T R I STA N
CRAWFORD P O RT F O L I O 2 0 1 8
T R I STA N
CRAWFORD P O RT F O L I O 2 0 1 8
TRISTAN CRAWFORD Toronto-based student-architect, design researcher, and aspiring educator focused on the development of an architecture that humanizes the urban. Cities are the great space of opportunity, yet the architecture of cities inherently limits possibility (Koolhaas). This contradiction emerges at the threshold between the ambitions of a society and the reality of constructed space (Lefebvre). But architecture can also be a public space of social opportunity when the borders between building and city are blurred (Gehl). I seek an architecture that accounts for its role in shaping the environment while asserting itself with generosity into the life of the city.
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
2016.05.01-present
2017.05.01-2017.09.08
Masters of Architecture, Daniels Faculty of Architecture
CARLETON UNIVERSITY
2017.01.07-present
2017.05.01-2017.09.08
NICHOLAS HOBAN @ DANIELS ARCHITECTURE teaching assistant for digital fabrication course
History and Theory of Architecture
SKILLS
CEBRA ARKITEKTER, AARHUS, DK intern architect, cultural + hospitality projects
2016.05.01-2017.09.01
ULTAN BYRNE @ DANIELS ARCHITECTURE research + design for office pod proposal
CAD Adobe
Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Revit Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Rendering Fabrication
2016.09.12 - 2017.04.30
HANS IBELINGS @ DANIELS ARCHITECTURE teaching assistant for history/theory courses
VRay, Maxwell Woodshop, CNC, Laser Cutter, 3D Printer
AWARDS
2014.10.10 - 2015.07.30
MICHAEL WINDOVER @ CARLETON UNIVERSITY research assistant for ongoing architectural history project
2014.05.13
SOCIETY FOR STUDY OF ARCH. IN CANADA annual conference session presenter
LD Burnett Memorial Award academic acheivement Pearson Award academic acheivement Murdoch M MacOdrum Award academic acheivement
2014 2013 2012
2011.05.01 - 2014.07.01
KODAMA FURNITURE WORKSHOP owner-operator of sole-proprietorship furniture studio
CONTENTS
ACADEMIC
Newpoint I Urban Future Museum Skunkworks Galleria Refor(MAT) Plovdiv Parasol Vitrine
remediative housing TO city museum siting interdisciplinarity platform urbanism culture in/as public architecture of history
PROFESSIONAL
Chair I CPH Happiness Hotel Aaby Skole Extension
craft serious fun more serious fun
ILLS
IS H K ENGL ) REEK WN C
TO (NEW CSO NCB-015 (356M gallons/year)
NEWPOINT I M.Arch III, Gehry Chair Studio Studio Advisor: Dan Wood + Amale Andraos (WORKac) Newtown Creek is the natural border between Brooklynn and Queens, and the most polluted waterway in North America. Over a century of leaks from petroleum refineries and other industrial effluents have left nearly 2.5m of pollutants - so-called “black mayo” - congealed to the bed of the creek. New York’s combined sewer system continues to overflow into the creek, putting 1 billion gallons of sewage into the creek per year. On Newtown Creek, this studio asked: what would it mean, and what would it require, to live here? This project proposes that the integration of remediation infrastructure into housing can produce a net material and energetic benefit. The conversion of sewage to heat and energy within the iconic “digester egg” powers and tempers the building, and produces industrial fertilizer as a saleable byproduct. Filtered water irrigates substantial plantings that further clean the polluted water.
