Academic work samples

Academic work samples
Vertical Project 2016/2017
A Project by
Camille Trinidad
Gemma Thompson
Claire Dimond
Mamta Patel
Josh Heath
Adriano Da Silva
Hana Zherka
camilletrinidad@hotmail.com
Waterloo
Constructing an archive

Designing a polemical intervention to claim back the agency in architecture
for the benefit of the “many and not the few”, can stand as an advocacy
to resolve current issues in regards to the current housing crisis.
In response to the unfortunate fire that happened in Grenfell tower and
the dem- olition of Robin Hood gardens, our studio brief is propose a
housing infrastruc- ture project that provides structural framework and
building services to house and serve 129 flats that coincides with the
number of families that lost their home in the Grenfell fire. It includes
pre-requisites such as to design a pre-cast concrete frame- work to be
filled in by the resident’s flats and to provide a self-build flat scheme for
the residents in which they have the opportunity to be able to choose
materials that they can afford rather than settling for what is given to
them.
The proposal are made of two interconnected, continuous modular
structure that will provide new residents a chance to build a community
with the existing residents while introducing the site to the pedestrians
- by designing the ground floor as public space with a walkway that
connects the high street and the park. The repetitive grids reflect on the
standard measurement of the ordinary materials while the designation
of each space was precedented by Herman Hertzberger’s spatial organisation
theory and analysed through the point of view of inhabitants’ use
of space that could take place.
Holland Park: “Agency”
Academic Project 7 A.Y. 2017/2018
A polemical response to Grenfell tower and social housing

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SAMPLE: I did a sample setting a scene using
my model photogaph and just edited a few of the
things from my visual library
Cosumar: “Homage”
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Land privatisation is the current world wide trend that drives the housing industry to build high
end residential projects while providing with little to none affordable homes. As the value of the
land continues to rise, old villages which houses generations of families can be easily subjected
for demolition to make way for an infrastructure development. The same can be said for the
pre-World War II dwellings of Cosumar in Casablanca, where the housing village for workers of
a sugar refinery is in danger to be taken away from its residents to make space for the expansion
of the factory.
As a part of the joint workshop with Ecole d’ Architecture Casablanca, the studio travelled to Morocco
to be exposed on a radically different context and distinctive cultural and social values to
observe through the “eyes of a foreigner” that sees things that, through habit, have been invisible
to locals.
To continue the exploration of housing typologies that provide for urban density as well as quality
of life, that are economically feasible, the studio was to propose a project that can contribute to
the current situation in Cosumar with a distinct “way of seeing” that simultaneously pays homage
to what is there and brings new expectations for the future. With the lessons learned from
its people, experiences and data collection through photography, sketches, interviews and site
surveys, we were to propose a mixed-use residential structure with the purpose of providing the
community with ideas that they could use as reasonable proofs to keep their town.
The proposal responded to the brief by reflecting the relationship between the factory and the
company town. The scheme proposes a hand embroidery studio and workshop with dwelling
units for the teacher and possible, visiting artists. It is set to be beneficial to the women of Cosumar
as the sugar factory only hires men. Providing an opportunity of work to the home stayed
mothers and grandmothers is a way to initiate equality in regardless of age and gender, taking into
consideration that homemakers have the capability to contribute to their family income. It is also
a response to the bias gender role issues our society is currently facing.
The scheme proposes a series of interior inhabitation spaces interconnected by a system of courtyards.
It comprises of two housing units in-between two embroidery workshops. The structures
are enclosed using a continuous perforated wall, creating an illusion of a singular structure when
viewed from the exterior.
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Urban placemaking as counteraction against eviction
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A.Y. 2016/2017 Winter

