elizabeth lenny
selected works
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Hello! My name is Elizabeth Lenny. I am a forth year student at the University of Waterloo, contemporary art enthusiast, brunch go-er, succulent collector, traveler, amateur wooden spoon whittler, graphic design admirer, and coffee lover.
c: (226) - 678 - 0868 e: elizabethlenny@live.ca
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curriculum vitae E D U CAT I O N UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE candidate for bachelor of architectural studies, co-op expected graduation 2019
SKI L L S Digital:
Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, AutoCAD, MS Office, Maxwell for Rhino, VRay, Micro Station, Sketchup, Laser Cutting, Digital Photography, CNCing
Manual:
Hand Drafting, Physical Modeling, Wood Working, Film Photography, Sketching
Attri butes:
Collaborative, Engaged, Hard-working, Independent, Organized
EXPERIENCE Sabine Marcelis Studio (current) product design intern Kevin Veenhuzien Architects (current) architectural assistant _assisted with all stages of design (from schematic to preparing tender documents) _completed presentation quality diagrams and orthographic drawings _prepared digital and physical models Sauerbruch Hutton Architects (competitions department) architectural assistant _prepared physical and digital models _assisted with design development and schematic design _completed presentation quality diagrams and orthographic drawings CS&P Architects architectural assistant _ designed and completed construction set for custom furniture piece _ assembled proposals for RFPs and award submissions _ assisted with design development and programming of various feasibility studies _ completed construction document mark-ups Toronto Design Offsite Festival exhibitor & exhibition organizer _organized group exhibition _exhibited a fork, knife & spoon Various International Exchanges Lund University Exchange Student _completed a semester studying Architecture at Lund University, Sweden Rotary Youth Exchange Participant _ attended school in the Czech Republic for year, while living with host families
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personal & academic work University of Waterloo B. Arch (expected graduation 2019)
a fork, knife & spoon
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a set of cutlery designed with extra long stems, forcing the user to break traditional eating habits (forth year studio) **Displayed at Toronto Offsite Design Festival
Inspired by the work of Alicja Kwade, and her experiments with the natural qualities of materials, and societal expectations. I designed and produced a set of cutlery that investigated the qualities of form, specifically of cutlery, and how form, through design can have a social impact. Through a study of the history of utensils and the manners that accompany them, as well as the social implications of both I choose to distort the typical proportions of utensils; elongating the stem and shrinking the end. The result is a set of cutlery that drastically alter the form and mannerisms of the user as well their interactions with those around them.
taking apart a table
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a deconstructed and modular table that makes eating a bit precarious, a bit fun, a bit cooperative and a plays with the idea of “setting the table� (forth year studio)
I began this project by investigating the anatomy of a table, as well as typologies and how both change the way we interact and eat. After reading Avi Friedman’s A View from the Porch and a selection of MFK Fischer’s work I became interested in the in the fixture of the dining room within the home, and how it changes and evolves with society’s values. This was the point of departure, as I began to investigate a alternative to the dining room, by designing a table that evokes the sense of unity, comradery, and festivity that the dining room is an icon of. By obscuring the anatomy of the table, removing the legs, minimizing the surface, and forcing the users to support and assemble the table themselves, I have exaggerated the act of setting the table, and created a table that makes dining into an event.
matryoshka lodge
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a laboratory and residence for the insertion of endangered native species in the Canadian Shield (second year studio)
While investigating the site and its landscape, three distinct features can be identified, the forest, the river, and the cove. With this in mind, I chose three native species that exist in these three micro-landscapes and designed an architecture that existed in the common space of all three landscapes. While investigating how these layers interacted with each other, the theme of “the edge� emerged. Fascinated with the layering of the landscape and the edges or thresholds between them, I designed the main lodge to act similar to the landscape, three shells that interact with each other and create thresholds that interact with each program and space.
