Selected Works MIHO ORIANE INABA
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Miho Oriane Inaba
Canadian, French, Japanese Citizenships 372 Ravineview Way Oakville ON L6H 6S5 Canada 519-591-6891 minaba@uwaterloo.ca
Curriculum Vitae Employment
2013 2012-present 2012-present 2009-2012 2009-11
Education
2013-14 2011-13 2009-11 2001-09
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Pascale Girardin, Montreal Architecture internship taking part in presentation work, visual communications and studio production for worlwide projects. Freelance aerialist silks performer, Toronto CIrcus acts performed at events such as Buskerfest festival, Toronto. Self-directed choreography and collaborative improv. A2D2 Aerial Cirque and Dance Company, Toronto Corporate Aerial silks and acrobatics circus performances. Trafalgar Ridge Montessori School, Oakville Part-time aftercare monitor and full-time summer camp counselor. Oakville Gymnastics Club, Oakville Pre-competitive coach Conditional admission to Higher Education in Circus Arts, upgrade program. National Circus School of Montreal, Montreal, QC Candidate for Bachelor of Architecture Studies, Honours, Class of 2016 University of Waterloo, Cambridge ON International Baccalaureate French and English Bilingual diploma École Secondaire Catholique Sainte-Famille, Mississauga Japanese language school Nisshu Gakuin, Toronto
Skills
Languages: Digital: Manual:
Fluent in French, English, Japanese Rhino 4.0, V-Ray, AutoCAD, Adobe CS6 Ps/Ai/Id, MS Office Hand drafting, Hand Modeling, Woodwork
Volunteer
2012
Internship at Philip Beesley Architect Inc, Toronto Manual model assembly, fabrication of installation and laser cutting of pieces for Hylozoic Series: Sibyl,as part of the 18th Sydney Biennal project, 2012 University of Waterloo School of Architecture Open house tours
2012
Recognition
2011 2011 2011
Extra-curricular 2010-present 2006-present 2009-present 2010-11
University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship Queen Elizabeth II Top Scholarship International Baccalaureate Overall excellence award Circus Training Competitive Artistic Gymnastics Training Contemporary Dance Competitive Acrobatic Gymnastics
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Contents
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Extra-Small......................................................6
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Visions of Settlement..................................... 14
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Stereotomic to Tectonic.................................. 20
Creating flexible and adaptable spaces in todays need for minimal architecture.
Suggesting an alternative to urban housing .
Exploring the possibilities of iterative transformation.
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Ichonographia................................................. 24
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Community housing...................................... 28
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Domestic Experiment...................................... 36
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Other works.................................................. 38
Investigating the Hagia Sophia in relation to the whirling dervishes.
Designing for a self-sustainable living.
Modifying an existing space in response to the problematics of Post-Fordism. Choreography, performance and artwork.
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Extra-Small SHUTTER 38
Collaborative group project with David Donnelly, Andrea Ng, Joanne Yau and Thomas Yuan. Aim: To explore the possibilities of minimal architecture. Concept: This dwelling structurally consists of one repeated module. With the rotation of the module, the program of the space changes. The repetition of thin modules allows the user to simultaneously combine different spaces of their choice and to adjust the extent of the spaces. The user does not adapt to the program, but instead is in control of the space.
