Portfolio Jason Heinrich
September 2016
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Relational Urbanism
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SALA School
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Border Infrastructure
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Wood Reinforced Paper Wall
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In Refugium
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Condominiums as Currency
preamble
Informal Urban Logic
studio; critical research; forensic architecture
thesis; simulation; urban design
comprehensive studio; program; detailing
studio; critical research; infrastructure
material research; detailing
competition; energy; engineering+architecture studio; critical research; housing
To whom it may concern:
Elegant, simple objects and processes can produce beautiful, complex systems, whether it be architecture, urbanism, or ecosystems. My portfolio demonstrates my unique skill set of mechanical engineering, renewable energy, and analytically driven parametric design that analyzes and responds to urbanism. Having recently completed an M.Arch from UBC, I have been fascinated by the underlying logics and processes of architecture and urban systems that make up cities. I approach design through this lens, using a combination of critical research, data analysis, parametric design, and joyful imagination. This focus has included research and subsequent critical design of the economics of housing in Vancouver, the privatization of urban districts in South-East Asia. As a researcher with the HiLo Lab at SALA, I have investigated new forms of manufacturing material waste streams, specifically waste pulp and paper. My goal is to continue to feed my curiosity for and develop a mastery across the many scales of architecture including materials, buildings, communities, and ecosystems. My thesis investigated the logics of city organization—from the apparent chaos of slums in Manila to the zoning process of Vancouver. My proposal for a novel relational and decentralized urban rule set stems from my belief that the individuals that make up a city are the most fit to collectively decide its future and actively responsible to do so. With an engineering background, I can offer valuable expertise with district energy and renewable energy systems from over four years of consultant experience at DEC Engineering. I am well versed with integrated consultant teams for a variety of project scales including retrofits, new building construction, and regional infrastructure. As a Design Engineer, I managed project time lines, budgets and people, responded to RFPs, prepared energy and economic feasibility studies, designed mechanical systems, prepared tender and construction documents, presented to clients, participated in consultant meetings and performed site visits and commissioning.
Best regards, Jason Heinrich, EIT
education
Master of Architecture SALA, University of British Columbia 2013-2016 Bachelor of Engineering with Distinction Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria 2004-2009
professional affiliations
Engineer-In-Training, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC) Intern (application pending), Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC)
work experience
Designer/Research Assistant Hi-Lo Lab, SALA, University of British Columbia, British Columbia 2014 – Present (2+ years) Designer/Research Assistant John Bass, University of British Columbia 2016 (4 months) Graduate Academic Assistant, Community Scale Energy Efficiency Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, University of British Columbia 2015 (4 months)
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Biogas Engineer & Designer Shishya Society Orphanage and School, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India 2013 (6 months) Design Engineer, District Energy & HVAC Systems DEC Engineering, Victoria, British Columbia 2010 – 2014 (4+ years) Volunteer Intern Engineering Ministries International, Calgary, Alberta / Kigali, Rwanda 2008 (4 months)
awards
Jason Heinrich BEng, MArch 2617 Melfa Lane, Vancouver, BC V6T 2C5 778-919-7401 heinrich.jason@gmail.com jasonwheinrich.com
Stantec Scholarship for Sustainability in Architecture (2015) Chernoff Thompson Science Scholarship in Architecture (2014) Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s (2014) Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award (2013) Bryce Rositch Entrance Award in Architecture (2013) Rhodes Scholarship Top Five Finalist from British Columbia (2009) University of Victoria Faculty of Engineering Dean’s List (2009) BC Hydro - APEGBC Engineering and Geoscience Scholarship (2008) Richard Talbot Memorial Award for Engineering (2007) University Publishers Engineering Award (2007) NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (2007) Thouvenelle Endowment Co−op Scholarship (2007) Baynes Award in Engineering (2006) Second Year McGeer Award (2005) UVic Excellence Scholarship (2004)
work travel
experience
digital modeling
Rhinoceros AutoCAD SketchUp Revit
digital representation
Vray Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premier
analog representation
sketching wood working material research
scripting
Grasshopper Visual Basic / Excel C
analysis & simulation
eQuest Energy Simulation Trace 700 Energy Simulation Kangaroo Physics Simulation Anemone Iterative Simulation Genetic Optimization Solvers Millipede FEM Scan & Solve FEM Autodesk Simulation CFD
engagement & management
client/project presentation public presentation Microsoft Project
informa
Manila, Philippines
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Baseco Informal Settlement, Manila
Informal Urban Logic
simulation of the Baseco slum in Manila, Philippines Master of Architecture Graduate Project Research, 2016 Professors: Mari Fujita, Ray Cole
What are the local, informal logics that result in slum morphology? Baseco, a slum in Manila, Philippines, was one test site to study decentralized organization. Using satellite images, blogs, academic research and drawing, I explored the morphological development in two time scales: immediately following a typhoon (right); and the slow evolution of forms through section (next page).
