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AIDAN LUCAS
CURRICULUM VITAE education. 2019 - 2021
MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE (M.ARCH) McEwen School of Architecture. Sudbury, Ontario.
2015 - 2019
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES (BAS) CUM LAUDE HONOURS McEwen School of Architecture. Sudbury, Ontario.
distinctions. 2021
FACULTY AND STAFF THESIS AWARD WINNER McEwen School of Architecture. Monetary award given to a thesis project selected by the faculty for outstanding creativity and innovation in design.
2020
SUDBURY 2050 STUDENT CATEGORY WINNER Sudbury 2050 International Urban Design Competition. Monetary award given awarded to the leading submission in the ‘Student Category’. Selected from over 100 submissions through a juried process involving esteemed architects, designers, critics and community members.
2019 + 2021
2019
MEDIA + MARKETING COORDINATOR McEwen Nuit Blanche 2019 + 2021 SOPREMA UNDERGRADUATE FINAL PROJECT AWARD McEwen School of Architecture. Monetary award given to the studio project which exhibited ”Outstanding spacial qualities, inhabitability and well-being.”
2018 + 2019
JURY AWARD WINNER McEwen Nuit Blanche 2018 + McEwen Nuit Blanche 2019
2018 - 2019
VICE PRESIDENT - LASA McEwen School of Architecture Student Association VARSITY ATHLETE Laurentian Voyageurs Track + Cross-Country Team
2016 - 2017
exhibitions. 2020
SHalon film festival Sauerbruch Hutton Architects. Berlin
2019
birch bark canoe - storytelling through creation galt. publication. Waterloo
2019
post-impact! McEwen Nuit Blanche. Sudbury
2018
(impact)luminescence UpHere Art + Music Festival. Sudbury
2018
this too will change McEwen Nuit Blanche. Sudbury
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Aidan Lucas e. alucas@laurentian.ca t. +1 (416) 700 3938 professional. 2019-2021
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT. McEwen School of Architecture. Sudbury. Assisting with courses: Forth Year Studio (year 4), Sacred Places (year 1), Architectural Representation (year 2), and Writings in Architecture (year 3). Work involved preparing course material, assisting with marking, creating course deliverable appendixes and graphics, meeting with students, giving feedback and organizing submitted work.
2020
SAUERBRUCH HUTTON ARCHITECTS. Intern Architect. Berlin, Germany. During the 8 months at the firm 4 were spent in office and 4 were worked remotely, allowing me to become proficient with working in both settings. I participated in the design development phases of two projects (Santiago, Chile + Berlin, Germany) and the construction document phase of one project (Berlin, Germany). I collaborated on the creation of design concepts, digital models, presentation models and drawings, and design reviews and approval meetings with collaborating architects.
2019
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - SSHRC FUNDED WORK/STUDY TERM Dr. Émilie Pinard. McEwen School of Architecture, Sudbury. Developing a set of programmatic diagrams, architectural drawings and renders to be used by an indigenous community in discussions between the community and their consultants during the production of construction drawings for their facilities.
2018
DUFFY + ASSOCIATES DESIGN BUILD LTD. Toronto. Project Coordinator Worked on custom residential projects designed by Shim-Sutcliffe, AgaThom, Superkül and Ian Macdonald. Drafted structural and architectural detail drawings. In charge of tendering processes, RFQ’s, RFI’s, and organizing trades. Reviewed and distributed permit, architectural, and construction drawings. Oversaw the implementation of Procore software within the company. Conducted site visits and assisted in site work.
2017
MANFRED WEIHMANN ARCHITECT. Dinkelsbühl, Germany. Builder - European Work Term Two week renovation of a 14th century barn into a studio for the architect. Work involved reading blueprints, constructing wooden formwork, interior demolition, concrete mixing and pouring.
digital. Rhino 3D Revit SketchUp Procore Microstation
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Premier Pro Adobe Illustrator Adobe After Effects Adobe InDesign Final Cut Pro Adobe Lightroom Agrisoft Metashape - 3D Scanning
Hand Drafting Laser Cutting Wood Working
Model Making Workshop Watercolour
analogue. Graphite Gouache Film Photography
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LEARNING FROM BRUCE BEACH M.ARCH. THESIS PROJECT
2021
LEARNING FROM BRUCE BEACH: Establishing an Ordered Base for the Collective Weaving of Ornament
‘Faculty and Staff Thesis Award’ Winner ($500)
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M.Arch. Thesis Project Thesis Studio I + II 09.20 - 05.21 Randall Kober Analogue/Digital Photography + Hand Drawing/Painting + Rhino 3D + Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
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To live is to leave traces. In the words of German philosopher Walter Benjamin, the physical spaces in which immaterial memories are created have a tendency to accrue material remnants of memory as well. Within the fabric of multigenerational spaces these accrued remnants become tangible threads by which social structures and traditions can be visually expressed. This ornamental phenomenon does not always present itself as the dominant design-language. In the case of the seasonal cottagecommunity of Bruce Beach, Ontario it is often only apparent in unobtrusive details. Grandparent Architecture: Establishing a Design Language for the Cottagers of Bruce Beach seeks to answer the following question: Can a physical space, accrued with collective memories, act as an encyclopedia by which cottagers can comprehend the design language of Bruce Beach?
