Involved in three of the largest development projects in London for the past three decades, the £45m SEGAWorld at the Troccadiro Centre the biggest attraction in London for the 1990's, the £9bn Battersea Power Station brownfield redevelopment and Barking Riverside which adopted what was carried out at Battersea.
Architectural forensics: daylight analysis
Lead Researcher in daylight analysis for leading Chartered Surveyors in the field of party wall and Rights to Light in the City of London, analyzing the impact proposed building developments have on their surroundings. i.e if a proposed new build impacts access to daylight, compensation can be sort through the courts, alterations to the design to minimise the impact or have taken down.
Received one to one training in Daylight and Sunlight analysis from the professor of Nuclear Physics at Oxford University, arranged by leading UK legal expert on Daylight and Sunlight BRE Building Research Establishment Guidelines.
Daylight Analysis is the process of analysing real world physics properties light and heat values of daylight created by an Architectural structure or building using global location (GIS) Global information systems, this is used also in calculate the the Sun's Glare when planning Solar farms on flight pathways and landing approaches for Aircraft at Airports.
Developed an analysis process for the impact of solar glare reflecting off Architectural glass surfaces on line of sight of drivers at pedestrian road crossings etc. i.e low level light through the sessions blinding drivers view.
Reporting research directly to the leading UK Party Wall legal expert, two degrees of separation from the person that manages Masjid al-Haram also known as the Great Mosque of Mecca, and the custodians of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Hindu Temple. which on the days of equinox the setting Sun passes through its windows.
note Hajj 2023 being after the Covid pandemic was the highest attended and many where affected by the years extreme Heat.
Viewing Sunlight triggers the production of vitamin D, lifts mood, relieves pain and repairs nerve damage, prolonged periods without Sunlight, can cause Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD a form of depression. i.e. going to work in the dark and returning home in the dark, and working in an office without windows.
SAD can be more acute during the winter months, therapeutic treatment include a daylight temperature light box with 5000K kelvin LED's bulbs during daylight hours, night workers are often on a higher rates because it's unhealthy.
Innovator: National Digital Twin
Met scientist involved with The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's Adopt a River Program in Dec 2019, asked to volunteer ideas to assist the water authority through the seven years of lower than expected annual rainfall, daily temperatures of 35°C, water rationing nationwide, ideas including collecting and simple water saving methods and education projects in schools. (the root cause being ailing infer-structure)
Computational ocean modeling key tool in oceanographic and climate research, and python code for validation of oil spill modelling are carried out by the STFC Hartree centre. link Oil industry lobbyists role in disinformation on Climate change revealed by BBC news link.
While Global temperatures become life threatening as the World warms beyond 1.5°C in 2023.
National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) link, created by the Centre for Digital Britain at the University of Cambridge and housed at the Connected Places Catapult. improving resilience of vital infrastructure Water, Power and communications to the extremes of climate change. Auditing the network and Plan built in tolerance, servicing PM preventative maintenance, using PLM Product Lifecycle Management.
A free collaborative, data-sharing approach designed to improve resilience to climate change to infrastructure, supplying Hospitals, flood protection etc, Examining the impact of extreme weather on energy, water and telecom's networks, the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) now adopted by 77 countries around the World. (see conservation)
The importance of a introduction of a legal data sharing framework cannot be down played, with infrastructure i.e. Water, Power and Telecommunications, industry working together, as my work on SEGAWorld had a 5 year £10M NDA nondisclosure agreement on the project, while their was Press and Police intrusion, being told not to ask questions of the architects, while their 2D drawings didn't fit together in 3D and had to go through a Japaneses New York Lawyer at the last minute for a redesign that worked for the pitch to the clients SEGA, on the £45m project, US $115m in today's money, as the intern producing the 3D paid £10 a day, pattern of small payments behind NDA the Bank closed my account saying their not paying for drug bill.
Fire Safety advice
Lived on a housing estate in East London named after a family who lost their lives in Islamophobic fire bomb attack, and after the tragic Grenfell Tower Block disaster in 2017, Invited Fire Service to carry out a home inspection of New build urban housing estate.
Created multiple copies of windows keys kept around the home, to clear smoke and easy exit in case of fire.. The Fire Chief said it was the smartest thing he had ever heard. (see Arch) Sadly during COVID in Trinidad a short distance away children passed away locked behind intruder protection unable to find the Burglar proof keys to escape.
Archeological Surveying
A 500-kilogram WWII un-exploded ordnance (UXBs) was discovered during preparation work for the extension work to London City Airport, across the Royal Docks from UEL University of East London.
Identified the Location on their newly developed 3D interactive archaeology CAD survey of the UK at the Hartree Centre created from planning records, and geography indicators developed to help protect archeology and help avoid unforeseen costly construction development delays.
Urban Regeneration: 10,800 new homes
Met the site Manager for BRL Barking Riverside Ltd's link (4th May 2017) as a Cultural Connector invited to the Barking Riverside development Project office, a joint venture between L&Q London leading housing association operating in the Greater London Area, Quadrant group, the Mayor of London. building 10,800 new homes on the largest brownfield development sites in Europe, encompassing 443 acres on the former site of Barking Power Station alongside 2km of south facing Thames river frontage.
