mark siemicki // design portfolio - marksiemicki@gmail.com
1 professional work 2 duca financial services // 5290 yonge st, toronto, 2009
4 wellesley st condiminium // 40 wellesley st e, toronto, 2007
5 personal work 6 salvatore leonetti salon // 69 yorkville ave, toronto, 2007
9 academic work 10 toronto harbour lights centre // rehabilitation centre, studio III 03/04
12 dilemmas of dwelling: c.f.b. shilo // shilo, manitoba, research grad studio I 07
13 centre for the study of urban issues // urban think tank, grad studio II 08
16 chichen itza 2007: lodge museum // yucatin, mexico, competition 9th honourable mention
18 visions of a polycentric suburb: the evolution of car-centric design // graduate thesis|project 08/09
professional work // duca financial services
// 40 wellesley st east
duca financial services
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// 5290 yonge st, toronto, 2009
5290 Yonge Street is a building that will serve as the headquarters for Duca Financial Services designed by Hendrik Op’t Root Architects Ltd. The site also incorporates a retirement tower for Diversicare designed by Arsenault Architects with design input by Hendrik Op’t Root Architect Ltd. The design of the building is sensitive to the surrounding context by keeping an appropriate scale and by creating a pedestrian friendly streetscape along Yonge Street. The ground floor is reserved for commercial/retail use while the upper two floors are programmed for use by Duca and its employees. A key feature to the project is the inclusion of a Green Roof. My role on the project was working on drawings for tender and extensive revisions for submissions to client, consultants, and the City, directly under the guidance of the principal. Images and drawings courtesy of Hendrik Op’t Architect Ltd. 01 View of the northwest corner 02 View of the northwest corner at night03 03 Aerial view of the green roof 04 View of the adjoining retirement tower 05 Aerial view of the green roof
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duca financial services
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// 5290 yonge st, toronto, 2009
5290 Yonge Street is a building that will serve as the headquarters for Duca Financial Services designed by Hendrik Op’t Root Architects Ltd. The site also incorporates a retirement tower for Diversicare designed by Arsenault Architects with design input by Hendrik Op’t Root Architect Ltd. The design of the building is sensitive to the surrounding context by keeping an appropriate scale and by creating a pedestrian friendly streetscape along Yonge Street. The ground floor is reserved for commercial/retail use while the upper two floors are programmed for use by Duca and its employees. A key feature to the project is the inclusion of a Green Roof. My role on the project was working on drawings for tender and extensive revisions for submissions to client, consultants, and the City, directly under the guidance of the principal. Images and drawings courtesy of Hendrik Op’t Architect Ltd. 01 View of the northwest corner 02 View of the northwest corner at night03 03 Aerial view of the green roof 04 View of the adjoining retirement tower 05 Aerial view of the green roof
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// 40 wellesley st e, toronto, 2007
40 Wellesley is a condominium proposal that in its original state was envisioned as a 44-storey tower which was comprised of a dynamic mixed-use program. The first level was an animated ground level and mezzanines with shops, restaurant, and lobby. The building also contained office space, boutique hotel, and condominium units. Hendrik Op’t Root Architect Ltd. designed the building. My role on the project was to prepare schematic drawings and documents for various submissions to the city and also prepare spatial analysis studies for determining the feasibility of upgrading the existing building. Images courtesy of Hendrik Op’t Root Architect Ltd.
01 Site Plan 02 View of south elevation along wellesley st. east at night 03 View of south elevation along wellesley st. east 01
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personal work // salvatore leonetti salon
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// 69 yorkville ave, toronto, 2007
The vision for Salvatore Leonetti Salon was to redefine the Yorkville salon style and experience. In the end the boutique shop reflects the client’s mandate of creating a space that has the energy and vibe of emerging Toronto neighbourhoods while maintaining the refinement that exists in Yorkville. The design incorporates a refined warm material palette of leather, porcelain, glass, and wood. This is juxtaposed with a bright modern airy palette that incorporates a playful colourful graphic which captures the user’s attention as soon as they walk into the salon. The design is open and fluid to encourage social that further animates the space.
01 View of the salon from the Yorkville Ave entrance 02 View of the vinyl graphic along the wall of the colouring area 03 View of the front desk and the stylist stations 04 View of the nail area 05 View of the stylist stations 03
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salvatore leonetti salon
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// 69 yorkville ave, toronto, 2007
The vision for Salvatore Leonetti Salon was to redefine the Yorkville salon style and experience. In the end the boutique shop reflects the client’s mandate of creating a space that has the energy and vibe of emerging Toronto neighbourhoods while maintaining the refinement that exists in Yorkville. The design incorporates a refined warm material palette of leather, porcelain, glass, and wood. This is juxtaposed with a bright modern airy palette that incorporates a playful colourful graphic which captures the user’s attention as soon as they walk into the salon. The design is open and fluid to encourage social that further animates the space.
