This document contains summaries of several design projects completed by the author. It includes projects from their studies in Greece in the 1990s involving guest houses, exhibition centers, and municipal buildings. It also includes professional projects completed with architecture firms in the UK from 2004-2010, such as schools, office renovations, and industrial/research facilities. The roles of the author ranged from student to design consultant. The projects utilized various software like AutoCAD, SketchUp, ArchiCAD, and Radiance for modeling and analysis.
Dr Faidon Nikiforiadis Examples of work from design portfolio november 2013
1. Title of Project : Guest House in the island of Aegina, Greece Project Category: Residential Designed : 1992
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (3rd Year Building Construction project at the National Technical University of Athens)
This is one of my first set of planning/construction drawings produced using AutoCAD 2010 during my first degree studies at NTUA.
2. Title of Project : Guest House in the island of Aegina, Greece Project Category: Residential Designed : 1992
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (3rd Year Building Construction project at the National Technical University of Athens)
This is one of my first set of detailed 2D construction drawings produced using AutoCAD 2010 during my first degree studies.
3. Title of Project : Guest House in the island of Aegina, Greece Project Category: Residential Designed : 1992
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (3rd Year Building Construction project at the National Technical University of Athens)
This is one of my first set of detailed 2D construction drawings produced using AutoCAD 2010 during my first degree studies.
4. Title of Project : Guest House in the island of Sikinos, Greece Project Category: Residential Designed : 1993
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (4rd Year Architectural Design project at the National Technical University of Athens)
This is one of my first physical models produced during my first degree studies at NTUA.
5. Title of Project : Guest House in the island of Sikinos, Greece Project Category: Residential
Designed : 1993
rd Year Architectural Design project at the National Technical University of Athens)
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (4
This is one of my first set of detailed 3D drawings produced using AutoCAD 2010 during my first degree studies.
6. Title of Project : The Youth Centre and Principal Municipality Services Building of Livadia, Greece
Project Category: Mixed Use Public Building
Designed : 1993
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (4rd Year Architectural Design project at the National Technical University of Athens) This is was my first large scale 3D model of a
complete building. Each floor was designed separately in 3D and then the building model was assembled by placing one floor above the other. The model was designed at a level
of detail that adequate to that of 1:50 scale. At the time (1993) very few people could design buildings in such a way in AutoCAD. The result can be only be compared today with
models produced using BIM. Still those models use mainly existing library objects while in my model all objects were created one by one based on the needs of the project.
7. Title of Project : Large Scale Exhibition Centre
Project Category: Large Scale Exhibition Building
Designed : 1993
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (4rd Year Architectural Design project at the National Technical University of Athens) . This was the first steel framed building I ever
designed. As a student I was under the influence of High-tech architecture, also known as Late Modernism or Structural Expressionism and a great admirer of the work by Norman
Foster. My building mimicked and tried to reinterpret the structural principal found in his Renault Distribution Centre in Swindon, UK (1980-1982) on a triangular (isometric) grid. The
project was designed in AutoCAD 10. At the time I was the only student in my year using CAD and only one of two in the School of Architecture at NTUA. Back then in AutoCAD it
was only possible to design in wireframe and later hide lines to see the final result. To my great surprise it took a whole week to hide and plot the A1 drawings I had created on 286based PC.
8. Title of Project : Design Proposal for the New Entrance of the NTUA Museum of Technology
Project Category: Public Building - Museum
Designed : 1993
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (4rd Year Architectural Design and Building Technology project at the National Technical University of Athens). As I mentioned earlier as a
student I was under the influence of High-tech architecture, also known as Late Modernism or Structural Expressionism. My designed proposal for the entrance mimicked the
structural approach found in aircraft design structures. My design was awarded the top mark that year. The physical model was kept end exhibited in the Building Technology
Department exhibition area for more than 10 years unfortunately I only have the picture of the 1:200 basic concept model. The project was designed in AutoCAD 10.
9. Title of Project : Mixed Use Building in the port of Agios Nikolaos in Crete
Project Category: Mixed use building (Residential & Office)
Designed : 1995
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (4rd Year Architectural Design Elective module on Passive Design at the National Technical University of Athens)
The same work was also submitted to the Zephyr European Competition for innovative use of passive cooling principles in the design of mixed use buildings.
10. Title of Project : Proposal for the extensive renovation of “
The Athenian Trieres” exhibition space at The Nautical Museum of Greece Project Category: Museum Designed : 1995
rd Year Architectural Design (Exhibition & Musem Design) project at the National Technical University of Athens)
My role on this project: Architect-Engineer (4
This is a physical model built as part of my final submission for a specialist elective design module on Exhibition & Museum Design during my first degree studiesat NTUA.
11. Company : Bowker Sadler LLP Title of Project : New Primary School for Traford Borough Council (Design Competition)
Project Category: Education
Designed : 2004
My role on this project: From December 2004 till the April 2005 I worked part-time as Environmental Design Architectural Consultant for Bowker Sadler Architects designing and analysing schools
and residential buildings in the Greater Manchester area. Above are some examples from the daylighting studies of the New Primary School for Traford Borough Council Design Competition.
12. Company : Bond Bryan LLP Title of Project : New Entrance of The Church Studio
Project Category: Office:
Designed :2006
Completed: Unkonwn
Budget : Unknown
My role on this project: This was my first small project when I joined as a Chartered Architect Bond Bryan LLP in January 2006 .The space is part of a listed 2 grade former Church
building that for many years has been the HQ of Bond Bryan Architects. I completed a survey of the existing space, I then built a detailed 3D model of the proposed interior design
concept using AutoCAD & SketchUp, I prepared the Interior Design Visualisatiion and finally I completed a Lighting Design study using Radiance. Top exterior images of the grade 2
listed building. Bottom Interior Design Visualisations created using Radiance.
