Kitchens and Bathrooms (Full Time) - Part of a small team of 3 working as part of the design team, ordering kitchens and bathroom running their Ebay store, and creating their adverts and magazines they sent out around Gosforth. References available upon request
Contents
Design projects
Resomation
Into the waterhole
Personal Projects
2 Bromford Road 9 (Current Project)
Resomation
The journey back to nature
Resomation was a third year project situated in Paddy freemans park, just north of Newcastle City centre. The brief involved creating a crematorium on the site which would reflect the local history and create a building that could be used by all religions The flooding of Heaton main colliery killed 75 miners while they battled to win coal, mining was the back bone of the northeast so reminders of the mining heritage of the area was reflected in the final proposal The proposal also pushes the need for a more environmentaly fiendly crematorium through a new proccess known as the water cremation, allowing a body to be returned back to nature for its organic compounds to be resued again in the cylce of life.
Site opportunities Overlooking the city
Scanned with CamScanner
The elevated platform gives views of the glowing city and Jesmond in the distance, a view which must be harnessed in the final building. The starry night over the Rhone, 1888 by Vincent Van Gogh, shows a similar effects from the gas lights which were a relatively new phenomenon at the time. Through his use of the complementary colours blue and yellow Van Gogh heightens the brightness of the lights, suggesting their harshness in the natural landscape.
The initial visit to the park took place on a January evening, at the time the lake was frozen over creating reflections of the tree silhouettes. In the distance the bright lights of the city flicker.
Photographs took by the author (Left) Silhouette of St Georges Church in the distance (Right) Paddy freeman’s pond frozen over
The cycle of living things
(Left) Diagram showing the resomation process (Right) Charcoal story drawing of the site and its history (Bottom Left) Diagram showing the carbon cycle
The Biogeochemical Cycle There are a few types of atoms that can be a part of a plant one day, an animal the next day, and then travel downstream as a part of a stream the following day. These atoms can be a part of both living things like plants and animals, as well as non-living things like water, air, and even rocks. The same atoms are recycled over and over in different parts of the Earth.
The Carbon Cycle The carbon cycle is essential to the lives of all living things in nature, It is also economically important to modern humans, in the form of fossil fuels such as coal. Dead organisms decay but can take months or even years to be fully returned to the ecosystem naturally.
The Mining History The coal mines were the driving force in the development of the area and this was not forgotten in the development of the site. The building should pay respect to the mining history, while remembering the achievements of the industry this will create the best memorial to those who lost there lives
The columbarium
A journey of remembrance
A reflection on the mining heritage The spacial model recreates an old mining tunnel with light from above dispersing and acting as the wooden support rafters the model experimented with making the space a columbarium with the niches spaced out equally either side of the light rays. The model creates a space with a very earthly, underground atmosphere, the concrete is loam coloured and almost all of the light comes from above.
The process The model was created by using foam as an inverse cast, cubes were added to the walls and the black concrete was cast creating a very intricate spacial model.
The cavernous chapel A place to reflect
Focused light The spacial model creates the underground chapel with the hard scraped ceilings and black concrete, the design came from the initial charcoal drawing with the idea of focusing light onto the catafalque, the rest of the room will appear dark and the coffin will glow, the chapel is a sacred place in the crematorium and it symbolises the start of the resomation process.
The Process The model was created with a negative foam block of the chapel, a frame was made and concrete was poured, the foam had to be picked out by hand which created scrapes on the inside of the chapel, this enhanced the underground cavernous space.
The linear axis
(Middle ) Photograph of model showing the
axis of the site and the linear journey the mourners take (Right) Diagram showing the initial idea from the historical research and site constraints (Bottom Right) Photograph plan view of model showing massing of the key elements
(Above ) Site plan (Below ) Ground floor plan
The oculus
The journey of resomation
The oculus model was a 1:50 sectional model testing the spacial qualities, the space would become a memorial to those who have undergone the resomation process, the internal texture on the wall is created by using finely crushed coal, the idea was to create shards which sparkle when they catch the light, the cavernous space would be lit solely by the oculus, creating the feeling of something greater out there. The combination of the circle and light represent unity and aim to create a meaningful experience for the mourner, a place they will come back to and remember their loved ones. The overflow on the oculus will also generate electricity for the building as the water and gravity cause the water to pass through an electric generator where it will cause a turbine to rotate and produce electricity, the amount created could be considerable considering the expansive pool area located above the oculus.
