Michael MacNeill Architecture Portfolio
Contents
Tower Residence
Page 1
Taxonomy of a Void
Page 7
Hypar Studio
Page 13
University Kindergarten
Page 21
Learning from Lafayette
Page 31
TOWER RESIDENCE The tower residence was a project for a client looking to build a retirement compound consisting of two 6m x 6m ‘tower’ houses, one of which would serve as the owners main living quarters, while the other would serve as an intermittently used JXHVW KRXVH 7KH ʀQDO GHVLJQ VHHNV WR maximize the potential of the guest house by treating it as an extended living space, ZLWKRXW VDFULʀFLQJ SULYDF\ RI IXWXUH JXHVWV
Level 1 Floor Plan 1
Level 2 Floor Plan
Level 3 Floor Plan 2
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West Elevation
South Elevation
Section 1
Section 2
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Experimental Iteration 1
Initial concept rendered Lumion
Orthographics
Final design with guest house Lumion
TA X O NO M Y O F A V OID
For this exercise students were asked to bridge a void between two buildings with a piece of infrastructure which connects multiple oors between each of the adjacent buildings. 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, which was able to produce an endless amount of iterations.
Formation
Inhabitation 8
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SECTION 1
SECTION 1
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SECTION 2
SECTION 2
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Level 2
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Level 1
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 1
Section 1
Section 2 10
Interior Rendering Vray for Rhino
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Interior Rendering Vray for Rhino
Model at 1:100 Cardstock, Foamcore
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H Y P A R
S T U D I O
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 to house a 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.
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Height
3.39
7.25
13.89
Height
3.39
7.25
13.89
Length
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-8.80 -4.32
Length
-21.59
-8.80 -4.32
Curvature
2.59
Curvature
2.59 2
Modules
4.80
Modules
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Tail
2
5
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Tail
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Scale
1.00
1.11
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Scale
1.00
1.11
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Grasshopper DeďŹ nition
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Ground Floor Plan
Elevations
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Looking out over the plaza Vray for Rhino and Photoshop
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View from the bike path Vray for Rhino and Photoshop
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Study Model Wire mesh
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Study Model Plaster on cardboard
Study Model Cougarboard
Study Model Cougarboard
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University Kindergarten
Sited at the heart of the University of Toronto campus the design for this kindergarten, which contains a reading room accessible to the public, is based on the rhythm of an average kindergarten day. From the atrium, cubby rooms, classrooms, and gymnasium, I designed a circulation system which reacts to both the time of day and the function of the building.
Site Water Management Plan
Grading Plan
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Ground Floor Plan
1. Playground 2. Foyer 3. OfďŹ ce 4. Lounge 5. Washroom 6. Kitchen 7. Laundry Room 8. Janitors Closet 9. Classroom 10. Cubby Room 11. Gymnasium 12. Multipurpose / Play Room
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Second Floor Plan
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Longitudinal Section
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Latitudinal Section
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Model @ 1:100
Foamcore, mylar, acrylic
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Model @ 1:20
Foamcore, mylar, museum board, acrylic
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Learning from Lafayette
Taking lessons from Mies van der Rohe’s Lafayette Park I created a number of alternate layouts for the housing blocks which effectively achieve the same result as Mies’s original design. I then took those different courtyard arrangements and began to stack them to create larger mixed-use buildings. 15m
20m
25m
35m
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10m
50m
Alternate Lafayette
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Lv. 1-2
Lv. 3-4
Lv. 5-6
Lv. 7-8
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Ground Floor Plan
Lv. 9-10
Lv. 11-12
Lv. 13-20
Lv. 20-26
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Site Plan
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+ 84
+ 48
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Longitudinal Section
+ 104
+ 84
+ 48
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INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure Plan 35
Roads
Active Paths
Pedestrian Street
Semi-Private Easements
Latitudinal Section
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Top View
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Massing Outline
Lightwells 22-28% Light Penetration
Lightwells with Ground Floor 39-48% Light Penetration 38
Park
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Towers
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