Ryan C. Lee Portfolio

Ryan Lee B.ArchSci | M.Arch Select Works | 2016 Architecture Portfolio

List of Selected Works

1. The Future of the Past: Toronto Urban Palimpsest 2. Old Fort York Museum 3. Comuna 20 Co-Op Housing Siloe 4. Inundation 3

2016 Selected Works

Ryan Lee // B.Arch Sci / M. Arch ryan-lee.ca

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Education Master of Architecture/ Ryerson University / Toronto, Ontario / 2013-2016 Bachelor of Architectural Science/ Ryerson University/ Toronto, Ontario / 2009-2013

Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions “The Future of the Past: Toronto’s Palimpsest” thesis publication and presentation at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada (Winter 2016) “Inundation 3” design research presentation at Cilwung Merdeka in Jakarta, Indonesia and exhibition at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. (Summer 2014) “Siloe Playground and Community Centre: A Public Intervention” design publication in Una Nueva Luz: A New Light Architectural Interventions in Cali’s Comuna 20 at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada (Fall 2013) “Water Science Centre” design presentation at Three Gorges University in Yi Chang, China (Summer 2012)

Work Experience Jun 2012- Aug 2012/ Junior Designer, Anhui Xinshidai Architectural Design Co. Ltd., Hefei, Anhui, China • Proposed a new design for a building in accordance with a client’s specification • Created presentations of proposed designs that was used during client presentations • Collaborated with senior architects and designers to refine design proposal • Completed preliminary design, researched codes and construction drawings • AutoCAD drawings, 3D modeling, preparing 3D presentation and renderings Aug 2009 – December 2016/ Sales Associate/ Front Desk, Goodlife Fitness, Markham, Ontario, Canada Jan 2017 – Present/ Assistant General Manger, Goodlife Fitness, Markham, Ontario, Canada

Competitions Fort York Museum/ Toronto Urban Design Award Entry/ Toronto, Ontario/ Fall 2015 Art Verona Entrance Path/ Urban furnishing design and public space ideas competition/ Fall 2014 Urban Dam/ eVolo 2013/ Skyscraper competition/ Clark County, Nevada, USA/ Winter 2013 Casablanca Sustainable Market Square/ Public space and sustainable market ideas competition/ Casablanca, Morocco/ Fall 2012 Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial/ Public space and memorial ideas competition/ Atlantic City, New Jersey/ Winter 2010

Awards and Honours Dean’s List/ 2012 -2013/ Ryerson University / Bachelor Architectural Science

Association G44/ Member / 2015- present OAA/ Student Associate in the Internship in Architecture Program (IAP)/ 2015 - Present

Skills and Interests Computers/ AutoCAD/ AutoCAD Architecture/ Rhino/ V-ray/ Adobe Photoshop/ InDesign/ Illustrator/ Lightroom/ MAC OS/ Windows/ Microsoft Office.

FabLab/ Laser Cutters/ CNC Milling/ Rapid Prototyping Machines (3D Printing) Languages/ English/ Cantonese (Basic)

The Future of the Past Toronto Urban Palimpsest M.Arch Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Kendra Schank Smith Ryerson University 2016

The architecture of the city is constantly being built and erased and rebuilt again, leaving traces behind. These traces can be read and reused in further designs. However, today new designs disregard these traces of the past, or ‘palimpsest.’ The preservation and renewal of historic buildings may be seen as presenting an obstacle to the future of the city; however, these buildings hold great meaning for residents. Preservation in architecture often fails to consider the palimpsest that exists within buildings. By finding ways to preserve existing buildings, not as time capsules but as palimpsests, new layers of meaning can be added to architecture.

This thesis will explore palimpsest as an alternative method to preservation and its use in architectural practice. It will present the history and evolution of palimpsest and preservation, and propose a design for Stanley Barracks within the Exhibition Grounds to which palimpsest can bring new depth and meaning.

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M.ARCH THESIS

The Future of the Past: Toronto Urban Palimpsest Stanley Barracks was built in 1840, 1 km west of Old Fort York (present day Bathurst Street and Lake Shore Boulevard).

It was built in response to the military threat from the South.