Telephone poles, overhead electrical cables, microwaves, light bulbs, outlets and switches, toilets, chamber pots, cellphones plugged in to charge‌ the banality of everyday life as expressed through infrastructure. Yet, when depicted as a flattened system, the scale and pattern of these elements begin to map the fragile presence of human life. Baseco, an informal urban community on the west side of Manila is tenuously built upon reclaimed land. Vulnerable to natural disasters including typhoons that frequently ravage the coastline in Manila Bay,
the community of Baseco is rebuilt with some frequency. The drawing shows Baseco before (blue) and after (red) a typhoon, using an informed imagination of the pattern of destruction in the community as well as the pattern of incremental and additive rebuilding. Using an algorithmically driven process to create a predictable pattern of diversity and adding a probability factor to define each household’s relationship to infrastructure dependent on proximity, Heinrich applied a high-tech procedure to a lowtech process.
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Analytical section of housing settlement material and formal evolution
Algorithm for settlement settlement type = 40% x new construction 60% x infill construction settlement addition = 10% x time of existence settlement probability =
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A Grasshopper script was used to simulate a modified settlement model of Baseco, based on: Augustijn-Beckers, Ellen Wien, Johannes Flacke, and Bas Retsios' “Simulating Informal Settlement Growth in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: An Agent-Based Housing Model.� Using observed topological and infrastructural site constraints and opportunities, the model was used to test the process logics that create complex informal morphologies.
Frames from simulation of development
Single property measurement
Resulting regulatory topology
Used and excess assets by property
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Regulatory topology calculated from spatially weighted average of property and infrastructure
Relational Urbanism
Can the rules that dictate a modern city be relative to local contexts dictated by the many agents/inhabitants that make up a city?
Master of Architecture Graduate Project, 2016 Committee: Mari Fujita, Ray Cole, Martin Nielson
The hybrid ruleset simplified the existing zoning bylaws into five rules and applied them dynamically—the values for each rule are determined by the local and regional contexts and constantly update as development occurs, creating a fluid ‘relational typology’. Within each block, a local free market for negotiation and transfer of development assets fosters negotiation, and development based on the collective decisions of the inhabitants.
a novel ruleset for multi-agent evolution of Vancouver
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2016: Existing Morphology Using a spatially weighted average for determining the allowable density, view, shadows, parking, and green space, a higher resolution 3 block simulation was performed with the iterative Grasshopper model. This speculates on the morphological development from 2016-2050, assuming a range of owner receptiveness. The negotiations of regulatory assets is shown above each drawing.
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2050: Results of Simulation The resulting simulation shows a relatively slow and linear and incremental densification of the neighbourhood. After 30 years, the FSR has increased from 0.57 to 1.19.
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My new laneway house will cast a bit too much shadow on your lot... Not a problem, my extension might do the same to yours i’m really glad our block agreed to create this open green space! me too!
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ED, CAN i BUY YOUR PARKING SPACE? OK BUT I NEED MORE VIEW!
Hiya Sarah, I NEED SOME DENSITY FOR A LANEWAY HOUSE... HOW MUCH?
IF WE SHARE YARDS, WE CAN ALL BUILD ANOTHER ROWHOUSE OH YEAH!
