Leah Kyllo selected works 2011-2014
Contents professional stephenson&turner architects and engineers
earthquake repairs submission images
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link
tunnel house supper club
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nyhoff architecture
d.talks urban systems
university of calgary club space
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academic university of calgary master of architecture
habitat for humanity sustainable house competition costa vida
trace
100 year house
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earthquake repairs
Earthquake Repairs various insurance companies
on-going
| residential | repairs-rebuild
stephenson&turner architects and engineers
2014 christchurch
| new zealand
The Christchurch earthquakes of September 2010 and February 2011 were among New Zealand’s deadliest disasters in it’s second most populous city. It is estimated that 80% of the buildings in the central city and 4000 residences in the red zone will be demolished as a result of the destruction. Stephenson&Turner have been engaged by insurance companies in the repair and rebuild process. The architectural role involves scoping, coordinating with structural engineers and project managers, providing a fee proposal, producing as-built drawings, detailing architectural repairs, council submission, and observation during construction. With over 300 projects in process, the project has allowed graduates like myself to carry projects from start to finish while gaining experience in each phase. As the work completed on this project is confidential, samples cannot be included in this portfolio.
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submission images
| richmond working men’s club
Submission Images richmond working men’s club ministry of education canterbury blocks
conceptual
| private commerical | public institutional
stephenson&turner architects and engineers
2014 christchurch
| new zealand
A small part of my work at Stephenson&Turner involved producing images for submissions and general marketing. The following a few of the projects I was involved with. The former Richmond Working Men’s Club in Christchurch was heavily damaged during the Christchurch earthquakes and subsequently demolished in early 2014. Stephenson&Turner were engaged to propose a conceptual design for the rebuild of the club. The rapid design process involved negotiating the club’s desires with insurance budget constraints, site features and existing infrastructure. The resulting design direction was successful in moving the project forward. The Canterbury block is a standard classroom unit used widely throughout Christchurch and area. Stephenson&Turner were invited by the New Zealand Ministry of education to propose design options for upgrading each standard block to a Modern Learning Environment while maintaining the existing shell as much as possible.
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submission images
| canterbury blocks
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submission images
| canterbury blocks
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link
Link playhouse competition
conceptual
| recreational
with chris beaudin
2014 un-sited
The blog ‘Life of an Architect’ puts on a competition for playhouse designs to support the Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses. Each year, a few of the winning designs are built, displayed and auctioned for charity. The brief is decidedly broad except for the very strict size constrictions that must be followed in order for the playhouse to fit in the display area. The playhouse was designed around the proposition that the one consistency in the development of a child is imagination. The woven and contrasting components of Link allows a child to fill the varied spaces with their own imagination. Like a three-dimensional yin-yang, the contrast between the transparent and opaque spaces allow the child a choice; an introspective refuge or an extroverted social hub, a hide-out or a clubhouse.
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tunnel house supper club
Tunnel House Supper Club christchurch festa 2014 (festival of transitional architecture)
| public cultural | temporary | architecutral team shop eight, roots, martine ribboton | restaurant team completed
with erika wilson, bernard farrant, reece julian
october 24-26 2014 christchurch
| new zealand
Tunnel House Supper Club, a two night pop-up restaurant, was part of Christchurch’s Festival of Transitional Architecture 2014. A collaboration of designers, chefs and winemakers designed, built and hosted a five course meal in an intimate thirty head setting. The architectural contribution involved many months of planning, networking and designing. With objectives of sustainability and education and a budget of $800, the restaurant would only utilize materials that would have a life before and after the event. Scaffolding was designed to be the structure for the shell, the table and the canopy. The plastic was donated by a construction company that had planned to dispose of it.
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design
The design was intentionally understated with the belief that the event is the headliner of ephemeral architecture, not the architecture itself. The single table in a long, simple space allowed the building to be a spectator in a show of food, wine and human interaction
tunnel house supper club
materials
The delicate finish of the tableware and lush canopy juxtaposed the plastic and steel of the structure, allowing the experience to be both grounded in temporality and novel.
