ZoĂŤ Goodbrand Architectural Portfolio
architectural portfolio ZoĂŤ Goodbrand University of Johannesburg MTech (Professional) in Architecture Contact (+27) 79 492 9411 zoegoodbrand@gmail.com
About This portfolio is a cumulation of my undergraduate work through to my masters degree dissertation all completed at the University of Johannesburg. It also encompasses some of my work experience and touches on my travels thus far.
Contents PROJECTS
The Connected City Master’s Thesis
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Pleated Urbanity – Synecdoche 5th Year Masters Project – Large scale development
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Housing the City 5th Year Masters Project – Informal Housing
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School of performing Arts Bachelor degree project – Tower Project
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Westdene Student Housing Project Bachelor degree project – Mixed use Housing
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page 44
Circa Gallery 3rd Year Project – Gallery Design
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page 50
Work Experience Goodbrand Architects dhk Architects
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page 54
World Travels
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page 60
Curriculum Vitae
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The Connected City Revitalising Johannesburg’s Natural environment through the establishment of the Braamfontein Spruit as a Suburban Greenway.
2014 Masters Dissertation Project University of Johannesburg Supervisor: Alex Opper
Background Johannesburg’s city-dwellers, whether inner-city or suburban, are becoming increasingly disconnected from what they may call the ‘natural world.’ Their predominant and preferred mode of transport is the car or bus and with that comes an equally important risk: the risk of disconnecting themselves from each other – social alienation. Although transportation systems aren’t often considered in terms of their ability to link and connect citizens with each other, the truth of the matter is that transport is often the great connector and social equaliser: in so-called ‘world-class’ cities like London, New York or Paris, everyone takes the bus, the subway, the suburban train. In Johannesburg, we lack an integrated, public transport system, this dissertation looks at another means of transportation: the humble bicycle.
Project Brief “Humanity currently exists in a dysfunctional relationship with the natural world and auto-bound cities are both symptom and cause of this dysfunction.” - William Rees
This dissertation proposes the revitalisation of the Braamfontein Spruit as an urban greenway to create an integrated open-space network through the northern suburbs of Johannesburg, extending it to the edge of Johannesburg’s central building district (CBD). The sub-urban greenway is to incorporate a variety of access points while providing facilities for different users and maintaining the attractive habitat and wildlife. The system is to exist as a pedestrian and cyclist network for people living and working along its trajectory.
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This chapter presents a very summarised version my mater’s dissertation, for the full version go to: http://issuu.com/zoegoodbrand/docs/ theconnectedcity_2014_goodbrand_z_l
The study was presented at three scales: the proposed overall strategy at the metropolitan scale; the urban design framework at the neighbourhood scale; and the building design for one, or more, identified nodes at the detail scale.
transport networks
Theoretical Premise This dissertation interrogates the key principles of a number of theoretical models relating to urban theory, namely: new urbanism, landscape urbanism, sustainable urbanism, and ecological urbanism. These charters can be linked to one another through the common vision of sustainability, which defines and contextualizes the importance of an ecologically sound urban form. Ecological integrity is a critical concern in the research.
corridors of freedom
Site Information The Braamfontein Spruit is the site chosen for this investigations at both the design (landscape urbanism) level, and the theoretical level. The Braamfontein Spruit runs practically the full length of Johannesburg: from suburb to inner-city (20 kilometres in length). cycle networks
The Concept Looking at the theory around ‘greenway systems’, a growing and important body of knowledge that looks at the re-connection of transport routes and links with the city at large, my project explores the specific ability of the Braamfontein Spruit to re-connect not only Johannesburg’s suburban environments with the city’s natural systems, but also investigate transport as a necessary social and cultural connector through the city. In my project, cycling becomes a ‘new social connector.’ The key concepts of this project sit at the landscape urbanism scale and not at the more typical thesis scale of a single building, resolved in great detail, but rather with representations taking the form of design guidelines, conceptual urban schemes and scenario planning at three scales: the metropolitan scale, the neighbourhood scale and the detail scale.
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infrastructural network
coded network
picturesque network
The Metropolitan Scale “Automobiles insulate man not only from the environment but also from human contact as well. They permit only the most limited types of integration, usually competitive, aggressive and destructive.� - Stuart Hall
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final model
The metropolitan scale of the project presents the Braamfontein Spruit as a large-scale network of green spaces, loosely strung together by the spruit itself. The above four drawings explore the site as a series of coexisting networks. The infrastructure drawing explores the infrastructural aspects of the site while the picturesque drawing explores the natural and picturesque qualities of the site. The coded drawing investigates the importance, and currently existing lack, of way-finding devices along the network while the boundary drawing explores the confines that enclose and divide the network of green spaces allowing and restricting access.
boundary network
resulting programmed nodes and bands along the greenway
These analyses revealed a number of key strategies to be considered and applied to the metropolitan scale of the project with the some of the strategies being investigated in greater detail at the scales that follow. Furthermore, by analysing the site as a series of sections through the topography, along with relevant theory related to large-scale landscape urbanism projects, the notion of dividing the site into a series of identifiable, programmatic bands or ‘host’ zones was brought about. I also went on to develop three additional concepts to assist in the design proposal of the site at the metropolitan scale through identifying stations, as architectural interventions, margins, as edge conditions, and lines, as dedicated pathways or routes. Through further analysis of the existing and proposed networks (both cycling and public transport) and existing frameworks, a number of key nodes were identified at points where these networks intersect the site. Then, through further analysis of each identified node, I was able to allocate a ‘host’ programme to each band along the network (see image below).
