PORTFOLIO Andrew Robert Ralston Cole
//ANDREW ROBERT RALSTON COLE// CONTACT ME//
andrew.rr.cole@gmail.com | arrcole@uwaterloo.ca www.andrewcole.ca 25 Belvale Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
WORK EXPERIENCE // Base Associates January 2014 - July 2014 [ LONDON, UK]
Architectural Associate Supervised the design and development of a 9-Unit housing development in Lewisham, London, UK. Coordinated with Landscape Architects and Technical Consultants to provide a comprehensive Planning Submission Participated with the VauxhallOne Business Improvement District.
BBB Architects January 2012 - April 2012, September 2012 - December 2012, April 2013 - August 2013 [ TORONTO, CANADA] Architectural Intern Provided 3D models and images for various stadium projects such as Madison Square Gardens. Participated on the design team for the Detroit By Design proposal. Introduced Grasshopper scripts now used throughout the office. Integrated the use of Rhino as model software in project development.
Foam Factor April 2011- Sept 2011 [ TORONTO, CANADA]
Spray Foam Technician Worked along side insulators, providing assistance and maintenance to equiptment while on site.
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EDUCATION // University of Waterloo
Candidate for Bachelor of Architecture, 2015 Lead Software Co-Ordinator, ACADIA 2013
Mentor College
Ontario Secondary School Diploma 2010 Ontario Scholar 2010 Art Achievement Award 2010 Junior Boys Athlete of the Year 2008
RHINO GRASSHOPPER ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE MICROSOFT OFFICE 3DS Studio Max revit
OTHER ACHIEVMENTS // Royal conservatory of Music Gr. 8 HRAI certified
ABOUT ME //
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I am a third year student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. I am a hard working individual, determined to always become better at what I am working on and overcome adversities. I enjoy sports, such as football, hockey, and volleyball. I also enjoy playing instruments, in particular piano. 2
CONTENTS Cliff Hikers Haven C_BE Defying Venue Madison Square Gardens Detroit by Design Parametric residence
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[cliff] Hikers Haven
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Hikers Haven was a studio run by Maya Pryzbylski at the University of Waterloo. The studio focused on the codification of architecture, implementing tools such as Python and Grasshopper to use data to help inform a different level of intelligence into architecture. The project itself focused on the construction of a shelter along the Bruce Trail at Rattlesnake Point in Ontario for a hiker. The approach take was to use the existing rock climbing culture on the Niagra escarpment and take the program to the cliff face of the bluff. Using both Python and Grasshopper to code, a terrain of difficulty, an interior and exterior climbing route, as well as structural system to provide shelters were built into the cliff face.
prefab thin concrete panel; climbing surface corten steel finish; structure
cedar wood decking; program flooring
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- "Making the Charming Fruitful�
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ANALYSIS scale | 1:50 | plans and interior climbing
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C_BE
The C_BE was a project created by the undergraduate team representing the University of Waterloo School of Architecture at ACADIA 2013. As a part of the host university, a team of 5 3rd year students led the initiative to create an installation as the first movement to incorporate the undergraduate community into the F_RMLab team at UWSA. As well as coordinating with the other team leaders, I organized and ran the codification of the project, including the Arduino coding seminars and Grasshopper components of the installation. This including the programming of the C_BE’s servos and arduino micro processors, as well as the facade design in grasshopper. The installation asked the user to climb inside and interact with a retracting ceiling. The distance between the users hand and infrared sensors would be measured, and then operate servo motors to retract an equivalent distance.
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THE CUBE AXO - SKIN OFF
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defying venue 8
// final perspective - view 1
A personal CGI competition entry done for the Flying Architecture Community. The competition titled “Architecture Unchained� challenged the CGI and Architectural Rendering community to design anything at all that just ignored the rules of gravity. The influence from working with stadiums at my day job provided me the inspiration to create a flying venue. The lofting stadium facade was inspired by flowing fabric in the wind. The contest also provided a way to learn Grasshopper script modelling, as well as improve my VRay and photoshop abilities.
// grasshopper structural space frame and truss samples 9
the garden 10
February 2012
During my co-op terms at BBB Architects, I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity work on high client profile stadium projects. One of the tasks that I was managing was the design, presentation, and physical model creation of the Madison Square Gardens Scoreboard, to be hung in the arena September 2013. The design process allowed the exploration of geometries, use of 3-D fabrication and photoshop to create a complete presentation with multiple options. The models below were four iterations of the design, with interchangeable top marquee rings that allowed the client to mix and match options until something appropriate was achieved.
//schematic proof of concept drawings.
//1�=1/8th scale 3-D printed models. Sticker templates created in Photoshop 11
DxD detroit by design
December 2012
I participated on a design team that submitted a proposal for the Detroit By Design competition. The competition required us to rejuvenate the site of Hart Plaza, along the Detroit river between Cobo Convention Hall and the Renaissance Center. Our proposal extended beyond that of the site constraint, as we saw that Cobo Hall, Jefferson Avenue and the Windsor tunnel to be the reasons for the lack of activity in the isolated plaza space. We proposed extending the river presence of the plaza by reducing the presence of Cobo hall against the river. We also proposed bringing Joe Louis Arena to the plaza to be a generator of activity, and hiding the 8 lane thru-way under an articulated landscape connecting downtown back to the waterfront. The use of Grasshopper and Rhino allowed for the creation of the articulated landscape and the perforated treatment found against the park surfaces.
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//rendered site plan
//birds eye perspective
// major moves and new axes diagram.
// circulation over time. 700h, 1200h, 1700h , 2100h 13
//1:500 scale model of proposed residence. 3-D printed facade, laser cut plexi-glass and led lit 14
July 2013
parametric residences
//grasshopper script overview 15
grasshopper wiring
// grasshopper construction of the form with corner story controlling sliders During my time at BBB Architects, I was tasked with writing a parametric Grasshopper script to help create iterations of one of the residential proposals. I had created a script that allowed the user to control how many storeys they wanted at each corner of the site. The model then drew itself around the courtyard, which was a predetermined shape, and then sectioned out the floor plates providing the square footage of each massing iteration. The use of Grasshopper in the office was a new implemetation, and I was asked to compile a notebook of all the applications that I had brought into the office with explanation on execution in case they would like to adjust or re-use wire sketches.
// grasshopper floor area calculator later on in the same script when building the massing 16
//massing iterations generated from GH Script.
//Sketch Render of adjusted massing 17
//Rochester Institute of Technology Interior Render. - BBB Architects
// Exterior stadium visualization BBB Architects // Frieburg Munster 1:100 Model UWSA
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