JJonathan Charles Gillett
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CurrICuLum VITAE 2015
DIp. ArCH, BA (HoNs) ArCH
Contents
PENTAGRAM DESIGN, SF, CA
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EAsA, mALTA____
DiP. arCh
THE moNAsTErY musEum, BErLIN
LANDsCApE INsTITuTE, sCoTLAND
ComIC BooK ELECTIVE
urBAN HousING proJECT, sCoTLAND ____
WorK eXPerienCe
sQuIrE + pArTNErs, LoNDoN
VITrA summEr WorKsHops, FrANCE ____
Ba hons arCh____
CUrriCUlUM Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
Jonathan Charles GillettBA (HoNs) ArCH, DIp. ArCHriBa Part ii arChiteCtUre GraDUate
EDUCATION
2013 - 2015 | diPLoma architecture | mackintoSh SchooL of architecture, GLaSGow, ScotLand
2008 - 2012 | Ba honS architecture | oxford BrookeS SchooL of architecture, oxford, enGLand
PUBLICATIONS
2014 | GSa SuStainaBiLity commendation, SuStainaBiLity in action GrouP, GLaSGow. 2014 | featured in macmaG 39, GLaSGow
2013 | featured in Le charente LiBre; nikoLay PoLiSSky + Vitra workShoP, france
2012 | VariouS, the kinG’S croSS Picnic, London feStiVaL of architecture, Squire and PartnerS
2012 | featured in Bd onLine; oxford BrookeS deGree Show hiGhLiGhtS, oxford
2010 | SheLter, urBan infiLL exhiBition, London feStiVaL of architecture, Squire and PartnerS
2010 | work PuBLiShed in oxford BrookeS architecture yearBook
2009 | work PuBLiShed in oxford BrookeS architecture yearBook
WORKSHOPS
auGuSt 2015 | eaSa (euroPean architecture Student aSSemBLy) | team ScotLand memBer
2014 | mSa LiVe BuiLd, the Bothy Project | concrete Garden charity, GLaSGow
2014 | mSa LiVe BuiLd, BaLtic Street adVenture PLayGround | aSSemBLe architectS, GLaSGow 2013 | nikoLay PoLiSkky, BuiLdinG accordinG to materiaL | Vitra, domaine de BoiSBuchet, france
2012 | LuiS urcuLo, camoufLaGe | Vitra Summer workShoPS, domaine de BoiSBuchet, france
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
2013 - 2015 | GSa SquaSh PreSident
2012 - 2014 | VariouS cPd certificationS 2008 + 2012 | quaLified firSt aider
2008 | BaSi LeVeL 1 Ski inStructor
2007 | fuLL uk driVinG LicenSe
RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Summer 2014 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
Summer 2013 | Vitra workShoPS, domaine de BoiSBuchet, france | carPenter/workShoP aSSiStant
2012 - 2013 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
2011 - 2012 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
Summer 2010 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
Squire and PartnerS iS an award-winninG architecturaL Practice BeSt known for deSiGninG and executinG BuiLdinGS in London for oVer 35 yearS. the Practice’S aPProach to deSiGn aSSumeS that eVery Site haS itS own hiStory, character and needS. deriVed from a SenSe of PLace, BuiLdinGS reSPond to underLyinG themeS of materiaLity, ScaLe and ProPortion which are common to their LocationS, whiLSt reVeaLinG a commitment to contemPorary deSiGn.
key ProjectS that i worked on coVered a ranGe of SectorS, from SmaLL BeSPoke fitoutS to LarGe-ScaLe maSterPLanS, workinG on office BuiLdinGS, maSterPLanS (the SheLL centre on the SouthBank), Boutique hoteLS and a muLtitude of London’S ‘Prime reSidentiaL’ deVeLoPmentS acroSS cheLSea (hanS PLace), coVent Garden, kniGhtSBridGe, mayfair, St. johnS wood, Victoria and canary wharf.
workinG cLoSeLy with michaeL Squire (owner) i had the PriViLeGe of draftinG toGether feaSiBiLity StudieS and PLanninG aPPLicationS; drawinG and modeLLinG a muLtitude of oPtionS whiLSt conSiderinG imPactS of ‘riGhtS to LiGht’, carryinG out coStinG StudieS Before attendinG deSiGn team meetinGS and more confidentiaL meetinGS Between the architect and the cLient, aS weLL aS aSSiStinG with PreSentationS to LocaL PoLiticianS within the weStminSter BorouGh. i hoPe to Be aBLe to BrinG thiS exPerience to my next PoSition and aPPLy mySeLf once aGain.