Band/ Host Zone The horizontal division of an area into a number of different programme. The bands are to represent the major programmatic categories of ‘host’ zones of a larger area, extending into the neighbourhoods along its edges. Stations/ Nodes The Stations/ nodes are positioned within each band, along the greenway taking the form of small scale installations, or larger scale architectural interventions or landmarks, but not having the same programme as the band its in. Lines Pathways along the greenway which connect various stations. The pathways may belong to a particular programme (for example the transport line or education line) or may just function as a short-cut across the site. Margins Edge conditions along the greenway which may take the form of architectural interventions, installations, viewpoints, etc. with the main purpose of influencing the greenway by activating its edges or linking across it.
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mapping - kinetic forest
The Neighbourhood Scale
site locations
Moving from the scale of the urban to the scale of the neighbourhood, I chose four of the eleven bands along the network to explore, namely: the transport band, the hybrid band, the art band and the agricultural band.
“The whole is one landscape, and yet each part can be distinguished from its neighbour.” - Kevin Lynch
In the neighbourhood scale I have identified two main types of thoroughfare: the Boulevard as the primary access route through each site; and the Promenades, as smaller meandering paths. The notion of the Boulevard has been explored and presented in the montages on the right-hand-side of each of the section drawings (below), investigating the notion of ‘the bridge’, whether moving above or below, in each. The drawings represent the existing conditions of each site, the initial proposals and their future predictions. As mentioned earlier, the proposal at the metropolitan scale was to divide the site into a series of programmatic bands, but in order to grasp the key aspects of each of the four chosen sites at the neighbourhood scale, I felt it was important to name each site, relating them to their specific programmes: the transport corridor, located within the NMT band, links the system with the proposed ‘corridors of freedom’ framework along Louis Botha; the cycle-in cinema, located within the hybrid band, offers cyclists with the opportunity to engage with their mode of transport by using pedalling to generate the energy require to power the projector; the kinetic forest, located within the art band, links art and education through the concept of movement in the exhibition of various kinetic art pieces; and finally, the Sub-Urban Farmland, located within the agricultural band, provides nearby park residents (vagrants) with job opportunities through the creation of a productive landscape.
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existing conditions - sub-urban farmland
mapping - sub-urban farmland
design proposal - transport corridor
cycle-in cinema
design proposal - cycle-in cinema
initial proposal - transport corridor
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future predictions - cycle-in cinema
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site locations
“...Architecture occurs at the meeting of interior and exterior forces of use and space... designing from the outside in, as well as the inside out, creates necessary tensions, which help make architecture” - Robert Venturi
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The Detail Scale This leads me away from the scale of the neighbourhood, to the detail scale of the project, further exploring the sub-urban farmland site, with particular analysis of the proposed boulevard, plot variations across the site and scenario planning of the proposed users. The notion of materiality was also considered by allocating each band with a set of construction materials, as well as a sustainability device. This allows users moving through the respective bands to distinguish one band from another. These materials also connect stations in other bands that belong to the same programmatic category. For example: timber, gabion walls and vertical gardens are specific to the agricultural ‘host’ zone and thus, a mobile food stall would incorporate one or more of these materials.
material study
The proposed boulevard on this particular site dissects the site in two and behaves as a microcosm of the metropolitan scale intervention, where the programmes have been located along the path in bands, allowing the pathways to wind between them.
The northern area of the site has been divided into a number of lettable plots with the images to left depicting various ways in which the plots can be divided. The programme along the boulevard incluces: a market space, allowing farmers to sell the produce and other goods; a learning centre; cafes and restaurants, a bicylce repair shop and various other spaces.
plot variations
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I also analysed a number of scenorios that each plot would undergo from buying of land, to sub-dividing it and/or growing produce and selling/ exporting the goods. The images on the left show the scenorio of the retailer.
scenario C - the retailer
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This drawing show how each surface is treated as having more than one function, a wall is a barrier, seat, and a balustrade.
Final Presentation
final model
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Synecdoche*, Newtown * a figure of speech in which a part is substituted for a whole or a whole for a part.
2013 MTech 1 Semester Project University of Johannesburg
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The brief of this project aimed to challenge this developmental character of Newtown, while introducing the notion of the architectural mega-project which is to represent and catalyse a larger urban framework.
In response to the existing lack of conserved natural areas as well as Johannesburg’s existing, fragmented open space system, my architectural scheme proposes the creation of new public spaces. The driver of the architectural design was to use the new building edges to define the new soft and hardscaped spaces while allowing pedestrians to penetrate the site along the proposed pedestrian links. The north-south axis through Museum Africa reinforces, and extends the existing cultural link to the proposed expo centre and across Mary Fitzgerald square. It also links the two proposed BRT stations, while splitting the Mary Fitzgerald square in two.
