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BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION + EXPERIENCE

HACKNEY HOOCH

LIMPET

ARMSTRONG INSTITUTE

EXCERPTS

FOREWORD

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The following folio contains a sample

of work from my RIBA Part 1 BA (Hons)

in Architecture, as well as examples

of personal projects carried out

over the three years at university.

The work has been resised to fit in

this concise volume. However, original

project PDFs are available on request.

I sincerely hope you have the time

to take a peek at it’s entirety.

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B I O / /

C H A R L E S

W E S T O N

S M I T H

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Having graduated in June from my

BA (Hons) Architecture with a 2:1, I

am now seeking employment for my

year out in industry before I go on

to study for my Part 2.

By engaging with my degree course,

I have developed a range of essential

design skills by solving complex

challenges in the form of both

individual and collective projects.

I have a keen interest in detailing and

working on bespoke solutions to difficult

problems. I have grown confident

with different design processes as

well as tools such as Adobe Creative

Suite and a range of CAD software.

I am passionate about our built

environment but I am also keen to learn

more about the realities of practice

and would be excited to be able to

contribute in any way to your projects.

I look forward to hearing from you.

A R C H I C A D

P H O T O S H O P

I N D E S I G N

I L L U S T R A T O R

A F T E R E F F E C T S

S K E T C H U P

O T H E R

S K I L L S

MICROSTATION, MAYA, GRAPHIC DESIGN,

CONFIDENT PUBLIC SPEAKER, QUICK TO

LEARN, OPERATES WELL SOLO AND IN

A TEAM, WINDOWS AND OS X LITERATE.

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Worked on joinery and masonry

detailing for the restoration of

Chatsworth House.

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-B E N E D I C T O ’ L O O N E Y

-A R C H I T E C T S

Worked on elevations and plans for

a number of projects around

Peckham as well as physical

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modelling for the Croyden Mosque

project.

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05ex-country’s worth of debt.

England devolves into a series of states.

Each county is it’s own faction. Conflict

erupts. The embattled England fractures,

with the cracks most evident in London.

With the boroughs of London all vying

for independence, a state of lawlessness

erupts and a prohibition is declared in a

desperate attempt to counter the civil

unrest. It is during this prohibition that this

project is set. Due to the now illegal nature

of alcohol. The Hackney Independence

Party employs diligent and eager

workers to distill vodka for distribution

around the newly independent borough.

H A C KN E Y H O O C H

The Year is 2054. With Scotland’s bid

for independence in 2016 successful,

the remnants of the United Kingdom,

now consisting of England, Wales and

Northern Ireland are cut off from the

valuable oil reserves in the North Sea.

The resulting shortage of this precious

resource coupled with Scotland having

defaulted on it’s debt means that the UK

economy starts to drown in the sovereign

debt of a territory no longer it’s own.

Seeing an easy exit from their own

individual economy crises, the remaining

constituent nations declare independence.

England is left to shoulder an entire

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15Now however, in an effort to reduce

conflict and unhealthy rivalry between

nations, the International Olympic

Committee (IOC) has resolved to digitise

the entire Olympic games, to the

extent that the individual sports can

be played by each nation’s team in the

relative comfort of their own territory.

This new change in the layout of the games

has put each competing nation on a drive to

design and build suitable facilities in which

they can train their athletes as well as

have them perform their particular sport.

L I MP E T L O N D O N

In the future, the nations of the world

have moved on from war and military

prowess as a means to measure national

strength. Gone are the days when the size

of a country’s army, navy or air force

would dictate it’s power on a global scale.

Instead, they have focused on more

wholesome activities such as the

pursuit of sporting prowess and the

triumph of individual human achievement.

This change in global agenda has forced

the Olympics to adapt and evolve to

suit the new surge in popularity of

global competitive sports. Before, the

Olympics would occur every 4 years in

a particular nation’s city, the choice of

which would be decided by a competition.

