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Angus James RitchieResume
Enclosed is a compilation of my student work.
European Skyscraper IIschool and library
To Live/To WorkBellgrove housing project
To Learnstorm registry centre
To Gatherchapel of reconciliation This is yours to keep
European Skyscraper IISchool and LibraryAlexanderplatz, Berlin
The European Skyscraper II is my current project at the Bauhaus in Weimar. It is a public building project in Alexanderplatz, Berlin which utilises the Hans Kollhoff masterplan designed in 1993. The brief requires a school and public library to be built within one of the high-rise sites located around the square. The two building functions are separated by two horizontal floor levels, school on the bottom and the library on top with blocks which perforate through from the bottom. This creates an urban fabric within the building with spaces, which breakaway from the main circulation. This allows the two functions to be differentiated. walking through spaces within the library while circulating around spaces in the school.
sketch.Alexanderplatz from Alexan-derstrasseconcept
site model.Kollhoff masterplan
skizze.Alexanderplatz aus Alexander-strassekonzept
lagemodell.Kollhoff masterplan
European Skyscraper IISchool and Library
perspective.classroom landscape
model.concept
perspective.view from Konigstrasse
plan.working plan showing landscape through the school
perspektive.klassenzimmer landenschaft
modell.konzept
perspektive.blick aus Konigstrasse
plan.arbeitsplan zeigt landschaft durch die Schule
To Live/To Work involved designing a housing masterplan for the Bellgrove brown feild site in Dennistoun Glasgow, in which the brief required 40-60 live work units of varying sizes to be designed accommodate various groups of tenants.The project aimed to create an adaptable house that would expand as the families living within the properties grew, both as a family and financially. A catalogue of clip on and plug in additions could be purchased by the family as required and fixed in place with a rolling crane. The growth of the family would be assisted by a self sufficient allotment project that would provide the food and energy requirements of the houses.
To Live To WorkBellgrove Housing ProjectDennistoun, Glasgow
nolli.
plan.
masterplan.CAD drawingphotoshop rendering
schwarzplan.
plan.
masterplan.CAD-zeichnungphotoshop render
To Live To WorkBellgrove Housing Project
photograph.final model
plan.CAD drawing
foto. ende modell
plan.CAD-zeichnung
To Live To WorkBellgrove Housing Project
technical.CAD drawing
elevation.CAD drawingphotoshop rendering
section.CAD drawingphotoshop rendering
technische.CAD-Zeichnung
facade.CAD-zeichnungPhotoshop-render
schnitt.CAD-zeichnungPhotoshop-render
perspective.pencil
perspektive.bleistift
To Live To WorkBellgrove Housing Project
To LearnStorm Registry CentreSt Andrews, Fife
The To Learn brief stipulated the design of a building which would allow weather to be monitored through various means both digitally by professional forecasters as well as by the eye by students who would travel to the centre and stay at dormi-tories within the building. The project focused on how the building could be con-structed and developed as the needs of the building changed. A curved rammed earth section, constructed from the excavated material, housed the permanent fixtures while a green oak portal frame housed the monitoring and dormitories which could be added to or removed altogether. Once the building had served its purpose the frame could be dismantled leaving the rammed earth wall to continu-ally weather until it has weathered to the point it is replaced in the ground from which it was removed.
nolli.
sketch.siteconcept
site plan.pencil
plan.pencil
schwarzplan.
skit.sitekonzept
lageplan.bleistift
plan.bleistift
To LearnStorm Registry Centre
photograph.rammed earth weather box experiment
elevation.pencil
foto.stampflehm wetter feld xperi-ment
facade.bleistift
As part of materiality research a weatherbox experiment was undertaken, designing and building a 300 mm3 cubes with a variety of horizontal and vertical formwork methods to see how different finishes would weather. In addition to this ten 50 mm3 were made with a variety of rammed earth mix proportions, wooden formwork and two that contained stabilisers to increase their compressive strength. The final rammed earth cube used the information gathered from the earlier experiments to determine the best constituents and mix proportions without the stabilizer to increase the rate at which the rammed earth would weather. The weatherbox was then monitored the following six weeks through a series of photographs that helped form the basis of rammed earth detailing within the project.
To LearnStorm Registry Centre
section.pencil
schnitt.bleistift
To GatherChapel of ReconciliationInveraray, Argyll and Bute
To Gather studio project aimed to create a gathering space for worship in the historic town of Inveraray which was influential in the preparation for the D-Day landings in Normandy. Training for these events took place on various sites around the town with a diverse mix of servicemen from varying nationalities staying in the local hotels. To celebrate history which is little known within the town, a building was proposed to allow the families of current war victims to gather and help each other through the process of grieving. Having spoken to families it was clear that crying was a great reliever of stress and tension and the landscaping encouraged families to travel through various passages leading to wailing booths situated on the existing wall before entering the building from a different door to the main entrance where the service could be conducted.
nolli.pen
sketch.sunken boat, Inverarayoriginal sketch section
site plan.pen, pencil
scwarzplan.stift
skizze.versunkenen schiff,skizze schnitt
lageplan.stift, bleistift
To GatherChapel of Reconciliation
section.pen, pencil
sectional perspective.concept
schnitt.stift, bleistift
schnitt perspektive.konzept
To GatherChapel of Reconciliation
plan.pen, pencil
photograph.final model
section.pen, pencil
plan.stift, bleistift
foto.ende modell
schnitt.stift bleistift
achievement.Glasgow Institute of Architects 2nd Year Design Prize – commendation 2010work exhibited in University of Strathclyde End of Year Show – 2009, 2010 work featured in University of Strathclyde Yearbook ‘paperspace’ – 2009, 2010
work experience.Michael Laird Architects, Edinburgh – January 2008
international exchange.Bauhaus Universität Weimar March – September 2011international Advanced Architectural Design
extra curricular.helped co-ordinate opening of End of Year Exhibition – June 2010mentor for First Year Students – September 2009 – May 2010
computer skills.proficient on both Mac and PC platformsAutoCADArchiCADPhotoshopInDesignSketchup
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phone.+44 (0) 7530861450+49 (0) 15117914037
home address.10 Dalgety House ViewDalgety BayFife KY11 9LGScotland
term address - 20.7.2011.Merketalstr. 48 - 10226Weimar 99425Deutschland
name.Angus James Ritchie
date of birth.04.04.1990
from.Dunfermline, Scotland
lives in. Weimar, Germany
interests.golf, swimming, cycling, snowboarding, drawing, photography
favourite architects.Peter Salter, The Smithsons, Herman Hertzberger, David Chipperfield
favourite building.Swiss Embassy, Berlin, Diener + Diener
favourite public space.Diocletian’s Palace, Croatia
