DESIGN PORTFOLIO ROXANNA LILOVA 2012-2015
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INTEGRATED MOBILITY HUB
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MOUNT DENNIS MOBILITY HUB
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ANT FARM SUPER-BLEACHER
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DUFFERIN GROVE COMMUNITY COMMONS
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MOBILITY HUB
Integrated Mobility Hub INFRASTRUCTURE + ARCHITECTURE
2014 George Baird Thesis Studio Metrolinx + E.R.A. Consultation 81 Bay St. Toronto Transit Commercial Recreational
The project functions as an integrated mobility hub, where the arrangement of its transit corridors and programs seeks to boost their functionality and potential use and foster a dense socio-cultural setting, allowing infrastructure to trigger social urban effects in excess to its transportation capacity.
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Proposed is a Central Bus Terminal for the city of Toronto that consolidates inter-regional bus service–GO Transit, Coach Canada, Greyhound–adjacent to Union Station, Toronto’s major transit hub. Focus is placed on the integration between the terminal and existing mass transit infrastructure, and the accretion of complimentary programs– recreational, educational, commercial–at the interface of infrastructure and the public realm as a means of propagating spatial and social integration between these territories.
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The design challenge was to consolidate the existing two bus terminals–the Toronto Coach and the Union GO–adjacent to the site of Union Station while accommodating for a projected growth of 25% in bus ridership over the next 10 years. Located in a rapidly growing residential, commercial, and recreational region, the site presented opportunities for the fostering of a dense public realm.
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UNION STATION
Proposed is the high-capacity bus terminal, lifted above the railway corridor to allow for a socio-cultural programming of the ground plane. Two atria serve as gateways into the hub complex, with retail and community functions therein generating frontage to enhance street atmosphere and social presence. These functions–shopping, athletic, daycare–operate at neighborhood level to serve the immediate community, and at city level, serving the transit corridors–interregional bus, TTC–in their quasi-commuter related nature.
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RAIL SUB-CORRIDOR
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WALKWAY TEAMWAY
TEAMWAY BELOW
UNION TEAMWAY
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RETAIL
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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FLOOR 3 PLAN
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BUS TERMINAL
The bus terminal is lifted above the railway corridor via a structural beam-grid, wherein a hung mezzanine provides users with major points of repose (lounge, rest, and commercial areas) while the platform below operates as a boarding and disembark zone. The mezzanine undulates to engage the railway corridor, providing a viewing space unto Union Station and the greater city.
MEZZANINE BUS
TAIL
SECTION LOOKING NORTH
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MOBILITY HUB
SAW-TOOTH PLATFORM
EXISTING
PROPOSED
HIGH CAPACITY MODEL
MEZZANINE TICKETING WAITING LOUNGE RETAIL
PLATFORM LEVEL BOARDING ARRIVALS
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SYSTEMS AXONOMETRIC
BUS LOOP A winding ramp system conveys buses from grade at Lakeshore Blv. to platform level at F3. Here, buses circumambulate a central passenger platform consisting of 25 bus bays to embark/disembark commuters, or alternatively layover in 11 designated parking spaces. The ancillary space created by the central-most loop serves as a light well.
OFFICE TOWERS
BEAM-GRID
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BUS MEZZANINE
NOISE BARRIER
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BUS TERMINAL
DOMINION BUILDING
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BUS LOOP
RAILWAY
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COMMERCIAL
SUBWAY
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RETAIL
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PARKING
SUBWAY LRT
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MOBILTY HUB
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LOOKING EAST
BUS TERMINAL
BROOKFIELD PLAZA
RB PLAZA
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P2
BRIDGE
UNION STATION
WALKWAY
ATRIUMS + PROGRAM
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PATH
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CIRCULATION
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Pedestrian movement in the hub operates along 3 armatures of flow, connecting mobility and program realms based on function. Bridge, links bus and Union Station. Teamway, connects major modes of transit (subway, streetcar, train). And walkway, bridges the bus terminal’s social condensors (the North and South atriums) to the PATH.
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MOBILITY HUB
Shown below is the bus terminal as it spans Union railway corridor. The atrium on the far left functions as a main entry into the complex, and dedicates within it a reserved space for the lobby of Tower One. The Dominion Public Building, onto which the lobby is grafted, serves as a formal entryway into the of´ce tower. The terminal and towers function independently but of´ce personnel are a close step from the amenities offered by the hub complex, be they recreational or commercial.
