Paul Thorpe Undergraduate Portfolio

“If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;”

“If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;”

Rudyard Kipling

Urban Museum of Architectural History

The brief invited the design of a new museum of architectural history in the town of Ramsgate, Kent.

My scheme set out to encapsulate the essence of space, literal transparency and phenomenal

transparency. The combination of which enabled a continual relationship to be struck between the

interior and exterior, whilst preserving and encasing the phenomenal experience of the museum at its core.

The artefacts were chosen and positioned to represent the journey taken by the eighteenth-century grand

tourists. The location of the stairs between the glass facade and the museum’s core, encourage the public

to undertake their own individual journey.

Pedestal gasket

Bison 375mm Hollow composite floor. (300mm unit with 75mm structural screed)

Pedestal base glued and mechanically fixed to structural screed

Stringer

Thermally broken connecting plate

20mm rigid insulation

Peterson Kolumba 50 brickwork.528x37x108mm with an 18mm coursing.

Bison 375mm Hollow composite floor. (300mm unit with 75mm structural screed)

Steel bracket fixed to hollowcore slab

620 x 240mm concrete kicker

215 x 450mm blockwork

150 x 300mm galvanised steel beam

Pilkington Optitherm S4 Plus double glazing

Drainage gutteringBracket to connect perforated sheet

100 x 215 BlockworkDampproof membrane

4mm perforated aluminium sheet

Glazing channel fixed to blockwork

Sheet pile

ArcelorMittal steel fibre reinforced in situ concrete fill

RIW cavity drain fixed at 1000mm centres with sealed RIW brick plugs

RIW Sheetseal

100 x 215 blockwork

Rebars into steel fibre reinforced concrete floor

Insula ThermConX load bearing 80x150x250mm thermal break

10mm transfer plate hot-welded to sheet pile

Celotex CW4000 100mm rigid insulation

18mm Gypsum board

In situ steel fibre reinforced

Raised composite floor panel:

Adjustable height pedestal

60mm drilled hole for wires for lighting

Hung omni-directional halogen spot light

Raised composite floor panel:30mm Shirakawa stone / concrete panel20mm screed50mm FOAMULAR 600 rigid insulation

Double coarse running bond load bearing wall. Peterson Kolumba 50 brickwork.528x37x108mm with an 18mm mortar.

MVHR fresh air inlet showing filter and fan

Dry pack mortarMVHR warm air outlet to cavity pipework showing filter and fan.

Cavity brick tie

Sheet pile

ArcelorMittal steel fibre reinforced in situ concrete fill

RIW cavity drain fixed at 1000mm centres with sealed

RIW Sheetseal

100 x 215 blockwork

RIW aqua channel

Drainage gutter

Raised composite floor panel:30mm Shirakawa stone / concrete panel20mm screed50mm FOAMULAR 600 rigid insulation

Double coarse running bond load bearing wall. Peterson Kolumba 50 brickwork.528x37x108mm with an 18mm mortar.

Cavity brick tie

Sheet pile

ArcelorMittal steel fibre reinforced in situ concrete fill

RIW cavity drain fixed at 1000mm centres with sealed

RIW Sheetseal

100 x 215 blockwork

RIW aqua channel

Drainage gutter

Modular Student Halls of Residence

The brief invited the design of a series of accommodation buildings that would combine to

create a halls of residents complex in Canterbury.

Our group masterplan focussed heavily on serving the chapel as the focal point of the scheme. From

the chapel, a radial form of zoning was created, starting with the public spaces, then to the private

areas, service areas and so on.

The main aspect of my accommodation block was the interaction and communication between

students. The stairs to individual rooms overlooked the large common room space and interlocked

with the opposing stairs at various levels.

Interdisciplinary The Nature of Artwork - A Foodscape of Paris

The Interdisciplinary option provided the opportunity to conceptualise design and

architecture in terms of a related art or design discipline within a cultural and social context.

Initially focussing my research on the economic climate of Dubai, I started to experiment with

renewable systems for generating artwork.

This eventually led to the foodscape of Paris. Scaled at 1:500, the scene is constructed using

various elements of food, portraying a city with an established architectural development, rich in

diversity and a stable economy.

Landscape Visitor and Exhibition Centre

This assignment challenged us to develop a centre for education and accompanying landscaping within

the heart of a national woodland.

My design focused on the appreciation of the wood from a multitude of viewpoints, challenging the

viewers senses and perspectives through the ever changing seasons.

A strong community aspect was implemented through the use of the Segal method of construction, with the predominant building material being locally sourced sweet chestnut timber. This in turn helped to

lower the overall carbon footprint of the project.

Paul Thorpee: paul.t.thorpe@googlemail.comt: 07947775084