Philippe Fournier
Selected Works 2020
Who I am
Philippe Roy Fournier
+1 905-347-2346 philippe.r.fournier@gmail.com
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/philippefournier1
90 Torrance St, Fort Erie, ON, Canada L2A 2B9
English (fluent) + French (intermediate)
University of Waterloo, School of Architecture © Philippe Fournier 2020 All copyrights for images and drawings provided in the ‘Professional Work’ section are property of their respective owners, as credited at the beginning of each project. All materials therein are from projects I worked on while I was working co-op terms at the respective offices and were provided by, and are the exclusive property of, said offices. I thank them for their support.
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Hello, My name is Philippe Fournier and I am a graduating architecture student, designer, illustrator, book worm and musician. I love architecture that solves problems, and strongly believe that architecture has not just the potential but the responsibility to effect positive change in the world. I believe good design is not just about pleasing the eyes, but also about ensuring the societal and environmental impacts of our work are beneficial to all who live with our creations. Buildings represent such a massive allocation of materials, energy, labor and finances, and hold such a large physical and psychological presence in peoples’ day-to-day lives, that every project is an ethical statement. In addition, spaces can change lives for the better--by lifting the human spirit, creating memories and experiences, promoting our comfort, safety and health, enabling serendipitous encounters, and leaving a place better than we found it. I aspire to create architecture that respects human needs, place, economy and sustainability at every step. The architect, like an alchemist, turns raw materials into gold. I try to live the life of an audodidact always in search of his next lesson. Design and architecture are juggling acts that will always have something new to teach me. They keep me on my toes and keep me moving forward, and I love every minute of it. I also believe good design should speak for itself, so I hope my work has something positive to say to you. Enjoy!
P.F.
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What I do Summary of Qualifications • 3 years of professional experience in the architectural field, including 24 months of co-op employment concurrent with my studies at the University of Waterloo. Professional work with residential, commercial, institutional, recreational, heritage, master planning and design-build projects in all project phases from Schematic Design to Contract Administration • Advanced proficiency in diverse design tools including AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Rhinoceros, V-Ray, SketchUp and Microsoft OS (Word, Excel), via extensive use in firms, university and international design competitions • Deep familiarity with architectural practice workflow and culture, gained from extensive firsthand experience with construction drawings, client meetings, scheduling, site documenting, consultant coordination, contract bids, specs and proposal writing
Skills Rhino
AutoCAD
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Premiere
MS Office
SketchUp
V-Ray
Revit
Lasercutting
Carpentry
CNC
Lumion
3D Printing
Modelmaking
Professional Experience MartinSimmons Architects / Kitchener, ON, Canada / Junior Architectural Designer
Nov 2019-present
• Produced Schematic Design, Design Development & SPA packages for large residential, commercial and recreational development projects, including renderings, SketchUp models, drawings and diagrams • Prepared Contract Administration documents including change orders, CCNs, progress reports & progress payments. Bergen Street Studio / New York City, NY, USA / Architectural Intern I & II
Jan-April 2019 Jan-August 2018
• Promoted after an 8-month initial co-op internship • Digitally modelled, drafted and rendered images of a variety of residential, institutional and master planning projects including a historic government building complex in Washington DC and a hospital in Burundi, Africa • Prepared and organized detailed zoning analyses, construction drawings, schedules, product specifications, submittals, contract bid comparisons and other documents for legal record and for coordination with consultants and contractors Kohn Partnership Architects Inc / Toronto, ON, Canada / Architectural Intern
May-August 2017
• Modelled buildings and prepared schematic, design development, marketing and construction drawings with Revit and AutoCAD for large-scale residential, condominium and commercial development projects • Created area certificates, unit plans and other legal documentation for commercial and residential properties • Prepared detailed urban design briefs for municipal government rezoning applications and site plan approvals Carscadden Stokes McDonald Architects / Vancouver, BC, Canada / Architectural Intern
Sept-Dec 2016
• Produced and submitted permit drawings, renders, specification sheets, 3D-printed models, digital models and material sample boards for a variety of commercial, recreational and public works design projects including public pools • Worked side-by-side with partners on projects during the Schematic Design, Design Development & Construction Documents phases of design Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd. / Toronto, ON, Canada / Architectural Assistant
Jan-April 2016
• Produced and submitted working, record and schematic drawings for heritage projects, urban built-form studies & institutional projects including a heritage conservation study for Kensington Market in Toronto • Created extensive graphics including maps, photography, cover pages, diagrams and streetscape panoramas for a 4
Education University of Waterloo, School of Architecture / Bachelor of Architectural Studies
Graduated Oct 2019
• Project: Kayanase Learning Pavilion / Design Build Option Studio / Terms 3A & 3B
January – December 2017
Executed the design, drawing documentation and module construction of a classroom building for indigenous clients on the Six Nations Reserve. Carpentered and assembled the building’s roof trusses and wall modules. See p. 17 Ridgeway-Crystal Beach High School / Graduate
Class of 2012
• Graduated with Honour Roll Designation and 93% grade average • Acheived two Student of the Month Awards
Extracurricular Affiliations Buoyant Foundation Project / Cambridge, ON, Canada / Undergraduate Research Assistant
May 2019-July 2020
• Co-designed a floating building prototype currently in use by Dr. Elizabeth English to research the applicability of floodresilient buoyant foundation architecture in Canada for the National Research Council. See project ‘Amphibious Prototype’, p. 13 • Prepared grant proposals and award-winning competition submissions including ‘Amphibious Homes for Vietnam’s Vulnerable’, finalist for the 2019 A+ Architizer ‘Architecture for Good’ award.
