Jessica Hanzelkova | Architecture Portfolio 2018 by Jessica Lam

ARCHITECTURE

PORTFOLIO

Jessica Lam

2018

00 Table of Contents

CONTENTS

MLC

Light Helmet

Jane & Finch Site Analysis

Maison BorĂŠal

Beyond the Divide

Sauna

Geocavern & Juxtaposition

Project Type | Comprehensive Design

MEDIA LEARNING CENTRE Year 2017 Team Size One

Role: Generate all aspects of design development & detailing

Location Cambridge, ON

Softwares used: Rhino, Vray, Sketchup, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

Instructor Val Rynnimeri

Done as a project in the first term of my Masters degree, this project serves as a comprehensive studio where as aspects of the building are designed. This includes wall sections, interior environmental systems, and exterior systems as well. MLC stands for Media Learning Centre, and is used to create a context of learning and sharing for the community, as a component of a wider network of services offered by the city of Cambridge. The centre serves existing residents, as well as

new Canadians and is designed as a multi-use, multi-level space for media exchange and education. The MLC serves the community as a public living room, open to all ages, abilities, and ethnicity. The design of the building is separated into four main programmatic spaces: a daycare (the basement), a bakery (at grade), a theatre (main entrance level), and a resource mezzanine (mezzanine level), which serves as a new immigrant resource centre and library. Connecting these spaces are large circulation corridors which are designed as landscapes for movement and inhabitation; responding to the natural level changes of a theatre.

01 MLC

Exterior night view of Grand Avenue facade with MediaMesh LED screen, and a glowing resource mezzanine

Comprehensive Design

INITIALINITAL SITE SITECONDITIONS CONDITIONS Square flat lot, residential conditions

FORMFORM WITH WITHBACKYARD BACK YARD Alignment with adjacent facades, cut out for back yard

SHIFTING OFOFLEVELS SHIFTING LEVELS

Pressed half storey below-grade, addition of mezzanine level

ATTENTION TOTOMAIN FACADE ATTENTION MAIN FACADE Pushing presence of internal theatre to main-street facade

FINAL RESOLUTION FINAL RESOLUTION

Mixed-level form with programme informing exterior facades

Interior render of terraced cafe seating, with ramp parallel to Grand Avenue. Large wooden doors on the left side rotate from the centre and can be used to join the theatre and cafe spaces

01 MLC

DAYCARE

BAKERY

North Elevation

East Elevation

West Elevation

Site isometric showing the surrounding residential fabric, and adjacent park space

Comprehensive Design

01 MLC

East-west section depicting circulation ramp between cafe and lobby, below-grade daycare space, and stairs to mezzanine

North-south section depicting tiered theatre space, mezzanine level, and wday care space

Comprehensive Design

EXPLODED STRUCTURAL ISOMETRIC Glulam on a concrete base

F-3

Wood construction

F-1 & 2 Below-grade daycare facing west towards double height space

Wood construction, with concrete base

F-0

Concrete construction

Theatre with rotating doors open to the cafe space (lecture setting for the room)

01 MLC

F-0 DAYCARE Basement

F-1 CAFE At Grade

F-2 THEATRE 1/2 Storey Above-Grade

F-3 RESOURCE MEZZANINE Mezzanine

Comprehensive Design

Double Glazed, Low e Awning Window Frame Sealant w. Weep Holes Metal Flashing Plywood Buck Sopraseal Stick 1100T Sopraseal Primer Wood Sill Wood Blocking Metal Back Dam

Cement Board Wall Assembly (ext. to int.) 5/8” Cement Board Z-clips Mechanically Fastened 4” Sopra Iso V ALU Sopraseal LM 200T Sopraseal Stick 1100T Sopraseal Stick Primer Densglas Sheathing 61/2” Bearing Steel Stud Wall 1/2” GWB Wall Mounted Radiator F-3 Acoustic Floor Assembly (top to bottom) Hardwood Floor Foam Backing OSB Sheathing Geniemat RST10 Acoustic Underlayment 21/2” Wood Decking Glulam Structure

Sopraseal Stick 130 Sealant Bead

Custom Steel Hanger MediaMesh LED Screen 4” Sopra Iso V ALU Metal Flashing Sealant w. Backer Rod Double Glazed, Low e Argon Window Kawneer PG 123 Frame

