James Schollum | Architecture Design Portfolio

JAMES SCHOLLUM

ARCHITECTUREDESIGN PORTFOLIOBachelor of arch i tectural Stud ieSVictoria uniVerSity, Wellington, neW Zealand 2011-2013

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email [email protected] phone +64 22 012 5575 address c/o 48 Hemans St, Cambridge, NZ

- Bachelor of Architecture Studies, Victoria University 2013- 2 years’ experience in Project Management with Fletcher Construction, Wellington- 2.5 years’ experience as a Building Services Engineer with Beca, Wellington- Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours), Canterbury University 2006- Dual Citizenship (New Zealand and UK)

I am 29 years old, with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) and 4.5 years’ experience in the construction industry. I have just completed my Bachelor of Architectural Studies, having decided that architecture is the career for me. I love to be challenged, and I am looking forward to a career in Architecture; the big projects are the ones for me, and I look forward to putting my creative skills, technical knowledge, excellent communication skills and attention to detail to good use in an exciting company.

I am a very friendly and approachable person, who can quickly and easily integrate with new people to complete group work. I see myself as a highly motivated person, willing and eager to be challenged.

I have traveled extensively, both with my family and on my own. I was born in Edinburgh, Scotland (and have dual-citizenship). I have spent 2 years living in Canada, in Fernie and Revelstoke (two small ski-resort towns) in the pursuit of endless powder. In 2011 I spent 2 weeks traveling 4200 kms through India in 3 rickshaws with 8 friends, raising $10,000 for Indian charities.

Professional Summary- Enthusiastic team player with excellent communication skills- Trustworthy, and able to work with minimal supervision- Professional attitude towards business and management- Excellent mathematical and analytical skills, and strong interest in using these skills to form a design language- Experience in Rhino 3D, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp and SolidWorks - Easy-going, humorous personality

education

Bachelor of architectural StudieS 2011-2013Victoria uniVerSity School of architecture

Academic History:

ARCI 311 Architecture Design A+ SARC 351 Urban Design Theory & Practice A+ SARC 352 Pacific Designed Environments A SARC 384 Christchurch Earthquake Rebuild A- ARCI 312 Architecture Design Integration A+ SARC 321 Construction A ARCI 211 Architectural Design A ARCI 212 Architectural Design Integration A+ ARCI 251 History & Theory of Architecture A- SARC 221 Building Materials and Construction A+ SARC 223 Human Environmental Science A SARC 111 Introduction to Design Process A SARC 112 Design Processes A- SARC 151 Introduction to Design History A- SARC 161 Introduction to Design Communication A SARC 162 Design Communication A

Awards:

2012 NZIA Graphisoft Student Design Award 2012 Dean’s List for Academic Excellence

Bachelor of Mechanical engineering 2003-2006uniVerSity of canterBury School of engineering

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Second Class Honoursspecializing in Design, Material Science and Fluid Dynamics.

haVelock north high School 1998-2002

A-Bursary, and School Prefect. I was the top student in Physics, and received a 3-year university scholarship for being one of the top 10 students overall.

employment

fletcher conStructionNovember 2010 to September 2012

Position: Services Coordinator, then Manager

• While studying towards my Bachelor of Architectural Studies I worked part-time as the services coordinator on the Hutt Hospital project. I worked 20-30 hours per week, while studying 3 university papers per semester.

• Following the unforeseen departure of the Services Manager, I took over that position in January 2012 and led the services subcontractors through to completion.

• I talked with the Site Architect on most days, and came up with many design changes with him as the project progressed.

• I held weekly meetings with the foremen of the seven services trades, planning and supervising their work for the following 5 week period.

• The second phase of the construction was a refurbishment of a partially-occupied building, with staged handovers, requiring careful planning of all work involved.

• I was responsible for collecting all completion documentation - 267 separate documents from 82 different subcontractors. I then checked and compiled all documents for each required submission, either to the Hutt City Council or the client.

• We completed the challenging project on time, and all feedback from the users and owners has been very positive.

Beca engineeringAugust 2007 to October 2009

Position: Building Services Engineer

BNZ Harbour Quays (circa $120m)• My main job was design and construction monitoring of the services within the new Bank of New Zealand

Harbour Quays building on the Wellington Waterfront.• The building is 5-star rated by the New Zealand Green Building Council, and I was involved in the

preparation of compliance documentation.• Near the end of the BNZ project, I was spending 2 days per week onsite full-time, to oversee the final

completion.