01 View of the salon from the Yorkville Ave entrance 02 View of the vinyl graphic along the wall of the colouring area 03 View of the front desk and the stylist stations 04 View of the nail area 05 View of the stylist stations 03
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salvatore leonetti salon
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academic work
// toronto harbour lights centre // dilemmas of dwelling: c.f.b. shilo // centre for the study of urban issues // chichen itza 2007: lodge museum // visions of a polycentric suburb: the evolution of car-centric design
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// rehabilitation centre, studio III 03/04
Toronto Harbour Lights Centre is a rehabilitation facility for those in need of significant positive life changes. The centre includes rooming, classrooms, recreation facilities, kitchen/dining room, and an exhibition hall. The building is designed around a central courtyard so that all program spaces have views to nature and access to daylight. The building embraces the existing context of the area through materiality, keeping the existing street line, and providing a pedestrian friendly ground level. The exhibition hall/lounge is located on the main level in order to provide an animated community space. Colour is used to enliven spaces and provides joy and delight to occupants.
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toronto harbour lights centre
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// rehabilitation centre, studio III 03/04
Toronto Harbour Lights Centre is a rehabilitation facility for those in need of significant positive life changes. The centre includes rooming, classrooms, recreation facilities, kitchen/dining room, and an exhibition hall. The building is designed around a central courtyard so that all program spaces have views to nature and access to daylight. The building embraces the existing context of the area through materiality, keeping the existing street line, and providing a pedestrian friendly ground level. The exhibition hall/lounge is located on the main level in order to provide an animated community space. Colour is used to enliven spaces and provides joy and delight to occupants.
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01 View from the north-eastern corner of Jarvis St. and Shuter St. 02 View of the courtyard from Shuter St. looking towards Jarvis St.
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dilemas of dwelling: c.f.b. shilo
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// shilo, manitoba, research grad studio I 07
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// urban think tank, grad studio II 08
The mission of the project is to create a process of urban renewal through proposed architectural planning and landscape in order to create a positive social experience at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. The proposed intervention is focused in three mian areas: strengthening community, landscape and housing. The site plan calls for a strategic axial location for a library, town hall, two schools and a Plaza with an entertainment/shopping facility that includes a theatre. The natural landscape is rehabilitated and enhanced by a park network. Existing housing is reformed in phases and multi-unit co-housing dwellings are added.
The spaces in the Centre for the Study of Urban Issues are designed to allow for varying levels of social interaction in hopes of creating a vibrant animated environment where research, teaching and learning can occur. Solids and voids create these varying levels of interaction while also bringing daylight into all areas of the building. A zigzagging white band wraps around spaces in the building, like folded paper, creating a unified facade and circulation space. The facade is designed to be constantly changing according to environmental requirements of the interior and exterior. Movable walls, operable louvers and shading devices adjust to changing conditions. 01 View of the southend along Britain St.
01 View of the plaza from the roof 02 View of Shilo Town Hall and the L’Ecole Source school 03 View of the housing park network 04 View of boulevard park in between co-housing buildings 05 View of the co-housing interior
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dilemas of dwelling: c.f.b. shilo
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// shilo, manitoba, research grad studio I 07
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// urban think tank, grad studio II 08
The mission of the project is to create a process of urban renewal through proposed architectural planning and landscape in order to create a positive social experience at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. The proposed intervention is focused in three mian areas: strengthening community, landscape and housing. The site plan calls for a strategic axial location for a library, town hall, two schools and a Plaza with an entertainment/shopping facility that includes a theatre. The natural landscape is rehabilitated and enhanced by a park network. Existing housing is reformed in phases and multi-unit co-housing dwellings are added.
The spaces in the Centre for the Study of Urban Issues are designed to allow for varying levels of social interaction in hopes of creating a vibrant animated environment where research, teaching and learning can occur. Solids and voids create these varying levels of interaction while also bringing daylight into all areas of the building. A zigzagging white band wraps around spaces in the building, like folded paper, creating a unified facade and circulation space. The facade is designed to be constantly changing according to environmental requirements of the interior and exterior. Movable walls, operable louvers and shading devices adjust to changing conditions. 01 View of the southend along Britain St.