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the problem.
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Bruce Beach’s architectural language is muddled by outside trends, a physical outlier within a community where collective traditions and memories prevail. There is no accessible design-language available to cottagers whilst they engage in architectural processes, leaving more accessible, globalized trends to fill the linguistic void. Coupled with the recent trends of cottages being converted into allseason dwellings or investment properties for community newcomers, the collective social fabric that the community ties itself to risks becoming obsolete. If the architectural future of a Bruce Beach cottage is homogeneous with that of any other newly built cottage in this climatic region will the unique, immaterial cultures of the community also be homogenized?
top. Decorated Sheds of Bruce Beach (No. 1) Ink and gouache on watercolour paper. 23”x 46” left. Digital collage experimenting with weaving the forms of ornament that exist within Bruce Beach.
top. Decorated Sheds of Bruce Beach (No. 2) Ink and gouache on watercolour paper. 23”x 46” right. Digital collage experimenting with weaving the forms of ornament that exist within Bruce Beach.
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The ability for even the most irreverent of objects to become cairns of memory is studied through a photographic study of the community, utilizing Denise Scott-Brown’s ‘wayward-eye’ mentality to capture any sort of ornament that could serve as a memory thread. At Bruce Beach there exists a design subculture of decoration and explicit symbolism in architecture as a means of personalizing one’s property. This thesis seeks to propagate this subculture, via the creation of a design language serving as their base, in an attempt to transform it into the dominant design language of the community. The result is three architectural orders, derived from the vernacular fabric of the community, onto which community ornament can accrue.
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the solution.
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the cameron order.
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The least extravagant of these orders is called the Cameron order. Two cobblestone chimneys flank opposing corners of the cabin, simple in form and devoid of a hearth, they contain metal chimney pipes allowing later connection to a cast iron stove or even the ventilation shaft of a composting toilet. The chimneys are constructed using Lake Huron cobblestone, with the largest stones placed at the bottom and descending in size as they reach the top. The surfaces of all of the chimney’s sides are scattered with the protruding ends of bottles, filled with notes or mementos by the cottagers who construct the chimney – a ship-in-a-bottle type of ornament. The cabin measures 16 by 16 feet, built with a mix of dimensional lumber, readily available at the local lumber store, rough-hewn timber sourced from the nearby communally owned forests, and ornamental driftwood corners to act as gussets against shear forces. The cabin is supported by helical piles and has an open base.
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top. Elevations, plans and split axonometric. bottom. Detail drawings of the three major parts of the order.
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collective weaving simulation artworks the cameron order. In order to test the ability for these principle forms to take on ornamental accruement digital artworks were created, in which usage and resulting decoration is simulated. By attempting to remove the architect’s hand from the simulation, the cabins’ aesthetic direction is left open to properly test how these ordered principle forms respond to time and use. Within this simulation time is expressed through a series of subsequent summers, referencing the way that cottagers discuss time at Bruce Beach. Each cabin is displayed as if the black line work of the base is the loom and the rendered blue ornament are different textiles woven onto it’s surface, the darkest blue denotes ornament added during the first summer and the lightest denotes the final summer.
summer 1 cobblestone garden beds by: local mason summer 1 recyced burlap bag stools by: farmer
summer 1 recycled tennis racquet lamp by: cottager
summer 2 old cottage signs by: cottagers
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summer 2 wood burning stove by: cottager
summer 3 wood tent platform by: cottagers
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summer 2 driftwood wall infill by: cottager’s children
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summer 3 recycled rebar trellis by: cottager
summer 4 take-one-leave-one clothing exchange by: cottagers
summer 4 reused cottage door by: cottagers summer 4 recyced cork rug by: cottager
left top. Collage of ornamental objects with summer 1 denoting the collective memory which is callouts memorial boulder attached to them. by: community church left bottom. Simulation artwork of Summers 1-3. right top. Collage of ornamental objects with callouts denoting the collective memory which is attached to them. right bottom. Simulation artwork of Summers 4-6.
summer 6 reused shutters by: cottagers
summer 5 reused windows by: cottagers
summer 5 wood-end and plaster walls by: cottagers summer 3 decorative charred cedar walls by: local craftsperson
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summer 5 salvaged room dividers by: cottager
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summer 6 reused cottage numbers by: cottagers
summer 3 salvaged tile hearth surround by: cottager’s children
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summer 6 old camper by: cottager
summer 3 ceiling mural by: local artist
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the tout order.