Over time, as the risk fell and the city grew, Stanley Barracks has been encroached on from all sides, the city from the east and the Canadian National Exhibition from the North and West. By the 1950’s a portion of the site has been sold off, demolished and redesigned in order to fit within the needs of the Exhibition space.

After the demolition of all but the Officers’ Quarters, the history of the site has been forgotten. Under the parking lot are layers of history dating back to the founding of the City of Toronto and Canada. It is possible to assume then, within the grounds surrounding Stanley Barracks and west of the Officers’ Quarters that there are traces, which can help, reveal the layers of palimpsest.

I propose a museum at Stanley Barracks over the original site of Privates’ Barracks No. 2, the Canteen and the Master Storeroom. The museum will incorporate the traces that remain, both tangible and intangible, as part of the design.

The use of palimpsest will be a key concept, which will be conveyed though the design. The museum will respond and reveal the complex layers of palimpsest that is associated with the Stanley Barrack. The role of the museum is a space that will go beyond representing the military theme to reveal the layers of palimpsest that exist.

The current value of Stanley barracks relies on its military identity. In particular for its associations with the military history of Toronto and Canada, including the events, people, activities and organizations linked to the site for more than a century.

Archimedes’ Palimpsest The following architectural objects explores how true palimpsest, cumulative palimpsest, and spatial palimpsest within the city.

True Palimpsest

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Cumulative Palimpsest

Spatial Palimpsest

Add-on Approach Add-on Approach

Wrap Approach

Add-on approach is where future interventions build upon existing buildings, structures, ruins or traces of remains, where the palimpsest that exist.

Weaving Approach

Insertion Approach

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Add-on Approach

Wrap Approach

Wrap Approach Wrap Approach

Weaving Approach

Insertion Approach

Wrap approach seeks to preserve the palimpsest, whether it is found in whole buildings, ruins, artifacts or fragments, by providing a protective layer.

2

Weaving Approach Weaving Approach

Insertion Approach

Weaving approach involves weaving the new intervention in and out the existing building/ structure.

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Weaving Approach

Insertion InsertionApproach Approach

Insertion approach involves new elements being layered onto existing buildings, structure or sites

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1. Rafael Moneo | National Museum of Roman Art 2. Peter Zumpthor | Shelter for Roman Ruins 3. Sverre Fehn | Hamar Bispegaard Museum 4. David Chipperfield | Neues Museum

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1893 Birds eye view looking north from Lake Ontario

Pre -1800

1866

1878

1951

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Site Plan of Proposed Stanley Barrack Museum

1840 _ Site Circulation

1880 _ Site Circulation

1950 _ Site Circulation

Present Day _ Site Circulation

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View of Stanley Barrack Museum from the northeast corner, across from the Enercare Centre

East Elevation

Section A-A

Section B-B

Section C-C

Section D-D

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A Lobby B Officer Barrack No.2 Ruins C Canteen Ruins D Master Storage Ruins E Observation Walkway F Presentation/ Lounge Seating

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Ground Floor B

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A Administration Office B Washroom C Officer Barrack No. 2 Ruins D Canteen Ruins E Master Storage Ruins F Presentation/ Lounge Seating

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Lower Level

Presentation/ Lounge Seating

Master Storage

Interior Perspective - Ground Floor

Interior Perspective - Ground Floor

Master Storage

Officer Barracks No. 2 Ruins

Interior Perspective - Lower Level

Interior Perspective - Lower Level

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Accessible Bridge

Interior Perspective of Exhibition/ Flexible Space

Interior Perspective - Second Floor

Interior Perspective - Second Floor

Interpretive Level over looking Master Storage

Interpretive Level over looking Officers’ Barrack No. 2

Interior Perspective - Third Floor

Interior Perspective - Third Floor

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The Old Fort York Museum M.Arch Semester 2 Supervisor: Vincent Hui Supervisor: Steven Beites Ryerson University 2015

The architecture of cities is constructed through the removal and superimposition of buildings that creates successive layers of palimpsest, which contribute to the loss of experiencing sense of place, identity and memory. New architectural proposals are divorced from the cultural and physical palimpsest that exists, disengaging from the city. Current architectural strategies have been unsuccessful in understanding palimpsest that exists within a city or site; architecture should reveal the essence of the traces remnants to create a narrative that allows one to experience these layers relationships within a place.