NEWTOWN SEWERSHED + FREQUENCY OF OVERFLOW EVENTS
MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE sewage digester + water storage
REMEDIATION LABS water + soil remediation research
WETLAND TERRACES phytoremediation + balcony DIGESTER EGG REMEDIATION EDUCATION CENTRE WETLAND TERRACES RESEARCH WETLANDS WATER TOWER PUBLIC PROGRAMMING education centre + boat club
NORTH BROOKLYN BOAT CLUB
NEWPOINT I - LIVING SYSTEMS
GROUND PLAN 1. Remediation + Recreation Wetland 2. Boat Launch + Amphitheatre 3. North Brooklyn Boat Club 4. Boardwalk 5. Housing Units 6. Wetland Terraces 7. Lobby 8. Remediation Education Centre (REC) Galleries 9. REC Didactic Wetlands 10. REC Theatre 11. Digester Egg 12. Drop-Off + Fertilizer Extraction
TYPICAL UNIT
SECTION A-A’
1 BEDROOM - 55m2
2 BEDROOM - 85m2
3 BEDROOM - 110m2
SECTION B-B’
1
2
3
3rd FLOOR PLAN 1. Cafeteria 2. Laboratories 3. Wetland Remediation Research Pods 4. Egress 5. Housing Units 6. Wetland Terraces
4
5
6
7
7th FLOOR PLAN 8
9
10 11 12 13 14
1. Game Room 2. Changing Room + Showers 3. Gym 4. Egress 5. Housing Units 6. Wetland Terraces
URBAN FUTURE MUSEUM M.Arch II, Comprehensive Studio Studio Co-ordinator: Pina Petricone Studio Advisor: Maria Denegri Design Team: Tristan Crawford + Elly Selby Our proposal for a Toronto City Museum presents a view of the museum as a site not just of cultural education, but primarily of cultural exchange. Gallery spaces, small and large performance spaces, an archive and research centre, offices, cafe, and a local art gallery are arranged around a central concourse and great hall, that weave together diverse programmatic elements though an internalization of the street. The museum is thus presented as a microcosm of Toronto’s urban fabric. Programs are established in discrete volumes that render the museum’s various itineraries legible in its massing. Intersections of these volumes create views into and between programs, supporting wayfinding in a complex public building and revealing the play of life within each space to the street walkers of the concourse.
Facade at Corner of Portland and Front
-2 Archive + Collections
Cafe and Terrace from Main Gallery
-1 Collections + Theatre
0 Lobby, Concourse, Atrium, Theatre, Gift Shop
View of Concourse and Cafe from Catwalk
1 Amphitheatre + Administration
2 Main Galleries, Restaurant, Library lvl1
Front Street Elevation, Restaurant and Theatre
3 Bridge Gallery + Library lvl2
4 Bridge Gallery + Library lvl3
View of Atrium from Niagara Street
5 Green Roofs, Solar Collectors, Solar PV
Wellington Street Entrance and Plaza
Perforated Copper Facade Panel System
View of Atrium Exiting Library
9000 BCE
700 BCE
Section of Main Gallery - Perforated Panel Timeline of Toronto
1400 CE
1750 CE
1850 CE
1900 CE
1950 CE
2000 CE
2050 CE
MAIN GALLERY DETAIL ASSEMBLY
DETAIL SECTION OF MAIN GALLERY
Primary Steel Structure
Secondary Steel Structure
Envelope - Control Layers
Cladding, Green Roof System
Finishing, Mechanical/Electrical
BRIDGE GALLERY DETAIL ASSEMBLY
DETAIL SECTION OF BRIDGE GALLERY
Primary Steel Structure
Secondary Steel Structure
Envelope - Control Layers
Cladding, Solar Collectors
Finishing, Mechanical/Electrical
CAMPUS SKUNKWORKS In collaboration with Ultan Byrne and Kearon Roy-Taylor The traditional disciplinary organization of the university campus is an inadequate model for the incubation of interdisciplinary research. The Campus Skunkworks addresses this problem by proposing a system for the design, fabrication, and deployment of temporary research office ‘pods’ on the University of Toronto’s St. George campus. Taking inspiration from a set of para-architectural precedents that already populate the St. George campus, such as food trucks, hot dog stands, film shoots, event tents, and construction offices, the Skunkworks explores the minimal architectural unit of the ‘pod’ within a logistical framework of transport, deployment, and extraction. The frame of a shipping container is retrofitted with a set of fibreglass wall and roof panels and outfitted with an array of modular furnishings according to the specified needs of the research team. The pod is deployed for the term of the research project, and retired upon completion, at which point the panels and furnishings are removed, sorted, stored, and reset for the next research team.
