Placement Portfolio

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Work background and references

Projects

6-7. The Steadings

8-9. Chiltern Lodge

10-11. Ye Olde Harrow

12-13. Sonning Master Planning

14-15. Millgate Homes, Fulmer Road

16-17. Upper Gerrards Cross

18-19. Thornfield

20-21. Bovington Cottage

22-23. Bradenham Hill Farm

24-25. North Links Road

BACKGROUND AND REFERENCES

Prior to working at David Parker Archi-tects, I completed my Part 1 education at Oxford Brookes University. Whilst here I undertook a fully paid holiday placement at Spratley Studios, Henley-on-Thames. I was involved predominantly on visual tasks, how-ever, one achievement that I am particularly proud of was my design of the lobby at Du Cane Court in Balham. Along with an inte-rior designer we jointly designed and pro-ject managed the refurbishment. I person-ally specified all of the fixtures, fittings and flooring used in the final scheme, designed the desk and commissioned a furniture-de-signer who built it. The desk can be seen in the foreground of the picture below. I spent 3 months at the medium sized firm working on a variety of commercial and residential projects taking a mainly contemporary form.

FURNISHINGS

MIAMI SOFA

CURVA COFFEE TABLE ART DECO BEVELLED MIRROR

L1008 ART DECO WALL LIGHTS

JAYMART LEVER MATWELL

MAIN RECEPTION DESK

RECEPTION DESK WORKTOP

IMAGE SHOWING FLOORING PATTERN

SATEEN BLACK AND INGLESTON VANILLA LEATHER

IRONMONGERY

LOBBY PLAN

LOBBY ELEVATION

IMAGE SHOWING EGE ‘WALKWAY’ INSERT

RECEPTION DESK

LOBBY AXONOMETRIC VIEWFORMICA CURVED BLACK CLADDING TO DESK FRONT

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We enjoyed having Tom in Unit F [Brookes 09-10. Unit Leader: Amanda Marshall]. From the start, it was clear that here was a student who stood out in his sophistication and technical skills, and had an easy charismatic manner that refl ected his comparatively broad spread of interests and life experience, and this was apparent in our many conversations, where he was always alert and challenging.

I have no hesitation in recommending him to work in any offi ce, and I’m sure that, one day, he’ll be running one.

Anthony Wise. AA dip. ARB[Design Tutor, Unit F, Oxford Brookes, 09-10]

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...one of the reasons we off ered Tom a placement was the quality of his project work and graphic presentations.

Since joining the practice Tom has worked both on the drawing board and on CAD using Microstation, Sketch up and Photoshop applications mainly, assisting me in the preparation of drawing packages for planning, predominantly on residential proposals, and occasionally help-ing out other senior members of staff in a support role. Tom has displayed good IT and CAD skills from the start.

David Parker. ARB[Principal, David Parker Architects Ltd.]

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Brief

3 Replacement Houses

I commenced this project by going to the site and surveying the 3 existing buildings (one very large house, 2 small bungalows). This allowed me to see what the planners were likely to accept in replacement after they were demolished. I was tasked with drafting up feasibility draw-ings straight into 3D to aid the Architect with the design of the contemporary homes, in addition this also kept the developer-client heavily involved and made it very easy for changes to be made pre-planning. Two of the three houses were contemporary and created entirely in 3D, and I created only the focal point of the building (bottom left) for the 3rd house (traditional manor house).

Contemporary open plan, light, clever use of levels

Form looks like an alien ship, roof span is too large

CAD2/3D graphicsHand drawingPlanningBuilding ControlSite

THE STEADINGS6

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Brief

New house in backland of existing house.

I was fortunate enough to be in a position where my parents commissioned DPA to design and build a new house with the inten-tion of selling. This gave me a great view-point where I was more actively involved in every aspect of the project from feasibility to completion.

Having a birds eye view of the site from my bedroom window everyday gave me an unparalleled experience on how a project is realised and constructed and the delays and drawbacks faced when on site. The design of the building was largely led by myself and the project Architect, after a guiding design by the Architect, I drew up the plans, sec-tions, elevations and together with the D&A statement that I prepared, it was submitted for planning.