Publications • E. English, P. Fournier & M. Martyn “Amphibious Pavilion Prototype in Waterloo, Ontario”, Proceedings of the 1st, 2nd & 3rd International Conferences on Amphibious Architecture, Design & Engineering (ICAADE 2015 / 2017 / 2019). CRC Press/Balkema Taylor & Francis Group. Accepted for Publication; expected 2021
Awards & Recognition Horatio Algiers Association Scholarship
Sept 2013-2019
Scholarship awarded for overcoming childhood adversity by demonstrating outstanding academic achievement and strong ambition for entrepreneurial success Branscombe Family Foundation Scholarship
Sept 2013-April 2017
Scholarship for academic excellence 3rd Place Prize (team) - Se16 Seoul Clean Air Competition
December 2016
3rd place prize-winning design proposal for architectural solutions for smog reduction in Seoul; proposed a modular façade panel system incorporating algae and titanium dioxide; see project ‘In Bloom’, p. 81 University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship
June 2013
University entrance scholarship honouring academic excellence for incoming students McDonald’s Employee Scholarship
June 2013
Scholarship awarded for strong work performance Ontario Scholars Award
June 2012
Provincial government award honoring academic excellence District School Board of Nigara Gold Medallion Scholars Award
June 2012
Local high school district award honouring academic excellence Ontario Scholars Award
June 2011
Provincial government award honouring me having dedicating years of volunteer service to the Fort Erie Public Library 5
Table of Contents
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Built Work Amphibious Prototype
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Kayanase Pavillion
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A Chair for M.C. Escher
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Jigsaw Table
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A flood-resilient amphibious architecture prototype for the National Research Council of Canada
A design-build learning pavillion for the Six Nations reserve
An “impossible” chair for the master of impossible illusions
A colourful table made of puzzle pieces
Academic Work Under Water
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Walden Revisited
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Room 000
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River Spirit
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159 Sterling
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A natural filtration swimming facility for Toronto Islands with a skyline view
A cabin in the woods & summer retreat for a writer
A zero waste, zero carbon, zero energy passive classroom made from recycled shipping containers
A radical cruise boat and rehab clinic on the French River in northern Ontario
A mixed-use mid-rise development for Toronto that brings the green & open outdoors, indoors.
Professional Work Kigutu Hospital
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Cambridge Mill Residences
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Lynn Valley Library Desk Reno
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A women’s hospital in Burundi, Africa
A new curvy desk and satff room interior renovation for a library
A new curvy desk and satff room interior renovation for a library
Competitions In Bloom
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Park Avenue Bike Path
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A winning competition entry proposing architectural solutions for Seoul’s smog
A proposal for bike paths along one of Manhattan’s largest corridors
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Built Work
Amphibious Prototype
Academic research partnership with the National Research Council of Canada & Buoyant Foundation Project Design Collaboration w. Mitchell Martyn & other members of the Buoyant Foundation Project completed in 2018, Waterloo, Ontario Photos & drawings courtesy of the Buoyant Foundation Project
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The Buoyant Foundation Project, headed by Dr. Elizabeth English, is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to the development of amphibious foundation systems, which function by floating a structure safely on rising flood water. I have worked with the Buoyant Foundation Project since 2017 as an undergraduate research assistant. This prototype, co-designed by myself and Mitchell Martyn, was built on a stormwater retention pond to research the effects of freeze-thaw cycles on buoyant foundations, and thus the
viability of amphibious architecture in Canada. The prototype is a simple A-Frame wood construction with hollow barrels underneath providing buoyancy. The prototype is fitted with sensors to monitor its stability on the water in changing weather & water conditions, and several smaller rafts have been constructed on the pond with different buoyancy materials to test their performance. The design record of the project has been accepted for publication by Taylor & Francis, expected to be released in 2021.
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Flashing cap
Roof decking
DRY
Top of A-frame Buoyancy system FLOOD
lateral restraint
HOW AMPHIBIOUS ARCHITECTURE WORKS Amphibious architecture is any buidling that is retrofit or designed to passively float during flood conditions, then return to the same stationary position when dry. Buoyant foundation systems work best with buidlings that are already elevated above ground and in flood conditions that have fairly low flow rates and wave activity. In addition to this prototype, the Buoyant Foundation Project has successfully amphibiated buidlings in Vietnam and Louisiana, and is currently working on projects in Canada.
Railing
Floor deck
Joists for floor deck
Beams tying A-Frame
Bottom of A-Frame
Courtesy of CTV News, Kitchener
Floatation Material PROTOTYPE DESIGN & RECOGNITION The simple A-Frame design was chosen for its stability, ease of modular assembly and resistance to wind loading. Though originally designed to accomodate dock floats, the final structure uses hollow barrels to provide buoyancy. The stormwater retention pond’s small size and shallowness meant we could eschew a vertical gudiance posts, instead providing some lateral stability with tethering. The project has been featured on local CTV News in Kitchener, Ontario as well as TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin. I co-authored a paper describing the design for the International Conference for Amphibious Architecture & Engineering held in Warsaw in October 2019, which is currently being published in the ocnference proceedings by Taylor & Francis.