13. Company : Bond Bryan LLP Title of Project : New Entrance of The Church Studio
Project Category: Office:
Designed :2006
Completed: Unkonwn
Budget : Unknown
My role on this project: This was my first small project when I joined as a Chartered Architect Bond Bryan LLP in January 2006 .The space is part of a listed 2 grade former Church
building that for many years has been the HQ of Bond Bryan Architects. I completed a survey of the existing space, I then built a detailed 3D model of the proposed interior design
concept using AutoCAD & SketchUp, I prepared the Interior Design Visualisatiion and finally I completed a Lighting Design study using Radiance.
14. Company : Bond Bryan LLP Title of Project : Animal Care Milton Campus
Project Category: Further Education Designed :2008 Completed: 2010
Budget : Unknown
My role on this project: This was a small scale FE project prepared for the College of West Anglia. It was designed by a number of people inside the design studio led then by
Associate Director Andrew Broadie (Currently Director at Jump Architects Ltd). I have participated from the start in the design and I have personally considered all the
Architectural Environmental Design and Sustainability matters. In the work presented above I have used a detailed 3D BIM model built in ArchiCAD to prepare the above Interior
and Exterior Design Visualisations and completed a full Lighting Design study using Radiance.
15. Company : Bond Bryan LLP Title of Project : AMRC Rolls-Royce Factory of the Future Project Category: Industrial Research Designed :2007 Completed: 2008 Budget : 10M
My role on this project: This was a large scale (4500sqm) industrial building project prepared for Rolls Royce in the Sheffield. University Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. It
was designed by a number of people inside the design studio led then by Associate Director Darren Southgate (BBA Commercial Team). I have participated in the pre-planning
application stages of the design and I have personally completed a Daylighting Design study for the building. In the work presented above I have used a detailed 3D BIM model
built in ArchiCAD to prepare using Radiance the above Interior and Exterior Design visualisations and carry out the Daylightind Design study. The main challenges were the
modelling of ETFE and Kalwall materialls and creating spherical panoramas.
16. Company : Bond Bryan LLP Title of Project : King’ Gate Building, Newcastle Project Category: Higher Education Designed : 2008 Completed: 2010 Budget : 23M
s
My role on this project: This was a large scale HE project. The King’ Gate Building for Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne, England was designed to act as an entrance to
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the university’ campus. The building houses all the student services together under one roof. The scheme was developed by the design studio led by BBA Senior Director Geoff
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Halliwell. I have participated from the start in the design and I have personally addressed all the Architectural Environmental Design and Sustainability matters. I prepared a
detailed Solar Shading and Daylighting Design study for the building and its two atrium spaces. In the work presented above I have used a detailed 3D BIM model built in ArchiCAD
to prepare the above interior space visualisations and complete a full Daylighting Design study using Radiance.
17. Company : Bond Bryan LLP Title of Project : New Centralised Building in St Albans Project Category: Further Education Designed : 2008 Completed: NA Budget : 100M
My role on this project: This was the largest scale FE project I have ever been involved (30,000 sq metres). The Oaklands College wanted to amalgamate its current separate sites in
Borehamwood, St Albans City Campus and Welwyn Garden City into a central campus at St Albans Smallford . The scheme was developed by the design studio led by BBA Director
Geoff Halliwell and Matt Hatton acted as the Project Architect. Oaklands College has received planning permission from St Albans District Councill. I have participated from the
start in the design and I have personally addressed all the Architectural Environmental Design and Sustainability matters. I prepared a detailed Solar Shading and Daylighting Design
study for the building. My work focused mainly in the classrooms, atrium spaces and the solar shading of the façades.. In the work presented above I have used a detailed 3D BIM
model built in ArchiCAD to study the building using Ecotect Analysis.
18. Practice : Low Carbon Building Design Title of Project : Family House (200m2) in Alfreton, Derbyshire Project Category: Residential Designed : 2012 Completed: NA Budget : 200K
My role on this project: Design Architect & Project Manager (Self-employed)
19. Practice : Low Carbon Building Design
Title of Project : Renovation and Retrofit of a Terraced House in Sheffield (Proposal)
Project Category: Residential
Designed : 2012
My role on this project: Design & Project Architect (Self-employed). This is a design proposal for the energy retrofit and renovation of a classic Victorian terrace house in Sheffield.
The best parts of the original terraces have been kept - the size, the shape, the roof, the front door, the insides are something altogether new. The inside function of the house has
bee literally turned upside-down. Living space and kitchens on the upper floors with the bedrooms downstairs, a new balcony and terrace have been added with a secure parking
at the back.
20. Practice : Low Carbon Building Design
Title of Project : Aircraft Exhibition Building at Salford University Campus(Feasibility)
Project Category: Exhibition Building Designed : 2010
My role on this project: Design Architect (Self-employed). The University of Salford was looking for a solution to house on campus two of the aircraft donated to the Department of
Mechanical Engineering. The design above was proposed as a solution to the brief agreed with the University of Salford.
21. Practice : Low Carbon Building Design
Title of Project : Multi-Functional Space for the Salford Cathedral(Feasibility)
Project Category: Public Building
Designed : 2010
My role on this project: Design Architect (Self-employed). The Salford Cathedral, located on Chapel Street, Salford, is a Grade II listed Building and dates back to the 1840. The
Cathedral wanted to investigate the feasibility of re-seating its main entrance and at the same time address its need for a ‘
multi-function space’that could be used for a range of
activities including exhibition, seminars and meetings, It was thought that such a space could be ideally located immediately off the new entry space in the current garden area to
the west of the Cathedral, bounded by Chapel Street on the south and , Great George street on the west, and the Cathedral itself on the east. The drawings above present the
basic concept of the solution proposed.