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Design plays a vital role in everything we use and recognise. It is prevalent in the very

fabric of our lives....‘ ‘

Design is the alluring skin of product technology and has inhabited our living environment in the

form of landscape and architecture. It is the hidden visual layout that entices individuals to purchase an appealing periodical, but not only is design

graphically beautiful, it also serves as functional art composed into something creative and unique.

I’d like to explore all aspects of design in my work; paying acute attention to the visual details that bring

a scheme to life...

DOB: March 24, 1990Country of Birth: Cayman Islands

Nationality: British

EDUCATIONUniversity of Sheffield, England Upon the completion of my degree, I anticipate achieving a three dimensional approach to designing interior and exterior spaces. With a studio culture oriented around the principle of team work, I will be efficient in multi-tasking and managing my time with others. I will also be exposed to the technical and hands-on approach regarding the built and natural environment, theory, and various graphical presentation skills.

Dual Bachelors (Hons) Architecture & Landscape Architecture

(RIBA & LI Part I)

September 2012 - Present Status: Gap Year/ Leave of Absence

Graduation: June 2017

First Year of BachelorsJanuary 2011 - 2012

Transferred: September 2012

Savannah College of Art & Design, GA USAI completed one year of architectural studies where I was exposed to the artistic and conceptual approach towards building design. At SCAD I received adequate comprehension regarding the artistic realm such as: fine art, publishing and graphics. I was exposed to programs such as: Adobe Photoshop, and Google Sketch up Pro. I transferred to the University of Sheffield to continue my bachelors in the form of a dual degree to gain an additional landscape qualification.

Architecture CertificateInterior Design Certificate

April 2008 - June 2009

Cayman Institute of Technology, Cayman Islands Completed courses at certificate level with distinction in Architecture and Interior Design studies.

High School Diploma (Honours)September 2004 - June 2007

John Gray High School, Cayman Islands Completed secondary education with seven passes in:GCSE – Art (B) Physics (C) *CXC –Mathematics(C) Technical Drawing(B) Information Technology(A) English Language(B) English Literature (B)*CXC- Caribbean Examinations Council

I am particularly interested on expanding my knowledge and

experience in landscaped driven schemes, social integration and

the public realm.

curriculum vitae

curriculum vitaeWORK EXPERIENCEWest Waddy ADP, Abingdon England Urban Design Assistant: February 2015 - 2016At West Waddy, I was part of a team of four assistants to the Urban Design Associate. My duties included collaborating and managing project narratives, design and access statements, organising design workshops, producing conceptual strategies/diagrams, masterplan drawings/renderings, street scene illustrations, site specific research on history and constraints, site analysis, liaising with clients and consultants regarding the project progression and design outcomes.

SKILLS & PROGRAMS

Adobe Creative SuitePhotoshop, InDesign & Illustrator

Autodesk Vectorworks

Google Sketchup Pro

AutoCAD

Autodesk Revit

Microsoft Office Suite

Basic to intermediate editorial layouts

Strong art & design skills:Architectural model making

(Conceptual & Presentation Quality) Watercolour Renderings

Oil Paintings Technical Drawing

Multi medium digital renderings

Strong telephone & email etiquette

Strong team work ethic

Strong attention to detail

REFERENCESHannah Smart-PearceAssociate Urban Designer at West Waddy ADP [email protected]

Howard EvansCourse Leader at University of Sheffield [email protected]

Andrew MerrisonUrban Design at West Waddy [email protected]

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_Renders: Street Scenes & Masterplans +Masterplans -Benson, South Oxfordshire -East Hendred, South Oxfordshire -University of Gloucester, Oxstalls Campus

Benson, South Oxfordshire

Housing & Retirement VillageOutline Application 2015Company: WWADP

The overall vision for the masterplan was to create a development which inhabits a strong sense of place and a locally distinctive character, whilst ensuring environmentally conscious design that integrates with the existing landscape and local context.

By forming a natural extension to Benson village, the scheme recognises the existing grain and pattern of spaces of the site’s context and its impact on the adjoining conservation area.

The layout is legible, permeable and spacious and reflects the character of the outer residential developments around Benson. There is a strong focus on green spaces, creating buffer zones to soften the impact of the development upon the wider area and to create an attractive place to live.