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The second order that I have conceived is the Tout order. Prominently located, it responds to its siting within the historical gathering place by being relatively monumental in scale as well as having more refined tectonic details. Anchored by a large chimney, with a 32” hearth, this cabin has a width of 16’ while doubling in length to 32’ in order to accommodate larger gatherings. The chimney is clad in cobblestones sourced from the lake, similar to the Cameron order. On the exterior of the chimney plaques, sourced from cottagers, are scattered on its surface as a reference to the various memorial plaques within the community. The interior the chimney features a large driftwood mantel supported by metal buoys. Inlaid beach glass surrounds the mantel and the hearth, all sourced from items which frequently wash up on the shoreline. The surface of the interior is dotted with protruding hooks which allow users to interact and change the surface’s appearance through ornamentation. The structure of this cabin is to be constructed using dimensional lumber with some engineered timber to allow for the larger roof spans. This cabin is also supported by helical piles with the base being covered by decorative wooden paneling.
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top. Elevations, plans and split axonometric. bottom. Detail drawings of the three major parts of the order.
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metal plaques
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wood flooring salvaged hooks
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collective weaving simulation artworks the tout order.
summer 1 memorial boulder by: community church
As with the Snowden order, digital artworks were created in which usage and resulting decoration is simulated. The cabin is displayed similarly to the Snowden order to display how ornaments might be added over a series of subsequent summers.
summer 2 charred cedar shake walls by: cottager
summer 1 stained glass windows by: community church
summer 1 ceiling mural by: local artist
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summer 3 ceiling mural by: local artist
summer 3 salvaged tile hearth surround by: cottager’s children
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summer 3 decorative charred cedar walls by: local craftsperson
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summer 2 salvaged wagon wheels for candles by: cottager
summer 2 reused shed doors by: cottager
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summer 4 recycled doors by: cottagers summer 4 electric lights by: cottagers
summer 2 floor mural by: local artist
summer 3 salvaged bricks by: local mason
summer 5 Webber BBQ roasted tiles by: cottagers
summer 5 ceiling mural by: local artist summer 6 memorial boulder by: cottager association summer 3 tile hearth surround by: cottagers
summer 6 recycled shed doors by: cottagers
summer 3 boat mural by: local artist
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summer 6 ceiling mural by: local artist
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summer 4 stained glass by: community church
left top. Collage of ornamental objects with callouts denoting the collective memory which is attached to them. left bottom. Simulation artwork of Summers 1-3. summer 1 right top. Collage of ornamental objects with salvaged bricks fromcallouts Lake Huron denoting the collective memory which is by: cottagers attached to them. right bottom. Simulation artwork of Summers 4-6.
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the snowden order.
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The most extravagant is the Snowden order. Its prominent location ensures that it will be the most visually notable of the three. The chimney’s profile is an exaggeration on the most typical of the Bruce Beach chimney forms, bringing the angles down to ground level. Clad in a mixture of cobblestones, beach glass and bricks which frequently wash ashore, the stepped profile of the exterior is intended to allow cottagers to climb it and access the roof. This interaction is reminiscent of climbing into a treehouse, which are frequently built by the children of Bruce Beach in the forests that surround the communal groves. Wooden masts extend from the bottom of the roofline, allowing for the accruement of flags and other textiles which can act as sunshades but also as nets for those brave enough to access the roof. Bricks also protrude perpendicular from both the interior and exterior of the chimney, surrounded by inlaid beach glass, allowing for decorative objects to accrue on its surface. The structure of the 16 by 16 foot cabin is constructed entirely using dimensional lumber and is supported by helical piles, with the base being wrapped in a cobblestone cladding.
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collective weaving simulation artworks the tout order. summer 4 stained glass by: community church
As with the Snowden and Tout orders, digital artworks were created in which usage and resulting decoration is simulated. The cabin is displayed similarly to the previous order to display how ornaments might be added over a series of subsequent summers. summer 4
summer 1 old boat by: cottagers summer 1 recycled sailboat sails by: cottagers
summer 1 salvaged bricks from Lake Huron by: cottagers
summer 2 floor mural by: local artist
electric lights by: cottagers
summer 2 washbasin by: local artist
summer 3 salvaged bricks by: local mason
summer 5 ceiling mural by: local artist summer 6 memorial boulder by: cottager association
summer 2 slide by: cottager’s children
summer 3 tile hearth surround by: cottagers
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summer 6 recycled shed doors by: cottagers
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summer 3 boat mural by: local artist
summer 2 windchimes by: cottagers
summer 3 salvaged brick pathways by: cottagers
summer 4 roof murals by: local artists
summer 4 salvaged doors by: cottagers
summer 5 bell and flag pole by: cottagers
left top. Collage of ornamental objects with callouts denoting the collective memory which is attached to them. left bottom. Simulation artwork of Summers 1-3. right top. Collage of ornamental objects with callouts denoting the collective memory which is attached to them. right bottom. Simulation artwork of Summers 4-6.