Government House Restoration (circa $80m)• My secondary job was the Government House Restoration Project, completed for the centennial of the

official residence of New Zealand’s Governor General.• I attended weekly design team meetings with project managers, architects, quantity surveyors, and

construction workers.• I completed calculations, prepared reports, and represented Beca at client meetings.

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The Corkscrew New Zealand School of Music

The following is a selection of work produced between 2011-2013 towards my Bachelor of Architecture Studies.

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National Earthquake Museum of New Zealand Dunlopia

Weekend Retreat

City Walk & Space Talk

08The Fern Wellington Airport Train Station

09Timber-Framed Townhouse

10Sheltering Skins

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05Facade Exploration

HOOPS Wellington Waterfront Cafe

Communicating via Changing Distances Architectural Communication

The CorkscrewThe concept driving this design is Speed - that’s it.

The house is located over the infamous ‘Corkscrew’ corner at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, which with its blind approach and almost 20m vertical drop is considered by many to be one of the most challenging corners in motorsport.

It is this corner, and the resulting vehicle dynamics that it produces, that have driven the form of the design. Two racers, arriving at the corner side by side, battle for the smoothest, fastest racing line through the corner and on to victory.

The concept of speed has influenced every element of the design. The coloured detailing around the windows, for example, reference muscle car graphics of the 1970s, but twisted, warped and broken by the speed of the windows themselves.

This house fills the requirements of discerning motorsport fans, looking for a private house to rent, with all the amenities a racer requires. Seen as a ‘weekend retreat’ for racing enthusiasts, the house has four private suites, a garage/workshop for four race cars, and a public area for viewing the racing.

The house is inspired by all things motorsport, with many references to both classic and modern cars, and is the perfect architectural equivalent of a supercar - power, beauty, and soul.

ARCI 311 - Architectural Design.

Casey Stoner rides through The Corkscrew

This image was a key driver for the form of the building; the dramatic way the rider leans the bike from one side to the other, the way the rider moves himself relative to the bike, and the millimetre precision of his movements.

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These tables have been produced with the same design language as the house, which brings the concept of speed-in-form down to the human scale, and enables further understanding and appreciation of the whole scheme. The classic Martini livery, worn on many Porsche racecars since the 1960s, reinforces the motorsport connection and celebrates Porsche’s racing history at Laguna Seca.

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When a guitarist tunes a guitar, the simple tone represents the multitude of forces acting within the instrument. The tension of the strings is resisted by the compression of the neck of the instrument, but those forces are not equal - the stresses change across the neck, from the differing string tensions, and through the neck, with the strings giving a slight bending moment to the neck.

It is these internal stresses, and how they play a part in the music the instrument produces, that I have chosen to use as inspiration for my School of Music on Ghuznee St, Wellington. The strong use of highly visible timber shows the importance and future of using timber in medium-rise construction, but also references the role that timber plays in music.

This project was program-driven, with very strict requirements of bringing all the spaces and functions together into one coherent architectural outcome. The layout reflects my desire for an easily understood building, where the three main areas (Staff Block, Teaching Block, and Auditorium Block) are very easily distinguished and accessed. A large crush space serving both auditoriums, with common bathrooms, dictated the overall layout of the building, and I believe it has worked well.

ARCI 312 - Architectural Design Integration.

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SERVICE ENTRYBackstage Entry with Service Lift

24hr Recording Studio

MAIN ENTRYGhuznee St entrance, into the Main Atrium. Side stairs lead to either Academic or Staff wings, while the Main Stair leads to the two auditoriums.

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NatioNal EarthquakE MusEuM of New Zealand

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We think of the ground as permanent. A solid surface that we can dig, reclaim, and shape as our needs require. But as the earthquakes that have shaped New Zealand’s land and history have shown us, the ground is not a constant - it shifts, it moves, and it demands our respect.

The National Earthquake Museum of New Zealand uses a design language that informs guests about our built relationship with the ground. 4 main masses make up the building, each a caricature of our built form (simple white boxes, built to knife-edge tolerances and shaped by its neighbours) and each having a different relationship to the ground. The concrete surrounding the building elegantly flows to form the structure that supports these forms, which can be read in two ways - that we should build to accommodate previous ground movement, and that in the future, the ground may again move. The concrete’s visual connection from ground to column to beam informs guests that a building does not simply sit on top of the land, but through its foundations and structure it becomes permanently linked with the ground, and all associated movements.

