JEFF WALKER | PORTFOLIO
CONTENTS 01 | REFERENCE 02 | CURRICULUM VITAE 03 | NORTHERN + CULTURE 13 | URBAN + AQUACULTURE 23 | HUT + ARCHIVE 29 | ARCHITECTURE + ARTIFACT 31 | BOAT + SHED
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November 22, 2019 RE: Letter of Reference: Jeff Walker
To whom this may concern, It is with great enthusiasm that I submit my support for Jeff Walker for employment at your firm. Jeff was both a student of mine at Dalhousie University in his first year of school at the School of Architecture and Planning as well as a student employee for his second work term. Jeff is both a strong designer and technically advanced. Of particular relevance, Jeff was the winner of the RAIC Student Medal which is awarded annually to a student graduating from a professional degree program in each accredited University School of Architecture in Canada who, in the judgment of the faculty of the respective School, has achieved the highest level of academic excellence and/or has completed the outstanding final design project/thesis for that academic year. Jeff is self-motivated, driven and a strong team player. His experience far exceeds his years since graduation. Jeff is a generous and kind person and would no doubt make an incredible addition to your team. We will miss him dearly. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Respectfully,
Omar Gandhi, Principal Yale School of Architecture – Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professor of Architectural Design, Fall 2018 BA, BEDS, MArch, MRAIC, NSAA, OAA, AIBC info@omargandhi.com
OMAR GANDHI ARCHITECT INC. 1099 Marginal Road, Unit 105 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4P7 110 Adelaide Street East, 4th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5C 1K9
902.222.3886 416.709.1464 omargandhi.com
JEFF WALKER CONTACT
Address Vancouver, British Columbia
Phone 902 580 4220
WORK EXPERIENCE Omar Gandhi Architect Inc. | Toronto, Ontario Student Architect/ Designer
2019 June - Nov. & 2018 Jan. - July At Omar Gandhi Architect Inc. I worked on the development of construction documents for a number of both commercial and residential projects. I was the primary contact for the consultant teams and worked alongside the general contractor to mediate budget, constructability and design. Diamond Schmitt Architects | Toronto, Ontario Student Architect
2016 Sept. - Dec. At Diamond Schmitt Architects I worked alongside the project architect to develop schematic design proposals for a number of high-rise mixed use developments. I helped to create feasible unit mixes for the developer that simultaneously supported our design vision.
ZGF Cotter Architects (formerly Cotter Architects) | Vancouver, BC Junior Technologist
2010 - 2015 During my time at ZGF Cotter Architects I had the opportunity to work on a variety of project types, from residential and commercial to healthcare. I also participated in a number of project phases and saw several projects from conception to completion. My primary role was in construction documentation and construction administration.
SKILLS Auto Cad Sketchup
Email walker.jeffrey.james@gmail.com
EDUCATION 2017 - 2019 Master of Architecture Dalhousie University
2015 - 2017 Bachelor of Environmental Design Dalhousie University
2008 - 2010 Diploma of Architecture
and Building Engineering Technology British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES Received the 2019 RAIC Gold Medal, awarded for the highest academic achievement Received the Bruce and Dorothy Thesis Research Scholarship Received the Dalhousie Graduate Scholarship for completing the Dalhousie undergraduate Program with a GPA above 4.0 Received the Barry Johns Scholarship for completing the Bachelor of Environmental Design program with the highest average grade in design courses
Revit V-Ray Adobe Suite Rhino Model Making CNC/ Laser Cut
Received the Dalhousie School of Architecture Year 4 Bachelors of Environmental Design Portfolio Prize for the 2016-2017 winter semester Received the Dalhousie School of Architecture Year 3 Bachelors of Environmental Design Portfolio Prize for the 2015-2016 winter semester
NORTHERN + CULTURE Global connectivity is affecting culture in the Canadian North. The Inuvialuit people of Canada’s Northwest Arctic have experienced a long history of contact with foreign cultures that has led to the homogenization, assimilation and erasure of their distinct local culture. This project investigates how productive cultural space can combat historic colonizing forces by supporting the cultural traditions of remote Canadian arctic communities. By analyzing past foreign cultural encounters and speculating future changes to the community, this thesis develops a programmatic strategy rooted in maintaining communal activity, traditional knowledge and resource accessibility, while also providing a place for tourist interaction and exchange. By interpreting community narratives, this thesis develops a methodology for siting future polar developments that reinforces the communities socio-cultural activities. Architecturally, this thesis investigates Inuvialuit artifacts in order to set up culturally rooted design principles that work in conjunction with contemporary building technologies to accurately represent contemporary Inuvialuit culture.
