AURORA X. CHI Selected Works Fall 2021
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CONTENTS Curriculum Vitae 05
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Tuning Fork 08-11
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NANO NEST 12-15
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what homes are made of 16-19
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PARAHOUSE 20-23
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PARALLELS 24-27
SNOW QUILT 28-31
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Convergent Rows
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32-35
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Pow Wow Arbour 36-39
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In-Progress Work 40-43
Professional Work 44-47
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Hi, I’m Aurora!
I am a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. I strive to become a designer who can create spaces for people to live creative lives and inspire fun while innovating and navigating the waters of cultural responsibility and the environmental crisis. I hope to obtain a co-op position at an architecture firm where I can use the skills that I have developed and bring my enthusiasm and environmentally and socially conscious ideas to the team. As well, I would like to enhance my skill set, learn constantly, and find inspiration!
AURORA X CHI
The following is a curation of several projects that I have developed over the course of my education. I hope you enjoy looking through!
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Aurora X. Chi EDUCATION
Sept. 2017 – Present
EXPERIENCE
Jan. 2021 – Aug. 2021
Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2019
Feb. 2019 – April 2019
May 2019 – Aug. 2019
Jan. 2020 – Present
ACHIEVEMENTS
SKILLS
auroraxchi@gmail.com
Location:
Toronto, ON, CA
Candidate for Bachelor of Architecture, Honours, Co-op University of Waterloo School of Architecture Cambridge, ON
IBI Group Architects
Toronto, Canada
• Produced and designed full CD sets for 50%, 90%, permit, and tender for Toronto Accessibility Upgrades across 8 buildings using Revit and CAD • Led coordination and meetings across disciplines and subconsultants • Conducted site visits and examined key components of various typologies (ie. police station, academy, fire hall, heritage residence, community centre) • Developed project-wide details and strategies for more efficient design process • Accumulated in-depth understanding of AODA and new accessibility standards through design iteration
KPMB Architects
Toronto, Canada
• Produced overall drawings and details for 50%, 75% and 90% CD as well as SPA and Permit approvals using Revit, AutoCAD, and Enscape • Modeled a parametric centerpiece using Rhino and presented design options • Presented design options during internal and consultant meetings
haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050
Stuttgart, Germany
• Researched and aided in the design and production of presentation drawings for two competitions using Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, and Adobe Creative Suite • Led the construction of an integral large-scale competition model
2019 Waterloo Architecture Design Build Team Member • Constructed the Pow Wow Arbour for the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation by steambending and assembling a parametric wood lattice
BRIDGE Author and Member • Published and prepared articles on the BRIDGE website
WA Student Association Class Representative • Communicated directly with teaching and administrative staff • Demonstrated leadership in event-planning and organizing information
2020
Jo Beglo Book Prize Recipient
2020
2B Studio Project Featured in 2020 Project Review Exhibition
2018
1B Studio Project Featured in 2018 Project Review Exhibition
2018
Top 10 Finalist of CISC Steel Competition
Digital Revit Rhinoceros Grasshopper AutoCAD SketchUp
CURRICULUM VITAE
March 2018 – Present
Email:
For outstanding work in Cultural History classes from 2017-2019
Obtained with the project PARALLELS Maxwell Render V-Ray Lumion Enscape
Illustrator Photoshop InDesign Premier
MS Teams Zoom
MS Office
Communication
Fabrication
English (proficient) Mandarin (spoken) French (rudimentary)
Lasercutting 3D Printing CNC Milling Woodshop
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IBI GROUP 100 175 Galaxy Boulevard Toronto ON M9W 0C9 Canada tel 416 679 1930 fax 416 675 4620 ibigroup.com
August 20, 2021
To Whom It May Concern,
