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Part II Professional Experience

ADAM Architecture WinchesterOld Hyde House,Winchester, SO23 7DW

PROJECTS

Place Logic - The decline of Britain’s High Streets

Organisations Involved ADAM Urbanism, WSP, University of Strathclyde and EPFL

In 2011, ADAM Urbanism formed a partnership with Strathclyde Uni-versity to market the scientific tool Place Logic and test its viability within professional practice. Place Logic calculates which places and routes have the best connections to others and the results illustrate primal locations for urban developments to thrive and catalyse further growth.

With the topic of Britain’s declining high streets and increased retail vacancies of concern in the current retail market, ADAM Urbanism took the opportunity to carry out Place Logic analysis on two of the twelve towns – Bedford and Liskeard - selected for a government funding of £100,000 as part of the Mary Portas Review to revive Brit-ain’s High streets. The Place Logic results illustrated where shops are more likely to succeed as the shrinking number could be concentrat-ed to the defined ‘hotspots’. As such, the solution arose to re-convert retail use-classes back to their original use as residential premises in the less desirable areas, responding to the evolving patterns of retail and maximising the success of future commercial enterprises.

Personal Role

• Applying Place Logic analysis to Portas Pilot towns and compiling results for a press release with Robert Adam.• Preparing case study material for the initial launch of the Place Logic website in 2014

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Aldershot Urban Extension - Heritage StrategySouthwest London

In 2010, ADAM Architecture began development proposals for the large scale redevelopment of part of the Military town, Aldershot, southwest of London. The Military town is known as the ‘Home of the British Army’ and is a nationally important site. Aldershot Urban Exten-sion is a redevelopment housing scheme of up to 3,850 dwellings.

In recognition of the importance of the remaining military heritage in Aldershot, ADAM carried out a Heritage Strategy review to deal specifically with the historical aspects of the site, ensuring that the master plan fully respects, preserves and enhances the heritage of Aldershot and produces a vibrant and sustainable community.

Personal Role

• Carrying out Listed Building curtilage analysis for proposed retention and demolition works.• Preparing a Conservation Plan and future re-use strategy for the key listed landmarks including Cambridge Military Hospital.

COMMISSIONS

ADAM Architecture - WinchesterAldershot Urban Extension - Maida Phase 1 Southwest London

In 2012, I was commissioned by ADAM Architecture to create two watercolour illustrations for Phase 1 of the Aldershot Urban Exten-sion Masterplan. The watercolours sought to capture the legible re-lationship between the new Phase 1 buildings and Aldershot’s key heritage assets, and mark the distinctive architectural and historical legacy of this British Military town.

To update-AUE - Maida P1 and Coruna P2AUE - Design CodesCambridge Military Hospital

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Illustrative MasterplanAldershot Urban Extension, Hampshire, 2012

Left page bottom:Cambridge Military Hospital Reu-se StrategyAldershot, Hampshire, 2013

Left page top:Historic image of Cambridge Military HospitalAldershot, Hampshire, taken in 1991

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Development model for a housetypeCommonwealth Games Athlete’s Village, 2010

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Part I Professional Experience

Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects Glasgow274 Breckenridge House, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

Commonwealth Games Athlete’s Village Glasgow

The Commonwealth Games Althlete’s Village, Dalmarnock, master-plan proposal was established by gm+ad within a consortium of five architecture practices across Glasgow including NORD, Elder and Cannon, RMJM and Riach.

Our masterplan aimed to provide accommodation and services for up to 8000 athletes and officials from 71 delegations. After the 2014 games, the village would become a new residential neigh-bourhood providing a mix of private and social housing and form a catalyst for future developments in the East end of Glasgow.

Oslo Art Museum Norway

The scheme for the Oslo Art Museum focused on the development of a coherent and collective museum complex at Vestbanen, Oslo which featured interactive areas for exhibition, public space, work-shop facilities and artist studios. The site was centrally located in the heart of Oslo, adjacent to the key seafront landmark of the Western Railway station and with a usable area of 83000 sqm.

The stratification of the Norwegian landsape provided a unique platform from which the design concept evolved. The scheme composed of linear blocks purposely juxtapostioned to create a ‘friction’ between hard and soft edges, amplified through the inter-play of dense and transparent materials.

