1. ALEXANDER COOPER
PART II ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
SAMPLE WORK
ALEXANDERWPCOOPER@GMAIL.COM
07772514407 // 02380864739
2. 100m
Site Axonometric
THE WAALHAVEN SKILLS METABOLISER: LEARNING TO
LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF OBSOLESCENCE.
The shipping industry, and in particular act of transporting the vast
amount of goods across the world can be used as a litmus test to indi-
cate what state the global economy is in. The man made incisions into the
landscape in geographically strategic locations provide evidence that our
pursuit for reducing the gap between supply and demand is reaching an
intercontinental scale (see the Panama Canal, The Suez Canal).
The recently built super sized container ship, the Maersk Triple E heralds
a new stage in the our obsession with the age of fulfillment. At 400 metres
long, 165,000 Tonnes and capable of carrying over 18,000 containers, the
Triple E is a vessel that has been specifically designed to respond to a rel-
atively new shipping technique – Slow Steaming. This technique involves
the consolidation of several cargo loads at the port, and the subsequent
transportation at a slower speed in order to save money on the exponen-
tially rising cost of diesel fuel.
This trend will force shipping companies around the world to design new
ships that will specifically deal with slow steaming as the industry norm.
More worryingly, the same companies will have no choice but to scrap vast
numbers of their aging fleet. These ships will become a casualty of our
obsession with narrowing the time frame between supply and demand.
Thousands of ships will become cost ineffective to run.
My prospective project asks the question – ‘what becomes of the Triple E
once the next logistic technique renders it obsolete?’
The location of my site, the Waalhaven Harbour, has arrived at a very sim-
ilar conclusion to the outdated container ships we see today. Stuck in a rut
between the city and the industrial sprawl of the Harbor, it has been largely
ignored by the logistic effort of the Rotterdam Port authority. The aim of
the Waalhaven Skills Metaboliser is to take these obsolete elements and use
them as a base to regenerate. Taking queues from Rotterdam Makerspace
and Rotterdam Academy of Architecture (who both house their teaching
spaces within old boat building warehouses) I aim to pair up with TU
Delft’s Centre for Logistics and Control to re train the seamen that would
usually work in the Maersk Triple E.
By pairing the ships structure along with new pier-style constructions, I
aim to create education in deconstruction. The form of the Triple E will
become repurposed and manipulated to serve the needs of the inhabit-
ants. The ship will experience terminal trauma - structural members will
be ripped from their positions in the most horrific way, it will be torn
limb from limb as the parasitic structure moves in and takes hold. It will
be a living demolition site, in a constant state of flux. Within this shell of
agitated steel and rust, seamen will learn new logistic techniques, ways to
adapt aging systems of control to propose new and experimental methods,
allowing them to control the ports destiny. The Triple E will become a
living case study, radical design that has run its course. Its corpse will now
be regenerated into spaces to export knowledge.
3. Maker Rig + Maersk Triple E
The lifeless corpse of the container ship is picked apart. The workers who live in
the ship now inhabit a building site. Living quarters must be adapted in order to
enable the metabolisaion process.
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Power Rig
The Power Rig severs the outer skin of the Triple E. Vast chunks of metal are torn away in order
to access the heart of the ship. Irreversible trauma is caused as the fuel and engine of the
behemoth is extracted to power the education Rigs.
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4. Lacerate
Great effort is spent extracting pieces of rusted metal from the ship. The most valuable material is
transported into the maker rigs, whilst the scraps are left for the seamen to retrofit into shelter.
Dislocate
Whilst being mercilessly picked apart piece by piece, the Maersk Triple E will still perform its
regular duty of sheltering its crew mates whilst they attend the Waalhaven Skills Metaboliser.
They will live on the building site and once the graduate, the ship will be totally ingested.
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As the rig and the ship meet, a junction is created. Fittings are hand bolted onto the ships skeleton which in turn allows an infrastructure
to be founded around the reclaimed ship.
