RON C. ADRIANO 2022WORK
01 MEETING HOUSE 05 THE TIMBER CO-OPERATIVE 09 BREAKWATER POOLS 13 OPERA HOUSE THROUGH COLOUR 17 DESTRUCTOR COMPLEX 21 IS THAT HAIR? 25 A TEXTILE STORY 29 COMMERCIAL INTERIOR 31 RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR 33 URBAN SKETCHING 35 PHOTOGRAPHY 37 CURRICULUM VITAE
1 MEETING HOUSE Design-Build Studio - Spring 2021 Supervisor: Robert Mellin Team: Naomi Julien Tilting, Newfoundland and Labrador
Meetinghouse is a seasonal cabin designed for construction on Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador. Using vernacular building language and constructibility as a starting point for design, this project separates core building programs to create opportunities for formal and programmatic play. Gathering, sleep, and ablution are angled and arranged so that the overall silhouette of the assemblage shifts between familiar and unfamiliar when viewed from different locations. This arrangement also develops comfortable exterior conditions where multiple layers of building create an exterior area protected from the wind.
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Wall Types W1 - 3/4” Spruce Panel on 2” x 4” Wood Stud 3/4” Spruce shingles @ 5” coursing 1/2” Expanded plastic mesh (Cedar Slicker or similar) Peel & stick membrane 1” Rough sawn lumber panels 2” x 4” Wood stud @ 16” O.C. Spray foam insulation 3/4” Planed and finished spruce panels W2 - 3/4” Spruce Panel on 2” x 6” Wood Stud 3/4” Spruce shingles @ 5” coursing 1/2” Expanded plastic mesh (Cedar Slicker or similar) Peel & stick membrane 1” Rough sawn lumber panels 2” x 6” Wood stud @ 16” O.C. Spray foam insulation 3/4” Planed and finished spruce panels W3 - Exposed 2” x 6” Wood Stud 3/4” Spruce shingles @ 5” coursing 1/2” Expanded plastic mesh (Cedar Slicker or similar) Peel & stick membrane 1” Rough sawn lumber panels 2” x 6” Wood Stud @ 16” O.C. Roof Types R1 - Spruce Shingled Roof 3/4” Spruce shingles @ 5” coursing 1/2” Expanded plastic mesh (Cedar Slicker or similar) Peel & stick membrane 1” Rough sawn lumber panels 2” x 6“ Wood Joists @ 16” O.C. Beam size varies Floor Types F1 - Wood Floor 3-2” x 6” Built-up wood beam 2” x 6” Wood joists @ 16“ O.C. 2” x 4” Solid wood bridging @ 16“ O.C. 1” Rough sawn lumber panels Air & vapour barrier 3/4” Planed and finished spruce floor boards
5 THE TIMBER CO-OPERATIVE Design Studio - Fall 2020 Supervisors: Kiel Moe, Salmaan Craig, Rosetta S. Elkin Team: Andrew Ashbury, Farah El Majdoub, Mikael Hammond Benoit, Christina Mahut, Fo Wu Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
The Timber Co-operative reconsiders wood building practices in the Bas-Saint-Laurent Region of Quebec. It proposes that carbon emissions can be reduced through responsible forest management and in turn, building can be a process of replenishment and not of extraction. By focusing on tree growth as a method for carbon sequestration, lumber production can become an active form of carbon capture. Additionally, harvesting using low-disturbance methods, using solar powered drying kilns, and using characteristics of species to determine lumber size and function are small changes that have impact on a large scale. The project becomes a place for small forest owners to maximize the productivity of their forests, not only for personal profit, but for a broader positive ecological impact.
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The Timber Co-op begins at a small scale, processing lumber in order to sustain itself. As the facility expands, it is able to process wood for other buildings; in this case, small dwelling to support a housing shortage. By the time the facility is completed, it contains (1) the main factory space, (2) a logging horse stable, (3) green houses for sapling propagation, and (4) solar powered kilns. Phase 1 Small Scale Production
Phase 2 - Internal Growth and Increased Production Completion 1 2 3 4
9 Design Studio - Spring 2019 Supervisor: Andrew Levitt Toronto, Ontario BREAKWATER POOLS
The goal of Breakwater Pools is to strengthen the experiential relationship between Toronto and the Toronto Islands by visually aligning the Centre Island Pier and the CN Tower. As a result, the project becomes an apparent terminus: a set of pools and an event space at the edge of the city with nowhere further to go. While visitors are another degree separated from the city itself, narratively, they become a step closer.