This letter is to express my strong recommendation of Aurora Chi as an architectural designer. I am an architect at IBI Group Toronto West and I have supervised and worked with her on our Toronto Accessibility Upgrades project wherein we survey and design renovations for various typologies of cityowned buildings. Over the 8 months that she has worked with us, Aurora has proved herself to be both resourceful and diligent as a designer on the team. She exceeded my expectations and made herself an essential team member through taking charge of 8 buildings in our renovation project alongside another co-op student. She developed these 8 buildings from the beginning phases of design and was critical in design decisions, site visits, and design and coordination meetings. them efficiently using Revit, AutoCAD, and learning BIM360. Aurora worked on and adapted to the requirements of multiple building typologies during this time including offices, fire halls, police stations, a heritage property, a police academy, and the North York Civic Centre. As well, Aurora swiftly integrated herself into the team and led coordination meetings very effectively. She was not hesitant to voice ideas when helpful and was always willing to learn from collaboration. She was quick to adapt to the work-from-home environment that our office has adopted during quarantine and communicated effectively with myself and our interdisciplinary colleagues. We had frequent communication throughout her term working through new comments from the client and unforeseen developments to the project, and she was able to respond well to design changes and advice. Aurora also introduced and implemented best practices for drawing preparation for site visits and organizing information, as well as for corresponding with sub-consultants. For instance, she prepared detailed notes and sketches in Bluebeam prior to site visits to make use of site time more effectively and organized both existing and new photographs for ease of coordination with the door hardware subconsultant. It is clear to me from supervising her work as the architect of the buildings she worked on that she is considerate in the work that she does and pursues better solutions where possible. I enjoyed having Aurora work on our team, and I am happy to recommend her for a future job as an architectural designer. As a fast-learner, effective communicator, and thoughtful worker, I am sure she will be a great asset to any team she works with next. Sincerely,
Elizabeth Fenuta OAA, M.ARCH, MRAIC, HONS. BAS (she/her/hers) Architect IBI GROUP 100 - 175 Galaxy Blvd Toronto ON M9W 0C9 Canada tel +1 416 679 1930 ext 65130 IBI Group Architects (Canada) Inc. is a member of the IBI Group of companies. For a list of licensed architects, please see www.ibigroup.com/registered-architects
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December 2020
3B Studio
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Marie-Paule Macdonald
Tuning Fork
To perform, you must first tune your instrument. As a performer, you are that instrument as much as the ones you play. This project is a reimagining of the current development occurring in Yorkville, Toronto, where the original streetface and interaction remains familiar while also incorporating a new structure built above it.
Overall, this project hopes to reinvigorate Yorkville with creative energy as while the site faces the Toronto Reference Library, the area has become very commercialized. As in the name, you can tune yourself to be ready for the stage, and for the long road ahead as an artist. Rhino
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BACK AXONOMETRIC
Tuning Fork
The building is an experimental music and theatre complex for young performers/artists, with spaces created by strategically cutting small holes in the original buildings. The program is meant to be as accessible and enriching as possible, with rehearsal and recording studios of various sizes and several flexible performance spaces. The exterior theatre retains two walls of the original building and the other side is panelized so that it can open up. There is a rooftop space that can be accessed from the main building or the historical Frogley Bakery building, The use of steel and structural glass was to make it visually obvious that the addition is not part of the historical architecture and it is not pretending to be.
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MASSING COMPARISON
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January 2020
Tiny House
Competition
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NANO NEST
Listen to the light and follow where it leads. A voice calls through the window — the outer world retreats. Produced for the Nano Nest competition by UNI, this project aims to create a tiny house that enhances the concept of a home. In this home, a family of 6 live together. Light streams through above and vertical planters on the walls connect them with the nature outside. Light wells allow for light and sound to pass through, and the interior windows provide privacy and access when desired. The living room is on the second floor, with half of it on translucent glass, so as to let light through but not be entirely transparent. At the top level is space for a study and space for meditation.
