Résumé 1
Academic Projects 3
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The Beacon 17 Contain and Release 23 Portal House 29 Coast Canoe Centre 33 Pinch Music Pavilion 39 C-Shore Design+Build 43
Competition Entries 47
Collective City 49 The Belonging Bench 55 [Ex]traction Earth 59 The Impetus 65
Master of Architecture
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC | Sep. 2018 - May 2020
PRESIDENT of the Architecture Graduate Student Society (ARCHUS) (2019 - 2020)
UBC DELEGATE at the CCUSA Canadian Architecture Forum on Education (CAFE) Ontario (2020)
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE for UBC Architecture Advanced Placement Students (2018)
Bachelor of Environmental Design
Dalhousie University Halifax, NS | Jan. 2017 - May 2018
Honours Bachelor of Arts
University of Toronto Toronto, ON | Sep. 2011 - May 2014
MAJORS Architecture + Fine Art History MINOR Human Geography
Architectural Technology Sheridan College Brampton, ON | Jan. 2009 - Sep. 2011
UNIVERSAL DESIGN + ADA design guidelines
LEED Experience producing certification drawings
BUILDING CODE BC, ON, National (Canada), International, VBBL, and local zoning by-laws
BC HOUSING Design Guidelines + project delivery
HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE Eight-month residential construction pre-apprenticeship at skilled trades school
Intern Architect AIBC | LEED AP BD+C Vancouver, BC | jesse.martyn @ dal.ca
Printer and Plotter Technical Assistant Graduate Architecture Studios (Sep. 2019 - April 2020)
ARCH 577 Arch. Production & Autodesk Revit (June - Aug. 2020)
ARCH 551 Communicating Construction (May - Aug. 2020)
ARCH 511 Architectural Technology I (Jan. - May 2020 )
ENDS 302 Environmental Design Studio II (Jan. - May 2020)
ARCH 551 Communicating Construction (May - June 2019)
ARCH 1000 (Dal) Introduction to Architecture (Jan. - April 2018)
AIBC MEDAL + PRIZE Graduation Award (UBC 2020)
RAIC HONOUR ROLL Graduation Award (UBC 2020)
AIBC SCHOLARSHIP Second Year Award (UBC 2019)
SUSTAINABILITY PRIZE Environmental Systems and Controls Design Prize Winner as part of a four-person team (UBC 2018)
ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP Ray Cole & Perkins + Will (UBC 2018)
MASONRY DESIGN AWARD Honourable Mention for the Shaw Group Sponsored Prize (Dalhousie 2018)
SEXTON DISTINCTION Graduation Award (Dalhousie 2018)
HIGH DISTINCTION + Dean's List Graduation Award (UofT 2014)
HIGH HONOURS Graduation Award (Sheridan 2011)
SILVER MEDAL Award as top CGPA in program (Sheridan 2011)
EXTREMELY PROFICIENT AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Enscape, V-Ray, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
FLUENT Rhino, MS Office, After Effects
EXPERIENCE USING Premiere Pro, Grasshopper, 3ds Max, Javascript, React, VS Code
Architectural Designer
Michael Green Architecture Vancouver, BC | Oct. 2020 - Present
Architectural Designer TEAL Architects Halifax, NS | May 2018 - Aug. 2018
Architectural Designer MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Halifax, NS | Aug. 2017 - Jan. 2018
Architectural Technologist Architecture 49 Halifax, NS | Feb. 2017 - Aug. 2017
Architectural Technologist RAW Design Toronto, ON | June 2016 - Jan. 2017
RAIC INTERNATIONAL PRIZE SCHOLARSHIP Essay competition Winner for ' A Thinkbelt Continuum ' (2022)
RAIC CENTENNIAL FUND Recipient recognizing significant contributions to the profession at an early stage of their career (2021) AFBC BOARD MEMBER Intern Liaison (2022+) AIBC VOLUNTEER Member of Intern Architect Committee (2021+) THESIS SECOND READER at LU MSoA (2021+) GUEST CRITIC at UBC SALA, LU MSoA, and U Oregon (2020+) BUILDING THE THESIS COLLOQUIUM One of three distinguished recent graduates in Canada to present at the LU MSoA (2020)
AIA CANADA DESIGN AWARD for ' The Impetus' (2022) OCRC CANADIAN OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION Design Competition Winner for ' The Impetus' (2021)
CBDX: CITIES FOR ALL International Design Ideas Competition Honourable Mention for ' [Ex]traction Earth' (2021)
CBDX: BORDERLANDS International Design Ideas Competition Finalist for ' Beyond Industry' (2021) SUDBURY 2050 Urban Design Ideas Global Competition Honourable Mention for ' Collective City' (2020)
Architectural Designer McCormack Architects Toronto, ON | May 2013 - June 2016
Planning Assistant St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto, ON | Sep. 2010 - Jan. 2011
Construction Inspector
Toronto Transit Commission Toronto, ON | Jan. 2010 - April 2010
Rough Carpenter (Residential Framing) Finite Carpentry Hamilton, ON | Jan. 2008 - Jan. 2009
LEAD WITH YOUR HEART Bench Design Competition Winner for ' The Belonging Bench' , Truro, Nova Scotia (2020)
UWO TBA JOURNAL Vol. 3 No. 1: Reworlding featured, ' [Ex]traction Earth: The New Frontier' (2021)
CURRICULUM FOR CLIMATE AGENCY ACSA/EAAE Teachers Conference: 'Design in Action' Presenter, 'Beyond Industry ' (2021)
