The document discusses the author's interest and experiences in architecture. It describes their education at Newcastle University where they developed a belief that architecture is about people and how they interact with space. It also discusses their work placement at a practice in London where they learned about collaboration. The author intends to continue expanding their understanding of architecture through travel and further study.

2. I see architecture as my future. I do not,
however, imagine I will ever fully comprehend
what architecture is. My approach towards it will
never be set in stone and my experience of it will
constantly develop. If there is one thing my year
of working in a practice has taught me, it’s that
to work in architecture is to constantly learn,
adapt and absorb. This would be less true if
society and technology were to remain unchanged,
but as it stands they are evolving at a never-ending
rate and in line with this, so too is architecture.
My interest in architecture naturally
developed through a combination of enjoying
art, finding a thrill in solving problems and
a strong fascination with the diversity in the
world around me. Through my time at Newcastle I
fostered a belief that architecture is about
people; how they inform, create and react to space. My
graduation project ‘The Finnish Institute for art’
focussed on creating a new place for British and
Finnish artists to collaborate and generate inno-
vative ideas. The tangible approach investigated
how different materials can interact to establish
a stimulating but effective structural system.
Whilst at Robin Partington and Partners I have
learnt that the realisation of a built entity is
achieved through collaboration; not only within my
own team but also with the wider design and en-
gineer consultants. This was particularly crucial
for one of the projects I worked on; a 42 storey
residential tower in Westminster where the curved
structural columns are an engineering challenge
but equally the back bone of the design concept.
Working in conjunction with consultants has been
one of the most enjoyable parts of my placement.
This year I intend to widen my perspective on the
way that people inhabit space through immersing
myself in different cultures. From Oct - Dec I went
to Mzuzu, a city in the North of Malawi with the
International Citizen Service; a government organi-
sation that brings young people together to address
the root causes of poverty. Next I intended to travel
to Asia at the beginning of 2015. I am keen to see more
of this diverse world and involve myself within it.
I believe the balance between design and
technology along with the presence of the centre
for development and emergency practice at Oxford
Brookes University makes it the ideal choice for me
to increase my understanding of architecture. The
on-going tensions and advancements within the built
environment fascinate me, and I look forward to
expanding my study of architecture to explore this.

3. 16A Bridge Street, Halesworth
Suffolk, IP198AQ
Work Experience placement for 4Work Experience placement for 4
weeks working on residential
developments in Suffolk. drawing
plans and colouring master
planing options.
Great Yarmouth,NR31 9HA
Waitress position whereWaitress position where
good communication was
essential.
Responsibilities also
included operating the
reception desk.
Castlewood, 85 New Oxford Street,
London, WC1A 1DG
13 months as a part 1
architectural assistant.
Working mainly on 1 Merchant
Square in Westminster; a 42
storey resdiential tower.

4. I produced this 1:50 presentation model to illustrate the concept of the
sky bar design for 1 Merchant Square; a 42 storey tower in Westminster
with a hotel at the base of the building. The Mezzanine rhythmically
pulses towards and away from the facade allowing views to be
experienced by guests. The balustrade wraps the floorplate before
peeling off in the form of the staircase to connect the two levels.

5. A diagrammatic 1:200 model (left) was
used to illustrate the quality of
different views available in each
direction of the tower. A 1:50 model
(below) was used to demonstrate the
characteristic of the foot of the
building and the nature with which it
touches the ground.touches the ground.

6. The London based Finnish Institute acts as a catalyst to encourage collaboration
between Finnish and British artists. The brief was to design a new Institute in
Newcastle with a better public interface than that of the current centre. My project
began by collaborating with a local textile artist and designing for her a small ex-
hibition space. From this evolved the ideas of manipulation of light and shadows and
secondly how two separate materials can be dependent on each other to create a
structural system.

7. The site was situated in a deep urban block. This was
challenging and my strategy was to propose strong
concrete cores which internally accommodate services,
storage and circulation, whilst externally they
worked as devices to divide the site into the main public
spaces with strong laminated timber effectively
extending from them.

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The focus of this project was to
take into account the affect a
design can have on other species
other than humans. The task was to
design a small research shelter for
the 2013 British Science Festival

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The structure is inspired by tessellations and
patterns found in natural forms and the concept
is that the form is seamingly growing from the
site and expanding sporadically.
The species that the proposal focussed on wasThe species that the proposal focussed on was
insects and care has been taken to encourage
insect movement beneath the structure towards
the built ‘insect hotel’.

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The focus of this project was
to work primarily in section
and to choose one of
Newcastle’s historic ‘chares’
to situate a musical
perfamnce platform.Jazz was
the chosen music genre and in
response to the rustic andresponse to the rustic and
raw nature of jazz music the
focus of the design was on
using recycled material.
Recycled pallets make up the
performance stages and are
flexible in height to
accomodate level changes.accomodate level changes.

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A local developer in the Norfolk/Suffolk area was interested in a piece of land
called North Quay, which looks out to the river Yare as it departs Yarmouth. From
speaking to the developer I learned that he wanted to introduce residential units
to the site but in a form that represented the local brewing industry; to this
effect he wanted them to be inspired by the form of barrels. I decided to put pen
to paper to investigate how I would answer this brief. This was purely an exer-
cise I did for my own experimental learning.
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A local developer in the Norfolk/Suffolk area was interested in a piece of land
called North Quay, which looks out to the river Yare as it departs Yarmouth. From
speaking to the developer I learned that he wanted to introduce residential units
to the site but in a form that represented the local brewing industry; to this
effect he wanted them to be inspired by the form of barrels. I decided to put pen
to paper to investigate how I would answer this brief. This was purely an exer-
cise I did for my own experimental learning.
Personal Project