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Vertical guidance posts
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Kayanase Pavillion
3A & 3B / ARCH 385 & ARCH 393 Instructed by John McMinn and Paul Dowling Design & construction collaboration w. a team of 15 classmates for First Nations clients at Kayanase construction in progress, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario
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The Kayanase Pavillion is an ongoing Design-Build collaboration with a local indigenous community on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario. The actual design-build phase of the project took place over the course of two semesters. When completed, the building will serve as a learning pavillion for children from nearby communities to learn about the culture of the indigenous residents on the reserve, including arts and crafts, history, sports and food. Positioned on a sloping site with a view toward the Grand River,
the pavillion will be a simple insulated wood frame construction with a sloped roof and glazed eastern wall braced by shelving for displaying the children’s creations. The local indigenous community was consulted closely at each stage of design. The wall, truss and floor modules were constructed in the school’s workshop and are in storage awaiting final assembly. My roles involved proposing design iterations, contributing to the final working drawings, carpentry and final module construction. Expected completion: summer 2021
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PAVILLION GREY WATER BED
UNDERGROUND CISTERN
MATERIAL STORAGE
LONGHOUSE ACCESS LANE
ARCHAEOLOGY ZONE
GREENHOUSE
KAYANASE SITE PLAN
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The splayed shape of the pavillion’s plan is achieved with a regularly-spaced but increasingly enlarged trusses, supported on the west by a structural wall and on the east by a wishbone-shaped vertical truss with attached shelving. These shelves can be used to display crafts and artwork made by children during classes in addition to providing natural passive illumination during the day. The trusses were fully constructed by the class in the school’s woodshop, including the bearing plates. The entire structure is suspended over a sloped ridge by foundation piles that will be poured into the ground. TRUSSES
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The pavillion is insulated and airtight and will contain a compost toilet and running water from an underground cistern. It will also contain a wood fire stove and an outdoor porch with a view opening south toward the Grand River through the ckearing. FLOOR PLAN
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INTERIOR RENDERING
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DESIGN
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BUILD
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Chair for M.C. Escher
4B / ARCH 570 Instructed by Dr. Elizabeth English Collaboration w/ Wayne Yan completed in 2019, Cambridge, Ontario
ESCHER’S ESCHER’S ESCHER’S CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT
1.1. 1.GEOMETRY GEOMETRY 1. GEOMETRY GEOMETRY ESCHER’S CONCEPT
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2.2. REPEAT 2. REPEAT 2.REPEAT REPEAT
3.3.METAMORPHOSIS METAMORPHOSIS 3.3.METAMORPHOSIS METAMORPHOSIS
M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist and printmaker famous for drawing impossible shapes, optical illusions, tessellated patterns and other mathematically-inspired artwork. Over his lifetime he produced hundreds of lithographs and woodcut prints as well as thousands of drawings and sketches.This chair for M.C. Escher, like his artwork, challenges the user’s perceptions of what is “impossible” by repeating a simple geometric form, then manipulating it to create an illusion. The motifs of defying gravity and laws of perspective
-- prevalent in Escher’s work -- manifests in a chair that seems to magically suspend itself above the user’s head. Another recurring motif in Escher’s art is the dissolution of geometries into fractals and tesselations. Likewise, our client’s chair begins as a solid monolith which deconstructs into three cubes as the user interacts with it, and which can be completely separated from one another if desired. The rpoject was an equal two-perswon collaboration from design & prototyping to final construction and documentation.
CHAIR CONCEPT
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1. GEOMETRY GEOMETRY 1.
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CHAIR CONCEPT
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The chair’s seemingly precarious cantilevers are achieved by a continuous 2” aluminum pole, which is attached to the inner face of the boxes through a series of plywood ‘sleeves’. Using machine screws fastened through the pole, the sleeves limit the rotation of boxes around the pole. Sleeve A doesn’t rotate, Sleeve B is limited to 90 degree counterclockwise rotation, Sleeve C is limied to 90 degree clockwise rotation. The sleeves are milled from 1/2” baltic birch plywood and laminated in pairs. By concealing the mechanism of rotation - the chair aspires to generate a sense of mystery that is often found in Escher’s work.
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BOTTOM BOX JOINT DIAGRAM BOTTOM BOX JOINT DIAGRAM
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The upper two boxes are made of 1/4” plywood panels with lasercut puzzle joints on the 6edge.
SLEEVE C
The upper boxes have a puzzle joint JOINT TYPE A -since routing out a lap joint on the 1/4” plywood would compromise it’s41stability. TYPE B created through laser The JOINT edges were ROTATION cutting, with the identifying numbers 6 engraved on the inside. 1:10
BOTTOM BOX JOINT DIAGRAM
ROTATE 90
The bottom box is made of 1/2” plywood panels with routed lap joints on the edges, 6mm deep.
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Wayne and I created a booklet to document the chair, including the full conceptual design, prototyping, construction, structural mathematical analysis and final images of the completed chair. The full booklet can be found online at the following link: https://issuu.com/philippefournier9/docs/final_chair_for_ mc_escher
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Jigsaw Table
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2A Design Studio / ARCH 292 Instructed by Adrian Blackwell Design Collaboration w. Hagop Terzian, Sissi Li & Justin Ng completed in 2015, Cambridge, Ontario
This table set was designed and built over the course of a weekend. As part of a design studio focused housing, the instructions of the project were to create some kind intervention in our own homes. The impetus for creating a table set was the observation that nobody in my house ate together in the same room. We came up with the idea of a fragmented table that by its design implied the need to be unified. Each puzzle piece has a deatchable third leg which can
be attached to stand on its own, eand each has a different colour and corresponding chair to give each their own unique personality. The primary colour scheme gives the table set a youthful, playful character. The chairs were donated by local stores and painted to match the colour scheme of their table piece. Each team member had an equal role in the design and construction of the project.
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Academic Work
Under Water
4B Design Studio / ARCH 493 Studio Instructed by Andrew Levitt solo project proposed location: Toronto Islands, Ontario typology: recreation centre / swimming facility Individual Project
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Under Water is a project proposing a new low-energy, natural filtration swimming pool complex on the Toronto Islands. Situated on the shoreline directly across from the city skyline, the building takes advantage of this pristine view by having all of its pools located on the roof, while underneath, selective use of glass floors and walls in the pool tanks reveals swimmers to the programs below and allow underwater sunlight to passively light the interior. Sustainability principles were a key driver of the building’s design,
as it heavily incoroporates passive lighting, cooling and heating with cross ventilation, solar gain and thermal mass and an east-west linear form which maximizes solar exposure. The exterior envelope is a consistent R-33 insulated concrete structural assembly with limestone filled gabion wall cladding that grow vines in the summer months, turning the exterior surfaces into a natural green wall. Water from the pools is filtered by a closed loop natural system incorporating hydrobotanic ponds and pathogen-eating plants.