Architecture lacks the use of palimpsest as part of the experience of sense of place, identity and memory of the city.

Architecture should reveal the historical layers of experience into a new narrative that people can experience within a place.

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M.ARCH SEMESTER 2

The Old Fort York Museum Heritage preservation and adaptive reuse traditionally demands of us that we strip away time, or the palimpsest, to restore or reveal details, elements and/or structure to its original appearance. Nathaniel Popkins makes an observation that: “By finding ways to preserve these kinds of buildings, not as museum pieces but as palimpsests themselves, will add new layers of meaning and memory to the cities experience”

North Elevation

In order to not preserve or maintain or create another typical museum space, the following three strategies will guide the design.

1. Identify and respond to common themes of “Value” (Past, Present and Future) 2. Provide opportunities to connect the narrative and experience to the individual 3. Create a dialog between the past, present and future through the use of craft details and materiality.

I propose a museum at Fort York Garrison that responds and reveals the complex layers of palimpsest associated within immediate context of the site, fort and the city. It is a space that also goes beyond representing the ‘Military Theme’ to reveal the intangible layers of palimpsest that exist and is identified in the space.

East Elevation

West Elevation

South Elevation

Existing Condition

Fort York Visitor Centre

Proposing Massing

Extruding Massing

Linking Views

Circulations

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Permanent Collection Space

Interior Perspective - Lower Level

Section A-A

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Permanent Collection Space

Interior Perspective - Lower Level

Interior Perspective - Lower Level

Interior Perspective -Ground Floor

Interior Perspective - Ground Floor

Interior Perspective -Second Floor

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A Main Lobby Space B Ticket Lounge and Coat C Permanent Exhibition Space D Informal Theater Space E Informal Gathering Space F Archival Storage G Archival Lab H Lecture Hall I Research Hall

H I F G E

D E C

C

C

C A

B

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1 0

A Main Stairs B Exhibition Space 1 C Exhibition Space 2 D Exhibition Space 3 E Ground Floor Lobby F Service Space/ Loading Dock G Interactive Garden

6 3

20 10

Lower Level

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C F

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1 0 1

6 3

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Ground Floor

A Exhibition Space B Exhibition Space 1 C Exhibition Space 2 D Service Space B

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Second Floor

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A Roof Decking 50mm Membrane Base Built Up Roof Rigid Insulation 100mm Vapour Barrier Reinforced Concrete Slab 200mm 600mm Air Space Drop Ceiling, Suspended, gypsum interior finish B 15mm Wood Flooring 15mm Impact Sound Insulation 200mm Reinforced Concrete Slab 600mm Air Space Drop Ceiling, Suspended, gypsum interior finish

Curtain Wall Detail at Parapet

C Membrane 130mm - 210mm Rigid Insulation Vapour Barrier 300mm Reinforced Concrete Foundation Wall Interior Finish 1 2mm Aluminum Panel Spacers Membrane 100mm insulation Vapour Barrier

Curtain Wall Detail Connection at Slab

2 Timber Curtain Wall with vertical wood Panels 3 Cast in place Steel plate Fire Barrier 4 Floor Heater 5 Footing

Curtain Wall Detail at Grade

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Comuna 20 Co-Op Housing Siloe M.Arch Semester 1 Supervisor: Dr. Ian Macburnie Supervisor: Maria Denegri Ryerson University 2013

Comuna 20 Co-Op is a housing project that focuses on providing displaced families an opportunity to live, work and grow together within a cooperative. As well as working together with local and government agencies in providing services that range from educational workshops to short term temporary housing. Siloe has seen its population suffer from extreme poverty and violence associated with the prevalent narco-trafficking related conflicts and oppression from government agencies to provide essential infrastructure within the informal settlement. Even in the 21st century, inadequate housing and a lack of physical and social infrastructure remain the norm within the community. Despite being a vibrant community, Siloe still struggles with a lack of social services, public infrastructure and adequate building practices.

This project utilized sustainable building practices with local traditions including urban farming, bamboo construction techniques, vernacular materials and communal living. The building location considers the best opportunity for current and future growth, to provide services that reaches the most families, as well as providing amenities including a community and learning centre.

