KEARON ROY TAYLOR Portfolio • University of Toronto, M.Arch III
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kearon.roy.taylor@mail.utoronto.ca
M.Arch • University of Toronto In Progress; 2014 —
Software + New Media 3D Revit / AutoCAD / Rhinoceros / Inventor / 3DSMax Script Grasshopper / Processing / Supercolider / HTML + CSS / MAX/MSP Grafik Illustrator / Photoshop / InDesign Video AfterEffects / Premier Audio Audition / Reaper
905 923 8337 456 Montrose Ave., Toronto, ON, Canada M6G 3H1
HBA, Studio Art • McMaster U. 2011 • Summa Cum Laude
LANGUAGES English Native proficiency French Functional proficiency German Basic proficiency
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Traditional Media Print Silkscreen / Lithography / Photolithography / Etching Sculpt. Casting: Metal, Resin,Concrete, Ceramics / Woodworking / Exhibition installation
EMPLOYMENT + EXPERIENCE 01 / 2017 — pres. John H. Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape, and Design • Head TA, JAV132 1st year undergraduate history/theory course; logistics, grading, mentorship, leading tutorial section. 09 — 12 / 2016 John H. Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape, and Design • Teaching Assistant, ARC251 2nd year undergraduate history and theory course; logistics, grading, lecture support. 05 / 2016 — pres. Ultan Byrne at Daniels Architecture • Design Research Design research and development of modular para-architectural, shipping container-based research pod system. Development of modular envelope system and deployment in urban setting. 01 — 05 / 2016 John H. Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape, and Design • Teaching Assistant, ARC321 3rd year undergraduate studio course; mentorship, critical problem-solving, grading. 09 —12 / 2015 John H. Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape, and Design • Teaching Assistant, JAV131 1st year undergraduate history/theory course; leading tutorial section, lecture preparation, grading. 05 —09 / 2015 David Premi Architects Inc. • Intern Design support; proposal preparation, detail drawing, massing studies, photography, web design. 05 —08 / 2015 An Te Liu Studios • Work-study Exhibition prep and publication support; photolithograph printing and preparation, copy editing. 05 —08 / 2015, 03 —09 / 2014
McMaster U. Faculty of Science • E-Learning Media Specialist Production of high-quality blended courseware in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Sciences. Recording, animation, and publishing of material.
12 / 2013 — 06 / 2014
David Premi Architects Inc. • Alumnus Practitioner Consultant Consultation on the renewal of McMaster’s Studio Art facilities; active design input. Work in graphic design and modelling on other projects.
06 / 2012 — HAVN | Hamilton Audio/Visual Node • Co-founder, Curator Established new media-oriented collective gallery and studio space. Programming and logistics. 10 / 2010 — 07 / 2014
McMaster Cybernetic Orchestra • Livecoder Coding, research, design, composition, performance. Performed internationally in Germany and N. Ireland, featured in v.38, no.1 of MIT Computer Music Journal.
AWARDS + HONOURS 2016 2015 2014 2014 2014 2013 2011
Koomla Padhakar Scholarship • Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape, and Design Ontario Graduate Scholarchip • U. Toronto School of Graduate Studies Emerging Artist Residency • Centre[3] for Print and New Media Emerging Artist Award | Visual Arts • Hamilton Arts Awards Emerging Artist Award | Media Arts • Hamilton Arts Awards Travel Grant for Media Professionals • Canada Council for the Arts Curator's Thesis Award • McMaster Museum of Art
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SEVEN STONES Indigenous wellness centre in Yellowknife, NWT
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The gathering together of the Seven Stones addresses the challenge of bringing together the diversity and geographical dispersion of the Aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories. Exposed bedrock is a ubiquitous and beautiful feature in the landscape, and the territory is home to the oldest surface geology in the world. Stone here has an unparalleled capacity for the storage of time; it was here long before us and will remain after we are gone. Aboriginal groups both above and below the treeline have leveraged the capacity of stone to provide way nding on a barren landscape, store hunting caches for future need, provide heat and healing, and to provide a strong foundation on which to build community.
