Hello everyone. Following my recent graduation from The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, I am currently looking for a new position as a Part 1 Architectural Assistant. My goal is to find a position that facilitates growth, allows me to demonstrate my proactive attitude, my enthusiasm for new responsibilities, and further enriches my knowledge and passion in the field of architecture. I possess a strong technical understanding, exhibit a keen eye for detail, and strongly believe in environmentally responsible architecture. During my academic journey, I embraced challenges as opportunities and consistently applied a forward-thinking and proactive approach to my projects. With strong communication and interpersonal skills, I am deeply passionate about the transformative potential of effective collaboration. I thrive in collective settings that promote diversity and innovation, as here the greatest architectural solutions are generated. I am proud to present a selection of my projects across my three years at the Welsh School of Architecture. If you are aware of any current employment openings, I would be grateful if you could contact me. I am happy to provide a copy of my CV. Thank you in advance.

1. DANIELWILLIAMS
Portfolio
Part 1 Architectural Assistant

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UNIVERSITY- Centre for Community Change
A Third year project based in Stokes Croft, Bristol.
Showcasing a rich understanding of socially inclusive
architecture to create a new community centre for change.
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PERSONALWORK -‘Gel Lighting’Series
A fine art project artistically exploring how colour can be
used as a means to emphasise male emotional portrayal.
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PERSONALWORK -‘War Paint’Series
A fine art exploration into men’s mental health, questioning
if paint be painted to further emphasise emotional portrayal.
ABOUT ME
I always strive to bring my
innovative nature, strong work
ethic, and people skills to all
aspects of my professional
and personal life. A passionate
supporter of socially inclusive
architecture. Architecture for me
has always been about people,
where my role is not to maximise
everything but to give something
back in the form of inclusive
projects which radiate joy and
happiness to its diverse users.
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UNIVERSITY-The Fight Against the Farming Crisis
ASecondyear,secondsemesterprojectinCaerphilly,Wales,
on a large brownfield site. Proposing an education and well-
being centre in hope to fight for healthier communities.
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UNIVERSITY- Reignition of Life into Caerphilly
A Second year, first semester project in Caerphilly, Wales,
focusing on the reignition of Caerphilly’s rich history into a
newly developed mixed used residential development.

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CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE
BSc Year III - Stokes Croft, Bristol
A final-year project situated within
Stokes Croft, Bristol; a neglected and run
down neighbourhood notorious for its
homelessness and abandonment. Stokes
Croft serves as a significant cultural hub and
a major force for political and social change.
The initial stages of the project was a 2
phased constructional process. This allowed
for the renovation of the Peoples Republic of
Stokes Croft Headquarters (my allocated site)
and then in the future years,
the complete rebuild into the Centre For
Community Change.
By focusing on the fight for community
owned, and used land, my design creates a
community hub that embodies the ethics of
cultural activism, art and the fight for a better
future. Internally, the proposal highlights
support, co-operation and collaboration with
local residents and businesses in order to
make a positive change to the community.

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DIAGRAMMATIC RESEARCH
A diagrammatic collage showing the journey throughJamaica Street; a colourful,artistic and vibrant street
that embodies Stokes Crofts culturally diverse community, and emphasises the exterior potential for a
vibrant street life. The PRSC HQ ( my site) is seen on the corner ofJamaica Street and Hillgrove Street.
AJourney Through Jamaica Street To The PRSC HQ
Establishing Contextual Site Themes
‘TheSpace’isintegraltomyproject,acollectivesharedspacedesignedtofunctionasaflexible‘community
centre’. It emphasises the PRSC’s morals towards developing Stokes Croft, supporting its culture and
ethnic community, and further highlights how the people and activities that happen within bring it to life.
Experiencing The Space
Production and distribution of locally
grown food
Flexible and community benefiting spaces
Pedestrianising Exterior Street Space
Re-affirm community ownership
within Stokes Croft
BenefitthecommunitythroughCultural
Activism
Support people at grass-root level make a
change
With a delicate project comes delicate planning; as such I started with using the current site and
its contexts to create Diagrammatic Key Themes. With these set in place, development through
all design stages was focused on ensuring that my project created the most public facing and
community befitting project, whilst ensuring the brief was kept at the forefront.
Key Themes Using the Site

