rory j moss architecture portfolio

R o r y M o s sArchitecture Portfolio, 2017

C o n t e n t s

Details Personal profile 4CV 7

Projects Orbis Aedes 8Perambulating Formby Dunes 20Ex Nihilo 26

Photography Landscapes 60Abstract 62

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Following on from my three years of Un-dergraduate study, I remain a thoroughly enthusiastic and obsessed student of Ar-chitecture. My constant endeavour is to continue to explore precise architectural composition and articulation. I am inter-ested in ideas and the research that pro-vokes them paired with form and the solid void relationship and how it communi-cates the design intentions. This combined with an efficient architecture of fine preci-sion means I am dedicated to minimalism with layers of complexity. I have a specific interest in relationships contrasting ar-ticulation between new and old spaces.

Having recently completed my final pro-ject, “Orbis Aedes”, on global electronic waste, sited in Alderney, I have become a passionate advocate in the campaign against pollution and toxicity, both on land and sea, via heavy metal pollution. I wish to learn and be inspired by archi-tects that similarly challenge the precon-ceptions that are also creative around up-cycling elements within their designs. This is my ultimate ambition, only sec-ond to enhancing the human experi-ence with an inspirational Architecture.

The almost infinite refinement that is required to produce something sim-ple with all the necessary complexities is really what interests me and drives me through each project. The essen-tial research therefore triggers the idea

that becomes the genesis of the pro-ject. Conveying this idea throughout the design phase maintains a firm grasp of what I believe is required from the brief.The method by which I achieve this dif-fers, as do the type of projects I have com-pleted, therefore my system of work must adapt accordingly. Obviously some com-ponents of the project, my fundamentals, are prerequisites to any piece of work:

Subject Area ResearchIdea Formulation

Hand Drawn InvestigationForm Symbolism

I believe that I possess the skills and ability to work in different environ-ments and on diverse types of pro-jects and I am excited about learn-ing new techniques and technologies.

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Education & Experience

First Class Architecture Ba Hons - Liverpool John Moores University

New Mount Sports – Direct Sales Consultant02/2017 – 08/2017

Presenting and selling products in challenging work place environment

Ability to accept rejection and work outside of my comfort zone whilst working in a goal orien-tated environment

Managing and Mentoring junior consultants through to the management level of the busi-ness

AJCD - Graduate of Architecture 08/2016 - 02/2017

Meeting with clients - discussing project goals

Drawing and Working with Working drawings

Creating drawing packages and individual draw-ings for clients

K2 Architects - Student Mentoring Programme(12 week Programme)

An introduction to architectural competitions

Meeting architects and discussing works

Organising and structuring meetingsDaniel Ellis Roofing – Roofers Assistant05/2012 - 08/2016Working efficiently and safelyResilient in tough working environmentsIntermediate knowledge level of roofing meth-ods and equipment

Pete Hyde Builders - Labourer11/2013 - 04/2014

Digging and Installing foundations

Demolition of previous structures

Safe disposal of materials

Travelex/Sainsbury’s Bank – Money Advisor 05/2013 - 11/2013

Strong customer service skills

Large volumes of cash handling

Excellent mathematical skills

Nuffield Health and Wellbeing – Centre Assis-tant & Lifeguard - 10/2011 - 04/2012

Excellent, at work, time management skills

Effective and efficient decision making in a high pressure environment

New technical skills and knowledge through chemical testing

Camp America – CounsellorSummer 2015

Working with children and young adults

Living and working in a foreign country

Organising and responsible for large groups of people in dangerous environments

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Transparency must be achieved through glob-al tracking and monitoring of cargo ships, lead-ing then, to a better understanding of the problem that is illegal e-waste distribution.

Electronic-waste distribution paths trail across the globe, steering the eye along routes and arriv-ing at obscure nodes of which nothing is known, rather it is not wanted to be known. Patterns emerge from sea as if crawling onto the land, be-coming the new architecture of the rocks, provid-ing an impenetrable shield from the elements.

O r b i s A e d e s

East Elevation


Coming to terms with the global scale of electronic waste; how it moves, where it moves, the energy it creates and the structure it requires. Can a macro image be sym-bolised on a micro scale and if so what would it look like?

Is there an obvious location for a monitoring site to be located?


Ship Routes


Site Analysis


Alderney, Fortifications


Drawings examining triboelectric wind harvest-ing methods whilst formulating a strategy that would be the most efficient for the system, site and structure of the tower section of the building.


Four structural walls become host the tri-boelectric façade. The wind harvesting façade will produce enough energy to pow-er the data tower office and server rooms.

The walls align with the southerly winds, the direction in which the least harsh winds come from, so the triboelectric flags do not become too animated as their performance declines with higher, more gusting winds.

