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M J R BOWENarchitectural Graduate
Victoria University of WellingtonB.AS & M.Arch [2014]
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* Completed at on exchange at The Technical University of Munich
DESIGNCONSTRUCTIONCOMPETITIONPHOTOGRAPHYABILITIES
wApartments of Geneva * - KB wConsidering Depth - 511
wTimber - NZS 3604 wConcrete and bronze - 321
w24hr Design - 2nd wDunedin Heritage - tbc
wIPod - Canon EOS 5D
wSkills, programmes and contact details
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In my exchange semester we investigated the emergence of a particular kind of urban building in Geneva between the 50‘s and 60‘s - the large object-like apartment blocks - and learning from the ideas inherent in them of social collectivism, individual privacy, relationship to landscape, repetitive facade treatments, and an atmosphere of relative luxury. In the studio in groups we designed new buildings located on a given site on the outskirts of the city centre.
With a heavy emphasis on the impact at the urban level and on detailed floor plans the building was created from interacting 1:500 massing studies with 1:25 and 1:100 floor plans. Our design idea was about connecting the apartments with the city centre and the hill on the opposite side of the river [lying to the left in this image]. We achieved this by creating a hard street reinforced edge on the one side and breaking the form down into four tower like fingers on the other. Continuing on from an existing building on the corner of the approaching intersection a series of courtyards flow between the forms and providing alternative foot access and connecting with an existing sports ground.
1:500 Brown card laser cut form model
APARTMENTS OF GENEVA
KrucKer Bates urBan chair - technical university of Munich 2013Designing for a large luxury apartment building
Team members - Margot Bowen, Nelly Jana & Nadine Kuhn
DESIGN
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Perspective view of apartment block
DESIGN
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General floor plan
Ground floor plan
1:200 Grey card laser cut facade model
DESIGN
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1:25 Foam board apartment model 1:25 Lobby floor plan 1:25 Apartment floor plan
Conventional drawings, and models at various scales were made and remade through out the project. The class was set the presentation style down to the colour of the card and the method of construction. At the end of the project the class had produced a collective investigation into the large apartment typology. The project was very well received and the experience of working in the group was very effective and enjoyable. The German students had a lot to teach me about planning, European conventions and the focus on modeling and very conventional drawings was an interesting way of designing.
DESIGN
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CONSIDERING DEPTH
Masters [ArCHITECTUrE] thesis -Victoria university Wellington 2014Applying a theory called “Depth Configurations” as a part of designing, for medium density apartments in New Zealand
Supervisor - Chris McDonald
Collage perspective of the buildings reserved street frontage
DESIGN
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New Zealand’s medium density housing needs to establish an excepted norm of how designs should regard public and private space. This thesis is ‘considering depth’ as a potential way of setting the tone of our cities future urban environments at a human level.
My thesis takes Kris Scheerlinck’s theoretical analysis of ‘depth configurations’ [the arrangement and effects of the spaces between the public and private realms] and tests it as guide for designing. The playful and experiential attitudes of Aldo van Eyck ground my proposed design of an apartment block in Newtown, Wellington by setting the tone of the relationship. This project has been created as to be an indicative precedent, taking a conventional site and designing various relationships of depth
Adelaide road street frontage
DESIGN
1 Claiming the site 2 Split 3 Disruption 4 Multiple centres 5 Apartment divisions 6 Circulation cores
Site - 149 Adelaide road
Massing study diagrams
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Ground floor plan
Type C apartment shared walkway
DESIGN
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Depth configurations, according to Scheerlinck, can be read at different scales. Along an access sequence into a single dwelling or through an entire city. In this same way they have been applied at different scales, from massing adjustments, as shown in the image to the right, through to experienced moments as in the previous render. Broken into three main contributing aspects, territorial boundaries, permeability and proximity, the design objective is to have all aspects present and contributing equally. This project has led on from my work in Geneva, where I have combined the theory through design objectives with a similar approach to large building design. Shifting through scales and setting and solving for circulation and continually regulating service cores and apartment types. So far the thesis has led to some really interesting design solutions, as the theory translates into design objectives and strategies rather than a prescriptive solutions as a designer there is freedom to be creative.The resulting problem solving task of designing for specific qualities and combinations, for example; generosity in a small space, while maintaining privacy and the hierarchy of paths, has been both enjoyable and rewarding.
Apartment types
DESIGN
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TIMBER CONSTRUCTION NZS 3604
sarc 221 - PrefaBricated solutionsVictoria university Wellington 2011Designing prefabricated timber design solutions for the Solar Decathlon competition teams ‘First Light’ concept design.
Tutor - Nilesh Bakshi
The First light teams concept image
Provided with the concept image about and the competition brief, in groups we were tasked with producing a set of working drawings for the design. The focus was on creative prefabricated construction solutions that would allow the building to be reconstructed at the site in Washington USA.