ARCI 312 - Architectural Design Integration.

Earthquake Memorial Main Exhibition

Main Entrance Bathrooms

Lecture Theatres Staff Block

Cafe / KitchenTickets / Shop

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MaiN ENtraNCE hall

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Upper Hutt is a city approximately 30km North-East of Wellington, New Zealand. The Upper Hutt CIty Council teamed up with Victoria Univeristy for our Urban Design Theory & Practice course, were in pairs we proposed 40-year redevelopment plans to reviatlise parts of Upper Hutt.

The deliverable for this assignment was a 12-page A3 portfolio. The following pages are 3 of the 6 pages I produced.

SARC 351 - Urban Design Theory & Practice.

UPPER HUTT

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Situated on the South Pacific Tyres site at Maidstone, Upper Hutt, Dunlopia will be a showcase for successful brownfield redevelopment, reduced car dependency, and a greatly reduced ecological footprint compared to a typical New Zealand community.

Dunlopia will reconnect Upper Hutt CBD to the city’s abundant green spaces and recreational resources, creating a key gateway to the lifestyle opportunities already seen as central to Upper Hutt’s identity. Providing accommodation for up to 500 people in a mixed typology, medium density development, Dunlopia will integrate seamlessly into Wallaceville’s existing residential area, while providing a much needed boost to retail activity and vibrancy in the CBD. In addition to housing, a carefully managed mix of commercial and clean tech industrial capacity will not only attract international investment, but also contribute to meeting the energy demands of the site through an integrated approach to energy generation and load management. Dunlopia will demonstrate the value of high quality urban design to the community, creating a vital, diverse and pedestrian friendly environment with maximum connectivity to Upper Hutt’s amenities and the wider public transport network.

V ITAL ITY & OCCUPATION

Central to the Dunlopia development will be the provision of medium density residential accommodation across a mix of typologies, in response to demographic forecasts of a net decrease in family size in Upper Hutt over the next 20 years, and an increase in the percentage of single occupancy dwellings not currently catered for in the city. Based on the site area of approximately 20Ha, it should be possible to accommodate up to 500 people, while retaining the green field at the heart of the site for community use. Improving E-W permeability between Dunlopia and Wallaceville’s residential area, and access across the site to Maidstone Park and other recreational spaces, will aid integration of new residents into the wider community.

CONNECTEDNESS

Creating residential and commercial capacity within walking distance of the CBD will increase foot traffic on the main street and provide demand for retail activity, increasing vitality without competing with the established retail locations. Key to this is improved pedestrian connectivity across the railway to allow workers and residents easy access to the CBD without being tempted to use their cars. Strategic placement of buildings, services and land use will aid in maximising Dunlopia’s accessibility, and, by promoting activities complementary to those already offered by the city, transform it into a destination of high amenity value to the citizens of Upper Hutt and beyond.

SUSTAINABI L ITY

The development will have a net zero demand on Upper Hutt’s energy and non-potable water resources, through the use of on-site water capture and storage, and renewable power generation to offset the load created by the site’s occupation. Future development and uses will be planned and managed to achieve this, and capped at a level that does not exceed the site’s capacity to meet this goal. Emphasising the ease of walking, cycling, and public transport use over private cars will further serve to reduce Dunlopia’s wider ecological footprint, while also enhancing opportunities for social interaction and encounters between occupants. Creation of additional public green space will be used to encourage biodiversity within the site, and add to the overall amenity of the development.

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REDEVEloPMEnT MASTERPlAnRAILWAY STATIONBy the completion of the redevelopment, the railway line will be grade-separated, dropping the railway completely between the Blenheim St and Railway Ave. The railway line will no longer be an obstacle to movement between the Upper Hutt CBD and Maidstone Park, greatly increasing the connection between the two, and activities within Dunlopia will strengthen this connection.

COmmERCIAL PRECINCTCapacity for 3,500 workers in a sustainable, vibrant commercial precinct, close to public transport routes and surrounded by lush, green, open spaces. The commercial precinct will be a key driver in the revitalization of the area, bringing with it many workers to the wider Upper Hutt area and, subsequently, people willing and eager to move to the area to reduce their commute to work.

