Challenge:
Create 3D visuals and production drawings and help develop designs for new bespoke restaurant in Farum.
Solution:
Draw up 3D model and develop iterations of the designs from sketches from and ongoing converstations with head designer Ulrik Wang and input from project architect Caroline Zakrisson, ending up with final furniture designs and production drawings and files for CNC milling.
Skills & tools:
Rhino
Client:
Wang Copenhagen 2021
Restaurant Frode Website
Challenge:
Visualize a safe school crossing design as part of scheme to make Ringkøbing city more accessible for children, and help get political goodwill and funds to realize the project in Ringkøbing, Denmark.
Solution:
Build 3D model and work out details of the design solution in collaboration with MBYland, based on workshops held with local kids, in order to meet their needs and desires for improving their area, then produce compelling presentation material to be shown to Ringkøbing Council to raise funding and political goodwill.
Skills &Tools:
Design development
Rhino model + Vray renders
Photoshop
Illustrator
Made for:
MBYland
2016-19
End User:
Ringkøbing Kommune
Published in Danish.TM in December 2016.
Challenge:
Design a sea bath as part of scheme to make Ringkøbing city more accessible for children, and help get political goodwill and funds to realize the project in Ringkøbing, Denmark.
Solution:
Build 3D model and work out details of the designsolution in collaboration with MBYland, based on workshops held with local kids, in order to meet their needs and desires for improving their area, then produce compelling presentation material to be shown to Ringkøbing Council to raise funding and political goodwill.
Skills &Tools:
Design development
3D Skecthup models + Vray renders
Photoshop
Illustrator
Made for:
MBYland
2016-17
Client:
Ringkøbing Kommune
Published in Danish.TM in December 2016.
Challenge:
Design and document 3 sections of a larger playground situated on a hill construction at Risskov Elementary School in Aarhus, Denmark as part of larger playhill for MBYland.
Solution:
Develop design together with Project Architect Mette Bruun Yde, Draw up detailed plans, sections and 3D model. Contact playground suppliers and contractors for acurate specifications to be used in drawings and building descriptions/specifications.
Skills and Tools:
Design collaboration
Liason with potential contractors
Documentation
Drawings and layout in AutoCad
3D Rhino model
Made for:
MBYland
2018
Composite Rhino render by Gitte Hansen
End User:
Aarhus City Council
Under construction.
Challenge:
Design individual residences to be built ajoining an existing luxury resort in Java, Indonesia.
Solution:
Went to Java and photographically documented the site for Manasara Architects. Together with and as part of the Manasara team, designed and planned out 3 individual 1500m2 villas in 3D Sketchup with Dir. Tom Nursey, that adhere to the existing hotel design language, functioning as privately sold serviced units, placed in the landscape, with a clear view of the nearby Borobudur temple.
Detailed architectural plans available on request.
Tools & Skills:
Residence design and planning in 2D & 3D
Adherence to existing design language
Responsible for output to client
Visuals
Planning documents
Site visit and documentation
Site photography
Liason with client representation on site
Liason with survey company on site
Supervision of junior staff
Sketchup 3D model + Vray
Vectorworks
Made while working for:
Manasara Architects, Sydney, Australia
2016
Ongoing.
Photograph by De La Gallery
Vectorworks villa plan drawings by John McPhail
Challenge:
Design a number of “playspots” for the outdoor areas at Virup Elementary School, Denmark for MBYland.
Solution:
Come up with and develop a number of playspot designs in 3D in conference with MBYland owner Mette Bruun Yde. The designs focus on inviting the children to active play and breathing new life into the outdoor areas around the school using simple designsoultions. The approved sketch proposals where then passed onto and realized by Park og Landskab entrepreneurs.
Skills and Tools:
Design collaboration and liason with client.
Design development and presentation using 3D Rhino model.
Made for:
MBYland 2019
End User:
Virup Skole
Two of the proposed designs have so far been built in 2020
Challenge:
Design 100 meter play net as part of scheme to make Ringkøbing city more accessible for children and help get political goodwill and funds to realize the project in Ringkøbing, Denmark.
Solution:
Build 3D model and work out details of the designsolution in collaboration with MBYland, based on workshops held with local kids, in order to meet their needs and desires for improving their area, then produce compelling presentation material of what to be shown to Ringkøbing Council to raise funding and political goodwill.
Skills &Tools:
Design development
3D Skecthup models + Vray renders
Photoshop
Illustrator
Made for:
MBYland
2016-17
Client:
Ringkøbing Kommune
Published in Danish.TM in December 2016.
Challenge:
Build reservoir landscape and design solution in 3D, make visuals and draw 2D section drawings to illustrate the project and thereby minimize mistakes made on the building site.