LanGuaGeS
enGLiSh (mother-tonGue)french (BaSic)
wacom taBLet Proficient
REFERENCES
henrY sqUire pArTNEr
sQuIrE + pArTNErs
LoNDoN
T: 020 7278 5555
roBert Mantho
HEAD oF sTAGE 5THE mACKINTosH sCHooL oF ArCHITECTurE
sCoTLAND
T: 0141 353 4500
Charlie hUsseY
TuTor
THE mACKINTosH sCHooL oF ArCHITECTurE
sCoTLAND
T: 0141 353 4500
ARCHITECTURAL SKILLS
communication
PreSentation
team LeadinG
adoBe Premiere Pro
cad drawinG
BentLey microStation
autodeSk autocad
iLLuStration
adoBe PhotoShoP
adoBe iLLuStrator
SketchinG & drawinG
Screen PrintinG
CURRENTLY LEARNING
DISSERTATIONS
2014 | ‘mSa LiVe BuiLd’ - creatinG a re-cycLed content BuiLdinG Product (rcBP) throuGh re-uSinG waSte materiaL found within the conStruction induStry’,mackintoSh SchooL of architecture
2011 | ‘aS we PrePare to LiVe in SPace, can architecture on earth induce quaLitieS of Zero GraVity; otoLith’,oxford BrookeS SchooL of architecture
OTHER
aS weLL aS intereStS SurroundinG architecture and academia, i haVe Been PreSident of the GSa SquaSh cLuB and haVe a Profound intereSt in cycLinG and BicycLeS.hoBBieS of mine uSuaLLy incLude reStoration and i can uSuaLLy Be found ScourinG for my next Project. i haVe juSt finiShed reStorinG an ‘85 Bmw, 2 VintaGe BicycLeS and an anGLePoiSe LamP.
autodeSk 123d deSiGn
autodeSk 123d make
autodeSk reVit 2015
Layout and Print
adoBe indeSiGn
microSoft office Suite
Book makinG
3d modeLLinG
PhySicaL modeL makinG
wood work
metaL work
GooGLe SketchuP
rhinoceroS 4.0V-ray
3d PrintinG
LaSer cuttinG
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WorK eXPerienCeSQUIRE AND PARTNERS
Summer 2014 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
2012 - 2013 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
2011 - 2012 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
Summer 2010 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
PENTAGRAM DESIGN
October 2015 - April 2016 \\ Pentagram Design, San Francisco\\ Assistant Architect
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
BERLIN
HOUSE FOR AN ARTIST
NEW JERSEY
SQUIRE AND PARTNERS
Summer 2014 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
2012 - 2013 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
2011 - 2012 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
Summer 2010 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
EASAWORKSHOP
July - August 2015 - European Assembly of Student Architects Workshop Commision
easa - “aMsterDaM eXPressionisM”
VALETTA, mALTA
SQUIRE AND PARTNERS
Summer 2014 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
2012 - 2013 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
2011 - 2012 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
Summer 2010 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
DIPLOMAMACKINTOSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
September 2013 - June 2015 - Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, UK
the MonasterY MUseUM
THIS THESIS PROJECT EXAMINED THE WAY IN WHICH A RUIN IS SOMETHING IN PROCESS, BELONGING TO THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE AND CONSEQUENTLY IS AN ASPECT OF TEMPORALITY.
THE WORK OF INTERVENTION IS THEREFORE BASED ON ANALYSIS, OF THOUGHT AND OF CONTEXT. NO WORK SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THAT THERE IS TO KNOW OF THE HOST BUILDING, MATERIALLY, SPATIALLY, HISTORICALLY, ARCHAEOLOGICALLY AND ANECDOTALLY.
RUINS HAVE BEEN LEFT SEPARATED FROM BOTH THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED. THIS PROJECT TAKES A RADICAL EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE ATHEIST CAPITAL CITY OF EUROPE AND PROVIDES NEW MEANING AND FUNCTION TO AN UNUSED RUINED MONASTERY. THROUGH BUILDING OVER THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE RUIN, THE VITAL CONTINUANCE OF THE OLD IS PROTECTED BY THE NEW BUILDING.