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EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
Overcoming Urban Daylighting Issues
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Naturally Lit Artificially Lit
Architectural design within the urban realm
faces many issues, the lack of daylight into
my proposal was one of the largest; facing
overshadowing from nearby buildings.
To combat this, I produced an exploded
visualisation that emphasises the
implementation of light-wells, allowing daylight
toaccessthemaineventspaceontheground
floor from the winter garden on the third
floor. The light-wells also aimed to reconnect
the community to an abundance of green
infrastructure that penetrates through the
floors, promoting informal and enhances
social vertical circulation around the proposal,
with an abundance of natural light.
1. Green stair light-well
2. Central light atrium
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FLOOR PLANS
Establishing Informal & Socially Inclusive Spaces
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Ground Floor
An Informal Board Meeting
Open Community Workshop Space
Taught and run by PRSC members to all the community
Children’s Peer to Peer Learning
Educating the Young about cultural societal issues
First Floor
Informal Community Workspace
1. Informal SCLT & PRSC Meeting
2. Elevated Stage For Focus
3. Bar
4. Kitchen
5. Street Food Vendor
6. Food Seating
7. Sheltered Outside Sea
8. Glass Double Floor Open Entrance
9. Toilets & Accessible Toilets
10. Meeting Desks
11. Green Stair-well
12. Storage
1. Office Space
2. Accessible Toilet
3. Kitchenette
4. School of Cultural Activism
5. Storage
6. Music / Radio Production Studio
7. Rehabilitation & Well-being Space
8. Informal Office Pods
9. Open & Flexible Work Stations
10. Flexible Atrium Office & Art Space
11. Atrium Art Studio
12. Atrium Office Space
13. Green Atrium
The School Of Cultural Activism

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SECTIONALSTUDIES
Atmospheric Sections
Section A emphasises the flow of circulation around the centre of the
proposal, it aims to enhance informal social interaction and bring its
users together. The implementation of office and artist studios around
the central light atrium aims to create an enjoyable ‘work’ environment,
with windows facing the central green garden allowing passage of an
abundance of natural light. As a result the proposal creates an socially
interactive community‘work’environment.
Section A
Section B highlights the development of vertical circulation within
The Centre For Community Change. It has been enhanced with a
green staircase that allows greenery to grow up the wall, and light to
the enter ground floor from the winter garden. Here the aim was to
create meaningfully designed architecture, that creates an enjoyable
experience, internally and externally.
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PROJECTVISUALISATIONS
Inclusive and Benefiting Community Space
The rooftop winter garden aims to tackle the lack of green infrastructure within Stokes Croft’s public
space, by providing the community and those at grass-root level the facilities to grow fruit and vegetables.
The produce can be sold within the exterior market- allowing the homeless to earn an income.
Furthermore the integration of the transient community managing within the winter garden
provides them with a level of responsibility. The use of the winter garden allows the transient to
work within a safe and positive environment, especially at night during their hardest hours.
The informal community workspace features an open plan layout with an exposed glulam
structure, this aims to incorporate warmth and further emphasise the informality of work within
the room. In addition, the central green light well is designed to feel like an extension of Jamaica
Street, flowing through the centre of the artist and office studios and encapsulating Stokes Crofts’
working residents with natural light and an abundance of green infrastructure.
An Urban Rooftop Winter Garden A Rooftop Community Safe Haven
An Informal Community Workspace

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STOKES CROFT FOOD PROJECT
Creating Social, Economical and Financial Support
The implementation of the Stokes Croft Food Project aims to support the community inside and
outside its wall socially, economically and financially. This project is run and managed by Stokes
Crofts’ transient community, giving them public responsibility and opposing societal norms
towards homelessness.
The project aims to promote the collaboration with local food vendor businesses and emphasises
the importance of home grown and sustainably produced fresh produce. Providing social and
economic support to the transient and local independent businesses.
TransientManagingGrowthOfFruitandVeg Informal Community Food Exchange
Local Street Food Sold From Facade

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A NEW CENTRE FOR CHANGE
Technical Design
With the rapid growth of urbanisation, and thus the resultant loss of
community owned, and community used land. The venture to the
Centre for Community Change involves a social and inclusive journey
through Jamaica Streets newly pedestrianised street. Here residents are
encapsulated within Stokes Crofts positive cultural and artistic spirit.
From Urbanisation to Pedestrianisation
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A community night market on a pedestrianised Jamaica and Hillgrove
Street aims to embrace and support Stokes Crofts artistic and cultural
character. By breaking the stigma of Stokes Croft being seemingly
unsafe at night it encourages an active and thriving community
benefiting night life.
The exposed glulam structure aims to create warmth, especially
when lit at night, the proposal becomes a new social hub for the
community. Furthermore, facade becomes a giant mural, encouraging
the community to leave their cultural and personal mark on the face of
the centre.
A Revitalised Community Night Market