summer 4 salvaged shutters by: cottagers
summer 5 garden ornaments by: cottagers
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summer 6 beach clay sculptures by: cottagers
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summer 6 salvaged windows by: cottagers
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left. Film stills of the axonometric views showing the stages of the build process. right. Film stills of the hand-animated closeups of the community member’s hands interacting with the build process.
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The chimney of the Snowden order is the most decorated and monumental of the three orders, and thus was deemed most worth of dissecting its building process through film. As seen in the depicted film stills, the process is rooted in building up out of the ground of the site from materials that are provided within walking distance of the construction site. The film is arranged as to switch between axonometric views showing the stages of the build process (left) and hand-animated closeups of the community member’s hands interacting with the build process (below). Both methods of representation are thoughtful in their relation to the artistic expressions used to explore this thesis’ themes.
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building the snowden chimney. (short film)
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right. Cottage 159: Accrual Projection Series (front of cottage) 2021 Analogue Photography + Digital Artwork (Rhino 3D, Adobe Illustrator) 5” x 7”
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left. Cottage 159: Accrual Projection Series (back of cottage) 2021 Analogue Photography + Digital Artwork (Rhino 3D, Adobe Illustrator) 5” x 7”
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To conclude this thesis a cumulative series of digital artworks have been created. The artworks are based off of two photographs of my family’s Bruce Beach property, cottage 159. These pieces follow the Collective Weaving Simulation Artworks, imagining how interactions with the ordered community cabins would reflect upon personal cottages. The series begins with the cottage as it is at present, an homage to the place that inspired this thesis. The second set depicts the cottage as it could appear in 2030. The final pair of artworks is set in 2040. The frame of the new cottage fabric has been woven with personal ornament and family projects. Taking precedent from the community cabin’s materials are applied from a range of sources and with an eclectic mix of methods. Personalities and collective memories are held within the accrued ornament for future generations to ponder and apply to new designs.
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cottage 159: accrual projection series.
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D OW N TOW N S U D B U R Y RE-STITCHED Junction Creek Rotary Park Trails The Donovan
SUDBURY 2050
INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION
2020
Nolan Creek
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Lorne Greenway
Junction Creek Trans-Canada Trail
"THE LOOP"
PAT H WAY S . WAT E R WAYS . G R E E N WAY S .
Bell Park + Ramsey Lake
SUDBURY 2050 International Design Competition
‘Student Category’ Winner ($10,000)
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Aidan Lucas + Maeve Macdonald Urban Design Competition Sudbury, Canada McEwen School of Architecture 06.20 - 08.20 Rhino 3D + Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro, After Effects
left top. Project logo. left bottom. Downtown map, highlighting the comprehensive environmental strategies - “The Loop”.
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Downtown Sudbury is a worn out, static quilt that is waiting to be re-patched, re-developed and stitched back together. So, how do we begin to restitch it into the city, province and country? In 2050 the downtown is envisioned as being a canvas on which the city explores how a historically diverse community can embroider a new identity for itself. Our project will Re-stitch Downtown Sudbury using districts, paths, nodes, landmarks and natural edges. Downtown today contains a diverse patchwork of cultures, demographics, programs, buildings and natural spaces. Our project addresses the challenge of re-stitching the core by building upon existing physical and social infrastructure, such as: the historic regreening effort, the railways, the mining and lumber industries, the creative arts, the film industry, and the vibrant traditions of the European, Francophone and Indigenous communities. Within this proposal we have developed districts and initiatives in the downtown core that do not act as entities, but instead combine and collaborate to develop a stronger overall downtown. All drawings featured are done by myself unless noted otherwise.
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superstack follies. The Superstack, an icon of Sudbury and its regreening efforts is set to be decomissioned and torn down - the rubble is to be repurposed as follies which will act as points of connection downtown - reclaimed by the community and re-stitched into the city. These follies are designed as social hubs within the downtown. People working, learning or visiting various districts can meet and gather on these forms. Their location is represented by numbers on the site map (previous page).
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left top. The Sudbury Superstack as it exists today. left bottom. Diagrams of the various programmed superstack follies. Drawings done by Maeve Macdonald. right. Bird’s-eye axonometric of the downtown in 2050. The colours denote the key buildings of each district (detailed in the following pages). Render done in collaboration with Maeve Macdonald.