The SEVEN STONES in this project are programmed to provide a link to the past while showing a way towards the future. The diversity of the forms and programs in the Seven Stones are linked together by a mortar that supports the processes and programs dedicated to wellness. Together the stones and mortar encircle a natural rocky outcrop in the site, enhancing the spatial quality of the landscape and reinforcing a sense of belonging where the many are brought together to form a community. In collaboration with Genevieve Simms for Mason White
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Seven Stones
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1. Ceremony Space 2. Family Medicine Centre 3. Children's Centre 4. Traditional Kitchen 5. Women's Centre 6. Traditional Knowledge Centre 7. Raven's Nest 8. Learning Circle Seven Stones
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Mortar
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Main Path of Circulation
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Approach to facility View towards south entrance Traditional Kitchen in summer
Above: Models, 1:200, 1:50. Right: Section, Traditional Knowledge Centre
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Unfolded elevation from within Learning Circle
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A: Site section, B: unfolded section, 1:200 C, D: Sections, 1:100 D
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SKUNKWORKS
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Modular research pod system for Ultan Byrne with Tristan Crawfod
A propositional system of multi-use research pods to be deployed across the University of Toronto St. George Campus, SKUNKWORKS developed from research on para-architectural phenomena in and around campus. Extensive design research ranging from elemental tectonic details, materials sourcing, to principles of aggregation and placement with regards to street frontage and construction / services accessibility was undertaken. Customized elements were designed to a high degree of resolution, enabling multiple conditions of glazing and access, as well as a variety of interior layouts and equipment outfitting. Panel marries ISOstandard container system with standard North American scaffolding, allowing for a highly scalable system for massing, circulation, and services delivery.
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full-glaze roof
green roof
full-glaze end-wall
half-glaze end wall solid roof
clerestory end-wall
solid end-wall solid door
clerestory door
half-glaze door
full-glaze door
solid side-wall
clerestory side-wall
half-glaze side-wall
full-glaze side-wall
Top: Exploded panel components Bottom: unfolded completed pod Right: customized interiors
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SUPERCULTURE Intensive urban farming along Toronto's Allen Road
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Greenhouse + growing spaces
Traditional residential perimeter block
Facing very real future conditions of mass population movement towards cities coupled with climate-driven decreases in crop yields, it is becoming imperative to test the miscibility of of large-scale food production with traditional urban form. SUPERCULTURE leverages existing transportation infrastructure and topographical conditions along Toronto's Allen Road to create an infrastructural spine that facilitates industrial-scale food production and distribution.
Taking precedent from Cedric Price's 1964 Potteries Thinkbelt project, SUPERCULTURE operates on the premise that new models of urban food production can kick-start a diverse knowledge economy and increase the profile of local food culture. The vertically-integrated scheme enfolds production, research, labour, habitation, and distribution. Right Exploded axonometric of a mixeduse residential block with integrated greenhouse space.
Commercial + office space
Service road
Infrastructural substrate
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Distribution hub Greenhouse + growing spaces Studio offices
Lawrence Heights mixed-use tower block
Research + testing mat
Bio-waste processing + education facility
Residential
Cultural + institutional
Office + commercial
Production + residential block Parking + transportation
Lawrence Commons Service + infrastructural Enclosed courtyard
Viewmount park
Powerline park + market
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TOWER_AGGREGATE.pde Processing massing/aggregation script (after Hugh Ferriss)
Setbacks, heights, and tower footprint as statistical agents
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1. Populate plot
2. Measure distance between circles and ease closer void checkOverlap(){ for (int i=0;i<nHouses;i++){ for (int j=0;j<nHouses;j++){ float deltaX=xCords[i]-xCords[j]; float deltaY=yCords[i]-yCords[j]; float distance=sqrt(deltaX*deltaX+deltaY*deltaY); float minDistance=radius[i]+5*radius[j]; if (distance>minDistance){ stroke(255); line(xCords[i],yCords[i],xCords[j],yCords[j]); xCords[i]=xCords[i]-deltaX/10.; yCords[i]=yCords[i]-deltaY/10.; } } } }
3. Smaller circles end up towards centre
4. Extrusion inversely proportional to base circle size if (radius[i] < 23) { setLayer(0); pushMatrix(); translate(0, 0, 8000*high/radius[i]); box(radius[i], radius[i], 16000*high/radius[i]); popMatrix(); } else { setLayer(1); translate(0, 0, 500*high/radius[i]); box(radius[i], radius[i], 1000*high/radius[i]); }
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CATAMULERULE Recursive mesh subdivision using Processing Starch print; 150 x 150 x 110mm
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PEDAGOGICAL LANDSCAPE R. C. Harris Water Education and Aquatics Centre
An aexpansion of the historical R.C. Harris Water Treatment Centre, the WEC takes the form of a series of exhibition spaces that take visitors on an ocsillating path that engages existing mechanical facilities and Lake Ontario. Intervening in the existing seawall, the new facilities rise in sequence as an island, peninsula, and bay, creating a pedagogical lanscape that engages the history of the site and Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embodied connection to the Great Lakes system.