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VIEW FROM THE FERRY
Jack Layton Ferry Terminal
Ferry
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SUMMER SOLSTICE SUNRISE: 5:35 SUNSET: 21:02
Building
Lake Ontario
EQUINOX SUNRISE: 7:03 SUNSET: 19:17
Olympic Island
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WINTER SOLSTICE SUNRISE: 7:47 SUNSET: 16:43
TORONTO ISLANDS MAP 2 2175 m 2 975 m 2 2722 m 2 3697 m
Total Net Floor Area Total Net Pool Area Total Gross Floor Area Total Gross Floor Area with Pool Area Estimated Total Annual Building Energy Use 3
Lighting 22%
79465k Wh
Energy Use by End-Use Space Heating Space Cooling1 Ventilation Water Heating (Building) Plug and Process Lighting Estimated Total Annual Pool Energy Use Estimated Renewable Energy Generation4
kWh Wh kWh kWh kWh kWh
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Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
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EUI with Pool
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ENERGY USE DATA
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52098 16034k 46595 66368 13597 84774
Plug and Process 4%
Water Heating (Building) 17%
Space Heating 14%
Space Cooling 31% Ventilation
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ENERGY USE PERCENTAGES
VIEW FROM THE ISLAND, APPROACHING DURING A FLOOD
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Original Site Condition; Olympic Island
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Contour line is reinforced w/ gabion walls and concrete to create a podium for flood protection, which is built to jut out into the lake and provide full panoramic views of the Toronto Skyline across the harbour
Existing path through site is rerouted along an arc tangential to the centreline of both bridges connecting Olympic Island to the rest of Toronto Islands
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New paths directly to the cafe, event space and main foyer entrances as well as the artificial beach are paved from tangents along the main path’s curve
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Building mass extrudes from podium; two volumes w/ a promenade around all perimeter walls
Most existing vegetation is kept intact while trees removed during construction are replanted densely along the tangential paths to create a lush natural experience while approaching the building.
ROOF +6.50m REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVERS ON GRAVEL BED REINFORCED CONCRETE STEPS LIMESTONE-FILLED GABION BASKET ANTI-EROSION RETAINING WALL W/ PLANTER 100 YR FLOOD LEVEL
The building is situated on the northernmost edge of Olympic Island, one of the lowest-lying areas of Toronto Islands, and thus a great flood risk. In order to protect the building, It is situated and built up around the highest contour of the site (+76m above sea level) with a gabion retaining wall, which is just above the 100 year flood line of Lake Ontario (75.7m).
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1. Bike storage 2. Cafe 3. Kitchen 4. Washroom
5. First aid 6. Meeting room 7. Staff change room 8. Roof Stair
9. Change rooms 10. Showers 11. Storage 12. Reception
13. Coat check 14. Coat room 15. Foyer 16. Wet sauna
17. Dry sauna 18. Wood storage 19. Hot tub 20. Event storage
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21. Recycling 22. Event admin 23. Dive pool 24. Event Space
25. Mech room 26. Gravel bed 27. Hydrobotanic pond 28. Poolkeeper’s house
29. Pebble beach 30. Boat drop-off 31. Kid’s pool 32. Large pool
33. Dive tower 34. Event storage
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ROOF (+6.5m)
LVL 1 (+2.0m) GRADE (+1.0m)
promenade
foyer
reception
shower
universal change rooms
1:200 MAIN FOYER SECTION N-S SEALANT @JOINT BETWEEN PLEXIGLASS SHEETS
SEE DETAIL, LEFT
100mm PLEXIGLASS STEEL ANGLE SEALANT
CARBONCAST PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL ADHERED TO 1/2in PLYWOOD WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE BRETON STONE TILES
SHOWER KNOB
BRETON STONE TILES
PILKINGTON LOW-E DOUBLE PANED ARGON FILLED GLAZING
150mm R33 XPS FOAMULAR HIGH-R CW PLUS RIGID INSULATION 300mm X 500mm REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM
THINSET MORTAR BED WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE
PERFORATED WATER PIPE BOLTED INTO 100mm X 100mm COVE
REINFORCED 500mm CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE
SHOWER ROOM SECTION
SHOWER BEAM
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promenade
pebble beach
FOYER & RECEPTION DESKS
SHOWERS
UNIVERSAL CHANGE ROOMS
The room is flooded with the dance of refracting sunlight through the pool skylight above, while turning the wall knob begins a cascade of water through the structure itself, creating the illusion that the pool itself is falling through the ceiling.
The Change Rooms and Cafe are completely passively lit during the day by overhead Skylights through the swimming pools. The skylight assembly allows sunlight to fill the room below while the water and insulated glass cools the solar heat gain to prevent the interior from overheating and actually providing a degree of passive cooling in the summertime.
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ROOF (+6.5m)
LVL 1 (+2.0m) GRADE (+1.0m)
KID’S POOL
roof deck promenade
roof deck promenade
cafe
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ROOF (+6.5m)
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roof lawns promenade
corridor
main roof stair
1:200 MAIN ROOF STAIR SECTION N-S
The roof deck and pools can be access by two main staircases which lead up from the change rooms. A sliding glass door can be completely retracted during open hours to make orientation obvious to visitors, while the doors can be shut in the cold weather to keep the building envelope sealed while providing a lightwell. The main staircase is built around a large existing tree, and rewards the visitor with a full, direct panoramic view of the Toronto skyline at the top step, establishing a connection between nature and the city. MAIN ROOF STAIR ENTRANCE FROM CHANGE ROOMS
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staff change room
promenade
pebble beach
pebble beach
CAFE, UNDER KID’S POOL
SOUTH CORRIDOR, LOOKING TOWARDS MAIN STAIR
TOP OF MAIN STAIR
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ROOF (+6.5m)
LVL 1 (+2.0m)
dive tower promenade
DIVE POOL
roof deck hall
corridor
promenade
1:200 CAFE SECTION N-S
ROOF (+6.5m)
LVL 1 (+2.0m) GRADE (+1.0m)
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roof lawns event space
1:200 MAIN ROOF STAIR SECTION N-S
promenade 100mm PLEXIGLASS GASKET
SEALANT
The main architectural gesture of the project is the use of glazed skylights and walls in the rooftop pool tanks to create interesting visual relationships between swimmers on the roof deck and programs below. This reoccuring glazing detail consists of both a loadbearing plexiglass fitting and an argon-filled double paned window, avoiding thermal bridging while simultaneously allowing sunlight to passively illuminate the interior.