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WATER FOLLY
CANVAS FOLLY
CAFE FOLLY
naturally cleans day-lit creek water
a canvas for murals and film projections
a multi-season food truck
GROWING FOLLY
INSTALLATION FOLLY
GATHERING FOLLY
community gardens + local flora
a base for architecture installations
sheltered seating for all seasons
LEARNING DISTRICT
TRADITION DISTRICT
ACTIVITY DISTRICT INNOVATION DISTRICT
paid parking garages with hydroponic greenhouses on the roof managed by a local gardening program
juice is used in winter months on surfaces
beets are processed in the innovation district for local road use
industry: re-stitched northern timber is transported to downtown by rail
components are used locally and sent south via rail - where masstimber construction is booming
the innovation district's mass-timber lab, adjacent to railway, assembles modular components for carbon-neutral construction projects
Our plan is to adapt and apply layers of new programs and ideas within existing infrastructure and spaces. Implementing a “Wood Lab” in the innovative district of downtown initiates the development of modular CLT locally. We plan to construct modular CLT affordable housing projects in empty parking lots downtown. Downtown parking will be moved underground, allowing for greenhouse growing initiatives to use the above ground, people friendly streetscape. These greenhouse growing initiatives (specific to growing beets) have been introduced in multiple downtown locations. This project introduces a green loop of trails that would circle the entire downtown, with accessible stitched path systems weaving throughout the downtown core. Along these paths would be growing spaces and community gardens, containing traditional indigenous medicinal plants. Enhancing our current relationship with water is something this project focuses on. River water is resurfaced, filtered and pumped into accessible spaces. Downtown residents can interact and develop a stronger connection with water.
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runoff that is less corrosive on infrastructure and nourishes soil
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stitching + patching.
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tradition district.
art gallery of sudbury
This district attempts to reveal and celebrate Indigenous culture in Sudbury. Located at the gateway to downtown, currently occupied by the transit terminal, the proposal seeks to re-patch a site that currently is associated with strong negative perceptions. This patch has been designed to initiate an exchange of knowledge and better understand Sudbury’s history before colonial contact and industrial development.
food co-o
artist lofts + boutique hotel (readapted mackey building)
activity district. the grand theatre
This district aims to implement more vibrant and unique infrastructure downtown, promoting tourism with destination based programming. It will build on existing downtown programs: restaurants, bars, stores, theatres and art galleries. Our plan is to add to the existing social environment with adaptable reuse and infill projects, establishing an “eyes-on-the-street” concept of safety.
graffiti gallery (readapted parking garage)
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2020
place des arts
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brewery (readapted roy's furniture) expanded ymca
readapted arena
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left. Renders of proposed urban + architectural interventions. Renders done in collaboration with Maeve Macdonald. centre. Site map of the tradition + activity districts. right. Renders of proposed urban + architectural interventions. Renders done in collaboration with Maeve Macdonald.
commercial spaces (reurbanized elm place)
traditional knowledge + wellness + culture hub
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transit termial apted ledo hotel)
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learning district. The creation of the Learning District aims to connect existing facilities, while introducing new programs and spaces. This district will promote intergenerational and creativeindustry exchange of knowledge. This district will also include a new student residence, that will provide housing for students studying in this learning patch. The creative and collaborative work environments located in this patch will also be accessible to local highschool students.
sudbury secondary school
daycare central library
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innovation district.
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The Innovation District was designed from the ground-up, taking advantage of the city’s industrial roots and the vacant lots adjacent to the existing train tracks. We designed the district around the idea of reintroducing industry and employment into the downtown core. The working middle-class demographic has historically been shrinking, and our goal is to re-stitch this demographic into the fabric of downtown. Our proposal envisions small-scale innovation labs and warehouses which cater to the globally growing need for urban areas to address infrastructure issues in an environmentally friendly way. This district, along with the downtown as a whole, will be transformed into a space for experimentation. New ideas will be explored, produced and distributed locally, creating jobs and strengthening the local economy. If successful, the ideas will be exported to other urban areas within Canada and the North.
laurentian university campus
mcewen fabrication lab
beet processing lab
innovation labs
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film school eadapted school)
left. Render of proposed urban + architectural interventions. Render done in collaboration with Maeve Macdonald. centre. Site map of the learning + innovation districts. right. Renders of proposed urban + architectural interventions. Renders done in collaboration with Maeve Macdonald.