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M.ARCH SEMESTER 1

Comuna 20 Co-op Housing Siloe Comuna 20 Co-op Housing responds to the lack of housing for displaces families within the informal settlement. This housing project is programmed for 5 family units and 3 single unites that is built above the community and learning centre on the ground floor. Each units is designed as a flexible modular system where the design and construction method can be implemented on any site within Comuna 20.

The design and construction focuses on how to respond to the bioclimate (specifically tropical climates) using vernacular materials and passive design techniques. Perforated wall panels and exterior bamboo facade construction help promote light and air to flow in and out freely. There are also additional spatial opening through the communal gathering spaces, which aims to optimize light and air through the center of the building. These spaces promote the use of natural light filtering into the space and provide air circulation.

The communal spaces allows for interaction, communication and socialization according to individual needs.

View of Front Entrance to Comuna 20 Co-op Housing

4 3 2 1

Existing Condition

Free Ground Condition

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Going Vertical

Light + Air + Living

Adaptability and Growth

Natural Living

Natural Living + Vertical Design

Interior Perspective -Ground Floor

1

Section A-A

2

3

1. Axonometric of Bamboo Facade and Balcony Connection 2. Detail Bamboo Connection Sketch 3. Bamboo Types - Research

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A Lobby B Learning Centre and Library C Gathering Space D Public Dinning Area E Community Kitchen F Storage G Washrooms

D E F

C

G A

B

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Ground Floor A

D

A Public Living Space B Family Unit 1 (3 Bedrooms) C Family Unit 2 (4 Bedrooms) D Family Unit 3 (4 Bedrooms)

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Second Floor

Interior Perspective - Second Floor

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A Stairs B Family Unit 1 (3 Bedrooms) C Family Unit 2 (4 Bedrooms) D Family Unit 3 (4 Bedrooms)

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Third Floor A

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A Public Living Space B Family Unit 1 (3 Bedrooms) C Single Unit 1 (1 Bedroom) D Single Unit 2 (1 Bedroom) E Single Unit 3 (1 Bedroom)

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Fourth Floor

Interior Perspective - Second Floor

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Inundation 3: JAKARTA M.Arch Semester 3 Supervisor: Scott Sorli Supervisor: Etienne Turpin | Anexact Office Supervisor: Tomas Holderness | University of Wollongong Supervisors: Sara Dean | University of California, Berkeley Ryerson University 2014 Team: Ashley Adams, Ryan Lee, (Ashley Biren, Leeann Pallett, Jeffery Mitchell, Dustin Sauders, Eranga De Zoysa) Role: Collaborated in Research and Design In the summer of 2014 I had the opportunity to travel to Jakarta, Indonesia to participate in a multidisciplinary design research studio called Inundation 3: JAKARTA. As Southeast Asia’s most populous and most dense metropolitanw, Jakarta, Indonesia, is a city of remarkable complexity. However, recent trends in urbanization and development, weather intensification, sea level rise, extreme river pollution, river flooding, and coastal inundation make it one of the key sites for researching architecture’s agency within the complex urban systems of the 21st century. Inundation 3: JAKARTA design research studio seeks to develop, live test and execute successful design strategies of an open platform that crowd sources data to promote urban and community resilience.

Inundation 3: JAKARTA This design research studio examines several forms of political violence as revealed by Jakarta’s Special Capital Region Government`s plan for “normalization.”

This normalization plan—whereby Jakarta’s urban poor along the Ciliwung are first blamed for congestion, overcrowding, and recurrent flooding, and then violently displaced, only to be replaced by more affluent settlements—is read as an aesthetic strategy for “urban renewal” characteristic of neoliberal capitalism. This strategy is, fundamentally, an attempt to decisively and coercively separate “urbanism” from “poverty.”

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M.ARCH SEMESTER 3

Inundation 3: JAKARTA Communities along the Ciliwung - Jakarta’s informal settlement - are the primary sites of investigation in collaboration with Anexact Office, PetaJakarta and Ciliwung Merdeka. Inundation 3: JAKARTA co-produce the architecture for a community about the effects of flooding, and proposal about how to best meaningfully address mega city’s unstable geography of water to promote more equitable urban development and confront political violence by advancing strategic forms of solidarity, mutual aid, and community mobilization.