PANEL TYPES + CONSTRUCTION Solid Wall - Clerestory - Half-Glaze - Full-Glaze Milled XPS, fitted fibreglass studwall, fibreglass lamination
PANEL SYSTEM ITERATIONS
SCAFFOLDING
PARA-ARCHITECTURAL PRECEDENTS
FOOD TRUCKS
EVENT TENTS
FILM TRUCKS
HOT DOG STANDS
RETROFIT CONTAINERS
36 POD ELEMENTS 1. full width storage I 2. PC, desk + 2 monitors 3. half width storage I 4. TV-landscape + storage 5. ceiling gantry 6. couch + storage 7. fume hood + task lighting 8. small server rack + desk 9. foldout table + lockers 10. full width storage II 11. 1/4 width storage 12. shelving 13. 1/3 height storage 14. corner desk 15. custom storage I 16. mechanical housing 17. sliding partition I 18. half width storage II 19. deep storage 20. spinal board + lockers 21. flat storage 22. locker 23. full width storage III 24. TV-portrait x2 + storage 25. full-height server rack 26. 2/3 height storage 27. desk + equipment housing 28. projector + screen 29. sinks 30. full width storage IV 31. full width storage V 32. murphy bed 33. medical bed 34. custom storage II 35. sliding partition II 36. desk
VIDEO ARTS POD
ARCHAELOGICAL RESEARCH POD
DRONE RESEARCH POD
CONCUSSION RESEARCH POD
STRESS TEST POD
DEPLOYMENT TYPOLOGIES BENT II
COURT III
COURT IV
MAT
TOWER
COURT I
ZIGGURAT
COURT II
PLUG-IN
open space/unit
BENT I
unit
LINEAR II
circulation/unit
LINEAR I
GOLDRING CENTRE PARKING LOT SITE TEST
unit must not disrupt existing pedestrian pathways
13
stacked units must not exceed 1/3 height of the shortest adjacent building
07
unit should be deployed within city/ campus threshold
01
unit should not distrupt existing desire lines
14
unit must not distrupt sightlines of existing heritage facades
08
unit placement should optimize proximity to related research buildings
02
where possible, unit should reinforce existing desire lines
15
where possible, unit should occupy site of future development
09
location of placement must be accessible for deployment/extraction
03
where possible, unit should maintain or increase total greenspace area
16
unit must not be placed within dripline of existing trees
10
unit must have access to services from nearest building
04
unit must not disrupt existing greenspace
17
unit must not disrupt existing plantings
11
unit must not be deployed for a period of time exceeding one year
05
unit should have access to adjacent public space
18
unit must recieve direct sunlight, unless otherwise specified
12
unit must not block windows, entrances, or services of existing building
06
UofT CHILLER PLANT SITE TEST
GALLERIA REFOR(MAT) M.Arch II, “SuperStudio�, Dupont Galleria Studio Co-ordinator: Dean Richard Sommer Studio Advisor: Mauricio Quiros This project proposes the redevelopment of the aging Galleria Mall at Dupont and Dufferin streets in Toronto into a highly densified (6.0 FAR) mixed use commercial/residential site. The central objectives were to provide generous open space, establish a protected residential enclave, and mitigate the deleterious effects of the adjacent freight rail line, while providing the conditions for the emergence of a vibrant and active community hub. A hybrid mat-podium typology was developed to accomodate the proposed density. The doubling of the ground-plane allows for bridging over the freight rail in the office/commercial sector to the north, and offers significant protected open space to the residential sector to the south. The approach taken to the organization of the scheme was one of rigorous informality: the tartan grid constrains the geometry of the development, while the shifting and offsetting of building footprints and heights provides ample light and space for each unit.
SECTIONAL VARIABILITY OF PROGRAM AND MASS
OFFICE
COMMERCIAL
RESIDENTIAL
CIVIC AMENITY
parking 0
parking -1
pedestrian paths 0
pedestrian paths +1
E-W SECTION THROUGH RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
mat/podiums 0
towers and pavilions +1
open space 0
open space +1
program plan 0
program plan +1
E-W SECTION THROUGH RAIL TUNNEL + OFFICE PARK
SOUTHERN EDGE OF RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
COMMERCIAL COURTYARD, MAT PARK AND PAVILION, RESIDENTIAL TOWER
COURTYARD AND MEWS, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL COMMUNITIES
STRIP MALL RAIL BRIDGE, THEATRE AND OFFICES
PLOVDIV PARASOL M.Arch I, Studio I Studio Co-ordinator: Robert Levit Studio Advisor: Vivian Lee *Selected as exemplary student work for Daniels Faculty of Architecture website The central plaza in Plovdiv, Bulgaria - the site of a buried Roman forum, bridging a mid-century downtown freeway, home to a Soviet-era brutalist post-office, designed in the 1960’s as a relentless hardscape for the staging of Soviet rallies. An archaelogical dig to uncover the Roman heritage of the city now requires permananent environmental protection, and space to display significant finds. The proposal seeks to reconnect the severed wings of the plaza while promoting public access to the archeological dig. The well of the dig is bridged by a slab that hangs from a thin shell structural system of triangulated vaults. Viewing areas are cut from the slab, establishing the dig as a public resource with a self-evident relationship to the daily street-life of the plaza.