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Crenalated sheet pilings allow for dramatic below-grade exhibition spaces that project into the harsh conditions of Lake Ontario. The didactic circulation path brings visitors to confront the source of Toronto's fresh water and the machines that pump in excess of 1M m3 per day.
Top, Bottom Views of pool and machine gallery Opposite Plan at 3m below grade, section through main exhibition hall and pump building; 1:1000
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WATER EDUCATION CENTRE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Entrance Main Exhibition Hall Access to Pump Hall Roof Access WC Lecture Hall Small Exhibition Space Machine Gallery Access to Administration + Library
POOL FACILITIES 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Entrance Lobby + Office WC + Change Pool Deployable Barrier Wading Pool Lap Channel
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TECHNICAL 1.
1.5mm pre-weathered ‘Anthra’ zinc parapet coping
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Roofing Membrane
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Plywood support
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Wood Blocking
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Board Insulation
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Galvanized structural steel
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Deflection tracks
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1.5mm pre-weathered ‘Anthra’ zinc single-skin wall panels
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Z-girts @ 600mm vertical spacing
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Backing board
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Vapour membrane on aluminum closure backing
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Black anodized aluminum high span skylight rainscreen system
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16mm thick glazing
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Acrylic stucco on cement board interior finish
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Steel stud system
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Left: Study: parapet skyight at MJMA Regent Park Aquatic Centre Above: 1:200 section through Toronto Transit Museum project with assemblies
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ING CURTAIN WALL FRAME IN CHANNEL ATTACHED TO STRUCTURAL STEEL- ISOLATES CONNECTION BETWEEN AUDITORIUM AND REST OF BUILDING 19mm CEMENT PANEL TRIPLEFIBRE GLAZED ARGON FILLED LoE THERMALLY BROKEN CLIP COATED CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM WITH 25mm AIR GAP THERMALLY BROKEN ALUMINUM FRAMES 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE 19mm FIBRE CEMENT PANEL 19MM OSB ON STEEL CLIP STUDS THERMALLY BROKEN 25mm AIR GAP 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE 19MM OSB ON STEEL STUDS
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PARAPET CAP FLASHING WATERPROOF MEMBRANE WOOD BLOCKING STEEL ANGLE SUPPORTS 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE 200mm REINFORCED CONCRETE
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100mm SOIL DRAINAGE MAT WATERPROOF MEMBRANE 300mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE 200mm REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB
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19mm FIBRE CEMENT PANEL THERMALLY BROKEN CLIP 25mm AIR GAP 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE 200mm REINFORCED CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL
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TRIPLE GLAZED ARGON FILLED LoE COATED CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM WITH THERMALLY BROKEN ALUMINUM FRAMES 1.5mm SINGLE-SKIN ZINC WALL PANELS THERMALLY BROKEN CLIP 25mm AIR GAP 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE 19mm OSB ON STEEL STUDS
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PRE-MANUFACTURED RUBBER GASKET HOLDING CURTAIN WALL FRAME IN CHANNEL ATTACHED TO STRUCTURAL STEEL- ISOLATES CONNECTION BETWEEN AUDITORIUM AND REST OF BUILDING
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19mm FIBRE CEMENT PANEL THERMALLY BROKEN CLIP 25mm AIR GAP 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE 19MM OSB ON STEEL STUDS
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TONGUE AND GROOVE DECK 7 38MM 2X4 STUDS AT 600 C/C
75MM PLY BOLTED TO STEEL FRAMING
TONGUE AND GROOVE DECK 7 38MM 2X4 STUDS AT 600 C/C
75MM PLY BOLTED TO STEEL FRAMING
