2016
London, England
Pre-construction

An extension to an existing 3 storey Victorian terrace house.

The Rear room is cut open to the return, with a new brick wall on the boundary and a glass roof lowered over the top. A new large door connects the space to the garden, with a projecting window inserted into the existing door opening.

The upstairs bathroom is reorganised to provide more space

Lost & Found III - Project 1
2016
Cardiff, Wales
Complete

Project 1 of the third iteration of our on-going involvement in the Welsh School of Architecture's Vertical Studio program. Again we challenged the students to design and build entirely from salvaged, upcycled and recycled materials. From lost to found.

The brief for Project 1 was for a small outdoor seating area, approximately the size of a single carparking space for use by the coffee shop customers, which would be built alongside an existing shed.

The resultant project is made almost entirely from reclaimed, re-purposed and upcycled materials. The seating structure provides a small shelter and a number of different inbuilt benches, pot plants and a bicycle rack. 

The project took an existing treated timber deck, re-leveling it and fixing the new structure to the base. The structure is made almost entirely of discarded construction timber, old scaffolding planks and assorted pieces of donated large section timber. The structure also re-purposes a pair of old chairs for a pair of cycle racks, reinforced and bolted to the timber base.

Project 1 and 2 were run concurrently by all 14 students over 14 days from start to finish. 7 days were spent collecting materials and designing the projects then both were constructed simultaneously over 7 days.

Client: 
Lufkin Coffee

Collaborators:  
Matt Chan, Aled Davies, Welsh School of Architecture

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Ahad Sheikh, Alexander Toohey, Alister Webb, Anna Highfield, Fiona Shaw, Giannis Saravelos, Hattie Walton, Laura Selwood, Lauren Bearman, Lydia Wozniak, Matthew Knivett, Rosie Hanks, Sophie Thomas-Lacroix, Vivie Gorham.

Lost & Found III - Project 2
2016
Cardiff, Wales
Complete

Project 2 of the third iteration of our on-going involvement in the Welsh School of Architecture's Vertical Studio program. 

The brief for Project 2 was for a new shopfront to replace an old and dilapidated set of double doors, and an internal fitout to provide a new dual use space; coffee shop seating by day, dance studio by night.

The resultant project is made almost entirely from reclaimed, re-purposed and upcycled materials. The new glazed shopfront dramatically increases the usable natural light and ventilation, while providing a sympathetic composition against the existing coffee house shopfront.

Using mostly used OSB board discarded from an inner city construction site, the dual use interior space has been dramatically lifted from a drab and featureless space, to a warm and unified room, with a variety of different storage space and features. 

Project 1 and 2 were run concurrently by all 14 students over 14 days from start to finish. 7 days were spent collecting materials and designing the projects then both were constructed simultaneously over 7 days.

Client: 
Lufkin Coffee & Lindyhop Cardiff

Collaborators:  
Matt Chan, Aled Davies, Welsh School of Architecture

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Ahad Sheikh, Alexander Toohey, Alister Webb, Anna Highfield, Fiona Shaw, Giannis Saravelos, Hattie Walton, Laura Selwood, Lauren Bearman, Lydia Wozniak, Matthew Knivett, Rosie Hanks, Sophie Thomas-Lacroix, Vivie Gorham.

2010 - present
Notting Hill, London, England
In Construction

Walmer Road is a project designed by Peter Salter,  on which I have worked as project lead since 2010, previously as a member of Mole Architects. The project is for 4 houses arranged around a single courtyard with access from the street, including 4 underground car parking spaces.

The building is principally constructed from reinforced concrete, with copper clad timber framed volumes inserted into the roofscape and banks of oak shutters, providing adjustable privacy to the courtyard. 

The project utilises a compact plan, with both generous and intimate spaces, a controlled and honest material pallette and a sensual textual experience. The dense geometry of the plan provides a series of unique spacial experiences, considered as a functional whole.

An uncommon project of a very special quality.

Due for completion 2016

Guardian Review
Wallpaper Review
On Dezeen
On Designboom
Evening Standard Review
 

Collaborators:
Peter Salter, Fenella Collingridge, Baylight Properties, Shaw Building Group, Mole Architects

Our annual Lost & Found studio was featured as one of three Vertical Studio projects chosen to feature in a series of short documentary films by the Welsh School of Architecture.

