Selected Works 2018 [OUTDATED]

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I’m Brandon Lim, a thirdyear architecture student at the University of Waterloo.

My interest in the field stems from its ability to improve + develop human life, a quality kept in mind when designing the selected works.

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email : brandonxlim@gmail.com telephone : +1 (647) 808 3687

education University of Waterloo Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies 2015 - present Ryerson University Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Science 2014 - 2015

skills & abilities Digital

Analog

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

Model Making

Photography

Rhino 5

Maxwell Render

Wood Working

Hand Drafting

V-Ray

Microsoft Office

Laser Cutting

experience Dash Marshall, New York 09/2017 - 12/2017 Architectural Assistant - designed and tested massing, material, and facade strategies for residential project - created analytical diagrams and images for client meetings and future publication - built physical model for space & scale comprehension, and facade iterations Studio V Architecture, New York 01/2017 - 04/2017 Architectural Assistant - developed construction drawings for studio office rennovation - created presentation drawings and diagrams for client meetings and digital publication - iterated mid-rise facade design, using digital modelling and hand drawing K2LD Architects - Singapore 06/2015 - 08/2015 Architectural Intern - formatted competition panel layouts for the 2015 SIA Awards - built physical models at massing, and building scales for project proposals and presentations - produced construction documents for residential and commercial projects

recognition Excellent Academic Standing - 85% + University of Waterloo 2015 - 2017 Year End Show Feature Ryerson Univeristy 2015

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email : brandonxlim@gmail.com telephone : +1 (647) 808 3687

education University of Waterloo Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies 2015 - present Ryerson University Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Science 2014 - 2015

skills & abilities Digital

Analog

AutoCAD

Adobe Creative Suite

Model Making

Photography

Rhino 5

Maxwell Render

Wood Working

Hand Drafting

V-Ray

Microsoft Office

Laser Cutting

experience Dash Marshall, NYC - Architectural Assistant 09/2017 - 12/2017 - designed and tested massing, material, and facade strategies for residential project - created analytical diagrams and images for client meetings and future publication - built physical model for space & scale comprehension, and facade iterations Studio V Architecture, NYC - Architectural Assistant 01/2017 - 04/2017 - developed construction drawings for studio office rennovation - created presentation drawings and diagrams for client meetings and digital publication - iterated mid-rise facade design, using digital modelling and hand drawing K2LD Architects, Singapore - Architectural Intern 06/2015 - 08/2015 - formatted competition panel layouts for the 2015 SIA Awards - built physical models at massing, and building scales for project proposals and presentations - produced construction documents for residential and commercial projects

recognition Excellent Academic Standing - 85% + University of Waterloo 2015 - 2017 Year End Show Feature Ryerson Univeristy 2015

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01_the living factory

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02_a kit of parts

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03_bike stack

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04_gridscape

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01__ the living factory cooperative housing design studio III adrian blackwell

The factory, a building typology centering on order, efficiency, and function, acted as the infrastructure for the workplace. Its peak appeared during the Fordist movement where mass production skyrocketed, but minimal room for innovation was given. Today society stands in the Post-Fordist era, the opposite extreme, where creative freedom has overcome working order. Mediating between these two extremes is the Living Factory, a mixed-use cooperative housing project providing innovators and creatives with spaces for creation in work and daily life.

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The site is programmed with startups + creative spaces, populated with independent post-graduates and dropouts working parttime, expressing an interest in creative endeavors. Whether an issue of life or work, The Living Factory looks to revice deadened expressive aspirations, providing spaces to facilitate new ways to work and live. site plan

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Exhibition Cafe Parking Parkette Extension Interactive Gallery Space

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Work Pod Common Space Kitchen / Bath / Storage Bedroom

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living rooftop

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bike shelter / canopy

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living space sectional axonometric Within the living quarters, residents are provided with spaces of varying levels of privacy to provide for varying living needs. One enters right into the common space, where floormates cooperate to organize the leisure space. In contrast, efficiently standardized bedrooms give residents an area to personalize the rooms to their liking. Serving in between these two spaces are a set of 3 cores, housing the essential domestic services to be shared.

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workspace rooftop

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interactive gallery

exhibition cafe

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work space sectional axonometric The work space is a free composition of private volumes, implying a circulating public gallery space for residents and visitors. Within these volumes are spaces for residents and the public to work, either independently or cooperatively. The public is invited into the space through sharing + communication with residents and one another, opening up opportunity for either to connect and create.