BErLIN, GErmANY
[1] VIEWING PLATFORM [2] DISABLED ACCESS [3] ETRANCE LOBBY [4] TICKET DESK [5] LIFT LOBBY [6] GALLERY 1 [7] WALKWAY [8] CURATION CHAMBER 1 [9] CAFE [10] CURATION CHAMBER 2
KLOSTER MUSEUMBERLIN
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the lanDsCaPe institUte
THE LANDsCApE INsTITuTE sEEKs To ADDrEss THE LosT CuLTurAL HErITAGE oF GLAsGoW’s INDusTrIAL pAsT WHILsT CoNNECTING GLAsGoW WITH THE INFAmous sCoTTIsH LANDsCApE THAT surrouNDs THE CITY. CIrCuLATIoN THrouGHouT THE BuILDING Is CENTrED ArouND AN ArBorETum, WHErE pLANTs CAN BE sCIENTIFICALLY EXAmINED oN VIEW To THE puBLIC, WHILsT CrEATING A VoID For NATurAL LIGHT To FILTEr DoWN INTo THE BuILDING.
WITH susTAINABILITY AT THE HEArT oF THE proJECT, THE WATErWHEEL GENErATEs poWEr From THE FLoW oF THE rIVEr KELVIN WHILsT TrANsFormING AND rE-ACTIVATING THE sITE, CrEATING A LANDmArK WITHIN THE ArEA For sCHooL CHILDrEN, TourIsTs AND LoCALs To ComE AND mArVEL AT.
THE BLACK BRICK PLINTH CONTRASTS WITH THE COR-TEN STEEL CLADDING ABOVE. THESE MATERIALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PERVASIVE LAYER OF SOOT AND POLLUTANTS THAT ONCE LAY DORMANT ON SO MANY OF GLASGOW’S’ SANDSTONE BUILDINGS AND THE DECAY OF THE SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRY THAT THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE WERE ONCE WELL RENOWNED FOR.
GLAsGoW, sCoTLAND
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THE BOTHY
DISSERTATION // LIVE BUILD
FIGURE 4 : WASTE CONTAINED WITHIN A LANDFILL SITE
FIGURE 25 : PROCESS OF MAKING THE MOCK UP FIGURE 27 : PROCESS OF MAKING THE MOCK UP
THE BOTHY
DISSERTATION // LIVE BUILD
FIGURE 24 : 1:10 SECTION THROUGH MOCK UP OF ‘THE BOTHY’
35MM EXTERNAL CLADDING (CHARRED HARDWOOD)
ARTIFICIAL TURF ROOF
150MM SPM INSULATION
5MM PEGBOARD
150MM EXTERNAL CONSTRUCTION GRADE TIMBER
WINDOW
GABIEN BASKET SEAT
PLANTER
35MM CLADDING BATONS
FLASHING ON PARAPET
12MM INTERIOR PLYWOOD
9MM EXTERIOR PLYWOOD
DAMP PROOF COARSING
INTERNAL STORAGE BOXES
VAPOUR CONTROL LAYER
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FIGURE 28 : THE MOCK UP
UrBan hoUsinG
THE URBAN HOUSING PROJECT LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MIXED USE BUILDING WITHIN THE MERCHANT CITY, A VIBRANT AND AFFLUENT AREA IN THE HEART OF GLASGOW.
THROUGH COMBINING HIGH END RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS WITH AN ART PURVEYOR AND OTHER BOUTIQUE RETAIL SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, OFFICE SPACE, A GYM AND A ROOF TOP BAR AND RESTAURANT, THE PROJECT SEEKS TO FIND NEW WAYS OF PROVIDING HIGH END DEVELOPMENTS FOR OUR CITY CENTRES.
GLAsGoW, sCoTLAND
THE APARTMENTS ARE TYPICALLY THREE BED FLATS, WORKING OVER TWO FLOORS TO PROVIDE LARGE BALCONIES FOR ALL RESIDENCIES. USING PROPORTIONS DERIVED FROM THOSE FOUND IN TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH TENEMENT FLATS, EACH DWELLING BENEFITS FROM LARGE FLOOR TO CEILING HEIGHTS, AS WELL AS WELL PROPORTIONED ROOMS.