Vertical Studio provides opportunities for 1st and 2nd year architecture students to intersect with practitioners and engage in a diversity of alternative programmes.

2016
Cambridgeshire, England
Concept

An complete reorganisation, expansion and radical adjustment of mid 20th century semi detached house on a quiet street in Cambridge.

The house is sliced open front and back, scooped out and new functional elements are inserted to improve and update the internal workings and external composition.

The intervention embraces the imperfect and utilises the under utilised to provide a new and exciting family home

2015
Val de Bagnes, Switzerland
Self-Build/On-going

The project is a part self build multiphase, ongoing reorganisation and updating of an existing 3 storey house on the edge of a Swiss mountain village, including eventual modification and extension of the exterior envelope.

The process involves stripped back layers of replication and construction idiosyncrasies to reveal a concrete and timber frame on which strategic elements augment the house to update it for the next incarnation of its long life.

Collaborators:  
Henry Keene

2015
Toronto, Canada
Competition
 

Our 2015 Winter Stations competition entry to convert the lifeguard stations at the Beaches district into installations to be enjoyed and appreciated during the winter months. Under the theme of 'Freeze/Thaw' our entry suggested a timber 'memory' platform with suspended rope outlines, which reference the shadows of the lifeguard station at various points throughout the day, over the duration of the installation. This converts the stand into a giant sundial, awaiting the arrival of Spring, and thus, winter is 'on the ropes'. 
 
Collaborators:  
Matt Chan

Lost & Found II - Poo with a View Too
2015
Somerset, England
Complete
 
 
The second iteration of our on-going involvement in the Welsh School of Architecture's Vertical Studio program. Again we challenged the students to design and build entirely from salvaged, upcycled and recycled materials. The utilisation of only lost materials, otherwise assigned to scrap, makes the design challenge to find a resultant architecture from only what one has. From lost to found.

The brief was for a pair of composting toilets for a timber yard in Somerset to be built entirely from materials scavenged and donated from construction sites, waste yards and nearby businesses.

The resultant building is a simple timber frame pavilion, built over 6 days, clad in an assortment of different materials, drawing on traditional references as well as some unconventional ones. The project utilised and developed a wide range of skills for the students as well as providing a colourful and useful addition to the timber yard.
 
Collaborators:  
Matt Chan, Francesca Loam, Welsh School of Architecture

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Ahad Sheikh, Alden Ching, David Clark, Eleanor Hall, Fiona Fearnley, Giannis Saravelos, Harry Thorpe, Hattie Walton, Hollie Jones, Joshua Peasley, Sophia Chrysanthou, Vivie Gorham

2015
Cambridgeshire, England
Planning

An extension to an existing family home, expanding and reorganising a compact living arrangement.

Two new volumes sit at either end of the existing house, breaking down the scale of house into smaller distinct components. These new areas allow a carving out of new internal spaces to service the needs of a growing family.

2014
Suffolk, England
Pre-construction

An extension to a restored thatched cottage, containing a bedroom, living space and bathroom. The interface forms a new entry to the house, fundamentally reorganising the existing configuration.

The new timber frame extension sits in an existing unused section of the garden, providing a new division and enclosure to the front and rear gardens, creating two defined zones.

Lost & Found I - Poo with a View
2014
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Complete
 
 
Built over five days, the up-cycled structure is constructed entirely from waste material salvaged local timber mills, demolition yards and construction sites, The small building contains two composting toilets and a shower heated by compost. The stacked timber construction provides durability and permeability in a harsh coastal environment. Each cubicle has views out across the spectacular Pembrokeshire coast. The textural quality of the building allows it to blend into the landscape.
 
Collaborators:  
Matt Chan, Welsh School of Architecture

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Alex Davidson, Alexandru Ticalo, Andrzej Bak, Dessislava Gencheva, Dina Feddah, Emily Harries, Hollie Jones, Jessica Hartshorne, Joshua Peasley, Mingyue Hai, Shadi Al-begain, Sophia Chrysanthou

Studio in the Woods
2013
Swindon, England
Complete
 
A small structure in Stanton Park, designed to add resonance to historical place. Remnant earthworks from a historic bridge forms the platform on which the tower sits. An observation place. Built over three days with students from the nomadic participation construction studio.
 
