PORTFOLIO
AKIL GRUNAU 2018
FOREWORD An architectural introspection: Who am I in the space I occupy?
My Studio Résidences d’étudiants Université de Montréal
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CONTENTS I. ACADEMIC PROJECTS pg.4 - 7 Lattice: mural topography Université de Montréal
Rhino, AutoCAD, Maxwell, 1/2” inch cherry plywood, 705 / 1800mm model 1/8 and 1/16” steel
House for an art collector Université de Montréal
Rhino, AutoCAD, Maxwell, Photoshop, 3mm foam
8.5 / 11” brochure
board
II. SUMMER WORKSHOPS pg.8 - 9 Mont Réel workshop (team of over 20 people) Viaduct 375 installation (4 person team)
Makita automatic saws, communication, sharpie
100+ person capacity
Recycled palettes, 2 by 4’s and 2 by 6’s
5* 260mm / 120mm
Rhino, AutoCAD, Maxwell, Photoshop
24 / 36” presentation
AutoCAD, tulle, grey coton, Photoshop
30” waist
Rhino, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop
24 / 36” presentation
III. COMPETITIONS pg.10 - 13 KenCada school for learning Mombosa, Kenya (2 person team) Clothing piece (2 person team) Arqui Ideas CaVA Canyon View Accomodation (2 person team)
V. CONCEPTS AND MODELS pg.14 - 17 Pythagore park modules Université de Montréal Courtyard house Université de Montréal USAF chapel Université de Montréal
Fineliner pens, vellum 250 W lamp, Hi-tecpoint pen, tracing paper 1.5mm white cardboard
24 / 36” presentation 24 / 36” presentation 200 / 500 mm model
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LATTICE: MURAL TPOOGRAPHY This model represents a fragment of the lattice spanning 5 meters in length and 3 meters in height in front of a room with glazing. The lattice concept was designed mainly with Rhino, giving my teammates and I tight control over the light enetring into the room. While intially inspired by the topography of the Mount-Royal in Montréal, the curves were modified by moving the points on the NURBS surface, stopping direct summer sunlight in the deep curves, and allowing moderate amounts in through the thin curves to create an architectural experience through shadow play.
With Charles-Étienne Bilodeau, Karl Lessard, Rosine Tétrault.
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HOUSE FOR AN ART COLLECTOR A vacant lot in the heart of the Plateau-Mont-Royal, the house is inhabited by a grafiti-artist. The house establishes itself amognst its neighbours in two dimensions. By its facade the house integrates the artists’ work into an urban context, and recycles vandalized bricks into a new material composition. It is designed in elevation, bridging the cornices / flashings of the neighbours and opening up to the street by ponctual transparency and material indents.
The esthetic of the alley-way is transformed into a new material.
Tectonic model: graffiti (vandalism) versus rearranged graffi (new material).
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Été Automne Hiver
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Summer sunrise Azimuth du lever de soleil
Winter sunrise
RDC Spatial organization as a sequence of rooms.
Akil Grunau ARC 2011 Université de Montréal
Facade on Rivard st. is aligned with neighbours and marks the entrance with a threshold.
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HOUSE FOR AN ART COLLECTOR
LA MAISON GALERIE Art gallery lit by a skylight, common and private spaces circulate via a mounmental staircase.
The gallery is visisble from the living areas, establishing a visual continuity the length of the house.
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Centralized circulation adjacent to the gallery defines the architectural sequence. PLANS DE NIVEAUX 1:100
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2E
1st Story Centralized circulation links the two stories.