“What does regeneration would mean in the future? Will it impose or will it mimic?”
The Ham Close Uplift is an ongoing regeneration project for Ham Close Estate. This is due
to its flats’ construction and insulation falling below the current regulation standards. The
public and its residents were invited to join the public meetings and consultations along with
the estate owner and the council. The proposal was to redevelop the site by replacing all of
the existing structures with an increase in density which the people opposed to, citing two
negative effects.
Regeneration projects tends to break up communities due to the relocation of its current
residents. Therefore, the studio looked into social housing and the idea of communal living.
Our brief was to collectively design a masterplan that has shared layout, parking spaces and
allocated plots for the individual proposals. Each proposal would comprised of two dwelling
units that engage each other in a mutually advantageous relationship. Pre-requisites include
the overall height limit of around 4-5 levels and a sectional relationship between proposals.
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HORIZONTAL& VERTICAL BOUNDARIES
Whilst taking precedents from the existing estates and maisonettes, the explored concept was
Louis Kahn’s spatial principle of ‘served and servant spaces’. It involved splitting a single
volume into many, categorising them into two types of spaces - served (perceived and experienced
as a habitable wall e.g. living room, bedroom, dining room, study, etc.) and servant
(kitchen, storage, closets, bathrooms, area of circulation such as stairs and hallways). Meanwhile,
the idea of boundary was taken - positive and negative boundaries can be dynamic
through the use of grids on plans and sections (Grids: walls as rooms) to simplify the concept.
The entire width was split into an equal grid of three where the two-thirds define the living
space and the remaining third act as an area of circulation - exterior stairs. The habitable
space denotes density with its program consisting of two flats with living, kitchen, dining,
Using this technique, one can create a certain
feeling or atmosphere depending on what kind of
bathroom and double bedrooms. Meanwhile, the stairs act as both the connection and the gap.
material is used.
Whilst it links the units vertically and horizontally, it also breaks the collective In relation to architectural proposal’s
spaces, when a wall
has been made of a material that gives off a very
obvious texture, most users of those space will try
continuous facade. Its only aim was provide another access route for the residents to feel the material. into the
building but the “5th elevation” emerged as a part of the design.
Drawings explaining boundaries
Using line sketches to simplify some of my photographs,
I created illustrations where I only used
straight lines that differ in thicknesses. These created
depth and perspective but also made it a little
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abstract.
Like background and foreground, this technique
gives us clues as to which could be the part of
the negative and positive space. This then can be
interchange depending on how you look at it reminding
us of optical illusions.
Textures and Materials as Modular technique
This concept can be used in my design by making
the windows as if they were cut through it.
It is nice to experience a space not just by our visual
senses but as well as our sense of touch or
smell. Architecture should always give enough
arousal for our senses to respond to the space.
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Ham Close: “Dwelling Island”
Academic Project 5
A.Y. 2016/2017 Autumn
Collective living as an alternative solution to redevelopment

When an area has seen an influx of creative people forming a new type of community, the area
evolves into a trendy destination not just for locals and tourists but as well as the people in the
art, music, fashion and design industry. Private land owners then use the rich cultural identity
and booming immigration of people and small businesses as parts of their marketing strategy in
building new real estates which not only affects the housing market but could also be damaging
to locals’ livelihood and community.
The project requires a scheme for a ceramic school located at an abandoned site at the edge of
Largo do Intendente in Lisbon’s medieval quarter, Mouraria. Complete with studios, classrooms,
workshops, common rooms, accommodation and building services, the project also has to deliver
a particular programme focusing on the teaching practice of ceramics.
The project’s aim is to respond to the gentrification of Intendente and to contribute positive social
and economic impacts particularly on education, community development and place making.
The idea is to create a centre for research and development of ceramics that promotes sustainable
process of making and encourages to form relationships within and outside the community,
in formal, informal and institutional level. The intention is to integrate the diverse cultural influences
in contemporary Lisbon through encouraging the local residents to participate in free
workshops, seminars and exhibitions. This will give an opportunity to learn ceramics through
educational and cultural exchange, building international and local relations. Thus giving us the
possibility to promote local livelihood workshops and equal opportunity amongst artists, students
and community through product sales, festivals and promotional events.
All of these can be achieved by having flexible working areas, to accommodate various types
of makers and learners in large general studios which can double as lecture spaces. The gallery
and reception are both public spaces related to the square, encouraging community engagement.
Various studios, workshops and laboratories are designed on site for different types of ceramic
practice and to avoid material contamination. Open home studios and working areas are also
designed to encourage cross-pollination within the school, allowing academics and students to
work side by side. But it also include formal and private teaching spaces exclusively for the use
of the students and academics which includes the home studios, library, students and academics
communal area, canteen and accommodation.
Largo de Intendente: “Questioning urban regeneration”
Academic Project 4 A.Y. 2015/2016 Winter
1:2000 @ A3
Can architecture save a neighbourhood against gentrification?