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3D CAD Model of Athlete’s Village MasterplanCommonwealth Games Athlete’s Village, Glasgow, 2010

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Research in Professional Practice

ADAM Architecture WinchesterOld Hyde House,Winchester, SO23 7DW

PROJECTS

Architecture of EmancipationThe Jewish Ghetto and the Great Synagogue of Rome

Organisations Involved ADAM Architecture and The British School at Rome

In 2013, I conducted written research on the modern Jewish Quarter of Rome as part of a future BSR scholarship application on behalf of ADAM Architecture. The interest arose as my MArch thesis proposal for an urban pilot strategy in the Spanish Quarter formed an interesting parallel with the regeneration of the former Jewish Ghetto.

The Ghetto of Rome offers a remarkable vivacity, abundance of stratification, and layering of history that has influenced numerous re-lationships between the daily life of its Jewish inhabitants, its architec-ture and connection to the city of Rome, characterised by equally evident contradictions, difficulties and problems occurring over a two thousand year history of conflict between the Jewish and Ro-man communities. In this context, the Jewish Ghetto offered a highly appropriate case study of the topographical and architectural trans-formation that has occurred during the19th century era of emanci-pation and its relative impact on the modern day community of the Jewish Quarter.

As part of my written research, I examined the conditions of the Jew-ish Ghetto prior to Emancipation in 1870, and the patterns of inhabi-tation and Jewish worship that evolved during the three centuries of confinement within the ghetto enclosure. Following the introduction of architectural emancipation in the mid-19th century and the con-struction of the Great Synagogue as the ‘speaking symbol’ of eman-cipated Jewry, I delineated the incompatibility between the role of the monumental Synagogue as a symbol of liberation under the Ro-man Republic and its fragility as the “new temple” during a period of Jewish decline.

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2012 - Present

‘Great Synagogue of Rome as it stands today’V. Costa and O. Armani, architects

‘Le Piazze della Cinque Scole, Rome, as it ap-peared in the late 19th century’Museo di Roma - Archivio Fotografico

Left page:Historic map of the Jewish Ghetto (1555)Indicting the walled enclosure and five entrance gates

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Academic Portfolio

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Evolving Density, 2011Quartier Spagnoli. Napoli

The Spanish Quarter forms the most densly contructed district of Na-ples. Acting as one homogenous entity, the dense stratification of the streetblocks has lead to complex thresholds of external activity, with horizontal connectivity as prevalent as vertical.

Despite the district’s unique Neapolitan ambiance, the quality of living has severely declined in previous decades due to the de-mands of high population increase and the subsequent transition from ‘work/live’ dwellings to predominantly domestic conditions on the ground level. Here, dwellers experience poor quality of living through minimal access to light and fresh air.

With the intention of regenerating the Spanish Quarter’s public in-frastructure and living quarters, my Masters study focused on the design of an initial ‘catalyst’ aimed to encourage the re-use of the defined negative spaces ie. courtyards and rooftops and offer po-tential for families to be relocated to more desirable living condi-tions.

The focal point has been on the design of ‘l’arte del presepio’ craft centre, as part of a strategy to promote local artisan traditions of ‘presepio’ in the heart of the Spanish Quarter’s pilot region allocat-ed for regeneration. The craft centre was designed to enable local enterprises to be trained as master artisans using the ground floor workshop facilities and exhibition spaces located on the rooftop.

A 10 point pilot strategy was established to highlight the catalyst impact of the craft centre through the spread of trade and com-merce from the permeable ground floor workshops to the surround-ing 5 blocks. This will lead to the relocation of 15 families to the roof-top negative spaces whilst reinstating the ground level for further technical facilities.

This process would act as a sample tester of the pilot strategy. If deemed successful, the new typology will then be applied to a fur-ther 25 dwellings to meet the 40 family relocation target. This would occur organically through a process of slow change.

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PILOT AREA_AS EXISTING

Area of pilot region - 4800 sqmNumber of streetblocks - 34Number of ground floor dwellings - 296Current owners - 40% Neapolitans 60% Illegal Immigrants Target number of dwellings allocated for relocation - 40

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Left page:Initial observations - view from Mount Elmo over the Spanish Quarter rooftops

Right page:Initial observations - view of the streetscape

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Initial Observations

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Mapping study of the Spanish Quarter ‘hidden worlds’ and ground-level negative spaces suitable for alternative use

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Design Development

Sectional perspective demonstrating the existing conditions of the Spanish Quarter streetblocks

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Above:Patterns of domestic living in the Spanish Quarter ground floor dwellings

Right:Investigations with new streetblock configura-tions to reduce density in the Spanish Quarter and link key heritage assets to Via Tolado

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Design Development

Right:Developement model investigating new street-block configurations to reduce density in the Spanish Quarter