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lost in rUins
ComIC BooK
IN RUINS, TIME BECOMES LOST AND ARCHITECTURE BECOMES ARTEFACT. VARCHITECTURE BECOMES TRANSIENT AND VISITORS ARE LEFT TO IMAGINE THE REST OF THE STORY - RUINS ALLOW OUR IMAGINATION TO RUN WILD; PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE COLLIDE INTO OTHER THOUGHTS OF STATES, CONDITIONS, AND INHABITATION.
THE COMIC FOLLOWS THE STORY OF AN ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO FINDS HIMSELF LOST WITHIN THE RUINS, EXCAVATING ARTEFACTS OF THE PAST BEFORE DISCOVERING HIDDEN PASSAGES, CAVES AND TUNNELS.
WorK eXPerienCeSQUIRE AND PARTNERS
Summer 2014 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
2012 - 2013 | Squire and PartnerS, London | aSSiStant architect Part i
2011 - 2012 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
Summer 2010 | Squire and PartnerS, London | architecturaL iLLuStrator
hans PlaCe
KNIGHTsBrIDGE, LoNDoN
THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, ON THE CORNER OF HANS PLACE AND HERBERT CRESCENT, COMPRISES 13 LUXURY APARTMENTS AND DRAWS ITS DESIGN INSPIRATION FROM THE RICHLY DETAILED ROSE RED BRICK BUILDINGS WHICH LINE THE GARDEN SQUARE, AND WHICH FORM THE CHARACTER OF THE CONSERVATION AREA. THE NEW BUILDINGS ARE A CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATION OF THE LOCAL VERNACULAR WITH FINELY DETAILED BRICK CARVINGS TO THE FACADES. THE PATTERN IS A MODERN TAKE ON THE ELABORATE DECORATIONS FOUND ON SURROUNDING VICTORIAN BUILDINGS. THE BUILDINGS FACING HANS PLACE IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR SEPARATE ELEMENTS EACH WITH AN INDIVIDUAL ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC URBAN GRAIN OF FOUR INDIVIDUAL HOUSES COMPLETING THIS TERRACE. HOWEVER, BY EMPLOYING THE SAME MATERIALS AND BUILDING TECHNIQUES, THE BUILDINGS ARE TIED TOGETHER TO ENSURE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL CONSERVATION AREA.
West enD Green
WEsTmINsTEr, LoNDoN
THE CONSENTED TOWER AT WEST END GREEN LIES IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE TALL BUILDINGS OF PADDINGTON BASIN, PROVIDING HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION. SMALLER BUILDINGS PROPOSED ALONGSIDE THE TOWER ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE TOWNSCAPE OF MAIDA VALE USING A CONTEMPORARY VERSION OF THE MANSION BLOCK TYPOLOGY. THESE BLOCKS, PROVIDING PRIVATE AND AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS SET AROUND A CENTRAL COURTYARD GARDEN, HAVE GLAZED PROJECTING BAYS GROUPED WITHIN THE MIDDLE THREE FLOORS OF THE SANDSTONE FACADE.
WorK eXPerienCeVITRA SUMMER WORKSHOPS
Vitra sUMMer WorKshoPs
DOMAINE DE BOISBUCHET IS HOST TO A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS PRESENTED BY THE VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM AND THE CENTRE POMPIDOU THAT TAKE PLACE AT A COUNTRY ESTATE IN THE SOUTHWEST OF FRANCE. THE SERIES OF WORKSHOPS ARE OFFERED EVERY SUMMER UNDER THE DIRECTION OF INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED ARTISTS, DESIGNERS AND ARCHITECTS.
WORKING THERE AS WORKSHOP ASSISTANT I WAS SUBJECT TO WORKING WITH MANY NEW MATERIALS, INCLUDING PORCELAIN AND CERAMICS, BAMBOO AND EVEN FRUIT BOXES. ASSISTING TOMAS ALONSO, MAARTEN BAAS, DANIEL FREITAG, RON GILAD, ANNA HERINGER, PETER MARIGOLD, PATRICIA URQUOLO, AND NIKOLAY POLISKKY DURING THERE WORKSHOPS.
DomAINE DE BoIsBuCHET, FrANCE
RESTORATION EXPERIENCE
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