Roti Kelapa Gading Pondok Gede Cibubur Cikini Kali Pasir

Roti Kelapa Gading Pondok Gede Cibubur Cikini Kali Pasir

Ayam Pasar Mambo Pasar Rumput Pasar Puteran Kampung Pulo

In 2002 and 2007, Jakarta experienced the two largest floods in its history. Over half of the city was flooded with many parts under 4 meters of water, causing over USD $695 million in damages. Following these disastrous floods, the government was prompted to take action to resolve the devastating effects of flooding. They created the Jakarta Urgent Flood Mitigation Project (JEFMP) and Jakarta Emergency Dredging Initiative (JEDI) which proposed the Strategic Program to regulate the Ciliwung River through Normalization Project.

Ayam Pasar Mambo Pasar Rumput Pasar Puteran Kampung Pulo

Tahu-Toge-Oncom Kramat Jati Pasar Jangkrik Gang Asem Kebon Pala Gang Kancil Senen Poncol Ancol Warakas

Tahu-Toge-Oncom Kramat Jati Pasar Jangkrik Gang Asem Kebon Pala Gang Kancil Senen Poncol Ancol Warakas

The Normalization Project proposed to clean up, dredge, create new locks, and channels to prevent flooding, including the evictions of families along the river displacing low income families and formal and informal economies. This research design project identifies the social and economic impacts of normalization proposed by the central government and the effects of flooding.

Tahu-Toge-Oncom Kramat Jati Pasar Jangkrik Gang Asem Kebon Pala Gang Kancil Senen Poncol Ancol Warakas

JUMLAH PENDUDUK DAN JUMLAH KK DI DAERAH BANTARAN KALI CILIWUNG (RW yang bersinggungan dengan bantaran kali Ciliwung) MANGGARAI

(RW 01,04 dan 10)

= 2.390 KK

BUKIT DURI

(RW 01,09,10,11 dan 12)

= 3.526 KK

K. MELAYU

(RW 01,02,03,06,07 dan 08)

= 7.233 KK

KEBON BARU

(RW 01 dan 04)

=

CAWANG

(RW 01,02,03,05,08 dan 12)

= 1.623 KK

264 KK

CILILITAN

(RW 07)

=

441 KK

PANGADEGAN

(RW 01 dan 02)

=

270 KK

RAWA JATI

(RW 01,03,06,07 dan 08)

= 3.521 KK

PEJATEN TIMUR

(RW 03,05,06,09 dan 11)

= 4.967 KK

BALEKAMBANG

(RW 01,02,04 dan 05)

=

GEDONG

(RW 03,07 dan 11)

=

387 KK

TANJUNG BARAT

(RW 01,03 dan 05)

=

275 KK

SRENGSENG SAWAH (RW 02,03,04,07,08,09 dan 19)

TOTAL KESELURUHAN Sumber Dinas Perumahan Dan Gedung Dki Jakarta Resources Department Of Housing And Buildings Jakarta

Planned Displacement Through Normalization

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Maximum Area of Distribution of Informal Economies

363 KK

= 8.791 KK

34.051KK

Existing Condition

Informal Economy

Public Facilities

Density

Normalization as Proposed by the Government

Normalization as Proposed by the Government Revised

The Effects of Normalization

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Bukit Duri

No Flooding

Low State

Mid State

High State

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Kumpung Pulo

The Effects of Flooding on Informal Economies

The Effects of Flooding on Public Facilities

The Effects of Flooding on the Built Environment

to Pruik

to Sukabumi and Cianjur

to Grogol

Distribution Networks of Informal Economies

to Klender to Pasar Enjo

to Pasar Rawamangun

Supply Networks of Informal Economies

Water Rafting along the Ciliwung River Surveying Communities

Water Rafting along the Ciliwung River Surveying Communities

Water Rafting along the Ciliwung River Surveying Communities

Water Rafting along the Ciliwung River Surveying Communities

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The Socialeconomic Relations

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2016 Selected Works

Ryan Lee // B.Arch Sci / M. Arch ryan-lee.ca

| +1 (647) 454 0084 |

| Ryan.Camron.Lee@gmail.com |