Design Portfolio Masters of Architecture
DEVIN.BRAUN braun.devin@gmail.com 905.929.0604
contents 01. Design RĂŠsumĂŠ The Stool, The Desk, The Locker 02. Design-Build Studio
Botanical Garden Visitor Facility
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Construction Studio
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_Undergraduate Carleton University
_Undergraduate University of South Australia
Chrysalis
Housing Studio
05. Ditch the Ditch SuperStudio
_Undergraduate Carleton University
_Masters, University of Toronto
06. Remembering the Future Design Competition
07. All in Motion Studio 1
_Masters, University of Toronto
_Undergradtuate_Carleton University
08. Three Legs 09. Travel Through My Lens Chair Workshop
_Undergraduate Carleton University
ADELAIDE TORONTO OTTAWA GRIMSBY PYRAMIDEN
LANDSCAPE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY IMMIGRATION MASTER PLANNING PASSIVE DESIGN PRESERVATION REUSE STRUCTURAL CAPACITIES STEEL URBAN PLANNING WOOD & TIMBER
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devin.braun@mail.utoronto.ca 905.929.0604
167 Carlton St, Toronto M5A 2K3
BACKGROUND
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Raised in Niagara, I moved to Ottawa to study architecture at Carleton University and am now finishing my Masters of Architecture degree at the University of Toronto. I have always been eager to experience new cities and expose myself to many different environments and have studied and lived in various different cities around the world. Being in unfamiliar territory pushes me creatively as a designer, independent worker, and team member. My background has driven me to become a fast efficient learner with exceptional communication and resource skills.
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INTENT
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To obtain a full time position from May till September as an architectural intern. Wishing to be in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE expected graduation 2016 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO- Advanced Standing John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
LANGUAGE_COMMUNICATION
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA School of Art, Architecture and Design
35% FRENCH
100% ENGLISH
R E S E A R C H _ I nvolvement
march-june 2013
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES 2010-2014 CARLETON UNIVERSITY - Distinction Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism Sept 2010-June 2014
Wood Technologies; Current
Researching wood technologies in construction and architectural applications, specifically timber manufacturing, species, cell development, growth and construction elements.
OAA Volunteer 2012
Volunteered for Ottawa’s Architecture Week and afternoon lecture series.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2014 Daniels Faculty Graduate Scholarship 2014 Granted Advanced Standing; UofT 2014 Stantec Award Nominee 2013-2014 Teron Scholarship Nominee 2013 International Exchange Program 2011-2014 Deans Honor Roll
SKILLS_FABRICATION Wood Work
Exceptional wood working skills and wood shop confidence
Steel Work
Basic welding skills (Mig & Arc Welding experience)
CNC_Lasor Fabrication
Digital fabrication experience
TRAVEL_HISTORY Australia 2013
Cains, Cape Tribulation, Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Noosa, Hervey Bay, Fraser Island, Byron Bay, Nimbin, Brisbane, Surfers Paradise, Sydney, Melbourne, Great Ocean Road, Adelaide
England 2012
London and Loughborough
British Columbia 2009
Vancouver, Abbotsford, Whistler, Kamloops
• Concept Initiation & Development • Project Narration & Storytelling • Presentation Deliverables & Public Speaking • Site Strategies & Context Research • Graphics Design & Visual Communication • Problem Solving & Assembly Solutions • Comprehensive Design Strategies
Competitive Performer
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Competitively skipped with the Lincoln Leapers for over 13 years and traveled all across Canada competing at national levels as well as across USA and England training and competing at international levels. Represented the Heart and Stroke Foundation performing at schools in the Niagara district and was the head coach for a recreational skipping club teaching youth to skip while promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Cake Decoration
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Grade 4 Conservatory certification
Drama_Theater
Attended Theatre Aquarius for acting school and was cast in a TV movie; Home Beyond the Sun
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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AutoCAD Rhinoceros Revit Grasshopper Photoshop CS6 Illustrator CS6 InDesign CS6 Python Scripting Cinderella.2
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the desk. the locker. the stool
COLLABORATIVE YET PRIVATE. INTEGRATED YET SPECIFIC. HAND CRAFTED YET COMPUTED. Group Design-Build Studio | Carleton University
design process;
respecting the legacy
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THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT Through celebrating the rawness of original furniture surfaces, we created a visual and tactile display of the lives of Carleton Architecture students from the past and present with room for impression in the future.