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mcewen school of architecture
4 district energy plant
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ARTIST VILLAGE
MASS TIMBER BUILDING
2019
ARTIST VILLAGE
‘SOPREMA Undergraduate Final Project Award’ Winner
contributors Aidan Lucas + Derrick Pilon type Mixed-Use Residential location Sudbury, Canada timeline 11.18 - 04.19 advisor Shannon Bassett tools Rhino 3D + Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + Hand Sketching + Laser Cut Mat Board
As my partner and I analyzed the site we developed a series of partis which addressed the question of “Where do we live after architecture school”. We sought to house a diverse range of creatives within a village typology rather than the typical podium/ tower arrangement. Our proposal is centred around the following concepts: village + landscape, resident + resident collaboration and public + resident interaction. left. Hand sketched exterior render.
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This collaborative studio proposal responds to a series of requirements imposed by both the professors and ourselves. The scheme consists of a heavy timber structural system, integration within a pre-existing urban context, and multiple residential and commercial typologies. At multiple stages during the design engineers and architects were consulted to ensure our structure, mechanical systems and detailing were realistic. To ensure compatibility with the Ontario Building Code, a full analysis of the proposal was completed before the final revisions occurred. All drawings featured are done by myself unless noted otherwise.
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ARTIST VILLAGE
MASS TIMBER BUILDING
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village + landscape.
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Sudbury’s landscape is defined by the dramatic Canadian Shield bedrock. Within the city there is an historic precedent of ad hoc building in/around/ within the landscape. The site’s location within the centre of downtown however isolates it from the defining terrain. The Northern Ontario landscape thus serves as a parti for both the planting and the form of the building. The residences take on the form of a village that reacts to the public paths and collection of green roofs, or “landscapes”. These landscapes benefit the overall sustainability of the proposal by absorbing, and storing via hidden retention tanks, rainwater as well as spring snowmelt - an imperative consideration for a building in a Northern climate.
left. Ground Floor Site Plan centre. Historical Photograph of an early Sudbury Neighborhood right top. Laneway Render - showing the Glulam Supercolumns right bottom. Contextual Axonometric Drawing. Done by Derrick Pilon
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public + resident interaction.
ARTIST VILLAGE
MASS TIMBER BUILDING
2019
Removing the disconnect between the studio-world in which creatives inhabit and the general public’s perception of the creative process was imperative to our design. The village typology allows for all of the building’s internal and external paths to become public. Glazed garage doors on each unit allow for residents to “spill-out” into hallways and for visitors to view into the studio area of each apartment. Creative studios, a beer garden, a coffee shop and natural landscaping are strategically placed throughout the building in a way that draws outsiders up through the building.
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top. Rendering showing the third floor beer garden + green roof - The second in a series of semi-public “landscapes” Done by Derrick Pilon bottom. Laser Cut matboard model - Showing the dramatic roofline and the window detailing which articulates the depth of the facade right. Sectional Drawing Showing the brewpub, beer garden, townhouses, and green roofs following. Opposing Sectional Drawings through the centre of the building - Showing the various landscapes and housing typologies that bridge over the public laneway
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ARTIST VILLAGE
MASS TIMBER BUILDING
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right. Sectional Drawing Showing the double-height market, atrium, studio apartments, and dynamic roofline top. Floorplans - Showing the third, fourth and fifth floors. The townhouses encircling the public beer garden and green stairs are located in the bottom-half, while the tower, containing the atrium and studio apartment is located in the upper-half bottom. Sectional Axonometric Drawing - Showing the passive strategies utilized on the interior and exterior of the upper floors of the tower
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MASS TIMBER BUILDING
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left top. Exterior Rendering of the “Birch Grove” Landscape - Showing the courtyard green roof at the top of the tower and the Aalto-inspired skylights which cap the internal atrium left bottom. Detailed Floor Plans of one of the loft apartments, located at the top of the tower right top. Interior Rendering from within a studio apartment, looking into the common area and atrium void - Showing the garage doors which allow for residents to open up their units and spill into the common areas right bottom. Detailed Floor Plan of one of the studio apartments located within the tower.
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In order to successfully house creatives ranging from new students to established professionals we chose to reject the socially-unfavourable prevalence of double loaded corridors within our plans. Instead, every unit responds to the parti of collaboration between residents. This is facilitated through common-areas (landscapes) and an elongating of each unit’s metaphorical threshold. A mix of townhouses, loft and studio apartments are interspaced with creative-incubators (co-working units), greenhouses and studios. An atrium that spans the full height of the tower not only allows for visual connections between the market and residences but also enhances the sustainability of the design. The “stack-effect” is utilized to naturally exhaust excess heat in the warmer months.