North elevation
The hidden scale of the building
The sunken building Resomation
Resomation The journey back to nature
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1 Precast concrete element finished by swirl 7 Top light 200mm under the water pool: trowling the surface to create an anti-slip surface 8 x 12mm partially toughned glass + 10mm 2 Concrete anchor bolt toughned glass 3 Water level 1200mm above coal rocks 8 10mm stainless steel section glass bearer around 4 500mm reinforced concrete with XYPEX ADMIX opening C-1000 NF (5 kg/m3) Two component silicone jointing seal 5 Bed of coal rocks Ø 100mm PVC Scheeting 30mm motar bed 500mm reinforced concrete with XYPEX ADMIX C-1000 NF (5 kg/m3) 6 Void below concrete for pipework and ducting
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1 Precast concrete element finished by swirl 7 Top light 200mm under the water pool: trowling the surface to create an anti-slip surface 8 x 12mm partially toughned glass + 10mm 2 Concrete anchor bolt toughned glass 3 Water level 1200mm above coal rocks 8 10mm stainless steel section glass bearer around 4 500mm reinforced concrete with XYPEX ADMIX opening C-1000 NF (5 kg/m3) Two component silicone jointing seal 5 Bed of coal rocks Ø 100mm PVC Scheeting 30mm motar bed 500mm reinforced concrete with XYPEX ADMIX C-1000 NF (5 kg/m3) 6 Void below concrete for pipework and ducting
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Resomation “Resoma” which is a Latin derivation for “rebirth of the human body” which means resolving the body back to its basic organic components and its rapid and beneficial return to the eco-system to be re-used as nature had designed.
Resomation Resomation 5
Resomation “Resoma” which is a Latin derivation for “rebirth of the human body” which means resolving the body back to its basic organic components and its rapid and beneficial return to the eco-system to be re-used as
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Tunnelled into the hillside
The journey back to nature The chapel and remembrance well
Section through oculus of remembrance well, showing how the water retention pools above will overflow down the steel plate, which allows the water to drip into the well and not run down the inside, there is also a built in water pipe to allow the oculus waterfall to be turned on if there are visitors and there is no change in the water level above.
The end view
Into the waterhole The food learning centre
Into the waterhole was a third year project situated in Jesmond dene. The project was created as there is a rising need to teach children where there food comes from. The aim was to create a cooking facility which flipped the private allotment idea on its head and created a series of public allotments to enable the children to learn from the planting to the harvesting and finally to the cooking of their own food. The project evolved from the different light levels and atmospheres the dene created due to the opening in the trees and the dense canopy’s above. This created two pavilions with different atmospheres for the different functions in the building . One with a series of lightweight polycarbonate structures above, with the underground pavilion created with a dense underground feeling with concrete pillars representing the dense forest around the building.
Composite Drawing
From my initial drawing and photographs I went on to research the visual effect I had seen in the dene to learn more about the phenomenon. The term Komorebi is an untranslatable Japanese word, which eloquently captures the effect of sunlight streaming through the leaves of the trees.
Building in the Landscape
(Left) Elevation showing how the building sits in the sloped landscape, (Bottom Left) Section shows the different atmospheres over the two levels in the building. (Bottom Right) diagram showing concept of the building with the different functions requiring different light levels
SECTION A6
WEST FACING ELEVATION
Technical Cross Section
SOUTH FACING SECTION KEY 1 - Entrance to Staff Room 2 - Inside of Reception, Showing Glass Entrance Doors 3 - Public Toilet Block Entrance 4 - Entrance To Auditorium From Secondary Reception 5 - Secondary Reception 6 - Underground Pavilion With Water Well
Wall to Roof Junction
Armourplan SM Fleece Backed PVC Membrane - Armourplan SM sheets are fully bonded to the substrate using IKOpro Sprayfast FMA Adhesive. Lap joints in the sheets are welded with a hot air gun, this creates a perfect seal. 1.5mm thick, Colour mid grey (RAL 7046). conforms to Building Regulations Part C 2(b) Resistance to moisture. The membranes, including joints, will enable a roof to satisfy this Requirement.
Kingspan 120mm Thermaroof TR27 Flat Roof Insulation
Self-adhesive elastomeric bitumen air and vapour control layer with an aluminium foil facing for vapour impermeability.
D60 Tata steel RoofDek 60mm, with 60mm concrete cover to create a trapezoidal composite deck. The Tata steel roof deck has been manufactured in accordance with British standards: Calculate loads to BS 6399. Part 2: 1997 Code of Practice for wind loads. Part 3: 1988 Code of Practice for imposed roof loads (including snow and snow drifting).