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SALA School
structure, egress, and scale as modes of integration Master of Architecture Studio, 2016 Professor: Joanne Gates Partner: Ben Fisher
The school is an unprecious and flexible platform for collaboration from theory to craft, ideas to materiality. This becomes expressed through meandering interconnected spaces between workshops/studios and formal learning/exhibition. This complex promenade fosters informal interactions and visually and audibly connecting programs dispersed across the linear site. The form and program respond to the dualistic site of forest and plaza and multiple scales of interior and exterior conditions.
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Ground Level
Level 5
Unfolded Section of Circulation
Elevation
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Roof Waterproof Membrane Sheathing Rigid insulation sloped to drain (Interior Condition) Vapour Barrier Concrete Slab structure
Terrace Floor Concrete Pavers on Pedestals Waterproof Membrane Sheathing Rigid insulation Sloped to Drain Vapour Barrier Concrete Slab Structure
Exterior Wall (Non Structural) Horizontal Wood Siding Vertical Strapping Moisture barrier Sheathing Rigid insulation Z Girts Vapour barrier / Air Barrier Sheathing Steel Studs Interior Finish
Interior Floor Terrace Wall Trench Gutter Waterproof membrane bolted Glazed guard horizontal wood siding vertical strapping (rainscreen) Sheathing Steel Studs Sheathing Horizontal wood siding
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Exterior Structural Wall Precast Concrete Panel Rainscreen Cavity Moisture barrier Sheathing Self Supporting Rigid insulation Panel Sheathing Interior finish
polished concrete topping radiant in slab heating Reinforced Concrete structural Slab Steel embed plate covering inside face of floor opening Glazed guard and smoke stop bolted to steel embed plate
Interior Walls (non structural) Horizontal wood finish Steel studs Curtain wall glazing with structural silicone cap Horizontal wood siding
Maker Space Floor & Wall Concrete structural frame Moisture Barrier (Wall only) Sheathing Rigid insulation Vapour / Air Barrier Concrete panel bolted to structure
(Exit) Stairs Glazed Guard embedded in stairs Board formed concrete finish exposed concrete interior finish
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Polished Concrete topping Radiant in slab heating reinforced slab on grade Vapour barrier Rigid insulation Crushed Gravel Perimeter drainage Earth
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Cascading sediment tank and apartment heat recovery / Sauna + Spa
Border Infrastructure
Mirroring Splintered Urbanism in Hanoi, Vietnam Master of Architecture Studio 2016 Professor: Mari Fujita
Ciputra Hanoi International City in Vietnam is the first global ‘city’ and a new wave of privatized urbanism in Vietnam. The city attempts to splinter itself from the surrounding villages, creating a walled enclave that promotes self-sufficiency, but it is inextricably linked to broader ecological, social, and political systems of Hanoi. For instance, it has created violent flooding by disrupting the traditional use of agricultural land to mitigate monsoon rains. Border Infrastructure accepts this new era of privatized urbanism and infrastructure but challenges the advertised self-sufficiency of these enclaves.
By exaggerating the boundary mechanisms, the former border can become a new public/private infrastructure space that finds mutual beneficial links and a social subversion of the enclave boundary. This project proposes the introduction of a functioning stormwater retention and treatment infrastructure that mirrors the exclusive programs found within the private city. Heat recovery from the apartment buildings is used to heat treated water forming a spa that follows the eastern wall, while under the rows of seats, collected stormwater cascades into sediment tanks. The
filtered water is passed into constructed wetlands that host a golf course, lotus ponds, and a pagoda pedestrian bridge. The cleaned water flows into a border pool. This long pool includes a water park, complete with a wall of water slides for villagers.
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Treated water collection tank / Water slide and lap pool
Border infrastructure is a public reflection of the private city. The border wall is amplified by the water slide 'fence' and pool 'moat'. At street level, the slides stand proud against the apartment buildings. While the latter salutes capital and luxury, the former salutes common infrastructure and public fun.
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Above: Border Infrastructure proposes a ring of storm water collection and cleaning at the border of Ciputra Hanoi International City. The cleaning mechanisms mirror the private programs within the city. Right: CFD analysis and aquifer research was used to objectively dispute the claim of autonomy by Ciputra Hanoi International City. The city relies on cross border ecological flows of air and water as well as electrical current.