STEEL ANGLE WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE 150mm R33 XPS FOAMULAR HIGH-R CW PLUS RIGID INSULATION CARBONCAST PRECAST CONCRETE FINISH “WHITE FOSSIL” ADHERED TO 1/2in PLYWOOD
PILKINGTON LOW-E DOUBLE-PANED ARGON FILLED GLAZING
TYPICAL POOL TANK SKYLIGHT SECTION DETAIL 1:10
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pebble beach DIVE POOL
pebble beach
EVENT SPACE 500mm CONCRETE SHEAR WALL 100mm CONCRETE POOL TANK BED THINSET MORTAR BED
A wall condition that is analagous to the pool tank skylights occurs around the walls of the dive pool tank, which has large windows looking into the water like an aquarium. This allows people in the event space and adjacent hallways to see divers as they splash down into the water from above. In the event space in warm seasons, a glass multisliding door system can be completely retracted to create a perfectly cross-breezed room which frames the view of the Toronto skyline.
WHITE CERAMIC POOL TILE
STEEL ANGLE SEALANT GASKET CARBONCAST PRECAST CONCRETE FINISH “WHITE FOSSIL” ADHERED TO 1/2in PLYWOOD PILKINGTON LOW-E DOUBLE-PANED ARGON FILLED GLAZING 100mm PLEXIGLASS
150mm R33 XPS FOAMULAR HIGH-R CW PLUS RIGID INSULATION WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE
TYPICAL DIVE POOL TANK WINDOW PLAN DETAIL 1:10
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ROOF (+6.5m) LVL 1 (+2.0m) BEACH (+1.0m)
NORTH ELEVATION 1:500
ROOF (+6.5m) LVL 1 (+2.0m) GRADE (+1.0m)
SOUTH ELEVATION 1:500
ROOF (+6.5m) LVL 1 (+2.0m) GRADE (+1.0m)
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PROGRAMS
SCHEDULE 2
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The first pool filling of each swimming season will come from the city grid’s treated water. After this initial filling the water will remain in a closed loop system for the duration of the season.
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Grey Water is drained from pools and hot tub
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Grey Water is pumped into a raised gravel bed with filtration plants and sifted down through gravity
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Grey Water deposits into a hydrobotanic regeneration pond with plants that feed on bacteria and other organic matter
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Unheated water is pumped into the perforated shower pipes around the perimeter of the hot tub
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Unheated water is pumped into the perforated pipes around the perimeter of the hot tub
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PASSIVE VENTILATION DIAGRAM
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JUNE
JULY
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WIND ROSES DURING POOL MONTHS
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OCTOBER BUILDING ORIENTATION
The hot tub room is an outdoor cube-shaped concrete volume with a lone planter and sakura tree in the centre. During warm seasons, The hot tub volume’s mass, as well as the cherry tree provides ample shade inside the room, allowing bathers to enjoy the temperature of the water without excessive solar gain from the sun. Some cross-breezing may be allowed by opening the sliding door in the north-east corner of the room as well as the operable transom window on the other side of the door, permitting a slight breeze to enter from the corner of the room. During cold seasons, the hot water contrasts nicely with the freezing air temperatures. Snow can filter into the space and melt on contact with the water, but the bather is completely sheltered from wind by the mass of the building around them if the doors and windows are kept shut. HOT TUB
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Walden Revisited
1A Design Studio / ARCH 192 coordinated by Rick Andrighetti solo project proposed location: Cambridge, Ontario typology: private cottage
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Located along a remote dirt trail in a private forest, this cottage would function as a summer retreat for a resident author. Taking its cue from Thoreau’s famous Walden cabin in the woods, the cottage is designed to be completely absorbed in solitude and nature, allowing the writer to be truly alone with his thoughts. Built on the edge of a ridge, overlooking Taylor Lake, the building is situated parallel to the trail with a slight cantilever over the lip of
the ridge. The design is a minimal, symmetrical open floor plan that provides a continuous panoramic view toward the water along the western elevation. The east wall facing the trail is opaque to create a degree of privacy and establish the orientation of the building towards the water. Skylights bring in views and shadows from the tree canopy so that the writer feels immersed in the outdoors even from the indoors. Wood is the dominant structural and finish material with the exception of steel piles providing the building’s cantilever.
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APPROACH FROM WOODED TRAIL Accessing the site requires a short hike through the forest, bringing the visitor to total isolation. The west orientation of the glazing toward the lake gives the visitor a sunset view every night in the summer time. The shuttered sliding screen door entrance can be kept open to give the living room an open “porch”-like condition.
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TAYLOR LAKE LEGEND WALDEN
FOREST COVER HIKING TRAIL 15M CONTOUR PLAN AREA, SEE RIGHT
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LIVING ROOM
KITCHEN & DINING
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Room 000
2A / ARCH 226 Instructed by Terri Boake Collaboration w/ Hagop Terzian & Chris Glebe proposed location: Toronto, Ontario typology: portable classroom / pavillion
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Room 000 is a high-performance multi-purpose building prototype made of recycled shipping containers. It produces net zero carbon, net zero water waste and net zero energy waste by incorporative passive heating and cooling strategies as well as solar energy and rainwater collection. Its ostensible use is a portable classroom but can accomodate a wide variety of functions due to its ease of
assembly, transport and reconstruction.The building’s design was optimized for performance specifically in a cold winter-hot summer continental climate around the Greater Toronto Area. My role in the project was design collaboration and producing final renderings, diagrams and drawings.
