SEBASTIAN LUBCZYNSKI Master of Architecture Portfolio
CONTENTS Professional Work Huron Perth Children’s Aid Society Bank of Montreal Academic Work Cultura Toronto High Rise Urban Ecology Centre Favela Community Living Malivorie Winery Artist Studio Home Church of St.Andre Interpret / React / Influence Consciousness: A Living System
HURON PERTH CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY 639 Lorne Ave. East, Stratford, Ontario Murphy & Murphy Architect Inc.
639 Lorne Avenue East is a building that will serve as the new Children’s Aid Society Office for the region. The design objective for this project was to create a functional, economical and vibrant space that fosters a nurturing and supportive environment for the children and staff. The new glazed bay additions made of curtain wall were designed to allow for maximum light to entre the building in the open office areas and office spaces, and to provide views to the exterior. The new canopy on the North side of the building provides shelter for Staff / Client Entrance and the canopy provides shelter for the staff patio. The four corners of the building are made up of a combination of white smooth-face stone base with red brick and mortar, and recessed brick to match window mullion height. My role on the project was to prepare as-built condition drawings, demo drawings, construction documents, elevation studies, and physical models. Images courtesy of Murphy & Murphy Architect Inc.
01 01 View north east corner 02 Patio vestibule and canopy 03 Tilted curtain wall glazing system
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BANK OF MONTREAL
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1275 Highbury Ave. North, London, Ontario Murphy & Murphy Architect Inc.
The development of Northland Mall resulted in the construction of a new 5,000sq.ft commercial building for the Bank of Montreal. The bank is designed to provide occupants with the minimum travel distance from station to station and maintain the element of privacy. My role on the project was to be the project coordinator, prepare all the required construction documents necessary for the building and office and field administration. Images courtesy of Murphy & Murphy Architect Inc. 01 02 03 04
View south west corner view of north east corner View of reception desk, bank tellers, and ABM machines View of reception desk and offices
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CULTURA TORONTO HIGH RISE 204 Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario
01 Urban integration of building along Bloor Street 02 Massing of condominium 03 Interior perspective of a typical unit
Design/Production: Sebastian Lubczynski
The design of the mix-use residential development was inspired by its local context. Being located within the museum district, 204 Bloor Street Condominium draws concept of exhibition from its local context.
The intent of the units is to have 2 story skip stop throughout the building, allowing for a great amount of natural light to come into the residential spaces.
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SETBACK RESIDENTIAL
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The first floor is occupied by a Lounge cafe, and office on the preceding floors.
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The design intent is to give the occupants a distinct visual perception of the high end street and its surroundings while also participating in the act of exhibition. The main living space within each unit projects outward from the facade putting the occupants in direct dialogue with the Royal Ontario museum.
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VIEW / EXHIBITION
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spatial program 1 elevators 2 fire exit stair 3 garbage room
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URBAN ECOLOGY CENTRE Toronto, Ontario
Design/Production: Sebastian Lubczynski
Urban Ecology Centre is a children’s facility promoting education about the ecological impacts that parks have on urban areas. The centre includes indoor and outdoor classrooms, a wading pool in the summer and ice rink in the winter, and changing rooms. The building embraces the existing context of the area through materiality, sensitivity to the site through its small footprint, and providing a pedestrian friendly ground level. The curvilinear form continues the flowing path of travel through the site, allowing for all pedestrians to engage with the building as they are at the park.
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program integrated in site
During the summer, the centre of the buildings main corridor opens to allow for a continuous engagement between the outdoor classroom and pool area. During the winter, the facility can also be used for ice skating.
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spatial program 1 pond / rink 4 classroom 2 veranda 5 office 3 multipurpose room 6 storage
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FAVELA COMMUNITY LIVING Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Team: Sebastian Lubczynski, Dov Feinmesser, Dorian Resener, Shiloh Lazar
spatial program 1 master bedroom 2 bedroom
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The challenge of designing for a foreign location questions of social and climactic conditions, as well as vernacular precedents, become the source of much debate along side traditional research. 4
The communal living project, situated in Brazil, raised the debate concerning the design of living solutions in the foreign environment of a Brazilian favela, the local version of a slum. With narrow streets, small building footprints, lack of services and open spaces, the favela seems a crowded and dirty place, yet it is also home to a powerful sense of community and interdependency.
