Jessica Lam Undergraduate Portfolio
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01 LIGHT HELMET ClassiďŹ cation / Design - Build Year / Four Team Size / Three Role / Collaborate on design, installation of circuit including arduino, LED and sound sensor
The Light Helmet is intentionally unusual. An odd form replacing the head of a human, emitting music and flashing unexpectedly, it’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.
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// code for arduino, reading input from sound sensor running this into two different equations and outputting through the LED’s int sensorPin = A0; //analog input pin for the sound sensor int ledPin = 13; // pin for onboard LED 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 () { pinMode (ledPin, OUTPUT); pinMode (ledOutputA, OUTPUT); pinMode (ledOutputB, OUTPUT); Serial.begin (9600); }
void loop () { sensorValue = analogRead (sensorPin); //for collecting the sensor data int brightness = (sensorValue); digitalWrite (ledOutputA,((brightness-36)*.76)); //producing brightness output for pin A digitalWrite (ledOutputB,((brightness-38)*.74)); // producing brightness output for pin B Serial.println (brightness, DEC);
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// delay in between reads for stability
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A circuit diagram for the helmet, exhibiting the LED connections to the arduino and the power sources.
Differing from Walter Pichler’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.
Red coloured light peeks out of specific openings in the helmet
Materiality: scored matte board folded and taped into shape
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02 CHAPLEAU RETIREMENT HOME Classification / Conceptual Design Year / Four Team Size / One
The final project for the undergraduate studio, the Maison Boréal project is a comprehensive design assignment, examining building and social systems as they manifest within a retirement home. The design is for the small town of Chapleau in northern Ontario. It occupies a site just north of the downtown on the river front. The complex is split into four main buildings: retirement apartments, town homes for families, two rentable units and auxiliary space featuring a dining hall and common room. The dining hall also serves as a multipurpose room for the residents. Equipped with a commercial kitchen for catering and dining needs, and movable furniture for dance classes or yoga classes, this space can be utilized for a range of activities for the resisdents as well as the broader community.
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Upper Level
(2) 2 Bed. Units (6) 1 Bed. Units Balcony
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Storage Room
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(4) Town Houses
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Metal Flashing Furring Wrap Roof Membrane Flashing Over Top of Parapet
Tongue and Groove Wood Siding Wooden Strapping (vertical orientation) Building Paper 3” Rigid Foam Insulation OSB or Plywood Sheathing Stud Frame with R-22 Roxul Insulation Vapour Retarder Gypsum Board
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From left to right: Tongue and Groove Wood Siding Wooden Strapping (vertical orientation) Building Paper 3” Rigid Foam Insulation OSB or Plywood Sheathing Stud Frame with R-22 Roxul Insulation Vapour Barrier Gypsum Board
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This section references the wooden portion of the residential building. This part of the complex deals with several passive and automated systems including: radiant infloor heating on the main level, radiator systems above, a brise soleil on the south side of the building, and mechanical systems hidden in the plenums and bulkheads throughout.
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Multipurpose Room Section This section references the dining hall/ multipurpose room in the south building. This room features a large window facing north towards the river, the lack of windows to the east and west direct views. The structure is an exposed truss cathedral ceiling with a corridoor on the left of the section which is closed in by a large bulkhead.
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On the west end of the complex, a public square is adjacent to the resident's greenhouse, as well as the on-site commercial space. A wooden boardwalk leads visitors into the micro climate within the courtyard, which is planted and serves as a wetland/wet retention pond for the river front site. The boardwalk weaves through this space and connects with the existing public path at the rivers edge, near a beach and park space.
A section of the retirement home exhibits the structural qualities and passive strategies within the residential units.
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03 PLATFORM: ARCHIVAL LIBRARY Classification / Conceptual Design Year / Four Team Size / One
The velvety white noise of the void, opens its arms wide to the simple existence of the placeless. The archival library was designed for a project asking us to develop a building which represented ourselves. The building abstracts several concepts which I believe compose my thoughts on defining space, beauty, good and bad, in attempting to identify oneself in society. Platform functions in the public sphere as an archival library. The library itself, along with a small reading room, is located underground. The entrance is a set of stairs located at the centre of the public wading pool and court. Essentially, the building acts as a form which attempts to exhibit feelings of placelessness in society, the contradiction in feeling alone surrounded by people, but also the calm of solitude, best exemplified by the layers of varying materials which bury and conceal the visitor in its transformable facades.
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04 POWASSAN LIBRARY ClassiďŹ cation / Conceptual Design Year / Three Team Size / One
The project engaged with the small community of Powassan to propose ideas re-imagining their existing library. My proposal centred around an addition to the front of the existing structure, adding a computer room and reading lounge to increase comfort and daylight. The addition purposely contrasts the heavy brick build of the existing library, compositionally using only wood and glass. Wooden screens help to deďŹ ne space within, offering privacy and customization.