CONSTRUCTION
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roof levelRL 12.35roof levelRL 12.35
level 1RL 8.235level 1RL 8.235
ground level RL 3.5ground level RL 3.5
cast bronze screen
�xing point connection
consealed curtain wall supported by the same beam as the screen
MDF shelves concealed behind the curtain wall mullions
screen stops above eye height
cast bronze drainage channel open ended to discharge over water feature below
stone paving on mortar set to falls on precast conc interspan �oor system
automatic door
01A301
03A301
torch on bitumous membrane over concrete slab
aluminium trim plate secured over bitumous membrane with fasteners at 300 crs
torch on bitumous membrane on concrete topping set to fall to outlets
concrete column
100mm dia down pipe cast in concrete column
M A R G O T B O W E NA S S I G N M E N T O N E S A R C 3 2 1 - c o n s t r u c t i o n
The Supreme Court Building A S P E C Te x t e r i o r s k i n
scales: 1:25 @ A3
NAME: existing detail section page: A 302
01- DETAIL section 1:25
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CONCRETE AND BRONZE CONSTRUCTIONsarc 321 - retrofittinG Victoria university Wellington 2012
Tutor - Sunil Bakshi
Existing detail section
www.worldarchitecturefestival.com
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roof levelRL 12.35roof levelRL 12.35
level 1RL 8.235level 1RL 8.235
aluminium casement for exterior cover, seals head extension
intergrated unitzed curtainwall with the facade, prefabaricated o� site
customised double glazing unit exdended gap to 150mm to house the cast bronze members
cast bronze drainage channel open ended to discharge over water feature below
03A301
torch on bitumous membrane over concrete
MB wall serves at over�ow to perimetre gutter
torch on bitumous membrane on concrete topping set to fall to outlets
structural beam
original hung stick curtain wall system
150mm cast bronze pro�les screwed into the mullions solar gain and heat mass for double skin to be energy viable
customized 90mm prefabricated cast bronze mullions housing heat di�using double glazed panels
gaskets and sealent seal low e double natural ventilation system, externally controlled louvres ventilation
operable casement windows able to shut of the natural cooling /heating system
top air vent
extended outer curtain wall of double skin to maintain the original look of the elevation
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01A306
DETAIL SECTION Chosen option THREE
DETAIL SECTION
CONSTRUCTION
exterior wedge gasket
aluminium trim plate secured over bitumous membrane with fasten-ers at 300 crs
structural beam
�xing bracket - plate welded to the cast bronze mullion
cast bronze mullion
glass panes
splice sleaves
air seal
water seal
M A R G O T B O W E NA S S I G N M E N T O N E S A R C 3 2 1 - c o n s t r u c t i o n
The Supreme Court Building A S P E C Te x t e r i o r s k i n
scales: 1:5 @ A3
NAME: detail sections - typical internal curtain wall details page: A 308
01- DETAIL section 1:5
DETAIL SECTION Option TWO
DETAIL SECTION Option ONE
DETAIL SECTION Option THREE
This project brief asked for retrofit improvements to the Supreme Court building in Wellington by Warren and Mahoney, which without a budget should align with the design intents the existing building.
Design options incorporating the screen into a double skin facade
Chosen option glazed the individual openings of the screen
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APEX
COMPETITION
OBSERVATION TOWER + ISITE - First place
dunedin heritaGe coMPetition 2013Student re-use Design
Team members - Margot Bowen, Hamish Mclachlan & Mayank Thammalla
Perspective view from the Octagon
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Three programmes now occupy the building; primarily it will be an interactive I-site, with an iconic lookout tower andcinema room.
Complementing this is a bike hire and maintenance centre in the renovated basementsub-level and the existing Athenaeum Library remains.
We have updated the building while maintaining its integrity in a sympathetic manner whilst significantly integrating these new programmes.
45m
St Paul’s CathedralTown HallFirst Church
47m56m 28m
Observation Tower
COMPETITION
Dunedin has an established history of tower making. We have embraced this idea to create a starting point toexplore Dunedin. Our design connects the two key cathedrals and promotes reuse and appreciation of heritage sites by creating a 28m public vantage point and information centre.
Concept diagram
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D U N E D I N H E R I T A G E B U I L D I N G R E - U S E D E S I G N C O M P E T I T I O N
MBT SUBMISSION
Dunedin Athenaeum Building I SITE & OBSERVATION TOWER A3
BICYCLE HIRE & MAINTAINANCE
d Bicycle Rental Shop, public entry via southern Alleyway.e Bicycle Maintenance workshop, commercial entry via eastern Alleyway.f Storage facility, provides lockers to to store gear when adventuring around the city.g Small Coffee shop, place for people to wait and mingle. h Bicycle friendly, southern Alleyway.