The UK has done terribly badly in recent

Olympic Games, and the pride of a once

great nation has taken a harsh beating

to such an extent that the government

has called for new prison like facilities

to be constructed in which Olympic

hopefuls are to be kept, trained, and

only once they have been awarded a

medal, be released from confinement.

This facility, on top of the London

School for Girls, is one such proposed

intervention. It attaches, like a limpet

to the roof of the school, and steals

it’s existing vertical circulation.

From the outside, the Limpet consists

of two, very distinct and aesthetically

hostile architectural volumes. The

very same architectural vocabulary

continues in the interior. The first of

the two is the cavernous pod hall, in

which athletes spend their sleeping

hours. Kept in sleeping pods, their sleep

cycles are synchronised into groups so

that training takes place throughout

an entire day and no time is wasted.

The second volume consists of the sport

facilities. Training and performing areas

for both trampolining and archery are

contained in specialised spaces, each

equipped with motion capture cameras

which track the athlete’s movements

and translate them into the form of an

online avatar, which is then broadcast

alongside other nation’s avatars in an

online version of the Olympic Games.

This happens in real tim in every single

competing country in the world.

C O N C E P T

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01. Barbican Centre 02. St. Giles’ Church 03. Defoe House 04. Theatre 05. Andrews House 06. Lake

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01. Storage

02. Pod Hall

03. Female Changing + Showers

04. Male/Female Toilets

05. Staff Quarters

06. Male Changing + Showers

07. Physio

08. Kitchen/Servery

09. Dining Area

10. Server Room

11. Trampoline Hall

12. Gymnasium

13. Archery Hall

[G-F] G R O U N D

F L O O R

H A L L S

The ground floor consists

of the athlete’s residential

pod spaces, as well as

support facilities such as

toilets, showers, changing

areas, a physiotherapist,

kitchen and canteen.

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01. Disabled Lift

02. Overwatch Platform

03. Staff Quarters

04. Overwatch Balcony

[ F-F ] F I R S T

F L O O R

O V E R W A T C H

The athletes are constantly

watched by their trainers

and guards from various

balconies on the first floor,

where the private staff

quarters are located. [D-S]

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[E-E] //East Elevation

[S-E] //South Elevation

[L-S] //Longitudinal Section

[T-S] //Transversal Section

Throughout the building, the use

of natural light via skylights is

heavily employed. This light serves

to be the ‘light at the end of the

tunnel’ and keeps athletes focused

on their goal of being awarded a

medal at the next Olympic Games.

Only once they are awarded

a medal are they released.

The use of skylights also serves to

compound the subservient state of

the athletes, always looking up at the

elevated staff above them, as well as

their only source of natural daylight.

IT IS A HUMBLED EXISTENCE.

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02. Machine housing

03. Retaining arm

04. Personal storage above bed

05. Ventilated steel door

06. Door rotation servo

07. Duvet fastening

08. Runner mounted bed

09. Personal storage below bed

10. Kick rim

11. Ladder rail

[A] Bunk Unit

[B] Personal Unit

01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06.

01. At the start of a group of athlete’s

training cycle, an alarm goes off within

the sleeping pod, waking the male or

female asleep inside. 02. At the start

of the door opening sequence, the

motorosied ‘C’ arm rotates counter

clockwise. This forces the steel

door against the kick rim at running

along the bottom of the bunk unit.

This causes the door to pop open with a

loud bang. As the door pops outward, a

small crack of light appears at the top

of the bunk unit. This, in conjunction with

the sounds of the alarm as well as the

door as it bangs open, forces the athlete

awake. 03. The retaining arm then pulls

the door back into a vertical position. 04.

The door is then hoisted up and outwards

until it is in a horizontal position

directly parallel to it’s housing on top

of the bunk unit. 05. The retaining arm

then slowly pulls the door back into

it’s housing. Whilst this is happening,

the runner mounted bed slowly rolls

out. The duvet fastening insures

that the blankets which the athlete

sleeps under stay inside the bunk unit,

leaving the athlete out in the cold and

forcing him/her to get out of bed. 06. The

bed is now fully extruded and the door

is fully within it’s housing, leaving enough

headroom for the athlete to rise and

climb out of bed using the ladder that

runs along the ladder rail just below the

kick rim at the bottom of the bunk unit.

