Portfolio of Abhishek Wagle

AW PORTFOLIO OF ABHISHEK WAGLE abhishek.s.wagle@gmail.com 416 - 797 - 0669 BACHELORS OF ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE RYERSON UNIVERSITY

Content This portfolio contains selected works from design projects explored during my time in the Architectural Science Undergraduate program at Ryerson University and through my involvement with the [R]ed[U]x Lab collective. The projects were selected with the aim of showcasing the range of design experience and project experience I have developed.

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DANCE HAUS Design Studio II Reviewers: Cheryl Atkinson, and Demitri Papatholou

DanceHaus is an infill live-work project in the Regent Park neighbourhood. It aims to holistically create a community space amidst the recent gentrification within the neighbourhood. DanceHaus provides space for dancers to stay, a large amount of space for them to dance, an outlet for the dancers to help with community outreach as a natural way to re-invigorate the community.

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SITE PLAN

Housing Type

1973 1660 ft2 506.6 ft2/person

2013 2679 ft2 506.6 ft2/person

Ave. Household Size

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4 Proposed Duplex 6000 ft2 2 Units + Storefront 300 ft2/person

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The Live/Work Duplex achieves a high level density required to build in the neighbourhood, but avoids a feeling of congestion by providing a lot of community space. The space is organised so that the above units can be occupied by a family helping operate the dance studio, or various dancers living in a cooperative housing setting.

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The preliminary site analysis determined the limits of the exterior form, and building height.

The context also allowed for the inspiration for a community-oriented concept.

The floors were offset so that residents could easily circulate throughout the levels.

Finally, setbacks and balconies allowed the building to respond to the immediate context of the alley.

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South Elevation

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Roof

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6 - Bedroom 7 - Washroom 8 - Kitchen 9 - Living room 10 - Balcony 11 - Back yard

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- Dance Studio - Office - Storage - Bedroom - Washroom - Kitchen - Living room

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- Dance Studio - Washroom - Office - Storage - Mechanical

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Multicultural Centre Integration Studio I Reviewers: Paul Floerke

The Portland Centre aims to frame the dialectic nature of multiculturalism and the development of the neighbourhood.

A relationship between the building facade, the interior spatial qualities and the surrounding built environment is carefully cultivated to create steady dialogue between the different parts of the building. The aim is to create an analytical narrative about multiculturalism. Instead of an activity, the visit to the Portland Centre is meant to be an experience.

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SITE PLAN

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Design Methodology

The site is shared with an existing industrial brick building, the Portland Centre. Built in the early 1900’s the brick masonry and heavy-timber structure symbolizes an era, style, and technique of construction that is lost in current practice.

Understanding that the old cannot be brought back. The new building aims to accentuate the old by creating a conflicting tectonic expression.

By juxtaposing the old Portland Centre’s essence the new building reveals its qualities.

A brick veneer curtain wall and a dynamically expressed interior aims to take visitors on a journey throughout their visit. It looks at turning a building into a celebration.

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Modest exterior form which achieves contrast through the poiesis of tectonic

Dynamic interior forms which achieves strong contrast to express celebration

Section of building showing proposed exterior interior relationship

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WEST ELEVATION

Wellington St

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Portland St

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Exterior Details

The facade is divided into nominal 300mm & 450mm separations vertically with a 75mm sub-organisation.

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Large windows with adjacent seating allow visitors to view the outside while they rest. Adversely, the gallery area contains clearstory windows so that visitors place importance on the art.

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The horizontal windows near the office are framed to avoid views to the exterior when working, but still allow light to flood the space.

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The circulation space has windows at eye level in order to provide a continuous view outside. The aim is to emphasize the horizontality of the facade.

The brick-veneer curtain wall detial is highlighted to explain its dialectic relationship with the neighbouring Portland Centre. The original building uses a 600mm masonry exterior wall with buttresses along the outside for support. A playful tectonic dialogue is established though questioning the integrity of brick in the 21st century. Long horizontal cuts into the facade further inform the visitor of the brick’s loss of structural qualities. The facade of the multicultural centre paints a story about the culture of the construction industry

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Proposal for a New Midrise Typology Design Studio III Reviewers: Cheryl Atkinson, Betsy Williamson, Hovag Kara-Yacoubian

Floating City is an exploration of Typology and Societal Life. By raising the ground floor plane, the building aims to develop a village atmosphere amongst its neighbours. The bottom floors then becomes a space for the city and community to gather in. Floating City acts as a resistance to the dense, alienating developments that are prevalent in Toronto today.

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SITE PLAN

Problems in Current High Rise Housing

The advent of the digital realm has brought with it various social and societal issues. Entertainment, social contact, even daily chores can be done within the confines of the apartment. This often creates unfamiliarity within neighbours. Overly dense high rise and midrise housing can cause residents to feel more and more alienated within their communities. The proposal looks at creating a residential building that can cultivate the microcosm of a village town.

