Manchester School of Architecture
2005-2008
The first part of the architecture course at Manchester University lent a heavy focus on the creative and conceptual work needed to bring new ideas to the design of building. Teaching was begun in the absence of computers, stressing the need for freehand drawing and modelmaking to draft and experiment with new ideas in a fluid manner, and also to present final proposals.
The program also lent a heavy focus upon the importance of context in the design of any given project, on both a local (micro) scale, and on a wider, global (macro) scale.
The centrepiece and culmination of the three-year course was the design of a Water Education and Research Centre in East Manchester, for which I was awarded the 2008 Sheppard Robson Prize at the BA (Hons) Architecture Degree show.
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The new Water Education and Research Centre in East Manchester was conceived as a combined museum and research facility designed to raise awareness of issues relating to water on a local and global scale.
Utilising naturally-available rainwater and surface water in the site, the entire building water management strategy from capture and storage to manipulation and redistribution is presented in a ‘transparent’ fashion to the general public to raise awareness of the problems of existing water management practices, and to demonstrate the potential of naturally-available water in all of aspects of the performance of a building.
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Professional Works as a Part I/ Part II Architectural Assistant
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Portfolio of professional and academic modelmaking projects
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Portfolio of extra-curricular works as a graphic designer