RESIDENTIAL PRECINCTHigh quality medium-density housing will be built to the south of the site, providing attractive, affordable housing with a distinct sense of individuality. Three building typologies will be offered; maisonettes, townhouses, and apartments; and each typology will have a variety of configurations available.Roof mounted solar-panels and rainwater collection systems for non-potable water will help the residential development be sustainable.

mIXED-USE PRECINCTThe mixed-use precinct comprises retail, commercial, and residential premises. Benefits such as access to facilities, socially diverse communities, increased passive surveillance and greater urban vitality all make mixed-use buildings attractive for people who would like to live and work in a vibrant, central setting.

GREEN SPACESCentral to the Dunlopia development is the central park, which has existed as an open field for years. It is large enough to host community events such as concerts, markets, open-air movies, and school events, yet small and intimate enough to not feel sparse or empty. The lush green field will provide great amenity to the area, while trees, shrubs, and landscaping will add biodiversity to the site and give residents and visitors a great place to comfortable relax.

AXESThe Axes form the major connections between the Dunlopia redevelopment and its surroundings, especially the Upper Hutt CBD. Key to the long term success of Dunlopia is easy and intuitive movement to and from the CBD, and well placed, well designed tree-lined boulevards will help to revitalize the area and provide a strong sense of spatial understanding to its users.The two main axes are Blenheim St to the west of the development, from the School to the new Train Station, and Railway Ave to the east, connecting the High-Density Housing with Main St. This axis will also link Maidstone Park and other cultural activities to the CBD, benefiting both.There will be two minor axes in Dunlopia; one running east-west linking the two major axes through to Wallaceville, and one linking the commercial precinct to the Upper Hutt Council buildings.

SCHOOLUpper Hutt Primary School, further north on Blenheim Street, currently has a roll of 340 students, however with the increase in population to the area, a new primary school will be built in the shown location. Upper Hutt Primary will eventually entirely relocate to this site, with an intended final capacity of 600 students. The catchment zone for this school will remain as it currently is (Wallaceville and Kingsley Heights to the North-East of Maidstone Park) but will include the Dunlopia development. The minor-axis connection from Lane St will enable safe, fast and easy access for pedestrians to and from Wallaceville. The pre-school currently on site will remain, and will reinforce the young education zone.

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Commercial Precinct Buildingswith Roof-Top Solar Panels

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INNOVATION, COLLABORATION

A vibrant, sustainable precinct for highly innovative and efficient businesses to work and collaborate, in a wonderful location close to the Upper Hutt CBD, public transport hubs, and stunning outdoor spaces.

Key to the successful future of Upper Hutt as an attractive, vibrant area where people want to live and work is a vibrant city centre. A commercial precinct located just 200m from the Council Area, and 400m from Main Street, will bring an influx of professionals who will visit the city centre on a regular basis. With an initial emphasis on relocated Government departments, then high-value technology-based industries, the precinct will bring high-quality workers to Upper Hutt.

Key to the success of this precinct in attracting a high-quality, innovative workforce is therefore high quality buildings. The built form must therefore reflect the main goals of the wider Dunlopia redevelopment, namely vitality and occupation, connections within and to the CBD, and their sustainability credentials.

The framework has been developed to allow for 3,500 people, but the option to expands exists to the North-East as the railway is grade-separated in phase 3 of the redevelopment. However, this expansion will only occur when the commercial precinct is full, to avoid pockets of low or no activity.

REDEVELOPmENT GOALS THROUGH URBAN DESIGNAppropriate building height, scale, and form will ensure that the commercial precinct’s buildings integrate well into the surrounding urban spaces. Buildings will be modern, efficient, and attractive places for people to work. The commercial precinct will respond to our three main drivers in the following ways:

Meridian Office, WellingtonThe 5-star rated Green Building displays its sustainable design features, and in turn creates a positive space that its inhabitants are proud of.

VITALITY & OCCUPATION• With a workforce of over 3,500 by 2040, the commercial

precinct will offer an extremely dense concentration of people.

• The paths and lanes separating the buildings effectively make the block size smaller, allowing many opportunities to turn corners and meet/bump into people.

• So many people within 200m the Upper Hutt CBD will add vitality and occupation. This will in turn attract more retail activities back to Upper Hutt.

• Variation amoung individual buildings will create variety and interest, rather than just slab-sided city blocks.

• The commercial land in Upper Hutt is cheaper than in Wellington City, attracting many businesses to relocate to the area.

• With businesses relocating from Wellington City to Upper Hutt, there will in turn be an increase of people who want to live in Upper Hutt, rather than commute from Wellington City, increasing the population of the wider area, increasing vitality.

