Architecture Portfolio
A
sample of my recent academic work & professional experience
CHRIS COLLET
MArch - RIBA Pt II University of Westminster
2023- 2025
2018- 2021
CONTENTS
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Postrgraduate Projects
University of Westminster
Undergraduate Projects
London Southbank
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022
Emma Frost Designs Design Assistant
Wembley Innovation
CAD / BIM Technician 2022- 2026
Pages 01-06
Pages 07-09
Pages 10-13
Pages 14-25
SITE LOCATION
Ghent, Belgium
EXISTING SITE
TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
MArch Design Project - 2025 - Textile Recycling Facility
Towards a circular economy is a textile recycling centre in Gent, Belgium, that aims to address the environmental impact of fast fashion while honouring the city’s rich textile industrial history. The facility functions as both a working recycling plant and public space, making visible the processes that typically remain hidden. The building exposes the textile recycling process to the public, allowing visitors to witness the transformation of discarded clothing into new materials as they engage with various public spaces, including design studios, manufacturing labs, repair workshops, exhibition areas, and retail units. By incorporating elements of the circular economy of textiles—from collection and sorting to recycling, manufacturing, and retail—the building serves as both a functional solution and educational tool.
SACRIFICIAL HARDWOOD GLULAM
The structural system employs glulam beams, a manufactured wood product created by bonding multiple layers of solid timber with moisture-resistant structural adhesives. These beams are intentionally oversized using ‘sacrificial timber’ to enhance fire resistance. The glulam elements serve as horizontal beams and vertical columns throughout the facility, supporting the sawtooth roof structure while providing the necessary span clearances for the recycling machinery and public spaces below.
SAWTOOTH ROOF
The facility features a sawtooth roof profile connecting the building to Gent’s industrial textile heritage while providing optimal environmental performance. This roof configuration delivers controlled light to the interior spaces, providing ideal illumination for textile processing, design work, and public areas without the heat gain and glare associated with direct sunlight. This strategic orientation reduces reliance on artificial lighting, contributing to the building’s energy efficiency goals.
SECTION B-B
EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVE
SITE LOCATION
Hamburg, Germany
SITE PLAN
WAKEBOARDEN IN DER STADT
MArch Design Project - 2024 - Wakeboarding Centre
A wakeboarding centre in the heart of Hamburg that aims to connect with Hamburg’s aquatic sporting community, providing a community sporting recreational hub that promotes an active, healthy and athletic lifestyle. The project is defined by dynamic, curving forms inspired by the motion of wakeboarding across the water’s surface. Large windows and cantilevered viewing decks open up views to the River Elbe and the wakeboarding action.
SECTION A-A
THE LANDSCAPE OF PERFORMANCE
BA(Hons) Design Project - 2021 - Urban Park / Theatre
The brief asks us to reimagine redundant landscapes and to develop a sustainable urban park and an inclusive environment for the immediate community. It must at the same time provide space for the Experimental Theatre Group, The Chicago Neo Futurists to practice, rehearse, perform, socialise, rest and partially reside. The Northern end of the site will provide a home-base for the Chicago Neo’s, which includes two different theatre spaces. One is a fixed seat theatre to provide a more traditional theatrical experience, and the other a flexible theatre space, integral to their more avant-garde performances. The southern end of the site provides a small amphitheatre, located under a series of rising platforms that also provide opportunities for impromptu performances.
SITE LOCATION
Moxon St Car Park , London
EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVE
HAWKESFIELD ROAD
Emma Frost Designs - 2022 - Ground Floor Extension
The proposed rear extension would project 6m from the rear of the dwelling, extend across its full width and have a maximum height of 2.9m. The following drawings were part of the proposal used to seek planning permission.
PROPOSED REAR ELEVATION
BARNFIELD WOOD ROAD
Emma Frost Designs - 2022 - Interior Bathroom Renovation
Renovation of a large family bathroom. The drawings & visualisations were part of the initial design proposal to the client.
EXISTING LAYOUT
VISUALISATIONS
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Innovation- 2025