Design Concepts and Goals

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Property Line

Raised Platform

Carve Set-backs

Establish Community Space

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Exploration of Spatial Definitions The nature of the project also explores private and public space as a series of layers rather than a threshold. The explorations looks to re-organise the private and public realms.

Housing Space Outside? Private Exposing the building to the elements, and making the circulation space public poses the question of whether the hallways are inside or outside.

Outside Space Outside. Public.

The immediate exterior space is easily defined as outside and public. It is open to the nature and because of constant traffic and construction may be seen as dangerous.

Underside Space Inside? Public.

The underside space is open to the public and features public amenities. However sheltering this space aims to create a dichotomy between the unsheltered private space.

The Proposal Housing Units Densities: 0-3 Bedrooms Typologies: Townhouse-apartment style Ground Floor of Housing Gardens, Public Gathering Space, Community Co-op Room, Squares Facilities for the COOP Gym, Co-op Kitchen, Garden Public Amenity Space Stores

Single Bed Double Bed

Triple Bed Garden Fire-stair

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Second Floor

Ground Ground Floor Floor

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Detailed Layout of Apartments

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Redford Gardens Landscape Design Competition

In Collaboration with Rachel Luu, Julianne Guevra, & Keegan Toscano

Terra-Totter proposes the means of revitalizing the landscape of the Reford Gardens by incorporating a playful dimension of movement, never touched upon in the previous years. The design invites guests to interact with a landscape of tottering platforms and explores nature’s reaction to the built form. The project maintains its intrigue through the cultivation of plants that are harmonious to Quebec’s dynamic temperature conditions.

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Terrena DESIGN AND FABRICATION

In collaboration with [R]ED[U]X LAB COLLECTIVE; Cathy Truong, Erik Aquino, and Matthew BretonHoneyman

Terrena is explores the interesting dichotomy between the manicured lawn and the chaos of nature. By bringing grass outside its natural habitat, and allowing it to float the viewer experiences a friendly element in an unfamiliar environment.

The roots become exposed, the grass stands at the same size as you.

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Published in image courtesy of Evolylly Photography

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The making of Terrena was a new and exploratory experience for the team. It was a very practical and ongoing learning process, which meant most of the learning happened though the countless problems we tackled. Because we were working with live plant materials and a very conceptual premise, we found that a prototype intensive design process worked best. Our experiments involved testing various grasses to see their growth potential, their resilience to various conditions, and their ability to add to the imagery and concept of our installation.

The final design was an outcome of the structural requirements of a floating installation, and the practical needs of the wheat grass bought together to represent a design intent. The design was showcased at the Gladstone Hotel, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Ontario Centre for Excellence Conference.

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MAR GRASS COVER

STEEL TIES

STEEL MESH

STEEL CONDUITS WRAPPED IN REFLECTIVE PAPER

3/4” MIRRORED ACRYLIC

1/2” MDF BASE

1/4” MIRRORED ACRYLIC LINING

1/2” MDF BASE

PLYWOOD SUPPORTS

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Aqueduct DESIGN AND FABRICATION

In collaboration with [R]ED[U]X LAB COLLECTIVE; Adrian Chiu, Cathy Truong, Erik Aquino, Jonathan Chan, and Matthew Breton-Honeyman

Aqueduct was an interactive challenge/ installation designed for City Chase and Science Rendezvous. It was one of 10 challenges in an science themed ‘Amazing Race’ style scavenger hunt.

Participants were challenged to use pool noodles and tubes to create their own water transportation systems. Over the course of the challenge they would be taught about the importance of water transportation for cities. The project was designed and fabricated by the team. We were able to keep the budget modest through the use of efficient materials, and fabrication methods.

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2x4 Lumber

Oriented Stand Board Pool Noodle

Painted OSB

looked absolutely incredible and people loved it! When the participants came across the finish line we asked all of them what their favourite challenges were, and yours was by far the most popular. Everyone loved how big and visual it was, that it was a bit challenging and they needed to use their brains (but not so hard that it was discouraging), as well as very practical and hands-on with a clear goal. Overall, overwhelming success! �

Jessica Sonnenberg

Program and Community Engagement Coordinator

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Hope For Hearts DESIGN AND FABRICATION - Project Lead

In collaboration with [R]ED[U]X LAB COLLECTIVE; Jason Glionna, Zeenah Ali-Mohammed, Tess Macpherson, Valerie Poon, Jonathan Kim

The Hope for Heart Wall was an exploration of interactive design and how it can benefit the community. A responsive wall was designed to highlight the annual Hope For Heart Charity Gala.

It celebrated the outstanding work of the Cardiac Research Division of the SICK KIDS foundation and hoped to increase funding towards its cause.

The wall was fitted with ultra-sonic sensors which would trigger as people approached it. As more people gathered around the wall it would begin to pulsate gradually speeding up to an active heart rate.

The wall acted as a beacon for the Hope For Heart Charity, actively voicing a need for more research into cardiac issues.