01 View of the plaza from the roof 02 View of Shilo Town Hall and the L’Ecole Source school 03 View of the housing park network 04 View of boulevard park in between co-housing buildings 05 View of the co-housing interior
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community hall/schools co-housing new single family homes path network community park memorial community plaza/canex
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02 View of the northend along Queen St. East 03 Aerial view looking southwest along Queen St. East 04 View of the third floor garden atrium 02
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diagram illustrating the pattern of the curtain wall system
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centre for the study of urban issues
entrance gallery cafe administration lecture hall library meeting area office area fellows lounge
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diagram demonstrating louver facade system in various configurations centre for the study of urban issues
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02 View of the northend along Queen St. East 03 Aerial view looking southwest along Queen St. East 04 View of the third floor garden atrium 02
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diagram illustrating the pattern of the curtain wall system
detail a - section at curtain wall and parapet
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centre for the study of urban issues
entrance gallery cafe administration lecture hall library meeting area office area fellows lounge
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diagram demonstrating louver facade system in various configurations centre for the study of urban issues
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chichen itza 2007: lodge museum
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// yucatin, mexico, competition 9th honourable mention
The motivation for the lodge focused on maximization of the incredible site and natural setting by creating a synergy between building and landscape offering visitors a calm and tranquil environment to stay when touring the Chichen Itza historic area. The building is located on a clearing along a path on the northern end of the site away from the hub of tourist activity allowing for unobstructed views of the Chichen Itza Citadel. The buildings footprint achieves minimal impact by floating over the landscape in the forest-like treehouses leaving the ground undisturbed. The lodges are supported by a central structural element that rises up above the tree canopy and folds out so the element can collect rainwater to minimize stormwater runoff. Stormwater and wastewater is collected and remediated through a wetland system and reused for the lodges potable water needs.
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01 View of lodge and museum towards the Citadel 02 Chichen Itza monument from www.ecotravelmexico.com 03 View of the artificial tree canopy above the natural tree canopy 04 View of the lodge complex within the forest
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// yucatin, mexico, competition 9th honourable mention
The motivation for the lodge focused on maximization of the incredible site and natural setting by creating a synergy between building and landscape offering visitors a calm and tranquil environment to stay when touring the Chichen Itza historic area. The building is located on a clearing along a path on the northern end of the site away from the hub of tourist activity allowing for unobstructed views of the Chichen Itza Citadel. The buildings footprint achieves minimal impact by floating over the landscape in the forest-like treehouses leaving the ground undisturbed. The lodges are supported by a central structural element that rises up above the tree canopy and folds out so the element can collect rainwater to minimize stormwater runoff. Stormwater and wastewater is collected and remediated through a wetland system and reused for the lodges potable water needs.
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01 View of lodge and museum towards the Citadel 02 Chichen Itza monument from www.ecotravelmexico.com 03 View of the artificial tree canopy above the natural tree canopy 04 View of the lodge complex within the forest
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Site Profile:
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Site Characteristics: A
GREENBELT
A) Diagram illustrating proposed connection between people and infrastructure. B) Diagram illustrating varying degrees of social interaction within the proposed housing. The colours coincide with the degree of social interaction. Light blue is very public. Dark blue is very private
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The thesis takes into account the importance of network and connection through infrastructure in a globalized world. Transit (high speed rail, commuter rail, rapid transit and light rail) is proposed on a number of scales in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region to act as a catalyst for responsible growth within suburban cities. The City of Vaughan is transformed to contain multiple urban nodes along major highways and roads. The interchange at Highway 400 and Rutherford Rd. is re-imagined into a vibrant mixed-use community of high-, medium- and low-density dwellings. Dwellings are interconnected by corridors of public space which lead to a central amenity area containing diverse programming that services the surrounding neighbourhood and attracts visitors from outside the node. BUILT-UP AREA
01 View of the urban node from Highway 400 travelling south 02 Map of Urban Growth Centres in the GGH Region and Existing Infrastructure 03 Map of Proposed Interconnectivity through Transit in the GGH Region 04 Map of Proposed Interconnectivity through Transit in Vaughan 05 Aerial Image of the Interchange at Highway 400 and Rutherford Rd. 01
Site: Interchange at Highway 400 and Rutherford Rd Project: Compact Urban Nodal Development Program: Mixed-Use Area: 0.1882sq.km Population: 238 866 Population 2030: +/- 200 000 Density Target: 40 000ppl/sq.km Vision: To create an interconnected network of dense compact urban nodes that result in a polycentric fabric of communities. Assuming that mobility will be just as if important in the future, the highway can be envisioned as a new lifeline for suburban cities by having multiple mobility options layered to provide optimal connectivity between nodes and the surrounding areas in the region.
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Site Development: 1) Interchange is currently a barrier for pedestrians and the surrounding neighbourhood 2) The design intention is to stitch the suburban fabric 3) First the interchange is reconfigured by sinking the onand off-ramps 4) Transit is layered onto the highway adding high-speed rail, a metro line and light rail transit 5) Site reconfiguration creates new buildable area 6) A new community of 7500 emerges from this area 7) Future intensification can occur along Rutherford Rd. 8) New green connections are created offering new accessibility for pedestrains 9) A new interchange typology is created
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The thesis takes into account the importance of network and connection through infrastructure in a globalized world. Transit (high speed rail, commuter rail, rapid transit and light rail) is proposed on a number of scales in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region to act as a catalyst for responsible growth within suburban cities. The City of Vaughan is transformed to contain multiple urban nodes along major highways and roads. The interchange at Highway 400 and Rutherford Rd. is re-imagined into a vibrant mixed-use community of high-, medium- and low-density dwellings. Dwellings are interconnected by corridors of public space which lead to a central amenity area containing diverse programming that services the surrounding neighbourhood and attracts visitors from outside the node.
