Design & Fine Art Portfolio 2022 by Kat Forget

KAT FORGET Design & Fine Art Portfolio 2022

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Canyon Residence

Alvarado Residence

‘LightMASS’ Solar House

McEwen Graduate School of Business

A1 Riverdale

Townhomes

‘Disneyfication’ of Paris

‘Baba Yaga’ Marionette Theatre

Selected Technical Drawings

Selected Hand Drawings & Fine Art

Selected Photography

Cartography Centre

CANYON RESIDENCE Type: Employer: Client: Location: Year:

Architectural, Custom Residential Project Koch Architects Private, Single-Family Lafayette, California, USA 2019

Nestled in the hills of a suburb located in the San Francisco Bay Area, this MidCentury home was originally designed by architects Fred and Lois Langhorst who apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright before launching their own firm. The original design was representative of the signature modern architectural style characteristic of Northern California during the post-war era. As demonstrated in the following pages, the house underwent a number of major renovations and stylistic changes, passing through the hands of various homeowners over several decades. Unfortunately, these transformations obscured much of the structure’s original architectural language and integrity.

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Shortly after our clients became the new homeowners, they expressed interest in restoring and bringing back to life the essence of the original design. This in turn led to a comprehensive house remodel as well as the addition of a new guest house, both of which showcase distant views of Mount Diablo.

Via careful deconstruction and thoughtful design analysis, we identified and developed architectural and structural opportunities in the house that had not previously been explored. We also provided the clients with state-of-the-art amenities, finishes and design touches that addressed their family’s current and future needs, all the while ensuring that the design decisions were keeping in concert with the Langhorsts’ original architectural vision. The resulting product is a well-crafted home that meets the demands of today’s environment and of our clients’ lifestyle while also nodding to its unique past.

My Role:

Project Manager / Lead Architectural Designer (Reported directly to Principal)

My Focus: Drawings (AutoCAD and Sketchup), Construction Administration, Detailing, Interior Design, Consultant Coordination

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ABOVE Guest House Floor Plan BELOW Exterior South Elevation OPPOSITE ABOVE Evolution of Exterior Front Facade OPPOSITE Guest House Kitchen Elevation & Cross-Section

ALVARADO RESIDENCE Type: Employer: Client: Location: Year:

Architectural, Custom Residential Project Koch Architects Private, Single-Family Berkeley + Oakland, California, USA 2019

This project is situated at a high elevation in the East Bay hills, immediately straddling the Berkeley-Oakland border, while overlooking sweeping views of the East Bay Bridge and San Francisco skyline. The site was once home to a property that was destroyed by the 1991 Oakland fires. Since that time, like many of its surrounding neighbours, the site saw the development of newly and quickly rebuilt structures that were unfortunately not subject to rigorous seismic design practices nor state-of-the-art architectural solutions. This site in particular was also subject to a previous consolidation of three lots which continue to be overseen by two different jurisdictions.

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The clients who purchased the properties were interested in hiring a design architect in order to help them translate their vision of a single, beautifullycrafted and integrated home into reality. Working with some of the home’s existing structural “bones”, our team spent a great deal of time getting to know and understand how the clients operated in their daily activities and how best to design a home suited to their uniquely personal needs.

The resulting design saw major tranformations in the overall configuration of interior and exterior spaces, the relocation of primary vertical circulation including the conception of a new curved feature stair, as well as an entirely new carport and newly-excavated entry drive from the adjacent laneway. New window and door openings were conceived in careful coordination with the newly designed interior spaces. In an effort to exceed the most up-to-date environmental standards, all openings received insulated, double-glazed and thermally-broken aluminum custom windows and doors.