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Hanbury Street: “Makers of East London”
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Academic Project 3
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A.Y. 2015/2016 Autumn
Architecture and Fashion provides people two of their most important necessities,
shelter and clothing. Though there is a traditional difference on the execution of
the two, the current technology has found its way to cross-pollinate the method,
idea and concept in creating such buildings or clothing. Not just with the materials
and keen attention to details but both practices exercise the importance of process
of design, context, environment, style, timeliness and proportion. But both are to
satisfy different context and time. Hence it was interesting to integrate the idea of
street into formal using two different forms of craft in one space.
This project’s brief focuses on the makers of East London, requiring a mixed-use
development project on an empty lot in Hanbury Street that would house the makers
and their workshops. The aim was to research and apply the learnings about the
making process, tools used and to explicitly define the meaning of craftmanship,
specifically (in this case) dressmaking in present time using architecture. And how
can we make the experience better both for the consumer and producer.
It is also important to distinguish the difference between a workplace and a home.
In this project, the typology of high street structures in where accommodation is
situated above a commercial space is applied. The common separation of public
and private access which is a typical characteristic of high street building entrances
was precedented to integrate the living experience present in current context.
Meanwhile, the programme of the workshop is a contemporary women’s formal
wear studio in which one can buy made to order clothing and dresses. The workshop
acts as both shop and fashion studio while providing an office, photography
studio, storage and social space for the owners and employees.
Hanbury Street
Left Side Sreet Elevation
McGlashon
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The spatial blur between living and working spaces

London rooftops where we see the iconic buildings rose from the same
level creates a picturesque cityscape that defines the identity of the city’s
building fabric. But we need to reflect if these iconic structures satisfy
the needs of its inhabitants.
Located in between Angel and Kings Cross station is a modernist housing
project in Islington designed in the immediate postwar period by
the Tecton architecture practice led by Berthold Lubetkin. The grade II
listed building is completed in 1954 as a part of the housing complex including
the Holford house (echoes the form of Bevin court) and Amwell
house (modernist interpretation of the bay fronted victorian terrace).
And in reflection to post war austerity which imposed large budget constraints
on housing projects, the studio was asked to propose, design
and explore one of the few amenities that were unbuilt yet originally,
parts of the project scheme for Bevin Court.
The function of a space is not absolute. It does not conform to a singular
use yet it needs satisfy its original purpose to its users. Defining the term
‘eating’ as a social event or ‘cooking’ as a process encourage the design to
question, “can space move people?”. This design approach made it easier
to list design principles that is appropriate to the brief and hence was
used to resolve the project.
Bevin Court: “Rooftop: In addition”
Academic Project 2
A.Y. 2014/2015 Winter
Acknowledging housing estates built during the Post-war austerity period

Barbican: “Understanding space and identity”
Academic Project 1
A.Y. 2014/2015 Autumn
Located at the northern edge of the once Roman Londinium is the Barbican.
The mini-city that we see today is the result of redevelopment and infrastructure
projects done after the Second World War. Today, the Barbican complex
and estate stands as a landmark that showcases a principal example of London’s
Brutalist architecture. And is the site of the first project: Botanist Lab
- Using and applying the initial learning and experience on the kiosk project,
the key task is to come up with a scheme for a compact structure that can
accommodate a small laboratory for the botanists working on the Barbican
conservatory.
Proposal: Play on simple geometry - square inscribe in a circle defines the proportion
of the structure. The aim is to create a workspace, convenient enough
to produce work and research in collaboration with the Barbican conservatory.
It is a small laboratory that can easily house two botanist with dedicated
spaces for storage, microscopic work, computer work, laboratory instruments
and small environmental controlled shelves for their experiments.
In comparison to the laboratory, the exhibiting area is a small and simple
circular space with open interior. The room is divided halfway by the entrance
stairs but as well as the sensorial experience with light. With the stairs
blocking the light coming in and the shadow trapped at the expense of being
blocked by the conservatory on the the other side, the temperature and the
lumens of this particular area will be of opposite of the other. This difference
in environment creates a micro climate within the structure which can affect
the user’s experience and understanding when visualising artwork.
Designing according to the existing context

Works available to view online
yumpu.com/user/camille.trinidad
camilletrinidad.carbonmade.com vimeo.com/camilletrinidad
1:1 Project 2014/2015
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Bar; Disassemble
A Project by
Studio 1.4