Physical model 1:50
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Main floor gallery space looking north
LOUD QUIET
EVENTS
CIRCULATION
COMPU TERS KIDS
CIRCULATION
READING STACKS STACKS
Interior of addition looking south
17’- 0”
70’- 0”
9’- 0”
Kitchen
Reading Nook
CEO Office Office Small Meeting Rm.
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Kids Section
45’- 0”
Computers
Event Space
Gallery and Display Space
9’- 0”
Front Desk
Book Drop-off
Main Floor Plan
French Books Mechanical Rm.
Adult Fiction
45’- 0”
Reading Room
Adult Non-Fiction
Teen Section Used Books Rm.
Study Table
Basement Floor Plan
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Model pulled apart exhibiting the addition
2x2 Vertical Screen Members
Black Metal Railing Black Metal Rail Cuff
Screen to Rail Detail
Metal Hanger Structure Roller System 2 x 4 Slider Header Slider Trough 2 x 2 Screen Header 2 x 2 Vertical Screen Members
Dual Movable Screen System
Render of basement reading room
Physical model light study
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05 SAUNA ClassiďŹ cation / Design - Build Year / Three Team Size / Eighteen Role / Collaborate in design and construction, design of benches, creation of project schedule , coordinate construction team
The design was driven by the concepts of sustainability, portability, and experience, accented by warmth. The simple form was generated to comply to CSA standards while maximizing air flow and increasing comfort within. Curved benches were produced by analyzing imprints of reclined people in the snow through photogrammetry. The project is over halfway through construction. The exterior 2x2 cladding was salvaged from a previous project within the school. The deck, cantilever, green roof and stair/wood storage extend the inherently warm notions of a sauna outside, an invitation to enter. The sauna is cozy inside and out.
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Exploded axonometric drawing showing structural elements
Interior render of curved benches
Constructed sauna exterior stair to roof
Cantilever sofďŹ t cladding
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06 GEOCAVERN & JUXTAPOSITION ClassiďŹ cation / Design - Build Year / Two Team Size / Six Role / Collaborate in design and installation
Both projects were completed as extra-curricular endeavors for the community. Geo Cavern was built for the We Live Up Here Book Launch. It is composed of several tessellated outcrops which glowed, generating atmosphere in an otherwise plain hallway. Juxtaposition reused the leftover material from Geo Cavern to create white sphere-like compositions to sit within the forest. This installation was built for the River and Sky Music Festival. The spheres contrasted the natural environment they were in, glowing at night when triggered by movement on the adjacent path.
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07 BEYOND THE DIVIDE: A CENTURY OF CANADIAN MOSQUE DESIGN AND GENDER ALLOCATIONS ClassiďŹ cation / Research Project Year / Ongoing Team Size / Five Role / Undergraduate Research Assistant, produce floor plans and site plans based on photographs, maintenance of on line blog
Beyond the Divide is a research project funded by SSHRC. It is led by Dr. Tammy Gaber, an assistant professor at the McEwen School of Architecture. The project documents key mosques across Canada. The teams currently consists of an undergraduate and graduate research assistant, and two undergraduate assistants for collage preparation and creation. My role as the main undergraduate assistant is to create site plans and floor plans of the mosque visited, as well as maintain and update the ongoing blog with images of the travels. The blogs URL is: canadianmosques.wordpress.com
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Islamic Association of Regina, Saskatchewan
Islamic Assocation of Sudbury, Ontario
Islamic Centre of Calgary, Alberta
Historic Al Rashid Mosque, Alberta
Pioneer Mosque, Manitoba
Dartmouth Masjid, Nova Scotia
Midnight Sun Mosque, Northwest Territories
Prince George Islamic Centre, British Columbia
Islamic Community of Edmonton, Alberta
Ottawa Muslim Association, Ontario
Centre Islamique du Quebec, Quebec
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08 SAWHORSE Classification / Design - Build Year / Two Team Size / Two Role / Collaborate on design and construction
This project was used to demonstrate wood to wood connections and a comprehension of basic compression and tension forces. The design of the modular sawhorse was generated by analyzing the potential forces that could be placed on the object during use. A system was then devised to support and distribute loads across the structure. The repetition of X-modules creates 9 “layers” which are connected using hand-made lap joints and wood glue.
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Publications
09.a NORTHERN LIGHTS: ICE HUT Classification / Design - Build Year / One Team Size / Five Role / Assist in design and construction, some project management during construction
09.b RE-CREATION PAVILION Classification / Design - Build Year / Two Team Size / Fifteen Role / Assist in design and presentation to client, assist in some construction work
This project included the design and construction of a small portable ice hut to be sold in auction.
The pavilion was designed for Dynamic Earth, a science centre in Sudbury with focuses on mining and geological processes.
The project received an honourable mention in the VELUX Student Light Competition for its realization at a 1:1 scale. Composed of a light wood and plywood rib frame wrapped in coroplast, the hut glows upon the ice.
The pavilion acts as an educational tool telling the story of Sudbury through its design, offering views of specific places from the site.
Featured in the October 2014 edition of Architectural Review.
The project is built, and was featured in an article in On Site Review 33, written by the lead professor for the project. David Fortin
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