CASON MICALLEF Architecture Portfolio Selected Works 2022
Cason Micallef Throughout the 3 years of academic practice in architectural science, I’ve been exposed to a vast amount of industry-related techniques and challenges. The consistent acknowledgment of architectural form and spatial analysis resonates through my daily life. For the coming years, architecture and its various facets will undoubtedly be a vital element through my thinking.
Cason Micallef Toronto, Ontario, M9C 2R2 | (647) 960-3267 | Cason.micallef@ryerson.ca
Experience 05 - 09, 2021
2015 - 2019
Aleph-Bau Internship, Toronto, Ontario.
Worked in office on models, Design Development and Initial Schematic Design of various projects
Architect: Delnaz Yekrangian
Toronto Gymnastics International, Toronto, Ontario.
2018 - 2020
2019 - 2024 (expected)
Awards
Coached children and adults’ gymnastics at various levels, 60 Hours of volunteer service in 2014
Guillevin International, Vaughan, Ontario.
Education
*References available upon request
Warehouse worker for distribution and receiving
Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.
Bachelor’s in architectural science, 3rd Year Student
CGPA (4.33 scale): 4.04 (As of January 10th, 2022)
Dean’s List, 2019 & 2020 Ledcor Architecture Scholarship, for overall academic excellence and excellence in technical courses, 2020 Guillevin International Higher Education Awards, 2019, 2020, & 2021 Matthew and Anne Tomljenovic Award, for highest CGPA among 2nd year Building Science courses, 2021
Digital Skills
Modeling: Revit 2022, Rhino 6 Rendering: Enscape, Vray Drafting: AutoCad 2022 Post-Processing: Adobe Creative Suite
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PROJECTS
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Aqua Center
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Aquatic Community Center
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1 River St.
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Low-rise Stacked Housing
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Interlock
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Disaster Resilient Housing
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Reverberating Nexus
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Performance Pavilion
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Formal Crossing
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Classical Recital Hall
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Aleph-Bau Model Work
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Aqua Center
Academic Project. Fall 2021 Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite, Enscape
Aquatic Community Center Hamilton, Ontario
Connectivity as an underlying value to the public is the forefront of a civic space. Inducing a feeling of vast weight on the street lifted above a clear plane enforces the atmospheric qualities of mystery. In such a cave can impose direction in the sky and touch at soft ground points. There becomes an ability to blend into the landscape with a hard exterior of stacked rocks translating to the interior, cutting through the entire space. These distinctive planes then dictate and suggest paths of building and occupant travel, interior and exterior
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Expression of Initial Concept
Entrance Approach From Major Intersection 2021 | 2
Floor 1
1. Lobby 2. Event Space 3. Tot Pool
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4. Leisure Pool 5. Lane Pool 6. Splash Pad 7. Fitness 8. Dance 9. Yoga
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10. Judo 11. Patio 12. Water Relaxation 13. Solarium 6
West Elevation
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Floor 2
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Cantiliever Section
Gabion Cage
Mullion to Silicon Joint Double Pane Glazing
HSS Support
Finish Concrete Structural Concrete Tension Rods C-Channel Plywood Limestone Tile
East-West Section
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Facade Layering
2021 | 6
Lobby
1:100 Sectional Model
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Entry Window Joint
Gabion Cage
Double Pane Glazing
Concrete; Fine Aggregate
Rigid Insulation Aggregate
Embedded Mullion Earth Backfill
Structural Concrete Concrete; Large Aggregate; Exposed Top
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Presence of the Gabion
Enabeling the Gabion Cage to take emphasis throughout the project became a prinicple to design. Acting at all points of travel throughout the building, the occupant experiences a physical and mental notion of planar cages and their light diffusing attributes.
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1 River St.
Academic Project. Winter 2021 Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite, Enscape
Low-rise Stacked Housing Bancroft, Ontario
The dwelling is pursued through a contemporary iteration in the early 20th century town of Bancroft. A hard exterior shell encapsulates the everstaggering interior court through movement and vertical communication. Contextual elements of low-rise residential stacked housing are expressed in an elegant manner to increase efficiencies as well as spatial relationships to the occupants.
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Rethinking of Bancroft’s rural urban atmosphere.
Residential entry approach. 2021 | 12
Floor 1
1. Lobby 2. Communal
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3. Mail 4. Mechanical 5. Laundry 6. Electrical
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7. Transformer 8. Storage 9. Garbage 10. Maintenance 11. Barrier-Free 9
12. Live-Work
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13. Couples 14. Family
West Elevation
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Floor 2
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Communal Space
Section B-B
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Couples Unit
Couples Unit
2021 | 16
Facade Assembly Plywood
Air Barrier
Vapour Barrier
Tile Anchor
Gypsum
Limestone Tile Drainage Plane Rigid Insulation
Juliette type window louver swing; pulls louvers out and leaves behind a railing for occupant use. Some have glazings attached, while some are purely louvers.