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The versatility of a private and public collaborative space was one of the main social dilemmas that we addressed when redesigning the architecture studios. Decreasing the individual sprawl throughout the studio and capitalizing on new collaborative spaces, this desk unit was to encourage all aspects of future and current architectural studio needs.
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PROJECT RENDER
CO N ST R U C T I O N DOCUMENTATION
Showcasing the solidity and creative history displayed on the exterior panels of the desk; the visual and conceptual collaboration aligns. Our project becomes an adaptive reuse design providing completely unique pieces with every unit built.
FINAL PRODUCT
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encourages p l a y f u l construction and discovery t h r o u g h b u i l d i n g
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the botanical garden facility
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FACILITY WENT THROUGH CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT TO A FINAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT SET. Construction Studio | University of South Australia
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The Welcoming Pavilion winds visitors through the garden and introduces spectacular viewpoints of the garden with hints to the Visitor Facility. The flex and fold of the roof structure foreshadow the narrative of the main building and express fluidity of movement between the interior and exterior spaces.
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PAVILION CONCEPT RENDER
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ROOF PLAN
ROOF INSPIRATION
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West Elevation
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The look out balconies along the dam wall further the stretch of public facility space into the wonders of the botanics.
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EXTERIOR GROTTO TO BELVEDERE EXTENSION
Project:
Mount Lofty Botanical Garden Visitor Facility
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of construction documents and working drawing sheet sets. These are a selection of some custom details created for this project which attempt to evolve the resourcefulness of my design strategies in the built form. All detail aspects of the design were to be custom developments. I used this to accentuate the pristine and thoughtful construction of the building and pavilions.
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INTERIOR GATHERING AND EVENT SPACE
Mount Lofty Botanical Garden Visitor Facility Design Proposal
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chrysalis
The rituals encouraged by this project are staged by five images all applying to the transformation of new Canadians as they build their lives in Canada.
Immigration Studio
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potentiality
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crossroads
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CONCEPTUAL RENDER AND TEXTURE MAP
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The building is a narrative of renewal, positivity, vitality and hopefulness. The icon of a butterfly through its ‘chrysalis’ -- renewal from one body to the next –- is a natural rendition of this digital communication and production hub. The safe cocoon of the designated development spaces overtakes upper communal and residential space as signifying victorious stages of the journey.
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The building as an Immigration Centre is specifically geared to product marketing and development, assisting new Canadians into becoming a successful and integral part of our society.
NORTH EXTERIOR CORNER
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CONCEPTUAL ELEVATION COLLAGE
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Level 6-8 Victory; Belvedere
The final consumption of the circular cocoon floor is apparent here where the building opens up to the sky providing the largest views in the building.
Level 3-5 Hopefulness; Vertical Datum
The evolving workspace and research designations overflow into the building core physically and conceptually, developing the progress of the production spaces as they relate to the extended marketing and branding program.
Level 4 Potentiality; Reason D’etre
Here we have the seemingly impenetrable core space completely integrated with the surrounding program. This is the reason for my buildings existence, where the evolution of users is at its highest integration and where there is overflow from one program to the next.
LEVEL 8 BELVEDERE, IN OPEN STATE
Level 2 Crossroads; Horizontal Datum
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The Horizontal Datum is the bridge between the public Forum space and the Main Hall, and to a new level of private space.