Tata Steel Celsius® 355 Rectangular Hollow Sections 60mm x mm x 5mm Thick Tata Steel Celsius® RHS 150mm x 100mm (5mm Thickness)
CasoLine MF ceiling suspended beneath steel beams give 150mm service cavity AQUA2000 PVC Ceiling panel white gloss to look similar to polycarbonate but as it is not fire rated an alternate such as Aqua 2000 panels can be used these class 1 Fire Rated panels can be used with downlights which will create a continuous level inside the room with LED spot lights in the ceiling. CODE: AQ200-4-SL-WG 150mm x 150mm (5mm Thickness) Tata Steel Celsius® SHS post 80 x 80 x 40mm Tata Steel Galvanised steel SHS post Pilkington Insulight™ Therm (with 10 mm Toughed Pilkington K Glass™ Toughened, 2 x 6mm Optiwhite Laminated inner pane and 16 mm 90% argon filled cavity) 1000mm x 3000mm Glass panel sizes
Kingspan 40mm rigid insulation to prevent thermal break Rainwater Channel Anodized - Aluminium Ventilation Louvres 2mm -Anodized - Aluminium sheeting Kalwall with CABOT’s Lumira® aerogel insulation. The product comes in 70 mm thick panel formats and the sizes of the panels are (1200 mm x 3600 mm)
Site Plan
The final proposed site map shows the journey at night showing the allotment outbuildings glowing along the path down to the river,the allotment grid structure can be seen, they appear random like an allotment landscape yet conform to the grid of concrete trees below.
First Floor Plan
The final first floor plan shows the polycarbonate facade glowing in the evening, the water channel guides your eyes to the reception to start the descent into the dark
Ground Floor Plan
The final ground floor plan shows the location of the skylights above in the pavilion, The lower light levels and dense environment create a vast difference from the floor above, the building is sunk it to the hill and stretches out from street level over the allotments.
Fixture and Fittings Detail
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(www.diykitchens.co.uk, 2018)
Corian® Deep Black seamless kitchen worktop
The fixture and fitting detail is taken from the Cooking Rooms it is a section of one of the kitchen islands used to learn how to cook the food from the allotments. The detail shows a bespoke manufactured and minimalist design created with inspiration from a local kitchen cabinet making company called Furniture Solutions based in Cramlington, it also uses a concept idea used by B&Q and there under sink draw boxes. The detail brings together a variety of well constructed materials to create a minimalist free standing kitchen island with integrated water waste pipes which go off into the concrete floor.
TW Alva Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink Mixer Tap Projection - 222mm Height - 395mm Tap base - 54mm -Deck mounted -Swivel spout -Stainless steel construction -1/2” flexi tail connections -Minimum 0.5 bar water pressure -5 year guarantee (Flexi tails connect to 15mm Copper Pipe x 2 (Hot water/ Cold water)) Tap Connector 32mm
Under mount sink connections Dow 785N Clear Sanitary Sealant Reginox New York 1 Bowl Large Undermount Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink & Integrated Waste - 540 x 440mm
Corian® Deep Black seamless kitchen worktop moulded at the corner to create continuous wrap round island worktop
Blum soft close draw mechanism 18mm MFC rigid kitchen, glue & dowel construction, colour co-ordinated both inside & out, 720mm high (+150mm Legs)
McAlpine S28M Straight Connector White 32mm x 32mm
Boss Kitchen bar handles chunky 18mm diameter 686 centres 820mm length Blum soft close pan drawers
Altino White acrylic doors 2 x (295mm x 995mm) and 1 x (115mm x 995mm)
Flowplast WC10 universal compression waste bend 90° 32mm Made from polypropylene, this quick and easy to install waste system incorporates a compression outlet that accepts plastic pipes to BS 5254 and BS 5255. No solvent welding required.
FloPlast Solvent Weld Waste Pipe White 32mm Service void 75mm - Waste pipe hidden behind draw set, creates minimalist look from the outside of the island unit, waste goes into the ground and under the floor to continue with the minimalist design
Door to Drawer screw conections and steel conection plates 32mm McAlpine Tubular Adjustable Swivel P Trap. (Multi-fit compression outlet suits waste pipes to BS EN 1451-1-2000)
150mm White Altino Gloss Plinth Plinth leg connector 150mm Adjustable Legs
PumaFlow Epoxy resin floor finish 5mm thick, creates a light shiny finish in the reception, good reflection from light. (Polished Concrete effect), placed ontop of JCW 70mm Sand and cement screed with underfloor heating (Warmup® - Contura Floating floor systems) Kingspan Thermafloor® TF70 100mm
Kitchen worktop ground L brackets
Exterior perspectives
Personal Projects 2 Bromford Road, Kenton (current) 3 bedroom semi-detached
Before
I am currently working on an ex-council home in Kenton, to turn this run down old property into a luxury family home ,the old floor plans in the building where from the original 1950s construction with bin sheds and cold storage rooms taking up valuable living space, building regulations was gained to open up the space with an RSJ installed between the kitchen and old dining room. I have project managed the renovation and have completed most of the work myself only relying on specialist trades such as the boiler installation and the installation of the consumer unit. The property has been rewired through out, new central heating added, patio doors installed, new extended bathroom to en coperate freestanding bath and walk in shower, new kitchen , an en-suite has been added, the property will be finished over the next few weeks ready to go back onto the market. The main aim was to create a family home by making the kitchen diner the heart of the home.
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After