DOMINION BUILDING
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MOUNT DENNIS
Mount Dennis Mobility Hub LRT and GO Transit Terminal
2014 George Baird Research Studio Eglinton Ave. West at Weston Road Transit Commercial Recreational
The subject of the research studio is a proposed new Mobility Hub at Mount Dennis, comprising an interchange linking Eglinton LRT, Union Pearson Express, and GO. The challenge was to meet the required design characteristics of typical forms of urban transit infrastructure on a topographically complex site, with appropriate relationships to the existing historic urban fabric. Attention was placed on the integration between existing community-scale functions (those operating at a local level such as a daycare, bank, and Kodak recreation centre) and cityscale functions (spaces dedicated to public transit infrastructure). The design proposes two atria that graft onto the historic fabric and operate as social condensers, spaces of gathering and discharge, with the architecture serving as a bridging apparatus to provide connectivity between the two atria and transit functions.
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SITE STRATEGY The design proposes two social condensers, glazed atriums that function as hubs of gathering and discharge, that are grafted at key points of interface on site: the existing Scotiabank and daycare, and the historic Kodak Building. Hub 1 operates at local scale, intensifying the commercial and daycare functions therein, while hub 2 operates at city scale, bringing together LRT, GO, and TTC bus.
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The architecture serves as a bridging apparatus between the two atria and transit functions, whereby uncontrolled access occurs via skywalk between atria and GO, and controlled access occurs via underground bridge between atria and LRT. The skywalk is populated by retail, daycare, and athletic functions that service the rail corridor, where studies by the GO Transit Authority indicate these facilities to be in highest demand by GO Transit ridership.
HISTORIC SKYWALK GO TRANSIT UNDERGROUND ATRIA 1
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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ATRIA 2
SECTION LOOKING NORTH
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MOUNT DENNIS
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KODAK BUILDING
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EVENT SPACE
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PRESERVATION The Kodak building, a decommissioned recreation centre, is reprogrammed into a community event space to engage the local context. Its social presence is enhanced through the grafting of the atrium, which in addition preserves the building’s historic facade. At the nexus of city/inter-city transit functions, Kodak’s gallery spaces showcase local art and history to enhance Mount Dennis’ cultural presence at city-scale.
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ANT FARM
Ant Farm Super-Bleacher ParAm Games Sports Venue
2013 Roger Sherman Studio Varsity Blues Stadium Recreational Commercial
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The challenge was to design an athletic facility for the University of Toronto at a site being developed for the 2015 PanAm Games, the Varsity Stadium. Exploration centered on accommodating athletic, commercial, and transit infrastructural requirements for the Games while conceptualizing additional uses for these spaces beyond that period. The proposal intensi´es athletic function on site to create a venue that operates as sporting facility for UofT and athletic club for the GTA, maximizing usability of the sporting infrastructure post-Games. Retail functions operate as an extension of Bloor St., the primary commercial corridor. Parking, which serves the demands of PanAm, is repurposed into a roof Winter Garden to supplement the retail function and a parking hub for the University post-Games, catalyzing redevelopment potential for sites on campus formerly occupied by parking.
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
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ANT FARM
COMMERCIAL ANT FARM
ESCALATORS DRAW USERS UP FROM BLOOR STREET THROUGH A COMMERCIAL GLASS FACADE, THE ANT FARM.
AGGLOMERATING UOFT ATHLETIC
COLLECTING UOFT ATHLETIC FUNCTIONS: SKATING RINK, SOCCER STADIUM, AND FACILITIES.
COLLECTING
CAMPUS PARKING
PARKING HUB FOR UOFT AND PANAM WITH ACCESS OFF BLOOR, THE MAJOR VEHICLE THOROUGHFARE.
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GTA ATHLETIC CLUB
ATHLETIC PLATEAUS FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPORTING FUNCTION AS OBSERVATION DECKS FOR THE STADIUM DURING PAN-AM.
NORTH ELEVATION
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LOUVERS FOR SUNSCREENING THE ATHELTIC CLUB THAT FUNCTION AS OUTDOOR SEATS, PROVIDING SCALABILITY OF THE FACADE.
PAN-AM The athletic club is programmed into a public reception and event space during the Games, whereby the scalability of the seating-louver facade provides quick access between its public functions and the key venue space, the PanAm stadium. Parking is reserved for the duration of PanAm, with direct access from vehicle to the zone of public reception.