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Rockwool Inuslation
2021 | 18
Front Access & Viewing
To enable connection between the occupant and architecture, the building takes the form of a community nodal point. There becomes a need to enable community engagement whilst suggesting future development of the area.
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Interlock
Collaborative Competition, Winter 2021 Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite, Enscape
Disaster Resilient Housing Quezon City, Philippines Project Designed in Partnership With Yalda Sabetazad
A place of frequent earthquakes and unplanned disasters requires fast assembly and comfort to occupants of trauma. An understanding of modularity within emergency housing is pursued at a scale to house hundreds of people with the potential to morph and grow through demand. Adaptability is put into question as the needs through disaster change depending on the circumstances, to which a modular design of easy assembly is pursued to communicate safety and retreat.
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Stacked Unit Courtyard
Central Community Space
Render by Yalda Sabetazad
2021 | 22
Master Plan Configuration
3-Bed Unit; 2-Storey
2-Bed Unit; 2-Storey
2-Bed; Stacked
1-Bed; Stacked
HealthCare Facility
Admin Facility
Food and Water Supply Hubs
Site Section
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Unit Type Assembly Molded Plastic Insert
Modified HSS Steel Structure
Fiberglass Window
Adhesive Strip
Shower Insert
Extendable Steel Column
Wood Tread Steel Riser Inserts
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Wall Assembly Grooved Steel Support
Protective Netting Fiberglass Window Insert Support Joint
Cork Sheet
Water Wall Insert
Adjustable Footing
Water and Drainage Connection
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Comfort in Emergency
To encourage comfort after a drastic shift in living, warmth is pursued with the use of vernacular techniques. The use of wood and cork provides a sustainable and light alternative to standard sheathing and insulation. A place of escape is created away from the induced trauma.
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All 3 Renders by Yalda Sabetazad
2021 | 28
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Reverberating Nexus
Academic Project. Fall 2020 Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite, Enscape
Performance Pavilion Toronto, Ontario
A structure for new interactions, relationships, and social gatherings connected through audio and speech. Interdependance between form and public space is translated through the facade of interlocking wood members composing frequencies for various programs.
Walkthrough
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Reverberating Nexus Progression of movement simulating changes in frequency
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Cason Micallef
Occupant approach towards pavillion pockets for rest and curiosity 2021 | 30
Grange Park Site
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East Elevation
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South Elevation
5 0m
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Assembly & Frequency Absorbtion Coefficients (125Hz):
Steel Clamp
Concrete Slab - 0.01 Steel Sheet - 0.01 Wood Panneling, 30mm gap - 0.30 Perforations 25mm Diameter (5%) - 0.13
Steel Rod
Stained Wood, 38 x 235mm
To express connections between the occupant and structure with the use of sound frequencies, a interlocking technique of various depths and materials is introduced. These methods both reduce reverberation and increase it at desired points.
Notch
Steel Slot Steel Peg
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0.7 0.2
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South Elevation
Absorbtion Coefficients (125Hz): Concrete Slab - 0.01 Steel Sheet - 0.01 Wood Panneling, 30mm gap - 0.20 Perforations 25mm diameter (5%) - 0.13
South Elevation
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Performance Seating
5 0m
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Formal Crossing
Academic Project. Fall 2020 Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite, Enscape
Classical Recital Hall Toronto, Ontario
Emotions evicted by classical music vary depending on the listener, a feeling of enclosure and fright may come upon a being while a feeling of joy and openness could affect another while listening to the same sequence. Enclosure and suppression when being introduced to the form and vastness of light through the expression of music is pulled throughout the façade and interior
Walkthrough
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View into atrium space at night
Occupant approach from street towards entrance 2021 | 36
Floor 1
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1. Reception
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2. Cafe 3. Atrium 4. Art Showcase 5. Bar
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6. Loading 7. Rooftop Lounge 8. Green Roof 9. Practice Rooms 10. Balcony
North Elevation
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Floor 2
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Facade Detail CIP, Finish Concrete XPS Rigid Insulation
Steel Partition Studs
Support Bracket Frame Insulation Aluminum Frame
Gypsum Board
Perforated Corten
CIP, High Strength
HSS Support Hat Channel Spider Joint Double Pane Tension Rods
Steel Wide-Flange
Steel Plate Pre-Cast Hollow Core Leveling Concrete
West Elevation
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Recital Hall
Adjacent Walkway
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Acoustic Reflectors Steel Plate
Wood Sheet
North-South Section
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Foam Damper Steel Pipe
Rotational Motor
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Aleph-Bau
Internship Summer 2021
Architect: Delnaz Yekrangian Toronto, Ontario
Through the exploration of a residential project located in Toronto we tested phenomenological responses and spatial understandings of different materials within a physical model. With the use of concrete as the material the 1:25 scale model helped drive the design forward.
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