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Options
Lounge and bar
Bed and shelf
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Lounge and shelf
Table
Combos
Dinner party-Table and lounge
Conversation-Lounge and lounge
Rest-Bed and lounge
Flexibility
Two short beds combine to form one long one
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Space between modules lets streaks of light into the capsule
Materiality 200 mm thick lightweight concrete with 100 mm thick polystyrene insulation
Largest gap-50 mm To maximize solar intake Smallest gap-0.5mm To maximize walking space
Locking mechanism for rotation
Rotating structure Pod rotated twice per year Passive Heating: Window faces South in Winter Passive Cooling: Solid insulated wall faces South in Summer
Natural ventilation Low windows ventilate High windows exhausts hot air that rises
Thermal mass sizing Area of interior exposed concrete 13.0 m2
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Passive solar system Direct gain Area of south glazing Window extends over 3100 x 5600 mm
Efficient Windows Double glazed and high efficiency windows Clear glazing maximizes heat gain Thermochromics: responsive glazing changes with temperature
Cradle structure Section
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Plan
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Daytime interior
Communal assembly of units
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Visions of Settlement BRIDGE HOUSING Aim: To reorganize the conventional suburban development. To build in response to the increasingly limited space and the need for mixed-use environments. Location: 483 Myers Rd., Cambridge, On. Total Area per unit: 12 000mm2 Concept: To connect units through circulation. Shared passageways create a more unified and intimate relationship between the usually separate and isolated residence. The community transforms into one entity, as functional spaces simultaneously serve as social spaces. It is about housing that converses with one another, that communicates and that bridges residents together.
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Cross Section
Longitudinal Section
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Static spaces Moments of relief are placed at different heights within the exterior portion of the units. Balconies serve as the ideal place of repose, where privacy increases with height.
Roof garden only accessible to
residents, but shared among all of them. At the very peak of the unit, the occupants are separated from the public while collectively sharing the roof garden. This space meshes the private and the public into one and attributes intimacy and seclusion to a public space. Veranda Balcony connected to
potential work/studio space.
Dining Balcony
connected to
kitchen.
Public places of repose
Alleyways between main walkways become sheltered places of rest.
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Transition Spaces The contrast between horizontal and vertical circulation create balance between both circulation spaces. Units are then connected through spatial movement.
Vertical circulation is rigid and
uniform, as the staircases align in a parallel manner to one another. Interior circulation stays linear, rigid and consistent.
Horizontal
circulation is staggered and irregular due to the perpendicular lines, which interrupt the primary passageways. Three irregular webs of exterior circulation are created.
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1st Floor plan
4th Floor plan
2nd Floor plan
5th Floor plan
3rd Floor plan
6th Floor plan
Commercial space for local vendors
Rooftop shared space
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Stereotomic to Tectonic Transformation
MICRO MACRO Aim: To generate geometries from a series of transformations- from a strereotomic to a tectonic construction. Concept: Contained within its boundaries, a network of lines are selectively superimposed, repeated and omitted. From the original stereotomic shape, the shape is simplified, to reveal and recognize its infinite possibilities of varying patterns and forms. Within this same boundary, the center unfolds an endless range of geometries that appear to be in constant evolution- it is the macro within the micro.
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Measurements recorded and geometries transferred into planar orthographic drawings.
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Individuality within a unified structure Like the mandala, the drawn geometries originate and are organized around the central point. This center point is the salient starting point, from which derivative shapes and lines expand.
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Iterative process-Series of rotation
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Ichnographia HAGIA SOPHIA AND WHIRLING DERVISHES Work in progress Aim: To investigate the architectural plan within the context of rituals and light. From a specific medieval artifact,students were to communicate through a written and graphic study, how the plan embodies, reflects or suggests rituals and movements. The objective is to reveal a historical and cultural dimension to the ground and its new symbolism following this ritual. Selected Building: Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Investigated Ritual: Dance of the whirling dervishes, originating from Rumi, founder of Sufism. Concept: To compare the circular geometries of the Hagia Sophia and the physical movement of the whirling dervishes. To draw relationships between the dance and its spiritual aspect, and the plan and its connection to the dome.
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Tile of the Hagia Sophia’s floor plan-In watercolor and ink
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Photos taken from external sources
Post fordist community housing
AN URBAN CHOREOGRPAHY Farming and Circus. Both are shaped around movement- on one hand, movement of the soil, of the change in light, in wind and in temperature on the other hand, movement of the human body, in the rhythm of music and in the geometries of motion. It is a temporary refuge, an escape to circus artists who wish to create, train and perform. It becomes a common ground for artists and athletes of various disciplines, all of which are connected through movement. Farming hours are scheduled by day, in order to provide food and a source of income. Artists are to work together, as a self-sustained community, in order to practice what they live for, to break the bounds between passion and logic, and to make it one. The perimeter of these walls then becomes a perimeter to a kind of utopia.