6. AC
AC
AC
TurningArea
DisabledParking
Switchgear
DELIVERIES
proposedwallsblockedup
proposednewwalls
existingwalls
serviceduct
serviceduct
cased s.v.p.
cased s.v.p.
cased s.v.p. removable panel
s.v.p.
to match cubicles
GF.D01
Practice Rooms
(G23)
Practice RoomsPractice Rooms
(G24)
Practice RoomsMusic Room
(G25)
New dance Studio
94.3m/sq REDECORATE
THROUGHOUT
G24
D.01
D.02
D.03
D.04
D.01 - D.04
All new doors to be 838 x
44mm solid core acoustic
doors and frames including
acoustic double glazing to
vision panels.
NEW PARTITION
164mm GypWall quiet
partition studs w/ 65
decibels sound insulation.
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scale width 50 mm @ a1 - 25 mm @ a3
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must not be reproduced in whole or part or used for the
execution of works without their permission.
all dimensions to be checked on site prior to commencement
of construction works and the architect notified of any
discrepancy.
figured dimensions are to be used in preference to scaled
dimensions.
no deviation from this drawing will be permitted without prior
consent of the architect.
all drawings are prepared subject to a full measured and
structural survey of the buildings and site.
all structural work is subject to the appointment of a structural
engineer to confirm and agree the structural proposals.
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project
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Totton College
Refurbishment Project
SUMMER 2014
ACOUSTIC PARTITIONING
EXISITNG ROOMS DETAIL
AC MBW
19.06.14 TENDER
1:75 1:150 27949WD105
NO SIGNIFICANT RISK
PRELIMINARY
152x152
UC
37
admin
ELECTRIC
office
office
exams office
female staff wc
male staff wc
m o e
staff room
exam
st
male wc female wc
CORRIDOR 1
MAIN ENTRANCE
LOBBY
CORRIDOR2
science
science
business
business
science
business
humanities humanities humanities humanities humanities
hub
rm
hub
rm
store
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
111213
FEATURE WALL
dulux 72yy/47/743
DULUX DIAMOND TOUGH
TIMELESS WHITE
DULUX DIAMOND TOUGH
TIMELESS WHITE
DULUX DIAMOND TOUGH
TIMELESS WHITE
FEATURE WALL
costa red
dulux
12yr 07/279
SD
SD
store
W W W W W
corridor corridor
store student
male wc
student
female wc
store
caseds.v.p.removablepanel
s.v.p.
tomatchcubicles
BC
0.0
-.015
G31
G41
G40
G47
G42 G43
G48
G44 G45G39
G10
D3
LIFT
D3
LIFT
G38G37G30PLANT
ROOM
CHEMICAL
STORE
G16
G23
G24
G25
G36
G35
G34 G33
G32
ROOMS INCLUDED IN
PROPOSED WORKS
FOR DETAILS OF WORKS
IN ROOMS G23 - G25 SEE
DRAWING WD105
RDS 01
RDS 02
RDS 03
RDS 04
RDS 05
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notes
scale width 50 mm @ a1 - 25 mm @ a3
this drawing is the copyright of the pdp architecture llp and
must not be reproduced in whole or part or used for the
execution of works without their permission.
all dimensions to be checked on site prior to commencement
of construction works and the architect notified of any
discrepancy.
figured dimensions are to be used in preference to scaled
dimensions.
no deviation from this drawing will be permitted without prior
consent of the architect.
all drawings are prepared subject to a full measured and
structural survey of the buildings and site.
all structural work is subject to the appointment of a structural
engineer to confirm and agree the structural proposals.
os promap licence no. 100020449.