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left top. Laser Cut matboard model - Showing the dramatic roofline and the window detailing which articulates the depth of the facade left bottom. Sectional Detail model - Showing the corten steel facade, punched windows, and Renzo Piano-inspired corten fins which allow the heaviness of the tower to dissolve above the stepped back facade of the market left centre. Detailed Section Drawing - Showing the tower’s insulated curtain wall, punched windows and CLT floorplates right centre. Detailed Section Drawing - Showing one of the townhouse’s CLT floor plates and walls, passive-house standard insulation and clad in brick right top. Laser Cut 3mm Birch Structural Model - Showing the glulam-super columns which span the first two floors of the entire site, reducing the number of columns within the market and brewpub and creating a dynamic display of wood’s structural ability
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FORT LA CLOCHE BRIDGE DESIGN-BUILD
2019
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Aidan Lucas + Alex Scali + Brooke Fecteau + Cassidy Duff + David Gagnon + Evan Lavalle + Kristina Hakala + Mathew Steacy + Michael Letros + Simão da Silva Design-Build Sagamok Anishnawbek, Canada 08.19 - 10.19 Randall Kober
Rhino 3D + Agisoft (photogrammetry) + Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro, After Effects + Hand Modeling
left. Vignette renders of the bridge.
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This collaborative studio project responded to Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation and Ontario Parks’ need to rebuild the bridge which connects the community with the famed Heaven’s Gate Trail and the La Cloche Mountains. The studio was challenged by the desire to construct the majority of the bridge with wood, specifically timber locally felled by the Sagamok community. The bridge was designed solely by our Masters studio, with the intention that the following year’s studio would be responsible for the construction. The final design features a rough-hewn timber structure, comprised of the locally felled logs, with white oak decking/railings, a protective cedar roof and custom galvanized steel fasteners. All drawings featured are done by myself unless noted otherwise.
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In order to design a bridge that could actually be constructed, the project needed to be high collaborative. The design process began with meetings with Parks Ontario and the Sagamok community, which continued throughout the process. This was followed by a studio trip to Switzerland, Austria and Germany to study timber bridges and construction techniques. While there, internationally renowned architects Gion Caminada and Jurg Conzett were consulted. As the design progressed, mass timber structural engineer David Moses was consulted numerous times. The design process utilized a mixture of modern and traditional tools. The site and logs were surveyed using photogrammetry, allowing for a comprehensive digital model to be made. These scans were uploaded to a Rhino 3D model where the design could be further detailed. Along side this process, sketch models and a 1:10 final model imitating the actual construction process were constructed.
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right top. Rendering of the completed bridge in place. Drawing by Cassidy Duff + myself. left centre. Elevation of the bridge with denoted section cuts. Drawing by Brooke Fecteau + Kristina Hakala. right centre. Sections of bridge. Drawings by Brooke Fecteau + Kristina Hakala. right bottom. Plan of bridge deck, showing high (light grey) and low (dark grey) water. Drawing by Simão da Silva.
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left. Exploded axonometric of the bridge. Drawing by Simão da Silva. right. Film stills from the project film, covering site visits, community consultations, international travel, material photogrammetry, bridge design and model construction. Film shot, directed and edited by myself.
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GA GITIGEMI GAMIK (WE WILL PLANT LODGE) PROFESSIONAL PROJECT
2021
GA GITIGEMI GAMIK (WE WILL PLANT LODGE)
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Aidan Lucas + Maeve Macdonald Conceptual Design Manitoulin Island, Canada 05.21 - 06.21 Celeste Smith Rhino 3D + Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
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This is a paid, conceptual design project completed in collaboration with my close friend and fellow M.Arch graduate Maeve Macdonald, under the alias of MoSStudio. Upon finishing our theses we were approached by Celeste Smith, founder of Ga Gitigemi Gamik (We Will Plant Lodge) to complete a series of drawings to be included in grant applications. Ga Gitigemi Gamik is envisioned as an ecological centre on a permanent Indigenous stewarded site, where women and 2SLGBTTQQIA+ persons can (re)learn ancestral agricultural methods lost to colonization. Their mission is to (re)build resilient food and farming systems through empowerment. Our professional process involved creating a pricing packaged for the levels of representation, invoicing for our work, conducting site visits and progress meetings, precedent research and completing a site plan and four renders.
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left. Render of the ceremony lodge. Render by Maeve Macdonald.
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top. Site plan. bottom. Render of the teaching, office and kitchen buildings and the terraced gardens. Render by Maeve Macdonald.
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top. Render of the tiny houses and fire area. bottom. Render of the outdoor classroom, greenhouse, hoop houses and gardens. Render by Maeve Macdonald.