My Role:

Construction Phase: Project Manager / Architectural Designer (Reported directly to Principal)

My Focus: Drawings (AutoCAD and Sketchup), Construction Administration, Detailing, Interior Design, Consultant Coordination Spanning two levels and a steeply undulating geological terrain, the house invites both visitors and residents alike to experience its various spaces from the interior and exterior simultaneously. Entries from the exterior are located throughout, connected by paths and thoughtful landscaping, while wrapping the home and providing moments of pause at varying planes of elevation. Finishes and colour palettes can be felt extending from the outside and continuing through to the interiors. Custom cabinetry, hardware and lighting were employed extensively throughout the home, unifying the various rooms and spaces while also providing ample opportunity for crafting design features that respond to the precise functional needs of each space. Working with a team of highly skilled strucural engineers, landscape architects and civil engineers, Koch Architects were able to provide the clients with a strong unified architectural scheme capable of weathering the elements and withstanding the natural forces of the region. Photos courtesy of Koch Architects.

ABOVE Custom Kitchen Cabinetry, Hardware & Windows OPPOSITE Exterior View From Carport

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ELECTRIFIED STRIKE MOUNTED IN STEEL CHANNEL; COORD. W/ TONGUE & SPRING DEADLATCH HARDWARE MOUNTED IN GATE LEAF

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ABOVE Exterior Hardscaping & Landscaping BELOW Photo & Framing Elevation of Exterior Gate OPPOSITE ABOVE Detail Plan Section: Exterior Gate OPPOSITE BELOW Detail Cross-Section: Exterior Gate

‘LIGHTMASS’ SOLAR HOUSE Type: Employer: Client: Location: Year:

Architectural, Custom Residential Project Baird Sampson Neuert Architects Private, Single-Family Oak Ridges Moraines, Canada 2017

LightMASS is an experimental house carefully set within its 11-acre site to respond to the unique geomorphology of rolling hills and circular kettle ponds characteristic of the Oak Ridges Moraines. It is designed to take advantage of exposure to sun and wind and use the combined mass of earth and structure to create a convivial domestic realm for the owners that minimizes negative impacts on the land and the need for external energy sources.

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The clients for the house envisioned a simple and practical country house that would be energy efficient, responsive to the site’s natural beauty, and a support for small scale farming. At the project outset, they expressed a strong preference for the robustness of concrete over wood construction and the design was conceived to take advantage of the material’s “stereotomic” qualities of plasticity and cast surface, as well as the potential environmental performance contribution inherent in its durability and energy-absorbing mass.

The house is sited to meet local conservation requirements, avoiding interference with ground water systems and minimizing disturbance of related plant ecologies. Dug into the side of a knoll and maximizing solar exposure, it is designed to face the sun and enjoy views to a nearby kettle pond and heavily treed water course. Its green roofs will return their surfaces to the living landscape of the site, as well as aid cooling in summer and heating in winter using its geothermal exchange system. Two long, tilted walls with bent tops organize movement within the simple linear organization of the house and give it a unique identity when approached

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Junior PM for Construction Administration (CA) (Reported directly to Principal)

My Focus: Drawings (Revit), Passive ‘Net-Zero’ Systems, Concrete Construction, Submissions to Competitions from the entry drive. The scoop form of the concrete walls gathers daylight into the length of the house and creates a continuous solar chimney utilizing sun energy absorbed into its mass to help drive passive ventilation and heating. Solar thermal panels for heating domestic hot water are integrated into the clerestorey alongside vents for stack ventilation. The walls break open to form the house entry and separate the children and guest wing circulation from that of the main wing . Their long, convex back sides are heavily insulated and close the house to northern winds, as well as views from the neighbours. Clad with ribbed stainless steel, their form alludes to the purposeful elegance of agrarian buildings and their evanescent surfaces will reflect changes in the sky. Designed to provide summer shading, the cantilevered edges of the main roof are thermally broken from climate controlled space so that their cast ceiling surface can visually extend from inside to outside, emphasizing the house’s openness to the landscape while maintaining the lightness of its space and mass. ABOVE Rendered View of Front Entry

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SUMMER PASSIVE STRATEGIES: 1 Green / ‘Cool’ roof reduces heat island effect and heat load on building. 2 Solar chimney induces stack effect to enhance natural ventilation. 3 High mass construction / ground source heating / infloor radiant systems are integrated to moderate cooling demands and temper interior space. 4 Partial earth berming reinforces the thermal mass and insulation properties.

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5 Roof projections and retractable awning systems block summer sun and enhance interior daylighting.