reva1 scale
date status
drawn checked
detail
project
client
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health & safety:
exceptional risks involving specific methods of consruction or
exceptional maintenance issues:
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N:27926-TOTTON COLLEGE NEW RECEPTION14 - MiscTotton new logo.png
Totton College
Refurbishment Project
SUMMER 2014
PROPOSED
GROUND FLOOR
AC MBW
19.06.14 TENDER
1:250 27949WD103
NO SIGNIFICANT RISK
PRELIMINARY
DETAIL OF PROPOSED PARTITION WALL IN SITU 1:25
TECHNICAL DETAIL OF SUGGESTED PARTITION WALL
CONSTRUCTION 1:5
152x152
UC
37
admin
ELECTRIC
office
office
exams office
female staff wc
male staff wc
m o e
staff room
exam
st
male wc female wc
CORRIDOR 1
MAIN ENTRANCE
LOBBY
CORRIDOR2
science
science
business
business
science
business
humanities humanities humanities humanities humanities
hub
rm
hub
rm
store
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
111213
FEATURE WALL
dulux 72yy/47/743
DULUX DIAMOND TOUGH
TIMELESS WHITE
DULUX DIAMOND TOUGH
TIMELESS WHITE
DULUX DIAMOND TOUGH
TIMELESS WHITE
FEATURE WALL
costa red
dulux
12yr 07/279
SD
SD
store
W W W W W
corridor corridor
store student
male wc
student
female wc
store
caseds.v.p.removablepanel
s.v.p.
tomatchcubicles
BC
0.0
-.015
G31
G41
G40
G47
G42 G43
G48
G44 G45G39
G10
D3
LIFT
D3
LIFT
G38G37G30PLANT
ROOM
CHEMICAL
STORE
G16
G23
G24
G25
G36
G35
G34 G33
G32
ROOMS INCLUDED IN
PROPOSED WORKS
FOR DETAILS OF WORKS
IN ROOMS G23 - G25 SEE
DRAWING WD105
RDS 01
RDS 02
RDS 03
RDS 04
RDS 05
G10 pdp architecture llp
2 beechworth road havant
hampshire po9 1ax
tel 023 9248 1100
fax 023 9247 5050
email pdp@pdp-architects.co.uk
www.pdp-architects.co.uk
pdp architecture llp
chartered architects town planning
interior design consultants
notes
scale width 50 mm @ a1 - 25 mm @ a3
this drawing is the copyright of the pdp architecture llp and
must not be reproduced in whole or part or used for the
execution of works without their permission.
all dimensions to be checked on site prior to commencement
of construction works and the architect notified of any
discrepancy.
figured dimensions are to be used in preference to scaled
dimensions.
no deviation from this drawing will be permitted without prior
consent of the architect.
all drawings are prepared subject to a full measured and
structural survey of the buildings and site.
all structural work is subject to the appointment of a structural
engineer to confirm and agree the structural proposals.
os promap licence no. 100020449.
reva1 scale
date status
drawn checked
detail
project
client
a3 scale
health & safety:
exceptional risks involving specific methods of consruction or
exceptional maintenance issues:
pdp architecture llp
notes date checkedrevision drawn
N:27926-TOTTON COLLEGE NEW RECEPTION14 - MiscTotton new logo.png
Totton College
Refurbishment Project
SUMMER 2014
PROPOSED
GROUND FLOOR
AC MBW
19.06.14 TENDER
1:250 27949WD103
NO SIGNIFICANT RISK
PRELIMINARY
DETAIL OF PROPOSED PARTITION WALL IN SITU 1:25
TECHNICAL DETAIL OF SUGGESTED PARTITION WALL
CONSTRUCTION 1:5
PAULS FIELD DEVELOPMENT,
WOKINGHAM
Within this project I assisted in the production of the hous-
ing types needed to populate this project. This project gave me
experience in how to design a dwelling to a particular stand-
ard, this particular project was specified to the Lifetime Homes
Standard.
TOTTON COLLEGE REFURBISHMENT,
SOUTHAMPTON
Under the supervision of an Architectural Technologist, I was
tasked to specify and draw up wall partitions that would be
suitable to house a music recording studio. This exercise al-
lowed me to research the appropriate type walling and specify
it in a tender package.
STUDENT ACCOMMODATION,
PORTSMOUTH
The architect who ran this project began by allowing me to
propose a solution to the clients needs. After I was given a set
of parameters and a brief, I created drawings that would be
used as a conversation starter in client meetings. After client
feedback I would amend the drawings and propose my ideas
to the Architect.
