Raechel Hamilton Undergraduate Portfolio 2020 [outdated]

r a e c h e l h a m i l t o n

undergraduate

portfolio

2016 - 2020

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c o n t e n t s cv

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community crossroad

adaptive reuse gallery early learning centre

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mcguire bunkies

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ramsey lake ice station

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plastopia 3stones architecture + design

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r a e c h e l h a m i l t o n barrie, ontario rhamilton1@laurentian.ca (705) 817-0095 issuu.com/raechelhamilton thetelegraph.ca

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e d u c a t i o n 2020 - 2022

laurentian university, mcewen school of architecture master of architecture sudbury, ontario

2016 - 2020

laurentian university, mcewen school of architecture bachelor of architectural studies sudbury, ontario

2014 - 2016

georgian college architectural technician barrie, ontario

e x p e r i e n c e fall 2020

laurentian university graduate teaching assistant | design studio 7 & design for climate change assisting providing

summer 2019

professors with grading, presentation material, students with tutorials, and feedback during reviews.

3stones architecture + design summer co-op student

aided the design team by producing 3d models for schematic design and renderings, made amendments to red-lined drawings, and completed post-production drawings for the firm’s website.

summer 2018 summer 2017

nudura inc. technical assistant/summer co-op student assisted the technical drawings, and research

may 2018

department, completed reports, related to insulated concrete

detail forms.

dinkelsbĂźhl workshop student intern

a design-build workshop with fellow students aiding a local architect on projects in historic 16th century mass timber buildings.

extracurriculars 2018 - present

the telegraph editor | a student run website to showcase student projects at the school.

2020 2019

nuit blanche installation artist

2018 2016

cca charrette participant

a c h i e v e m e n t s 2018 - 2020

laurentian university dean’s list | b.a.s. graduate cum laude

2018-2020

laurentian university in course scholarship

2014-2016

georgian college deans list

p r o f i c i e n c i e s rhino 6 | autocad | adobe creative suite | sketchup | microsoft office | revit | v-ray | grasshopper 5

c o m m u n i t y c r o s s r o a d

year fourth - fall 2019 to winter 2020 team 2 - with ashley sloot tools rhino, illustrator, photoshop, indesign 6

location downtown sudbury, on

the design for the mid-rise multi-use timber building complex developed through researching the process in which downtown sudbury was developed and how it evolved over time. the intersections and axis of junction creek and the railway have imposed a divide between the downtown and the surrounding neighbourhoods of sudbury. in order to bridge this divide, the design reinforces the intersections of downtown sudbury to introduce a sense of community for demographics that downtown lacks. geared towards families, renters, and students, the complex includes 2 and 3 bedroom apartments and 3 bedroom lofts as well as programs such as a market, bowling alley, and cafe to stimulate social interactions. implementing pedestrian streets from the extensions of the existing roadways informed the buildings configurations, while creating outdoor activity nodes including an exterior market, central outdoor skating rink or splash pad, and a children’s park.

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mapping

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the site analysis we observed the changes of downtown in relation to the railway, junction creek and the building formations, and how they informed each other through history.

accessed from the greater sudbury public library, 1884-2019. accessed on october 7, 2019.

view of the exterior market

view of the childrens p l a y g r o u n d

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view of the rink in summer

urban

walkways

axonometric

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with the site to the

use of pedestrian existing urban fabric.

site axis | during site visits we noticed the streets that intersected the sites also frames views of Sudbury points of interest, including the Super Stack, Tom Davies Square, Memorial Park, the water tower, and the Ledo Hotel.

