1. KATE LE MASURIER
ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO
SEPTEMBER 2013 - DECEMBER 2015
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - ELEMENTS
WRITER’S RETREAT
CRAMMOND ISLAND
DECEMBER 2013
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - ASSEMBLY
STRANGELY FAMILIAR- FAMILY HOME
PORTOBELLO
MAY 2014
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - IN PLACE
RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BLOCK
EDINBURGH
DECEMBER 2014
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - ANY PLACE
BIBLIOTECA
MADRID
MAY 2015
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - EXPLORATIONS
RETOOLING COCKENZIE POWER STATION -
DOLOS FACTORY
COCKENZIE
DECEMEBR 2015
2. WRITER’S RETREAT
C R A M M O N D I S L A N D
year 1 semester 1 : DECEMBER 2013
BRIEF: To design a small dwelling for
traveling writers on Crammond Island.
IMAGES CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
CONCEPT MODEL PHOTOGRAPH,
SITE PLAN, WEST ELEVATION, MODEL
PHOTOGRAPH, NORTH ELEVATION.
STRANGELY FAMILIAR
P O R T 0 B E L L O
year 1 semester 2 - MAY 2014
BRIEF : To design a small home,
with a photography studio attached.
IMAGES CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
SITE PLAN, EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC,
MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS, NORTH
ELEVATION, FLOORS PLANS
HIGHLIGHTING CIRCULATION.
PUBLIC
PRIVATE
3. R E S I D E N T I A L
A P A R T M E N T . B L O C K
E D I N B U R G H
year 2 semester 1 : DECEMBER 2014
BRIEF : To design an apartment block with a
variety of apartment types to suit the needs
of the demographics of the community.
IMAGES SPIRALING CLOCKWISE FROM
TOP: EXTRACTED CIRCULATION CONCEPT
DIAGRAM, ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION
OF THE CENTRAL ATRIUM, FIRST
FLOOR PLAN, SITE SECTION, MODEL
PHOTOGRAPH, DETAILED PLANS
AND SECTION OF ONE APARTMENT
TYPE, DRAWINGS SHOWING OUTSIDE
CONDITIONS ON SITE, SECTION THROUGH
BLOCK, APARTMENT TYPOLOGIES.
4. B I B L I O T E C A
M A D R I D
year 2 semester 2 : MAY 2015
BRIEF:Todesignapubliclibraryforacommunity
on the outskirts of the city centre of Madrid.
IMAGES SPIRALING CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN MADRID,
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
SHOWING LAYERS OF BUILDING,
MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS, SITE PLAN,
PROJECT SUMMARY IMAGE, CONCEPT
SKETCH, GROUND FLOOR PLAN.
5. B I B L I O T E C A C O N T .
M A D R I D
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RHINO MODEL HIGHLIGHTING MAJOR
COMPONENTS OF BUILDING, SITE
SECTIONS, DETAILED CUT AWAY
SECTION OF PART OF THE LIBRARY, DETAIL
MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS,
VISUALISATIONS OF LIBRARY SPACES.
6. RETOOLING COCKENZIE
POWER STATION
C O C K E N Z I E
Year 3 semester 1 - December 2015
BRIEF : To ‘retool’ the disused coal
power station site at Cockenize,
My proposal - To use the infrastructure
already in place to transport ash from ash
lagoons, (formed from the waste product of
the power station) back to the power station
structure to be processed and produce
dolos (tidal breakwater pieces) which could
then be distributed to vulnerable coastal
areas across the UK, using the infrastructure
that was in place to import the coal.
IMAGES CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
SITE PHOTOGRAPH, LINEAR DIAGRAM OF
PROCESS, LAYERED SITE PLAN, MODEL
PHOTOGRAPH, EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
SEPARATING LAYERS OF THE SITE.
P A S T P R O P O S E D . F U T U R E
7. RETOOLING COCKENZIE
POWER STATION CONT.
C O C K E N Z I E
The second a aspect of the project is
that the factory plays out in a theatrical
way, using gravity as it’s main power
source, to become a visitor spectacle.
IMAGES CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: ACTIVE
MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS, EXPLODED
AXONOMETRIC OF FACTORY, ,
VISUALISATION OF JOURNEY THROUGH
FACTORY, INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
DIAGRAM, COMPONENTS OF FACTORY
AND PUBLIC WALKWAY, EXPLODED.
8. RETOOLING COCKENZIE
POWER STATION CONT.
C O C K E N Z I E
IMAGES CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
ABSTRACTED SITE PLAN AND SECTION,
PHOTOGRAPHS OF COMPONENTS OF
ACTIVE MODELING, DOLOS PROTOTYPE,
AND MAKING THE SITE MODEL,
SITE SECTION, MODEL PHOTOGRAPHS.