Affordable housing, Skills training, employment, and Health and Safety for local residence.
Promoted the concept of providing local residents with skills training, Health and safety and employment on site as we delivered by Battersea Power Station, which L&Q adopted, working with local Job shops in the vicinity of schools and established training center in the local area, and met local employment services provider and discussed the delivery of the service.
Jan 2023 L&Q took ownership of the first 167 homes of which 115 units are socially rented homes.
Urban redevelopment
Foster + Partners model making workshops
Urban Redevelopment on brownfield industrial site: Retail, New Homes and Job creation
Approached by the Head of Lambeth College while studying historic building conservation, to teach: run a satellite college in the grounds of Battersea Powerstation site link, and became member of the IfL Institute for Learning, teaching life long learners.
Ran satellite training college for Lambeth College onsite between 2006-2009 providing construction skills and CITB construction Industry Training Board CSCS Construction Skills Certification Scheme training, ensuring the workforce are appropriately skilled and qualified the CSCS card plays its part in improving standards and safety on UK construction sites, obtained Professional design management CSCS for Architectural design and safety planning. and trained on the Hoist lift in case of the need to evacuate site.
Delivering Construction Skills training and employment to local residence a requirement on the re-developer of The largest brick built building in Europe, Grade II* listed decommissioned coal-fired Power Station, Originally designed in the 1930s by the UK's renowned architect, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the Project was visited by the Rt. Hon Gordan Brown FRSE the UK labour Prime Minister of the day.
One of central London’s largest new developments costing £9bn, 19 acres of public space on the south bank of the river Thames, Battersea Powerstation and Electric Boulevard shopping and leisure destination opened in Autumn 2022.
Health and Safety, professionally Qualified Person i.e. ensuring everyone working onsite is adequately skilled and can Identifying and use the different types of fire extinguishers, The correct PPE personal protective equipment is provided and worn at all times, electrical equipment is handles and stored correctly, and manual handling is carried out in a safe and proper manner.
Applied for architectural forensics position at the MET police the week before the London bombings, having known the area of the West Midlands where one of the suicide bombers was from, warned the public of the racist ill treatment the English fare right where giving people in the area. (see medi: mental Health)
The Muslim community in the area was later target by Ukrainian Neo Nazi Pavlo Lapshyn Murderous campaign, (See Cyber)
Dental interior: Hygiene Research
For Swiss Dentist Dr Heinz and his wife an MD in the UAE implementing the latest Hygiene Research 2001, interior without corners, or objects touching the floor for easy access and cleaning, tools and storage where in an adjacent room through a one way negative air flow system, reducing particles exposure from drilling to surfaces, particles can potentially be Cancer forming when operated on bone when drilling, Now commonly used in operation theaters.
SEGAWORLD: Trocadero centre, London
One of the first commercial Architectural 3D CAD fly through outside of IBM's Labs, SEGA Europe’s indoor VR Virtual Reality theme-park, the Trocadero centre in London's Piccadilly circus, operated as a joint-venture between Chorion, the owners of the Trocadero and SEGA. Design pitch to RTKL clients SEGA produced by myself and Bosnian award winning architect / animator Darko Predanic.
£45m refit of the Trocadero centre in London's Piccadilly circus, equivalent to £92m in todays money, over 7 floors with 25 major attractions, the Largest visitor attraction built in London that decade. The studio was ArtiWisdom, 41 Windmill Street. off Charlotte St London West1.
Darko Predanic AWN Animation World Network Bio link, at the time English was not his first language we communicated in 3D, Working with a team from the former Yugoslavia during the ongoing conflict, my university Education disability grant provided the PC which i worked on, while paid an intern wage.
3D modeled the interior using 3D studio v1 running in DOS, 66mhz processor and 8mb of RAM, in comparison to modern mobile device commonly with over 2.5 GHz and 8 GB or more of Ram.
While illuminating the scene was visited by the computer scientist who developed Blinn Phong renderer which photo-realistic Real-Time Ray Tracing simulations utilise with modern GPU's.
International Journal Social Spaces Vol I containing SEGAWorld Trocadero Centre, available @ London's hub for the for the built environment, The Building Centre, Architecture, Engineering and Construction AEC, Specialist bookshop.
SEGAWorld Closed in 2000, the site continued to operate as a amusements park, gradually winding down and having well publicized issues with Teenage gang anti social behavior before its ultimate closure in May 2011.
SEGA went on to be sold to a Japanese Penny games Arcade company after dropping out of the consul market with the Dreamcast which featured Windows ME operating system, because of games piracy, a bootloader and custom 1GB disks which where patent protected Globally except in Ireland where the IRA controlled counterfeiting.
The cinema part of the site is being turned into a place of Worship, for London’s Muslim community who have long waited for a central London Mosque, it will accommodate 390 worshipers opening as the ‘Piccadilly Prayer Space’. "Proposals for a 1,000-capacity mosque on the site were withdrawn in 2020 following backlash from far-right groups and some residents." TimeOut 17 July 2023
As members of the Muslim community in London know I'm not Muslim, but feel honored to have something I worked on turned into a place of Worship for the Muslim Community, as the Far Right would Joke in the past their would be no Muslims in the future.