OliverJoyce ojjoyce@icloud.com +447706051538 / +33783978076

Contact

Oliver Joyce - 08.06.89RIBA part IImob. +44 7706 05 1538 / +33 7839 78 076email. ojjoyce@icloud.comaddress. 511 Avenue de la Republique, 59700 Marcq-En-Baroeul, Lille, France

About

I am a graduate from the Mackintosh School of Architecture and I have recently finished studying a diploma (RIBA II) at the CASS school of architecture in London. I have a spent five years in architectural education and have three years experience working for architectural practices and building contractors.

Skills & Software

Auto CAD, Vectorworks, Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, model making, sketching.

Interests

Cycling, windsurfing, fly fishing, travelling, photography, watercolour painting.

References

Available on request.

Education

2013 - 2015

CASS school of architecture - Tutored by AOC 2014-’15 - theaoc.co.uk - DipArch RIBA II CASS school of architecture - Tutored by EAST architecture 2013-‘14 - east.uk.com

2008 - 2011

Macintosh school of architecture - Glasgow school of art - BArch RIBA I

2004 - 2007

The Minster School, Nottingham, Uk - A-Levels & GCSE’s

Company & Dates Responsibilities

Scott Bramley Construction

June ‘14 - September ‘15

Building assistant including on projects I designed during my work with Xul architecture. Duties included painting/decorating, joinery preparation, brick laying, mixing of cement etc.

Allan Joyce Architectsallanjoycearchitects.co.uk

June ‘13 - September ‘13

Acting as site foreman leading a small team during the demolition period of a disused pub in preparation for redevelopment into six flats in Nottingham city centre plus model making for a number of architectural competition briefs within the office.

Xul Architecturexularchitecture.co.uk

November ‘11 - February ‘13

Responsible for all RIBA work stages on various private residential and commercial projects in London, including feasibility studies, brief preparation, initial concept proposals, achieving planning applications, detailed tender packages, technical design, and on-site construction overview.

Mark Warner holidays

July ‘11 - September ‘11July ‘10 - September ‘10

Windsurfing instructor in various summer resorts.

Allan Joyce Architects

June ‘11 - July ‘11June ‘10 - July ‘10June ‘09 - August ‘09

Assisted on various competition briefs, building surveys, schedule of works preparation and model making. Competitions included a concept for an adventure playground at Belton Manor house and the conversion of a redundant saw mill into new offices for the Wildlife Trust.

TV Nix Builders

June ‘08 - September ‘08

Builders assistant, labouring on various private house refurbishments and extensions.

Employment

South-East England is the location of a new town development that is currently in construction. Just 17 minutes from Central London, the site is bound by the retail temple of Bluewater to the west, Swanscombe town and the Thames to the north, Ebbsfleet international station to the east, and the productive fields of ‘the garden of England’ to the south. As a group of twenty students we have produced and alternative, custom build proposal that intends to better the volume built, developer provided homes currently being built.

Our starting point was to divide the ex-quarry into twenty equally sized areas with which we would each take responsibilty for creating a proposal for one. A central thoroughfare split the site in two and connected Bluewater with the international station. A lake runs along the southern edge of the quarry in the shadow of a chalk cliff.

Comparative study - An old village within the valley, Kent A new custom build town - Almere, Netherlands

Character image to capture my aspirations for the new town

My proposal provides residents with a lower density alternative to London. Development guidelines stipulate that each resident must build a home that adheres to a set of rules, and be built within a given structure that encourages resident completion. This concept challenges the homogeneous Barratt homes development currently in construction and ensures a more diverse settlement. A primary school on the site conforms to a similar set of rules to the residents houses.

Year +1 Year +25

Primary school A shared solar gain space between the houses is designed to accomodate two contrasting architectures

The shared space between the houses is detailed according to the local vernacular – the scheme is sensitive to the qualities of heritage and place and can accomodate a plurality of architectural tastes. The shared space can be used as little as a communal entrance hallway or as much as an extension to the houses.

was a group project given to us at the end of our second year. It was a competition based brief and the winning group would be chosen to have their proposal built at the end. The brief was to create a community vegetable garden on a gap site between two tenement blocks in the heart of Glasgow, with a small off grid building that could be used for community meetings, storage and admin. Our concept was based on using entirely recycled materials, including recycled scaffold boards to create the primary structure, and sheep wool for insulation. The building creates a boundary to the site as well as forming an entrance to the allotments. Our project was awarded second place.

For the project in second year we were given the freedom to create an activity center for our choice of sport - I chose BMXing. I carried out extensive research into the activity and the locale of the town to understand what kind of space would be suitable. I documented the space the riders utilized using long exposure photography and film, and then transferred this information into plan and section. As well as creating a space shaped specifically for BMXers I looked at making the activity into a street front spectacle for passers-by.

I regularly make to capture special moments, buildings I find interesting, or convey my design ideas

at all scales is one of my favourite methods of communicating and testing my design concepts

Belton Manor House adventure playground competition entry for Allan Joyce architects - allanjoycearchitects.co.uk

Residential refubishment and extension in a conservation area of NW London for Xul Architecture - xularchitecture.co.uk

Existing rear elevation for planning Existing rear elevation for tenderProposed rear elevation for planning Proposed rear elevation for tender As built 2013