Michael Robert MacNeill Architecture Portfolio
Contents
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Form-Found
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Taxonomy of Void
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Super Square
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Mobius Park
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Hypar Studio
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FORM-FOUND
For this exercise students were asked to choose one of the platonic solids as a base form which they would then manipulate through a series of rational moves to adapt different forms. Choosing the rectangular prism as my platonic solid of choice, and the slice as my initial method of formal variation, I create a series of isomorphic volumes through a process of simple moves which can be used to produce a nearly endless supply of unique iterations.
Form Finding
+ Base Form
= Projection
Slice 2
Form Finding
Separate 3
Re-arrange
Flip
Rotate
Form Finding
Re-combine
Shift
Scale
Scale
Compress
Shift
Stretch
Lift 4
Experimental Iteration 1
Base Form 5
Clone
Fuse
Orthographics
y
x
x
Section X
y Second Floor Plan Section Y 6
Experimental Iteration 2
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Base Form
Clone, Scale, & Slice
Sweep
Terrace
Orthographics
y
x
Section X
x y Ground Floor Plan Section Y 8
Origami Model Templates
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Experimental Iteration 1. Cardstock
Origami Model Templates
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TAXONOMY OF VOID
For this exercise students were asked to fill a void between two buildings with a piece of infrastructure connecting to multiple adjacent floors. My strategy was to use the rectangular envelope of the void as my base form, which I then subtracted from with various sized cones. In an effort to test every possible variation I created a Grasshopper script which altered the size, orientation, and location of the subtracting cone, to produce hundreds of potential iterations. The final step was to puncture the building with connecting paths and inhabit the building with program.
Form Diagram
Formation
Inhabitation
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UP
Floor Plans
DN
UP
UP
UP
SECTION 1
SECTION 1
UP
SECTION 2
SECTION 2
UP
Level 2
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Level 1
Sections
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 1
Section 1
Section 2 14
Renderings
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Model Photographs
Detail Views. Cardstock, Foamcore.
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SUPER SQUARE
For this exercise students were asked to produce a series of photo collage images to be used as a jumping off point for the design of a public square. After studying the work of Supserstudio, Mies van der Rohe, and public spaces such as Nathan Phillips Square, I designed a ground illuminated public space with a seemingly random arrangement of buildings which offers a mix of both large formal gathering spaces for large groups, and smaller residual spaces for smaller groups.
Experimental Photomontage
Warpland
Minimaland
Oposiland
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Final Design Iterations
Amalgamation
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Super Square, Day
Super Square, Night
Measured Drawings
Plan of Walkways (Top), Plan of Towers (Bottom) 20
Model Photographs
Super Square, “Day View,” Foam Board, Mylar, Acrylic Sheet, Scratchboard, LED lights, Aluminium Tape 21
“Night View”
MOBIUS PARK
With the goal of bringing together two seemingly antithetical communities of Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park, I transform the continuous circulation loop inherent in the Mobius House by UNStudio (a precedent for the project), into a fabric of circulation which treats the entire park as one continuous system. By doing so this project, which is neither exclusively park, nor recreation center, but both, effectively draws in hipsters and the elderly alike.
Site Analysis
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Surrounding Programs. Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto, ON.
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R2
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Direct Connections Between Programs
Connection Lines Passing Threw Site Boundary
Site Analysis
Site Boundary
Points of Concentration
Planning Map
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Concept Model Development
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Iteration 1
Iteration 2
Iteration 3
Iteration 4. Place Circulation
Iteration 4. Insert Program Massing
Iteration 4. Final Concept Model
Revised Concept Model
“More Paths!�
Path Network Diagram
Working Plan
Model Development 26
Model Photograph
South-East Entrance EPS Foam, Foam Core, Stereo Wire, Acrylic Paint
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South-West Entrance
Model Photograph
Detail View
Detail View
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Upper Floor Plan Office
Office
Office
Office
Office
Bathroom Custodial Room
Cafeteria
Park Below
Bathroom
Meeting Room
Meeting Room
Weight Room Meeting Room Meeting Room Meeting Room
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Ground Floor Plan
Retaining Wall
Outdoor Gymnasium
Outdoor Pool
Entry/Wilderness
Yoga/Multipurpose Area
Yoga/Multipurpose Area
Yoga/Multipurpose Area
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Photo Collage
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Photo Collage
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HYPAR STUDIO
Using grasshopper to manipulate several parameters to ďŹ nd the ideal form for what was once a simple piece of folded cardboard, I created an inhabitable shell structure for this community centre/maker studio to be located in Toronto’s Junction neighborhood. Driving the form was the unique geometry of the site as well as the desire to create a mix of small and large studio spaces inside.
Modules
2
6
9
Grasshopper DeďŹ nition Height
3.39
7.25
13.89
Height
3.39
7.25
13.89
Length
-21.59
-8.80 -4.32
Length
-21.59
-8.80 -4.32
Curvature
2.59
Curvature
2.59 2
Modules
4.80
Tail
2
5
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Tail
2
5
9
Scale
1.00
1.11
1.31
Scale
1.00
1.11
1.31
8.32
4.80 8.32 6 9
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Floor Plan
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ERNEST AVENUE
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Elevations / Section
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Photo Collage
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Photo Collage
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Study Models
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Michael Robert MacNeill michaelmacneill@live.ca (416) 528 1877