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65°N
INUVIK
TUKTOYAKTUK
60°N
IQALUIT
55°N
WHITEHORSE
YELLOWKNIFE ST.JOHNS
50°N
CHARLOTTETOWN
EDMONTON FREDERICTON
SASKATOON
QUEBEC CITY 45°N
VICTORIA
VANCOUVER
CALGARY
WINNIPEG
REGINA
OTTAWA MONTREAL
THUNDER BAY TORONTO
HALIFAX
Level 1 - Building Plan
LEVEL 1 PLAN
Level 2 - Building Plan
LEVEL 2 PLAN
Render from frozen
ocean during winter
Long section thr
MARCH 2:00pm
Long section throu
JULY 8:00pm
rough courtyard
ugh craft building
URBAN + AQUACULTURE Located on a post-industrial shipping site with access to the bay of Havana, this urban aquaculture facility seeks to provide Havana’s urban populations with access to fresh fish. The project seeks to connect people with food production as a means of increasing Cuba’s food culture and consciousness. The project identifies three steps of fish cultivation: Production, Processing and Distribution. The sequence of steps is presented in three pieces of architecture that are spread linearly along the site. The project makes the process of fish cultivation ‘public’ through proximity. Public areas are brought into close proximity of these productive practices, but are separated by bodies of water. This allows the public to feel connected to the cultivation of fish but is free from the dangers of this type of operation. The production and processing facilities are built of concrete construction with a steel exterior frame that wraps the building and provides partial cover for the rooftop organiponico. A concrete block screen adds another layer of infrastructure outside the facilities that contains the connective elements between the productive and the public. The distribution facility is an existing piece of infrastructure that has been adapted for the distribution and consumption of fish.
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HAVANA, CUBA
A cross section through the fish production facility
The public space that links the production and processing facilities
FRY HATCHLINGS
MATURE
Production facility plan
A cross section through the fish processing facility
The public space that links the processing and distribution facilities
Processing facility plan PACKAGE
COLD STORAGE
FILLET
A cross section through the fish distribution facility
The public market that links the distribution facility to the rest of Havana
Distribution facility plan CONSUMPTION
CONSUMPTION
DISTRIBUTION
HUT + ARCHIVE Located in Vatnajökull national park, along the Skaftafellsjökull outlet glacier this photo archive mountain hut aims to draw attention to Iceland’s changing landscape and culture. Over the last several decades Iceland’s glaciers have been retreating due to an increasing global temperature. It is estimated that by 2040 the Skaftafellsjökull outlet glacier will have been reduced by approximately 50% of its overall volume. The proposed photo archive responds to this phenomenon by juxtaposing a modern means of projection with a primitive camera technology. At one end of the archive a camera obscura displays the current state of the Skaftafellsjökull glacier - at the other, a digital display of other social, cultural, and environmental landscapes being affected by the changing global climate. The bringing together of these two technologies and geographies is intended to increase consciousness of the link between human actions and environmental effects that are distant in both time and space. The archive contains a central habitation element that is balanced between these two juxtaposing displays of landscape. This project was done with a fellow student Ryan Swirsky.
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VATNAJOKULL NATIONAL PARK
Building Plan and Section
View of interior habitation pod
View of camera obscura through sleeping pods
View of camera obscura from the building entry
ARCHITECTURE + ARTIFACT Accompanying the previous project located in Iceland, this project was developed as an architectural artifact that is supplemental to the photo archive. As a design exercise it was extremely rewarding to develop an artifact utilizing the design principles set out through the architecture. The project is a camera obscura helmet that when worn projects the world before you onto an internal mylar screen. We took advantage the camera obscura technology that flips the image being projected, and embraced the altered state of the projection as a part of the project. The helmet responds both formally and programmatically in the same way as the photo archive does, however we explored the different scales that the project could manifest. We also looked at the tactility and material composition through several iterations. We balanced the project and the primitive camera obscura technology by placing a cell phone in the back of the helmet that allows us to project both audio and visual images that are meant to enhance the experience while using the helmet.
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BOAT + SHED The Boat Shed was a four week design build project that is located just outside of River John, Nova Scotia. The project consisted of an existing 40’ sailboat that had been built by a classmate’s grandfather. The design goal for this project was to build an enclosure around this boat that would allow for a primitive level of inhabitation. The project was designed and completed over the course of two summers. The first summer was spent surveying and rectifying the boat foundations, and the second summer was spent focusing on the enclosure. The project is constructed of five structural bays that are braced by two shear panels running along the length of the boat. As a point of access we cut into the hull of the boat in a singular location, where we built a set of stairs that step down from the keel to just above grade. The intention here was the have the stairs appear to be floating, and the first step onto the structure be similar to the first steps onto a floating boat. This project was done in collaboration with approximately 15 other students.
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THANK | YOU e : walker.jeffrey.james@gmail.com