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Newtown, Johannesburg, the chosen site for this project, has undergone no less than seven urban design frameworks within its 5.2km boundary. Urbanist critics of Newtown (and the profession as a whole) suggest that entire frameworks are often drawn up simply to justify a single architectural project and are thus wasteful. This action of drawing up new frameworks to justify new architectural projects in the area is often repeated time and time again without any of the proposed urban frameworks being introduced, leaving a city of monoliths.
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Architectural Brief
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Pedestrian LINKS
The second north-south axis creates a pedestrian link between the inner city and Braamfontein across a newly proposed pedestrian bridge, mirroring the intentions of Nelson Mandela Bridge to ‘cross the man-made divide’ created by the railway. Finally, the introduction of the east-west corridor creates a pedestrian link between Metro Mall (an existing transport node) to the conference centre and main auditorium lobby. This link, along with the introduction of two new BRT stations on either side of Mary Fitzgerald square will assist in the accessibility of the Newtown to pedestrians and public transport users.
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legend Trees Public Squares Public Parks Pedestrian Walkways Surrounding Buildings New Commercial Edges Lobby Spaces Informal Trading
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PROGRAMME DIAGRAMS
RAMME DIAGRAMS existing programme Hotel & Housing condition design approach
Programme
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The above mentioned pedestrian links were used to inform the programme Hotel & Housing programme Offices decision in creating a network of connected public spaces. The programmed spaces of the design are grouped to create overlaps of related spaces. The auditorium spaces are all clustered to allow their lobby spaces to overflow into a shared outdoor foyer space, which is also visible and accessible to pedestrians passing the site. programme Expo Centre
The conference rooms and banquet hall are also grouped, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
but split into two levels. The pedestrian connection to the west dissects the conference space, activating the walkway between conference visitors programmethe Hotel & Housing rooms through the movement programmeofOffi ces moving between these spaces and the banquet hall above. The underside of the theatre has been raised creating a sheltered public space below. Two outdoor auditorium spaces have been proposed to allow for public performances and demonstrations.
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
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In an attempt to soften, the impermeability of a 100 meter expo wall edge, the expo space has been raise with parking below and edged with a more permeable retail strip. The lobby space lies
PROGRAMME DIAGRAMS
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fragmented open space system; diminishing natural environment,
spaces of exclusion
high reliance on private motor vehicles
create network of open space, expand natural environment
create socially inclusive spaces
increase use of public transport and walking
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create a connection between existing and new cultural programming
extend existing BRT routes into Newtown and provide two new stations create a pedestrian friendly environment create links between public transport
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pedestrian network new open spaces formed additional park spaces, roof gardens and garden walls
disconnect between cultural spaces
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manufacture banquet hall
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conference centre retail
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PROGRAMME ENTIRE BUILDING
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Building as a Block
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Define Grid Structure from Surrounding Road Network
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Rearrange Spaces to Create Open Space and Intersecting Space
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design development defined urban space
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along a major access across the central public square, extending the existing cultural pedestrian link across the cultural band of Newtown.
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Retail, restaurants, bars and cafÊs line the periphery of the proposed public square. Multiple ramps, steps and a folded surface, link the lower lying level of the square to the upper level shops on street level. These edges, along with the theatres’ outdoor foyer, the conference walkway and proposed pedestrian links, all assist in activating the central square. The main parking lobby for the basement parking below and on ground level also open-up onto the square further activating it. Allowing views from the square into the manufacture space, for furniture fabrication, and the rehearsal studios allows for public engagement as it is creates a less consumer driven environment. new retail
A weekend and night market has also been proposed to extend on the existing market in Newtown. While creating additional employment and entrepreneurial opportunities, to create an inclusive environment, the night and weekend market imposes a 24 hour program in the area, increasing security through public surveillance.
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Skin Design The building skins and roof systems for the majority of the buildings are produced by the horizontal tessellation of a folded plate base unit. A flat surface is folded produce a portal section and repeated to create an expanded corrugated shed-like form, enclosing the space. The folds provide structural strength to the surfaces, allowing them to span like a beam while creating an optical effect of vaulting or pleating. Both the theatre skin and the expo skin, utilize the repetition of a single portal section, repeated across the length of the space. The theatre skin wraps below the cantilevered lobby space, creating a shell around the interior. Both faรงade and roof systems are structural, incorporating trusses into each folded plate. The truss system of the theatre skin is to be externally clad with a steel wire mesh, making the skin mildly
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transparent at a close proximity. This will allow light enter the lobby and circulation spaces through the eastern faรงade during the day. Alternatively, at night, the lobby spaces and circulation spaces will be lit up from the inside and illuminate through the folds faรงade to the outside.
design development building skin conceptual models north-south section through theatre and expo centre
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The building skin for the tower was created by folding the surface of the northern faรงade while simultaneously rotating it to orientate to the north. The width of the tower also tapers towards the top, creating narrower floor spaces, more adequate for programming as housing. The
open, louvre faรงade, provides protected outdoor terrace space for the residents and hotel guests while also shading the indoor spaces from harsh summer sun. The meter-wide spacing of the louvres allows uninterrupted views through the faรงade from the inside, while restricting the view
into the building during the day. The faรงade is fixed to each floor plate of the tower at intervals, while also structurally supporting itself on columns at the base of the faรงade system.