CONNECTEDNESS• The commercial precinct has been laid out to ensure

there are many connections between its buildings, and to the wider Upper Hutt community. Lanes pass between buildings, and continue through to important locations within Upper Hutt such as the Council buildings and Main Street.

• Visual channels exist through the precinct, allowing people to maintain connections to the hills to the south of the development, vital to Upper Hutt’s image.

• The precinct’s location means that there are minimal neighbouring existing buildings, so the precinct can form its own modern style and design language, with the intention it will drive a major improvement of the overall built form and amenity in Upper Hutt.

• Wellington City is 30 minutes away via train, with dedicated ‘express’ trains; this commute is less than many commutes both nationally and internationally.

• Buildings should be designed to encourage connections between their interior and exterior spaces. Facades, active edges, and ground-floor spaces must be open and inviting.

SUSTAINABILITY• When planning a new, high-tech commercial precinct,

there is the possibility to use ‘District Heating/Cooling’, which involves a dedicated heating/cooling building serving all other buildings, rather than each building having its own large plant room. This is more efficient overall, and the lack of a plantroom on the upper floor of each building means there is visual harmony of the whole buildings, improving the overall visual quality.

• Buildings should be designed and orientated to achieve maximum solar exposure, and roof-top solar panels should be used to provide electricity for each building.

• Sustainable buildings can provide healthier living and working spaces. Because they use resources more efficiently, they also make operational savings over time so are more affordable to use and maintain.

• Sustainability initiatives should be visable and/or advertised, to create a public realm that is attractive and proud of its green credentials.

BNZ Head Office, WellingtonThe glass facades next to internal stairs show people moving within the building, displaying occupation and vitality.

S.Oliver Office, Rottendorf, GermanyActive frontage on the ground floor increases connection between the building and passers-by. Facade details create interest and avoid monotony.

CoMMERCiAl PRECinCT

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Railway Avenue as it is currently (looking south) Railway Avenue as a green connection from the CBD to Dunlopia

SAFE STREETS FOR PEDESTRIANS

Safe, attractive, and secure boulevards shared by pedestrians, cyclists, and cars. Continuous trees provide a physical barrier between pedestrians and vehicles, while the tree-line will visually reinforce the direction and distance of the boulevard.

To help revitalize the CBD and create strong connections between it and the Dunlopia development, the two roads bounding the site (Blenheim St to the west and Railway Ave to the east) will become lush, green boulevards, with an emphasis on pedestrian travel over vehicular. These strong connections will help people orientate themselves through and around the site, and anchor projects at their ends will reinforce their legibility.

These axes allow isolated pedestrian and cyclist focused connections, safe from traffic, between the site and the CBD will help to revitalize the Upper Hutt City Centre, and allow easy access to and from the existing and future railway stations. The axes will connect a range of urban design and architectural propositions, which will work together to create a robust and high quality public realm.

Paths are often the predominant elements in people’s memory of a place, with other elements being arranged and related along paths. Well designed paths increase the overall legibility of the space.

By making the axes shared streets, where cars, cyclists, and pedestrians all share a confined space, car drivers will instinctively drive slower and therefore safer. By pacing the roads with bricks, drivers again feel that it is not a place for usual driving speeds.

REDEVELOPmENT GOALS THROUGH URBAN DESIGNControlling the boulevards’ dimensions, form, and appearance will help people to identify and understand the development’s physical layout, allowing for easy navigation around the area. Roads and paths are crucial to the success of the urban realm, and the following principles and ideas have been considered when planning the framework and axes:

VITALITY & OCCUPATION• By making the two axes the main connections to and from

Dunlopia, they will be frequently used, leading to great opportunities for social, cultural, and employment-based interaction.

• The number of people using the two main axes will help to create a safe environment, with many ‘eyes on the street’.

• The train stations (both existing and future) to the north of the axes will ensure that many people use that axis.

• The eastern axis will be very busy, with many people using it to move between the CBD, Maidstone Park, the mixed-use buildings and the residential buildings to the south.

CONNECTEDNESS• The two north-south axes will form great connections

between Dunlopia and the Upper Hutt CBD, enhancing both through pedestrian movement.

• The eastern axes will become the second major spine in Upper Hutt. Main St currently runs East-West, and serves the City Centre and CBD. The eastern axes will intersect Main St in its centre, ensuring that people can easily find it, and it will place them in the centre of the CBD.

