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Undergraduate Studies
[ Ryerson University ]
HOUSING ON TORONTO’S MAIN STREETS Toronto, Ont.
Location: Church Street and Maitland Street, Toronto, Ontario
Course: Undergrad Studio Year Two Year: 2007 Instructor: Frank Hamilton
2 church street
donna shaw lane
1 2 1
4
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ground level - retail
1 retail 2 storage room 3 condo lobby
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4 recycling/garbage 5 multi-purpose room 6 outdoor courtyard 5
residential level
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east west section
north south section
C R E W S & T A N G O
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BOUTIQUE FASHIONS
CONDOMINIUMS
church street elevation
laneway elevation
Undergraduate Studies
[ Ryerson University ]
TORONTO JAZZ FESTIVAL GATEWAY Toronto, Ont.
Location: Berczy Park and St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, Ontario
Course: Undergrad Studio Year One Year: 2005 Instructor: June Komisar
Undergraduate Studies
[ Ryerson University ]
LIBRARY, RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRE for the department of architectural science
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Course: Undergrad Studio Year Two Year: 2007 Instructor: John Cirka
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Undergraduate Studies
[ Ryerson University ]
MUSKOKA BOATHOUSE
At Boshkung Lake
Location: Boshkung Lake, Ontario
Course: Undergrad Studio Year Two Year: 2007 Instructor: John Cirka
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1 ready area 2 storage 3 dock
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4 bedroom 5 bathroom
east elevation
south elevation
Undergraduate Studies
[ Ryerson University ]
RYERSON FACULTY CLUB
Location: Church Street and Mcgill Stree, Toronto, Ontario
Course: Undergrad Studio Year Three Year: 2007-2008 Instructor: Ian Macburnie, Yew Thong Leung
Toronot, Ont.
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Undergraduate Studies
[ Ryerson University ]
STEEL STRUCTURE EDUCATION FOUNDATION Competition
Location: Pitman Hall Student Residence, Toronto, Ontario
Course: Structures - Year Three Year: 2008 Instructor: Vera Stratka Design and Production: Eric Tran Boris Kortev Amir Nayebi
pitman hall site plan
pitman hall elevation
steel connection details
Undergraduate Studies
[ Ryerson University ]
SIX POINTS REDEVELOPMENT Location: Etobicoke, Ontario Course: Theory - Year Three Year: 2008 Instructor: Ian Macburnie Design and Production: Eric Tran Ghazal Taikandi Karl Sarkis Aaron Butters
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Six Points Redevelopment Our proposal for Six Points is a transportation hub acting as a threshold bringing together parts of a community that have long been separated by large roads. Mixed-use zoning incorporated into the site with a transportation hub creates an interactive community where working, living and leisure can be harmoniously combined. Six Points then becomes a “City Builder” creating opportunity for the existing surrounding community. As any city grows, it is opportunity that is in demand for it to be successful. The transportation hub occupied with mixed-use zoning will bring residents, workers, and a sense of community creating the conversion of under-utilized space into a high potential node through which Six Points and Etobicoke can thrive.
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Dundas Street overpass for dedicated pedestrian use while vehicular route relocated to below grade.
Primary pedestrian gateway at corner of Bloor Street and Kipling
Ground floor adjacent to condominiums provide prime space for retail and social gatherings.
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TOTAL RESIDENTIAL SPACE:
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TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AREA: 268 500m2 TOTAL ALLOWABLE AREA:
275 800m2
COMMERCIAL 1 45 000m2 of office space with 5000m2 of retail on ground floor COMMERCIAL 2 45 000m2 of office space with 4000m2 of retail on ground floor RESIDENTIAL 1 50 000m2 of dwelling space with 7000m2 of retail development on ground floor
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Undergraduate Thesis
[ Ryerson University ]
INTEGRATED HEALTH CENTRE
Location: East Hastings Street and Princess Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Course: Thesis - Year Four Year: 2008-2009 Instructor: Jurij Leshchyshyn
Vancouver, B.C.
Thesis Theme : Achitecture in a World of
culture, politics, economics, society, and the environment. But just as it also create vast opportunities for the coming together of interests and manifestations, architecture can also provide opportunities for change.
