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Benjamin Turner 3 Birch Court, Leeswood, Flintshire CH7 4UF [email protected]

Telephone: 07808522573(Preferred) 01352771581

I have recently completed my 2nd year of a BSC architectural design and technology degree (CIAT accredited) at Glyndwr University in Wrexham. I am looking for a role within the archi-tectural profession to help further my career and progress to eventually become a chartered architectural technologist.

Through my time at university I have developed a thorough knowledge of the design process, gained an insight into planning constraints and building regulations. I have also developed a keen understanding of different types of design detailing and the shift towards more sustaina-ble design through detailing and building function. I have also understood the different types of building services that can be used and the best ways these can be implemented into building design.

My main strengths are understanding design detailing, and conforming to all of parts of the building regulations. I am also able to generate photo-realistic drawings and walkthroughs and I am very keen to improve my knowledge of other forms of design detailing to become an expert in this area.

Overall I am an enthusiastic worker that enjoys working in a team as well as taking up individ-ual tasks. I am also looking forward to making a meaningful contribution to any task situation and believe I would be of great use to any professional practice.

(Available with two weeks’ notice)

ABOUT

EDUCATION From September 2013 to Present Architectural design and technology Ongoing (1st Awarded for 2nd year) Glyndwr University Wrexham From September 2009 to September 2011 Business Studies (D achieved) Product Design (D achieved) A-Levels Alun School MoldFrom September 2003 to September 2008 GCSEs 2 Bs and 5 Cs 1 B coming from Science Alun School Mold SKILLS Associate member (ACIAT) of the chartered institute of architectural technologists.

-Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.

-Time management, quality focussed, driven.

-Learning new skills and adapting.

-Good understanding of building regulations.

-Good understanding of planning law.

-Ability to work in a group or independently. -An understanding of the principles of procurement and standard forms of contracts.

-Ability to take constructive criticism and act upon it.

BENJAMIN TURNERSTUDENT ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST



SOFTWARE

WORK

Revit Architecture 2014,2015,2016

Autocad 2014,2015,2016

Adobe InDesign

Lumion 5.3

Windows

Hand Drawing

Mircosoft Office

Google SketchUp

Revit Structure, MEP , 2014,2015,2016

Photography

3DS Max

Adobe Photoshop

CFD (Computer Fluid Dynamics)

From September 2008 (Two week work placement) Occupation CAD assistant Name of Organisation JIG architecture Locality Mold, Wales Sector Architecture From September 2010 to Present Occupation Staff Member Name of Organisation McDonalds Locality Mold, Wales Sector Catering/Service

REFERENCES References available on request.

SAMPLE OF WORKS



SCHOOL

SHELTER

CONSERVATION

This BSC project was completed within one year, and was my community orientated building and consists of a site investigation straight through to com-plete drawings and designs. I researched the growing trends within school design and decided that sustain-able schools is one which the Welsh government is moving towards. I identified the emerging themes for this approach and found that reduced fossil fuel demands, alternative methods of transport, site bio-diversity, sustainable drainage systems, social responsibility, and eco-nomic sustainability were the most important. I was going to implement all of these into my building design to create a building which would satisfy all of these within a modern sustainable school design.

This BSC Year two project was to design a glazed shel-ter on the Plas Coch Cam-pus. The shelter is intended to be a main focal point for the university but also be functional for the students to use. I have chosen to de-sign a shelter which covers the engineering blocks of the university, this is because this area currently doesn’t have any shelter. I also chose this because it is a very busy circulation route for many of the students within the university. I designed the shelter to curve around the existing buildings to break up the form which these buildings have. This means the shelter can curve up and down the other buildings, and makes the shelter a lot more interesting to look at, providing the focal point which was required within the brief.

This BSC six month project was the development and adaptation of four mid-nine-teenth century terraced houses which is within the Parc Genedlaethol Eryri (Snowdonia national park). The houses are not listed but there is limitations as to what can be achieved with these buildings due to planning constraints within the national park. I decided that I wanted to keep as much of the character of these buildings as possible and due to the changing de-mographics of people within the park wanted to create a youth shared housing design. I also wanted to improve the thermal efficiency wher-ever possible within these buildings, as the national park is aiming to have more sustainable properties within the future.

DETAIL SAMPLE



SCHOOLDETAILAs the school was going to be environmentally friendly as possible i have carefully detailed this building to show this concept. I have achieved Passivhaus stand-ard detailing, eliminating thermal breaks within the building envelope. This works by having a 200mm insulated (Duvet Layer) and then an internal structural zone which includes insu-lation between the timber structure. Airtightness is key to obtain Passivhaus certification and this is achieved using airtightness tape at various junctions highlighted in these details. I have chosen to clad the building using untreated FSC certified douglas fir cladding to eliminate harm-ful VOC’s emitted by the building. I have used Pas-sivhaus certified Passivhaus curtain panels , which also have Brise Soleil to stop the building from overheating during the summer months , but allow the low winter sun penetration into the building. This then heats the concrete flooring which creates a thermal mass meaning less energy de-mand required for heating of the building.

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