1/2” GWB Stick 1100 T SopraSeal Stick Primer Fillet Sealant 31/2” Steel Stud Wall Sealant Bead Sopraseal Stick Primer Sopraseal Stick 1100T

EAST FACADE DETAILING

01 MLC

Long & Short Term Bicycle Storage Daycare Entrance

Main Entrance

Womens Washroom

Ofﬁce

Coat Storage

Quiet Room

Vestibule

Extensive Green Roof

Main Entrance Terraced Cafe Seating

Kitchen Mechanical Room

Play Area Reading Carpet

Atrium

Slide Workspace

Crawl Space

Resource Computers

Printer

Ofﬁce

Computers

Stroller Storage

Meeting Rm.

Jn. Closet

Resource Library

Slide

Classroom

Acc. W/C

Waste Room

Stage

W/C

Acc. W/C

Theatre

W/C

Non-Accessible Roof

Garden Terrace

Bakery Kitchen

DUCT SYSTEMS

Mens Washroom

W/C

Bakery/ Cafe

Secondary/ Cafe Entrance

F-0

F-1

F-2

F-3

Long & Short Term Bicycle Storage Daycare Entrance

Main Entrance

Womens Washroom Coat Storage Mens Washroom

W/C

Extensive Green Roof

Main Entrance Terraced Cafe Seating

Kitchen Mechanical Room

Play Area Reading Carpet

Atrium

Slide Workspace

Crawl Space

Resource Computers

Printer

Ofﬁce

Computers

Stroller Storage

Meeting Rm.

Jn. Closet

Resource Library

Slide

Acc. W/C

Waste Room

Stage

W/C

Acc. W/C

Non-Accessible Roof

Garden Terrace

Bakery Kitchen

Classroom

Acc. W/C

Theatre

W/C

Bakery/ Cafe Secondary/ Cafe Entrance

F-0

F-1

F-2

LIGHTING SYSTEMS

Ofﬁce Quiet Room

Vestibule

F-3

Long & Short Term Bicycle Storage Main Entrance

Womens Washroom Coat Storage

Quiet Room

Vestibule

Mens Washroom

Extensive Green Roof

W/C Main Entrance Terraced Cafe Seating

Kitchen Atrium

Mechanical Room

Play Area Reading Carpet

Slide Workspace

Resource Computers

Printer

Ofﬁce

Crawl Space

Computers

Stroller Storage

Meeting Rm.

Jn. Closet

Resource Library

Slide

Acc. W/C

Waste Room

Stage

W/C

Acc. W/C

Classroom

Acc. W/C

Theatre

W/C

Non-Accessible Roof

Garden Terrace

Bakery Kitchen

Bakery/ Cafe

Secondary/ Cafe Entrance

F-0

F-1

F-2

F-3

BARRIER-FREE SYSTEMS

Daycare Entrance

Ofﬁce

Long & Short Term Bicycle Storage Daycare Entrance

Main Entrance

Vestibule

Coat Storage Mens Washroom

W/C

Extensive Green Roof

Main Entrance Terraced Cafe Seating

Kitchen Atrium

Mechanical Room

Play Area Reading Carpet

Slide Workspace

Crawl Space

Resource Computers

Printer

Ofﬁce

Computers

Stroller Storage

Meeting Rm.

Jn. Closet

Resource Library

Slide

W/C

Classroom

Acc. W/C

Waste Room

W/C

Acc. W/C

Theatre

Stage

Non-Accessible Roof

Garden Terrace

Bakery Kitchen

Bakery/ Cafe

Secondary/ Cafe Entrance

F-0

F-1

F-2

F-3

PASSIVE VENTILATION

Womens Washroom

Ofﬁce Quiet Room

Project Type | Design-Build

LIGHT HELMET Year 2016 Team Size Three Instructor Patrick Harrop

Role: Collaborate on design & construction, installation and soldering of circuit including arduino, LED, and sound sensor, coding for arduino in C++

The project was used as a means of familiarizing ourselves with Arduino and laser cutting techniques. With particular interest in using sensors, lights and an Arduino to produce responsive environments for a wearer to experience. The Light Helmet is intentionally unusual. An odd form replacing the head of a human, emitting music and flashing unexpectedly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an object which plays with our perception of space and our expectations for the human body. The option an individual has to

disorient him/herself within this clean white form makes the experience of the object, in part, about being entertained while also being the entertainment. Differing from Walter Pichlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TV helmet, a precedent used to assist us in the design phase, our interpretation does not try to free sculpture from the limits of abstraction using other objects. Instead it simply offers a glimpse of your surroundings. There are many metaphors which are applicable to the project, narratives of technology, obsession, attaining perfection, speculation about the future and others, but one thing is clear, we do not allow the user to see reality without a veil of artifice.

