elizabeth lenny selected works
Winter 2016
CURRICULUM VITAE
04 education | work experience | skills
ROCK ISLAND LOUNGE 09 furniture | educational
A MATRYOSHKA LODGE
17 residential | laboratory | rural
156 WESTMOUNT
23 micro institution | urban
(GRANGE) -1
29 residential | social housing | public space
MORE JUNK
37 residential | medium density
OTHER CREATIVE WORK 43
Hello! My name is Elizabeth Lenny. I am a third year student at the University of Waterloo, brunch go-er, succulent enthusiast, traveler, amateur wooden spoon whittler, graphic design admirer, and coffee lover.
c: (226) - 789 - 5424 e: elizabethlenny@live.ca w: elizabethlenny.com
CURRICULUM VITAE Education UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE candidate for bachelor of architectural studies, co-op expected graduation 2019
Skills Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, AutoCAD, MS Office, iWork, Maxwell for Rhino, Laser Cutting, Digital Photography, CNCing
Digital:
Manual:
Hand Drafting, Physical Modeling, Wood Working, Film Photography, Sketching
Attributes:
Collaborative, Engaged, Hard-working, Independent, Organized
Experience 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 BRIDGE Centre for Architecture and Design Volunteer _ facilitated the development, publication and exposure of student and community initiatives through website and storefront _ curated exhibits at the BRIDGE storefront 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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professional work
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects (Fall 2017) and CS&P Architects (January - April 2016)
furnishing cs&p architects
Design of a large piece of custom furniture, as part of a larger addition/ renovation of a private boys school in Toronto, Canada
In collaboration with: Craig Goodman Nicole Tomasi
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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. 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.
Perspective
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Plan with Context
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Plan
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B _horizontal resilient tile finish _horizontal concrete finish _sloped concrete finish
Section A
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Section B
Section C
Section D
Section E Massing Studies
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Typical Concrete Finish Detail
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 Materials Diagram
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personal & academic work
University of Waterloo B. Arch (expected graduation 2019)
matryoshka lodge
a laboratory and residence for the insertion of endangered native species in the Canadian Shield (second year studio)
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site plan and elevations
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While investing the site and its landscape, three distinct features can be identified, the forest, the river, and the cove. With this in mind, I choose 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.
interior and site perspectives
exploded site axonometry
lodge plans
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
points of introduction plans and sections
bridge plan and elevation
physical model
156 westmount
a micro institution, comprised of a library and a hackers lab, on an infill site, in Toronto, Canada (first year studio)
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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 strived 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 hacker lab, and a small group study space, the medium size as an individual reading or work space, and the smallest as a children’s reading space. Ground Floor
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Cross Section
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Second Floor
Third Floor
East Facing Elevation
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steel frame poly carbonate shell
children’s reading space
Pod Construction
independent work space
hacker’s lab
Pod Program Light Analysis
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Section
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( g r a n g e ) -1
a medium density, affordable housing development, that is integrated with food production (second year studio)
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As a child, I grew my own vegetable garden. It was an interesting exercise for a child, to plant, nurture, harvest, and eventually produce food and plants. Most of the time I hated it: I hated digging the plots, I hated carrying water back and forth from my house to water the plants, and I hated weeding. But the days I got to harvest food, specifically any root vegetables, as they were always a surprise, I loved the garden; I thought the produce was gold. This garden taught me to value food. Almost a third of all food is thrown out in Canada according the 2006 Statistics Canada Census. Furthermore, the 2006 census found we have some of the most arable land in the world, yet build subdivisions over it, and import 57% of our food from the United States. Since the 1930s, the number of farms, and people who live on farms has decreased dramatically; there are fewer people producing food, yet there is larger population to feed. (Grange)-1 mitigates these problems of responsibility, value, and a growing urban population through the proposition of an urban greenhouse and farm, which includes housing. Basswood & Museum board model
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Axonometric
Ground Floor
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2nd Floor
3rd Floor
roof top garden
shell
circulation
HVAC core private residential units circulation
garden
Program Diagram
Massing Studies
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Unit Axonometric
Section
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2 Bedroom Unit
1 Bedroom Unit
2 Bedroom Unit
1 Bedroom Unit
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more junk
medium density housing, comprised of single units, situated on infill lots, in Galt, Ontario, Canada (first year studio)
in collaboration with: Jane Hung Diana Si Conrad Speckart Martha Trivett
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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.
Ground Floor
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Second Floor
Third Floor
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Views
Elevation
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Process
Sections
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other acrylic, encaustic, woodworking, digital and film photography, mixed media collaging
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thank you
Elizabeth Lenny elizbaethlenny@live.ca elizabethlenny.com