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02__ a kit of parts fabrication system digital fabrication connor o’grady & jake read

in collaboration with mark clubine & nicole yip The simplest of connections, a stick and node, was the basis of an investigation exploring the potentials of a kit of parts. However, unique to this kit is its availability and efficiency, consisting of readily available materials in pairing with a developed node design.

Acknowledging the domestication of 3D printing as a new-found resource, the designed node (as a file) can easily be shared, modified, and distributed, as with its complimentary parts: PVC or copper pipe, and standard nuts & bolts. In combination, this consumerready kit of parts embraces creativity over consumption to provide for what is needed.

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detailed axonometric Due to the availability and standardization of all but one of the kits components, the node was the focus of the project. Designed for manipulation and strength, the 12-axis node is compatible with a variety of configurations, limited only by its user’s imagination.

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detailed section

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3D print connection rigidity test (weak)

3D print connection rigidity test (strong)

Comparing sizes of standard copper piping

3D sketch models, testing tolerances

Fitting the correct tolerance 3D print

Testing of calibrated node connection

sleeve fabrication

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Sketch model, positioning all 12 axis of node

Test print of simplified node

Failed print of 1:2 detailed model

Node in progress of being 3D printed

Node put together after 3D printed

Example of node occupied on 6/12 axis

node fabrication

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stool

hanger

stage

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light

canopy

planter

configurations

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03__ bike stack pavilion digital fabrication connor o’grady & jake read

Split into three, various sections were studied to comprehend the ways in which people could interact with Bike Stack (sit, lean, rest, be sheltered, etc.).

Through the concept of the design, the construction of Bike Stack results in minimal material consumption and waste. Effectively, both positives and negatives of cut material are used in construction, resulting in shorter construction times, economic assurance, and material efficiency.

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Sheets

Divided

Connected

Interpolated

Initial design began with the theme of voids, created by the separation of a whole into independent pieces. Through a study of sections, these pieces were manipulated to make thoughtful use of all the material cut. This strategy allowed the structure to remain relatively waste-less, while providing the multiple functions of a flamboyant bike station.

design development

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Seating

Shelter

Parking

sectional study

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physical model photos

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04__ gridscape masterplan design studio IV lola shepphard

in collaboration with kyra ahier As a result of human instinct to choose a path of convenience over exploration, man has distanced themselves from the landscape. A new intersection between the two has been proposed for the reopening of the park Ontario Place. A gridded superstructure floats over the site at a single datum, intersecting the ascending and descending topography.

The changes in elevation allow the grid and its pedestrians to meet, go above, and below the ecologies distributed in the park, providing for a new experience of landscape.

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Ampitheatre

Pods

Beach Pavillion

Log Cabins

Marina

Rain Collection

Greenhouses

Cinesphere

Geology Centre

Shelter/Pavillion

Farmer’s Market

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Wet vs. Dry

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Protected vs. Exposed

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Social vs. Isolated

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Forest (Boreal)

2 Grassland (Hill)

10 Forest (Bamboo)

3 Grassland (Shrubs)

11 Forest (Aspen)

4 Grassland (Flooded)

12 Garden

5 Beach (Fine)

13 Marsh

6 Beach (Coarse)

14 Asphalt

7 Rockland (Low)

15 Exposed Water

8 Rockland (High)

16 Protected Water

Wild vs. Maintained

Bright vs. Dark

organization of landscapes & programs

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conceptual vignettes

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05__ in the event of event space design studio IV lola shepphard

The project is a continuation of Gridscape, responding to the infrastructure’s rigidity with an emphasis on motion and adaptation.

The machinic landscape takes the form of a circle, an infinite shape that encourages the radial motion of kinetic elements. Its array of concaves and convexes creates a play between the inner and outer that uses the landscape to divide, unify, and create event spaces through time. With its endless possibilities, the project is disciplined by the center point, anchoring the collection of moving parts and orchestrating its movements.

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in the event of...

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...an open-air concert 2

...a music festival 3

...a day at the beach 4

... a sculpture exhibition

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event types

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the crane

the expandable ampitheatre

the box and the track

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kinetic elements

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protected waters

marina

elevated circulation

beach

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expandable ampitheatre

lawn seating

hill

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aspen forest

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the backstage

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contact

email : brandonxlim@gmail.com telephone : +1 (647) 808 3687

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