02 Light Helmet

Helmet shape allows only a small distorted view out through the snout of the form

Design-Build

TECHNICAL ELEMENTS Circuit Diagram & Code

//code for arduino, reading input from sound sensor running this into two different equations and outputting through the LEDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

int sensorPin = A0; //analog input pin for the sound sensor int ledPin = 13; //pin for onboard LED led (+) led (-) ctl (0-5v) ref (+5v) vin + vin -

int sensorValue = 0; //variable to store the value coming from the sensor int ledOutputA = 9; //arduino pin A for output int ledOutputB = 6; //arduino pin B for output

void setup () {

UNO

analog in

(PWM~)

Vin

power

GND

DIGITAL

5V GND

ARDUINO

3.3V

TX RX

IOREF RESET

AREF GND 13 12 ~11 ~10 ~9 8 7 ~6 ~5

pinMode (ledPin, OUTPUT);

pinMode (ledOutputA, OUTPUT);

pinMode (ledOutputB, OUTPUT);

Serial.begin (9600);

}

4 ~3 2

a3 a4

void loop() {

sensorValue = analogRead (sensorPin); //for collecting the sensor data

int brightness = (sensorValue);

digitalWrite (ledOutputA,((brightness-36)*.76)); //producing output for pin A

digitalWrite (ledOutputA,((brightness-38)*.74)); //producing output for pin B

Serial.println (brightness, DEC);

delay(30); //delay in between reads for stability

led (+) led (-) ctl (0-5v) ref (+5v) vin + vin -

}

02 Light Helmet

Finding centre of gravity to ensure helmet stability when worn (above), process photos of circuit testing, and museum board materiality tests (top three right images), bunny-head iteration for school-wide Nuit Blanche (bottom right)

Project Type | Research

JANE & FINCH SITE ANALYSIS Year 2018 Team Size Four Location Toronto, ON Instructor John McMinn

The initial analysis was completed in four-person groups, my role was to analyze Softwares used: Rhino, Illustrator, InDesign and generate graphics showing the existing and proposed Currently ongoing as part of site conditions, with particular an urban design studio, the interest in building typology. proposed master plan of the Jane & Finch site allows each This plan is created with individual to then design a 1.5 knowledge of the current socioeconomic and cultural hectare portion. implications of the Jane & Finch I will be designing a piece of the area, today. With the arrival apartment-towers quadrant. of the Finch LRT, and later the Proposing a recreation & Jane Street LRT, our proposal community centre on the corner increases overall density in of the intersection will help phases while maintaining many in enabling existing residents of the small-scale retail offered with newer and larger facilities; in the malls. The section depicts building on community run an initial illustration of the services which exist now in a recreation centre podium and small buildings and apartments renovated apartment tower, as places for the community. across the site. Role: Conduct preliminary research & analysis of site, generate isometric and typological graphics

03 Jane & Finch Site Analysis

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Proposed site isometric, renovating several existing buildings* and carefully infilling with new higher density towers and mixed-use buildings. Proposing a new recreation/community centre at the base of an existing tower to enable existing residents.

*Shaded fill implies an existing condition which has been renovated and incorporated into the proposal

Uninsulated shed serves as storage, allows for seasonal inhabitation for classes and children's programs

Re-cladding allows for insulation to be added to exterior of the building. Thermal bridge at balcony still exists

Project Type | Design-Build 1 | Community Garden Pavilion 0

150

2 | Tower Renewal: Re-cladding & Renovation

3 | Tower Renewal: Ground Floor Community Spaces

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Underground parking is expanded upon, adding

level beneath 01 another Title ofincludes Project the pool which a mechanical room

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5 | Recreation Centre Finch Facade

JANE STRE ET

Exterior seating promotes rest and inhabitation along the main facade

JANE & FINCH FINCH AVENUE W.