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Cirque Éloize, Rain 2004
NoFit State Circus, Tabu 2007
ClĂŠmence Coconnier, Mue 2009
Raw circus. Choreography of the body, choreography of the architecture of a building, of a community. All are connected by the same concern, by that of space. This is the object being questioned in this project. Is space static and permanent? Or is it formed by movement and is it found in a perpetual cycle of construction and deconstruction? What is it that defines this temporality? Are we, the human bodies observers to this change in architecture, or is the body of the building observing our movement in space and in time? We are moving, the building is dancing with our motion and is molding to our needs. Between the body and the building, movement is found to be the constant.
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Daytime festivities/ casual performance
Nightime formal performance
Workshop/ experimentation
Studio creation/ Physical training
Program allows for free movement of passing and temporary visitors through main axis of building. Audience travels through one continuous line of viewing, recalling traditional street performances.
Audience gathered around center opening. Reception at both North and South entrances.
Main space divided into segments to seperate and accomodate space for different workshops and activities.
When working on projects, athletes train while artists work above and around training space for max natural light.
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Floor plan Levels 3 to 5 and 7 to 8
Building Cross Section
Circus equipement storage space Dance Space Trampoline Aerial apparatuses Embedded hexagonal platforms in floor Sprung floor square Mudroom with tiled floors for rinsing Farming storage space Ground plan and program
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Building South Elevation
Building Long Section
Parallel line project of building in site
Ground Floor Plan The building is configured around a central meeting point. This building isolates and uncovers. The body in the farm is exposed to the exterior like it is in the movement of circus. It is exposed to natural conditions, on one hand, within the perimeter of the site and on the other within its own skin. Physically isolated, the building becomes a place of inspiration, creation, experimentation, sharing of knowledge and of artistry. Omni-centrality and contingency. This is about making something between the personal self and the other. This is about bringing life to the inanimate.
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Unit configuration
Each loft space houses one person. A communal kitchen/dining space is located below four of these loft spaces.
Unit Floor Plan Levels 3 to 5 and 7 to 9
Unit Cross Section
Unit Floor Plan Levels 2 and 6
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Parallel line project of units
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Domestic Experiment KAlEIDOSCOPIC DOME Collaborative group project with Rachel Bruijns, Helena Dini, Emma Halenko and Julia Morrissey. Aim: Emphasizing pragrammatic transformation Location: 32 Brant Rd, Cambridge ON Concept: This installation attempts to compliment the warmth of the existing space, while raising questions of temporality. A mirrored image of the carpet was created to then not only invite the occupant from below but also from above.
Photo montage showing carpet to floor relationship
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Longitudinal section after modification of space
Inverted floor plan wth installation
The center point of the geometric design of the carpet anhors the living space and signifies the domestic center. A web of string tracing these geomtric patterns was raised to the ceiling, bringing the carpet above the ground and in three dimensional space. A network of painted and folded news paper was hung from the web, immitating the rich colour palette and rythm of the existing carpet.
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Other Works Beyond a series of movements, to perform is to telll a story. As choreography is to narrate a recollection of memories, improvisation is to actively interact with the audience. Through both freelance solo projects as well as collaborative work, I perform as a means of expression, to connect and transfer energies between the performers and the public. Specialized in aerial silks, I have also gained experience in various disciplines, such as the static and flying trapeze, ground acrobatics and hand to hand balancing.
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With a strong passion for circus, I strive to explore and push its physical and emotional boundaries. Always learning and inspiring myself from others, I aspire to continuously create through the art of circus.
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Mixed media collage
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Watercolour
Thank you
Miho Oriane Inaba 519-591-6891 minaba@uwaterloo.ca
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