KEARON ROY TAYLOR Portfolio • University of Toronto M.Arch II
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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
kearon.roy.taylor@mail.utoronto.ca 905 923 8337 456 Montrose Ave., Toronto, ON, Canada M6G 3H1
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HBA, Studio Art • McMaster U. 2011 • Summa Cum Laude
LANGUAGES English Native proficiency French Functional proficiency German Basic proficiency
Traditional Media Print Silkscreen / Lithography / Photolithography / Etching Sculpt. Casting: Metal, Resin,Concrete, Ceramics / Woodworking / Exhibition installation
EMPLOYMENT + EXPERIENCE 01 — 06 / 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.
08 / 2013 Philip Beesley Architects Inc. • Exhibition Fabrication Installation assembly & fabrication. 10 —12 / 2012 Ontario Arts Council • Juror, Arts Education Projects Grant assessment & adjudication 06 / 2012 — HAVN | Hamilton Audio/Visual Node • Co-founder, Curator Establishment of new media-oriented collective gallery and studio space. Graphic design + logistics, resident artist and curator, outreach, programming + strategic planning. 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.
09 / 2010 — 07 / 2014
Hamilton Artists Inc. • Board of Directors Artist-run centre; Programming Chair (2010—13), Board Exec. (2013—14)
AWARDS + HONOURS 2015 2014 2014 2014 2013 2011 2011
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 Nikolic Residency • Centre[3] for Print and New Media Curator's Thesis Award • McMaster Museum of Art
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SUPERCULTURE Intensive urban farming along Toronto's Allen Road
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Greenhouse + growing spaces
Traditional residential perimeter block
Commercial + office space
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.
Service road
Infrastructural substrate
Right Exploded axonometric of a mixeduse residential block with integrated greenhouse space.
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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
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.
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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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NIETO SOBEJANO MUSEO INTERACTIVO DE LA HISTORIA DE LUGO (2012) Axonometric;
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Above Void Into Stairs (Stills from 3DSMAX Animation) 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnqRAvLq1cg
Left Precedent Study: Nieto Sobejano's Lugo Museum 2015 (Top) Axonometric (Bottom) Model: Birch veneer, museum board. 40x25815cm.
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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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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
COLLABORATIVE + NEW MEDIA
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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CYBERNETIC ORCHESTRA
Cybernetic Orchestra Performance live.code.festival 2013, Karlsruhe, DE
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KEARON ROY TAYLOR krtkrt.ca kearon.roy.taylor@mail.utoronto.ca +1 905 923 8337 456 Montrose Ave., Toronto, ON, Canada M6G 3H1