robyn thurston design portfolio 2012
DESCRIPTION
A compact portfolio of my Kent School of Architecture Design work.TRANSCRIPT
pastime sketch of padstow town
ADAPT AND EXTEND
STAGE 2 DESIGN prOJECT
WITHIN THIS PROJECT I FEEL AS TOUGH I HAVE SHOWCASED MY LOVE OF HAND DRAWING IN A WAY THAT IS ARCHITECTURAL AND CONVEYS MY IDEAS ABOUT THE DESIGN AND
IDEAS AT HAND. WHEN REFLECTING BACK ON THIS PROJECT OVER ALL MY SCHEME MY NOT BE THE MOST LARGE OF ARCHITECURAL FEETS HOWEVER IT AT THIS TAGE I CAME TO
REALISE MY MINMALISTIC INTENTIONS AND IMPLCATIONS TO THE EXTERIOR AND LANDSCAPE.
THE PROJECT BRIEF WAS TO design an adaptation or extension of an exsisting building: i.e. a disused pump house in chatham. we were to design a conference/ THE PROJECT BRIEF WAS TO design an adaptation or extension of an exsisting building: i.e. a disused pump house in chatham. we were to design a conference/
media hub and exhibition space with restaurant and bar facilities. catering and promoting an olympic sport of ones choice. the new additions should count as
t least one third of the area of the exsisting building.
in my design i wanted to create an extenstion that was entirely new and contrasting. the shapes suggest a morphing and developing space. or perhaps a in my design i wanted to create an extenstion that was entirely new and contrasting. the shapes suggest a morphing and developing space. or perhaps a
series of objects that have ‘latched’ onto the exsisting pump pump. my conceptual ideas were of the building as a ship and the extenstion as an iceberge. the
idea of the extention burrowing downways rippling the landscape and mimicong the ,medway. my extention also included resinstating the pump house tower
as it had been removed as technology has evolved and also a more enkeeping wooden paneled extention that kept with the rhythm of the exssiting windows
ad archways for the residence, which is a more private space.
MODULAR STAGE 3 DESIGN PROJECT
MODULAR
STAGE 3 DESIGN PROJECT
HALLS OF RESIDENCE
in the modular design project i became more acquainted with using the computer to convey my design. this is the rpject were i began to create a design that
was just to some extent ‘multi use’ as younger years like to do but more of a focus on the user and social intereaction of the space and how my design could
benifit their life style. i.e. students in halls of residence.
the breif entailed a group master planning stage to tackle a site within canterbury walls which were to be landscaped and divided amoungst five budding the breif entailed a group master planning stage to tackle a site within canterbury walls which were to be landscaped and divided amoungst five budding
student designers to increase site potentional. we were then to design modular components i.e. the student rooms. then to design the student block and how it
would interact within the masterplan and the site of grey frairs canterbury.
within my design i took my experience of living in halls of residence ANd my feelings of what suited the historical site of greyfrairs in canterbury. the masterpwithin my design i took my experience of living in halls of residence ANd my feelings of what suited the historical site of greyfrairs in canterbury. the masterp-
lan descisions allocated me with the meadow space. i then designed the individual modules to allow privacy and differenct space use compartments, from most
private to most open.; bathroom, sleeping space and open study area. as well as a focus on a main viewpoint from the door to a juilette balcony. designed
were intergrated furniture and privacy screens. my overall building design came from the concept of butterflies within the meadow. a winged for that would
display movement.. as well as the design of social space (the most important and influentual in student accomodation.). therefore i designed equal interior display movement.. as well as the design of social space (the most important and influentual in student accomodation.). therefore i designed equal interior
social zone and exterior. the interior and the kitchen north facing to experience the sunny view and allow a cool space for an active area and the sotuh
facing balcony for solar gain social area. each module has its own baclony space as the floor plane shifts bACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FLOORS.