north-south section through tower and expo centre
detail ref B expo skin
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Skin Details
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Materiality
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skin section _tower
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152/6 mm mild steel hollow section 800/1000 mm perforated steel panel 6 mm fixing plate 40/40/6 mm mild steel hollow section welded to steel panel and fixing plate
timber flooring 250 /250 mild steel angle to support timber flooring 6mm fixing plate welded to flexible bracket, bolted to hollow section flexible bracket/ movement joint M20 expansion bolt stainless steel split pin
Detail Sketches
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fixing bracket bolted to steel panel to support 38mm diam circular stainless steel hollow section
Sectional detail a scale 1:10
puncturedsteel adjustable sunscreens
1m high, fixed puncturedsteel balustrade
[interior] hotel room [exterior] balcony
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Non-loadbearing, multi-layer, translucent
View Down Hotel Walkway
800/1000 mm perforated steel panel 6mm mild steel brace, welded to steel panel 38mm diam circular stainless steel hollow section
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Framing the Informal Melboro South, Informal Housing Project, in collaboration with Arcelor Mittal©
2013 MTech 1 Semester Project University of Johannesburg
architecturalbrief The brief of this project was divided into two phases: mapping, which was to be conducted in small groups; and design to be carried out as individual work. The groups were expected to map one of four sites within Marlboro South and Alexandra Township, with my site being the informal factory site located within Marlboro South. The project aimed to draw attention to the wider housing crisis in South Africa and the potential valuable role architects play in responding to this complex and multi-layered challenge. The intention of the project was to frame the very real human settlement challenge across South Africa as an opportunity. The ability of an architect to relay information from communities on the ground and policy-makers and planners higher up was important to support design ideas and strategies in this project.
siteinformation Marlboro South, as envisaged by the apartheid government, was designed as an industrial buffer zone between the township of Alexandra and the wealthier surrounding areas. Over the years the definitive boundaries have been broken down: allowing for the bleeding of the township into this buffer zone, which has led to the establishment of the informal settlements in the area. These settlements provide basic needs to the evicted and homeless inhabitants within them. The area is located on the periphery of the northern suburbs, north of Alexandra. It sits on a major transport node being positioned near the N1 highway off-ramp and the Marlboro (Gautrain) Station. The area is current a partially-developed industrial zone consisting of multiple, large warehouses, secured by fences and walls. It was originally designed as a buffer to separate two extremes. The first being that of the middle-class suburban seen in Marlboro Gardens, and the second being that of the lower-class, self-built township of Alexandra.
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Analysing the current state of the area a gradual infiltration or “invasion’ of informal settlers from Alexandra can be seen in both Marlboro South and Marlboro Gardens, thus contradicting the original intent of this such “buffer zone’.
SITE DATA Erf Area:
1982.86 m²
Courtyard Area:
1394.18 m²
Units: 99
1014 m²
Units: 66
2408 m²
Total Units: 165
GF & FF Factory Area:
Total inhabitable space:
Estimated number of inhabitants:
460
Average number of people per unit:
2.8 people
Square meters per person:
5.2 m² pp
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legend site study area surrounding residential zone surrounding industrial/ commercial zone gautrain stations gautrain networks major vehicular routes influential factors
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designapproach “Are they not citizen’s, do they not have rights.” - Anonymous
WEAKNESSES
The diagram below shows how through a thorough analysis of the existing strengths and weaknesses of the informal factory site, 8 design principals (or opportunities) were formed to be incorporated into the final design as either a quick-fix solution (see next page), or major design strategies:
Structures cannot support service supply
Spacial Restrictions
Increase Structural Stability
possible solutions
Install a sense of ownership and pride
Spaces are Temporary
resulting problems
OPPORTUNITIES
High Unemployment Rate
Provide Adequate Services
possible solutions
resulting problems
Dirty/ Derelict/ No sense of Pride
Dwelling Units not Structurally Sound
Lack of adequate services
Create Additional Space
Create Removable Parts
Create Partial Ownership/ Lease
Community Involvement in Design
Create Pockets of Interaction
Produce Courtyard Clusters
Create Self-built Typologies
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OPPORTUNITIES
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STRENGTHS
Shared Service Spaces
Units Entrances Clusters (Defensible Space)
Identity through Variation in Design
Provide Employment Opportunities
quickfixsolutions: _smallfactory_upgrade:
1. Upgrade the existing ablution block in the small
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factory building. Add additional ablutions and split into male and female bathrooms. 2. Extend the existing retail facility to the edge of the building and create an interactive (secure) shop edge. 3. Extend the first floor over the void space above and create additional rent-able room space. 4. Divide the remaining ground floor space into a crèche’ and allow employment by residents.