COMMUNITY & AQUATIC CENTRE

Research

PODIUM RENEWAL & TOWER ADDITIONS

Finch Plaza Expansion & Tower

Petro-Canada with Tower

Jane & Finch Mall Overhaul

TOWER RENEWAL WITH ADDITIONS

2970 Jane Street

5 San Romanoway

10 San Romanoway + Community Centre

25 San Romanoway

NEW MIXED-USE BLOCKS

Residential Centre Block

Driftwood Student Residnce

Jane & Finch Block

Yorkgate Blvd. Block

03 Jane & Finch Site Analysis

NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

NEW OFFICE/ COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

Stacked Townhome

Mid-Rise Residential

Yorkgate Blvd. Tower

Jane Street Tower Metal balcony panels are Metal balcony to panels replaced are , replacedtranslucent to i n c r e, a s i n g translucent from i n c r e avisibility sing the interior out visibility from the interior out

Shed roof channels water runoff to the Shed roof channels south toside water runoff the of the structure south side of the structure

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Uninsulated shed serves Uninsulated shed serves as storage, allows for as storage, allows for seasonal inhabitation for seasonal inhabitation classes and for children's classesprograms and children's programs

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150 (cm) (cm)

Green roof on aquatic Green roof on aquatic centre helps to mitigate centre helps to mitigate excess runoff, part one part excessone runoff, is accessible the rest isthe rest is is accessible planted planted with native with native grasses grasses

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2 | Tower Renewal: Re-cladding & Renovation 2 | Tower Renewal: Re-cladding & Renovation Light cannon light into light into Light channels cannon channels the building at the base thewidening building widening at the base to disperse light into light the interior. to disperse into the interior. Potential Potential to add coloured ﬁlters ﬁlters to add coloured onto theonto glasstheto glass get different to get different atmospheres in the building atmospheres in the building

4 | Light in Aquatic CentreCentre 4 | Canons Light Canons in Aquatic

HorizontalHorizontal sun shades sunminimize shades minimize solar gain, in the in the solarespecially gain, especially summer summer months. months. DeciduousDeciduous trees planted on the street front trees planted on the street front mitigate solar gain for the mitigate solar gainmain for the main floor year-round floor year-round

A mechanical A mechanical plenum plenum hangs hangs above circulation above circulation space, connecting space, connecting the two the halves twoofhalves of the building the building

Warm moist Warm air moistwill air will naturally naturally tend towards tend the towards the top of the cannons, toplight of the light cannons, fans andfans ductand systems duct systems work to pull air away work to pull from air away from glazing surface glazing surface

Wood panels front Wood panels front acoustic acoustic dampening dampening materialsmaterials to control to control echo andecho reverberation and reverberation in this large space in this large space

Existing building has Existing already building already deephasbalconies on the south to deep balconies on the minimize south to solar in summer minimizegainsolar gain in months summer months

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1 | Community Garden Pavilion 1 | Community Garden Pavilion 0 50

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Water collection barrels can be used to water Water collection barrels community can beplants used intothe water garden plants in the community garden

Intentions to maintain mixed-income incentives Intentions to maintain which already exist, allows mixed-income incentives for income diversity and which already exist, allows social mixing in the building for income diversity and social mixing in the building

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Clear polycarbonate on the roof allows for Clear polycarbonate on diffuse light and the roof allows for some of the pavilion diffuse view light out and some view out of the pavilion

Bottom Bottom used four f resour used as com resourcedaycar spa daycare, rooms ofﬁces apartm rooms) taking apartment units

A doubleAtiered doublecorridor tiered space corridor space faces Finch acting a facesAve, Finch Ave,asacting as a buffer but allowing people topeople to buffer but allowing circulate from the main entrance circulate from the main entrance in the west to the change in the west to theroom change room facilities infacilities the eastin the east Seating along Seatingthealong the corridor corridor promotespromotes safety and visibility safety and visibility between between the pool the pool and the rest and of thethe rest of the facility facility

Visibility Visibility from thefrom street the isstreet is importantimportant as an advertising tool as an advertising tool for the for aquatic centre, the the aquatic centre, the swimmingswimming area is buffered by area is buffered by several spaces so that the pool several spaces so that the pool isn’t directly ondirectly the street isn’t on the street

Exterior seating Exteriorpromotes seating promotes rest and inhabitation along rest and inhabitation along the main facade the main facade

5 | Recreation CentreCentre Finch Facade 5 | Recreation Finch Facade

3 | Towe 3 | Tower Ren

Project Type | Comprehensive Design

MAISON BORÉAL RETIREMENT HOME Year 2016-2017 Team Size One

Role: Generate all aspects of design development & detailing

Location Chapleau, ON

Softwares used: Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Equest

Instructor Émilie Pinard

four main buildings: retirement apartments, town homes for families, two rentable units and assembly space featuring a dining hall and common room. Reactive to the natural elements, the building capitalizes on solar gain and supplements with active interior systems when necessary; the sectional model keys in to these considerations in the retirement apartments.

