1st yEAR

Over the first year of university, I have learnt different techniques and processes through project work and I have had the opportunity to participate in various extra-curricular events. This page is showing my best work and experiences that I enjoyed over this time.

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Site Visit

The initial stage of the project was through visiting the site to get a feel of the location of the area an how it would fit in.

After the visit, it was important, to me, that the design fitted into the typology of bricked walls and pitched roofs of surrounding buildings but wanted to provide an industrial theme, being next to the existing Thorneycroft boat yard and spitfire factory.

Having a young family, health and safety was an important factor to consider for the design.

3D Visualisations

Final visualisations were produced using the floor plates to produce a 3D model in Sketchup. This was a process which I was becoming familiar with and looked forward to developing my skills in this area in the future.

One of the initial design project allowed students to design a two-storey 4/5 bedroom, family sized contemporary house, with longevity as a primary focus of the design for as the family grows in age. Using research and concept development techniques before using the AutoCAD software allowed the final design to be drafted and detailed to the requirements and standards of a residential building.

ARC400 ITCHEN BRIDGE DESIGN TASK

Arc409 technical details task

This project allowed students to detail key sections of a 2 unit flat. This project introduced me to research and drafting techniques involved in both manually drawn and digitally drafted technical details.

The hand drawings were the initial stage of design were we had to used manual techniques to draft out these details as accurately as possible to a 1:5 scale.

Using manual drawings has helped me to develop a CAD model of a section through the building as part of the second stage of the task.

Details of products and components used on the building are presented, to the correct scale in the paperspace tab

Zero Bills Home was an on-site building I particularly enjoyed learning about on the day. The roof made use of glass to allow in plenty of daylight during the day, making it feel as though it was an outside space.

However, PV panels were integrated into the glass to make use of the light to power the house. I thought this was an ingenious way of using a roof space to provide an outdoor experience whilst using PV cells to power the house.

This gave me inspiration to include a balcony area on my design (shown above) and make use of skylights to illuminate the interior. PV cells were an important feature for the design to reduce the carbon footprint of the house.

Along with using sustainable systems to power a home, visiting the Zero-Bills House also emphasised the need for sustainable materials to be used which require little carbon to be produced and are durable reducing the amount of repairs required.

ZEDpod was a unique design in that it uses car parking spaces to provide an affordable solution to the housing crisis.

A small foundation and the use of a cantilever design allows the building to extent over the vehicles below and reducing the amount of space it takes up. The design can be multiplied across the long length of a car park to provide a means of housing, especially for first-time buyers.

BRE educational visit

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The opportunity was given to Architecture students to visit the BRE park in Watford.

BRE stands for Building Research Establishment and are known world-wide for their pioneering advances in sustainable methods of construction and building design methods showcased within the demonstration buildings on-site.

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Initial Concepts

Site maps introduced during the design phase and were used to help plan the design to make best use of the suns path over winter and summer months whilst providing privacy for the inhabitatnts.

Bubble diagrams enabled floor plan combinations to be brainstormed to get an rough picture of how the rooms connect to one another. Because of being overlooked by nearby buildings, a central courtyard was decided upon to enable an outside space to be provided but which can be enjoyed in privacy.

Concept Development

Initial sketches allowed the form of the building to be developed using the shapes of the site and locality for inspiration. Developing the floor plan first helped me to develop concepts that would match the shape of the desired plan.

Detailed Design

A final design was developed and I proceeded to use AutoCAD to develop the floor plan further to the correct room areas set out by the clients.

I modified the design during this process to ensure it would be realistic to construct and meet the budget of the client.