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ROOMS CRÈCHE’ SHOP
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I,therefore, wanted to come up with a solution that would attempt to solve the evident lack of basic services (mainly clean water supply, electricity and sewage disposal) and excessive overcrowding seen in Alexandra Township and Marlboro South. I was also concerned with increasing the safety in the area possibly through the creation of employment opportunities and passive surveillance. I wanted to create an incremental/ adaptable solution that could be applied to multiple sites within Alexandra and Marlboro and possibly a multitude of other informal settlements. The solution should have the capability to be applied as an insitu upgrade solution while also maintaining the identity created through current self-built housing solutions.
_largefactory_upgrade:
1. Remove squatter units from the south edge of the
large factory space - no sunlight. 2. Introduce new ablution facilities to the South-West corners of both the ground and first floor factory spaces. 3. Introduce a workshop and skills development facility in south-east corner of the factory on both the ground floor and first floor.
WORKSHOP _groundfloor
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FACILITY _firstfloor
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_5m2
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In order to continue to house the current residents living on the site, while also improving the open spaces and introducing new service spaces, multiple levels would be required.
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_mixed-use
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_vertical growth
Introducing a mixed-use typology would allow for employment opportunities for the sites inhabitants, allowing them to sell goods or provide a service to other residents or outsiders.
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A framing structure would allow for vertical and horizontal growth. Stepping the structures reduces the shade produced by the multiple levels.
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Therefore the average space per person is 3m2
I propose a minimum of 3.75m2 of space per person
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_extending the existing condition
Creating platforms on which existing (or new) self-built units can be [re]assembled will allow for a more affordable, less timely, insitu upgrade solution.
The structure must allow for various room sizes to house a different number of residents and family structures. _varying room sizes
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At present, most of the rooms house between one and four people. The larger rooms are generally overcrowded and thus can be split into multiple room spaces. From this analysis I deduced that a modular, structural system would have to span 5 meters lengthways and between 3 and 4.5m widthways.
When considering the need to transport the concrete elements I looked at the average container dimensions. They are approximately 2.4 x 2.4 x 6 meters (with the length spanning up to 12 m). This informed me of the maximum transportable sizes at which I could design a standardised framing component in order for it to b easily transportable to site. Since a flat bed truck can be used, the dimensions can be assumed slightly larger than that given for a container size.
The above proposed room layouts, building regulations and the size of an average shipping container were used to determine the most suitable component dimensions. Since the minimum allowable floor to ceiling height of any habitable room can be no less than 2.4m, this dimension was used as the height to the underside of the component. A floor space of 4.5 x 5m floor space could create the largest combination of the above room layouts. Thus it would be preferable to create 5m spans along a 4.5m edge. The dimensions need to then be divided to allow easy transportation of the parts, thus 2.5 x 1.5 x 2.4 m component sizes (interior) are the most suitable.
When designing the component, the idea was to create something that could be easily assembled without having to create too many variations in the component. Also, each component was required to interlock with the component alongside it. This would enable for quicker installations. Due to the slope on the site (and the probability of various other sloping sites) the component had to be designed to interlock while creating a stepped elevation across the site. Thus the overlap on each component was dimensioned to resemble a step of 170 mm high.
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_foam-boardcast
single-leaf tunnel
double-leaf tunnel
single-leaf cantilever
double-leaf cantilever
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single-leaf double-cantilever
double-leaf double-cantilever
fresh water supply electrical supply grey water removal double-leaf stepped tunnel
double-leaf stepped cantilever
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There are four variations of the component, three of which are detailed above. The last variation is the mirrored version of the component seen in the top image. The fourth variation (left) is the
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same as the top component, but with a 45 degree angle sliced off the cantilevered edge. This is to allow for greater configurations when combining the components together.
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_existing open space
_through routes
Rooftop garden
Provides Employment Opportunities for people living on the site to grow and sell fruit and vegetables
_open building edges
Courtyard
Provides a protected, open green space for children to play and people to gather. Increased security through passive surveillance from the surrounding units _cluster spaces
_access routes
_new open space
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retail opportunity delivery space retail space ablution facility
entranceperspective Soccer Field
The soccer field draws visitors and outsiders close to the site providing possible retail opportunities for the inhabitants to sell goods to the outsiders.
Retail Opportunities
The ground floor space can be used to house retail space with good for sale to the site inhabitants and to visitors using the soccer field.
Daycare centre
Provides Employment Opportunities for mothers to aid in the care of the young children in the area while other mothers go to work
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sitesection
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Service supply
Services run on the inside of the concrete components. Electricity is supplied fro solar panels on the roof. Grey water is collected and used to water the courtyard and roof gardens
stairway courtyard space pedestrian passageway retail space passive surveillance
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Courtyard
Provides a protected, open green space for children to play and people to gather. Increased security through passive surveillance from the surrounding units
rooftop garden
Provides Employment Opportunities for people living on the site to grow and sell fruit and vegetables
Solar Panels
Provides Electricity for heating water and to lower the need for electricity supply for lighting, heating and cooking.
