1. Benjamin
Hawkins
Software Proficiencies
ArchiCAD
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
SketchUp
Student of Architecture
CV
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture 2017 - Current
Griffith University
Cert III Hospitality 2016
TAFE Queensland
Diploma of Building Design 2015 - 2016
TAFE Queensland
Accredited Barista Training - 2014
Introductions to Espresso, Silipo Coffee
Cert I Engineering 2014
TAFE Queensland
Cert III Multimedia 2013
TAFE Queensland
Brisbane School of Distance Education 2009 - 2014
Years (8-12)
Employment History
Endeavour Foundation Industries, Southport, QLD
June 2013 - Jan 2015
Duties:
Sawdust packaging
E-waste processing and recycling
Assembly of Boat trailers
Volunteer Experience
April 2018
Queen’s Baton Relay, Upper Coomera
Duty: 300m relay
January-Febuary 2015
Company: The Deli Paradise Point
Duties: Dishwashing, Various cleaning duties
September - December 2014
Company: Silipo Coffee
Duties: Operation of expresso machine,
Bottling distribution of cold brew, General
cleaning duties
July/August 2012
Company: Gold Coast Country Club Golf Course
Duties: Picking up and retrieving Balls
December 2011 - March 2018
Sorting games and equipment
Vacumming/ general cleaning
Pressure cleaning in carpark
Entertaining children for Christmas celebrations (Santa Claus)
Fundrasing eg. Selling raffle tickets at Melbourne Cup Day
Entertaining children leading up to 2018 Commonwealth Games
with Queens Baton Relay outfit
Specialty Skill areas
I personally use a decent balance of inherited handwritten and
computer generated imagery to communicate my architectural
ideas.
Writing and Verbal communication
The experience throughout my time in the Bachelor of
Architectural Design at university has afforded me the ability to
participate in team work on group assignment tasks, with
considerable improvement.
Teamwork
Being an architect requires ample ability to solve complex issues
ranging from small issues to more complex one in materiality. My
time at university has helped me to follow a proper process that
involves diagnosis before reaching a solution.
Investigation + Problem Solving
The experience at university has afforded me the opportunity to
further time management skills
Planning + Organising
Throughout my time at university I have gradually learned a new
approach to file organisation, in the form of internet file storage
with online capabilities to help share ideas.
Self-Management
Aside from my natural sketching talent, I enjoy working with
numbers in terms of measuring tools as well, and reasonable
mathematical skills to help solve
Numeracy
2. Reflection of Uni and TAFE Studies
This portfolio covers an extensive list of projects that have been compiled as part of the timeline of architectural studies through
the Diploma of Building Design as well as the Bachelor of Architecture, with projects ranging from the small Granny flat right
through to the intriguing modern interpretation of New York’s High Line of a new Visitors Centre at the Gold Coast Regional
Botanic Gardens. The most specialty interest in my perspective is the ideas and philosophies behind affordable social housing.
The most recent architectural project required a Master Planredevelopment of the Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens with a
fully-fledged Visitors and Information Centre that is on a regional level and to further attraction of the tourism market. It was also to
be implemented in a mannerit would factor in the local urban resilience achieved by a particular response to the flooding occurences
given the proximity location beside the comprehensive river network. My approach to the context of resilience brings in inspiration from
New York with a contemporary interpretation of the High Line with a continuous green roof that responds to the contours of the landscape,
serves multiple functions, as roofing for the eastern Car park and juxtapose with the middle of the park that can be accessed from every
corner of Benowa, including local schools, residental roads and a major sporting hub.
The context of resilience extends to the southern most area which is flood prone, where a large area is excavated and levelled to enhance
the family and user-friendliness, which is also something I also find astonishing, to achieve a city life that much of the Gold Coast that has
always, and continue to dream of.
8. Career Plans
Forge a volunteer opportunity by being a General Building volunteer at the Gold Coast Open House on the 27th October 2018.
Complete the current Bachelor of Architecture, with industry experience through work-integrated learning in 2019.
Forge an architectural competition as an opportunity to further build my architectural talent
and expedite my chance of landing an architectural career.
Commence a Masters in Architecture in 2020 before obtaining full-time work to fulfil the amount of
required hours to obtain an accreditation.
Become an accredited architect.
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