A) Diagram illustrating proposed connection between people and infrastructure. B) Diagram illustrating varying degrees of social interaction within the proposed housing. The colours coincide with the degree of social interaction. Light blue is very public. Dark blue is very private
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BUILT-UP AREA
01 View of the urban node from Highway 400 travelling south 02 Map of Urban Growth Centres in the GGH Region and Existing Infrastructure 03 Map of Proposed Interconnectivity through Transit in the GGH Region 04 Map of Proposed Interconnectivity through Transit in Vaughan 05 Aerial Image of the Interchange at Highway 400 and Rutherford Rd. 01
Site Characteristics:
Site: Interchange at Highway 400 and Rutherford Rd Project: Compact Urban Nodal Development Program: Mixed-Use Area: 0.1882sq.km Population: 238 866 Population 2030: +/- 200 000 Density Target: 40 000ppl/sq.km Vision: To create an interconnected network of dense compact urban nodes that result in a polycentric fabric of communities. Assuming that mobility will be just as if important in the future, the highway can be envisioned as a new lifeline for suburban cities by having multiple mobility options layered to provide optimal connectivity between nodes and the surrounding areas in the region.
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Site Development: 1) Interchange is currently a barrier for pedestrians and the surrounding neighbourhood 2) The design intention is to stitch the suburban fabric 3) First the interchange is reconfigured by sinking the onand off-ramps 4) Transit is layered onto the highway adding high-speed rail, a metro line and light rail transit 5) Site reconfiguration creates new buildable area 6) A new community of 7500 emerges from this area 7) Future intensification can occur along Rutherford Rd. 8) New green connections are created offering new accessibility for pedestrains 9) A new interchange typology is created
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The urban node is designed to provide a full range of programming (C) in order to become a vibrant neighbourhood. Research indicates that communities of about 7500 people, which is the estimate of the population in the node, should have access to all amenities required for living within walking distance rather than all the amenities spread out and segregated only accessible by car as in modernist visions and suburban cities. The central amenity space (D) contains all community programming along with a major office space in order to build a local economy. The entire facility is pedestrian friendly (E) and creates a vibrant central core for the node and neighbouring communities. Each node is anchored by a major destination facility that encourages inter-nodal travelling and establishes a hub of activity providing a daily influx of people. This can be imagined as a college, theatre, gallery, library etc.
06 View of the urban node from Highway 400 travelling north 07 Aerial view of the proposed urban node 08 View of a pedestrian corridor looking towards the central amenity space 09 View of a pedestrian corridor looking towards an existing Vaughan Neighbourhood
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Diagram illustrating interchange sectional reconfiguration. First the interchange is sunken underground. The overpass is maintained as a boulevard that contains an LRT line. High speed rail and a metro line are layered onto the highway. The area over the highway allows for development possibilitieslayered to provide optimal connectivity between nodes and the surrounding areas in the region. The project proposes to look at underutilised land around highways as the developable areas for these community nodes due to its proximity to transit and other personal mobility.
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The urban node is designed to provide a full range of programming (C) in order to become a vibrant neighbourhood. Research indicates that communities of about 7500 people, which is the estimate of the population in the node, should have access to all amenities required for living within walking distance rather than all the amenities spread out and segregated only accessible by car as in modernist visions and suburban cities. The central amenity space (D) contains all community programming along with a major office space in order to build a local economy. The entire facility is pedestrian friendly (E) and creates a vibrant central core for the node and neighbouring communities. Each node is anchored by a major destination facility that encourages inter-nodal travelling and establishes a hub of activity providing a daily influx of people. This can be imagined as a college, theatre, gallery, library etc.
06 View of the urban node from Highway 400 travelling north 07 Aerial view of the proposed urban node 08 View of a pedestrian corridor looking towards the central amenity space 09 View of a pedestrian corridor looking towards an existing Vaughan Neighbourhood
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Diagram illustrating interchange sectional reconfiguration. First the interchange is sunken underground. The overpass is maintained as a boulevard that contains an LRT line. High speed rail and a metro line are layered onto the highway. The area over the highway allows for development possibilitieslayered to provide optimal connectivity between nodes and the surrounding areas in the region. The project proposes to look at underutilised land around highways as the developable areas for these community nodes due to its proximity to transit and other personal mobility.
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