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To Provide skills to the unemployed living in the area
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To educate the large number of foreigners in the area that are unable to work as they cannot speak English
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School of Performing Arts Joubert Park, Johannesburg, Creative Design Tower project
2011 BTech Semester Project University of Johannesburg
“Walking is moving in amorphous space. At any point can one turn and walk back, turn any direction, stop or go faster. That is the freedom and rich experience of walking.� - Tom Bosschaert
Architectural Brief The aim of this projects was to design a multi-storey structure as a mixed-use Creative Design Tower having retail, living & recreation in an existing urban context. Multi-faceted craft and trade communities occupy different parts of the city thus influencing the requirement of the brief to combine the many facets of design, i.e. architecture, industrial design, multimedia, fine arts, graphics, jewellery, and interior design in an eight to ten storey tower. I further adjusted the brief to include performing arts as the primary programme for the tower.
Complexity of Movement Movement plays an undeniably important role in performing arts and thus, was chosen as the key concept for my design. I looked at the existing movement structures around the site to inform the layout of my tower. Currently, the taxi movement across the site is regulated with specified entrances and exits, ramps to go up and ramps to go down. This concept, like that of any other vehicle on the street, is governed by rules and regulations to assist traffic flow and can thus be restricting.
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While movement in a motor vehicle remains restricted in places like the inner city, movement as a pedestrian is not. The intention of my design was to incorporate this freedom of movement through the spaces contained within the building, avoiding restrictions to public spaces and along public edges. I tried to incorporate this freemovement, by creating more than one access to all the public spaces in the building, creating flow. movement diagram
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Site Information The tower is located in Joubert Park, Johannesburg, above the Jack Mincer taxi rank. The area is surrounded by transportation hubs, informal trading sites and pedestrian streets, with a largre number of pedestrians passing through the site.
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Design Process The entire ground floor of the building is permeable with ramps up into the building from both the north and south. The ramp from the north side is lined with retail stores while the ramp from the south acts as an extension to the public space by providing public seating and foliage. The walkways on the ground floor are lined with formalised market spaces beneath the upper level of the taxi rank and alongside Klein Street and the building edge. The ramps on the ground floor act to connect the public spaces on different levels while creating multiple access points and walkways.
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1 Lift Lobby 2 Retail 3 Restaurant 4 Kitchen 5 Box Office 6 Market Stall 7 Public Toilet 8 Fire Escape 9 Security Office 10 Parking 11 Gym 12 Staff Room 13 Physio Room 14 Community Hall 15 Foyer 16 Lobby 17 Theatre 18 Vestibule 19 Control Room 20 Terrace 21 Prop Store 22 Dressing Rooms
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Environmental Design Lighting:
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light, except the theatre, which requires light to be controlled. Glare: Due to the relatively flat angle of the sunlight entering through the western facades, vertical louvres are more efficient to reduce glare and solar radiation while retaining views. North light: Horizontal louvres diffuse radiation on the northern facade, while allowing light into the building
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absorbed during the day and release the heat at night. Control heat: The louvres on the western and northern facades allow heat to enter the building during winter, while deflecting the heat during summer.
Ventilation: Cross ventilation can occur throughout the tower. The upper levels of the tower are easily ventilated as air can pass through the voids between the library cube and the rooms. The auditorium space also has access to the outside to allow hot air out of the building and cool air enters from beneath the stage from the retail strip below. North facade: Most of the northern facades are lined with horizontal shading devices. Theses louvres block direct sunlight and heat transfer into the building during summer, and allow heat and direct sunlight to enter during winter.
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The horizontal louvres diffuse radiation while retaining views to the outside. They also allow natural light to enter the building. South Facade:
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The southern facade is double skin. The faรงade also has adjustable louvres to allow cool air to enter the face and into the building during summer, and can be closed to act as an insulation barrier during winter. West Facade: The western facade is fitted with vertical aluminium louvres. This is to prevent glare as the sunlight enters at a low angle when the sun sets in the west. The vertical louvres allow solar radiation to strike the surface at a flat angle.
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The library facade faces north, thus the treatment is similar to that of the other northern facades. Steel flat plates act as horizontal louvres, while creating the structure of the facade (the mullions) in addition to shading.
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Westdene Housing Project Westdene, Johannesburg - Mixed-use development project
2011 BTech Semester Project University of Johannesburg
Architectural Brief The corner of Main and Perth roads in Westdene, Johannesburg, acts multidimensionally a border sedate green parklands, high density, tranquil residences and gang related survival across the river in Westbury. The brief for this project looked at unlocking the potential of the site through the design of a mixed-use development housing student accommodation, skills training, trade and job opportunities for the local community. The design should employ green principles and clean technology with use of active and passive environmental design being essential. The initial design scheme was performed as group work, with sections of the building done individually.
“The cause of homelessness is lack of housing.� - Alphonso Jackson
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Site Information The green belt The site is located south-west of a large green belt. The belt runs through Emmerentia along the Melville Koppies, the Westdene dam and the University of Johannesburg sports grounds. The site is located at the southern most point of this green belt and grows wider towards the north of Johannesburg. The green belt is broken by a few roads which link the suburbs across the space. Public and Private The green spaces which link across Johannesburg can divided into public and private spaces. Although several green spaces are privately owned, they are still linked to form a green belt. The mass of green space increases towards the north, with the majority of private green spaces being sports fields servicing educational institutions. Zones of Green The green spaces which link across Johannesburg can be divided into used and unused green spaces. The used green spaces refer mainly to spaces utilized as sports grounds, while unused space refers to spaces that behave as residual green space.