Right:Patterns of domestic living in the Spanish Quar-ter ground floor dwellings

Above:Mapping study of the Spanish Quarter ‘hidden worlds’ and ground-level negative spaces suitable for alternative use

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PILOT STRATEGY_L’ARTE DEL PRESEPIO CRAFT CENTRE

Action 1Use of Piazza Barrache for design of local craft centre Action 2Flood of artisan activity around Piazza Barrache

Action 3Temporary workshops develop on ground floor premises of sur-rounding 5 blocks

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Above:View from Piazza Barrache towards Mount Elmo (west)

Right page:Location plan indicating the boundary of the pilot region allocated for regeneration and the site for the craft centre at Piazza Barrache

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Craft Centre Location plan

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Craft Centre Floor plans

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WEST ELEVATION VICO LUNGO TEATRO NUOVO

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Craft Centre sections and elevations

WEST SECTION VICO LUNGO TEATRO NUOVO

NORTH SECTION VIA PORTACARRESE A MONTECALVARIO

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Sectional perspective through the ground floor technical workshops aimed to encour-age a flood or artisan activity around Piazza Barrache

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Sectional Perspective Ground floor technical worshops

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TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS GROUND FLOOR LEVEL

CERAMIC STUDIOS FIRST/SECOND FLOOR LEVELS

EXHIBITION/ARCHIVE ROOF TOP LEVEL

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Internal Perspectives

Left page:Sectional perspectives illustrating the hierarchy of the building through the progression of techni-cal facilities at ground level to ceramic studios at first/second and exhibition facilities on the roof top as a prefabricated timber module

Right:Indicative illustration of ground floor workshops

Above:Indicative illustration of internal brick courtyard

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PILOT STRATEGY_5 BLOCK RELOCATION AND RE-USE

Action 415 sample ground floor dwellings removed Action 5Re-use of ground level spaces for surrounding 5 blocks

Action 6Restoration of facades and rooftops for 5 blocks

Action 715 sample ground floor dwellings relocated to the rooftops

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Schematic diagram of the re-use strategy for the 15 dwellings to be relocated to the rooftop

Existing ground floor dwellings will be given an alternative use as technical workshops, whilst residential units are relocated to roof top negative spaces as prefabricated modules

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5 Block Re-use Strategy

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NORTH ELEVATION PROPOSED VICO TEATRO NUOVO

NORTH ELEVATION EXISTING VICO TEATRO NUOVO

Existing and proposed street elevations along Vico Teatro Nuovo exploring restoration of facades following the ground floor re-use strat-egy. The palette (indicated right) will be used as a template for necessary interventions

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5 Block Restoration of facades

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Above:Prefabricated module system for roof top dwellings

Right:Floorplans for roof top negative spaces showing application of interior, exterior and sunshaded pre-fabricated modules for residential use

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5 Block Relocation Strategy

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Roof top perspective of the five streetblocks allocated for the relocation strategy.

New residential units will experience views of the Spanish Quarter roof tops and distant Mount Vesuvius

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15 sample dwellings relocated to the roof top

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15 sample dwellings relocated to the roof top

WEST SECTION

WEST SECTION

NORTH SECTION

Left page:Rooftop pespective over the five street blocks for relocation

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NORTH ELEVATION PROPOSED VICO TEATRO NUOVO

Above:Proposed street elevation along Vico Teatro Nuovo illustrating prefabricated rooftop modules for the sample five blocks surround-ing Piazza Barrache

Right:Bird’s eye perspective of the sample five blocks post-relocation

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15 sample dwellings relocated to the roof top

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PILOT STRATEGY_40 DWELLING RELOCATION

Action 840 target groundfloor dwellings removed Action 940 target ground floor dwellings relocated to the rooftop

Action 10Development of a Spanish Quarter roof top village

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Right page:Plaster model of the Spanish Quarter and en-virons following application of pre-fabricated modules to the roof top negative spaces

Right:Abstract oil painting of the Spanish Quarter roof tops after 40 dwellings are relocated from the ground floor premises

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40 target ground floor dwellings relocated to the rooftop

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WEST ELEVATION PROPOSED VICO TEATRO NUOVO

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Development of a Spanish Quarter roof top village

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Design Development

Left page:Axonometric diagrams investigating geometric internal layouts and spatial arrangements of linear entities

Above:Concept diagrams exploring stacking forma-tions of linear elements and patterns of friction

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Floorplans

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Internal Perspectives

Left page:Existing view of Carpenter street shop houses in Singapore’s Central Business District

Above:Internal perspectives of the artist studios and circulation spaces connecting the staff and student wings