As part of the comprehensive design studio, the building also engages problems of construction and sustainability strategies. These strategies include details in concrete and steel construction as well as energy and water conservation through solar hot water heating and rainwater collection.
1A.1.X111FoyerCoat Room 1B. Storage 2. Event Space 3. Community Meeting Room 4. Event Admin 5. Cafe 6. Mechanical Room 7. 8C.8B.8A.RecyclingDrySaunaWetSaunaSaunaChanging Room 9. Hot Tub 10. Pool Keeper’s Residence 11. Pool Reception 12. Change Room 13. First Aid Room 14. Pool Office 15. Staff Change Room 16. Pool Mechanical Room 17. Pool Equipment Storage 18. Large Pool 19. Children’s Pool 20. Diving Pool
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13 OPERA HOUSE THROUGH COLOUR Design Studio - Fall 2021 Supervisors: David Theodore Montreal, Quebec
There is a moment in our experience of going to the opera when we change from actors in the city to actors in the opera. We are transported to a different realm, one where space and time are unlinked and every sound is music. Outdoor opera intensifies this change: pulling surroundings in, enlisting adjacent landscapes and buildings, and celebrating celestial bodies. Here, spectators become participants, and the stage emanates sound and light, colouring everything within its reach. This opera house is not just a vessel for this transformation, it is the mediator. Colour becomes our guide, immersing us at every threshold. Colour escapes from openings in the building and tints the streets of Old Montreal. Stone walls lose their solidity, replaced by spectral curtains of colour. The fourth wall is broken before any word is sung.
15 X1 Typical opera house progression Outdoor opera house progression with site activation X2
1. lobby 2. lobby 3. gallery 4. orchestra 5. stage 6. seating 7. lift 1 8. lift 2 9. technical booth 10. ticket booth 11. coat room 12. office 13. rehearsal space 14. star dressing room 15. actor dressing room 16. musician dressing room 17. bar 18. washroom 19. costume storage 20. large storage 21. loading L1 X1 X2 L2
17 DESTRUCTOR COMPLEX Design Studio - Winter 2017 Toronto, Supervisor:OntarioJohn McMinn
Destructor Complex explores combinations of time sensitive program and its ability to respond to adjacent spaces throughout the day. It proposes a means of discovering community identity through the convergence of heritage and leisure through cultural production.
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The core of the project alternates between two programs: a market to the West and a theatre to the East. Both operate at different times but can provide a combined 24 hours of site activation. The market supports workers during the day and at night, the centre shifts to the theatre located in the Wellington Destructor Heritage building. The sloping site is also mediated by several ramps that make the whole project accessible to as many people as possible.
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01 INDOOR MARKET 02 OUTDOOR MARKET 03 RETAIL & CAFE 04 ART GALLERY 05 COMMUNITY MAKER SPACES 06 RESTAURANTS & BARS 07 RESIDENTIAL LOBBY 08 CREATIVE INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS 09 FILM STUDIO 10 THEATRE STORE. & DRESSING RMS 11 PLAZA 12 TRAIN PLATFORM ENTRANCE 07 MAIN THEATRE STAGE 08 SECONDARY STAGE 09 CONFERENCE CENTRE 10 DANCE STUDIOS 11 PRIVATE STUDIOS 12 RESIDENTIAL AMENITY
21 IS THAT T(HAIR)MEHAIR?VALS & LAMP Design Studio - Fall 2018 Supervisor: Michael Fohring
It’s not about the hair, it’s about what it does. These two projects are founded on what it would take to reconsider common aesthetics by using hair. We often attach ideas of beauty, identity, expression, etc. to hair, but usually only when it’s attached to our bodies. Once it becomes disembodied, how many of those characteristics remain? And if they do remain, what would it take for loose hair to be beautiful without it invoking an abject discomfort? Consider, if you will, that hair is a medium that allows us to exercise obsessive precision. Admire the curvature of a single wavy hair - or a hundred. How can we begin to reconsider things like construction waste, older buildings, leftover spaces, and other things we typically cast away?
