Inventor Designer Environmentalist Architect
An I D E A sets out with a purpose and often starts with a sketch which develops with a model which might be digital or made in materials.
Rapid digital prototyping and CAD / CAM can produce highly accurate components but hand tools and traditional techniques are simpler and sometime more authentic to a particular material. I like to use both - sometimes combined and overlaid before committing to using materials. Some project though go straight from the mind and develop through hands and tools - sometimes drawings cannot predict a solution as well as the influence of our skills and nature.
I always learn something from making an object as the materials provide feedback and tell you things that you don’t get in a digital environment.
Product IDEAs
Prefabricated heavy timber frame modular system for almost any use - can be transported anywhere.
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Designed for off-site manufacture with internal finishes - a holistic solution
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Simple low impact foundations and connection.
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Can be assembled from parts or from separate habitable volumes
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Highly durable and robustly detailed from ground to roof levels
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Timber based system with natural materials and finishes, fully demountable and recyclable
2015 > now
Create a biomorphic environment that maximises the potential of a small south facing terraced house garden
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Green roof construction using off-the-shelf and recycled materials that retains all top soil on site from low impact foundations
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Untreated oak cladding and insulated mineral wool walls. Painted plywood finish to inside
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Exposed internal structure of planed and OS Oil finished Douglas Fir with robust joinery and recycled architectural window and vent panel ‘samples’
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Insulated floor with natural sealed cork tiles. Services fully accessible in timber covered panelling sections
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The green roof of the prototype was planted with Iris as they are robust drought resistant plants inspired by the shepherds huts found in Navarra
2021 - Desk and free standing lamp design concept (under development)
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A concept for articulated test and space lighting design derived from a ‘balance’ of light, surface and structure