The House by Jessica Burton

Project images

The project visuals show how interior architecture, public use and drawing technique can work together to explain a community-focused proposal.

The project uses interior architecture to make the old fish market feel active and publicly useful.

The plan evidence helps explain how people would move, gather and use the building.

Project overview

Jessica graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a First Class BA(Hons) in Interior Architecture and Design. She also achieved best portfolio in her course twice and had a year of industry experience as a Visual Project Coordinator at VMGraphics.

The House was her final major project. It was modelled in SketchUp, developed with orthographic drawings in AutoCAD, then rendered in Photoshop using a collage-led visual style.

What makes the old fish market useful

• It gives the project a real local anchor rather than a generic interior brief.
• It lets the design connect memory, community and public use.
• It creates a reason to think about thresholds, gathering and shared activity.
• It gives the portfolio a clearer story around reuse and civic value.
• It helps the reader understand why the building matters before judging the image style.

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Showcase a community-led student project

Architecture Social can feature student work where the site, people and design method are explained clearly enough for tutors, practices and peers to understand.

• Name the site and why it matters.
• Explain who the project is for.
• Show plans or sections that prove the idea.
• Make the community value visible, not just the mood.

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Portfolio lesson

For interior architecture students, this is the part worth noticing: the project is strongest when the social purpose and the drawing method support each other. A collage style can be powerful, but only if the reader also understands the brief, site and user journey.

Architecture Social view

Stephen’s recruiter view is that practices rarely have time to decode a student project from visuals alone. The stronger move is to make the project legible: site, user, problem, response and evidence.