WINTER PASSIVE STRATEGIES: 6 Automated vents and operable windows respond to prevailing winds and local microclimate opportunities related to the nearby pond. 7 Stack effect benefits extend across both floor levels using low level ventilation inlets and stair openings to interconnect spaces. 8 Prevailing winds from operable windows near walk-out basement on west facade. 9 Concrete cistern integrated into patio foundation design.* 10 Vacuum tube solar hot water collectors.*

1 Roof projections and retractable awning systems enable winter sun penetration / solar gain and enhance interior daylighting. 2 High mass construction serves to store passive solar heat gain. 3 Thermal energy generated by the solar chimney is recovered and recirculated as part of the hybrid environmental strategy.

6 Geothermal infloor heating system combined with high mass construction enables heat storage and “charging” during “offpeak” hours for electricity. 7 Thermal stratification within lower spaces vents to upper level solar chimney for heat recovery using open stairway / interconnected spaces.

4 Strategic positioning of the fireplace optimizes its radiant heat contribution. 5 Floor level inlets and perforated fireplace design enhances convective heating contribution and distribution from fireplace.

*Strategies are employed year-round.

ABOVE / LEFT Perspective & Elevation Sketches OPPOSITE BELOW Construction Photographs OPPOSITE ABOVE Sections of Summer & Winter Passive Strategies

McEWEN GRADUATE STUDY & RESEARCH BUILDING Type: Employer: Client: Location: Year:

Architectural, Institutional Project Baird Sampson Neuert Architects York University Toronto, Canada 2019

Business schools tend to be architecturally conservative. By contrast, the McEwen Graduate Study & Research Building is rooted in creative, climate-responsive design which makes manifest its commitment to sustainability. The project provides facilities for graduate programs, research activities, and office and support space. Its mandate is to achieve a sociable environment conducive to formal and informal interchange for learning and research, and to serve as an exemplar of the school’s sustainable values. To this end, the design employs many environmental strategies which are unusual for Canadian academic buildings. For example, the environmental control system is a hybrid of active mechanical systems and passive natural ventilation, driven by a solar chimney.

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Central to the design is a social hub/event space which also serves as air transfer for the solar chimney. All building windows are operable and triple glazed. Most window frames are fibreglass, which has a higher thermal transfer resistance than typical aluminum frames. The durable, heavy concrete construction’s insulated thermal mass is employed for radiant cooling and heating. The envelope minimizes cold bridging.

The building’s projected energy intensity is 98 eKWh/m2. Compared to reference buildings in Canada’s Model National Energy Code, this is a 71.4% energy savings, representing a 67.4% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Minimizing unnecessary interior finishes, using fast-growing woods, green roofs, and a solarready design contribute to sustainability. The performance of people within the building is of primary concern. Daylighting of occupied spaces enhances wellbeing, and natural ventilation controls create a learning synergy between the building, its

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Junior PM / Consultant Coordinator for Construction Drawings (Reported directly to Principal & Project Architect)

My Focus: Construction Drawings (Revit), Interior Design, Landcsape Design Awards: 2020 OAA Design Excellence Award, CaGBC Green Building Award occupants and operators. Flexible spaces, such as clustered, flat floor classrooms and reconfigurable research pods, ensure longterm adaptability. Extensive lounge areas support private relaxation and study, and promote informal interaction between students, faculty and visiting members of the business community. The Hub’s flexible furnishings and infrastructure can support major outreach events. Located on the main campus entry boulevard, the landmark building provides a dynamic identity for the School. Solar orientation has been optimized for daylighting and shading control, passive energy harvesting, and the solar chimney symbolizes the centrality of sustainability to the curriculum. On the south side, a sunlit courtyard with shade trees provides outdoor amenity. Along the north façade, a continuous colonnade improves pedestrian comfort. The full height glazing of the Hub allows views right through the building to the courtyard, and a bridge lounge at the top of the Hub provides dramatic views out to the campus. Extensive green roofs augment natural cooling through plant transpiration and enhance the natural habitat of the campus. ABOVE Rendered View of Front Elevation

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ABOVE Exterior View of Solar Chimney & Courtyard