Make visualization to use for promotion on the MBYland website.
Solution:
Made 3D model based on measurements provided by local land inspector and existing CAD plan drawings of the design, checking that all design details worked properly when raised from 2D to 3D, and then producing 2D dokumentation sections and visuals from this material.
Skills & tools:
Documentation drawings AutoCad
3D Rhino model ? Vray renders
SketchUp initial detail mockups
Visualization
Made for:
MBYland, Aarhus, Denmark
2017
Client:
Innovater A/S
Completed 2018.
Challenge:
Design new terrace for a family home in Risskov, Denmark.
Solution:
Talk to client about their needs and what their dream scenario is. Then, taking outset in a previous sketch by MBYland, create a design that is custom fitted to the house and garden, with flowerbeds and generous seating areas, and which incorporates room for a gas-lit open fire, toddler safety-rail around the basement stairwell and an awning (still to be added at this time).
Planks and screw-caps are different wood types to create contrast in the detail, and the planks are all turned in the same direction on decks and steps to give the terrace a unified look.
Skills & Tools:
Site dokumentation
Design
Sketchup 3D model
Measured drawings
Material choices
Liason with client
Client:
Private household
2018
Project under construction
Carpentry, build and photos by Peter Vejbæk
Challenge:
Design a spa with individual treatment pavilions, to be built on the beach, ajoining an existing luxury resort in Bali, Indonesia.
Solution:
Together with and as part of the Manasara team, went to Bali and documented the site. Designed and planned out a luxury spa in 3D with Dir. Tom Nursey, that adhere to the landscape and existing hotel design language, consisting of individual pavilions for private treatments, placed in a jungle ravine, accessible via a new mountain road and the volcanic beach, making the jungle location part of the overall spa experience.
Detailed architectural plans available on request.
Skills & tools:
Spa design and planning in 2D & 3D
Adherance to existing design language
Sketchup 3D model + Vray
Vectorworks 2D drawings
Photoshop
Illustrator
Responsible for output to client
Visuals
Setup of render angles
Planning documents
Site visit and documentation
Site photography
Liason with drone photographer on site
Liason with external artists
Supervision of junior staff
Made while working for:
Manasara Architects, Sydney, Australia 2016
Ongoing.
Hand illustrations by John Haycraft
Section drawings and final renders by Florane Petit
Vectorworks site plan by John McPhail
Challenge:
Design a gallery and office space on a sensitive site, across from the entrance to Frederiksborg Castle, and get building permission from the council after the case had previously stalled for 3 years in Hillerød, Denmark.
Solution:
”Renovated”(read completely re-designed) a 90m2 gallery building from 1938, adhering to the design and size of the original, keeping a couple of good design ideas from previous proposals, updating and customizing it to the clients needs and wishes, to be used initially as his personal workplace, while also keeping in mind future uses of the space.
We also kept a firewall from the old building in order to be allowed to use the original building code and build close to the edge of Hillerød Lake, successfully getting building permission within 4 months.
Then went on to detailing and draw full dokumentation for the build.
Skills & Tools:
Architectural design
Design development
Sketchup 3D model + Vray
Full documentation drawing set
Visuals
Direct liason with client throughout project
Liason with City Council
Liason with delivery companies
Liason with Engineer
Site documentation
Site photography
Client:
AXY1 Aps
2014
Completed 2015.
Challenge:
Visualize a Game/Play labyrinth as part of scheme to make Ringkøbing city more accessible for children, and help get political goodwill and funds to realize the project in Ringkøbing, Denmark.
Solution:
Build 3D model and work out details of the designsolution in collaboration with MBYland, based on workshops held with local kids, in order to meet their needs and desires for improving their area, then produce compelling presentation material to be shown to Ringkøbing Council to raise funding and political goodwill.
Skills &Tools:
Design development
3D Skecthup models + Vray renders
Photoshop
Illustrator
Made for:
MBYland
2016-17
Client:
Ringkøbing Kommune
Published in Danish.TM in December 2016.
Challenge:
Design prototype for individual residences to be built ajoining an existing luxury resort in Bali, Indonesia.
Solution:
Together with and as part of the Manasara team, went to Bali and documented the site. Designed and planned out 2 individual 3000m2 luxury villas in 3D sketchup with Dir. Tom Nursey and John McPhail, and did sketch planning for an additional 14 villas with Dir. Tom Nursey, that adhere to the existing hotel design language, functioning as privately sold serviced units, placed on 20 hectares of tropical forest mountainside, with a clear view of the ocean.
Detailed architectural plans available on request.