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REIGNITION OF LIFE INTO CAERPHILLY
BSc Year II, Sem I - Caerphilly, Wales
In the Welsh rural town of Caerphilly, lies
Europe’s second biggest castle, a historical
landmark looking over the town that seems
to neglect it. Caerphilly’s architecture
turns its back to it, and hence so does its
population.
Re-ignition of this historically beautiful
town requires immediate action, by
bringing back life and cohesion to
Caerphilly’s lost streets that encapsulate
the castle.
By developing elderly and social housing
within a neglected plot of land directly
facing the castle, my design develops a
social, inclusive and collective residential
common that ensures respect and
relationships are formed and maintained
with Caerphilly castle.
This proposal centralises a courtyard
that allows users to flow through,
encouraging social interaction within
an abandoned part of Caerphilly, and
furthermore encouraging the expansion
of the park around Caerphilly to flow into
the courtyard, whilst the courtyard and its
users flow out.
Section Through Balcony and Under-passage to Castle
Creating a flow through the proposal + creating relationships to the castle
Section Through Shared Lounge, Living Area and Bedroom
Establishing space for social interaction + a tight knit elderly community

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Establishing Historical Site Relationships
USING THE SITE AS A TOOL
Shared Central Courtyard
Promoting social inclusion + community
Direct relationship to Caerphilly Castle
Ensuring the castle has a project presence
Visualising Key Design Requirements
The site’s location within a historical and fragile town demands careful planning
to accommodate the intended users and seamlessly blend Caerphilly’s history
into the design process. Early-stage visual planning helped prioritise the most
important design features which would have most beneficial and respectful
impacts given the sites contexts.
Theapplicationofacentralcourtyardallowsforaprivateandtight-knitresidential
garden space, ensuring relationships are formed between the residents (crucial
for an elderly home), all whilst having a direct hilltop view of the castle with a
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RENDERED ELEVATIONS
Elderly and Rented Housing
The elderly housing features an underpass, that takes you from the
courtyard straight to the castles’ park, creating a sense of connection
to the sites historical roots. Above the walkway, the two elderly housing
blocks are connected by a shares social lounge; overlooking the castle
and promoting social interaction amongst the elderly residents
North Elevation - Elderly Housing
The integration of social, rented and elderly housing within this project
highlights my design ethos of ensuring that all people have access to a
safe place to live. Architecture is about designing for people, and there is a
constant need to ensure there are houses forall members of the community
within our ever growing world.
The social and rented housing consists of one,two and three bedroom flats,
giving good a representation of the cross section of social housing needs
within Caerphilly and ensuring all household demographics are targeted.
South Elevation - Social and Rented Housing

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PROJECT VISUALISATIONS
Encapsulating Caerphilly’s History
The proposal presents a unique chance right in the centre of Caerphilly to
forge a close historical connection with the castle. Through the creation
of modern, open-plan spaces that promote social interaction, and an
expanded inner courtyard, enclosed by walls made from Victorian and
Edwardian stone, it fosters a collective courtyard atmosphere that evokes
the feeling of being enveloped by the castle’s fortifications.
Section A
The plan of the proposal adopts a symmetrical design, which was
well-suited to the location’s requirements. It needed to maintain an
open and fluid atmosphere that acknowledged the site’s historical
significance, while also ensuring privacy as it serves a residential
purpose. Consequently, the site fosters a seamless transition from the
street to the courtyard and onwards to the castle, all facilitated by the
central arrangement of the buildings.
Featuring a historically inspired stone facade, the newly created street
mirrors the Victorian and Edwardian streets, instilling a feeling of historical
seclusion. Simultaneously, it encourages individuals to traverse the heart of
the buildings,leading them into a vibrant and historically enriched courtyard.
Flowing into the Historical Courtyard
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THE FIGHT AGAINSTTHE FARMING CRISIS
BSc Year II, Sem II- Caerphilly, Wales
With the rise of the current farming crisis,
my design aimed to tackle the issues on
healthy eating, obesity, local food culture,
mental health and well-being. Whilst ensuring
Caerphilly and its residents learn about the
modern day struggles of farming, and the
need to support local farmers.
The large site we were given aimed to
interconnect every activity / location within
the site. Developing a brownfield site into a
sustainable,social,influential,educational and
community developing area.
Diving deeper into the modern issues, this
project focused particularly on education,
mental and physical health and well-being,
and local farming; aiming to develop a facility
that allows the future generations to lead
happy and healthy lives. Model making was
central to this project; allowing a physical
lighting analysis study to take place - leading
to early iterations that explored the efficient
accessibility of light into the proposal, and
furthermore,the visualisation of the proposals
exterior and internal space.
A model used for a technical lightning study, edited to show spatial inhabitation within the well-being centre. Here spaces
have been enhanced, maximising user experience and creating a comfortable and peaceful atmosphere. On first floor
there are 2m X 2m window pods, allowing users to isolate themselves with a beautiful view of the farm.