OPPOSITE ABOVE Perspective Cross Section Illustrating Environmental Design Features OPPOSITE BELOW View of Social Hub (Atrium) from Second Floor

SOLAR CHIIMNEY RACK AND PINION AWNINGS FOR PREHEAT INTAKE AND NATURAL VENTILATION EXHAUST

SOLAR CHIMNEY RACK AND PINION SKYLIGHT DAMPER

SOLAR CHIMNEY MASS WALL WITH INTAKE DAMPERS TO “DOAS” SYSTEM

MECHANICAL SPACE WITH DEDICATED OUTDOOR AIR SYSTEM (“DOAS”)

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CURTAIN WALL AND INLINE FIBERGLASS WINDOWS WITH TRIPLE GLAZED INSULATED GLASS AND OPERABLE VENTS CONTROLLED BY BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM

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RIVERDALE TOWNHOMES Type: Description: Instructor: Location: Date:

Architecture Residential Mixed-Use Studio Project Honorata Pienkowska Ottawa, Canada Fall 2013 / Spring 2014

The Riverdale Townhomes are part of a mixed-use residential development proposed for the site at Bank Street and Riverdale Avenue in Old Ottawa South. The development looks towards existing amenities and ‘neighbourhood favourites’ for its primary sources of inspiration. It has reinvented a space for the area’s pre-existing local food grocer, Cedar’s, and has further incorporated a local goods marketplace within its very center. Both residents of the development and the public are invited to shop, play and eat locally within the first high-density, affordable housing project envisioned for Old Ottawa South.

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Two primary housing typologies - flats and towns - are linked via a shared exterior space. The townhomes, located along Riverdale Avenue, are oriented according to the city’s primary street grid in contrast to the buildings immediately across them. This maneuver perpetuates the idea that residents may look beyond the buildings opposite the street in order to connect with the Rideau River situated mere minutes from their doorstep. The undulating presence of the towns along the street, in combination with the formalistic “push and pull” strategy used both in elevation and plan, give these townhouses a unique character. Such moments are further emphasized through the use of contrasting materials and playful punctures amidst the façades.

Awards / Publications:

Building 22 Student Publication (2014, Carleton University) Finalist Nominee, Teron Scholarship (2014)

1 Property lines and zoning regulations for the site are the first factors to inform the volumetric

potential of the development. Mid-rise and mixed-use developments are permitted along Bank Street, while lower-rise residential proposals are permitted along Riverdale Avenue.

2 Residential units are oriented in such a way as to correspond to the existing city’s street grid. Retail units at grade maintain their orientation toward Bank Street, serving as the primary threshold linking the development to the Traditional Mainstreet.

3 Residential units are pushed back from the street and divided into three clusters along

both streets abutting the development. This allows for natural lighting opportunities and for the creation of exterior space for residents. The opportunity for a local marketplace is also introduced within the central exterior portion of the whole.

4 Along Bank Street, a rise in height is introduced as the development progresses

northward, culminating in a mid-rise tower. This helps to greatly reduce shadows cast within the development, while providing density to the whole. Along Riverdale Avenue, the residential units begin to take the form of stacked townhomes, as they increase in height toward the ‘peak’ of the development. The marketplace takes form at the core of the development’s central exterior space.

5 The stacked townhomes along Riverdale Avenue are further defined into a series of

vertical volumes which respond toward their immediate surroundings. The mid-rise tower to the north of the development is paired with an attached point-access tower. Landcape features such as hills and rainwater collection pools are introduced within the exterior courtyard, complimenting the marketplace’s form and program.