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48 Photovoltaic Panels
Light Steel Prefabricated Roof Assembled in Sections
Steel Subroof Structure Including Electrical Conduits and Rainwater Collection Pipes
Building Made of Four Containers: • Three 40’ x 8’ x 8.6’ constitute the classroom volume • One 20’ x 8’ x 6.1’, divided in half along the width constitutes the bathroom and mechanical room volumes
SUMMER
• Operable panels slide over the South windows • The East container doors, West entrance, North exit and North roof windows can be opened to allow for increased air circulation • The North roof overhang provides ample shade at solar noon for outdoor recreation • Photovoltaics supply surplus energy for all active systems inside
WINTER
• Exposed South windows allow substantial solar gain throughout the day and are triple-glazed with argon gas fill • 8” rigid wall insulation provide heat retention while concrete tile flooring provides thermal mass
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WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
NORTH ELEVATION
Scale: 1:100 0
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FLOOR PLAN
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Indoor Temperature (°F) HEED BUILDING PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
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PV Panels Roof The building achieves net zero water waste by including a rainwater slow-sand filtration system & a collection tank, a vaccuum composting system for the toilet (eliminating black water), as well as a grey water slow-sand filtration system used to water plants.
Steel Container Skin 8� Rigid Insulation (Four Layers of 2�) Clear Argon Triple Pane Low-E Glazing Steel Locking Feet on Concrete Rainwater Filtration & Storage Greywater Filtration System Vacuum Composting Toilet Tank
From Toilet To Bathroom To Sink
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River Spirit
2B Design Studio / ARCH 293 Instructed by Scott Sorli solo project proposed location: French River, Ontario typology: addiction treatment lodge /.cruise ship
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The River Spirit is a mental health clinic & addiction treatment centre designed to capitalize on the therapeutic attributes of water: its tranquility, reflectivity and coolness. Formally inspired by the imagery of fog on the water, the building floats on the river and can be detached from its docking station to become a fully mobile solar-powered boat. The facade is made of a pattern of treated ETFE plastic membranes of varying translucencies with integrated PV cells. The membranes electronically inflate and deflate, creating
an undulating building envelope referencing the form, motion and refractveness of water and clouds. The membrane yields comfortable internal temperature control while allowing natural light to flood the interior, which studies have shown is a significant contributor to convalescence in medical facilities. All interior surfaces are made of reflective, translucent or transparent materials to maximize the proliferation of natural light, with increased levels of material opacity allowing an increased degree of privacy for particular programs.
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Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) Inflatable Membranes
Tensile Aluminum Substructure
Light Steel Truss Rib Superstructure
Photovoltaic Cells
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1st Deck +0.00m 5. Massage Room 6. Doctor’s Office/Isolated Care 7. Library 8. Dining Room 9. Entrance/Reception 10. Games Room 11. Water/Septic Storage (below stair) 12. Gym 13. Storage 14. Porch
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Hollow Steel Floatation Barge
THE LODGE The River Spirit houses bedrooms for 32 patients at a time. The layout design was guided by the principle of maximizing the proliferation of natural light to all rooms, in order to both improve patient mental health and energy efficiency. Frosted glass is used for the bedroom sliding doors as well as the south-facing bathroom walls to allow ample light penetration while simultaneously creating a degree of privacy inside Glass
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partitions are used for all public program so that there is a visual connection to the outside from every room and corridor, and the glass between the gym and corridor is a one-way mirror from the inside. I provided ample lounge spaces and centralized activity to large, doubleheight rooms, on the principle that from all areas of the lodge one can never be more than a few metres away from a social encounter. Research has also shown that
higher ceilings have a positive effect on mental health, thus the program intentionally priveleges social spaces over private ones via increased ceiling height. All solid partitions are painted white and alumium decking is used for flooring, creating atmospheric reflections of the water and light.
PRECEDENTS
AWM Carport Ackermann & Partner ETFE integrated w/ solar cells
Eden Project Grimshaw Architects ETFE thermal control
VALVE OPEN System Stays Inflated
Media ICT Building Cloud 9 Architecture ETFE inflatable facade
Beijing Aquatics Centre PTW Architects Voronoi ETFE patterning
Floating House Mos Architects Floatation barge
Prada Transformer OMA Ambient interior lighting
Allianz Arena Herzog & de Meuron High-opacity ETFE design
Markthal Rotterdam MVRDV Tube atrium form w/ glass ends
VALVE OPEN System Inflates
VALVE CLOSED
VALVE OPEN Exhaust
VALVE CLOSED
VALVE OPEN System Stays Inflated
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSLUCENCY
THE CLOUD Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) is a fluorine-based plastic polymer used to make the pneumatic cushions composing the River Spirit enevelope. An electronic system maintains a consistent air pressure in and around the cushions, inflating or deflating them as needed to yield a comfortable level of light control in the interior. The material’s excellent solar & UV transmittance allows PV cells to produce energy at full capacity from inside the building.
• Recycleable • 40+ Year Life Span • 85-88% light transmission, reduceable by inflation & chemical treatment
• Better Insulation properties than triple pane glass (1.96 w/mK U value for a 3-ply air cushion) • Lower Solar Heat Transmittance than glazing prevents interior from overheating (0.35 G Value)
• 1% the weight of glass • Smooth surface sheds precipitation
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Site
French River Navigable Waterways
To Wolseley Bay -30m -25m -20m -15m -10m -5m
French River
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SITE AMENITIES 1. River Spirit Lodge 2. Garden 3. Sauna/Boat Storage Building 4. Beach
0 5. Staff Bunkie 6. Staff Firepit 7. Emergency Helpad 8. Lookout Point 9. Communal Firepit
10. Tennis & Basketball 11. Plunge Deck 12. Neighbouring Property
Sunset
THE SITE River Spirit is located on the French River in Northern Ontario, about an hour and a half drive Southeast from Sudbury. The landscape is part of the Canadian Shield dominated by craggy bedrock isles, coniferous trees and innumerable freshwater lakes and rivers. The River Spirit’s docking site is poised in a centralized cove on the river, which spans all the way from Lake Nippissing in the East to Lake Huron in the West. Its ability to navigate a signficant stretch of the river offers residents the opportunity to explore the grandeur of the landscape.