The basement, the open plan hallway, vaulted ceiling

Low ridge height


CHILTERN LODGE HENLEY-ON-THAMES8 CHILTERN LODGE HENLEY-ON-THAMES8

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Brief

Two new houses

Similarly to The Steadings, after seeing my 3D skills that I have brought to the practice, both the Architect and the client wanted to be able to see what the building would look like before an application was put in. My renders provided excellent feedback and it was decided that more light was required where the stairs started on the ground floor as it was completely shut off from natural light when doors were closed, the image below (bottom left) made this obvious. Ad-ditionally the kitchen plan had to be revised as the fridge and other white goods were too far from the main kitchen area. I liked completing this task as I spent longer thus getting better results.

Unusual take on a tradi-tional shell

Confused porch area looks like an extension


CHILTERN LODGE HENLEY-ON-THAMES10 YE OLDE HARROW10

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Brief

80 unit development in rural Oxfordshire

With such a large development, planning will always be a tough area to design to and to gain the knowledge required. For this I was fortunate enough to be involved with plan-ning consultant - Ken Dijksman (author of ÂThe Planning GameÊ). Through him and the project Architect I learned of the sensitivity of such a project from Archeological ob-structions to newt removal down to basic locations of the units and provisions. I attended my 2nd large public consulta-tion and had to deal face-to-face with angry neighbours and inquisitive passers-by. Overall this project gave me great experi-ence on a large scale project, and I think overall a large scale project isnÊt necessarily more complex than a small one, thereÊs just more site to be designed, surveyed etc, and more neighbours who will be affected.

Sympathetic design and multi-use area

Could cause traffic issues in and already congested area


CHILTERN LODGE HENLEY-ON-THAMES12 SONNING MASTER PLANNING12

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Brief

15 new units with 40% affordable flats

In such a prime location, the quality of 15 new units had to be large, grand and in keep-ing with the local area. The scheme achieved this, and I assisted with amendments to the CAD site plan and also creating these im-ages of the site plan, elevations and street elevations. I created the 10 front elevations from CAD and even more compiling them into 3 street elevations (section A is below). I got to visit the site in order to take photos and take some measurements, I highly hope to be able to go back when the buildings start to be erected in the new year.

The similar but not identi-cal stlye of the buildings designed, Standardised block-paving driveways throughout.


MILLGATE HOMES GERRARDS CROSS14

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Brief

Four large new houses.

With land being very valuable in Gerrards Cross, the site we were given was quite steep for a multi-unit residential develop-ment. I built the site up in 3D from spot-levels attained by the surveyor (image on the right), this enabled the Architect to assess the feasibility of the access road in a steep site and also gave the client a clear picture of what was being built. The images below are some of the internal shots of the houses.


UPPER GERRARDS CROSS16

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Brief

Three New Houses on Brownfield site.

After being approached to design and build 3 new houses near Henley-on-Thames, I was put in charge of the planning application. Nearing the end of my placement, my boss, David Parker, thought I was ready to take on this task. After designing all 3 houses from rough sketches. I did everything involved with the application, the D&A, application forms, photosheets, plans, sections and eleva-tions.

After this was submitted my boss informed me that it was an outstanding piece of work, I am confident that I can achieve even higher standards with more complex projects in the future.

Very open rear to the house

Low ridge height


THORNFIELD HENLEY-ON-THAMES18

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Brief

New house in land of existing house.

Similar to Thornfield, this was a typical Ox-fordshire flint-and-brick style house. Many of the features from Thornfield were shared with this design, as it was commissioned very soon after the Thornfield application was submitted.

I did the majority of the application with graphics, plans, sections and elevations, with the D&A and was about to be submitted when I finished my placement

Quaint, cottage style

Small


BOVINGTON COTTAGE STOKE ROW20

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Brief

Estate building on existing site. The client wanted a new outbuilding to be his office and guesthouse. I went to the site and sur-veyed the existing building so that the GFA didnÊt exceed what was already there to comply with planning conditions. The exist-ing barn as shown was reclad to improve itÊs appearance, and the other proposal was for a Âleisure barnÊ with pool and spa facilities.

The basement, the open plan hallway, vaulted ceiling

Low ridge height


BRADENHAM HILL FARM 22

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Brief

Contemporary new build in tough site. The site itself wasnÊt challenging, it was the planning policies that had to be applied. The ridge level could not exceed any existing dwelling, and the building had to look like it didnÊt impose on the surrounding buildings. To illustrate this I created these photoshop montages and sketchup images rendered with V-Ray. I think they make the building sit very nicely within a traditional context.

Contemporary approach amongst traditional build-ings Lots of glass might cause wide temp. fluctuations


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