SketchUp
Rhino
NANO NEST
The most important things after the basics of shelter, food and utilities are communication and creative freedom. A home is a place in which a person can find solace and comfort as well as inspire. This means giving control to residents over their degree of privacy, easy communication between spaces and families, and having enough light, nature, and space to for inspiration. In this modern day space crunch, we have less room and privacy than ever, which is why a design like this that maximizes light and vertical open space can be a facet of the solution.
FACADE EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
EXPLODED FLOOR AXONOMETRIC
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BEDROOMS AXONOMETRIC
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VIEW FROM ENTRANCE
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VIEW FROM KITCHEN
NANO NEST
VIEW FROM 2ND FLOOR
VIEW FROM 4TH FLOOR
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April 2020
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3A Studio
Adrian Blackwell
what homes are made of
These homes are made of steel, concrete, and brick, and of course, the joint efforts of a land trust and the people living within it. For this project, we explored ways to combat both the climate crisis and the housing crisis in Toronto, looking specifically at a traditionally lowincome neighbourhood of Eastern Toronto.
what homes are made of
On the disputed land of 214 – 230 Sherbourne Street, this proposal poses the possibility of building a coop housing tower and physical health centre that integrates the William Dineen House on the site. It is a building that is typologically similar to a tower-podium, however all of the podium space is dedicated to public amenities in the form of a physical health centre. As well, while the podium occupies most of the site, it steps back as greenroofs. The tower has both communal living spaces and separate unit floors. On the communal living floors, the residents a double height exterior space which brings in light to the communal spaces. Each unit also has a winter garden condition. The residential units all face towards the Southwest of the building to maximize solar gain and light access, while the Northeast faces Sherbourne Street, lined with windows to create inhabitable communal space adjacent to the corridors. EXPLODED FLOOR AXONOMETRIC
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SW AXONOMETRIC
2ND FLOOR PLAN
COMMUNAL LIVING FLOOR PLAN
3RD FLOOR PLAN
SEPARATE UNITS FLOOR PLAN
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NE AXONOMETRIC
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ELEVATION
DETAILED SECTION LIFE CYCLE OF PRECAST HOLLOW CORE CONCRETE
~25kg/tonne CO2
1. Mining Limestone, Silica, Alumina, Gypsum, Alite, Belite, etc Can be mined from quarries all over Ontario Some aggregate is recycled material The closest quarry are in Missisauga and Stouffville which is are both about 60 km away from the site
~140kg/tonne CO2
~80kg/tonne CO2
2. Cement Manufacturing 1400 - 2000 •C Chemical reaction that uses some CO, creating 900kg/ton of CO2 but new methods are able to decrease it to 70% Can also use other industry by-products like fly ash
3. Mixing Concrete in Factory 1400 - 2000 •C Chemical reaction, with a strength level of 300 MPA ideally
~35kg/tonne CO2
~10kg/tonne CO2
~100kg/tonne CO2
4. Prefabricating Slabs and Walls Takes about 27 days Can reuse the same formwork in a controlled environment
11kg/tonne CO2
7. End of Life Demolition of concrete expells about 11kg of CO2 per 1 tonne of crushed concrete Life span of about 75+ years Mostly crushed and used on roads and sometimes as aggregate for future concrete Rebar is recycled as lower grade steel as long as it is not overly coated in chemicals
5. Transit to Site The closest prefabricated concrete factories to Toronto are about 80km away from the site
what homes are made of
98kg/tonne CO2
6. Installing on Site Can be installed directly and very quickly Will involve the use of cranes
at least 65kg/tonne CO2
8. Transit to Landfill of Leftover Waste Landfills are very far away from the site, and likely most of the concrete will be shipped off to another country’s landfills, which increases the transportation emissions by much more
> 550kg/tonne of CO2 emissions, for ONLY the hollow core concrete
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March 2018
1B Studio
Donald McKay
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PARAHOUSE
One house with two strangers - to live together equally with full accessibility. In collaboration with Paulina Erchova, Garrett McGill, Silja Walenius
A pressing issue in smaller communities is that many people are without places to call home. PARAHOUSE is a community housing project for two unrelated individuals, located on swamp land in downtown Galt near the school of architecture. The building is on stilts to accommodate for the soft soil and provide a shaded garden, and it is a prefab construction with its structure almost entirely made of SIP panels.