Key Concepts STITCHING The site stretches along the corner of two main roads, forming an intense boundary between sedate green parklands and high density living spaces. The site thus acts as a division between the tranquillity of the green belt to the north-east and gang related survival in Westbury to the south-west.
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Stitching of the site between the two extremes became the driving force of the group design for the new development. Creating links across the site with an alternating pattern of enclosed and open spaces helped, to link the green spaces on the north-east of the site with the residential and educational spaces on the south-west.
The radiating pattern of the links distort ones perception of depth, allowing the green spaces behind the site to appear closer, while the dense built up area across Main Road appears further away. Linking Spaces Four primary links were established to stitch the green space across the site: two pedestrian links along the edges of the site, a link between the school on the south-east boundary and the major green space, and a vehicular access link. These links, together with the alternating on-off pattern of building versus open space created the framework for the individual designs of each phase. Public vs private A haha was introduced across the site to act both as the access into the parking space below, and to prohibit access between the public and private space above. This is done by acting as a moat at ground level between the public walkway along the edge of the site and the private green spaces along the back of the site. While the haha acts to restrict access through the site, a visual link is retained through the buildings to the green space beyond. Breaking the form Breaking the solid form of the building strips of the conceptual group scheme formed part of the design concept my portion of the development. The spaces take the form of boxes which are shifted to capture northern light, while also creating a staggered array of private and public spaces for the residential space.
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Mixed use The three buildings strips are divided into three levels, with a parking basement below. The basement is accessed on the north-east end of the site and the south-west end. Commercial spaces (restaurants and shops) and light industrial (workshops) are located on the ground floor, with residential apartments on the upper levels of the buildings. The lower level is restricted by the initial concept of alternating strips of open and closed space, while the upper residential level follows the shifted spaces to form private and public terraces.
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Rosebank, Johannesburg - Gallery Design Project
2010 Third Year Design Project University of Johannesburg
Architectural Brief The brief required the design of an art gallery on the site of Circa on Jellicoe, as an extension to the Everard Read Gallery in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The building design was to be carefully woven into the existing urban fabric and make the building truly public without making it intimidating and unwelcoming, as many art galleries do.
Design Concepts Accessibility Accessibility became one of the key factors in the proposed design of the gallery on the corner of Jellicoe Avenue and Jan Smuts Avenue. The idea was to create a space which was highly penetrable to pedestrians visiting the gallery. The gallery can be accessed through multiple entrances along its edge with ramps and stairways encouraging users to move through the maze-like spaces.
“Art makes people feel stupid. And people don’t like feeling stupid.” - Anthea Moys
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Derive The ramps and stairways allow visitors to traverse between the levels of the gallery, with the interior spaces increasing in size as one moves higher up through the building. The lower level consists of smaller, darker spaces - that may be cornered off to create dark rooms for projection - and double volume spaces for large sculptures and paintings. The multiple entrances allows artists to control the access points into the gallery by closing certain access points and opening others. This allows the visitors to experience the artwork from different aspects, depending on the artists intentions. The multiple entrances, ramps, stairs and hidden spaces create a sense on derive as visitors explore the gallery providing different experiences for different visitors.
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The site for the gallery is directly in front of the Everard Read Gallery and is to act as an extension to the existing gallery. The pealing open of the walls which taper into the building draws visitors into and through the building. This creates a penetrable surface which links the visitors into the surrounding context.
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Multi-use The second floor of the gallery can be an exhibition space and restaurant area or functions venue, having views of the surroundings with multiple outdoor terraces. People visiting the restaurant can also view the artwork from the top floor through the double volume voids and large open spaces.
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Work Experience The following projects were completed at three architectural firms in Johannesburg, South Africa
2013 - 2015 Goodbrand Architects Junior Candidate Architect
“Houses should be portraits of the owners, not the architect.� - Wallace E. Cunningham
Goodbrand Architects Goodbrand Architects is a long standing architectural practice which engages in a diverse range of project design types ranging from small-scale residential developments to large-scale retail centres and motor developments. During the course of my final two years completing my master’s degree, as well as on-and-off during the year following, I worked part-time for Goodbrand Architects. The work during this time entailed 3D renderings of motor and residential developments and the completion of working drawings for multistory residential developments.
Architectural Brief - Sunny Rock The brief for the Sunny Rock residential development was to come up with a design that would utilise the site to create the maximum number of units possible while still allowing each unit to maintain some form of privacy. The steep slope on the site meant that the units had to be staggered created a stepped elevation along the drvieway edge. The 16 units all were designed to have a double garage, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, two private balcony areas and a garden with a patio and braai.
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Chalkline Construction
2012 Chalkline Construction Architectural Assistant
I spent my first full practical year, in 2012, after obtaining my Bachelors in Architectural Technology, at Chalkline Construction. Chalkline Construction is a design firm that specialises primarily in residential design in a number of new hosing estates in northern Johannesburg. My position in the practice - as assistant architect to the in-house architect - exposed me to many residential design aspects carried out within the practice. I spent most of my time revising plans to client changes, drawing up sections and elevations from the floor plans and compiling working and construction drawings. I was also involved in detailing and modelling developments to create 3D visualisations for client meetings and marketing purposes. I was given numerous opportunities to assist in the design aspects of some houses throughout the year and also received the opportunity to submit a unique design proposal for a generic site within a housing estate.
