Heba Al-Fayez
Portfolio 2023
Heba Al-Fayez Architectural Science Co-op Student Available for 8 months, starting January 2024
Work Experience May 2023 - Present
ZEIDLER ARCHITECTURE - Junior Architectural Designer (Co-op) Produced preliminary massing, layout and concept design drawings for 2 highrise residential projects and one large-scale commercial redevelopment. Utilized Revit and AutoCAD to prepare construction documents for 4 commercial interior retrofit projects and assisted with coordinating revisions. Conducted material research, BIM modelling, prepared construction details, and reviewed shop drawings for interior accent pieces on a commercial project
Education
2020-Present Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson) Bachelor of Architectural Science BArchSc (Co-op)
Summer 2020 & 2022
PETRA DESIGN INC. - GFRC & Pre-cast CAD Designer Designed and produced GFRC cladding shop drawings for commercial and residential projects and 1 large-scale institutional renovation requiring coordination with fabrication and management teams to design a specialized fixation system. Coordinated with clients to collect reference images, critical dimensions, design approvals, and communicate project schedule. June 2022 - August 2022
Skills
Revit 2023 AutoCAD Sketchup 2022 Enscape Vray Rhino 7 Microsoft Office Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premier Pro Animate
Recognition Year End Show 2021, 2022, 2023 Dean’s List 2021, 2022 2020 Horatio Alger Canadian Scholar 2020 Carruthers Shaw Scholarship for Student Engagement 2020, 2021 Toronto Metropolitan University Entrance Scholarship
TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY Architectural Science Outreach Ambassador Facilitated Architectural science summer camps for kids aged 9-15. Prefabricated and prepared project resources using methods, including laser cutting, concrete casting, and traditional shop tools. Designed curriculum to teach the Adobe suite. July 2021 - October 2021
ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS - Research Assistant Researched, authored and led the collection of archival images for 9 articles on admired works of architecture selected by MPPs for the annual World Architecture Day, Queen’s Park Picks Exhibition. Communicated with various architects, designers, and owners for research support through email and phone.
Volunteering May 2021 - October 2021
TORONTO SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS - Virtual Tours Researcher Researched and developed 2 virtual tours of Toronto’s built environment on the theme: art and architecture, documenting Guild Park and The Spadina Line June 2022 - Present
TORONTO SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS - Walking Tours Guide Facilitated “Art and the Grange” and “New Meets Old” tours to groups of 3-15 attendees by memorizing, and expanding upon the script with personal research June 2022- September 2023
FREEDOM BY DESIGN TORONTO MET - Director Directed a design-build team of 15+ students working to build playground equipment for a local school. Collaborated to digitize architectural drawings for community centre
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CNE Speedway Academic
6-11
2. Academic
12-17
4. Summit Academic
22-29
Microhome
3. CMYK Academic
18-21
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XYZ City School Academic
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5. Mirror Competition
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go-kart track
CNE Speedway TORONTO, ON Go-Karting Facility Fall 2021 - Independant Rhino, Autocad, Illustrator, Photoshop, Enscape
The CNE Speedway uses the form of the track as a tool for spatial organization. At the intersections of the race-track loop and the pedestrian circulation loop lie special spaces where go-karts and pedestrians come together in a meaningful way. These spaces include the starting grid, cafe, garage, and viewing gallery. The parti is expressed using the form of the structure.
Context: CNE, Ontario Place
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special spaces formed by intersection of go-kart circulation and pedestrian circulation.
pedestrian circulation Path
Both people and go-karts circulate through special spaces at the same time le op Pe rts -Ka
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People Go-Karts
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ground floor plan
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special spaces of intersection
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1. Lobby 2. Cafe Kitchen 3. Cafe 4. Arcade 5. Ticket Sales 6. Equipment and Custodial Storage
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Legend
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7. Start Grid with attached charging and Queue 8. Track surveillance station and breakers 9. Garbage Disposal 10. Loading 11. Garage observation balcony 12. Merchandising Store 13. Viewing Gallery
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garage section AA
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roof framing diagram
materials + colours
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anodized aluminnum H.S.S.
painted steel railing
grey cast-in place concrete
transluescent ETFE cushions
grey anodized aluminum wide flange beams
aluminum cladding
ETFE to roof detail 2
parapet 0.6mm aluminum flashing backed with polysester backer finish 50 mm rockwool batt insultation 6”x6”x3/4” steel C-channel 2x6 wood blocking steel angle
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cladding connection 10mm plywood sheathing 25mil (0.6mm) TYVEK 50mm rigid expanded polystyrene insulation 50mm air cavity
6mm aluminum composite panel exterior cladding 6mm aluminum composite panel exterior cladding reveal 0.6mm aluminum cover sealed to ETFE clamping strip
4 structure to ETFE 1
roof
W27x129 wide flange steel beam
150mm stone ballast
15mm thick custom H.S.S. bolted steel connection bracket
100mm rigid expanded polystyrene insulation 6 mil (0.15mm) polyethylene vapour diffusion barrier 12.7mm surface levelling gypsum 100mm corrugated steel roof
Circular H.S.S steel structure ø35mm plastic air supply tube fixed with staineless steel brackets custom steel ETFE clamping strip bolted to H.S.S frame
sectional perspective BB 11
2. Microhome TORONTO, ON
Residential Fall 2020 - Independant Rhino, Autocad, Illustrator, Photoshop, Enscape
This microhome cuts a line of green through both the site and the city, bridging the gap between the two within the dwelling. Two identically proportioned alcoves, one interior and one exterior bring the outside in. On the ground floor one alcove is a living space while the other is the threshold between the sidewalk, the house and the shared courtyard. The second floor thus lies between two gardens, one protected and the other exposed to the elements.
