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Hybrid Drawing

A Mixture of hand drawing and Photoshop help create this design idea

Models

Technology and material can be explored through testing the material at a manageable scale. In this case an inflatable structure was tested.

Section Through Town House

This example shows a section through a design idea, it helps show how the apartments relate to each other and how they are connected.

Render of proposal

This render shows the design proposal in its setting and helps create a realistic idea of what the street scene could become.

Sketch of site

Sketching the site, is important to get a sense of the location.

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Exploring a building is often best in 3D, this was originally hand drawn and colourized in Photoshop

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Photography

A recent trip to South Africa and some wild life photography. Life is also about observing nature.

stairs to windows

Light and Shade are a good designers friend.

Photo Montage

Understanding a site is more than just what you see, but pictures help!

Writing

Drawings and images are part of the design and creative journey, but so is writing and reading.

Model Making

No matter the material used, the idea of a model is to allow the exploration of an idea , it creates new unforeseen opportunities and teases out problems.

Rendering

3D Modelling in Revit helps generate a vision of the finished product, whilst still allowing you to create. This example is the exploration of a unit in St Bernards, Croydon.

Studying what exists

Design is not in a bubble, it is around us all the time, only by curiosity and exploration can we learn from the work of others, and make our work the best it can be. Everyday is a school day!

Rendering

Here is a render from university a project in 2017. The idea is to create a link between towers, and a space in which residents may interact and enjoy.

Understanding a Site

Diagrams help to understand a site, its zones, areas of privacy etc. These observations help me to design in a more informed way.

sketch

Sketching ideas for connections in a building helps generate alternatives, which often lead to a better way of doing things.

Sketched Compass

Location, Orientation and which way the sun faces are all part of the design journey.

Sectional Drawings

The Power of the Section. Sectional drawings allow use to open a building up and see what it is like inside, identify pitfalls and opportunities.

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pencil sketch

The world around us is easier to understand when you take the time to draw it

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Framing the View

Good Design allows use to frame our world. This example is from a Grade 2 barn conversion I designed, managed and built.

Exterior Old Meets new?

The timber extension looks like it has always been there. But here's the secret it hasn't!

Fire

A focal point in a small space transforms the space, coupled with imaginative lighting. Here I used LED up lighting to reflect light off the timber joists, it creates a warm glow, and with the fire lit, you feel warm no matter how cold it is.

Rendering an idea

This example is a render gernated in Revit and Photoshop which helps convey what a scheme could look like in its final setting. This example shows how out of place this design is it its suggested setting. Its not all about good ideas, its about weeding out the bad ones to.

Construction

The excitement of a design coming to life

When things are finished

Its great to see a design transformed from idea to paper to the finished article, no matter how small.

Compound Section

Sectional Drawings help us to understand the inner workings of our designs, and highlight issues which we may otherwise miss