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Azimuth du lever de soleil
2nd Story
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Akil Grunau ARC 2011 Université de Montréal
HOUSE FOR AN ART COLLECTOR
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1 House section model 1:50
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Spaces vary in height depending on their function 1:200
Public Shared Private
Established vicinity on Rivard st. 1:50
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MONT RÉEL WORKSHOP Under the leadership of the german architecture firm Construct Lab, the artist workshop included the building of a mountain of wood in the Outremont train yards. Adjacent to the new Université de Montréal Campus MIL, the Mile End, Mile Ex, Parc Extension, and Outremont, the space is designed to host cultural events for people from all surrounding neighbourhoods. The Mont Réel is an agora, integrating the building site of the new Complexe des Sciences into the social-urban fabric of the diverse boroughs. Other than the building of the structure, the workshop included sessions on design, DJing, gardening, singing, cooking, furniture, fermentation, with invited local and international artists from France, Germany, Italy and Portugal.
Cultural activities (DJ and voice workshop).
Wood frame (construction workshop).
The Mont Réel and the new Complexe des Sciences, Université de Montréal.
Construction site cafeteria (design workshop).
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VIADUCT 375 INSTALLATION Can we adapt concrete automobile infrastructure to the scale of the pedestrian? In August / September 2017 my teamates ChloÊ Deblois, Claudie l’Allier and I designed an urban piknik bench that fits in the industrial scenery of the viaduct. In the context of a charette with Bellastock QC, we used recycled wooden pallets and vegetation from the local community garden. The benches are strategically positioned to fit along the sidewalk, allowing circulation in the center of the viaduct. Although standard piknik benches were available, many chose to sit on our specialized benches. With more time to build, more benches would have been made to extend the whole length of the viaduct, allowing for physyical activities such as multiple DJ setups along the left side of the viaduct.
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Proposition plan
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Wooden benches fit along the sidewalk, allowing for multiple views and making space for pedestrians on the asphalt.
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Above photos taken by Jean-Michael Seminaro photographe and Charles-Olivier Bourque.
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THE VILLAGE SCHOOL: FOREST OF LEARNING KenCada school for learning Mombosa, Kenya
Plan
Circulation
Composition
KenCada School for Collective Learning Mombosa, Kenya.
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THE VILLAGE SCHOOL: FOREST OF LEARNING We view education as bottom-up experience, where the student as an individual learns to interact and research to discover their surroundings. Our Tree Village school is inspired by learning through discovery; a well-planned design composed creating various on campus experiences. The campus is designed with a study of wind and sunlight on and off the rainy season in the tropical climate of Mombosa. When intergating vegetation into the design we aimed to absorb the student into the learning environment.
KenCada School for Collective Learning Mombosa, Kenya.
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COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH CONCORDIA DESIGN
Clothing Design demonatrating proportions through depth of field expresseed in a grid, in collaboration with Jac Beaumont.
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ANGEL’S WINDOW MUSEUM AND HOTEL Arqui Ideas CaVA Canyon View Accomodation
The openings in the corten steel wall surrounding the staircase on the west side allow light to penetrate in the afternoons and at sunset. The openings and orinetation of the triangular plates immerse the visitor into the grand canyon skyline.
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A Window of discovery Cape Royale is reknown for it’s eastward view of the limestone rock arch which frames the semmingly infinite Grand Canyon. This limestone arch is known as Angel’s Window. Angel’s Window is located on the extremity of the North Rim along the Cape Royale trail. As a temporary canyon view accomodation, we porpose a museum exhbiting the stratum inscribed in the Limestone rock. Global Plan
Elevation West Facade
Structure Assembly
Section East Facade
South View
Arqui Ideas Canyon View Accomodation, Grand Canyon USA.
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PARK MODULES FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF SPACE
Exploration Process Sketches.
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PARK MODULES TO CREATE AN OUTDOOR ARCHITECTURAL SEQUENCE
Cube Axonometry. Global Diagrams.
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THE COURTYARD HOUSE CONCEPT Projection of light casts shadows, shadows are traced and digitalized to create a grid. The grid then deignates the indoor and outdoor spaces in the house.
Exploration Process.
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USAF CHAPEL BUILDING MODEL
With Olivier Jarry and Andréanne Gouin.
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