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urban design plan | first floor plans of market (left) and bowling alley (right)

urban design plan | second floor plans of market (left) and residential above the bowling alley (right) 10

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2-bedroom apartment barrier free no. of units | 12 occupancy | 2-3 area | 75m2

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2m

3-bedroom loft

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3-bedroom apartment

no. of units | 12 occupancy | 2-4 area | 105m2

barrier free no. of units | 12 occupancy | 2-4 area | 100m2

north-west and

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bowling

to alley

south-east with

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3-bedroom,

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cutting 2-bedroom

through the parking units on the upper

below, floors.

interior render | interior view of the bowling alley, showcasing the playful lighting strategy.

exterior render | looking towards via rail train station and cafe with loft units above.

elgin street elevation

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unit elevation | zoomed in elevation of the units to illustrate the material qualities and outdoor space of the 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom apartments.

detailed section | cutting through the south-east market building. the section focuses on the constructability of the project, using

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post and beam structure in the market and clt structure in the housing units.

interior render | interior view of the kitchen and living area of the loft apartment. illustrating the materiality of the clt panels and the industrial feel of the lighting strategy for the units

interior render | interior view of the market. the space is adaptable to allow for variations of vendor set ups to occur. the structure pays homages to the via rail station located on the site with the details on the columns.

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clt roof structure

hvac and sprinkler system

interior drop ceiling

clt loadbearing walls and interior partitions

infloor radiant heating

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unit structure and systems axonometric | mechanical systems and structure diagram for a 2-bedroom apartment.

winter passive and active building strategies | the section is cut through

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cafe

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loft

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winter

building

strategies

summer passive and active building strategies | the section is cut through the cafe and loft units illustrating the summer building strategies

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a d a p t i v e re u s e g a l l e r y

year third - winter 2019 team individual tools rhino, illustrator, photoshop, indesign 18

location downtown sudbury, on

situated on the edge of downtown sudbury, the northern breweries building was built in the early 1900’s and has since become abandoned. based on site analysis and research, the conceptual design of the gallery is to create a community microcosm by celebrating the history of the building, its typology, and implementing moments of discovery and transparency. by separating programmatic requirements into public, semi-public, private spaces there was opportunity to have moments of reveal from one gallery to the next. the temporary gallery located on the ground floor has a reveal to the second-floor experimental gallery. as the visitors head up to the second floor the permanent gallery is exposed. light plays a role in choregraphing the movements of the users between the gallery spaces with changing moments of direct and diffuse light.

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conceptual section | exploring the history of the brewing process in the building

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second floor plan

gallery

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view of the temporary community gallery, meant to display a local artist which is free to the public

gallery vignette | view of the experimental gallery inspired by karilee fuglem’s work which explores sculptural and audiovisual art while experimenting with light

gallery vignette | view of the exposed stack as one of the moments within the building that is meant to preserve the memory

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elevation

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massing model | made at 1:50 the model shows the scale of the building with the surrounding context. model was made using laser cut 3mm ply, ash wood, and resin.

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permanent

section gallery

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cut through the experimental displaying maskull lasserre’s work

section model | using laser cut mat board and mdf, the section model is cut through the experimental and temporary galleries which attempt to capture the essence of light exploration within the design

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e a r l y l e a r n i n g c e n t r e

year third - fall 2018 team individual tools rhino, illustrator, photoshop, indesign location copper cliff, on 24

through historical site analysis, it was realized that since the development of copper cliff as a mining town, there are been disconnections between communities in the town as well as between copper cliff and the city of sudbury. the driving concept of the copper cliff early learning centre derived itself from this history of disconnections in order to bring a stronger sense of community in the town. the form of the building was manifested through observing of the local community of little italy and how they responded to the landscape by focusing on the voids that the streets create and abstracting them into programmatic clusters, ultimately creating a village within a village. the roof is an abstracted form of the local rock plays with the scale inside the early learning centre. the roof dips for child sized nooks, adding an additional level of comfort. the conceptual design aims to create a comfortable and familiar space for children to grow and play.