01. Zinc Standing Seam

02. DPM

03. 271mm Batt Insulation

04. Aluminion sheeting

05. Double layered plasterboard

06. 8mm Steel C section substrate

07. 20mm Ply


09. 300mm x 200mm Steel I section

10. Steel retaining rod

11. Annodised Aluminium cladding

12. 8mm Steel suspended ceiling plate

13. DPC

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05. 150mm x 200mm Steel I section

06. Steel retaining rod

07. 271mm Batt Insulation

08. 8mm Steel suspended ceiling plate

09. Plasterboard ceiling

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01. Zinc Standing Seam roof

02. DPM

03. 70mm Rigid Styrofoam Insulation

04. 20mm Custom Steel Box Section

05. 171 Batt Insulation

06. Retaining Plate securing ceiling

07. 8mm Fixing Plate


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02. Steel Capping

03. Timber Skylight Framing

04. Steel Skylight Framing

05. Zinc Standing Seam roof

06. DPM


[D-S] D E T A I L

S E C T I O N

29he has successfully petitioned the IOC

to require Olympic hopefuls to be tested

at his newly constructed lab. This way,

any new methods of doping in circulation

amongst the sporting populous will be

eradicated before it reaches the Olympics.

However, underneath his newly reformed

image, Armstrong still harbors feelings

of resentment and hatred towards

the people responsible for his downfall.

Thus, he requested a super secret sub

basement level to be installed below

his new institute. Whilst testing takes

place before the Olympics every four

years, Armstrong will live above the lab

in a luxurious penthouse apartment. His

presence there is intended to inspire and

reassure the athletic community that all

research is going according to plan, he

is actually spying on the research taking

place and feeding information down to his

lair about how to invent drugs designed to

outwit the very research occurring above.

In recent years, there has been a drastic

rise in the number of athletes that have

been found to have used various forms

of doping to increase their chances of

winning at high profile events such as the

Olympics. Perhaps the most notable of

these instances, and definitely the most

widely publicised, was the admission of

world famous seven times Tour de France

champion, Lance Armstrong, that he

had been using blood doping in order to

increase his performance in high profile

games. The discovery bred a colossal media

storm which has prompted radical research

into new ways of detecting and preventing

the use of blood doping in the sports world.

Disgraced by the discovery of his

cheating, Armstrong, in an effort to

reform his shattered public image,

has commissioned a building to house a

cutting edge research lab devoted to

detecting the latest drugs and teaching

about the dangers of doping. Using his

influence with the wider sporting world,

A R MSTRONG I N S T I T U T E

T H E

37o 58’ 11.61’’ N

23o 44’ 28.42’’ E

[ G R ] A T H E N S

SITE

The relation between the

intersection of three primary

access routes and unused public

space alongside the site dictated

the location of the main entrance.

This is the origin of the form.

Bifurcation of the site

created an open access point

and open air atrium space.

The newly created atrium space

was widened and engorged to

promote welcoming spaces

which become the primary

entrances to the building.

The form is cut in a variety of

ways to deconstruct the dull

rectilinear nature of the site.

The result was an architecture

that is radically removed

from the local vernacular.

A

B

When looked at in section, the

result of this process is two

clearly defined architectural

volumes, each performing

a specific overall function.

A

BVolume A is extruded down below

ground to create a sub basement

level for nefarious deeds.

A

BThe side of the sub basement

is extruded upwards, forming

an elevator core and linking

the two existing structures.

This makes a total of three

architectural volumes.