Collaborators:
Toby Maclean (TALL Engineers)

Revolutions After Hospitals
Royal Adelaide Hospital Masterplan
2013
Adelaide, Australia
Competition
 
 
Revolutions After Hospitals responded to an ideas competition for the redvelopment of a significant inner city site on the edge of the Adelaide's parklands. The response was a gradual deconstruction and reappropriation of the existing structures to create an urban farm, construction school and makers community. Tapping into Adelaides strong cultural and design community, the proposal was for a self supporting entity which would build and self fund the redevelopment.
 
Collaborators: 
Henry Keene, Justin Payne, Martin Ridge

Mole Architects
2006 - 2013
Cambridge, England
Associate
 
 
Joined the rural architectural practice Mole Architects in 2006 and remained a core team member through expansion and relocation. Roles included competition team leader, CAD manager, project leader, CPD & design team. Mole, led by Meredith Bowles, are a principled and disciplined practice, that has won multiple RIBA awards and significant regional and global recognition for their sensitive and considered buildings. It was a privilege to work in such a practice for many years. 
 
Projects listed:
Cavendish Avenue - Project Architect
Typographer's House - Project Architect
Wingate Studio - Project Architect
Park Parade - Design Architect
Hawthbush - Design Team
Hsinchu Villas - Interior Design
 
Competitions:
Mill Ride - Team Leader
CUBC - Team Leader
Great Fen Visitor's Centre - Team Leader
Ulswater  Yacht Club - Team Leader

Photos by David Butler © http://www.dnbutler.com/ 

@ Mole Architects

2010 - 2012
Cambridge, England
Complete

Project leader RIBA Stage A - E

The extension and complete renovation of an existing three storey Georgian in a conservation area, which had been badly extended and renovated in the 1970s. The aim was to update the existing house to improve energy efficiency, open up the existing spaces, while reworking the existing extension which sat uncomfortably at the back of the house.

The concept was to ameliorate the contrast between the original and extended volumes, by unifying the painted volumes of the house, while extending and simplifying the geometries. 

The re-organisation brought an unused courtyard into the ground floor, to create an expansive open ground floor kitchen dining room, with a sunken sitting area and glazed courtyard garden. The first floor was rearranged to make a master bedroom with linked study, as well as a new enlarged bathroom. New roof lights at the top of the stairwell draw light down into the house and provide views out across the roof top.

The house had also sustained subsistence damage at the front and required re-piling and rebuilding of the ornate stone bay window.

2012
Canning Town, London, England
Competition (Shortlisted)
 
 
The Ballasted Flitched Gazebo (BFG) was an up-cyclers competition to create a workshop structure for the Canning Town Caravanserai project. Built entirely from a predetemined list of parts, mostly discarded construction materials and palletes donated from construction sites. The proposal used an innovative ballasted structural truss which allowed a greater span using short light timber pieces.
 
Collaborators:
Simon Smith (Smith & Wallwork), Tommy Down Architects

Coniston Cricket Club
2012
Peak District, England
Competition
 
 
The competition entry called for a low cost self build cricket club adjacent to a famously picturesque cricket pitch at the base of Old Man Coniston. The structure should double as rambler accommodation, to be built by the local community. The design used local expertise and stone gabion construction to create a building which sat comfortably within the network of field stone walls while capturing the southern light. Flexibility was a key concept strategy, with changerooms doubling as bunk bedrooms and a small kitchenette/bar to be used by cricketers and ramblers alike.
 
Collaborators:  
Liam Wright

2012
United Kingdom
Competition (Shortlisted)
 
 
The National Self Build Association 'Self Build on a Shoestring' competition entry was shortlisted for it's simplicity and innovative structural solution. Inspired by simple, cheap agricultural buildings, the distinctive corrugated translucent timber frame building is two storey two bedroom in standard configuration. This can be adapted and expanded to add additional accommodation as a family expands. The total material budget, including specialist trades was £40,000. Additional adaptations (photovoltaic power & composting toilets) allow the house to be entirely off grid.
 