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THE ‘DISNEYFICATION’ OF PARIS Type: Description: Instructor: Location: Date:

Urban Planning Critical Thinking, Dissertation Brent Patterson / Michael Herrman Paris, France Spring 2012

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During the spring 2012 semester in Paris a collaboration took place between Columbia University’s New York/Paris program and the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais. The two student bodies met over the course of the semester, in seminar format, to ignite a multicultural discussion and consider the development of Paris from a distinctively international point of view (Columbia), in comparison to the native perspective (Malaquais). The essays produced by a group of third year students at the ÉNSA Paris-Malaquais discussed and researched various themes related to representations of the city. The end result of this collaboration is a rich collection of insights into how the city is perceived, questioned, represented, and the challenge it raises for architecture and urban planning. This publication contains a selection of the best student work produced during this collaboration as selected by Michael Herrman and Brent Patterson. -written by M. Herrman

“The Val d’Europe of Disney: An ‘Authentic’ Simulation of Paris” How do recent developments in Greater Paris, such as Val d’Europe in Marnela-Vallée, look to adopt traditional aspects of Paris’ architecture and urbanism, and what strategies are used to do so? Val d’Europe, whose construction is largely overseen by the Walt Disney Company, is a major urban centre situated approximately 35 kilometers east of Paris. It is a highly unique project in France which attempts to unite private developments with commercial and touristic industries. The movement of New Urbanism or “Nouvel urbanisme”, as communicated by planners such a Léon Krier and François Spoerry, is also examined in the text.

Publications & Awards: Mediating Memory (2012, Columbia University Press)

New Urbanism, which first began in Europe and is now linked to various popular American developments, consists of new approaches to urban planning said to be morphological, pedestrian-friendly and smaller in scale. These features in addition to the movement’s tendency to adopt a pastiche of traditional elements, has garnered criticism for its character of nostalgia and exclusion. The text examines the ways in which newer construction and planning strategies at Val d’Europe imitate various traditional and Haussmannian styles of architecture that were used throughout the history of Paris’ evolution, as well as the consequences that arise from such actions. The research also critically reflects on the issue of authenticity in regards to particular components and methods of construction used throughout the development, demonstrating an evident American leverage on the project’s progression, in respect to both New Urbanism conventions and ‘Disneyfication’ (the superficial simplification of entities, inclusing those associated to architecture). ABOVE Context Map of Paris and Val d’Europe OPPOSITE ABOVE Architectural Language in Paris vs.Val d’Europe OPPOSITE BELOW ‘Mediating Memory’ Publication

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‘BABA YAGA’ MARIONETTE THEATRE Type: Description: Instructor: Location: Date:

Set Design Design-Build Theatre Set Stephen Fai Ottawa, Canada Fall 2011

Part of the third year undergraduate architectural design studio, the marionette theatre ‘design-build’ project was undertaken as groupwork with the primary aim of utilizing all constructed components - including set, props, marionnettes and audience seating - in a performance taking place at the univeristy following the end of the term.

In collaboration with: L. Boyd, A. Chiney, D. Farid & T. Nguyen

via Baba Yaga herself, the marionette of the young girl invoked a sense of clarity and good. Not only was this achieved through her delicate material and form, but also in her consistent and predictable pendulum movements. This is what ultimately set her apart from the rest of the scene, and successfully related the classic tale involving the demise of crudeness and prevailing of grace.

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The design conception of this theatre demonstrates what the group collectively established as the underlying meaning shared between the faculty-assigned ‘artifact’ (or prop) and the Russian folklore story of Baba Yaga. Both pieces maintain a juxtaposition of the beautiful and the grotesque, the loved and the unloveable. Both communicate a simultaneous representation of the group’s most fundamental desires and repulsions. This dichotomy invokes an emotional response in itself: one that is particularly alluring, a testament to the inevitable prevailing of good over evil.

The stage environment was envisioned as a skin used to cover what is traditionally hidden, otherwise understood as the ‘innards’. However, through thoughtfulness, precision and form, the creation of a humble yet dramatic aesthetic was achieved. The marionettes of the two primary characters in the story further brought this to life by personifying this almost confusing state. Baba Yaga, jaggedly clad, much like her harsh surroundings, was meant to produce a strange mixture of fear and humour. Her abrupt and violent movements were countered and challenged by her bizarre bodily proportions and oddly humanlike features. In contrast to these angular motifs strung throughout the theatre and

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ABOVE ‘D-2’ Media Panel, Plan & Axon. Details OPPOSITE ABOVE ‘A-A’ Longitudinal Section OPPOSITE BELOW Marionettes / Performance Photos

CARTOGRAPHY CENTRE Type: Description: Instructor: Location: Date:

