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Take a Dip Down Memory Lane by Sam Beckwith Flint

Sam Beckwith Flint’s bathhouse project on the Liverpool-Leeds canal combines memory, water, climate response and Part I portfolio evidence.

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Sam Beckwith Flint’s Take a Dip Down Memory Lane is a bathhouse project on the Liverpool-Leeds canal, using water, memory and climate response as the centre of the idea.

For a Part I portfolio, that is a useful combination. It gives the project a site, a public experience and an environmental argument, rather than relying on form alone.

See the bathhouse drawings

The portfolio viewer below gives more context on the drawings and presentation material behind the canal bathhouse proposal.

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Environmental thinking is part of the project story, including water, climate response and canal context.

What the project is about

Sam was in his third and final year of Architecture at the University of Liverpool and was looking for a Part I placement for 2021/22. He had experience at Ryder Architecture, Barratt Developments and David Wilson Homes.

The bathhouse project sits on the Liverpool-Leeds canal and uses climatically sensitive technologies, including rainwater collection, storage and hydro-electric power generation. The work was collectively modelled in SketchUp and AutoCAD, with Adobe Photoshop used for presentation.

Why the project works as portfolio evidence

  • The site gives the project a clear public and environmental setting.
  • The bathhouse typology creates atmosphere, ritual and social use.
  • Water is treated as infrastructure, experience and resource.
  • The project shows enough technical ambition for a Part I conversation.

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Connect with Sam

Readers can connect with Sam and see more of his work through LinkedIn.

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