KOOZA/RCH INTERVIEW for thesis project, ' Beyond Industry: A Systems-Based Approach to Collective Form' (2020)
THESIS FEATURED (' Beyond Industry ') in Salon Publication, CASA Exhibition, and CAGE Website (2020+)
CORE77 DESIGN AWARD in Built Environment (Student Category) for 'C-Shore' Design+Build (2020)
DESIGN+BUILD FEATURED (' C-Shore') in Canadian Architect , Architizer, and Spacing Vancouver publications (2019)
Prince Rupert, BC
Globalization and capitalism are resulting in the emergence of more urbanized landscapes, and ports are becoming ideal places for development. Prince Rupert has one of the fastest growing port terminals in North America and is the epicentre for the exploitation of natural resources in Northern BC. Our relationship with natural resources, industry, the economy, and the environment are complex and constantly in a state of contradiction. This relationship is explored through an
understanding of the city as a collective form. Positioning industry as a generator, a systems-based approach to collective form imagines an urbanism through the lens of a form, a strategy, and a program. This project positions the architect as a mediator and forecasts the future generative potential of industries driving the Canadian resource economy, while allowing these industries to productively shape the built environment and the exchanges that occur within it.
The beacon is a symbol for unity and serves as a point of encounter for five Secwepemc bands, while inviting the public to learn about their traditions. The placement within the forest asks the user to proceed through a series of thresholds as the elevated building creates a flexible landscape which converges with an open ground floor to establish a sequence from natural to artificial, exterior to interior. The stacking arrangement frames two important natural elements
found in Secwepemc storytelling: the ground and the sky. The building is lifted to emphasize its connection to the ground and ascension to the sky, while the gathering space frames the treescape. The wood skin facade highlights the presence of the artificial and references Secwepemc weaving, while the heavy timber structure recognizes the importance of wood with regard to local trades and artisans. This project was completed in collaboration with Luis Yanez Hernandez.
This project seeks to engage the public with urban agriculture through the act of spectacle. The intention is to release all historical reference to containment within an existing livestock barn by demolishing all elements other than the steel structure. Transparent pods containing agricultural processes are inserted into the building to observe how these processes occur. All processes are visualized—whether pleasant or unpleasant. The remainder of the barn
is open air for people to observe and take part in the spectacle. Processes are infilled between fixed programme as pods on a track that have the ability to be re-arranged. The architecture is the backdrop for the performances within the space. Viewing lookouts observe the livestock spectacle from the sky, while they are part of the spectacle from the ground. The viewer is now on display as a process within the park itself— they are now part of the performance.
A design project informed by a group-developed Master Plan that focused on the ability to grow over time. This design includes two units with a multi-purpose event space on the ground floor and rental lofts above. A new exterior walking path runs across the property from east to west and has been accommodated by carving out a portion of the building to create a courtyard
and public through fare. A portal frame structure allows the building to grow north + south by continuing the structural logic, while green space can grow east + west along the path. The building's openings are a conception of interconnectivity and the path extending into the space. They frame the interior arrangement and link the outside to the inside, the major to the minor.
First Nations bands often have overlapping territories, blurring their boundaries; a notion foreign to the westernized norms of defined spaces. Combining the study of a Coast Salish canoe and traditional weaving techniques, a detailing narrative is developed through the overlapping and weaving of elements. A stacked beam + joist system creates diffused light to celebrate courtyard spaces. Programmes overlap as an artifact showroom +
market for local indigenous artists connects to the adjacent Spirit Trail. If invited beyond this point, the public can access a space for educating about Coast Salish culture through hands-on learning. This backs onto a courtyard to engage in dance and celebration. A canoe shed extends outside as a workspace and the adjacent creek is pulled into the reserve to allow for visiting canoe arrival + launching—celebrating the importance of water in their culture.