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LAB SPACES +ATHLETE TESTING

BASEMENT LAB +ELEVATOR SHAFT

ARCHITECTURALVOLUMES

USAGEZONING

CIRCULATION

RESIDENTIAL

LAB SPACES +ATHLETE TESTING

EDUCATION +MANAGMENT

ATHLETEPREPERATION AREA

UNISEXTOILETS

MECHANICALVOIDS

THE ARMSTRONG INSTITUTE

USE +CONTEXT

AXONOMETRICDIAGRAMS

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01. Super Secret Doping Lab

02. Lab Storage

03. Lab Antechamber

04. Armstrong’s Super Secret Elevator

05. Shaft lit from above by Steel Grate

06. Staff Entrance/Emergency Exit

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01. Anti Doping Lab Space

02. Blood Sample Collection Point

03. Athlete’s Reception

04. Locker Room

05. Showers

06. Changing Rooms

07. Resource Centre Reception

08. Boardroom

09. Boardroom Servery

10. Unisex Toilets

11. Public Stair to First Floor

12. Lab Worker Stair to First Floor

13. Staff Access to Super Secret Lab

14. Lab Storage

15. Emergency Exit Ramp

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18. Steel grate in exterior atrium space

18. disguised as drain provides natural

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02. Treadmills for Exertion Testing

03. Blood Sampling Station

04. Rest Station

05. Recharge Station (Health Food Shop)

06. Lecture Theatre

07. Lecture Theatre Storage

08. Secure access to Lab via Skybridge


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02. Bedroom

03. Toilet/Bathroom

04. Wardrobe

05. Storage

06. Kitchen Area

07. Dining Area with views over the

07. Panathenaic Stadium

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01. Anodised Aluminium Standing Seam

02. Anodised Aluminium roof panels

03. Copper Standing Seam

1:1000 laser cut 2mm card contoured

site model with 3D printed miniature

of the Armstrong Institute

The decision to clad the two buildings

in different materials was a natural

design evolution that lent itself to the

way the site was initially split up into

three distinct architectural volumes.

The resource centre is clad in treated

copper arranged in a diagonal standing

seam. The seam follows the same line all

the way around giving the impression

of a single luminous golden boulder.

The lab building is clad in anodised

aluminium panels coloured black so as

to distinguish itself both in appearance

and function to the resource centre.

The arm like appendage sprouting

from the flank of the lab building

was implemented so as to provide

additional testing space. Sporting giant

plate glass windows, It provides an ironic

allegory of the the often highly secretive

routines cheating athletes undergo

in order to evade the authorities.

[N-E] //North-East Elevation

[N-E] //North-West Elevation

Interior perspective modeled

in sketchup and rendered in

Maxwell Studio.

NeverForget!

[A-A] P R O G R A M M A T I C

S E C T I O N

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NeverForget!

01. Super secret sub basement doping lab

02. Entrance to sub basement

03. Access corridor

04. Unisex toilets

05. Lecture theatre

06. Athlete’s access to anti doping lab

07. Anti doping lab

08. Blood sampling station

09. Armstrong’s bedroom

10. Wardrobe

11. Bedroom storage



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01. Athlete + lab worker reception

02. Blood sample collection point

03. Anti doping lab

04. Access stairwell

05. Athlete testing

06. Rest area

07. Blood sampling station

08. Armstrong’s private dining area

09. Access between kitchen, dining and

10 . bedroom

10. Armstrong’s bedroom



12. Emergency exit ramp

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01. Copper Standing Seam roof