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matryoshka lodge
site plan with sections
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lodge plans
matryoshka lodge
lodge elevations and sections
Lakeside Daisy
Dwarf Lake Iris
Hill’s Pond weed
_perennial _grows up to 35cm _found in cracks of bedrock _grows in full sun
_spread through roots or ants carrying seeds _grows up to 10cm _grows in shallow soil on bedrock _full shade
_submersed aquatic plant _stems up to 1m long _found in slow moving ponds or rivers _grows in cold alkaline soil
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model
bridge plan and elevation
points of introduction plans and sections
matryoshka lodge
Pheonix Silo Transformation VT2017 Elizabeth Lenny
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the silo
east elevation
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multi use building , including an contemporary art gallery, artist residences, and a small grocer, in Malmo, Sweden 0
(third year studio)
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Due to the changing economy in the city of Malmo, grain silos which were once an important part of industry now face demolition. Using the existing structure, this project aims to develop flexible and adaptive spaces that suit the user and future user’s needs. By maintaining the structural system, and trying to work within it, there is possibility for change of program in the future, as Malmo’s economy, needs, and values continue to change. Inspired by the work of David Jenkin and David Worthington, I have tried to maintain “simple plans with few structural elements and open floors [to] make it easier to answer use demands”
west elevation
The majority of the existing silo is programmed for an art of photography museum, with the addition being residential. The residential units are proposed as live-work units, providing alternative and subsidized housing for creatives who work within Malmo’s art and culture community.
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the silo
main hall use plans
main hall use collages
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MUSET
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studio use collages
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studio plans
north elevation
MUSET
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the silo
156 westmount
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a micro institution, comprised of a library and a hackers lab, on an infill site, in Toronto, Canada (first year studio)
process models
ground plan
156 Westmount is a dual program micro institution. It acts as a library and a hacker’s lab. Keeping in mind that Libraries tend to very open, a place for community to come together, I strove to provide places for solitary work; a place individuals can work alone or in a small group, but still sense the publicness of the library. In order to achieve this, there are a variety of pods, which at as study spaces as well as light wells. The largest pod can act as a maker space or a small group study space, the medium size as an individual reading or work space, and the smallest as a children’s reading space.
steel frame
hacker’s lab
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pod construction
east facing elevation
independent work space
156 westmount
pod placement & sizes
children’s reading space
poly carbonate shell
more junk in collaboration with: Jane Hung Diana Si Conrad Speckart Martha Trivett 24
medium density housing, comprised of single units, situated on infill lots, in Galt, Ontario, Canada (first year studio)
elevations
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process
ground plan
A first year studio project, More Junk focus was how “junk” or “leftover” lots could be transformed into medium density housing, with each unit being no more than 60m2. The solution was to create 4 different buildings, each housing between 2-6 units. The spaces between the buildings act as a transition between the public street and the homes, as the site is a corner lot. Acknowledging the fact that a project is never truly complete; the next step to improve this project would be to remove the central stair access, and add private entrances for each unit.
more junk
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professional work
Kevin Veenhuizen Architects (May - August 2017) Sauerbruch Hutton Architects (September - December 2017) and CS&P Architects (January - April 2016)
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_horizontal resilient tile finish _horizontal concrete finish
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(toronto, ontario)
CS&P architects
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Design of a large piece of custom furniture, as part of a larger addition/renovation of a private boys school in Toronto, Canada (January - April 2016)
In collaboration with: Craig Goodman Nicole Tomasi
As a part of a larger renovation, CS&P architects was asked to design and construct a lounge seating piece that would act as an “island� under feature skylights, surrounded by grade 6, 7, and 8 classrooms.
Perspective
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Plan with Context
Through an iterative process under the guidance of Craig Goodman and Nicole Tomasi of CS&P Architects, I developed a large bench like custom piece of furniture, that will be fabricated using a glass fiber concrete, and rubber tile, as durability was a main concern of the client, a private boys school in Toronto, Canada.
CS&P architects
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Massing Studies
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Section B
Typical Rubber Tile Finish Detail
Aluminum Base at Resilient Tile Detail
Rubber Tile and Concrete Joint Detail
Typical Corner Detail
Aluminum Base at Concrete Detail
polished concrete
rubber tile
aluminum base
CS&P architects
Materials Diagram
Typical Concrete Finish Detail
( K e v i n Ve e n h u z i e n Architects)
K VA
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
32 Graphics and Visualizations done while
working at KVA
(May - Present)
While working at KVA, I assisted with schematic design, design development, prepared physical and digital models, completed drawing sets to apply for building permits, and completed a number of presentation quality drawings. Most of the projects were a small residential scale, which allowed for a high level of attention to detail, and a more generous schedule. I have included some highlights of drawings I completed while working at KVA this past summer.
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thank you
elizabeth lenny