Featured in the 2019 Project Review Exhibition
PARAHOUSE
The two private rooms are oriented with windows on both the North and South sides, with the rooms in themselves being identical, only reflected. This is because of the parallelogram shape of the plan and it was the ideal way to deal with the ends of the building as rooms. The middle of the building serves as the communal area with the roof and sides of the building opening up to reveal the trusses running through. With a simple, condensed plan, PARAHOUSE is a fully accessible residential building that maximizes privacy, space, daylighting, and ventilation to give those without homes a home to live in with dignity and comfort. STRUCTURAL AXONOMETRIC
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SITE PLAN
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Balsam fir slats 4mm metal roof sheathing Ice and water shield Airspace Bituminous damp proofing SIP Panel 12mm OSB 236mm XPS insulation 12mm OSB Sealant at wall intersection
Triple-glazed skylight
Balsam fir slats Metal sheathing 12mm treated plywood Bituminous damp proofing SIP Panel 12mm OSB 236mm XPS insulation 12mm OSB 12mm gypsum board
Triple-glazed casement window
Trapdoor Automatic hold-open arm
Furnace AC (behind) V-shaped stilts
Water heater
PARAHOUSE
20mm wood floor 30mm phase change material 10mm floor underlayment SIP Panel 12mm OSB 236mm XPS insulation 12mm OSB 12mm OSB Bituminous damp proofing 4mm galvanized steel
Foundation piles
STRUCTURAL SECTION
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April 2018
Terri Boake
1B Building Construction
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PARALLELS
One structure; two sides - two countries; one space. In collaboration with Magnus Glennie
In 2017, Trump’s program to erect a 1,900 mile wall along the United States/Mexico border began, with eight 10-metre tall prototypes.
CISC Steel Competition 2018 Top 10 Finalist
PARALLELS
PARALLELS is located directly across the border wall in Friendship Park, San Diego. It is a double arch steel structure that both suspends and bears a platform on which people from both sides of the wall can meet, but not cross or touch. The cable-stayed arch is the main load-bearing structure while the diagrid arch structure lightly supports the platform and stairs from below. On the platform, there is a screen of transparent plastic rods. The screen does not affect the transmission of sound across and at night they are lit with colourful spotlights. The platform serves as a meeting ground, but during events, becomes a performance platform where artists on both sides of the oppressive border wall can perform together.
AXONOMETRIC
PARALLELS is a structure where two worlds may meet, but never touch. In steel and light, PARALLELS hopes to forge a unity between two peoples of divided nations. PLAN
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CLEVIS DETAIL
STAIR DETAIL
ARCH LOOP DETAIL
ARCH DETAIL
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Roof: opaque panels & glass
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Secondary Truss System: same level as primary truss; thinner members
Columns & Node: compression members
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Terri Boake
AESS Construction
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SNOW QUILT
A marketplace that gleams with artistic energy.
Rhino
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In collaboration with Janna Kholodova
CISC Steel Competition 2021
Exterior Stage
Movable panel walls for extendable stage space
Back of House
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SNOW QUILT
Like a crystalline patchwork blanket, the Snow Quilt is a market full of fun discoveries and inspiration! This artist’s hall and marketplace is sighted on the edge of downtown Kingston, near the marsh and residential houses – it’s easy to walk or bus to from the city and universities, but also readily accessible for outof-city visitors. Immediately visible is the mix of opaque and glazed curtain wall hung from a hexagonal gridded steel canopy, inspired by the process of frost forming on bubbles. Most of the hexagonal canopy is held up by steel tree columns that avoid the skylights. These columns are attached to a dual truss system with one painted white and the other painted dark grey so that one system is emphasized at night and the other during the day. The central atrium is a glass roof held up by a compression node that frees up the entire space. This bright atrium connects to a performance space that can also be occupied by cafés, and above it is an accessible roof where you can clearly see the truss and tree column structure. The market is filled with shop-fronts for any aspiring artists and vendors, and we hope that visitors would have as much fun as the families shown in our images!