The project, entitled Maison Boréal, was designed as the final project in the undergraduate studio. It is a comprehensive project examining construction, energy, social, and cultural systems as they manifest in a retirement home for the small northern-Ontario town of Planted as a wetland/wet retention pond environment Chapleau. occupying the courtyard, a The proposal is sited just winding boardwalk lets the north of the downtown on the residents and the public flow river front. Designed as two across the site. Giving back to offset u-shapes which flank the environment by sitting lightly an irregular courtyard, natural on the land, the building works separations between private together with the landscape to and public can be established. rejuvenate both the empty river The complex is split between front site and its residents.

04 Chapleau Retirement Home

ACTIVATION

INTEGRATION

PRIVACY

REJUVENATION

1:200 site model , view from Pine Street looking north with townhomes in the foreground

Comprehensive Design

Four main occupancies of the building: retirement apartments, town homes for families, rentable units (with a clinic), and a dining hall/ multipurpose room surround the microclimate of the wetland courtyard; looking east (left image), looking west (right image)

04 Chapleau Retirement Home

Gable-roof dining hall looks north towards the river and pond landscaping

North-facing retirement apartments on the main floor look out onto the ponds. The brick and recessed wood facades create visual texture

Comprehensive Design

Parapet Detail

Soffit Detail

Track Detail

SofďŹ t Detail

RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM Dining setting

MULTIPURPOSE ROOM Fitness class setting

04 Chapleau Retirement Home

SECOND FLOOR

MAIN FLOOR

Group C Residential: North building Part 9 Residential: Town homes Group E Mercantile: Rentable units Group C Assembly: East wing & entrance

N The floor plan & site plan combined depict the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship to the site and the organization of the four occupanices within these 2 u-shaped forms

Comprehensive Design

Exterior Vegetation

Building Cladding

Native reeds and grasses planted in the wetland assist in the ﬁltration of sediment. The root systems of these plants hold the earth together well to prevent erosion while also being aesthetically pleasing. The trees are mostly placed to provide shading and privacy from the south. The root systems also assist in holding together the saturated soil in the berm.

Clay brick Horizontal cedar siding Greenhouse curtain wall Planted green-roof The use of brick ties the new building with the rest of the town, as brick is commonly used in the area. The bump-ins are clad in wood to soften the facade where windows from the units look out to. The brise soleil adds texture to the south elevation .

Exterior Vegetation

Function Massing Residential units Open public spaces Resident social spaces The progression of space is intentionally designed to mirror that of a detached house. Starting in the lobby you work your way, ﬁrst, past the common living space for the residents, then the dining hall, then into the more private residential units. The building ends with the greenhouse, which is mainly for resident use, creating a backyard of sorts.

Function Massing

Building Cladding

Gray: clay brick, Brown: wood siding, Green: green roof, Blue: fully glazed

Fire, Phasing & Building Separations Sprinklered building (mercantile occupancy) Each building is indicated by a red dotted line, and ﬁre walls are shown extruded in red. The numbers show an order of importance in construction. By phasing the project, funds can slowly be raised and alloted, making the complex more feasible. The phasing is laid out to assist economically. The residential portion is built ﬁrst because that is the main function, then mercantile, then town homes, culminating with the assembly building.

Fire, Phasing & Building Separations

Deep Blue: residential units, Mid-Blue: open public areas, Light-Blue: social spaces

Hatched: sprinklered building, as per OBC requirements

Screens & Privacy

Interior Lighting Systems

The slats indicated on the exterior of the building depict a stationary brise soleil attached just outside the south facing residential windows. This screen system provides privacy facing the courtyard, as well as controlling solar gain. The screens in the bottom right corner are located adjacent to the multipurpose room. These screens are to be created in partnership with the community, and may feature the work of the weaver guild or other textiles. The are movable and allow differing degrees of privacy for the dining hall.