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159 Sterling
3A Design Studio / ARCH 392 Instructed by John McMinn solo project proposed location: Toronto, Ontario typology: mixed-use midrise development
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159 Sterling is a radical design for a mixed-use midrise project in the developing industrial neighbourhood of Junction Triangle in Toronto. The building’s design seeks to address common concerns of midrise life in city residents; namely disconnect from the outdoors, dark corridors, lack of indoor social spaces and the resulting alienation. It does so by being organized around a “vertical streetscape” inside the building: a massive, continous atrium volume that connects all indoor programming visually and physically and allows ample
chance social encounters. No double loaded corridors are allowed, and this continuous atrium volume is amply lit passively by curtain walls. Residences constitute a second volume above the main mass, sharing a common, landscaped roof deck. The building’s mass itself wraps around a new central urban park, giving the park a piazza or courtyard quality. By centrally locating the park this way, it becomes a shared public space for the diverse workers, residents and athletes within the building to meet and mingle.
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SITE & MASTERPLAN
Symington
My site is located in the Dufferin Grove-Junction Triangle neighborhood of Toronto, characterized by lowrise residential & renovated ndustrial building types. It is one of the poorer and more blighted regions of the city, lacking greenspace, pedestrian life and substantial commercial activity.
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The intent of the original masterplanning was to address these conditions by creating a pedestrian and cycling-only promenade parallel to Sterling Rd that would conclude into a park at the base of the Automotive Building tower. The park addresses the lack of greenspace in the Junction Triangle neighborhood of Toronto. and also serves as a neutral connecting space around which variegated programs can circulate.
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My parcel is the area that encompasses this intended parkspace as well as the Automotive tower itself. The massing sought to create a large contained central park with connections at grade to the pedestrian street, Sterling Road and the exisiting path along the railroad, anticipating a new transit stop. SITE PLAN 0
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2. Align Sterling & Symington, eliminate Perth
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4. Create bike lanes
5. Massing masterplan opens plaza adjacent to Automotive Tower
6. Create greenspace along rail path
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CONCERNS IN RESIDENTIAL HIGHRISES
61%
52%
44%
41%
31%
27%
Miss greenery
Said tall buildings are impersonal
Disliked monotonous circulation
Difficulty getting outside
Limited environmental control
Isolation
25%
Poor exterior design
CONCERNS IN OFFICE SPACES
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72%
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Desired ample outdoor views and lighting
Disliked enclosed workspaces
Desired easy connections to outdoors
Preferred working near ground
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Source: Conway, Donald J., ed. Human Response to Tall Buildings. Stroudsburg, Penns.: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, 1977.
Listed above are the results of a series of academic surveys that asked people what they liked and did not like about life among highrise buildings. These considerations helped influence my guiding design principles, key being: incorporating nature, eliminating double loaded corridors, maximizing public spaces, maximizing the proliferation of sunlight, and providing visual connections between and across floors.
PRIVATE
BRINGING THE PUBLIC REALM UP
TYPICAL HIGHRISE
View from NW
View from NE
View from SE
View from SW
PROPOSED ORGANIZATION
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1. Internet Cafe 2. Kiosk retail 3. Loading bay 4. Mechanical 1 5. Bookstore
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6. Staff Lounge 7. Administration 8. Masseuse 9. Lobby 1 10. Lobby 2
11. Woodshop 1 12. GO/TTC station 13. Woodshop 2 14. Bistro Cafe 15. Lobby 3
16. Sauna 17. Pools & Hot Tub 18. Storage 1 19. Storage 2 20. Basketball & Volleyball
21. Viewing seats/Stairs 22. Mechanical 2 23. Lobby 4 24. Museum (Existing)
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Playing with the possibilities of vertical circulation allows for moments where the circulation itself can accommodate different activities. In multiple parts of the building, stairs are sized for sitting and viewing, these include in front of the tennis and basketball courts for game-watching, and here in the office atrium for performances, lectures and other presentations.
The mezzanines throughout are generously sized to allow for their own variegated uses, from lounge spaces, meeting spaces and workspaces. Programs on upper floors expresses themselves as cantilevered “pods� which look down over the atrium space without completely obstructing the view to other programs beyond.
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OFFICE ATRIUM
SECTION LEGEND 1. Residences 2. Lightwells 3. Roof Terrace 4. Offices 5. Atrium
6. Museum Bldg. (existing) 7. Landscaped Park 8. Pool 9. Tennis Court 10. Apartment Stairwell
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Professional Work
Kigutu Hospital
office: Bergen Street Studio office location: New York City, USA project location: Burundi, Africa project type: Women’s hospital All photos and drawings copyright of Bergen Street Studio, renderings co-produced by Stantec
EXTERIOR RENDERING W/ CONTEXT
EXTERIOR RENDERING
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Kigutu Hospital is a women’s hospital currently under construction in a rural area in Burundi, Africa, in partnership with Village Health Works as well as landscape architecture consulting from Stantec. The hospital will offer maternity and emergency care for women in an impoverished part of Africa. It was designed with passive design principles to reduce its energy intensity and construction costs.
My role on the project was to help produce a set of working construction drawings as the design developed, as well as build some of the master digital Rhino model used for the renderings depicted here (produced in partnership with Stantec). I was also assigned to propose dffferent design iterations for the exterior pickup and drop-off area, seating and landscaping.
INTERIOR RENDERING
CONSTRUCTION ON-SITE
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Cambridge Mill Residences
office: MartinSimmons Architects office location: Kitchener, ON project location: Cambridge ON project type: Hotel/Residences All photos and drawings copyright of MartinSimmons, renderings produced by Pureblink
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Cambridge Mill Towers is a residential/hotel complex proposed in downtown Cambridge, ON. Situated on the edge of the Grand River, the tower’s angular, white form was inspired by the ice flows which frequently dam the river in the winter. Nestled at the periphery of the valley in central Cambridge, the towers will totally transform the lowrise stone skyline of the downtown core and become a regional icon.
My role in the project was to help develop the Sketchup and Revit models during the schematic design phase, including proposing design iterations for project features such as the pool above the entrance canopy and an attached parking structure. I produce a set of drawings for the zoning application as well as graphic presentations for meetings with the client and the city of Cambridge.