FLOOR 3 PLAN
SOUTH ELEVATION
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COMMUNITY COMMON
Community Common Dufferin Grove Park Community Centre
2012 Steven Fong Studio Dufferin Grove Park Educational Recreational
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Community Common offers integrated interior and exterior social and recreational facilities for Dufferin Grove Park in downtown Toronto. The design challenge was to ´nd a strategy for the integration between building and park setting and a conceptual approach that could effectively organize an array of small, medium, and specialized large-span spaces characteristic to community-focused public facilities. The project mediates the threshold between city and park, orthogonal and organic, by proposing a µexible reading of territory as de´ned by materiality, surface geometry, and architonic reading. Three territories operate together–landscape (hardcape and softscape), enclosure (principle and pavilions), and roof–whereby their organization is informed by a threshold of spatial and topographic conditions.
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RENDER LOOKING NORTHEAST
NORTH SECTION ELEVATION
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COMMUNITY COMMON
SITE STRATEGY The centre is designed as a thin roof under which a matrix of program is distributed. Prime spaces (gym, lounge) are aggregated to form the principle building enclosure while those associated with a ´eld-condition (outdoor theatre, skating rink) are composed as freeµoating pavilions. To soften the threshold between city and park, planar and organic, one moves through an architonic spectrum in the building enclosure: from organic shapes to ´lleted polygons then to orthogonal polygons in a space that transitions from open to the outdoors, semi-open in a porch-like condition, then fully enclosed.
ROOF-ENCLOSURE
ARCHITONIC READING
THE ENCLOSURE CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AS BEING BOUND TO THE ROOF, FLOATING UNDERNEATH, OR SNEAKING OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER.
ENCLOSURE-LANDSCAPE
MATERIALITY
MATERIALITY OF THE GROUND PLANE LINKS PRINCIPLE ENCLOSURE AND PAVILLIONS TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY BETWEEN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACE, BLURRING THE TERRITORIES.
ROOF-LANDSCAPE
SURFACE
PLANARITY AND SOFT UNDULATION IN THE ROOF ALLOW IT TO READ WITH THE LANDSCAPE: PLANAR PORTIONS ARE REMINISCENT OF THE URBAN HARDSCAPE, WHILE UNDULATION EVOKES THE PARK SOFTSCAPE.
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Custodian Leisure Area Electrical
FARMER’S MARKET
Delivery/ Storage
Build Mngr.
Instructor Mechanical Equipment
Zamboni Recept.
Storage
HOCKEY RINK
MULTIPURPOSE
M. Change
GYM
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F. Change
LOBBY
SKATE CHANGE ROOM
MEETING
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SKATE LEISURE
OUTDOOR THEATRE
GROUND PLAN
PAVILIONS SKATING PAVILION
BEAM-GRID ROOF
PRIMARY ENCLOSURE STRUCTURAL AXONOMETRIC
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COMMUNITY COMMON
1:50 Gym Detail
Roof Plan 1:150 1:50 Meeting Room + Lounge Detail
NORTH ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
East Section-Elevation 1:2500
SECTION LOOKING WEST
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1:250 SCALE MODEL
THRESHOLD Undulations in the roof draw inspiration from topographic contours at the park (softscape), while the planarity of the Âľoor plane invokes the rectilinear urban context (hardscape). As an organic datum, the roof takes cue to pitch and Âľex at the junction between indoor/outdoor and neighborhood/ park, softening the threshold between the orthogonal cityscape and organic parkscape.
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DUFFERIN GROVE
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50mm Exterior Cement Paving (+ Expansion Joint at Drain) 50mm Aggregate Base Bearing Soil
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Steel Drain Grate Steel Carbon Trench Drain 76mm Rigid Insulation Bearing Soill Insulated Drainpipe
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130mm EPS Rigid Insulation Waterproo´ng/ AV Barrier 250mm CIP Reinforced Concrete Waterproo´ng/ AV Barrier 130mm EPS Rigid Insulation
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13mmx80mm Fire Resistant Wood Rainscreen Venting Plenum (25mmx129mm Steel Hatbars w/Gasket) Aluminum Flashing 4mm Vapour-Permeable Protective Membrane Steel Zee-Girt in 150mm Semi-Rigid Insulation Thermally Broken T-clip 6mm Waterproo´ng/ AV Barrier il 1:100 200mm CIP Reinforced Concrete Wall 13mm Gypsum Board (laminated to concrete)
15mm Wooden Weather Protection Board 130mm EPS Rigid Insulation 6mm Waterproo´ng/ AV Barrier 250mm CIP Reinforced Concrete Wall
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DETAIL The project includes a technical exploration of one building detail. Chosen, was the rain-screen system that envelopes the building enclosure, in particular the interface between rain-screen, curtain wall, and grate drainage as it occurs at the location of the gym.
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