Masterplan was designed in conjunction of the West Waddy ADP Planning & Urban Design team and a

team of external consultants



East Hendred, South Oxfordshire

Housing & Care VillageOutline Application 2015Company: WWADP

The site is located to the north of East Hendred and aims to provide up to 75 new homes to full-fill a local need for housing and respond to the local character of the surrounding traditional vernacular.

East Hendred was originally formed in clusters around village greens; in order to create a contextual development, this principle is applied to the site. A green corridor connects the public greens in the north and centre of the site as well as the two access points.

The layout of the site surrounding a large green open space corresponds to the historical layout in the village as it was constructed around village greens. The incorporation of fruit trees within the development alludes to the historical land use of much of the area which comprised of orchards.

Gloucester University Oxstalls Campus

Outline Application 2015Company: WWADP

Masterplan for exciting new facilitiesfor higher education, business services and sport at the University of Gloucestershire’s Oxstalls Campus in the heart of Gloucester.

The addition of a new business school and student accommodation, set within high quality landscaping. Enhancements to the Public Right of Way running north through Plock Court playing fields increases accessibility to the existing tennis centre and new sports centre. Associated changing facilities within the new sports centre will allow for increased use of the Plock Court playing fields, with more formalised pitches provided.



UD Urban Design: Renders & Strategic Diagramming_Renders: Street Scenes & Masterplans +Street Scenes -Benson, West Oxfordshire -Upper Heyford -Woodstock, West Oxfordshire

+Strategic Diagrams Woodstock, West Oxfordshire -Village Green

Benson, South Oxfordshire

Housing & Retirement VillageOutline Application 2015Company: WWADP

Within the masterplan, play facilities are easily accessible with detached homes fronting the green. ‘Natural play’ influences the layout with the use of grass mounds, climbing structures in addition to traditional play sets such as swings and slides.

The development is designed to follow secured design principles to create a safe and secure environment. The majority of pedestrian routes follow vehicular routes to provide surveillance and activity so that pedestrians feel safe.

Verges are kept to a minimum and front gardens extend up to the pavement edge, avoiding strips of land with unclear ownership. Private and public spaces are clearly defined. A management company will be responsible for the maintenance of the public open spaces.

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benson, south oxfordshire: village green

Upper HeyfordOxfordshire

Housing Full Planning Application 2015Company: WWADP

Full planning application for the erection of 76 dwellings including 30 affordable homes, new access, open space, car parking, hard and soft landscaping.

upper heyford, oxfordshire

Masterplan was designed in conjunction of the West Waddy ADP Planning, Urban Design & Architecture team and a team

of external consultants

Woodstock East was a landscape led masterplan based on a network of high quality green spaces, taking inspiration from the parkland at Blenheim Palace of the influence of Capability Brown.

Masterplan was designed in conjunction of the West Waddy ADP Planning & Urban Design team and a team of external consultants

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WoodstockWest Oxfordshire

Housing & Care VillageResponse Document 2015Company: WWADP

The character of Marlborough Drive was designed to reflect the character of the existing High Street and Hensington Road, both primary routes through Woodstock. The drive’s main purpose acts as a gateway into Woodstock.

Slender evergreens reflect the landscape character of the adjacent Blenheim Palace Parkland with green verges framing the road. As part of the drainage strategy bioswales were required alongside the primary road and has been used to enhance the green avenue.

Tall 2 and a half to 3 storey buildings enclose the street in proportion to the wide street width. High quality terraced town houses are predominantly used to form a continuous building that create a consistent legibility along the route.

Woodstock EastWest Oxfordshire

Housing & Care VillageResponse Document 2015Company: WWADP

The character for Woodstock Park is focused on the central park and green edge including the Scheduled Monument (Ancient Roman Villa remains). Dwellings in this area front onto the public green space providing surveillance and a built edge.

Small front gardens are bound by small railings or landscape boundaries to provide a private amenity space with a soft edge. Parking is principally provided on plots between housing so that cars do not dominate the street scene. +parkland living +naturalistic landscaping +picturesque streetscape +enhancing walkability & play +avenue of pyrus calleryana trees for seasonal interest +mixed wildflower meadow planting with grass mounds

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Pedestrian links

Historic hedgerow is enhanced to support existing bat corridor and create connections through to residential

Pedestrian link to the World Heritage Site

Pedestrian link to the Campus / Sport’s Facilities

Mown mixed wildflower paths and bulb planting around the edges of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Historic England designated Scheduled Ancient Monument

Green landscaped streets and pedestrian cycle routes

into the development

Active frontagesoverlooking Woodstock Park. Properties are fronted with a

park road , pedestrian and cycle route with planted edges.