Architectural Brief - House X The brief for the design proposal required a design for a two-storey domestic residence on a 600 square meter site with given dimensions. The design was proposed to inspire later clients to move away from the previously proposed housing types that were becoming quite common in the estate. The site sloped down towards the north, with the entry road running along the south boundary. The house is to be orientated North-West towards the dominant views. Two days were given for the design and presentation.
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dhk Architects together with dhk urban design and dhk thinkspace was established in 1998, forming a multi-disciplinary practice, having offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The practice has worked on a range of projects across the commercial, residential, retail and hospitality in South Africa and abroad. During my time at dhk architects, I worked on a number of large-scale retail developments ranging from 20-100,000 square meters in size. The work I was required to do at this practice range from 3D modelling an entire shopping mall, to shop-front drawings, lobby and basement layouts, fire escape plans, skin sections and more.
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Architectural Brief - The Falls The Falls was designed as a double-storey shopping centre with a semi-basement and U-shaped plan. It is situated in Roodepoort. The centre was to includes a small drive-through KFC and a central parking lot with two main restaurants on either side of a timber walkway which overlaps a drive-way to the lower ground/ basement level of the centre. I was tasked to draw up a number of detail sections for this project. I was given a hand drawn template of a general detail section for the building which I had to analyse and adapt to suit the different requirements of each section. Since the building consisted of a semi-
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basement, concrete and steel roofs, single- and double-stories, all the detail sections were very different. I also had to draw up an interior Woolworths shop layout for this project using a typical plan layout provided the Woolworths design company. To do this I analysed the existing layout of another Woolworths. I had to include a coffee shop into the design, as well as adequate space for storage, service areas, a cold room, a freezer and a staff and admin area. I had to redesign a door to increase the available space and to accommodate for the coffee shops terrace area.
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“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” – William Arthur Ward
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“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
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Curriculum Vitae Zoë Goodbrand
personal details Date of Birth Gender UK Passport # Marital Status Postal Address City/ Suburb Postal Code Nationality Languages
31 July 1988 Female 524444418 Single P.O. Box 127 Cramerview Johannesburg 2060 South African English, Afrikaans
EDUCATION University 2013-2014 2011 2008-2010
University of Johannesburg Masters in Architectural Technology (Professional) Bachelor of Technology in Architecture National Diploma in Architectural Technology
AWARDS 2014 2013 2008 2005 & 2006 2004 2003
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Corobrick, Architectural Student of the Year 2014 Institutional Award, 2nd runner up Arcelor Mittal Housing Prize Winner First Year Top Achiever, UJ Architecture Full Colours in Academics & Top in Technical Drawing (Bryanston High School) Half Colours in Academics (Bryanston High School) Full Academic Colour & Top 20 (Bryanston High School)
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June 2013 - Current
Goodbrand Architects, Johannesburg, South Africa Candidate Junior Architect
January 2012 - January 2013
Chalkline Construction, Johannesburg, South Africa Architectural Assistant
January 2009 – July 2009
dhk Architects, Johannesburg, South Africa Intern - International
November 2014 – March 2015
November 2014 - March 2015 & November 2010 – March 2011 November 2010 – March 2011
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Collies Sports Bar & Grill, Park City, Utah, USA Server/Waitress Aloha Ski & Snowboard, Park City, UT, USA Ski Technician & Sales Associate Sky Lodge, Easy Street, Park City, UT, USA Head Hostess & Admin Assistant
November 2009 – February 2010
Sharpshooters Imaging, Snowmass Village, CO, USA Photographer & Sales Associate
November 2009 – February 2010
Village Steakhouse, Snowmass Village, CO, USA Hostess
COMPUTER SKILLS Adobe Suite Photoshop InDesign Illustrator Dreamweaver PremierPro Autodesk 2014 AutoCAD Revit 3ds Max Google SketchUp Rhino 3D
ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS Club Maluti January 2010 – Present Club Maluti is a social club hosting events in both Lesotho and Johannesburg (South Africa). It is primarily concerned with snowboard and ski related activities, having its own lodging in Lesotho, near Afriski (a small ski resort).
Snowboarder Club of South Arica (SCSA) January 2012 – Present Wanders Athletics Club January 2011 - Present
SCSA is a social club dedicated to the spirit of snowboarding in South Africa. Wanders Athletics Club is a social club with the main aim of promoting running and walking as outdoor activities available to all.
Scuba Diving
I recently completed my PADI open water diver 1 certification in Cambodia.
TIME LINE
Eduction & Work Experience 2007 BSc Geology (First Year) University of the Witwatersrand
2009 dhk architects achitectural intern
2012 goodbrand architects achitectural assistant
2009/2010 winter work experience Aspen/Snowmass, CO, USA
2010/2011 winter work experience Park City, UT, USA
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