Tempelhofer Feld: Former air field, now a space for the community (Berlin, Germany 2017)
Work experience:
Freelance project Nov. 2018 - July 2019
Aaja Deptford, London
Aaja Deptford is an independent music venue and community radio based in South East London with a strong focus on community engagement, culture and inclusion. My role in the project was to design an adaptable space that caters to the diversity of events/performances that the space hosts. Aaja Deptford is part of the Mayor for London’s Creative and Cultural Enterprise Zone, and collaborates with local projects/businesses such as The Albany Theatre, Shapes Lewisham, and Deptford X on community engagement and cultural projects.
Services: Site analysis, Lewisham Council planning application documents (site survey, CAD drawings), flexible design, community/civic engagement study
Project designer Sept. 2016 - Sept. 2017
Dan Pearlman, Berlin
Throughout my time at Dan Pearlman I worked on a variety of projects including a department store design (Hagemeyer) with a public seating concept, retail interior projects, and collaborated on a monthly design project called ‘Objects of Desire’, which was featured monthly in Home magazine, Germany.
Services: Vectorworks, SketchUp, Adobe CS, physical model making, client presentations, site analysis
Architecture internship Sept. 2015 - Sept. 2016
Kinzo Architecture, Berlin
Kinzo is a Berlin based architecture/design company that specialises in office interior and exterior projects. My role while completing an architecture internship at Kinzo was to provide project assistance to the team across a variety of in-house projects, including a large scale up-cycled hostel design project, as well as several office design interior/exteriors, which have gained substantial national/international press.
Services: Architectural drawings & renderings, concept generation, project research, client presentations and website content/design
Freelance designer Dec. 2013 - Sept. 2015
Prop House GmbH, Berlin
Graduate position assisting the director with residential and event architecture and design. As part of a collaboration between myself and graduate architecture Max Ochell, we had the opportunity to design a residential project in a dis-used factory.
Services: Architectural drawings & renderings, concept/idea generation, materials/furniture selection and site surveys
Education
MA Architecture and Urbanism (September 2017 - August 2018)
Manchester School of Architecture - Manchester, UK
BA (Honours) Interior and Spatial Design (September 2010 - April 2013)
University of the Arts London - London, UK
Volunteer:
Odanadi Seva Trust: United Against Human Trafficking Mysore, India 2017
Conceptualised and coordinated the decoration of several children's rooms and the library alongside local artists.
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Adelaide, Australia, 2016
Designer / Photographer freelance project commissioned by SAHMRI to photograph architectural elements of the building to be displayed within the space.
Deptford X: Community art project
London, 2014
Emergency Exit Arts: Community artist volunteer
London, 2013
Assisted a team of artists who primarily work within communities, teaching children arts and crafts.
Awards:
Awarded high distinction
Masters Research thesis awarded 80%
Awarded Honours
Bachelor of Interior & Spatial Design degree, 2013
Dissertation awarded distinction
Written Honours thesis awarded distinction and placed on display in the University of the Arts London library for scholarly and student reference, 2013
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Vectorworks
SketchUp
V-Ray
CAD
Site analysis
Research