Discreet pedestrian and cycle access to A44

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1. Creating a sense of approach into the greenspace, with panels that unveil the rich history of the Scheduled Ancient Monument to visitors. Glazed panels that allow the history to be visible in the landscape.

2. Using the concept of ‘rooms’ to create vast natural play spaces, of low grass mounds and sand pits.

3. Community allotments reflect the agricultural nature of the Roman Villa. Close to the entrance of the nature trail.

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_Housing: Play

_Marine Biologist Residency: Stay

University of Sheffield Sheffield School of Architecture

Architecture & Landscape Second Year

University of Sheffield Sheffield School of Architecture

Architecture & Landscape Third Year

Architecture_Housing: Play +Concept +Site Strategy +Floor Plans +Accommodation +Integration of Design: Architecture & Landscape +Green and Drainage Infrastructure +Materiality

Concept

My interpretation of the theme utopia was influenced by an imagery of a kingdom in the clouds.

After analysing the different approaches and outcomes that attempt to create utopian communities in the past, I’ve decided to base my scheme on co-housing; for I find it most achievable in relation to the urban context of the site.

Co-housing is a Danish mutual home ownership scheme where residents share facilities through the use of a ‘common house’. Landscape is used to knit the community together in my design whilst allowing the public to explore and simultaneously become educated about the strategy of ‘co-housing’ at the ‘welcome centre’.

My scheme challenges the traditional British housing aesthetic, by mediating modern exteriors with practical interiors, other than the pastiche styled architecture that which is commonly seen in England.

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site strategy

Woodside, Sheffield

The site is located in Woodside, Sheffield within close proximity of the City Centre. The context of the site is predominately deprived with a need for future regeneration

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A bathroom facility is also placed on ground floor, not only for ease of access but more importantly for young children prone to ‘accidents’.

Family units provide the options of either a car port or workshop spaces which can be converted for future usages. In addition to this, ground floor bedroom spaces can be used for home office expansions.

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Homes are designed to provide a flexible blueprint for future usage. The spatial strategy for the ground floor was thoughtfully designed for home-working, entertaining and the elderly.

Guest bedrooms and kitchenettes are placed at the ground level of each unit, this provides access for private entertaining and will also provide assistance for the elderly who are wheel chair bound.

Play

In addition to the concept of a ‘cloud’ the landscape strategy was based on ‘play’.

Being that the scheme would be targeted toward families and young couples; consideration was taken regarding the different stages of childhood and how ‘play’ could initiate the qualities of these spaces.

Private spaces were designed keeping in mind that young babies would be predominately dependant on their parents, observation points were key in making these spaces work successfully.

As a child transitions into a toddler, public spaces provide communal observation points, where hedges along private gardens are no higher than 1.5m. Children are encouraged to explore throughout the scheme and eventually out into the public recreational grounds toward the far north end of the site.

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Visual Links

Unit B is the second largest unit with a total of 3 flexible bedroom spaces and an upper level office/ study.

Visual green links have been proven to enhance mental stimulation and user comfort. In order to allow for the atmosphere of the study/office to remain airy and encourage productivity, there is a viewing window that overlooks the vertical circulation, shared deck and glimpses of the ever changing seasonal landscape.

green & drainage strategy

Drainage Along the centre of the scheme a swale runs down from the recreational grounds, ending at a waste water filtration reed bed next to the communal allotments. -controls run off from homes -irrigation for allotments

Swales align next to green islands to control run off from the street and surrounding buildings.

The path along the swale is meandering. -residents and visitors pass through small moments in the landscape -paths are raised up on ‘path decks’ with vegetation below.