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GRAVEL INFILL FILTER CLOTH DIMPLE MAT DRAINAGE PLANE 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE GRAVEL INFILL REINFORCED FILTER CLOTHCONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL DIMPLE MAT DRAINAGE PLANE 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE 1.5mm SINGLE-SKIN ZINC FOUNDATION WALL PANELSWALL THERREINFORCED CONCRETE MALLY BROKEN CLIP 25mm AIR GAP 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION 100MM CONCRETE PAVERS SLOPED AWAY ADHERED VAPOUR FROM BUILDING ATMEMBRANE 5% 19mm OSB STEEL STUDS DIMPLE MATON DRAINAGE PLANE 200MM PACKED SAND GRAVELCONCRETE FILL 100MM PAVERS SLOPED AWAY FROM BUILDING AT 5% DIMPLE MAT DRAINAGE PLANE 200MM PACKED SAND GRAVEL FILL PRE-MANUFACTURED RUBBER GASKET HOLDING CURTAIN WALL FRAMEININFILTER CHANNEL ATWEEPING TILE WRAPPED CLOTH TACHED TO STRUCTURAL SURROUNDED BY GRAVELSTEELFILL ISOLATES CONNECTION BETWEEN AUDITORIUM SLOPED TOWARDS MAJOR DRAINAND REST OF BUILDING
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TILE WRAPPED IN FILTER CLOTH 11 WEEPING SURROUNDED BY GRAVEL FILL
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SLOPED TOWARDS MAJOR DRAIN
19mm FIBRE CEMENT PANEL THERMALLY BROKEN CLIP 25mm AIR GAP 200mm RIGID EPS INSULATION ADHERED VAPOUR MEMBRANE 19MM OSB ON STEEL STUDS
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TONGUE AND GROOVE DECK 7 38MM 2X4 STUDS AT 600 C/C
75MM PLY BOLTED TO STEEL FRAMING
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GRAVEL INFILL FILTER CLOTH DIMPLE MAT DRAINAGE PLANE
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Flashing and moisture barrier form continuous layer
200mm fibreglass Z girts 600mm c/c
Premanufactured rubber gaskets seal lower window frame to channel, forming expansion joint.
Steel girt and angle affixed to support flashing and drainage channel
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In-floor radiant heating tubes
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75mm poured concrete topping
1.5mm single-skin zinc wall panels affixed to array of horizontal 25mm fibreglass Z girts, 600mm c/c
2x 100mm rigid EPS insulation Sloped to allow drainage
Roof membrane 12mm protective board affixed to steel angles as to avoid pucturing moisture barrier
Compressible insulation filling expansion channel
10mm GWB interior finish
19mm fibre cement panel finish affixed to steel stud and beam system
Drainage channel and flashing affixed to steel angle and wood blocking
19mm fibre cement panel cladding affixed to array of horizontal 25mm fibreglass Z girts, 600mm c/c
19mm OSB interior finish affixed to steel stud system
HVAC system installed
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Left 1:50 section through Toronto Transit Museum project, selected details
Above: 1:50 sequential construction details in isometric (exceprt)
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PRECEDENT: NIETO SOBEJANO / LUGO MUSEUM
NIETO SOBEJANO MUSEO INTERACTIVO DE LA HISTORIA DE LUGO (2012) Axonometric; 1:200
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Left Precedent Study: Nieto Sobejano's Lugo Museum 2015 Model: Birch veneer, museum board. 40x25815cm. 36
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OTHER WORKS Sculpture and printmaking practice, 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2014
Antler Mould, 2011 Silicone interior with fibreglass-reinforced plaster housing. 40x30x15cm
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Everything is Permanent Until Its Secret is Known, 2011 Cast plaster, mirror, fluorescent lights Dimensions variable
Felis 2011 Investment-cast bronze from wax model, 12x10x7cm
Untitled (Jaws) 2011 Photolithograph on wood, 24"x36"
Superposition/Geist 2011 Photolithograph on wood, 24"x36"
Everything and Nothing 2011 Photolithograph on wood, 24"x36"
Kammern 2014 Silkscreen on mylar, 24"x36"
Untitled (Shells) 2014 Silkscreen on mylar, 24"x36"
MoirĂŠ (Kepler) 2013 Silkscreen on mylar, 24"x36"
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CYBERNETIC ORCHESTRA
Headed by David Ogborn at McMaster University, the Cybernetic Orchestra produces sound and music via the live manipulation of computer code, and have been featured in the MIT Computer Music Journal. soundcloud.com/cyberneticorchestra
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Top: Cybernetic Orchestra Performance live.code.festival 2013, Karlsruhe, DE Left: MIT Computer Music Journal vol. 38, issue 1.
HAVN
Founded in June 2012, the Hamilton Audio/ Visual Node (HAVN) is an emerging artist collective centered around a studio space of the same name in Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural core.
The collective has distinguished itself in the community for its cross- media approach and openness to a wide variety of ĂŚsthetic engagement, showing room-filling collaborative pieces, interactive media, performance, and most recently the physical release of independent and experimental music. havnode.com
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KEARON ROY TAYLOR kearon.roy.taylor@mail.utoronto.ca +1 905 923 8337 456 Montrose Ave., Toronto, ON, Canada M6G 3H1