Architecture Institutional Studio Project Eric Archambault Ottawa, Canada Spring 2011

The Cartography Centre is an exercise in responsive infill design within the downtown Ottawa fabric. The program constitutes a library and archive for the purposes of housing maps and other cartographic material concerning the city, as well as a bookstore. The specific site for the project is the historic Byward Market, a neighbourhood whose morphology over the course of the last century was studied to help inform the design of the proposed structure. The project’s inspiration draws from experimentation with both vertical and horizontal circulation, influenced by Adolf Loos’ research surrounding the concept of the “Raumplan”, something which has been translated through the use of section and plan drawings.

ABOVE North Exterior Elevation

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BELOW Parti Diagram and Perspective

OPPOSITE ABOVE Floor Plans and Longitudinal Section ‘B-B’ OPPOSITE BELOW 1:100 Card Model

SELECTED TECHNICAL DRAWINGS Type: Client: Location: Date:

Hand Drafting, CAD Drawings & Diagrams, Sketches Various or N/A Ottawa and Toronto, Canada 2009 - 2017

On these spreads are excerpts of technical drawings, details and diagrams which I have produced over the course of the preceding ten years as both a student and practicing designer. Here, I have included examples of hand drafted drawings in axonometric, plan, section and elevation views. Furthermore, the comprehensive detailed hand-drafted axonometric section aids in demonstrating an understanding of construction techniques and materials.

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In the following pages, I have included technical CAD and Revit drawings produced for BSN Architects while I worked there on a custom-designed cottage located in Haliburton Highlands, Ontario.

ABOVE / RIGHT Hand-Drafted Detailed Axonometric Wall Section Case Study : The Gae House OPPOSITE Hand-Drafted Cross-Section and Floor Plans Case Study : The Gae House

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WALKOUT PATIO BRIDGE DOUBLE SKIN LIVING SPACE SLEEPING LOFT CLOSET GREEN ROOF

OPPOSITE ABOVE Floor Plans OPPOSITE BELOW Perspectival Cross Section View of Living Space ABOVE Exploded Axonometric Drawing of Structural + Architectural Systems

SELECTED HAND DRAWINGS + FINE ART Type: Client: Location: Date:

Graphite on Paper, Ink on Paper, Acrylic on Canvas N/A (Academic and Independent) Ottawa and Toronto, Canada / Berkeley, USA 2009 - 2017

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On these spreads are selected hand drawings, sketches and paintings which I have opted to include in order to showcase artistic ability, creativity as well as an understanding of perspective drawing techniques.

ABOVE ‘Untitled’, Acrylic Paint on Canvas OPPOSITE RIGHT ‘Hands’, Graphite on Paper OPPOSITE ABOVE Conceptual Axonometric Sketch, Graphite on Paper OPPOSITE BELOW Life Drawing, Charcoal on Paper

SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHY Type: Client: Locations: Date:

Digital, Film N/A, Various California, Bristish Columbia, Ontario 2018 - 2020

On these spreads are selected examples of fine art and landscape photography I have captured in recent years. Many of these belong to larger themed bodies of work which I am currently in the process of editing and compiling into a series of photo books.

ABOVE ‘Hourglass’, 2018

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RIGHT ‘Rodeo Slug’, 2019

OPPOSITE ABOVE ‘Off Duty’, 2018 OPPOSITE BELOW ‘Untitled’, 2020

ABOVE Conceptual Hand Sketch of Cross-Section RIGHT Hand-Drafted Detailed Axonometric Wall Section Case Study : The Gae House

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ABOVE ‘Sheets’, 2018

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ABOVE ‘Hunter Gatherers’, 2018 OPPOSITE ‘Highway US-101’, 2018

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ABOVE ‘Givré’, 2019 BELOW ‘PM’, 2018 OPPOSITE ‘Lazy Nol I’, 2019

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ABOVE ‘Weeds’, 2018 OPPOSITE ‘Fissures’, 2018

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PREVIOUS LEFT ‘Glen Hall Pool’, 2020 PREVIOUS RIGHT ‘Cutlery, Table and Schoolchairs’, 2018

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