Green Deciduous trees allow a shield of privacy for residents when the public use the swale route to the recreational grounds. This allows light to penetrate glazed spaces along the rear of homes, yet protect it from over heating during summer. -visually ‘fluffy’ vegetation used at eye level, influenced by the concept ’cloud’ -trees with seasonal interest +prunus serrula: shiny red slender trunk +silver birch: textured bright white bark

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View looking north-east of Andover Street

Gray Street Elevation with existing stone wall structure integrated in the facade

Gray Street Elevation with existing stone wall structure integrated in the facade

Architecture_Marine Biologist Residency: Stay +Site +Concept +Site Strategy +Program +Floor Plans +Accommodation +Key Spaces +Moments +Longitudinal Section +External View

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West Pier, Scarborough

The site is located along the south western end of the West Pier within the coastal town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. West Pier’s industrial heritage was primarily based on fisheries making it vital to Scarborough’s unique identity.

The site allows for the opportunity to reintroduce a different perspective towards the ocean, providing a kick start to the overall urban regeneration of the town.

Architectural Brief:• to design a commercial building with a complex/semi

complex circulation strategy• provide tourist accommodation consisting at least 10

rooms • based on site analysis, provide a program that

incorporates an activity• create a strategic attitude towards site/masterplanning

view of the site from the existing parking lot

view of the site looking south from Scarborough Castle

view of existing access to sea-level

concept

Architecture of Fish: Reveal

The book Ichthyo: The Architecture of Fish by Deborah Klochko explores the architectural qualities of the inner spinal structures of fish. From this I explored the concept of ‘reveal’ throughout the scheme. Where users experience several moments that slowly reveal the building’s many uses through the strategic placement of visual links.

StayThe brief entails that a lodging facility is provided for its users and visitors. Using the existing qualities of the sea, the scheme has a contemplative quality within the accommodation zone which contributes to the concept.

Marine Biologist: Research & Residency

The infrastructure will serve as a research and lodging facility for established Marine Biologist and the ever changing flow of academic interns. The research will primarily be in conjunction with the Net Gain project, where crustaceans and fish spawning levels are analysed regarding production and over fishing rates.

In addition to this, the scheme integrates the marine related activities and temporary lodging facilities for guest. Access to exhibition spaces and scuba instruction would be made available to the public realm as well as marine related guest lecture series.

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West Pier: A dialogue with the sea

The masterplan redevelops the existing pier’s parking lot, using the concept of ‘a pier on a pier’. A journey along the pier is initiated with the use of a raised deck that shapes the spaces along the mid strip of the pier. The timber deck morphs into seating and kiosk units where the spaces remain flexible to the public whilst taking advantage of the panoramic views.

Hardy grasses and shrubs are placed along the pathways in raised metallic planters. The linear nature of the deck is echoed in the built formation of the building which is influenced by the lighthouse’s vertical nature. As visitors make their way up the West Pier they are walking along a low gradient ramp that eventually leads to my building which is raised up above flood levels taking the form of an iconic unnatural beacon in the landscape.

View from the pier looking north towards Scarborough Castle

View from the pier looking west towards the life boat facility along the beach

View from Foreshore Rd looking south east towards the entrance to the site and existing kiosks

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Program: A collection of uses

The program takes into account the needs of the Marine Biologist, Guest and Temporary Visitors. By creating a series of zones that integrate fluid interaction throughout the architecture, all users are able to appreciate the marine profession with a beneficial scuba facility which contributes to the funding strategy and the public awareness of the scheme.

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Stay

Accommodation is integrated between guest and academic interns in order to encourage social interaction resulting in an overall pro-active experience. Accommodation for interns have a dormitory layout with single beds and a study area which overlooks the ocean through generously sized bay windows. Guest rooms are all en-suite with bay windows as well.

Communal kitchen facilities are located facing the ocean to make the most of the panoramic views of Scarborough’s notable shore line and maximises natural light to penetrate the space.

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A Series of Functions

The building incorporates several functions that users experience as they venture through the architecture.

Upon entering the building, visual interaction is used along both sides of the exhibition hall, along the north-eastern side, viewing windows peer into the wet lab facility through specimen tanks.

A curtain wall spans along the south-western end of the building towards the viewing decks that over look the shoreline. Along the lower region of the south-western side of the corridor, a ribbon window allow for views into the scuba facility.

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Orchestrated Moments

Each moment in the scheme is orchestrated in a way to subconsciously allow users to want to explore. Glimpses of the scuba facility through the window openings at beach level help to create an awareness to the public of its existence and influence visitors to explore further into the building.

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