Andrei Nemes Portfolio
Andrei Nemes 50 Lisgar Street, Sudbury, Ontario
226 606 0071
dnemes@laurentian.ca
issuu.com/andreinemes
SOFTWARES Revit | Rhino | AutoCAD | 3ds Max | Sketchup | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Illustrator | Adobe InDesign| Microsoft Office Suite EDUCATION Laurentian University, McEwen School of Architecture Bachelor’s of Architectural Studies (B.A.S.) + Developing expertise in architectural design through community based design-build projects George Brown College, School of Architectural Studies Advance Diploma in Architectural Technology Co-op, Honours + Developed a technical expertise in architecture building sciences, sustainability and construction EMPLOYMENT Eric’s Woodworking Summer Co-op Student + Performed in a fast paced environment with attention to detail + Verify dimensions and check the quality and fit of pieces + Attaching parts and subassemblies together to form complete units using glue, nails and screws + Operating woodworking machines such as CNC, edge bender, and various hand tools. Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects Junior Technologist + Coordinated with architects to engage in project developments + Produced architectural drawings including plans, sections, elevations and details + Analyzed and developed schematic design from preliminary concepts and sketches + Assisted with the development of millwork design and fabrication drawings
Sudbury, Ontario September 2016 - Present Toronto, Ontario September 2013 - April 2016
Sudbury, Ontario May 2017 - August 2017
Toronto, Ontario September 2015 - December 2015
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Founding Editor - The Telegram - Student run website to showcase student work | thetelegraph.ca McEwen School of Architecture Student Representative for SEA Council CCA Charette 2016: Re-assembling the North Volunteer for The Official Grand Opening McEwen School of Architecture AWARDS Nuit Blanche 2018 First Place Community Winner Installation Peddler’s Pub Architecture Award Scholarship OAAAS Award 2016 First Place Team Student Prize Provincially Dean’s Honour List George Brown College
May 2017 - Present September 2016 - April 2017 November 2016 January 18, 2017
Table of Contents Greenway Pavilion The Plantworks Garden Pavilion Jaajoki Light Sculptures Ice Stations 2017 Paddle Night Stand College Details
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Greenway Pavilion Year 1- Semester 2 April 2017 Individual The pavilion concept evolved from the extensions of architectural lines, that creates a choreographed pathway. The different levels and extensions of walls create spatial complexity in addition to multi-functional spaces. By complimenting the lines extended from the existing architecture school building and the linear elements of the railway, the pavilion acts as a performing arts space, while the extended architectural landscape allows further use of outdoor spaces.
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1. Site plan drawing of pavilion. The
relationship to the school of architecture building and the rail paths is present in the lines projected by the pavilion.
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3. Floor plan drawing of different spatial composition created by the window wall planes.
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4. Hand drawing of floor plan with landscape and section facing the pavilion.
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5. Perspective facing from Elm street.
Emphasizing the horizontal and vertical plains extending in the landscape.
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6. View facing inside the carved outdoor space facing the indoor space.
7. View of the ramped area seen from the north side of the pavilion.
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8. 1:25 model of pavilion
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10. Photograph of model to show the tectonic quality of the pavilion.
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The Plantworks Garden Pavilion Year 1 - Summer Competition May 2017 Group Project of 3 The community garden concept was created based on garden to act as a pedagogical tool. To offer knowledge and tools required to build green vegetation from the micro level to the macro level. The pavilion was conceptualized to work as a workshop that will influence a dialogue of change towards a healthy and sustainable system in the urban environment. Therefore, architecture acts as a dialogue, a catalyst for food education that will transition from inside the pavilion and expand outward to the local community. The design grows from the simple concept of a communal table to develop a profound but modest space of wood, translucency, lightness and vegetation. Designed to complement the existing barn form, while enhancing circulation throughout it and around it.
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14. View of the courtyard opening from inside the pavilion.
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15. View of the pavilion and the open space for the community use.
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16. 1:20 model to study how the
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17. 1:20 model to illustrate the modest
barn shaped form and the modest wood presence.
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Jääjoki Light Sculptures Year 2 - Semester 2 Extracurricular Installation Group Project of 3 January 2018 First Place Public Choice Award Jaajoki is an experimental installation to mimic the fluidity of water through the manipulation of acrylic sheets. Placed to invite the eye’s exploration of the curved surfaces, the frosted finish coupled with LED lighting creates a diluted glow which also captures a moment in time. The first phase consisted of experimenting with small scale model of acrylic sheets approximately 15 cm x 15 cm. After being selected to build the installation by the jury, three 1220 mm x 1220 mm sheets were used to form the installation presented during Nuit Blanche event at McEwen School of Architecture. While it was a collaborative process each of us in the team were a project manager for one sculpture.
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18. Experimental maquette to study the bending capacity of acrylic.
19. Close up of the undulating bending that resulted from the study.
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20. View of the finished sculptures from outside of the building.
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21. Photograph of the sculptures with people interacting with them.
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24. Daytime view of the sculptures. 25. Daytime photographs of the sculpture, to illustrate the glowing capacity.
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Ice Stations 2017 Year 1 - Semester 1 & 2 Group Project of 14 February 2017 The team-based design-build ice station manifested from the forms created through ice-skating. By exploring wood’s bending capacity by use of steam and lamination, ultimately arriving to an open and fluid form, allowed skaters to flow both around and through the structure while allowing for comfortable seating within it. The ice station was built and placed on the skating path for the community use during the month of March, 2017.
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29. Perspective showing how it stands in the landscape.
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30. Jig assembled to create a more coherent bend.
31. Finalized laminated bent ash wood pieces, ready to be assembled.
32. Glued members into place. 33. View of the seating members connected to the ribs.
34. View of the first cladding member attached to the seating structural members.
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Paddle Year 2 - Semester 2 Individual Project December 2017 Part of the studio assignment we were tasked with hand carving a canoe paddle. The semester’s theme was traditional indigenous canoe building, therefore, carving paddles was a fundamental lesson on hand craft and material study. Using white ash, I wanted to explore the simple and modest form of the paddle. Using tools such as spoke shaves, band saw and a metal scraper to carve and craft the paddle shape and function. To finish the material, I used natural beeswax and coconut oil to protect the paddle. The fundamental lesson was how to listen to wood as a living material and work in ways of adapting to its carving capacity.
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Night Stand Summer Project 2017 Individual During my co-op workplace with a cabinet maker, I had the opportunity pursue a personal interest in furniture design and construction. Entrusted to use tools and workshop equipment available, I designed and built a night stand. Using the pure ash material and connecting them with dowels and glue without using any metal or fasteners, I learned how tectonics of a furniture piece can be assembled, achieving a more natural object. It is finished with beeswax and coconut oil.
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College Details 3rd Year George Brown College Summer 2015 My studies at George Brown College was heavily based on construction detailing in buildings and understanding how tectonics of material work. These detail drawings of a high-rise residential project, highlight the concrete connections to accommodate thermal bridging and the study the structural capacity of the building.
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