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1. reception and lobby 2. manager’s office 3. staff lounge 4. staff washroom 5. receiving 6. maintenance workshop 7. mechanical and electrical 8. it closet 9. janitor’s closet 10. pre-school play activity room and quiet room 11. pantry 12. walk-in freezer 13. kitchen 14. combined gross motor room 15. toddler play activity room 16. infant play activity room 17. isolation (sick) room 18. universal washroom

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floor plan and adjacent site design | off of the respective play activity rooms are paths to the exterior play areas to integrate children with nature.

detailed section & plan | toddler play activity and quiet room

cubby’s washroom quiet room equipment storage toy storage

toy storage

laser showing

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model building

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1:100 and the

birch-ply model surrounding site

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north-south section | section cut a

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the design was inspired by the idea of a cluster of bunkies, where each has their own function while having a connection to nature. the mcguire’s were looking for a design that

year summer 2020 team individual tools rhino, illustrator location south bay, manitoulin island, on 30

minimally impacts their site and the existing trees that protect their site from the strong winter conditions. the bunkies were designed to be off grid summer housing, with a sleeping cabin for the 3 children on the far left, an outhouse and outdoor shower located at the back, a sleeping cabin for the parents in the middle, and an outdoor kitchen to the right. they wanted to emphasize outdoor living with the bunkies, having a central place that connects the cabins visually to eachother while framing interior views of the lake.

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first floor plan

loft floor plan 32

north-west elevation | facade facing lake

south east elevation 33

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the objective of the ice station was to design a space that provided skaters with a sense of shelter and warmth on the ramsey lake skating path. as a studio group we investigated a form that mimics the movement of the marks skates leave on the ice. to achieve this form, two walls follow the smooth curves that skates

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year first - fall 2016 to winter 2017

create, manifesting an interior space that

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provides comfortable seating. we explored

tools hand drawn, model making, design build

steam bending, to achieve the curves in both

location ramsey lake, sudbury, on

shelters skaters from the winter conditions and

two methods of wood bending, lamination and

the horizontal and vertical planes. the ice station allows users to flow freely through or around the installation while enjoying the skating path.

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b u ild | using white ash and spf wood, the structure was built entirely using different methods of wood bending

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site | located on ramsey lake, the ice station’s curvilinear form generates a space that is effortless to move through as the one outer wall flows with the movement of skates and the other wall’s curve is more dramatic to provide shelter for those that decide to rest the photograph on the right is featured on cover of building a northern design culture

photograph courtesy of braeden martel

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when approaching the assignment ofcreating an inhabitable object located at sudbury’s farmers market, the team looked at the meaning around eating locally and the culture that surrounds markets. with the avid discussions about the climate crisis broadening, the push for eating locally has increased but the use of singleuse plastics is still evident in the marketplace. ultimately,

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contemplative

landed installation

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designing pods

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year fourth - fall 2019

repercussions and daily consumption of single-

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vintage advertisements and quotes which

tools rhino, illustrator, model making, design-build

of plastics through history. this installation will

location downtown sudbury, on

navigate this new landscape we are entering.

use plastic. each of the pods are covered in unveils the changing perception of the culture hopefully instill questions about the future of the climate crisis and how the participants will

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site | standing at the sudbury farmers market, the installation is meant to serve as a reminder to reflect on the consumption of plastic even when shopping locally

photographs courtesy of hannah taylor

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po d 1 | a standing reflective space while submerged in plastic bags

pod 2 | a seated reflective space while a chandelier of plastic water bottles overhead

po d 3 | a reclined reflective space to observe a globe of plastic cups 41

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i had the opportunity to work at the architectural firm,

3stones

architecture

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design in barrie ontario for my third-year coop term. during my time with 3stones i had the chance to work on multiple phases of a variation of projects. this included projects that were in the preliminary and schematic design phases, final design and construction design year summer 2019 team 3 tools autocad, sketchup, illustrator, photoshop, indesign 42

location barrie, on

phases, and postproduction documentation of projects. this position allowed me to exercise my skills in programs like autocad, illustrator, photoshop, and sketching as well learning sketchup. along with being exposed to new drawing practices in the office i had the opportunity to join the team on multiple site visits to experience the construction process and the documentation required.

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completed rendered plans of design and programmatic clusters

projects to of spaces

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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Covered Entrance

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Vestibule

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Entrance Foyer

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Book Reference

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Book Circulation

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Computer/Internet

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Children’s Reading Room

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Periodicals

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Book Shelving/Study

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Reading

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