URBAN TEMPORARY GALLERY VIEW FROM LEOPOLD STREET
HOLGA PHOTOGRAPHY INTERGRATION
WITHIN MY FINAL DESIGN PROJECT I MANAGED TO INTEGRATE MY UP AND
COMING LOVE OF ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY. I TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS USING A
COLOUR NEGATIVE FILM ON A TOY HOLGA 120 TO PRODUCE THESE GHOSTLY
IMAGES OF RAMSGATE WHERE I PHOTO,MONTAGED MY BUILDING FROM KEY
VIEWS OF THE SITE. MY DESIGN WAS TO CREATE THE AUSTERE OF A MOD-
ERNIST CHURCH AND I THINK THESE IMAGES HELP CREATE A SOT GLOW
AROUND A REGIMENTED FORM. THE MATERIALS IN LOW OPACITY ARE LIKE A
CHALK STACK, AS MY MAIN MASSING CONCEPT ORGINALL STATES. THESE CHALK STACK, AS MY MAIN MASSING CONCEPT ORGINALL STATES. THESE
VIEWS HELP CREATE AN IMAGE THAT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN SEEN
WITHIN THE SITE. AN IMAGE AND STATEMENT OF HOW MY DESIGN PERHAPS
FITS WITH AN ALREADY EXSISTING GHOSTLY GLO OF RAMSGATE..
SKETCH BOOK MENTALITY
THE WAY I LIKE TO DESIGN IS BY SKECTHBOOK. THE WAY I HAVE TO DEVELOP MY IDEAS IT THE WAY I LIKE TO DESIGN IS BY SKECTHBOOK. THE WAY I HAVE TO DEVELOP MY IDEAS IT
TO BE FOEVER JOTTING THEM DOWN TO COMPLIE MORE OF A THINK BOOK THAN ANYTHING.
BY COMMUNICATING CURRENT AND PREVIOUS IDEAS TO TUTORS AND MORE SO TO MY SELF
I CAN MOVE ON QUICK FROM IDEA TO IDEA. MY SKETCH STYLE ALSO CONVEYS INTO EARLY
FINAL WORK (OASIS, DESIGN PROJECT STAGE1 ABOVE AND STAGE 1 SHELTERS PROJECT
BELOW). I HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS THINKING PROCESS WITH PRACTICE AS I FEEL IT IS A
CLEAR REPRESENTATION OF THE WORK STYLE THAT I EXCEL IN.
URBAN DESIGN PROJECTSTAGE 3
urban nightscape: onyx clad msuuem of gothic architecture
urban
final stage 3 design project
as can be seen through my portfolio the urban design project is my final and most
developed design scheme as far. i traveled through many stages in design to finally
conclude on a musuem of gothic architecture. using ra,msgates history and my un-
derstanding of modernist architecture i have developed forward into perhaps a
different catagory of design
the brief required a musuem of architectural hsitory in which the v&a plaster
casts are to be displayed. to display the casts in a way that tells a story of
western architecture. the overall design must realte in a cultural context of
ramsgate. we were required to carry out a fesiability study to decide the suitab-
lity between two sites in cantrbury. i chose site 2 (the larger and more proma-
nent of the two)
my design is based on ramsgates heritage and history assocaited with a.w.pugin. by
reading his book ‘remarks of ecclesiastical architecture’ i gathered a feel of his
principles of design and writings behind the gothic revival. i then implemented these
principles in a translation of modern style which is essentually a modernist
church. pugin discusses that “buildings of the same purpose...” should recognised in
terms of the faith in which they were erected, this led my onto think of what a
musuem looks like and the relationship in then forms to buildings of the same pur-
pose. i.e. ramsgate’s musuem of architectural history to the recently built turner pose. i.e. ramsgate’s musuem of architectural history to the recently built turner
contemporary in margate. i then took the literal representation of the contents
to s being in gothic in nature and therefore mostly religious to reflectine that as
which to appear as a chuch also. an indepth design form allowed me to conclude
at the final design illustrated throughout the portfolio.
my personal hobbies and interests:
boxing
in the third yeAR OF KENT UNIVERSITY I HAVE BECAME A MEMEBER OF THE KENT BOXING CLUB. I HAVE RECENT WON
MY FIRST BOUT IN THE CLUBS SHOWCASE. WE TRAIN 3 TIMES A WEEK AND I CAN BALANCE THIS WITH ANY DESIGN
WORK. I HAVE FOUND A REAL PASSION IN BOXING AND I WILL CONTINUE OUTSIDE OF UNIVERSITY FOR MANY YEARS,
WELLBEING
DURING THE SUMMER OF 2011 I TRAINED IN INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO FURTHER MY INTERTESTS IN DURING THE SUMMER OF 2011 I TRAINED IN INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO FURTHER MY INTERTESTS IN
HOLISITC HEALTH AND PATTERNS OF WELL BEING. IN DESIGN WORK AND GENERALLY DAY TO DAY WELL BEING IS ESSEN-
TIALLY KEY TO OUR EXSISTANCE AND LIFE STYLES