Screens & Privacy

Domestic mix (task and diffuse lighting) Function-based mix (mainly diffuse) Corridor transition zone (diffuse) Multi-purpose zone (3 settings: dining, diffuse, key) The multi-purpose room has the most unique lighting setting . Dining uses downward light over the tables for a more intimate atmosphere, the key lighting as a dimmer setting which uses lights on the trusses to highlight the structure and create a darker atmosphere

Interior Lighting Systems

Dense Hatch: function-based mix, MidHatch: domestic mix, Sparse-Hatch: corridor

TECHNICAL & ATMOSPHERIC DIAGRAMS The Chapleau project was completed as a full year project, so that a comprehensive design could be executed to the fullest extent. This included creating a design which accounted for various ecological Passiveand Systemssocial systems, which the design could engage with and enhance. The following diagrams work to communicate several of the active and

passive systems incorporated into both the exterior and interior. Intending to rejuvenate an empty river front site, the landscaping is imagined as a wetland with boardwalks. This helps mitigate water runoff and naturally Interior Ventilation Systems manage filtration. The courtyard becomes a key component in the design, incorporating geothermal energy, water collection, and other

Openings with maximum solar gain Passive ventilation Indicated in grey are places with high amounts of glazing facing south. On the main floor, the south facing windows are located in speciﬁc locations along the corridor. Operable windows located through out the complex, but mainly int he residential units, allows for passive cross ventilation and further climatic customization for residents.

passive systems, to make the building perform efficiently. The building’s four occupanices are physically four separate buildings, bordered by fire walls. The design of the facades (glazing percentages) and interior components (# of washrooms, accessibility standards) are compliant to the Ontario Building Code and accessibility standards.

Ventilation systems in the building are contained within bulkheads and plenums throughout the complex. Each residential unit has a HRV with intakes air from the outside and exchanges energy with air collected through the kitchen and bathroom vents. Ventilation through the rest of the building runs through a series of bulkheads and plenums which typically run above corridor space. Dark navy lines depict bulkheads and pipes, places of interest are located at the squares (usually HRVs, or vents).

Exterior Ground Finish

Structural Systems

Stamped concrete Standard sidewalks Wooden boardwalk Permeable pavers The use of stamped concrete and wooden ﬁnishes is to allow for accessibility across the site.

The complex contains several types of structural systems. These are mainly informed by the roof type, which changes building to building. The wall structure is standard light frame construction, topped by standard trusses ( the residential portion has warren trusses, the assembly and mercantile occupancy parts have gable trusses, and the town homes have shed style roof trusses). The exposed trusses in the greenhouse and dining hall are custom and have a different structure than anywhere else.

04 Chapleau Retirement Home

Screens & Privacy The slats indicated on the exterior of the building depict a stationary brise soleil attached just outside the south facing residential windows. This screen system provides privacy facing the courtyard, as well as controlling solar gain. The screens in the bottom right corner are located adjacent to the multipurpose room. These screens are to be created in partnership with the community, and may feature the work of the weaver guild or other textiles. The are movable and allow differing degrees of privacy for the dining hall.

Passive Systems Openings with maximum solar gain Passive ventilation Indicated in grey are places with high amounts of glazing facing south. On the main floor, the south facing windows are located in speciﬁc locations along the corridor. Operable windows located through out the complex, but mainly int he residential units, allows for passive cross ventilation and further climatic customization for residents.

Interior Lighting Systems Domestic mix (task and diffuse lighting) Function-based mix (mainly diffuse) Corridor transition zone (diffuse) Multi-purpose zone (3 settings: dining, diffuse, key) The multi-purpose room has the most unique lighting setting . Dining uses downward light over the tables for a more intimate atmosphere, the key lighting as a dimmer setting which uses lights on the trusses to highlight the structure and create a darker atmosphere

Interior Ventilation Systems Ventilation systems in the building are contained within bulkheads and plenums throughout the complex. Each residential unit has a HRV with intakes air from the outside and exchanges energy with air collected through the kitchen and bathroom vents. Ventilation through the rest of the building runs through a series of bulkheads and plenums which typically run above corridor space. Dark navy lines depict bulkheads and pipes, places of interest are located at the squares (usually HRVs, or vents).