Collaborators:  
Alex Johnson

Studio in the Woods
2011
Isle of Wight
Complete
 
The aim was to test how to complete an abstract structural frame using simple connections and a uniform section of timber. Working directly with students the frame was designed and built over three days by students and tutors using ropes to erect and fix the frame from the ground.
 
Collaborators:
Piers Taylor, Meredith Bowles

Light Memory at Arcosanti
2011
Arizona, USA
Photographer
 
 
Visiting Paolo Solari's legendary Arcosanti desert community on a research trip, an opportunity presented itself to use use the grand spaces for a series of photographs, experimenting with human movement, long exposure and the light painting technique.
 
A record of direct lighting and movement versus indirect residual lighting left against a surface. An exploration of the potential for description of lone human movement within a prescribed setting. How does light pertain to memory?
 
Collaborators:
Henry Keene - EcoUrbas

@ Mole Architects

2009 - 2010
Cambridge, England
Complete

Project leader RIBA Stage A - K

A studio for a potter. The brief was for a well lit, warm and durable space, which would provide delight and respite at the end of the garden. The twisted roof lifts up to welcome the sun, where it pokes through gaps in the surrounding trees and buildings. The semi-opaque  clerestory windows bringing in a soft even light.

The building is of lightweight timber and includes a sheltered patio for the kiln, with a broad stone step for cups of tea.

Photos by David Butler © http://www.dnbutler.com/ 

2012
Cambridge, England
Unbuilt
 
 
Designed while an associate at Mole Architects,. The brief called for a low cost demountable ice rink for a temporary location in Cambridge. Built primarily from Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) the structure used an innovative steel tension truss  based on ice caves to maximise span and utility.
 
Collaborators:
Simon Smith (Smith & Wallwork)

Studio in the Woods
2010
Isle of Wight, England
Complete
 
 
A variety of structures built with students in various woodland locations. Testing of simple construction principles like cantilever, framing, timber jointing, weathering and timber knowledge. Expressive, expedient joyful. Each structure was built over three days.
 
Collaborators:
Piers Taylor, Meredith Bowles

@ Mole Architects

2007 - 2009
Cambridge, England
Complete

Project leader RIBA Stage A - K

Renovation and extension of a 1960s bungalow on the edge of Cambridge. The brief called for a complete energy overhaul of the house, providing new living and working spaces, and maximising the utility of the house.

The design strategy revolves around organising the house around a new double height entrance hall, which acts as a variable threshold to access the distinct areas of the house and their functions. This allows both clients to work from home discretely.

The new volumes create a series of outdoor spaces around the house, each with a clear character based on the functional requirements.

Photos by David Butler © http://www.dnbutler.com/ 

Studio in the Woods
2009
Cotswolds, England
Complete
 
 
A variety of structures built with students in various woodland locations. Testing of simple construction principles like cantilever, framing, timber jointing, weathering and timber knowledge. Expressive, expedient joyful. Each structure was built over three days.
 
Collaborators:
Piers Taylor, Meredith Bowles

Studio in the Woods
2008
Cotswolds, England
Complete
 
 
A variety of structures built with students in various woodland locations. Testing of simple construction principles like cantilever, framing, timber jointing, weathering and timber knowledge. Expressive, expedient joyful. Each structure was built over three days.
 
Collaborators:
Piers Taylor, Meredith Bowles

Kerry Hill Architects
2002 - 2006
Republic of Singapore
Graduate Architect
 
 
Working closely under the practice principle, crucial design and project experience included international housing and cultural projects, boutique hotels, invited competitions and educational projects. Working principally on projects in South East Asia developed critical regional experience.

My experience under the tutelage of Kerry Hill was a formative period in my on-going architectural training and has been a cornerstone of my professional development.
 
Major Projects:
Lodhi Hotel, New Delhi
Sovan Komar Orphanage, Phnom Penh
Sukhothai Apartments, Bangkok
Mirvan House, Vancouver
Tan Sri House, Kuala Lumpur

Competitions:
UNSW Singapore - Winner
OBH, Perth - Winner