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West Elevation


Damming of the natural lagoon to the west of the building will create a natural feeling nestled be-tween the new promenade levels. The steps into the lagoon will insure there is a place to sit for those wanting to watch the sunrise and sunset.

The decked area also provides a new route of access from the west which makes the building more approachable.

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A model investigation in how to trav-erse the gaps of the old architecture with transitional materials acquired via up-cycling and therefore cre-ating a dynamic tension of space.


The wall walk stretches from the data tower to the bistro; its structure be-comes host to the promenade ramp that guides you down to the natural sea wa-ter lagoon, created via man made damn.

The walkway pairs new with old and keeps a tension through suspending the ramps using the old wall as an anchor

T h e W a l l W a l k


Electronic Tower of Toxicity


Representing electronic waste pollution in an architectural form; the verticality stress-es the dynamic and severe nature of the problem whilst the irregular platforms pro-vide metaphorical footholds in the structure where the toxicity escapes and spreads.

The tension created at the tip of the sharp column creates suspense as to what will occur next? Is this platform the boundary of the end or just the beginning of the new?


North Elevation


Sea Lgoon Working Drawings


Bistro Space Development Sketch


Context Ground Floor Plan


1st Floor Plan


2nd Floor Plan


3rd Floor Plan


Ground Floor Courtyard Ground Floor Tower Media Office


Media Office 3rd Floor Tower Walkway Tower Wall Interactive Component

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The arboreal competition brief asked for a centre, in Formby, Merseyside, with a specific schedule of accommodation and gave a time limit, it helped with my project management skills and working to a strict brief encouraged quick and decisive thinking and designing.

I interpreted the brief in a way that made the sensational views and rugged landscape more accessible. This was achieved via a 170 metre long elevated structure that trans-ported users from forest to dune with ease, while aiding those who still wanted to climb the dunes themselves, via playful collumns.

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Roof Form Development


Context and Site Analysis


The arboreal competition brief asked for a centre, in Formby, Merseyside, with a specific schedule of accommodation and gave a time limit, it helped with my project management skills and working to a strict brief encouraged quick and decisive thinking and designing.

I interpreted the brief in a way that made the sensational views and rugged landscape more accessible. This was achieved via a 170 metre long elevated structure that trans-ported users from forest to dune with ease, while aiding those who still wanted to climb the dunes themselves, via playful collumns.

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Axonometric


Investigating Proportion


Summer - Solar Shading Winter - Solar Heating


The hierarchy of the building meant that its orientation was the most impor-tant element; this meant that one stretch of the spinal corridor would face south.

Combined with the long stretch of windows, would create the problem of keeping the building cool in summer and warm in win-ter. This was achieved through solar blinds; they would also, through their lateral lin-earity, create a more passive architecture so as the landscape remained dominant.

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Winter - Solar Heating


Corridor and Office Space


Entrance and Reception

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U r b a n w a y s ; p a t h w a y s , i m p r i n t s a n d t r a c e s .

Abstract Life

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Birdseye View Site with Interventions

Section


Denying a relationship between the physical and the unknown (un-known or un-real), discontinues a normal axis; a continuation of the disjointed axis that exist in the current and provides an absence of rela-tionship between current and past space. Voids further dislocate the user from real life, instilling in them emotions appropriate to the space. But what if the power of what was is greater than what is to be, when the absence of the previous is the situation, therefore under cutting what can be. The unstable entities create an erratic convulsing of un-seen movement that lies hidden unto those who will dismiss its existing.

Can we establish a convolution of axis; discrepancies between the expe-rience and comprehension of space. In order to create regiment the con-volution must be tidied but in doing so the 5th dimension is lost. Thus an experience cannot be assumed to be calibrated with an object as the time of the object will not reveal itself on the path of the subject. We must reveal what is meant to be hidden in order to comprehend the absence. Pathways leave an imprint of actions both spoken and unspoken, traces of a trace of a memory of a memory. These palimpsests (something that has changed over time and shows evidence of that change) become the template for reconfiguring the routes through which we define our lives.

If the magnitude of this ideology is not understood then the pur-suit will begin. Only when the entity is truly understood and what was is left behind can the delineation commence to evolve as a new.

Can we establish an urban transfer through the may-hem of the journey? The passage through the portal becomes as significant as the journey itself, almost a rite of passage?

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Whats is Seen is Hidden


Whats is Seen is Hidden Stairs to Nowhere

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Writing an architectural theory, in order to be-gin an investigation of land use and therefore create an installation in Liverpool, enabled my design to be deeper and more thoughtful whilst remaining an expression of the theory I had developed, it would also further develop my theory and help me better understand the relationship between un-connected spaces.

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Consolidation of Public Space - Liverpool

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Decaying Threshold

Informal Transition of Flux


Traces of Death Locked Land Corridors


Balconies for Cipher


Vertical Power


Micro Forests


Wooden Caves


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