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25 A TEXTILE STORY & A CATALOGUE OF NATURAL PLANT DYES Design Studio - Spring 2021 Supervisor: Mariel Collard Arias Team: Naomi Julien Bali, Indonesia Bali Global Studio Graduate Research Award Fu Global Studio Graduate Research Award
This body of work is the culmination of research done over the course of one term in a landscape-focused design studio. What began as a study of cotton and other farming practices in South-East Asia quickly became a preoccupation with cultural significance linked to the production of coloured textiles. By studying the ecological codependency between craftspeople in Bali and their local environments, we sought to highlight the beauty of sustainably coloured textiles by proposing an installation in a Balinese forest. Not satisfied with traditional architectural rendering methods, we decided to matters into our own hands and begin fabricating and documenting our own naturally dyed textiles. The result is an evocation calling for awareness of the beauty of sustainable textile production and the potential for architectural materials to be vessels for narrative and sustainability.
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29 Design Eight Five Two (DEFT) Architectural Intern - Winter 2019 Hong Supervisor:Kong Peter Lampard Team: Mavis Lee Photos by others COMMERCIAL INTERIOR
Hanjin Hair provides high-quality hair cuts at high speeds. Each location is a machine that is tuned to high speed city life - equipped with highly skilled hairdressers and appointments timed for 12-minutes. Customers would be in and out in less than a quarter of a lunch break. This location was to have a four-chair layout and after considering clearances, privacy, and security it was clear that justifying the back of each station to the exterior of the store was the best approach. The challenge then became to design the storefront using the backs of each station, something that had not originally be designed to be seen. In the end, the design used vertical louvers that suggest mechanical vents. LED lights and slivers of clear glass would hint at what happens inside.
31 Design Eight Five Two (DEFT) Architectural Intern - Winter 2019 Supervisor: Peter Lampard Hong Kong RESIDENTIAL INTERI OR Team: Victoria Gaspard Photos by others
An apartment for a young family. My responsibilities on the design team were the child’s bedroom, the kitchen, and the den (not pictured). Featured millwork can be found in the child’s bedroom where the wood surface of the in-floor storage can be easily changed to a soft play-scape. Each storage compartment is closed with a dualfaced, unconnected lid; one side with a plush blue or yellow textile surface and the other with finished wood. This allows for the room to be rearranged to accommodate the comfort and imagination of their child.
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Photography lets us capture a version of something; whatever is within the cropped region of a photo becomes its own object. This notion is where my interest in the medium starts. In a world of virality and social media, what becomes known of architecture is often only what’s documented and shared. So it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that, to a lot of people, a building doesn’t exist outside of a handful of photos they’ve seen online. But photography can capture a lot more than barely opened buildings or vibrant Instagram backgrounds. For every three point lighting set up there are fleeting moments of sunlight. A patina begins gathering as soon as a material is finished. For this reason, I’d like to think that photography can move us away from fixating on shiny new things and help us appreciate design that wants to move through time gracefully.
09.2020 - 12.2021 GRADUATE
AWARD12.2021 MCGILL
U2
09.2014 - 10.2019 MASTER
Router, Shop Tools, Hand Tools, Concrete Casting, Resin Casting FABRICATION MCGILL
03.2022 BALI
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES - HONOURS WITH of Waterloo: School of Architecture OF ARCHITECTURE - PROFESSIONAL University: Peter Guo-Hua Fu School of Architecture ARCHITECTURE STUDENT ASSOCIATION (GASA) - VP EXTERNAL McGill University Co-organized a two-day online networking event involving over 50 students and 13 architecture firms.