ROOF
CAFE + ARCHAELOGICAL DIG ACCESS
BRIDGING THE DIG + ENTRY NODE
CAFE + MUSEUM
MUSEUM + BRIDGE
CAFE + BRIDGE
ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG
VITRINE M.Arch I, Studio II Studio Co-ordinator: Mason White Studio Advisor: Adrian Phiffer When the Moses-Saunders Power Dam came online in 1958, the low-lying villages in the flood-plain upstream were swallowed by the increased water-levels. In anticipation of this, salvageable buildings from what came to be known as the “Lost Villages” were excavated, mounted on trucks, and driven along highway 2 to newly established towns. The Lost Villages Historical Society has, over 2 decades, collected 10 buildings from the Lost Villages and assembled them in a park near Cornwall, ON, and has now amassed a collection worthy of a permanent museum. This project proposes housing a selection of the buildings in a large clear-span ‘vitrine’, to ensure their sustainability and to highlight their displaced nature. In the placelessness of the vitrine the visitor’s awareness of the buildings as ‘lost’ is heightened. An associated Artist’s Residency program is colocated on the site and together with the museum building a parenthetical site planning strategy frames the park and protects it from adjacent highway 2.
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY ARTISTS’ RESIDENCES
LOST VILLAGES BUILDING GALLERY
VIEW OF THE LOST BUILDINGS MUSEUM FROM THE PARK
VIEW OF THE ARTISTS’ RESIDENCES FROM THE PARK
CONTENTS
ACADEMIC
Newpoint I Urban Future Museum Skunkworks Galleria Refor(MAT) Plovdiv Parasol Vitrine
remediative housing TO city museum siting interdisciplinarity platform urbanism culture in/as public architecture of history
PROFESSIONAL
Chair I Aaby Skole Extension
craft serious fun
CHAIR I Professional Work *Included in December 2012 issue of Canada’s Style at Home The Kodama Furniture Workshop was a sole-proprietorship fine furniture studio operating between 2009-2013. The design for the flagship CHAIR I consolidated the attitude of the studio toward the materiality and tactility of handmade wood furniture. The sinuous meandering grain of black walnut suggests itself to sculpted forms, allowing formal and aesthetic aims to coalesce. Traditional solid wood joinery is employed for the frame assembly, and members are subsequently blended together into a continuous, highly tactile form. The upholstered seat that hangs in the walnut frame consists of form-pressed laminated wood and foam cushioning. Sold through Stony Lake Furniture Company in Lakefield, ON.
AABY SKOLE EXTENTION CEBRA ARKITEKTER TURN-KEY CONTRACTOR: Q-CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER: TRI-CONSULT Winning Proposal, Invitational Design-Build Competition To meet the projected population growth and the increasing number of students in Aarhus’ Aabyhøj area, the existing Aaby School is to be extended with a new building that focuses on science and creativity, while at the same time becoming a new gathering point for the local community. CEBRA’s winning proposal is based on a concept of building blocks with different qualities, which in combination with each other create an architecture that on the one hand roots the extension in its context and on the other hand results in an expressive and diverse framework for a vibrant learning environment. The volume that joins the new and old portions of the building introduces an amphitheatre and reorganizes the tight library space. The third-floor basketball cage accommodates the future expansion of the school.
SECTION - NEW CLASSROOMS, CONNECTING AMPHITHEATRE, EXISTING LIBRARY
SECTION - NEW CLASSROOMS, ROOF BASKETBALL COURT