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Level 1 Chaos; The Grotto
The most public level of the building brings with it the feeling of chaos through the busy atmosphere and constant occupation. The Grotto is a recessed nest pushed into the ground. This is the conceptual anchor for the suspended structure above.
LEVEL 2 GROTTO & HORIZONTAL DATUM
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The structural web echoes around each structural column then radiates toward a center light well where inner circulation radiates. This structure allows for a vast open space within the cocoon and softens visual interruption from structural division.
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DESIGNING FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS
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Embarrassing ideas about actively responsive and reactive objects within the built environment experiments within the realm of the Internet of Things. The nets change their colour and vibrancy based off a circular feedback-loop sensor system located throughout the development and production spaces. The sensors measure not only population and motion levels in each space but also energy consumption. During the day this will be at its most vibrant, and at night give a softer glow transmitting to the streets of downtown Ottawa.
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The Vertical Datum Shaft also assists with air and light circulation through out the building core.
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LEVEL 2 FORUM
The cocoon structure is an independent system from the rest of the building only providing lateral support for the surrounding structure. This ties into the conceptual independence and reliance of the cocoon to the building and to its users.
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LEVEL 4 REASON D’ÉTRE
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ditch the ditch
THIS MASTER PLAN OFFSETS THE EVER-INCREASING CARBON FOOTPRINT OF URBAN EXPANSION AND RECREATES AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN NEIGHBOURHOODS, DENSE CITY CENTRES AND OPEN SPACE. Super Studio | University of Toronto
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DITCH THE DITCH AND GROW LOCALLY $106 million of damage from the 2013 Toronto Ice Storm where 20% of the cities tree canopy was lost.
Targeting canopy growth in the highly built regions not only productively deals with water and air mediation, but also allows Toronto to be proactive in the environmental economy and sustainability of the city at large. Combining this strategy with highly dense population changes along a transit corridor ensures proper economic and environmental responsibilities for current and future generations of Toronto.
THE DITCH
THE PROPOSAL deck the ditch
1.6 million m2 of soil
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excavated for the ditch
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invade the city plantings
125 ACRES
THE 2050 INDUSTRIAL LAND PROJECTION
6,200
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SUPPLYING 25,000 PEOPLE WITH A DAYS OXYGEN
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2,000 GAL. OF GROUND WATER/DAY
A NEW POPULATION PROJECTION OF 25,000 PEOPLE/KM2 FOR 2050
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OPEN SPACE AND BUILDING TYPOLOGIES IN LOW DENSITY BLOCK DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE INDUSTRIAL DECKS
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By locating industrial tree farms on top of these vast decks, the East and West neighbourhoods split by the Allen Road are now connected. With this placement, many existing zones avoid demolition for required open space as need for the increased density.
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MAINTAIN A LOW PROFILE WHEN BUILDING AT DECKS EDGE
EXTEND CIVIC OPEN SPACE INTO INDUSTRIAL OPEN SPACE AND VISA VERSA
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ENSURE PLANTING IS DONE ACCORDING TO DEPTH OF DECK VS DEPTH AT GRADE
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OPEN SPACE AND BUILDING TYPOLOGIES IN HIGH DENSITY BLOCK DEVELOPMENTS ALONG MAIN CIRCULATION The romance of the orchard-like industrial decks invades into other open spaces of the city. Tree Lanes create buffers between implemented bike lanes and pedestrian ways while increasing the inner-city canopy.
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Temporality of tree life compliments the ever changing density of the city-scape. The tree lanes and Industrial Decks become productive land for Northern Toronto, but can extend to the city at large.