Context: Microhome complex around central courtyard
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green line through city and connection to courtyard
simultaneous seasonality with indoor and outdoor alcove
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1. grate as urban material 2. design intervention 3. result is natural dappled light
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ground plan
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level 2 plan
section AA
section BB
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structure exploded axonometric 1 footing and foundation 2 stud framed wall 3 roof framing 4 glazing 5 wood veneer cladding
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6 wraught iron screen 7 steel edging
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connection to rim joists at outer stud walls *opposite end hung on steel lintel
vertical and horizontal screen connection
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3. CMYK
TORONTO, ON
Skatepark Fall 2021 -Independant
Rhino, Autocad, Illustrator, Enscape, Photoshop
CMYK is both a skatepark and a theatre. At the heart of the entertainment district, the place to see and be seen, skateboarding is embraced as an urban art form just as integral to the city as the CN Tower or Ripley’s Aquarium that form its backdrop. Uses are divided and oriented to the street corner along the site’s natural slope to maximize views of the skateboarders.
Context: CN Tower, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Ripley’s Aquarium
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city as performance
uses arranged around central bowl
street corner as performance
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Street Style Pedestrians Parental Supervision Snake Run Kid Friendly
Bowl
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Section AA
East Elevation
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4. Summit BANCROFT, ON
Residential Winter 2022 - Independant Revit, Autocad, Illustrator, Photoshop, Enscape
Summit, a mixed use multiple residential complex celebrates the transition from commercial street to nature sanctuary. This is achieved through linear paths that terminate on a framed view of nature. The high density terraced structure priveleges both private and public access to outdoor space and includes a community garden, instructional kitchen, and common space for residents.
Context: commercial highway (Hastings St. N) and nature beyond 22
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linear transition from commercial street to nature beyond
terraced mass dissolves into nature
arrival at framed views human proportioned module repeated throughout the project at different scales.
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site plan
east elevation
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level 4
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Public Community Outdoor Space Community Space
Private
Live Work/Commercial
3 Bedroom Family Unit
Commercial
2 Storey, 2 Bedroom
Semi-Public Common Residents Space Resdient’s Outdoor Space
2 Bedroom Accesible Unit Live Work/Residential, double occupancy single
Double Occupancy Single
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level 3
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ground
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community kitchen 1
hydroponic greenhouse
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cafe/meeting space
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community kitchen
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residents lounge
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lobby
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section AA
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light wells and bridges extend into circulation, defining inhabitable “front porch” spaces, with light and shadow
Level 4
level 2
3 bedroom family unit
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section BB
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5. Mirror Pavilion MYVATIN, ICELAND Competition - with Emily Guan Iceland Movie Pavilion - Buildner Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, Twinmotion
Mirror is a tribute to two iconic motifs of Icelandic life that appear consistently in Icelandic cinema. Images of the solitary person within an unending, otherworldly landscape are often contrasted by views into warm interiors where people gather. This movie pavilion expresses these two modes of Icelandic cinema through enclosed and exposed space.
exposed enclosed
Icelandic film dichotomy
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rendered by E.Guan
rendered by E.Guan
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6. An icon bringing together new & old, high & low
XYZ City School TORONTO, ON
Institutional 2023 - with Paige Hitchins Revit, Autocad, Illustrator, Photoshop, Enscape
XYZ C.I proposes the intersection
of innovation and community. At grade, a contextual base houses amenities with a central student commons. The commons is defined by the SLICE of the academic tower’s glass envelope along its perimeter, revealing the activities in adjacent spaces to the commons. Enveloped in playful brick that opens and closes to the community, the grounded base contrasts the light academic tower HUNG above the student commons celebrating old and new.
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Context: Dufferin Grove rendered by P.Hitchins
3 axes of connection from central student commons
Hanging structure further opens up ground floor commons
high tech and contextual materiality hide and expose activity
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student commons
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ground floor plan
An academic tower hangs above an open students commons. The glass envelope SLICES through the surrounding podium, revealing activity to the student commons.
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typical tower plan
longitudinal section
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roof terrace plan
tower classroom perspective
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podium classroom perspective
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rendered by P.Hitchins
east elevation
structural and mechanical diagram
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execution of “SLICE” through detail:
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rendered by P.Hitchins
Professional Work Petra Design Inc. Institutional Renovation GFRC Facade System AutoCad
Coordinating with fabrication teams, and the client, I produced all shop drawings for large smooth and textured GFRC panels that required a specialized fixation system.
Context: New Jersey, USA
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thank you.
heba.alfayez@torontomu.ca (647) 688-8026