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tunnel house supper club
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building iconomy
Building Iconomy d.talks presentation
conceptual
| public commercial
nyhoff architecture spring 2013 calgary
| alberta | canada
D.Talks is a local group that hosts a series of events that question and discuss the state of design in Calgary. The Building Iconomy event called on local architecture firms to imagine possibilities for a 44 year old brutalist building that is threatened by its recent sale to a developer. The reality of the situation called for a pragmatic approach; to find the balance between preserving the best brutalist icon in the city and the realistic pressures of land value, core densification and profit margins. A rigorous process of research, precedent studies and massing led to the approach of integrating the existing building into a development that would both meet the desired floor area ratio for the site and re-purpose the existing building to increase its vitality and use.
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process compilation
The complexities of the task demanded a rigorous process of
research,
evaluation. The
testing strength
and of
the final design came from the breadth of logical steps that resulted in it. The process was documented and compiled into a book, the pages of which can be seen here.
building iconomy
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building iconomy
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building iconomy
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urban systems
Urban Systems interior office renovation
completed
| office | renovation nyhoff architecture
2012-2013 calgary
| alberta | canada
Urban Systems is a consulting firm specializing in urban design, planning and engineering. In Calgary, the Urban Systems office is located on the fringe of an industrial area in a two story open-structure building. Nyhoff Architecture was approached to update the office to better reflect Urban Systems’ innovative attitude toward design. The goal was to enhance the open office concept while allowing for a flexibility of working and meeting spaces. Strong colors, clean lines and bold graphics were a unifying element that reflected the vibrance of the company and its people.
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touchdown cubbies
Within the double story space, high sound reverberation and the banality of open office space was a concern. The creation of individual “cubbies� with sound attenuating panels allowed for quiet, compact work spaces.
urban systems
meeting booths
The
upper
transformed
mezzanine from
a
was series
of individual offices to open concept workspaces. In the surplus space we introduced a
collaborative area with a
variety
of seating options.
One such option was booths which are punctuated by vinyl graphics depicting the location of Urban Systems offices in the four other cities they exist.
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urban systems
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club space
Club Space university of calgary student union building
completed
| public institutional | renovation nyhoff architecture
2012-2013 calgary
| alberta | canada
MacEwan Hall is also host to dedicated meeting rooms, work spaces and storage for University clubs. Nyhoff Architecture was approached to transform the existing cramped and outdated offices to an inviting lounge-like space with hot desking and shared meeting rooms. The design focused on visibility, function and atmosphere; allowing the students their storage and workspaces while maintaining an attractive, open layout. While material choice was tempered by budget restrictions, bold colors and a strong material palette were integral in the creation of ambiance.
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offices
Transparent, rent-able meeting rooms of varying sizes were centralized to maximize space use and efficiency.
club space
lockers
Lockers were bundled and embedded
into
the
outer
walls of the space to maximize storage
while reducing its visual impact.
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club space
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the sustainable home
| a | dirtt
The Sustainable Home habitat for humanity design competition
| private residential | professor graham livesey
conceptual independent senior research studio
winter 2012 calgary
| alberta | canada
DIRTT and Sprung are local building systems, the former parametrically defined interior partitions and the latter high tech vinyl and aluminum structures. The two designs integrate each inherently affordable and sustainable system into a residential model. Using the systems to tackle the technical side of sustainability allowed for concentration on the paradigmatic side. It seemed that changing the way we look at the home can have as impactful and far reaching advances sustainability as the most cutting edge technology. Looking to the self-sustaining households of the past revealed personified beliefs about dwelling. Homes had hearts, that is they were communal and centrally focused, typically around a hearth. Materials were raw and directly connected to place. These values were re-framed with the lens of contemporary society and a hybrid emerged in the resulting designs.
