ELIZABETH SELBY SELECTED WORKS
grasshopper + 3D printing, 2016
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CONTENTS 05
ABOUT
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RAIL DECK PARK
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LOST VILLAGES MUSEUM
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RUSALKA
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JUNCTION HOUSING
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UNDRESSING
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BIODIVER[CITY]
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photography + japanese glue, 2013
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EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Master of Architecture Candidate University of Toronto Class of 2018
Teaching Assistant University of Toronto September 2016 – Present
3D Rhinoceros SketchUp Revit
Bachelor of Arts, Architectural Studies University of Toronto Class of 2015, High Distinction LEED Green Associate 2015
Digital Fabrication Technician University of Toronto September 2016 – Present Architectural Designer Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. March 2015 – Present Project Coordinator Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. May 2014 – March 2015 Architecture Conservation Assistant Ontario Heritage Trust May - August 2013
2D AutoCAD Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Rendering Maxwell V-Ray Algorithmic Modeling Grasshopper Processing Fabrication 3D Printing CNC Milling Laser Cutting
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RAIL DECK PARK with Christina Poulos, Kevin Chan, Chunkun Chen, Joshua Kirk Advisors: Richard Sommer, Dina Sarhane MARCH II, 2016
Rail Deck Park proposes to reclaim green space in Toronto’s downtown core by bridging the arterial railway corridor. Running through Waterfront West and King - Spadina neighbourhoods, the site demographic is characterized by an equal division of home ownership and rentership, comprised primarily of 25-35 year old residents. This fiscal binary within a generation suggests a future community duality: growing families and an overturning demographic of young adults. Given its physical and monetary scale, this public work must address the needs of the incoming demographic, the surrounding cultural and touristic hub, and the city at large.
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TRAINSTATION PLAZA
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CANOPY CORRIDOR
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SITTING LAWN
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MARKET SPACE
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SCULPTURE PARK
SKATING RINK/ REFLECTIVE POOL
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TREE PARK
VALLEY AREA
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RESIDENTIAL STRATEGY
CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY
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LOST VILLAGES MUSEUM Advisor: Mason White MARCH I, 2016
Permanently submerged beneath the St. Lawrence River, nine communities in rural Ontario were flooded during the formation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and Moses-Saunders Power Dam in 1958. Commemorating the regional diaspora, the Lost Villages Museum encloses architectural relics and ephemera, transposing the function of domestic and institutional spaces from active to objective. The roof structure implies visitor circulation throughout the museum space, using a series of fenestration techniques as dynamic solar wayfinding.
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ROOF TYPE I
ROOF TYPE II
ROOF TYPE III
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RUSALKA
with Joseph Loreto and Robbie Tarakji Advisor: Ultan Byrne MARCH II, 2016
Song to the Moon, the foremost aria from Dvorak’s Rusalka, defines a pivotal moment in the opera wherein Rusalka inadvertently divulges her hamartia to the audience; she reveals her absolute faith in love, purity and human morality, which later becomes her tragic undoing. This scene and the duration of Act I take place underwater, in Rusalka’s aquatic, mythical realm of unfettered morality. Dvorak’s underwater realm exists in perpetual relativity to its dichotomous counterpart: the human world on land. It is through reference to this persistent other that the underwater scene is established.
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ESTABLISH VOLUMETRIC GEOMETRY
ATTRACT, REPEL, GENERATE, CLIP
CONVERT DATA TO GEOMETRY
LOFT CURVATURE AT RADII
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JUNCTION HOUSING with Joseph Loreto and Connor Leach Advisor: Aziza Chaouni, Kristina Ljubanovic BA Arch III, 2013
From fertile land, to an unsustainable gas station, to a strip mall, to an empty, barren lot, development represents a mere moment in the lifespan of the site. Our concept for 1507 Dupont takes into consideration this on-going process of renewal and change, and intends to prepare the site for a green, sustainable future, beyond the lifespan of our building. Remediating the site, while transplanting usable green space to the roof, 1507 Dupont Street is designed to become an indispensable cultural and recreational asset to its neighbourhood, with or without the building itself.
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Caterer Shop
Storage
Workshop Gallery
Studio
GROUND
Bath
Sleep
Live/Cook/Dine
Sleep
Sleep
Bath
Live/Cook/Dine
Bath
Gallery
Live/Cook/Dine
Sleep
Bath Sleep
SECOND
Sleep
Bath
Sleep
Study Bath Sleep
Live/Cook/Dine
Bath
THIRD Sleep
Bath
FOURTH
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1507-1519 Dupont Street
PAST unsustainable gas station
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Environmentally unsupportable gas station
PROPOSAL phytoremediation, cultural remediation
PROPOSAL
Phytoremediation, cultural remediation
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POTENTIAL FUTURE remediated neighbourhood park
POTENTIAL FUTURE
Lush, remediated neighbourhood park
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Highland Bent Grass
Athyrium Fern
Osier
Sedum
Alpine Pennycress
Tall Fescue
Blue Sheep Fescue
Common Wheat
Sunflower
Sea Pink Thrift
Golden Rod
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UNDRESSING with Jessica Misak Advisors: Katy Chey, Kristin Beites BA Arch III, 2013
The release of removing one’s clothing, those that conceal our true forms and allow us to conform to the public realm, is one such pleasure that can be universally acknowledged. Unzipping, tugging, unclasping, yanking, we hastily, subconsciously occupy space. Mapping space occupied purely through a subconscious act heightens one’s awareness of the body, and the inherent grace of the human form.
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BIODIVER[CITY] Advisors: Richard Sommer, Dina Sarhane MARCH II, 2016
Toronto’s industrial rail corridor is punctuated with a series of autonomous green spaces. Establishing a physical connection between these patches encourages the flourishing of ecological diversity in a region characterized by concrete and smog. By defining direct axes between parks independent from the existing city grid, public perception of walkability is enhanced, connecting diversity and culture while alleviating the strained surrounding vehicular infrastructure.
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EXTEND + REVITALIZE INFRASTRUCTURE
CONNECT GREEN SPACES VIA CORRIDORS
CONNECT CULTURE + DESIRE LINES
INFILL NEGATIVE SPACES WITH BUILT PROGRAMS
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