• The axes will greatly improve accessibility to public services and facilities, such as the Orongomai Marae, Maidstone Park, and Youthtown.

• Walking and cycling will be catered for as the main means for moving around Dunlopia and Upper Hutt.

SUSTAINABILITY• The boulevards will place a high priority on walking and

cycling, thus reducing the need for cars to be used for travel between Dunlopia and the CBD.

• The axes will direct pedestrians towards the Train Station and the CBD, encouraging the use of public transport over personal cars.

• The axes will “create environments that encourage people to become more physically active” (NZUDP)

• Planted trees etc will help promote biodiversity along and throughout the development, and specifically link the hills to the south of the site to the central city, and bring with it birds and other wildlife.

Blenheim St, the western axis, has Wallaceville to its west, and the commercial precinct or open park to its east. A 6m wide shared pedestrian path will provide safety to pedestrians and cyclists, and access to the commercial buildings. The tree line will provide a physical barrier from vehicles, and reinforce the axis’ visual lines.

Railway Ave, the eastern axis, will be the major connection to the centre of Main Street in the CBD. Mixed-use buildings will meet the shared pedestrian path through open green spaces, allowing great access and permeability. Parking on the east side of the road will serve Maidstone Park.

The SARC 321 Construction paper was centred around the design and construction of medium-scale commercial builings. The course consisted of two assignments, the first on the design on a building’s core, the second on its facade. The following pages are a selection of the drawings I produced during these two assignments.

SARC 321 - Construction.

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Lichfiled Street Facade

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Plantroom

Plantroom RL 19,400

Ridge RL 23,100

Ground Floor RL 0,000

First Floor RL 4,600

Second Floor RL 8,300

Third Floor RL 12,000

Fourth Floor RL 15,700

Timber Slat Sun Shade / Rain Screen.Slates rotate on all three axes, refer toArchitects Slat Schedule for individualslat dimensions and rotations.

Plantroom

Plantroom RL 19,400

Ridge RL 23,100

Ground Floor RL 0,000

First Floor RL 4,600

Second Floor RL 8,300

Third Floor RL 12,000

Fourth Floor RL 15,700

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High Street Facade Mullion Details

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Notes

Window system is based on Thermosash CW10 curtain wall system.

Window systems require specific design depending on spans, wind-loads, cladding specified, etc.

Full facade package to be designed and verified by facade contractor.

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Concrete Column Edge

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Blocking fixed to Concrete structure. R2.8 Insulation between blocking.

10mm GIB lining. Colour: Rustic Beige

Jamb Mullion to have slot to hide raw GIB edge.

Pukerua Bay is a wild place, with strong winds from the north-east. Reflecting the wind-bent trees on the property, the design consists of three separate units, in response to the client’s brief of being ‘one step above camping’. The design is an elegant building that sits perfectly within its surroundings.


Weekend Retreat

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Wellington

Kapiti Island

Porirua

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Cladded roof, strong and resiliant to the fierce wind and rain. Form mimics the wind-bent trees on the property.

Glazed facade, openable to allow full inter-action with the outdoors. Double glazing reduces heat-loss in the winter months.

Wooden flooring, giving a warm and natural feel underfoot. The wood extends from the interior to the exterior, which will develop a varying patina over time.

Rather than the usual binary choice of Inside or Outside, HOOPS is a cafe that gives customers an analog choice, where they choose just how ‘outside’ they are. At the perimeter, the ceiling hoops are circular and open; at the centre they are elliptical and closed, blocking nearly all sunlight.

Produced using Grasshopper in Rhino, this was my first time using parametric design, and this mathematical approach to design is one that I really enjoy, as it works well with my love of maths and patterns.


HOOPS07

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The Fern Train Station at Wellington Airport would become a major architectural icon for the city, and with The Rock, Wellington Airport’s international terminal, would be a dramatic welcome for people visiting both Wellington and New Zealand.

Designed using Grasshopper in Rhino, this project was my first use of Grasshopper to detail a project. The connection joints within the steel supporting structure are all different, and grasshopper can quickly and easily design and document all of the different alignments of each steel member. A tedious task to do by hand, Grasshopper recalculates all connections instantly whenever the design is changed.


