Hannah Taylor Graduate Portfolio 2023

2022 I HANNAH TAYLOR

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

selected works from 2016 to 2022

HANNAH TAYLOR

Tarzwell, Ontario htaylor@laurentian.ca (705) 676.6307 issuu.com/hannah_taylor

MASTERS IN ARCHITECTURE

Laurentian University, McEwen School of Architecture, Sudbury, ON BACHELORS IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES with honours

Laurentian University, McEwen School of Architecture, Sudbury, ON AUTUMNWOOD MATURE LIFESTYLE COMMUNITIES

SUMMER STUDENT SHABA TESTING SERVICES LTD.

Produced conceptual interior designs, contacted and met with distributors, completed drawings including suite renders and fire plans

SUMMER STUDENT DM WOODWORKING INC.

Produced drawings and contacted clients, conducted site visits regarding structural and geotechnical engineering

SUMMER STUDENT

Designed marketing products, assisted with assembly, conducted site visits, participated in networking opportunities

MEMBER OF BEA-N MSOA NUIT BLANCHE INSTALLATION ARTIST

Merch Coordinator for the Northern chapter of Building Equality in Architecture

Rhino, AutoCad, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Revit, Grasshopper, TwinMotion

CREATING A SENSE OF HOME

YEAR I fall 2021 - winter 2023 - thesis project TEAM I individual [advised by Steven Beites] LOCATION I kirkland lake, ontario

This thesis project was created to service the lack of care for aging adults within Northern Ontario. It aims to provide care for aging adults who want to maintain their independence, while still receiving the level of care they require. Through the creation of an assisted living village, featuring three components, the needs of the residents could be met. First, a community centre adapted to create a social hub for residents and the external community. Village pods, which contain social spaces for the residents to interact within. And finally the home, which provides privacy for the residents and allows them to live independently. These are all connected by one large walking path. All in all, allowing for good well-being and creating a sense of home.

Seniors 65+ Who Develop Disabilities

Percentage of Aging Adults who Need Care

Effects of Living in a Facility

Ontario Rising Population Age 65+

Ontario Rising Population Age 75+

Site 15-Minute Walking Radius

Kirkland Lake Site Selection - Places of Interest

Community Centre Site and Floor Plan

Community Centre Section 02

Community Centre Workshop Render Community Centre Lounge Render

Village Elevation

Entrance to Village Render Walking Path Render

Home Interior Render

Nurse’s Station Home Site and Floor Plan

Nurse’s Station Home Section

Nurse’s Station Interior Render

GRID LOCK

YEAR I spring 2021

TEAM I individual LOCATION I toronto, ontario

This project was designed for a school project. It addressed the housing market in Toronto, Ontario, which has become incredibly expensive for young professionals to find an affordable home. It aims to create an affordable, adaptable, self-sustaining housing community through the use of modular components and urban farming.

The home is meant to grow with the user, providing what they need to live comfortably and in a self-sustaining mannor, all while growing a community. This is implemented in the form of shipping containers on a raised parking system, within the Victoria Square Parking Lot.

Urban Farm Floor Plan

Single Unit Floor Plan

Adapted Unit First Floor Plan

Adapted Unit Second Floor Plan

Unit Section

Adapted Unit Section

Interior Render Exterior Render

QUILT LODGE

YEAR I spring 2021

TEAM I 3

LOCATION I sudbury, ontario

This project was designed to act as a winter cover for Laurentian University’s campus teaching lodge. The design drew on the idea of quilts and their ability to act as a comfort and insulator. Mimicking the teaching lodge’s structure, triangular panels were built to form a dome around the lodge. This allowed for the structure to offer warming and protective qualities in the winter months. Each panel would be painted by members of the community creating an interactive and quilt-like covering for the lodge and its users.

