DESIGN STUDIO & WORKSHOP
CLIENT: PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL
BRIEF: DESIGN BESPOKE STORAGE UNITS FOR SMALL BUT HIGH-END DWELLING AND MANUFACTURE / INSTALL DRAWER BOXES.
A TEXTILES ARTIST FROM HERTFORDSHIRE, THIS CLIENT EMBARKED ON A RE-WORKING OF THE STORAGE UNITS AND GENERAL INTERNAL LAYOUT OF HER GORGEOUSLY TINY HOUSE.
THE SMALL FLOOR AREA MEANS EVERY SQUARE INCH NEEDS TO BE USED WISELY AND ANY STORAGE NEEDS TO BE CLEVERLY DESIGNED TO MAKE IT BOTH ELEGANT AND USABLE IN THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF AN ARTIST WHO USES THE COMBINED LIVING SPACE NOT ONLY TO SLEEP, EAT AND RELAX IN, BUT ALSO AS A CREATIVE STUDIO.
BASED ON MY CLIENT'S OWN COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION WE WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A SCHEME THAT SHE WAS HAPPY WITH AND URBANAVITCHA PROVIDED TECHNICAL DRAWINGS AND CUTTING SCHEDULES FOR HER CARPENTER TO BUILD AND INSTALL THE BARE CARCASSES.
URBANAVITCHA LATER TOOK AS-BUILT MEASUREMENTS AND PRODUCED APPROX. 30No. CNC CUT PLYWOOD DRAWER BOXES
WHICH WE INSTALLED USING LUXURY RUNNERS BY BLUM.
CLIENT: CONISBEE
BRIEF: BUILD REVIT MODEL AND DEVELOP CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE OF DRAWINGS.
FOLLOWING SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS I WELCOMED CONISBEE'S INVITATION TO WORK WITH THEM IN DEVELOPING THE STRUCTURAL PACKAGE FOR A 13 STOREY STUDENT RESIDENCE IN NORWICH.
ALUMNO'S PABLO FANQUE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY
ARCHITECT CARSON & PARTNERS & BUILT BY CONTRACTORS
HG CONSTRUCTION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA & PROVIDES 244 PRETTY SWANKY ROOMS FOR STUDENTS.
CLIENT: BEAUTIFUL WONDER
BRIEF: DESIGN STEEL SUPPORT FRAMES.
AFTER BEING APPROACHED BY BEAUTIFUL WONDER I WAS COMMISSIONED TO DESIGN STEEL FRAMEWORK FOR THE SUPERHUGE 3D PRINTED HUMPBACK WHALE TAIL SCULPTURE BY CHINCHILLA 3D AND IT'S SURROUNDING OCEAN SURFACE.
A VERY SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION FOLLOWED A VERY TIGHT PROGRAMME AND THIS THING LOOKS INCREDIBLE.
YOU CAN FIND A WRITE UP HERE.
CLIENT: MARITIME ASSET SECURITY & TRAINING (MAST) Ltd.
BRIEF: BUILD MDF DISPLAY CABINET FOR TRADE SHOW.
MAST APPROACHED US FOLLOWING A RECOMMENDATION.
THEY SENT THROUGH A SIMPLE 3D MODEL THEY'D WORKED UP TO SHOW ROUGHLY WHAT WAS REQUIRED.
URBANAVITCHA CONSIDERED THE BEST WAY FORWARD GIVEN THE TIMESCALE, BUDGET AND OTHER CLIENT CRITERIA AND CONSTRAINTS SUCH AS HARDWARE AND FINISHES.
WE THEN WORKED UP OUR OWN 3D MODEL ON SCREEN TO ALLOW US TO DESIGN FOR FABRICATION AND GAIN CLIENT APPROVAL THROUGH RENDERED VISUALISATIONS.
WE CUT THE MAIN PANELS USING A CNC ROUTER TO ACHIEVE GREAT ACCURACY AND ASSEMBLY TIME.
WE DELIVERED THE FINISHED UNIT IN PERSON TO THE CLIENT'S OFFICE RIGHT IN THE NICK OF TIME.
CLIENT: CONISBEE
BRIEF: KICK REVIT MODEL INTO SHAPE AND PRODUCE CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE OF DRAWINGS.