DISTINCTION University
CACB: DALHOUSIE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ACCREDITATION TEAM Voting Member, Student Representative Actively participated in the evaluation and accreditation of Dalhousie University School of Architecture. GLOBAL STUDIO GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD / CNC UNIVERSITY CRITIC - STUDIO REVIEWS STUDIO RESEARCH ANTI-RACISM WORKING GROUP RepresentedUniversityGraduate students in development of Anti-Racism Report for the Peter Guo-Hua Fu School of Architecture. - 21.12
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37 CURRICULUM VITAE RON CHRISTOPHER ADRIANO, M. ARCH AWARDSSKILLSACTIVITIESEDUCATIONCERTIFICATE - ARCHX: INTERPRETING VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN ASIA The University of Hong Kong: edX mooc 02.2020 - 03.2020 CANADIAN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT ASSOCIATION (CASA) McGill University Representative Representative of McGIll Architecture Students on a national level. Developed graphic language for marketing CASA Student Work Showcase 2021 01.2021 NUIT BLANCHE TORONTO: PARTA-PARTY Core member of team responsible for the design, implementation, and logistics of the installation, Porta-Party, at Nuit Blanche Toronto 2017. 10.2017 COME UP TO MY ROOM 2015: F_RMLAB Core member of group responsible for designing and developing the installation, Recoil, as part of F_rmlab, a design team based out of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. 10.2017
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3D Enscape, V-RayRENDERING Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premier ProGRAPHICS / VIDEO Model Making, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing,
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12.2021 Rhinoceros 3D, Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup Pro, QGIS2D
McGill ParticipatedUniversityasa visiting critic for U2 design studio reviews on 2 occasions. 10.202109.2021 FU GLOBAL
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DESIGN EIGHT FIVE TWO: Architectural Intern Hong HeavilyKonginvolved in design of no less than 8 projects ranging from commercial, F&B, and small/medium scale residential architecture and interiors. Alos designed internal wayfinding and corporate graphics for hospitality industry clients.
DIAMOND SCHMITT ARCHITECTS: Architectural Assistant Toronto, DevelopedOntariodesign proposals for a large scale educational development through schematic design. Also advanced construction documents; specifically, envelope details for precast concrete construction on a large condo development.
08.2020 - 11.2020
01.2019 - 04.2019
HLW INTERNATIONAL LLP: Architectural Intern New York, New York
09.2016 - 12.2016
Developed and managed several landscape design projects in New Mexico, US. Prepared presentations for client and neighbouthood association review as well as construction.
04.2022 - present (part-time) STUDIO OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE DBA LAPTISTE ARCHITECTURE: Junior Designer 05.2021 - 08.2021 Toronto, ResponsibleOntariofor developing several residential and institutional projects from preliminary design through to construction. Tasks included prepared drawing sets for permit approval, detailing exterior building assmeblies and millwork drawings.
01.2016 - 04.2016 MC ARCHITECTS: Architectural Assistant Toronto, DevelopedOntariodrawing sets for major and minor renovations of K-12 schools in Ontario. Also developed presentations, and RFP’s for several projects.
Responsible for developing construction documents for educational, high rise residential, landscape, and master planning projects. Primarily focusing on residential condo development.
WORK EXPERIENCE
05.2019 - 08.2019
HEITLER HOUSTOUN ARCHITECTS: Architectural Intern New York, New York Responsible for developing design packages for permit and client approval for several commercial interior projects.
01.2018 - 08.2018
UNIVERISTY OF WATERLOO, BUOYANCY FOUNDATION PROJECT: Research Assistant Cambridge, Ontario Served as editor for research papers submitted for publication under the Buoyancy Foundation Project.
DIAMOND SCHMITT ARCHITECTS: Architectural Staff Toronto, Ontario Project: Lincoln Center, David Geffen Hall Renovation Advanced roof replacement bid package from early schematic design to construction documents over the span of 9 months. Tasks included proposing roof layout, developing waterproofing roof opening details, and coordinating with consultants, design architects, and client representatives.
FREELANCE: Designer/Draftsperson
05.2017 - 08.2017
11.2019 - 08.2020
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