Project Abstract The current arena of medical care and public policy varies a great deal between the Eastern and Western world, developed and developing world. Whether it is geographical or cultural differences, information on the medical practice of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) is currently not seen in a holistically integrated manner and not used on a legally recognized basis here in the west. My proposal is to suggest change to the current system of health care by incorporating traditional, alternative, complimentary, and conventional practices into a new integrated health centre in the heart of downtown Vancouver’s troubled east end.
integrated systems biowall
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5 stretch and cool-off space
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Nature as Healing Medicine has long-standing ties with the natural world. The interrelationships between nature and healing have been well understood over time, and its knowledge well integrated across diverse cultures and traditions around the world. However, the medical profession began moving away from this partnership, and as a result, many North American medical buildings became sealed, ventilation. In response to this evolving building typology, my proposed building will re-introduce and integrate ecological design to aid the healing process of patients.
experiential sectional model of atrium
The Integrated Health Centre is built on three driving principles. Free education to the masses. The best form of treatment is an educated one. Accessible resources and education are key programme spaces. The second is mutal collaboration amongst doctors and practitioners. Spaces are designed to promote doctor-doctor and doctor-patient communication, with hope that unbaised perspectives are shared. Finally, due to the nature of this neighbourhood, for this building to remain operational and economically feasible, it must empower the people to take an active role in maintaining it. The public is encouraged to help out with urban farming, and in return be rewarded with free meals at the cafe. It is with this active participation in the health centre that hopefully people will be exposed to other health information. passive and active HVAC schematics
INK PEN SKETCHES Barcelona Year: 2008 Venice Year: 2008
WATER PAINTING
Year: 2004
Description: Painted during my studies at the Victoria Chinese Public School. Traditional pine ink resins were used on rice paper to produce this piece.
Ryerson University
[ Case Study ]
EXPERIMENTAL CNC MILLING AND ACRYLIC FORMING
Course: Advanced Construction Case Studies
mock-up model: 3d model
mock-up model: 3d printing
Year: 2009 Similarly to the Kunsthaus project the form is designed first without any consideration of how it is built. A model of a nozzle is designed on sketch-up and then divided up into segments to that will be used as form work for the individual panels.
Production By: Eric Tran Michael Grunstra Description: Using the Kunsthaus Graz Musuem in Graz, Austria as a construction case study, we tried to duplicate the facade mock-up using similar construction processes in order to understand issues related to designing and constructing curviliniear acrylic panels.
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We used the 3D printing software in the lab to create the 3D formwork. This is comparable to the CNC milling work that was used to construct the Styrofoam moulds for Kunsthaus panels. This represents the process of transferring a digital 3D graphic into a physical object.
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mock-up model: connections Each panel was connected at the corners with adhesives. Once the panels were finished they fit very snugly on the subsurface. This exercise showed that very little margin of error is available when working with these materials.
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PENCIL SKETCHES Year: 2004
Professional Work
[ Moore Paterson Architects ]
ESSENCIA VERDE CONDOMINIUMS
Client: Amadon Group Location: Victoria, B.C. Project Type: Mixed-use Residential
Project Status: Completed 2010 Firm: Moore Paterson Architects Ltd. Year: 2005-2008 Role and Responsibility: Essencia Verde Condominiums are located in the vibrant Cook Street Village of my hometown, Victoria, British Columbia. During my summer work terms, I assisted in the production of presentation documents and 3D massing models for development permit of this mixed-use livework condominium. I also aided in the design and drafting of the adjacent retail and pharmacy property.
Victoria, B.C.
Professional Work
[ Moore Paterson Architects ]
VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Victoria, B.C.
Client: Victoria Airport Authority Location: Victoria, B.C. Project Type: Transportation
Project Status: Completed 2000 Firm: Moore Paterson Architects Ltd. Year: 2005-2008 Role and Responsibility: Completed working drawings for airport expansion including jetbridge, second floor, administrative department, and Airside Cafe.
Professional Work
[ Kasian Architecture ]
BELLEVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL
Client: Quinte Healthcare Corporation Location: Belleville, Ontario Project Type: Healthcare Project Status: Completed 2013 Firm: Kasian Architecture Toronto Year: 2009-2012
Role and Responsibility: As Part of the Healthcare team at kasian, I was primarily involved with the Belleville Hospital Project. I took part in the space planning and design of existing and new construction of departments including emergency, oncology, laboratory services, cadiopulmonary, peri-operative, mental health, and business centre. Additionally, I coordinated the majority of section and detail drawings and produced 3D renderings.
Belleville, Ontario
Professional Work
[ Kasian Architecture ]
120 LYNN WILLIAMS Toronto, Ontario
Client: First Capital Realty Location: Toronto, Ontario Project Type: Commercial / Retail Project Status: Completed 2011 Firm: Kasian Architecture Toronto Year: 2010 Role and Responsibility: Primary role in coordinating all building and wall sections, and details. This particular project was used to guide office staff on the construction process though frequent site visits.
Professional Work
Client: Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
[ Kasian Architecture Doha ]
AL WAJBA CLUBHOUSE PALACE
Location: Royal Palace, Doha, Qatar Project Type: Residential (Design-build) Project Status: Under Construction Firm: Kasian Architecture Doha Year: 2011-Present Role and Responsibility: As part of the Kasian Architecture Doha team, I was engaged in various activies to support the construction management process of Alwajba Palace. Primary activities include the preparation of tender documents, electrical coordination with onsite engineers, and provide design options for the palace exterior using 3D renderings.