Passive Systems

Interior Ventilation Systems

Exterior Ground Finish

Structural Systems

Stamped concrete Standard sidewalks Wooden boardwalk Permeable pavers The use of stamped concrete and wooden ﬁnishes is to allow for accessibility across the site.

Gray: windows with maximum solar gain Blue Outline: passive ventilation

Exterior Ground Finish

Structural Systems

Water Runoff

Water Collection & Catchment

Light Gray: stamped concrete, Hatch: sidewalks, Brown: boardwalk, Gray: paver

This diagram depicts water runoff from paved surfaces, on the ground, into the retention pond/ wetland and later towards the river. Additional piping may be needed beneath the residential building. A grid system of pipes would lace below this portion of the complex to combat water heaving the building foundations, being so exposed to saturated soils and fluxes in water content in the soil.

Water Runoff

Geoexchange Systems Geoexchange System 1 Geoexchange System 2 Geoexchange System 3 There are three mechanical rooms located throughout the complex which service particular sectors of the building to increase efﬁciency. These mechanical rooms house the supplementary boilers for the geoexchange system, as well as a water storage tank. System 1 has three boilers, one for service water, one for domestic water, and a spare.

Exterior Ground Finish

Each shade indicates a separate geoexchange loop w. different mech. rms.

A water collection system brings water in from the flat roof and stores it in the north mechanical room. Here the water is ﬁltered to a potable state and can be used to water plants in the greenhouse, perhaps even for flushing toilets in the same building. The planted green-roof slows water runoff at this part of the site, as the retention pond narrows here.

Water Collection & Catchment

Interior Heating Systems The interior heating system is connected to the geothermal system. A boiler located in the three separate mechanical rooms heats the water additionally, as necessary and distributes this through the building using pipes. The pipes feed both a radiator system and a radiant in-floor heat system. On the main floor (in speciﬁc locations) in-floor heat is used. On the upper floor, and other relevant places radiators are used.

Interior Heating Systems

Radiant based system, using in-floor coils & radiators combined

Comprehensive Design

2 BEDROOM.A (river facing) 1210 sq.ft.

3 BED TOWN HOME (street facing) 1210 sq.ft.

2 BEDROOM.B (courtyard facing) 1210 sq.ft.

1 BEDROOM (courtyard facing) 1210 sq.ft.

1 BEDROOM (river facing) 672 sq.ft.

04 Chapleau Retirement Home

Sectional model showing light-frame, truss structure and proximity to wetland at the retirement apartments

Project Type | Research

BEYOND THE DIVIDE: A CENTURY OF CANADIAN MOSQUE DESIGN & GENDER ALLOCATIONS

Year 2015-2018 Team Size Five Professor Tammy Gaber

Role: Produce floor plans and site plans based on photographs, edit photos, maintain and update an online blog Softwares Used: Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, Wordpress interface, InDesign

Beyond the Divide is a research project by Dr. Tammy Gaber, and is funded by a SSHRC grant. Tammy is an assistant professor at the McEwen School of Architecture. The two-year project documents mosques across Canada; examining construction methods, design, community stories, and gender inequality within these spaces. This seminal work uncovers a century of relatively undocumented Muslim-Canadian architecture.

an undergraduate assistant and later as a graduate assistant. My role has been mainly constructing site plans and floor plans of all 90+ mosques using photos taken by Tammy. This is in addition to updating the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blog, which includes editing photos, creating graphics, and authoring short pieces of text for the website, in conjunction with her travels. The blogs URL is: canadianmosques. wordpress.com.

Tammy now has a contract with McGill Queens Publishers, and will be compiling her research into a book in the next few years. The book will include the documentation and I have been involved in the analysis generated, along with project since the beginning, as the stories of the mosques.