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SITE AXONOMETRIC WITH CONCEPT PAIRING
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INDUSTRIAL DECK CIVIC OPEN SPACE SQUARE
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remembering the future
QUESTIONING THE CURRENT DICTUM OF RETROACTIVE PRESERVATION APPROACHES WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN INTERVENTION FOR THE GHOST TOWN OF PYRAMIDEN, SVALBARD, NORWAY. 120 Hour Design Competition | Myself, Kelly Neill, Mary Lynch-Lloyd
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We do believe that the flows and loops of histories that tangle evermore through the march of time are valuable. An experimental preservation has the potential to showcase both the highlights and the shadows, the glories and the tragedies, the influential and the banal in the context of a timescape. A reach in all directions should be implemented in order to preserve one’s potential to create and change. This project aims to mark a condition and an awareness at a particular moment in time, at a particular place in the world. This act of preservation, rather than memorialize an event, object, or architecture for a specific audience, seeks to create a barometer for looking both forward and back. This particular position of 2015 in Pyramiden, Svalgard, Norway, can be used as future frameworks for peering into the climatic changes occurring at the site.
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Projecting from the mountain down through the abandoned town, a linear series of steel pools punctuates the landscape, terminating where the river meets the sea. From above, the intervention is a line of square swatches of land; from the ground it is a march of silent time-keeping containers, impervious to whom or what witnesses their slow engulfment. The height of each element represents a predicted elevated sea level for each forthcoming century. These suggests a new topography of datums that will be created as a result of the melting ice caps. Inside, air is contained by heavy steel walls, isolating that particular swatch of land and the space above it from its surroundings. Mirrored surfaces on the inner walls manifest the undeniable connection to the changing environment that persists, despite the attempt of the thick walls to sever this preserved ground from its context. With reflections of the atmosphere and occasional viewers passing by, the time-pieces become reflections of the catalysts who thrust the globe into climatic disarray.
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Throughout time the role of these new figures on the landscape will transform. Initially, they will act as a new contextual intervention, comingling with the buildings and objects of the town. Gradually, the water level will rise, and eventually, they will no longer be figures on the landscape but voids diving deep into the surface of the water; wells, once of air, anchored to the ground and surrounded by the sea. Finally, like fire to cotton, the sea levels will claim each time-piece, filling the voids one by one up the shore and through the town. The sea eventually covers all traces of these stoic timekeepers, and with the occasional glimmering reflection from the far depths, there is a reminder of what lies beneath.
YEAR 2015
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all in motion
WITH INSPIRATION FROM MY OWN JUMP ROPE BACKGROUND, THIS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ENCOURAGES PLAYFUL MOVEMENT WITH UNIQUE EVOLVING STRUCTURAL RHYTHMS. Design Studio 1 | Carleton University
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The science and organic individuality behind motion of the human body were the stepping stones for the pedestrian bridge designed for Dows Lake. A skipping rope becomes a dynamic extension of the body much like the elastic components of this bridge proposal.
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Conceptual development for this project came from influential explorations of structures in motion and their transformative qualities. The goal of this bridge is to create a structurally adaptive, ‘living organism’ for the public to discover.
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As one climbs through the bridge they step to suspended platforms. Elastic cable supports react differently with each user depending on their weight, velocity and stability. This becomes an architectural representation of the bridges occupants.
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three legs
THE COUNTERINTUITIVE NATURE OF THIS DESIGN developed into a working prototype challenging many abilities of many joinery techniques. Chair Workshop | Carleton University
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Axis of Verticle Balance
With a structural goal of maintaining a three point contact with the ground, balance and stability challenges were a constant force in this project. The elegance of slight curves and straight edges pair to enhance the structural demands.
Back Support Stress *verticle timber grain*
Seat Support Stress
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*verticle & horiztontal* timber grain
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Axis of Horizontal Balance
maintain a perfect triangle where legs meet the ground Key Balance Point
loose tenons, 1 1/2 inch depth into each arm piece
1/2 inch thick laminated board birch plywood
purple heartwood insert
biscuit joints
loose tenons, 1 1/2 depth
Poplar Arm Members
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JUXTAPOSITIONS
A select series of photographs taken through out my travels.
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THANK YOU FOR VIEWING
DEVIN BRAUN braun.devin@gmail.com 905.929.0604 167 Carlton St, Toronto M5A 2K3