Doha, Qatar
emir’s entrance - design option
family entrance - design option
Ryerson Master of Architecture
[Studio in Collaborative Practice]
URBAN DE-SYNC Designing for the Electromagnetically-Sensitive
Location: John Street and Adelaide Street. Toronto, Ontario. Project Type: Residential Mixed-use Course: Studio in Collaborative Practice Year: 2013 Instructor: Miljana Horvat Brigette Luzar
Our homes, places of perceived shelter and safety, are breeding grounds of a electromagnetic storm of historical proportions. Over the past 50 years, people have been exposed to ever increasing amounts of manufactured electromagnetic radiation produced as a by-product of our home electronics and appliances. This proposal will focus on EMRs generated from wireless data transmission and household electronics. The long term consequences of this exposure are not clearly understood as we are among the first generations unwittingly engaged in a long-term experiments on ourselves. However, through re-imagined spatial programming, adaptive infrastructure, and preventative technologies, I believe we can significantly reduce the amount of EMR exposure in our homes and its resulting health effects.
looking south on john st.
exterior EMR shielding
buffer spaces
EMR-free zone
docking lobby
Ryerson University
[ M.Arch. Thesis ]
USER-DRIVEN ANARCHITECTURE
In the Spontaneous City
Location: Gerrard Street East and Parliament Street. Toronto, Ontario. Project Type: Prototype Course: Master of Architecture Thesis Project Year: 2013-14 Thesis Committee: Miljana Horvat Arthur Wrigglesworth Yew-Thong Leong
Toronto, experiencing multiple urban redevelopment projects, is increasingly becoming a city dominated by an architecture of corporate capitalism, forcing a compulsive repetition reminiscent of suburban homogeneity. Carelessly proceeding down this path could lead to the destruction of the historical city, and with it, many of Toronto’s defining neighbourhoods. Exacerbating the problem is the rise of property values, inhibiting entrepreneurial start-ups and displacing local businesses due to competition of a corporate power. This project proposes a progressive shift in the traditional development process, with an emphasis of a user generated platform and user generated environments. The architectural manifestation is one that is leveraged by a burgeoning creative class and the most diverse population in the world whom values originality and cultural vibrancy. By doing so, Toronto has the opportunity to redefine its neighbourhoods, and ultimately the city that is representative of its people. Three themes emerged that addresses the issues surrounding the corporate city. These themes are anarchy, participation, and spontaneity. By investigating these themes in an architectural context, we can begin to design public spaces that are representative of user interests as opposed to developer interests. Built environments will then be the result of true inclusive design, offering not just space, but places worth celebrating.
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The connection between social activities and the built environment involves a certain kind of energy that cannot be easily replicated in conventional developments, which is why proximity is such a crucial component to active spaces. Urban settings like downtown Toronto offer an inherent advantage simply because of the physical proximity to similar business, interest and ideas. Compounded by digital clustering, a phenomenon that reached new heights in today’s smart phone powered environments, urban environments have evolved to become real-time on-demand places of work and leisure. Combining the physical and virtual clustering effect in a three dimensional built form would imitate the urban effect in a localized building typology. Applying this principle in new urban environments hopes to bring accessible and sustainable urban spaces back into the corporate city.
dynamic evolution of streetscape
Ryerson Master of Architecture
[Intensive Research Studio and Seminar]
NON-IDENTITY St Jamestown, Toronto
Location: St. Jamestown Toronto, Ontario. Project Type: Free-Market Course: Intensive Research Studio and Seminar Year: 2013 Instructor: Scott Sorli
The Sri Lanka Tamils, and many refugees alike, face a state of uncertain identity when arriving in a new country. These people are usually stripped of citizenship from their native country, while unable to obtain status upon arrival in Canada. This liminal state, limits these people from acquiring proper health care, financial independence, and a sense of belonging. In this proposal, architecture manifests a political override, empowering those who are forced into this state of limbo. Leveraging the culturally rich and diverse backgrounds of these individuals with a formal intervention within St James Town, Toronto, a new typological space is created that fosters opportunities for employment, medical aid, and community engagement.
[ Professional Consulting ]
108 QUEEN STREET EAST
Partnership: E14 Architecture
Toronto, Ontario
Location: Toronto, Ontario Project Type: Mixed-use Residential Project Status: Completed 2014
living area and kitchen
second floor
third floor
bedroom
bathroom
[ Professional Consulting ]
LOFT CONVERSION Toronto, Ontario
Partnership: E14 Architecture Location: Toronto, Ontario Project Type: Residential Project Status: In Progress Year: 2014
kitchen and living area
bedroom
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