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CAMP DOLLIVER
COMMUNITY RESOURCE
2019
CAMP DOLLIVER
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Aidan Lucas + David Gagnon Design Work/StudyTerm 05.19 - 08.19 Emilie Pinard Rhino 3D + Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
left. Illustrated Strategy Diagrams. Used to visually represent strategic design ideas which can be applied to future camp builds. Done in collaboration with David Gagnon
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Under the guidance of McEwen professor Émilie Pinard, another student and I completed a fulltime work/study term. The goal of our work was to conclude the research project originally undertaken by Pinard’s graduate studio in conjunction with the Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM) Band Council. Focused on Indigenous ways of knowing, the project is part of a partnership committed to the co-production of knowledge through design. The conceptual framework for the project was created through the studio group’s meetings with elders and the community, training workshops, visits to existing camps and drawing and validation sessions with the partners. The project involved the development of a ‘transmission centre’, nicknamed Camp Dolliver. The centre will assist in developing a relationship between Innu youth and the land. My work within the project involved developing a set of programmatic tools, visions and architectural drawings which will allow the ITUM to make informed decisions related to the design and execution of the centre. The finished project, freely available via website or PDF, will provide a basis for the discussions between the ITUM representatives and their consultants before starting the production of construction drawings.
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2019
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left. Exterior Renders - Showing various cabin typologies and configurations, each featuring a variety of design considerations which relate to the diagrammatic strategies conceived with the community. right. Site and Floor Plans - Showing various cabin typologies and configurations, each featuring a variety of design considerations which relate to the diagrammatic strategies conceived with the community.
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left. Interior Renders - Showing various cabin typologies and configurations, each featuring a variety of design considerations which relate to the diagrammatic strategies conceived with the community. right. Site and Floor Plans - Showing various cabin typologies and configurations, each featuring a variety of design considerations which relate to the diagrammatic strategies conceived with the community.
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NUIT BLANCHE 2021
GRAPHIC DESIGN
2021
NUIT BLANCHE 2021
Aidan Lucas + Carolina Hanley Graphic Design Sudbury, Ontario 12.20 - 02.21 Adobe Illustrator, Premier Pro
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left top. Social media ‘story cards’, stylized to look like tarot cards. left centre. Logo variations. Circular logos by Carolina Hanley. left bottom. Stills from the ‘coming soon’ promotional video, stylized to look like a vintage tarot card reading.
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I was selected as the head of the media and marketing team for the 2021 edition of the McEwen School of Architecture’s Nuit Blanche event. My responsibilities involved managing a team of five, arranging weekly meetings, deciding the creative direction, being in communication with the other event coordinators and members of the community. I collaborated with Carolina Hanley in the creation of a series of logos, graphic standards, and social media cards to announce the event. The creative direction for these graphics draws from the style of vintage tarot cards, cigar packets and circus posters. The nocturnal nature of the event was embraced through moon and sun graphics
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INDEPENDENT FILM
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Aidan Lucas + Maeve Macdonald + Carolina Hanley + Kevin Dew
Independent Film Sudbury, Canada 01.19 Digitally Filmed + Edited with Final Cut Pro
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg-rIsylWXg&t=4s] left. Film Poster - Created by myself using Adobe Photoshop. following. Film Stills.
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“Exploring the antiquity of Sudbury, from meteorite impact and geological phenomena to the exploration of nature and industry. As an outsider explores Sudbury for the first time, this video aims to capture those moments of initial contact. Enjoy this film that reveals unusual aspects of the city’s terrain and foundations. From meteorite impact to constellation city, we hope you enjoy the show.”
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For the second year in a row, I along with three other students had the pleasure of writing, directing, filming and editing this 6 minute short film. Chosen as one of twenty exhibits to be shown at the McEwen Nuit Blanche 2019 in Sudbury, it was honoured as the jury’s favourite piece. This award marked the second, consecutive win for our team. This project, completed in our spare time, was intended to build upon the cinematography skills we had acquired while filming and editing our previous film, this too will change. The description that accompanied the film read as follows:
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winner of the ‘Jury Award - Nuit Blanche 2019’.
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PAINTINGS
ARTWORK
2017
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natural abstraction.
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Georgia O’Keeffe’s Nightmare 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 18”
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In 2017 I completed a series of four paintings. The subject of each was a natural element or scenery that I found around my cottage, located on Lake Huron. As both an architecture student as well as an artist I find that I notice the details in both man-made and natural objects. My interest in the work of architect Luis Barragán, particularly his use of colour, led me to the concept to distilling the colour from my own natural surroundings for use in both art and architecture. These three paintings are a result of my interest in applying his concept of emotional architecture to my own architectural vocabulary.
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left top. Bruce Beach Waves 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 24” x 36”
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left bottom. Balloons 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 20” x 30”
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right. Tropical Slime 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 20” x 12” following. Creation of a Birch Bark Canoe 2016 Ink + Watercolour 24” x 48” (Featured in the 2019 edition of galt. publication)
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BIRCH BARK CANOE
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