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full bath
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bedroom one
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bench
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hearth
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bedroom two
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bedroom three
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06 lower plan
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front entry
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reading room
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hearth
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dining
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kitchen
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half bath
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mechanical
the sustainable home
| a | dirtt
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sustainability
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solar panels
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cross-ventilation
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conc. solar mass
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low angle glazing
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the sustainable home
| b | sprung
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full bath
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bedroom one
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bench
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bedroom two
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bedroom three
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lower plan
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entry
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up
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lounge
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desk
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cargo door
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dine
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cook
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laundry
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half bath
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process matrix
A matrix depicting the string of formal and organizational possibilities
and
decisions
leading to the resultant design.
the sustainable home
| b | sprung
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costa vida
Costa Vida study abroad barcelona studio
with justine wade and matthew vandenberg
conceptual | public temporal | professors eduardo cadaval and clara sola-morales fall 2012 barcelona
| catalonia | spain
Ephemeral architecture shifts focus from itself to its users. As defined in this project it is the ability to temporarily take over a space and provide a structure that allows for new fluidity and vitality. Through a series of operations, a simple linear structure was converted into a system that specifies primary functions and allows for emergent conditions. Situated on a waterfront plot of land in the industrialist residue of Barcelona, the balance of structure and user-based emergence instigates the re-population of the coast in an everyday fashion. The result shown is one instance of configuration subject to time and future iteration.
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concept development
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ribbon
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natural movement
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density
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new circulation
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offset
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emergence
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schematic plans
A schematic model exploring a horizontal ribbon structure with
texture, material
density. The
emergence
and of
secondary structure occurs on the vertical axis
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trace
Trace comprehensive studio
| public institutional | professor thomas debicki
conceptual with justine wade
winter 2012 calgary
| alberta | canada
How is the growth of a city recorded? By whom and in what medium? Trace examines the question of large scale growth through the lens of collective memory. As an Institute of Metropolitan Transformation, it provides city dwellers with a retreat from the speed and sound of the downtown core, while the traces of these visits are recorded as evidence of the city’s transformation. Placing the bulk of the institute beneath the rail line creates a bridge between the downtown core and the beltline providing vitality and multiplicity of use. The phenomenological qualities of honest materiality, submergence and the train above provide sensory moments unique to anywhere else in the city.
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lower plan
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cafe
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core block
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archives
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contemplation
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bike path
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bar + theatre
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03 02 upper plan
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patio
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gallery
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terraces
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reflecting pool
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theatre
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trace
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100 year house
100 Year House shelter design competition
conceptual
| private residential with chris beaudin summer 2011
kananaskis
| alberta | canada
The relationship between humanity and nature in the past was mutual and rich. Today humanity’s connection to nature exists in the shock of catastrophic events. While approaching mastery over nature, the instincts of fear and yearning for the wilderness continue to exist within us. The 100 year house provides a platform for a relationship of mutual vulnerability to be forged between nature and man. A floating courtyard traces the changing water level of the Elbow River, allowing continuous access and changing the makeup of the house with the changing seasons. Organized around the courtyard, program transforms vertically and radially from highest vulnerability and transparency to highest safety and privacy. Safe within average yearly water levels, the house is at the mercy of the 100 year flood level, following the wilderness principles of impermanence, vulnerability and continuous renewal.
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layered axonometric
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axonometric
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wood slats
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concrete shell
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circulation + glazing
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hydro-graph
Yearly hydrological data for the Elbow River basin and the corresponding heights of the floating walkway.
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dining
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mechanical
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bedroom
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bath
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bedroom
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terrace
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lower plan
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entry
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study
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living
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bath
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kitchen
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Leah Kyllo contact
lmpkyllo@gmail.com
587 585 8985 site 11 box 36 rr1 alberta
| okotoks | canada t1s 1a1
information available to start mid-april, 2015
languages
nationality | canadian | engliish | intermediate spanish
education 2008-2012
university of calgary master of architecture study abroad
| barcelona spain | 2011 2007-2010
cv
university of calgary
| university of victoria
bachelor of communication and culture with distinction study abroad
| seville spain | 2010
professional experience references furnished upon request january- december 2014 | 12 months
stephenson&turner architects and engineers christchurch
| new zealand
architectural graduate april 2012-may 2013 | 13 months
nyhoff architecture calgary
| alberta
intern architect, aaa
software proficiency
adobe photoshop adobe illustrator adobe indesign rhino 3d vray for rhino autocad autodesk maya google sketchup revit
3d studio max grasshopper physical model making
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