Hanoi pre-privatized urbanism
Monsoon flooding pre-Ciputra
Hanoi post privatized urbanism
Monsoon flooding post-Ciputra
Prototype fabric formed pulp panel
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Spaceframe with pulp material joint
Wood Reinforced Paper Wall pulp, and paper/cement composite material and fabrication research HiLo Lab, SALA 2015 - 2016 Supervisor: Blair Satterfield
Research into pulp and paper waste streams and the fabrication process began with kraft paper pulp and its ability to create panels and joints. Research into composite MgPO4 cement and paper led to prototypical wall assemblies including paper form work for a cement interior and wood reinforced paper/cement composite wall panels. This latter prototype has been visualized as a wall assembly with plans for construction later this year.
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mechanical pulp
kraft pulp
Sample Material tests: Magnesium-phosphate cement mixed with varying ratios of two types of pulp, mechanical raw pulp and kraft paper pulp
cement : paper 1:8
Prototype composite panel
cement : paper 1:4
cement : paper 1:1
Prototype sandwich panel
Prototype wood reinforced panel with varying ratios of cement to paper
Acoustic wall pattern study, Elevation
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Acoustic wall pattern study, modeled with Kangaroo Physics
Windows determined by five select views.
Fabric formed, wood reinforced paper and MgPO4 cement composite panels with acrylic covered door (on right).
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in Refugium
tidal energy generator & interpretive centre
Brooks Peninsula on the west coast of Vancouver Island has a unique and ancient ecosystem that was protected when the peninsula remained ice free during the Fraser glaciation 26,000 years ago. in Refugium is an interpretive research centre that generates its own energy and has minimal impact on the protected park.
innatur competition, 2013 Partner: Will Krzymowski
The upper portion is static and fixed with piles; the lower section is buoyant and the rise and fall of the tides uses a hydraulic turbine to generate energy and receive visitors by boat.
<thesis> Increasing financialization of global housing has resulted in increasing vacancy rates within these asset buildings. By embracing this phenomena architectural design can enhance the investment potential of asset housing. <lens>
<purpose>
_Asset Function â&#x2030; Housing Function = Asset test limit of stripping away use elements of condo while maximizing asset value
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_Funbigility Condo as currency
asset housing matrix pure use
to absolve units of unique qualities and provide one (or more) generic and tradable condo classes e.g. condo currency financialization trend
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view daylight access floor area ventilation
ARCHITECTURE pure asset unique
<data> hedonistic price regression models decompose housing into its constituents and estimates the contributory value of each characteristic. this data represents the synthesis of nine hedonistic models for condominiums situated in urban metropolitan areas and variables related to the built structure.
fungible
condo unit asset significance from global hedonistic pricing models
50% 40% 30% 20%
<experiments> 1. (increase) orientation, floor area 2. (increase) floor ratio, orientation, floor area
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bathrooms
bedrooms
amenities
accessibility
luxury
branding
title
orientation(s)
floor
ratio of floor to penthouse
views
floor area
10%
significance to unit price
<variables> space: area, volume structure: floor, ceiling, walls privacy: walls program: bed, living, dining, kitchen, bath, storage, parking, patio material: floor, wall, ceiling, fixtures, decor, lighting exterior relation: views, wind, sound services: hvac, dhw, dcw, sewer, electricity amenites: pool, gym, restaurant, garden access: hall, stairs, elevator, doors, lobby aesthetic: interior, exterior
asset variable
insignificant
3. (remove) view, (homogenize) access, layout 4. (homogenize) view, layout
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Condominiums as Currency speculations on the future of asset urbanism in Vancouver Master of Architecture Studio, 2015 Professor: Matthew Soules
The financialization of housing stocks has triggered rising real estate speculation and vacancy of housing units within global cities. Vancouver is a prime example of this phenomenon. Using hedonistic price regression models, I determined the characteristics that most affect condominium value. Extrapolating the decrease in habitation and the increase in speculative profit, new condominium typologies were imagined that value asset value and fungibility (i.e. tradability).
Jenga Tower: extrapolated asset
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Block Tower: extrapolated fungibility
Jason Heinrich BEng, MArch 2617 Melfa Lane, Vancouver, BC V6T 2C5 778-919-7401 heinrich.jason@gmail.com jasonwheinrich.com