FATIMA PLASENCIA
PART 1 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER(ARB/RIBA)
About me
An ambitious, detail-orientated and Creative Individual. working towards being a fully qualified architect. Experience shadowing an Architect, assisting in the production of plans, and attending client presentations. Confident about using 3D CAD software to showcase my designs digitally. I was driven to work and study through my passion for architecture, as it could create better opportunities in the future. My previous studies demonstrate a good work ethic and time management skills to achieve all of my goals. I wish to utilise these skills and my positivity to thrive in a team, provide great service to customers, be able to work in a rewarding environment and acquire skills that will help me develop my career further.
MY WORK
Site Analysis
WORK EXPERIENCE
PLANNING APPLICATION DRAWINGS
For this project, I surveyed the properties and designed the extension, giving me the opportunity to experience all seven RIBA stages and follow the project from start to finish, a valuable contrast to my previous experience with larger multinational projects.
Site Analysis
WORK EXPERIENCE
CONCEPT DRAWINGS
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The following renders share variations on a facade during my internship at Glut.
Exhibition Pages
The building is a 21st century university building that aims to address the concept of generational environmental amnesia by creating immersive biomes in school districts around Bournemouth.
WINTER GARDENS
For my first term in the third year, my site was located at the Winter Gardens car park in Bournemouth (BH2 5AQ). It is an unutilized space in Bournemouth town. While analysing I did the following Acrylic drawings, to show the different layers and divisions between the site and the city itself.​
CONCEPT DRAWINGS
CONCEPT DRAWINGS
CONCEPT VIDEO
My Site concept video of first term, thrid year in Bachelors.
ARCHITECTURAL MODEL
The building is a university campus for acting students. The Fibonacci-like shape guides the public through the site all to end up into an informal performance stage. The sloped buildings help make the roof a key feature, while reinforcing the central courtyard.
CONCEPT MODEL 1:15 @A3
SITE PLAN 1:500 @A1
The idea was for the site to look like a maze and be confusing until you got to the middle.
SITE PLANS&SECTIONS 1:200 @A1
SITE SECTION 1:50 @A1
SITE AXONOMETRIC 1:500 @A1
The drawings were made in black and white to create the allure of a scare place.
SITE WALKTHROUGH
REDOING THE PIER
For my third term, in the second year of my BA, my site was Bournemouth Pier. The proposal was based on making a monumental space while creating an unpleasant scenario for the people walking through it. As you walk through, you would feel compressed and realise all so that at the end you find the monument. This monument was a tiny block of rammed earth, its purpose is to be underwhelming compared to the rest of the pier and become an unreachable space that can only be accessed through the sea. The main goal of the design is to make you uncomfortable so that you learn to appreciate the journey more than the final result. The site itself has memorable views, so for my proposal, I arranged my design so that the views were a massive part of the walkthrough.
SITE PLAN 1:200 @A1
At the end of the pier, there is a series of stairs that lead into the sea which would make the sound of the waves and the tide level a key part of the design.
DESIGN WALKTHROUGH
The drawings are part of the final presentation of my design. This presentation is based on the idea that a scientist has created an experiment for the citizens of Bournemouth and made them walk through the pier so that will learn to enjoy the journey more.
AXONOMETRIC 1:200 @A1
Most of the drawings were black and white trying to predict how a scientist would do his plans and would visualize his experiment.
SECTION AXONOMETRIC 1:200 @A1
3D Model 1:200
3D Model 1:100
HOUSING PROJECT
For my second term, in the second year of my BA, my site was located at 58-60 Seamoor Road, Westbourne. It is a commercial and residential area in Poole, it would give purpose to a parking lot and shine light on an unutilized space. The site itself is disabled-friendly as there are ramps everywhere. The feature I liked most while on site was the usage of the outside area from one of the surrounding restaurants, this is an idea that I intend to use on my own design, to utilize the outside area.
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The site itself doesn’t have any memorable views, that’s why for my proposal, I want to arrange my design in a courtyard-style distribution so that I can create an artificial landscape and maintain the views can remain on the inside of my design. My main idea is to develop a sense of community and a social environment while also creating private spaces, by playing with lighting and the usage of materials I would like to blend into the context while also standing out from other residential blocks. For my residential block, my proposal is to have three different units The main structure is a simple steel construction with universal steel beams and columns.
SITE PLAN 1:200 @A3
My proposal is to create a space that not only creates a sense of home but also allows the residents to form a tight knit community. The main goal is to provide a home to people seeking refuge. Different people will live in the block: elderly, young professionals, families. The people have different income, and some housing units will be rented out and some for sale.
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SITE ELEVATION 1:200 @A3
If I were to do it again, I would think about the layout of the courtyard more so that it fits better on site. Even though the layout I picked works and it’s efficient, if I had the overall space more,
I would have created different flat configuration to better suit the site.
SITE SECTION 1:200 @A3
From North to South
SITE SECTION 1:200 @A3
From West to East
SITE SECTION 1:500 @A2
Without the design
- North to South
- West to East
LOFT SECTION 1:100 @A3
The unit i developed the most was the 2/3 bedroom apartment or loft. For this particualr proyect i needed to include 8 of them with inmy desing, so i desided to stack them facing the interioir courtyard so that it would help the overall purpose of the desing.
PLANS 1:100 @A3
Materials Section 1:100 @A3
​Water gutter
150mm Steel Studs
10mm Steel angle/Wall Tie
Steel Ancon
110mm Brick Work
Steel anchor
Window Frame
Interior Brick
Breathing Membrane
Double Glaze window
I-Beam 165x305mm
15mm Plasterboard
Hanging Road for suspended ceiling
Hanging Road for suspended ceiling
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150mm Rigid Foam Insulation
Timber Stud
Roofing tiles
150mm Steel Studs
Breathing Membrane
Interior Brick
150mm Concrete Formwork
75mm Mineral Wool
Gravel
150mm Steel Studs
Oak Timber Floor
Screed
Concrete Foundation
Ground
Within the individual units, I’ve tried to focus on the different levels of privacy and that is reflected in the way the units are layered. All of the units have a glass screen that reflects light onto it, and this also helps create shadows and play with the lighting of the rooms. For the windows, I wanted to include electric frosted glass windows, so that one can still let light into the flat but also have privacy. The core is located at the front of the structure and most of the bathrooms and kitchens are stacked strategically so that the services would be easy to access it remains well maintained.
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC 1:100 @A3
AXONOMETRIC DRAWING 1:100 @A2
Axonometric draings are really helpful to undersatnd the sapce more and the natural flow within it.
Different Iterations