I SITE ADIMINISTRATION
a Open office space layout with conference/meeting Rooms for the administration of the I-Site.Landscaped breakout space for Office employees, minimise trees to maintain adequet day lighting levels in Office. b New toilet block and Office kitchen off entry hall.c Large Storage areas, possible for future office expansion.
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BASEMENT LEVEL 1:200
Basement Level
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COMPETITIONBasement Sub-level
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Perspective from inside the bike rental
Tower Floor plans
Perspectives ascending tower
Our response is to introduce a unifying set of functions that will allow a better experience of the heritagestructure. By re-aligned the programmes so that they are complimentary with each other, they are able to share amenities and potential customers. We also emphasized the building’s history as an Athenaeum and take advantage of its location on the Octagon so the building will now contribute at a civic level.
A generous circulation spine is consolidated down the main axis of the building, making it easy to navigate. This spine links down to the basement level via a central internal stairway at the rear of the building and the existing stair at the front. All internal existing vertical circulation have been re-used. The advantage of a simplified circulation route creates seamless connections between programmes generating a positive heritage experience. The spine consolidates amenities such as bathrooms, but in doing so allows the public facilities to share patrons benefiting both parties.
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‘HYDRO’ HUB - 2nd place
sannZ 24hr coMPetition 2013Wellingtons Future Transport 2030
Team members - Margot Bowen, Annabel Fraser & Luke Bryant
Tasked with designing an “innovative transport system for Wellington City in the year 2030. Without personal ‘motor cars’ and a re-branding of Wellington as a conscious city of the future. We took Wellington back to its choice of settlement with a hydro-charged system utilizing the natural sustainable resource from the harbour to serve the three main user groups and intersected them through this site as the hub of the system.
- tourists can come from the airport across the harbour- the visitors can then walk the water front thoroughfare- residents use the now centrally tied bus station
COMPETITION
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RESIDENTS VISITORS TOURISTS- familiar
- regular
- need efficient and direct routes
- familiarising
- need to locate themselves and
systems - logical access to key locations
- not familiar
- need simplicity - access to
attractions and airport
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COMPETITION
Entering Wellington from the harbour
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FERRYHYDROBUS
RAIL
COMPETITION
> Outer suburbs are connected to the inner suburb hydro-stations with hydro buses or hydro rail or personal hydro transport
> Inner suburbs are connected to the cbd loop ring by the inner rapid transit hyrdo bus system
> CBD connected by the inner loop ring and light hydro charged grid
Site and scheme plan
Modal system
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Newtown
Owhiro Bay
Island Bay
Barampore
Karori
Wilton
Wadestown
Ngaio
Khandallah
Johnsonville
Lower Hutt
Upper Hutt
Masterton
Ngauranga
Paraparaumu
Miramar
Seatoun Maupuia
Airport Ferry Connection
Hydro Bus Connections
Rail Connections
Primary Loop Line Stations
Inner Suburb Stations
Outer Suburb Stations
Airport Kilbirne
Mount CookBrooklyn Hataitai
Mount Vicoria
Evans BayWaitangi ParkCivic Centre
Central Transport Hub
Basin Reserve Aro Junction
Old Bank Arcade
Aro Valley
Kelburn
Thorndon
RESIDENTS VISITORS TOURISTS- familiar
- regular
- need efficient and direct routes
- familiarising
- need to locate themselves and
systems - logical access to key locations
- not familiar
- need simplicity - access to
attractions and airport
HYD
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HYD
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COMPETITION
This system is designed around water fueled engines is designed for the public transport to be more convenient than private travel.Public transport systems have been divided into 3 zones, OUTEr INNEr and CBD Optimized for the different user groups residents, visitors and tourists. All directly leading through the main transport hydro hub. Primarily a bus based system the amount of lanes throughout the city will be phased out in favor of individual hydro modes, bikes and pedestrian walk ways.
Network map, concept diagram and section
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IPod touch - The Alhambra Palace
Canon EOS 5D - Kiel Canal, Germany
Canon Powershot - Kitzbuhel, Austria
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details
[email protected] margotjrbowen.wordpress.com [full portfolio]
0276989067
sKills
Team workOffice experience
Motivated and goal drivenThinking creatively
rendering and presentationCommunication
IT troubleshootingLearning new programs
Time and stress managementDrawing and painting
PhotographyModel making
Laser cuttingWood work
Basic German
ProGraMMes
Apple Mac and Windows *Skill level is rated out of five
revit ***** ArchiCAD **
AutoCAD ****SketchUp Pro ****
3DS Max **Ecotect **
Grasshopper *rhino *
Photoshop *****Illustrator *****InDesign *****
Adobe Acrobat Pro *****
PHOTOGRAPHYCanon Powershot - Kitzbuhel, Austria