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SNOW QUILT
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2B Studio
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Jane Hutton
Convergent Rows
2 rows, alongside each other - they are parallel and separated until they reach a meeting point. Featured in the 2020 Project Review Exhibition
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Convergent Rows draws upon the natural formation of the land, highlights the hopes and ideas of the 2 row wampum, and promotes the health of soil and river along with site tourism and engagement.
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Between the different people on this land, land and water, and constructed and “natural”. This project brings the river into the land, and shapes the land in the form of river waves. The flooding is limited to the fingers created from troughs and gives greater dimension to the land by distributing the soil above. The 3 major forces explored are: flooding, terrestrial species, and Six Nations Tourism. The project consists of the landforming, the boardwalk, and the boathouse. The platform is divided in two halves, with an ankle height divider in between. The divider disappears at points of intersection and the platforms, which become spaces of connection. The boardwalk and land are close in height and are easily accessed through each other, though the land is soft and wet; filled with plants.
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Built within a park recently reclaimed by the Six Nations, Convergent Rows is a project about forced dichotomies and their interactions.
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PLANT INDEX
2021
Small Terrestrial
Medium Terrestrial
Semi-Aquatic
Fire Moss
Stiff Goldenrod
Cut-leaved Toothwort
Canada Anemone
Red in disturbed sandy soil.
Yellow, medicinal, sandy or gravely soil.
Perennial, calcareous shorelines.
Perennial, moist soil, spring-summer.
Warnstorf’s Peat Moss
Indian Grass
Purple-stemmed Aster
Mild Waterpepper
Red & green, wet calcareous soil.
Young shoots edible, blooms summer-fall.
Blue daisy, perennial, moist soil edges.
White & pink, wet or moist soil, fibrous.
Broadleaf Dock
Big Bluestem
Horsetail
Marsh Marigold
Already existing, tap roots.
Blue-green, blooms Aug-Sept, sandy soil.
Perennial, wet and clay soil.
Buttercup, blooms Apr-June, wet areas.
Orchard Grass
Dwarf Dewberry
Trout Lily
Ragweed
Already existing, fibrous roots.
White, red edible berries, moist soil.
Yellow, perennial, damp woodlands.
Native annual, disturbed soil.
Smooth Bedstraw
White Beak Sedge
Common Rush
Cardinal Flower
White, perennial, pastures and rivers.
Prevalent along bank, rocky areas.
Perennial, flowering, wetlands.
Vivid red, perennial, wet soil and swamps.
Shrubs & Trees Ninebark
Black Willow
Quaking Aspen
Eastern White Cedar
Staghorn Sumac
Large shrub, resilient, good in clay soil.
Native willow, wet, good bank stability.
Native, deciduous, good bank stability.
Coniferous, resilient, poor soil.
Deciduous tree, resilient, medicinal.
Northern Blue Flag Iris
Watercress
White Water Lily
Pickerelweed
Alkali Bulrush
Native, perennial, moist-wet soil.
Creeping, <1m deep, edible.
White, floats, open during day, summer..
Violet, <1m deep water.
Perennial, <1m water, alkaline or saline.
Water-Filtering
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GROUND SECTION
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SITE PLAN
Convergent Rows
AT THE HILLS
ON THE BOARDWALK
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May - August 2019
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John McMinn
2B Design Build
Pow Wow Arbour
Built for the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation over the course of 2 years, using steambent wood to create a latticework roof. As part of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation’s plan to give a new image to their community, they had chosen to create a permanent pow wow arbour on designated sacred grounds. Throughout the process the team had constant communication and support from the MCFN’s team and community.