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FLOOR PLANS
Developing The Education and Well-being Centre
1. Cafe Outdoor Seating
2. Cafe
3. Kitchen
4. Adaptable Room
5. Classroom 4
6. Art Studio
7. Meditation Room
8. Adaptable Room for Public Activities and
Classes
9. 2m x 2m Private Window Pods
10. Social and Relaxation Hall Mezzanine
Ground Floor
Education (left), Well-being (right)
1. Staff Office + First Aid Room
2. Storage
3. Plant Room
4. Staff and Disabled Toilets
5. Classroom for Children atJamie’s Farm
6. Social Staircase
7. Mixed Toilets
8. Classroom 2
9. Storage
10. Classroom 3
11. Fitness Studio
12. Changing Rooms
13. Social and Relaxation Hall
14. Cafe Dining Court
15. Cafe
16. Kitchen
17. Caerphilly Food Market
18. Building Underpass
19. Garden Staircase to Green Roof
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Education (left), Well-being (right)
Well-being Centre Central Courtyard
Shared gardening area alongside outside cafe seating
Education Centre Central Courtyard
Open courtyard with play area + supervision seating
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PROJECT VISUALISATIONS
Enhancing User Experiences
Farmyard Site Elevation 1:500
Social Gardening Staircase
Woodland Camping Woodland Park Nature Reserve, Pond and Trail Market Hall -Selling locally grown food
Vertical circulation is a form of movement that
often becomes forgotten and is seen merely as
a means of getting from one place to another.
Therefore, implementing a social gardening
staircase allows for an enhancement of social
interaction, with small garden patches available
when traveling to the green roof.
The education and well-being centre, located on
a spacious site, had to exude an open, inclusive,
and inviting entrance, drawing people off the
farm and into the centre. This was successfully
accomplished by incorporating a green
sheltered pathway that allows the farm to flow
through the centre and guides visitors through to
the proposals courtyards.
An Open and Inviting Entrance

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TECHNICAL DETAIL 1:20
Expressing Sustainable Construction
150mm Soil Layer
3mm Permeable Geotextile
55mm Drainage Layer
3mm Root Barrier
Waterproof Membrane
140mm Rigid Insulation
8mm Vapour Control Layer
50mm Screed to Falls
75mm Lightweight Concrete
12.5mm Plasterboard Finish
Green Roof Construction
2.5mm Filter Fleece
1.5mm Retention Trim
300mm Smooth Gravel Edge
Waterproof Membrane
35mm Timber Studs
100mm Batt Insulation
100mm Insulated Cavity Barrier
Green Roof Wall Construction
35mm Timber Cladding
50mm Horizontal Timber Batons
35mm Vertical Timber Batons
25mm Airspace
8mm Vapour Barrier
42.5mm Plywood Sheathing
100mm Batt Insulation
50mm Batt Insulation (Second Layer)
12.5mm Gypsum Board
Wall Construction
14mm Parquet Flooring
8mm Vapour Barrier
15mm Plywood Sheathing
100mm Mineral Wool Insulation
3mm Synthetic Sheet
27mm Concrete Sheet
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‘WAR PAINT’SERIES
Personal Fine Art Project - Colour As A Metaphor
Being colour-blind, my interests in colour and
how it can be used within portrait painting
to emphasise emotional portrayal has always
been a driving factor within my art work.
Using oil paint on MDF, it became evident that
paint is able to depict an image and create an
emotional response, but; can paint be painted
to further emphasise emotional portrayal?
My war paint series shows my exploration into
men’s mental health and how the masculine
stereotype to bottle up emotions has become
the norm.
This series depicts progression of subjects
applying paint onto their own body. The lack
of emotional portrayal becomes fought with a
new means of artistic expression.
Societies toxic masculinity holds the subject back from emotional
portrayal; this part of the series identifies one of the societal issues
this series aims to explore.
A monotone subject emphasises his lack of emotional portrayal by
bottling his emotions, instead he paints his sadness upon his face.
The more he paints, his colour comes back and the better he feels; a new
means of artistic expression aims to tackle societies toxic masculinity one
step at a time.

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‘GEL LIGHTING’SERIES
Personal Fine Art Project - Colour As A Metaphor
My passion to artistically explore how colour
can be used as a means to emphasise male
emotional portrayal became evident within my
gel lighting series. I actively explored how the
male subjects emotion can be emphasised
through the combination of colour connotation.
Blue -Sadness
Red-Anger
The need for a black background creates focus
on the subject, by creating a clear dichotomy
between the subject and the background,
ensuring that it questions why and how
the colours have been used, and how they
compliment and/or contrast the emotional
portrayal.
With no emotional portrayal, it becomes evident that different
colours begin to paint a metaphorical emotional response.
If you cover each half of the face,do you begin to imagine an angry
or sad subject?
The subject’s ambiguous scream, accentuated by contrasting
colours, elicits two distinct emotional responses, engaging the
viewer in interpretation. Try covering each half of the face, do you
see a blue crying face and a red angry face?
Incorporating hand gestures that complement colour symbolism:
The blue side depicts a sad subject, with a supportive hand. Whereas
the red side is seen clawing at his face. With the hand gestures
complimenting the colour connotations, emotional portrayal
becomes even more evident.