CONISBEE NEEDED A REVIT USER CAPABLE OF HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING TO COME IN AND TAKE AN EXISTING STEEL FRAMED ACADEMY PROJECT THROUGH TO COMPLETION.
SO, THAT'S WHAT I DID AND THE MAIN CONTRACTOR NOW USES IT AS A BENCHMARK FOR OTHER SCHOOLS THEY BUILD.
I HAVE NOW COMPLETED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH CONISBEE RANGING FROM HIGH END DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS LIKE BELOW GROUND POOL HOUSES.
TO HIGH RISE REINFORCED CONCRETE RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS.
UNDERWATER ROV
CLIENT: TE DRONES
BRIEF: DEVELOP 2nd STAGE PROTOTYPE DESIGN AND FABRICATE FOR TESTING, EXHIBITION AND MARKETING.
TE DRONES SPOTTED A GAP AND DECIDED TO DEVELOP A SUBMERSIBLE REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE TO FILL IT.
INITIALLY THEY CAME ALONG WITH BASIC SKETCHES FOR PARTS TO BE LASER CUT FROM ACRYLIC SHEET.
THE MOST RECENT 2nd STAGE PROTOTYPE SHIFTED TO CNC MACHINED HDPE, INCORPORATING INTEGRAL HARDWARE MOUNTS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS INCREASED OVERALL ROBUSTNESS.
TE DRONES ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING PARTIES INTERESTED IN MAKING USE OF SUCH A RIG AND THE ASSOCIATED INSPECTION AND FILMING SERVICES.
BROKEN TOY
CLIENT: PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL
BRIEF: REPLICATE BROKEN DRIVE GEAR FOR CHILD'S TOY.
YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES, THE ONE TIME YOU GIVE IN TO TEMPTATION AND RIDE A KID'S PRIZED ELECTRIC CAR.
IT BREAKS. OF COURSE IT DOES.
IN THIS CASE THE COMPONENT THAT FAILED WAS THE TOOTHED GEAR THAT TRANSFERS DRIVE FROM THE MOTOR'S OUTPUT SHAFT TO THE ROAD WHEEL.
IN LIEU OF AN OFF THE SHELF REPLACEMENT PART THE CUSTOMER APPROACHED URBANAVITCHA.
THE PART WAS MEASURED BY HAND TO PRODUCE A DIGITAL 3D MODEL THAT COULD THEN BE USED TO PRODUCE THE REPLICA.
3D PRINTING WAS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR A ONE-OFF, IN THE PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL INJECTION MOULDED GREY PART NEXT TO THE NEW NYLON POWDER PRINTED WHITE PART.
TALL TIMBER
CLIENT: RAMBOLL UK
BRIEF: REVIT MODEL & FULL STRUCTURAL DRAWING PACK.
FOLLOW UP WORK: 1:150 SCALE LASER CUT PLYWOOD MODEL.
DALSTON LANE IS ONE OF SEVERAL CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER PROJECTS I'VE COMPLETED FOR THE TEAM AT RAMBOLL IN CAMBRIDGE, OTHERS INCLUDE THE CHROME COURT STUDENT RESIDENCE AT THE UEA CAMPUS IN NORWICH & THE MAYFIELD SCHOOL IN REDBRIDGE.
LIKE THE MAJORITY OF WORK I DO FOR CONSULTING STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, THE TASK WAS TO PRODUCE A 3D STRUCTURAL MODEL USING REVIT® ON WHICH TO BASE MY FULL SET OF DRAWINGS & DETAILS THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED RIGHT UP TO FINAL CONSTRUCTION STAGE.
I WAS LATER COMMISSIONED BY RAMBOLL TO BUILD A 1:150 SCALE PHYSICAL MODEL USING LASER CUT PLYWOOD.
YOU CAN SEE THE INSTAGRAM POST HERE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT BY WAUGH THISTELTON ARCHITECTS GRABBED A TON OF POSITIVE HEADLINES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MEDIA.
STANDING 10 STOREYS & HOUSING 121 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IT CLAIMED THE TITLE OF LARGEST CLT BUILDING IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME OF IT'S COMPLETION IN 2017.
CLT FORMS THE WHOLE STRUCTURE FROM 1st FLOOR UPWARDS GIVING IT VERY AWESOME CARBON CREDENTIALS.