Skills & Tools:
Residence design and planning in 3D
Interior layouts
Adherance to existing design language
Sketchup 3D model + Vray
InDesign
Photoshop
Responsible for output to client
Visuals
Supervision of visuals
Setup of render angles
Planning documents
Site visit and documentation
Site photography
Liason with drone photographer on site
Liason with external artists
Supervision of junior staff
Made while working for:
Manasara Architects, Sydney, Australia
2015 & 2016
Ongoing.
Hand illustrations by John Haycraft
Detailed renders by Squint Opera
Final renders with palms by Florane Petit
Vectorworks drawings by John McPhail
Section drawings by Huzaimi Rosli
Challenge:
Design and get planning permission for £5.2mio. retained facade and new build office and residential building in Mayfair, London, England.
Solution:
Take charge as project architect of planning project, develop and draw plans and facade design for offices and two mews residences and an additional penthouse floor, while retaining an Edwardian heritage facade, in collaboration with S+P associate Matthew Holloway, get information needed from consultants and put together 75 page planning submission document.
Skills & Tools:
Project architect
Liason with client
Liason with planning consultants
Site documentation and anliysis
Site photography
Full planning drawing set
Preparation of planning submission document for Mayfair Council
Made while working for:
Squire and Partners
2007-08
Client:
FREP Limited
Photos provided by Squire and Partners
Completed 2011
Challenge:
Get planning permission for 3mio. sq.ft. project after two other architectural practices had tried for 6 years. Functions including upmarket housing, retail a music library for Trinity College and an extension of the LABAN Dance Centre in Greenwich & Lewisham, London, England.
Solution:
Making a design taking into consideration the demands of two opposing London councils, as part of a two person team, maximizing use of the buildable area, including required affordable housing, the tidal waters of Deptford Creek, heritage protected views from Greenwich Observatory, and protecting and complementing in the designs the very fragile facade of The LABAN Dance Centre by Hertzog and DeMeuron next door, successfully getting planning permission inside of 10 months.
Skills & Tools:
Architect Part II
Planning drawings
Facade Studies
Preparation of 3 x 100+page submission documents
Client meetings
Site documentation
Site photography
Microstation
Photoshop
Illustrator
Made while working for:
Squire and Partners Architects
2007
Client:
Telford Homes
Photos provided by Squire and Partners
Challenge:
Complete new facade build in 5½ weeks and oversee 4th floor interior build before opening day for Magasin Department Store in Odense, Denmark.
Solution:
Take charge of organizing and scheduling all contractors and drafts people, make sure that all deadlines are delivered and regulations upheld. Liasing with Chanel’s interior designer about permanent window display and provide design solutions for main entrance.
Skills & Tools:
Design and Site manager
Liason with client
Liason with all contractors
Supervision of drawing staff
Made while working for:
Zebra Projects Aps
2008
Completed 2008.
Challenge:
Propose a bridge concept that functions both as passageway over the canal and as a museum in Venice, Italy.
Solution:
Sketch out an idea of a sculptural bridge/building that provides both open views over the canal, and brings you either past or through the museum, taking as a design motif the meandering pedestrian alleyways of Venice city.
Skills & Tools:
Design proposal
Visual in Painter
Made while working for:
Squire and Partners
2006
Challenge:
Design furnishings and interior for A.P.C. Store in Copenhagen.
Solution:
Draw up and document in detail in 3D initial design sketches provided by Production Designer Peter Grant, and collaborate with him to produce the final store design and drawings to be used by the cabinetmaker.
Skills & Tools:
Design development
3D Sketchup model
Technical drawings
Made with:
Production Designer Peter Grant
2008
Client:
A.P.C.
Completed 2008.
Challenge:
Design store and furnishings for Day Birger & Mikkelsen's men's clothing in Magasin Du Nord department store, Copenhagen.
Design Day fashion fair stands in Forum Copenhagen and Barcelona.
Solution:
Draw up and document in detail in 3D initial design sketches provided by Production Designer Peter Grant, and collaborate with him to produce the final store design and drawings to be used by contractors in Poland for cabinet making done over IKEA standard cabinets, and plaster casting of the Arabian inspired mesh walls.
The design language developed for the store was then re-used to produce and layout stands for fashion fairs in Copenhagen and Barcelona.
Skills & Tools:
Design development
3D model Sketchup
Technical drawings
Made with:
Peter Grant & Thomas Karlsen
2008-09
Client:
Day Birger et Mikkelsen & Day
Completed 2008 & 2009
Challenge:
Produce compelling graphics and diagrams to be used in a masterplan analysis of "Grønne Etablissementer”(Green Establishments) ajoining the military barracks in Aalborg, Denmark.