02. Ventilation gap

03. 40mm x 40mm timber baton

04. DPM

05. 150mm Batt insulation

06. 150mm x 40mm timber joist

07. Zinc hidden gutter


09. 117mm x 25mm timber packing piece


11. Copper Standing Seam skin

12. DPM

13. 20mm steel box section


15. 10mm x 10mm timber substrate baton

16. 10mm Ply

17. 20mm Lacquered ply

18. 50mm Foam sound insulation

19. 20mm Aluminium retaining bar

20. 20mm Plasterboard

21. 10mm End on end rolled C section

22. Carpeted 20mm screed layer

23. Copper under-floor heating pipe

24. 70mm Rigid insulation packed by

25. 10mm ply

25. 20mm RSJ

26. 10mm Steel box section

27. 20mm custom steel box sections

28. Flashing

29. 20mm Steel footing bolted into

29. concrete groundworks

30. 20mm Foam expansion block

31. DPC

32. Polished concrete floor slab

33. Copper under-floor heating pipe in

33. plastic retainer clipped into 100mm

33. rigid insulation

34. Screed layer

35. 100mm Rigid insulation

36. 20mm Screed layer

37. Reinforced structural concrete

37. foundation/basement ceiling

D E T A I L

S E G M E N T

Interior perspective modeled

in sketchup and rendered in

Maxwell Studio.

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O V E R T H E Y E A R S

SPAN MODEL ANALYSISSHADER FELT TIP, SHARPIE + ROTRING [SPAN TENSION]

Previous page: A series of multi use

concrete towers spanning the banks of

the river Thames in Dartford. Rendered

in Maya. Worked over with Photoshop.

Left: One of a series of hand drawings in

which i reveal and analyse possible and

often overlooked exotic geometry by

deconstructing the relations between

primary, secondary and tertiary structural

elements within the built environment.

Alan Moore, David Lloyd

March 1982 - May 1989

V E R T I G O C O M I C S

D R E A M S O F D Y S T O P I A

B O O K R E V I E W

V F O R V E N D E T T A

V for Vendetta is a tail told using the medium

of a graphic novel. It is divided into three

books, with each depicting a story arc

that follows the actions and experiences

of a person known only as ‘V’. He preaches

freedom and anarchy as he carries out his

vendetta against a totalitarian government

in the then ‘near future’ of the 1990s.

V is first introduced as a masked vigilante.

He steps from the shadows striking fear

and sewing confusion amongst his enemy as

he rescues the young Evey Hammond from

corrupt police officers, or fingermen -

members of the governmental secret police

organisation known as The Finger - who

were about to rape and kill her. Sporting

a vocabulary as lavish as it is embellished,

V proudly accepts responsibility as

the Houses of Parliament explode and

the sky is set alight with fireworks.

As we delve further into the somewhat

scarily realised view of the world

surrounding the plot of the book, we learn

more about V’s background and how the

world came to be currently known. This is

where we start to gain an understanding

of the primary theme of the story, that

of vendetta. V clearly shows no qualms

about killing and destroying and he is not

merely contented with the destruction

of a landmark of propaganda such as the

Houses of Parliament. He has a huge plan,

with vast scope, and the governmental

powers are doing everything they can to

continue with their propaganda campaigns

and keep the people of England trapped

and subscribed to their own fascist ideals.

It is interesting to note, that another of

the main themes is the argument between

what the definition of terrorism is. On

the surface, it appears to advocate

terrorism, or at least exhibits someone

referred to as a terrorist by the fascist

government as the protagonist. He kills,

maims, and distempers in the name of his

ideals, but is that so different from what

the antagonists are doing? Is it terrorism

in the negative sense, - a term thought

up by governments to slander any who

violently act against them - or could it

be advocated as a sort of patriotism,

carried out to deliver the positive ideals

of one individual to the oppressed masses

suffering under a totalitarian regime?

Furthering the arguments between the

definition and advocation of terrorism

is the ever present conflict between

‘Fate’ and ‘Justice’. Two ideals with

which conflicting overtures conspire to

provide an interesting and intellectually

stimulating sub plot to the story

arc. Having, himself, been imprisoned,

tortured and experimented upon by

his own government he works for the

freedom and personal liberty of everyone

currently oppressed. He is a paragon of

the libertarian ideal, blowing up physical

and breaking down metaphorical barriers

for the good of the people... all whilst

ensuring anonymity through the use

of his Guy Fawkes mask, alluding the

story of his historical counterpart.

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Thank you very much for your attention.

I appreciate your consideration.

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