05 Beyond the Divide

All photos taken by Dr. Tammy Gaber, editing by Jessica Lam. From left to right: Prince George Islamic Centre, B.C, Centre Islamique du QuĂŠbec, QC, Ismaili Centre, ON, Iqaluit Masjid, NU, Al Rashid Mosque, AB, Truro Masjid, NS

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Islamic Community of Edmonton, Alberta

Ottawa Muslim Association Ontario

Basement Floor Plan Ottawa Muslim Association, Ontario

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Centre Culturel Islamique du Québec Québec

Basement Floor Plan Centre Islamique du Quebec, Quebec

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Project Type | Design-Build

06 SAUNA

Year 2016 Team Size Eighteen Location Sudbury Instructor Thomas Strickland & Ted Wilson

the 2x2 cladding was sanded and stained to give the exterior facades warmth and texture. A staircase, integrated with the vertical patterning, allows for A design-build studio project in access to the unitized green collaboration with seventeen roof. other people, the sauna was designed with the concepts of The interior of the sauna is portability, sustainability, and designed with comfort in mind. The curved benches were experience in mind. generated by analyzing imprints The simple form was generated of reclined people in the snow to comply to CSA standards using photogrammetry. The while maximizing air flow and benches can accommodate up increasing comfort within. to five people, but are ideally for Dealing with combustible and two people lying down. non-combustible construction methods, the structure is The sauna was designed for comprised of light-steel and Ted Wilson, and has skis which cement board, and wood and allow the building to be moved plywood wall sections. Reusing into his backyard where it can materials from another project, be enjoyed by Ted and his wife. Role: Collaborate in design and construction of full sauna and the design and construction of benches, generate project schedule and materials lists, coordinate construction team

06 Sauna

Photocollage depicting sauna model in the forest.

Design-Build

North Wall Assembly

Roof Assembly

Curved wood benches Cedar boards (int. finish) Wood strapping Radiant barrier Roxul batt insulation 2”x4” wood studs, 16 o/c 5/8” plywood Glass sheet Red cedar window frame 2”x2” resued cladding layer

Barnmaster metal roof Roof membrane 3/4” exterior grade plywood 2”x6” notched rafters Roxul batt insulation Radiant barrier Wood strapping Cedar boards (int. finish) For soffit – below rafters: Bug mesh Wood soffit boards (stained)

South Wall Assembly

West Wall Assembly 2”x4” wood screen & structure 2”x6” wood staircase 2”x2” reused cladding 5/8” plywood (stained) 2”x4” wood studs, 16 o/c Roxul batt insulation Radiant barrier Wood strapping 2”x4” light steel studs Cement board Cedar boards (int. finish)

2”x2” wood screen Cedar boards (int. finish) Wood strapping Radiant barrier Roxul batt insulation 2”x4” wood studs, 16 o/c 5/8” plywood (stained) OR 2”x2” reused cladding layer Red cedar door frame Red cedar door Glass sheet 2”x2” layer & door handle 2”x4” light steel studs Cement board

Floor Assembly Non-combustible plinth Modular cedar planks Waterproof membrane Plywood subfloor 2”x4” angled-to-drain joists Exterior wood decking 2”x4” structural joists 2”x10” wood skiis with metal underside

06 Sauna

Interior render featuring curved benches and recessed LED strip lighting. Cladding done with white cedar boards

Project Type | Design-Build

GEOCAVERN & JUXTAPOSITION Year 2014/2015 Team Size Six Location Sudbury, ON Fisher’s Paradise,ON Clients We Live Up Here River & Sky Festival

outcrops grow from the walls, creating pockets for inhabitation and were used spontaneously Geocavern and Juxtaposition for music performances. are each different and separate installations, which are tied Juxtaposition was created for together because of a reuse of the River & Sky Music Festival. materials. Both projects were We reused the triangles, completed as part of extra- but arranged them into new curricular endeavors for the spherical forms. This allowed community. The installations for a ‘juxtaposition’ between are both composed of white the spheres and the forest. equilateral triangles cut This installation was done from corrugated plastic. The in partnership with Andrew translucency of the material Tiernay, who coded and created lends itself to be lit from within, a circuit with lights, motion and produces a pleasant glow. sensors, and Arduinos. This Role: Collaborate on design construction of both installations

and

Geocavern was built first, as an installation for the We Live Up Here book launch party. It occupied a hallway adjacent to the coat check. Four tesselated

allowed the spheres to glow and ‘breathe’ when the motion sensors were triggered. These helped to light the walking paths in the forest for festival goers late at night.

07 Geocavern & Juxtaposition

Geocavern installation takes over a hallway for the We Live Up Here book launch

Project Type | Design-Build

The four outcrops cascade down the walls and across the floor, changing circulation paths and creating pockets for activity in the periphery

07 Geocavern & Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition: opposing the vegetated surroundings, the nearly perfectly white round forms are littered along a walking path, glowing and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;breathingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; when triggered by motion.

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