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Lynn Valley Library Desk Reno
office: Carscadden Stokes McDonald Architects office location: Vancouver, BC project location: Vancouver, BC project type: interior renovation & desk design All photos and drawings copyright of Carscadden Stokes McDonald Architect Inc.
COMPLETED RENOVATION AREA & DESK
CONSTRUCTION PLAN
MILLWORK SECTION DETAILS
This project was a renovation for the service desk area of the Lynn Valley Library in northern Vancouver. My role was to aid with the schematic design of four different options for the desk, producing plan and millwork detail drawings as well as attending client meetings with the project manager Glen Stokes. Our proposals involved removing the existing staff room wall to make the area behind the desk more spacious, as well as choosing a new colour scheme to contrast with the existing warm wood colours. After producing four design options
for the client with different shapes, a curving design scheme was chosen for construction. From there I aided in refining the millwork construction drawings and choosing the material composition and colour schemes for the stone countertop and laminated woodwork. Lastly I 3D printed a model of the final design for the client’s use, as well as copies of the company’s “C” logo to be used on future models. The desk accomodates accessibility standards, book bins, drawers and self-checkout stations.
3-D PRINTED SKETCH MODEL OF FINAL DESIGN w/ COMPANY LOGO
DESK MILLWORK CONSTRUCTION PLANS
Competitions
In Bloom
Seoul Clean Air Competition Se16 3rd Place Prize Winner Collaboration w/ Marco Chow, Nathanael Scheffler & Ethan Schwartz
Algae Colours:
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A TITANIUM-DIOXIDE-COATED PANEL SYSTEM is easily mounted to the exterior walls. The titanium dioxide converts organic pollutants in the air into C02 and water, which is then transferred to the algae system. The transparency of the coating means the aesthetic possibilities for colour and form are endless. Our design is an undulating parametric pattern.
Gravity tank evenly distributes the water and algae to the louvres
Algae drains through the louvres, absorbing sunlight and undergoing phtoosynthesis
algae drains into aeration tank outside air is pressurized and bubbled through aeration tank pump moves algae to gravity holding tank on top of building algae is filtered out for processing water is reclaimed
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The city of Seoul, South Korea, is plagued by dangerous levels of air pollution. The Se16 Seoul Clean Air Competition called upon architects and designers to propose design strategies to address this crisis. Our proposal is a modular, mass-produceable and scalable facade system designed to clean air pollution on a mass scale by converting, through a chain of reactions, organic pollitants into algae biomass and oxygen. The facade system is designed as an architectural product that can be easily attached to much of
the city’s existing residential buildings as an array of louvres and panels. The design capitalizes on the fact that much of Seoul’s built form is comprised of nearly identical soviet-block style residential typologies which offer a large amount of surface area with which to attach these panels and thus maximimize their effieiency. The project team shared equally in the design process and final drawing production, with my contribution including the background context neighbourhood model and final poster layout.
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CAPITALIZING ON THE EXISTING BUILT FORM OF SEOUL Our facade system is designed as a pair of supplemental modular products tailored for mass production and assembly on the city’s definitive building types. Vast regions of Seoul’s urban fabric are defined by clusters of identical residential towers such as these shown in the suburb of Gaepodong. Proliferated on a mass scale, our system would cover a significant surface area of these towers as new urban “green space”, reducing pollution levels while simultaneously improving the asethetics of the built environment.
A HORIZONTAL LOUVRE SYSTEM takes in CO2 and other organic particulates to grow algae within a system of water pipes. The pipes circulate the water and algae uniformly throughout the system. In sunnier weather the algae blooms become more opaque, providing shade for passive cooling, whereas in cooler tempertaures the pipes can be emptied to prevent freezing and allow unabated solar gain. This map show the green acreage of Seoul if our system was applied to every existing residential neighborhood of this typology. Light green = existing; Dark green = new.
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THE ALGAE IS HARVESTED and can then be sold for a variety of off-site uses, including: biofuel further reducing air pollution, by replacing fossil fuel energy use
sewage treatment addressing water pollution and wetland degradation
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biomedical/chemical uses manufacturing medicine, cosmetics, fertilizers, biodegradable plastics
SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY Via our system, for every day of average solar exposure, 1m2 of titanium dioxide will convert 200m3 of Nitrous Oxides and 60m3 of other organic pollutants into oxygen and algae biomass.
CARBON BASED POLLUTION
TITANIUM DIOXIDE TREATED PANELS
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Park Ave. Bike Lane
Beyond The Centreline 2017 competition entry Collaboration w/ Wayne Yan proposed location: New York City typology: cycling path
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The ‘Beyond the Centreline’ competition called on designers to propose an intervention to the medians in teh centre of Park avenue in Manhattan. Our proposal is to incorporate a new two-way cycling trail along the centre of the median, painted with bright rianbow colours. Buffered from the busy road on either side by the existing vegetation, this trail would be be a safe and easy for drivers to see,.The path would fill in a major existing North-South gap in Manhattan’s bike path network, connecting Spanish Harlem at 97th street all the way
The bike lane would anticipate a large amount of cycling traffic due to its midway connection point at Grand Central as well as its uninterrupted, two-way NorthSouth traffic flow. It would cost very little to build and maintain, and help reduce automobile congestion on one of the city’s most important commercial thoroughfares. Its physical separation from car and foot traffic also increases safety, embolden would-be urban cyclists to use it, as well as allow greater speeds and reduced travel times from roads which cyclists must share with automobiles.
Union Square at 14th Street. The path would also pass through Grand Central Station at 42nd, the city’s busiest commuter transit node. The rainbow scheme is both an homeage to the city’s tolerance and diversity, and a visual attraction for instagrammers and New Yorkers alike, adding a fun splash of colour to an otherwise monochrome urban landscape. I produced the main central rendering and Manhattan map. Both team members contributed equally to the design process and final cost calculations.
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