EFTE Sheet

TNB Steel Frame

Silver Beech Panel

Radiata Pine LVL

Exploded TectonicsConstruction Schematic

The Grasshopper algorithm allowed many variables to be altered easily and quickly. Three curves define the structure, and all other elements are generated from these. There are 155 connections, all different, and Grasshopper can generate and detail these as the whole form is changed by the Architect.

Grasshopper Algorithm Parametrically Designed Fern

During this course we designed a simple townhouse to New Zealand Standard 3604 (Timber Framed Buildings). We were given a standard 10x4.5m section for our townhouse, then we free to design a house up to 7m tall.

In pairs we first built a 1:200 scale model, then produced a set of construction drawings.

ARCI 211 - Building Materials and Construction

Timber-Framed Townhouse

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This intervention is a shelter from ‘following the crowd’ - it’s a reward, nestled amongst towering trees. For those that leave the path, and choose to find their own way, this is their ladder to the sky.

At the Botanical Gardens, my walk started at a bronze sculpture, and ended at a bronze sculpture. Between the two, I found my own way, away from the crowds, through the bush. The canopy was thick and imposing, only allowing through slithers of light. What was above it?

Just like the space race of the 1960s, man should never stop reaching for the stars. While modern concerns of sustainability and environmental impact can not be ignored, neither can the drive of the human spirit. We must keep pushing the boundaries, keep reaching higher, challenging ourselves and our technology. It’s this spirit which will enable us to solve our problems. By not sheltering from them.

The intervention is a tree-like sculpture, designed to be climbed on, in, around, over. There are no surfaces, only metal bars. Climbing it is dangerous, and there is no protection from the elements. When you’re climbing it, there’s not mistaking where you are or what you’re achieving.The structure will be manufactured off site, and lowered into place by crane, minimizing impact on its surroundings. A concrete base, buried underground, will provide structural support. Mild steel will be used for the structure, coated with bronze to link to the other sculptures in the area.

SARC 111 - Introduction to Design Processes.

Sheltering Skins

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A bridge: a boundary between people in their cars, using the fastest way around the city, and people out walking, enjoying Wellington’s public spaces and waterfront.

Using the bridge, a community of quiet, relaxed pedestrians doing their own thing, at their own pace. By using this link between Harris Street and Frank Kitts Park rather than the numerous other faster road crossings and pathways, there is no reason anyone in a hurry would use this bridge - rather, it seems a bridge used solely for people who are out for a walk, enjoying themselves.

Under the bridge, and endless stream of noisy vehicles pass, each indistinguishable from the last. A thousand different journeys from everywhere, bound together for a brief time in their quest for speed around a traffic- jammed city, then filtered apart to continue on their way.

Wood has been used in my model for its aged, timely qualities, and the circular theme implies repetition. The outer ring is like a puzzle, each piece being having its own unique shape, but ultimately being part of a greater whole. The outer ring had a lot of time spent on it, with emphasis on beauty and rhythm. The inner ring, contained but separated from the outer ring, was hastily put-together, speed being the driving force.


City Walk & Space Talk

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The wooden louvres of the annex part of the Meridian Building are what I have chosen to focus on for this project. They are a beautiful element of the building – I especially admire how the designer used wood for louvres that are part of the active climate control system. They are a green element of a green building.

I’ve linked all views by construction lines: The sectional detail of the louvres (scale 1:50) is linked to the main exploded plan/axonometric drawing (scale 1:100) through horizontal construction lines. As this view is drawn on a 30° / 60° orientation, the numbered gridlines can be drawn down the drawing, scaling them down to 1:200 for the southern elevation drawing. The site-plan, at a scale of 1:1000, is constructed on the ‘E’ gridline, linking the detailed view of the annex to its location within the building, and the surrounding environment. These cascading scales produce a well balanced, completely linked set of drawings.

SARC 161 - Introduction to Design Communication.

Communicating via Changing Distances

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From the earliest times, man has tried to define architecture through a combination of writing, speaking, depicting and latterly simulating. Many attempts have been made to encapsulate architecture in a sound-bite. The challenge here was to communicate a design idea as fully as possible in a billboard.

Rather than treating the billboard as a flat object, I used cut-outs to reinforce Louis Kahn’s quote, reinforcing the idea that sunlight brings surfaces to life with the creating of shadows. I image the billboard itself being hidden, and only its shadow being visable to viewers.

I also designed the bold, blocky font for the billboard, referencing Kahn’s work, such as the National Assembly Building in Dacca, Bangladesh and the Exeter Academy Library in New Hampshire, USA.


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