S.MKANSI Undergraduate Portfolio

UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORK 2019 - 2022 218210892 DIPLOMA IN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY (EXT) CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TRCHNOLOGY

SAARAH MKANSI

Saarah Mkansi 3RD YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENT

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ABOUT ME I am an Architectural Technology student, who aspires to be a future architect that transforms ideas into aesthetic and functional design solutions.

MY CONTACT TELEPHONE 082 682 8965 E-MAIL saarahmkansi@gmail.com

WEBSITE https://saarahmkansi.wixsite.com/portfolio

EDUCATION HISTORY

2019 - PRESENT

- Design Process - Technical Resolution - Environmental sustainability

SKILLS Sketching

2016 - 2017

Physical Model Making

2010 - 2015

Autocad Revit

INTEREST - Nature - Hiking - Architectural Photography

Central Technical College Durban, South Africa Civil Engineering N3-N6

- Construction - Survey - Building Administration

Photoshop Indesign

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Cape Town, South Africa Diploma in Architectural Technology

Burnwood Secondary School

Durban, South Africa Diploma for National Senior Certificate -Understanding of Technical drawing

JOB EXPERINECE Family Business

Durban, South Africa Administration in Logistics

LANGUAGES SPOKEN - English - Afrikaans - Oshiwambo

01 TRADE + MAKE SPACE

TENT

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CONSCIOUS RESOURCE

LIVE-WORK HOME STUDIO

ANALYSIS OF A STEEL STAIRCASE

SELECTED MIXED MEDIA WORK

01 MOSAIC CERAMIC CENTRE PROJECT BRIEF

Design of an urban infill which incorprates medium-low scale retail space

PROJECT TYPE

Make and trade space

YEAR LEVEL

3rd Year

SITE LOCATION

PROCESS WORK

ROOF PLAN NOT TO SCALE

Harrington Square, Cape Town

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The brief is inspired by the East City Precinct & Harrington Square in particular. The precinct was previously left unplanned & under-developed with a poor sense of place & legibility, experiencing a type of urban isolation from the Inner City.

This has had a considerable degree of influence on the programmatic scheme of the urban fabric. The project will be adjacent to Harrington Square, just behind the famous Charly’s Bakery. As a result of the Precinct’s urban narrative, Harrington Square is surrounded by a mixed or ‘mediated’ scale of economy & activity

SECTION A-A NOT TO SCALE

LOCALITY PLAN NOT TO SCALE

NORTH WEST ELEVATION NOT TO SCALE

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

FIRST GROUND PLAN

SECTION B-B

SECTION C-C

NORTH EAST ELEVATION

COURTYARD ELEVATION

NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE

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NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE

02 CONCIOUS RESOURCE HUB PROJECT BRIEF

Design a resource ‘hub’ for conscious living

PROJECT TYPE

General Business

YEAR LEVEL

2nd Year

SITE LOCATION

82 Victoria Road, Woodstock,

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The purpose of this project is to prompt one to explore context with the aim to create a contextually responsive design. The intention is to use principles of mapping and programme (which are part of the various scales and complexities of context to aid the design process).

PROCESS WORK

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECTION B

SECTION A

NORTH ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE

FIRST FLOOR PLAN NOT TO SCALE

ISOMETRIC DRAWING

3D MODEL

ROOF FLOOR PLAN NOT TO SCALE

STRUCTURAL LAYOUT NOT TO SCALE

EXPLODED ISOMETRIC DRAING ASSEMBLY NOT TO SCALE

STRIP SECTION NOT TO SCALE

03 LIVE-WORK, HOMESTUDIO PROJECT BRIEF

Design a live and work space for an architectural technologist

PROJECT TYPE

Local Business

YEAR LEVEL

2nd Year

SITE LOCATION

97 2nd Avenue, Claremont, Cape Town

PROCESS

GROUND FLOOR PLAN NOT TO SCALE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The purpose of this project is to explore place-making with the aim to create the best possible human experience in a spatial and formal environment that suits the culture of changing live-work lifestyles.

The intention is to use principles of structure and typology for place-making, which is hoped to contribute to the personal experinces of individuals and ignite social engagements of the community in the practice of everday life.

SECTION B-B

WEST ELEVATION

SECTION A-A

EAST ELEVATION

NOT TO SCALE

NOT TO SCALE

This design requires a ‘live-work home-studio’that is human-scaled, inspiring, and responsive to our changing lifestyles for ways of living and working

NOT TO SCALE

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ISOMETRIC DRAWING NOT TO SCALE

FIRST FLOOR PLAN NOT TO SCALE

NORTH ELEVATION NOT TO SCALE

SOUTH ELEVATION NOT TO SCALE

ISOMETRIC DRAWING NOT TO SCALE

MODEL NOT TO SCALE

04 CTICC PHASE 1 STAIRCASE PROJECT BRIEF

Measured drawing and analysis of a steel staircase support structure

PROJECT TYPE

Steel construction

YEAR LEVEL

3rd Year

SITE LOCATION

Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town

GROUND FLOOR PLAN NOT TO SCALE

BALUSTRADE TO STRINGER NOT TO SCALE

HANDRAIL NOT TO SCALE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION This project required, carrying out a measured survey of an existing steel stair and its support structure, representing it in a variety of ways, in order to develop and demonstrate your understanding of steel construction.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN NOT TO SCALE

SIDE ELEVATION NOT TO SCALE

TREAD TO STRINGER

STRINGER TO GROUND

FRONT ELEVATION

ISOMETRIC VIEW

NOT TO SCALE

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STRUCTURAL CONNECTION POINT NOT TO SCALE

SECTION ELEVATION NOT TO SCALE

05 SELECTED MIXED MEDIA PARAMTERIC BENCH In Namiba, the namib desert meets the atlantics ocean and they creat wavy and contour lines.

The bench is designed for two students who resdie in a mobile house. It is a sitting and relaxing bench. The timber reprents the desert and the waviness represents the ocean.

CONCEPT:

CONTOUR LINES CONCEPT: Coutourlines.The model shows the different relation between the contour lines of mountains and a river on the ground

ONE POINT PRESPECTIVE OF A BEDROOM

ONE POINT PRESPECTIVE OF A BATHROOM

ONE POINT PRESPECTIVE OF A MOBILE HOUSE

FLOWER SKETCH

PARAMETRIC BENCH MODEL

PARAMETRIC BENCH MODEL

ZEITZ MOCCA STAIRCASE

WATER FRONT ESCALATOR

FORESHORE FOOD LOVERS EATERY

WOODSTOCK EXCHANGE

CONTOUR LINE MODEL

CONTOUR LINE MODEL

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