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On this page you'll find everything you need to know about me so enjoy........
My Story....So FAR
My name is Alexander Baldwin-Cole. Born in Essex, England, 23/06/1993. I know it sounds like the ultimate of cliché’s but;
“As long as I can remember I have wanted to be a designer”
It’s probably the same old story but its mine. A father in the construction business, a mother in the creative side. Put 1 + 1 together = Architecture or something similar within the design field. Unlike many of my piers having a pretty strong concept of the field I wanted to progress into made things easy when university began to loom.
I ended up Studying my Undergraduate Architecture Degree at University of Kent’s Canterbury Campus. I thoroughly enjoy living and studying in Canterbury, I left the course excited to begin my year in industry.
During my Part I Placement year I worked for a small architectural firm called Clague in Canterbury. I found the job initially challenging but soon found my niche of jobs in the form of technical projects. I was assigned to work with the in house Architectural technician on a number of Building Regulation and Tender Documents, while also assisting on planning applications where possible. It was at this point in my career I realised I had an interest in the way things are put together, both in terms of buildings and smaller scale products. I have since begun experimenting with joinery and furniture design, as a means to test my design abilities in a different format to my Architectural studies.
Towards the end of my year out I decided not to delay and looked to return to studying for my Masters in Architecture. The only issues were that I was looking for a change from Canterbury, looking at my original University Applications I found an old favourite in the pile, Newcastle. A few visits and a successful portfolio and interview later, the next chapter in my career began.
Two years on, having learnt a lot about design and myself I started to gain a clearer idea of the path my future could take. The most important project to me was that of Linked Research – Live Build project, its realistic nature drew me instantly and became all that mattered in my eyes. Upon completing the course, I took a brief period of time to blow off some much needed steam and find my drive to return to the field of architecture once again. This is where this portfolio comes in, found within its pages is a collated collection of a variety of projects across a number of education and placement projects.
Upon returning to the UK i relocated to Bristol where I found a equal measure professionald and personial sucess