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In 2018, the design was chosen and completed based on how the parametric wooden roof resembled a dreamcatcher, a universal symbol for the First Nations people that they felt a connection to. The students in 2018 placed the foundations and constructed the base structure of the pow wow arbour with its tension and compression rings.
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This following year, our 2019 team finished the arbour with the roof. We spent 4 months sawing, gluing scarf joints, steambending by hand, and gluing lathes together then finally bringing all of the 96 required lathes to site and individually securing them to the rings, layered upon each other. We finished the construction in August, a week before the MCFN’s first pow wow with a permanent arbour.
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Superkilen Park
Cowgate Nursery
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Oodi Library
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Beaver Workshop Office
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Mohammad Araji
4A Comprehensive Studio
In-Progress Work
Belonging to/in/with a place could start by watching and knowing that you exist in it. This project is for my 4A Comprehensive Building Design Studio, where we are tasked with designing high school in Stratford, PEI with an auxiliary bathhouse and expert-in-residence program. By the end of the term, we will be expected to have a net-zero carbon building with a technical report on systems and detailing as well as carrying out the design to the level of a DD phase project.
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My project is based around the idea that a sense of belonging can be fostered through the act of viewing and being viewed in an environment. The site we were given is a saltwater marsh in a suburban area near Charlottetown with a rapidly increasing population from in-Canada migration. The place does not yet have a solid sense of identity. Through the low form of the building and mix of light and mass timber construction, I hope to create a comfortable atmosphere where nature is readily accessible. The plan shows clearly my intentions towards creating fun, inclusive spaces with wide sightlines, and mitigating the climate through porch spaces.
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Tree Cover Winter Wind
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Context Plan Scale 1:5000
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STEAMBENDING FORMS
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Hand-modeling
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February – April 2019
Competition 2nd Prize
Stuttgart, Germany
haascookzemmrichST UDIO2050 haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050 is an architectural practice founded by Martin Haas, David Cook, and Stephan Zemmrich in 2012. Working worldwide, the studio seeks to develop distinctive human-friendly and environmentally responsible solutions to both urban planning and architectural projects. During my time at HCZ, I worked on 2 competition teams and occasionally helped to make models for a project that was in Design Development. The 2 competitions were the House of Life in Hamburg, pictured here, and the Main East Gate Tower in Offenbach which was still in progress when I left.
PROFESSIONAL WORK
For the House of Life competition, we were tasked with designing an 8-shaped lifelong learning school with an unconventional school setting. While I was on the team, I worked on site plans and floor plans as well as making massing models and figuring out the greenroof structure. I was in charge of the final 1:100 competition model as well, and I handled the lasercutting and assembly of the model. During the Offenbach project, I worked on massing and site planning. This project was a z-shaped office tower as part of the new waterfront, and we had to consolidate the project on the uneven terrain and various transportation paths.
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September – December 2019
Construction Documents
Toronto, Canada
KPMB Architects KPMB Architects is an internationally renowned Canadian design firm located in one of the most diverse cities in the world, Toronto. Established in 1987, KPMB’s work has been continuously recognized for architectural excellence and has received over 300 awards, including 16 Governor General’s Medals, Canada’s highest honour.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK
I worked on the Landscape of Landmark Quality for U of T in the CD phase. It is a unique project with one of the largest landscapes in Canada and an unconventional underground parking garage and pavilion. The project was in the Construction Documents phase while I worked on it and I helped to progress the project to 90% completion and SPA resubmission. During the course of the project, I corresponded with primary consultants and learned a lot about specifications and detailing for construction uses. I worked on both the underground parking garage and the pavilion above, and I remodeled the interior parametric surface several times in accordance to changes we made with fabricator consultants. In this time, I learned a lot about the intricacies and practicalities of architectural work and improved my teamwork and communication skills.
Rhino
AutoCAD
Enscape
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