A new music pavilion that frames the NW corner of the Halifax Common. As an extension of the landscape it creates a fully accessible rooftop that allows performances to be viewed from the inside seating, mezzanine standing area, outside courtyard, or through the rooftop skylight. The building form creates a natural courtyard with glass lining the 'inside facade' of the building, allowing performances to expand into the courtyard, while
the 'outside facade' is clad in wood siding to act as protection from wind and street noise. The entry axis is anchored, or pinched, by an auditorium at the end of the performance wing and a rehearsal space at the end of the service wing. The sloped roof becomes a viewing platform to admire the scenery, spectate the skate park, or simply people watch, while the ability to interact and engage with the building becomes part of the performance.
C-Shore is a pavilion designed and constructed by ten graduate students enrolled in a two-term design-build course at UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Built of Western Red Cedar, a tree native to the Pacific Northwest, the pavilion provides a space of respite on the UBC campus infused with the scent of drying cedar. The project aims to connect architecture with local material ecologies, enlivening the campus while providing
an opportunity for collaborative experiential learning in keeping with the principles of the UBC campus as a living lab. The wood used to construct C-Shore was harvested from mature trees cleared from a construction site at the edge of campus, which were sawn into lumber at a local sawmill. After two years, the pavilion will be disassembled, and the cedar reused to create garden planter boxes for Vancouver School Board primary schools.
Sudbury, ON has a long history as a resourcerich economy with an intimate connection to the land. This proposal seeks to build upon this history while welcoming in new waves of industry. With an emphasis on renewable resources, Collective City strengthen the community through closed-loop systems as catalysts for diversification and growth with a collective goal in mind: physical and mental sustainability for both people and the built environment. Natural resources are treated as generators through the
creation of resource magnets. The old rail lands, now reinvigorated as Rail Yard Park, is the central point of the city. Renewed with green space and public amenities, it becomes a destination for respite and a hotspot for events, gatherings, and festivals, intertwining industry with community. A phased approach begins by diverting cargo rail lines north of the downtown, developing networks and magnets in conjunction with re-greening, fostering a connected city with a carless downtown by 2050.
The Lead with your Heart Society was created by Lucas Austin in 2014 when he and his partner tango danced to raise money for mental health. Soon after, Lucas lost his life to addiction. The competition was to design + name a bench made of wood, to be installed in a park next to the Canadian Mental Health Association building in Truro, NS. This proposal aims to reacquaint us with our surroundings. Whether a friend needs someone they can talk to, strangers become acquaintances through a chance encounter,
or an individual wants a quiet moment of respite, the Belonging Bench (re)connects all walks of life. An elegant 'floating' platform is inter-weaved with boxes which can be shifted north-south by the user to mimic the dynamic movement of the tango and its basic steps. The boxes dance around a new memorial tree at the centre of the bench as this becomes a place for welcoming and acceptance, safe haven and respite, people and nature. This project was completed in collaboration with Andrew Falls
New avenues of interconnectivity born from global crises foster a return to the land and a decentralization of Earth's population. Climate-induced northern migration sparks boundary expansion as human-made infrastructure grapples with the natural environment. Territories of [ex]traction fuel the lifeblood of the 21st century energy-scape. The site is Canada's carbon corridor, spanning from Calgary to Edmonton, Grand Prairie to the remote north. A land scarred by
resource exploitation is re-envisioned in a time after oil, in the not so distant future. Territories of extraction are rejuvenated as a renewable energy corridor. A super energy grid is laid across the landscape, linking major urban nodes by coupling the natural environment with infrastructure. This feeds natural ecosystems while simultaneously fueling a network of highspeed trains that extend to the arctic circle, where new trade routes open up due to receding ice and warming climates.
The Impetus empowers the notion that modular construction, sustainable design, and affordable housing can be synergized into simple yet elegant design solutions with lasting positive impact on the community and environment. The grid is driven by standardized 12’ x 60’ manufactured (zero waste) CLT panels, informing the dimensions of fully accessible studios, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom units. The Impetus tops out at the max-allowable 12-storey mass timber height under BCBC to maximize profitability. Nearby regulated forest
cut blocks (no old growth trees) south of Nelson are logged and trucked to Kalesnikoff, 45 minutes west, where CLT walls + floor panels and glulam beams + columns are manufactured and trucked 30 minutes to site or 1 hour east to Spearhead. Prefabricated façade panels with integrated decentralized displacement ventilation (façade integrated HRVs) provide energy supply for each unit powered by façade integrated photovoltaic solar panels that tie into in-suite mechanical conduits, are manufactured at Spearhead and trucked 30 minutes to site.
STUDIO 1
(coupled with stair core + service room) 460 sq.ft.
STUDIO 2
600 sq.ft. fully accessible
1 BEDROOM
620 sq.ft. fully accessible
2 BEDROOM
(coupled with elevator core + mechanical shafts) 1,200 sq.ft. fully accessible
3 BEDROOM
1,350 sq.ft. fully accessible
jesse.martyn@dal.ca