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Image courtesy of Yvonne Bambrick

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Testing

Prototyping

Led Strip Lighting

Acrylic Tubes Lined with Felt

Ultra-Sonic Sensor

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Lasercut Felt

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C U R R I C U L U M

V I TA E

Email: abhishek.s.wagle@gmail.com | Address: 96 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON, M5B1G7 | Contact number: 416 797 0669

STRENGTHS

Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills Proficient in the digital work environment Quick at learning and adapting to new technologies and programs Passionate and enthusiastic about the built environment

TECHNICAL SKILLS 3D Modeling & Rendering Graphic Presentation Crafting

Autodesk Revit 2017, Rhinoceros 5.0, Grasshopper, Google Sketchup 8.0, Vray for Rhinoceros Adobe CC Suite 2015 [Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom], Autodesk Auto CAD 2017, Revit 2017, Microsoft Office Suite [Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project] Woodshop, Digital Fabrication [Laser cutting, 3D Printer, CNC Router], Hand Drafting

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 2014 - PRESENT

Ryerson University | Bachelors of Architectural Science [2019 candidate] Entrance Scholarship Dean’s List (above 3.5 gpa)

WORK EXPERIENCE JUNE 2016 SEPT 2015 - DEC 2015

2011 - 2013

Ryerson Facilitator | Grey to Green Conference

Helped the Conference Chair facilitate the conference and resolve any last minute issues with logistics.

Digital Archive Assistant | Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University Used Lightroom to help developing an archive program for events and projects at DAS Ryerson.

Used Wordpress and Lightroom to help with website content and population.

Snowboard Instructor | Dagmar Snowschool, CASI certified

Taught adults and students of various skill level how to learn and improve their snowboarding abilities.

Learned key verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

INSTALLATIONS + DESIGN WORK JUNE 2016

OCT 2015 - MAY 2016

Hope for Heart Interactive Wall, Project Lead | Redux Lab Collective

Led a team of 5 students to design and build an installation for the Hope for Heart Charity Gala.

The project involved rapid prototyping and used laser cutting, handcrafting, and arduino programming to come up with a final design.

Terrena, Design and Fabrication Team | Redux Lab Collective Worked with a team of 4 students to design, grow, and fabricate a living installation.

Project was displayed at Gladstone Gallery’s Grow-Op exhibit, AGO’s Terrior Symposium and the OCE Conference.

The project was modeled in Rhino 5 and built though the use of CNC and Handcrafting methods.

MAY 2015

City Chase Challenge, Design and Fabrication Team | Redux Lab Collective Designed and fabricated an iterative challenge which was presented for Science Rendezvous 2015.

The project was modeled in Rhino 5 and built though the use of CNC and Handcrafting methods.

2015 & 2016 DEC 2014

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Canstruction, Fabrication | Ryerson University Photokeritits, Fabrication | Toronto Design Offsite, Redux Lab Collective

ORGANIZATION + AFFILIATIONS SEPT 2016 - APR 2017

Chapter President | American Institute of Architecture Students, Ryerson University

SEPT 2015, SEPT 2016

Co-Founder & Co-Chair of TIMBERFEVER | Ryerson University & MSE

2013 - 2014

In charge of organizing team of 20 students to plan and execute events for Ryerson University.

Undergoing planning for North East Quad Conference in Toronto 2017.

Position involves a high level of organisation, communication, and public speaking skills.

Developed a multidisciplinary Design-Build competition with Moses Structural Engineers and CSCE Ryerson.

In charge of setting up the various logistics, organizing a team of 30 students, and ensuring proper scheduling.

The Two-day competition encouraged over 48 Architecture and Civil Engineering students to learn hands on woodworking skills, collaborative skills, and developed their knowledge of wood as a structural material.

President | Student Council, Markville S.S.

Worked with a team of 30 students, teacher and administration to organize various school events throughout the year.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED DEC 2016

AIAS Forum, Delegate | Boston, Massachusetts

JULY 2016

AIAS Grassroots, Delegate | Washington, DC

DEC 2015

AIAS Forum, Delegate | San Fransisco, California

DEC 2014

AIAS Forum, Delegate | Nashville, Tennessee

Served as a representative of Ryerson University, and an organiser of the upcoming Quad Conference.

Presented Quad Conference to a group of over 150 students.

AWARDS + PUBLICATIONS 2016

OCT 2015 - MAY 2016 OCT 2015 - MAY 2016 OCT 2015 - MAY 2016 2014

Proposal For a New Midrise Typology Accepted for Presentation at End of the Year Show, Ryerson University Terrena Published in BlogTo, The Gladstone Hotel goes green with Grow Op, by Bianca Venerayan Azure, Grow Op: 5 Wild Landscape Installations on Display in Toronto Toronto Life, ART The wacky, wondrous plants taking over the Gladstone, by Samantha Edwards Markville Secondary School Valedictorian Principals Award for Student Leadership Student Council Award Top Mark Visual Arts

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