Solution:
Work in collaboration with BSAA URBANlab to produce easily understood “landscape building block” diagrams and plans of the area as well as a visualization showing intent and ideas.
Skills & Tools:
Visuals in Photoshop
Diagrams in Illustrator
Plan graphic
Layout
Made for:
BSAA Urban Lab
2013
Challenge:
Produce compelling visuals to accompany “Byotoperne”, a sustainable design proposal for a landscape competition in Humlebæk Syd in Denmark.
Solution:
Work in collaboration with BSAA URBAN lab to produce visuals that interpreted the mood and intetion of the design and help get attention for the project.
Skills and Tools:
Visualizations in Photoshop
Plan visuals in Illustrator
Client:
BSAA Urban Lab & BSAA Arkitekter
2010
Challenge:
Visualize an early proposal for two extra floors to be built on top of an existing building in Nørrebro, Copenhagen in Denmark.
Solution:
Take existing 3D model and photmatch it into a photo taken on site by me and add sky and people elements in Photoshop.
Skills & Tools:
Sketchup photomatch +Vray
Visualisation in Photoshop
Client:
HD Arkitekter
2014
Challenge:
Make visualizations for church competition in Ny Våler, Norway.
Solution:
Take existing renders of the proposed church design and place them in the landscape, based on very poor quality gray day photos provided by the competition, then spruce it up by adding all landscape and other elements in Photoshop, and give an idea what this place can be like.
Skills & Tools:
Photomatch in Sketchup
Photoshop collage
Image research and matching
Client:
OPMA Architects
2011
Challenge:
Visualizing "Cirkelhuset" courtyard and rainwater harvesting system in Køge, Denmark.
Solution:
Build the concrete rainwater element in 3D and use it to illustrate how the system would look and funktion when implemented on site as well as provide measurements for casting.
Skills & Tools:
3D SketchUp model + Vray
Visualisations in Photoshop
Plan drawing AutoCad and Illustrator
Made for:
BSAA Urbanlab
2010
Client:
Lejerbo
Challenge:
Create concept illustrations to be used in light solution test strategy proposal by Danish Outdoor Lighting Lab at Risø and Albertslund, Denmark.
Solution:
Make several conceptual illustrations of how testing of outdoor light solutions could figure around Risø campus, as well as add colour and interest to the idea behind a very tech-heavy text.
Skills & Tools:
Concept Illustrations in Photoshop
Client:
DTU Fotonik
2012
Challenge:
Design various renovations and additions to private properties in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Solution:
Met with clients and discussed what the best solution was for them, measured up the property and built it up the design in 3D, which also provided the measured documentation drawings used for the final build.
Skills & Tools:
Site documentation
Site photography
3D SketchUp models
Documentation drawings
Visualization in Photoshop
Clients:
Private property owners in Copenhagen
2008-2011
Challenge:
Design "Outfitters Nation" stand for Berlin Fashion Fair and bring fresh original ideas, as the client had thought previous stands “too boring”.
Solution:
Made 3 different design proposals, one in line with the brand’s shop design in Odense, and two alternatives. All designs where validated by the pre/early teen target customer group, by getting feedback on them from grade school classes, before presenting them to the client.
Full documentation drawing set and construction manual was then produced for the "Black" concept chosen by the client.
Skills & Tools:
Design of 3 original concepts
3D SketchUp models
Concept visuals in Photoshop
Concept validation
Client meetings
Made for:
Tobi A/S
2010
Client:
Bestseller A/S
Challenge:
Design interior for Sai Chi Sushi Restaurant in Jægergårdsgade, Aarhus Denmark.
Solution:
Make design proposal in 3D for restaurant interior layout, and deliver plans and visuals to the client.
Skills & Tools:
Design development
3d SketchUp model
Visuals in Photoshop
Made for:
BSAA Urbanlab
2009
Client:
Sai Chi Restaurant
Challenge:
Design a "Modern Ryokan" (modern traditional Japanese guesthouse) set in Yokohama, Japan.
Solution:
Applied for travel funds and went to Japan. Found a site, obtained local maps and site info. Then developed a design taking it’s outset in traditional Japanese principles for moving through a building and making use of reclaimed land on water, which is in turn relevant to harbor cities around the world.
Skills and Tools:
Concept and design
Site documentation
Site photography
Full hand drawing set
Models
Presentation layout
Application for travel funds
1 Month funded study trip to Japan
Client:
Thesis project from AAA 2002
Thanks for support and funding:
Carl Th. Dreyer's Fund
3 x Nielsen's Fund
Lemvig, Mûller og Munch's Fund