BRIDGING DISCONNECTS

YEAR I fall 2019 - winter 2020

TEAM I 2

LOCATION I sudbury, ontario

This design was created for the via rail train station site within downtown Sudbury. The project goal was to provide a connection between two disconnected communities through the act of bridging both programmatically and physically. The design of a bridge across the train tracks created a physical act of bridging, while the design of three distinct communities, as well as open spaces between, created a programmatic act of bridging. The design features studio live - work units and a workshop, the grey street plaza (where the bridge meets the site), the market building, the train station plaza (featuring the existing train station) and a cluster of communal live work units.

connecting “canopy”

grass/lawn

large 28

sett stone

Site Elevation

large water feature

Studio studio terrace

studio studio terrace

5m

bath bedroom bedroom

bedroom 1 bedroom 2

bath bedroom bedroom

bath bath

kitchen & dining kitchen & dining den entry

mech den

bath floor

kitchen & dining kitchen & dining loft unit second floor accessible studo unit first floor studo plus unit first floor studo plus unit second floor

den den

entry

mech STUDIO BASE - UNIT PLANS 5m 0

loft unit first floor loft unit second floor accessible studo plus unit first floor studo plus unit second floor

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Studio studio bedroom 1 bedroom 2

mech

studio studio terrace bedroom 1 bedroom 2

kitchen & dining kitchen & dining den entry

kitchen & dining kitchen & dining

bath bedroom bedroom

bath bath

bath bedroom

den den

entry entry 0

Live-Work Base Studio Floor Plans Live-Work Accessible Studio Floor Plan Live-Work Plus Studio Floor Plans

entry entry

accessible studo unit first floor studo plus unit first floor studo plus unit second floor

mech 5m

entry STUDIO PLUS

loft unit first floor loft unit second floor accessible first studo plus unit first floor studo plus unit second floor

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5m

Communal 3-Bedroom Unit Floor Plan

M - Shoulder W F - Shoulder W

Communal 2-Bedroom Unit Floor Plan

47

entry kitchen bath dining den 31

entry kitchen bath dining den 3 BEDROOM

laundry bedroom bedroom balcony three bedroom unit second floor

main bedroom

DORAN’S DISCOVERY GALLERY

YEAR I winter 2019 TEAM I individual LOCATION I sudbury, ontario

This project focussed on adapting an old brewery building within Sudbury. As a design approach, a thesis was developed, which fixated on the idea of hidden discoveries.

The existing brewery is located in a heavily populated residential area with a lack of cultural and experiential opportunities. With the design of a “third” space, families in the area could interact with and within the gallery. Circulation and moments of discovery were useed to create communal spaces and encouraged green development. Courtyards became a main component to the journey through the gallery and allowed for moments of discovery.

First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan

Massing Model

Interior Render

THE VILLAGE DAYCARE

YEAR I fall 2018

TEAM I individual LOCATION I copper cliff, ontario

This project began with the creation of a thesis, which focussed on the idea of creating a village, centralizing the African proverb, “it takes a village to raise a child.”

By unfolding a small community within the daycare, the community of Copper Cliff would be raising the children, all while the presence of children would be giving back to the community.

To demonstrate this, the idea of interior streets was formed with “homes” (each of the rooms) branching off of the street. A community event space was made which allowed for a shared building for both the children and the community to interact with each other.

RED OAK VILLA

AUTUMNWOOD MATURE LIFESTYLE COMMUNITIES

YEAR I summer 2019 - 2020 TEAM I 2 LOCATION I sudbury, ontario

While working at Autumnwood Mature Lifestyle Communities, renders were completed for the individual suites at one of their assisted living facilities; Red Oak Villa. These suites allowed individuals to have their own space giving the a sense of independence, while also providing a liveable space within the community-based facility. These renders were completed for marketing purposes, regarding the building’s new addition, in order to provide a visual representaion of the suites to potential tenants.

THE SO CALLED “PUBLIC SPACE”

YEAR I winter 2020 TEAM I 4

LOCATION I sudbury, ontario - nuit blanche 2020

This installation was the product of an independent study, the design came from the idea of women inhabiting public space, this installation specifically simulates a woman’s walk home alone at night. The individual entering the space begins by travelling down a dark corridor featuring panels with wandering eyes, they then enter a room where a video plays and verbalizes the psychological processes women go through before entering the public space. The next part of the journey leads them down a dark, semi-lit, hall signifying the street at night. The whole installation portrays the ideal reaction of instilling empathy for women who are alone in public space at night.

Photographs of the Installtion Journey

Four ladies are enjoying a night out together.

As the night comes to an end, they go their separate ways.

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03

what is that? don’t make eye contact Be not afraid, we are here to light your way

05 06

help them light their way.

lived a good life, i am prepared to 07 08

die.