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The resolution to the challenge of the project sought to create a space that would allow for the flourishing of community life alongside a degree of privacy while maximizing the use of space for each individual family in the complex. 01
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High density favela’s Typical favela homes Proposed favela community Aerial perspective Perspective of unit layout
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space development
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MALIVOIRE WINERY
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Niagara Falls, Ontario
Design/Production: Sebastian Lubczynski
The motivation for the project was to create a sense of suspense and mystery by creating a synergy between the building and the surrounding landscape. Situated along the sloped ravine, the proposed Malivoire Winery continues the language of the grape vines, embedding the building within the site. As one approaches the winery from afar, there isn’t any indication of the main entry point into the building, keeping the mystery till the very end, symbolically representing the journey, excitement and mystery of wine tasting. 02
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Aerial perspective Grape vine bushes Winery main entrance entry into site Angle reveals bidden building Winery’s integration within site
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11 main entrance 12 lobby space 13 retail space 14 tasting room 15 kitchen 16 viewing pad 17 wine library 18 office 19 crush pad 10 laboratory 11 shipping area 12 fermentation space 13 outdoor patio 07
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ARTIST STUDIO HOME
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Toronto, Ontario
Design/Production: Sebastian Lubczynski
The fundamental essence of essential design in perspective of both aesthetician and constructionist is to design with a modernist state of mind. When designing, the end result requires visual stimulations, trimming down the unnecessary components, to create an innovative but simple design, by incorporating all elements and detail to serve multiple functions. The design focuses on the concept of subtraction. This element of subtraction permits the programmatic functions to be separated and divided, creating volumes of space that are manipulated. The play on mass and function creates a dialogue within the building forms. Strategic openings were developed to play with light and shadow creating engaging spaces.
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program 1 studio space 2 garage 3 sculpture garden 4 saltwater pool 5 entertainment room
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bedroom studio space
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CHURCH OF ST.ANDRE West Don Lands, Toronto, Ontario
Team: Sebastian Lubczynski & Yekaterina Mityuryayeva
Liturgical art and architecture are about salvation because they are a part of the rite of the liturgy, and liturgy is about salvation. Sense of community is an integral part of the liturgical act, since church parishioners are called together by God. Ecclesiastical architecture should reveal truth to parishioners about who they are as a community and make them feel at peace with themselves and connected within the community. The Church should evoke a sense of immersion into the surrounding world, rather than division from the world. 01 Aerial view of the Church of St.Andre
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SITE MASTER PLAN church of st.andre
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program 1 library 2 storage 3 foyer 4 cafe
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One of the key spaces in the design of the Church is the elongated curvilinear foyer, which is lit up during the day by the skylight above. The dropped suspended translucent solar panels hide the structure of the skylight and HVAC system running along. The panels are detailed to provide a space between them in parallel to the axis of the foyer direction, and minimize joints running in the opposite direction. This creates several curvilinear lines running along the foyer and accentuating its linearity and journey into the sanctuary. 01 Interior of curvilinear foyer
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Technical resolution: The metal sleeve, bolted to the vertical structural members of the screen, support every glass tube. The structure of the screen is then connected to vertical mullions of the curtain wall, which is supported by glulam columns, with curtain wall rails acting as horizontal bracing.
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INTERPRET / REACT / INFLUENCE Conceptual Design
Design/Production: Sebastian Lubczynski
Interpret / React / Influence is a study in interpretation and response in a architectural language. The IRN project consisted of evaluating and reinterpreting the text of “The library of babel” , by Jorge Luis Borges, into a new form of an idea.
Interpretation:
The “LIBRARY” (The Universe) Library has infinite number of hexagonal rooms
The main extraction of the text consisted of evaluating the main variables and constants that make up the existence of the “library”. Each of these variables and constants influence each other for all to coexist and make possible all the various permutations of text within the library.
Each element is dependant on each other to exist. If one does not exist, then the other doesn’t exist.
80 BLACK CHARACTERS Each room has 4 bookshelves COMBINATION OF THE ALPHABET
This “library”, which is considered to be the universe, which is composed of small hexagonal rooms. On the shelves of these rooms are books, all the books put together contain every possible permutation of single characters (all the letters of the alphabet and punctuation marks). This leads to a complete chaotic collection of nonsense.
Each shelf has 32 books LETTERS IN THE ALPHABET ARE THE VARIABLE
These single characters are the key to the essence of all permutations that are possible to conceive of. Each character is therefore influenced by the other to manifest itself.
THE ALPHABET IS THE CONSTANT Each book has 42 pages
Reaction: Cellular Automata
Each page has 40 lines
A regular array of identical finite state automata whose next state is determined solely by their current state and the state of theirs. The Alphabet = Finite State
EquatommodIstemadquibea quIammquidoloreetquibeas ItesumvItIbusdaverspelest eaquirep
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Each line has 80 black characters
Design Parameters: Set Grid / Boundary
Set initial location
Combinational reaction to set initial rules Iteration 1
Combinational reaction to set initial rules Iteration 2
Combinational reaction to set initial rules Iteration 3
Combinational reaction to set initial rules Iteration 4
Combinational reaction to set initial rules Iteration 5
Combinational reaction to set initial rules Iteration 6
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CONSCIOUSNESS: A LIVING SYSTEM Conceptual Design
Design/Production: Sebastian Lubczynski
DESIGN QUESTION
The conscious system is continuously aware of its surroundings. The system is imbued with sensory capacities and programmed behaviours. It will not only respond to human presence but also with the natural environment, light and temperature. The conscious system will bridge the cap between our built environment and our natural environment by being in essence alive.
WHAT WILL BE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FUTURE? HOW CAN THESE TECHNOLOGIES INFLUENCE OUR ENVIRONMENT? WHAT IS A CONSCIOUS BUILT ENVIRONMENT?
RESPONSIVE MATERIAL EXTENT OF SURFACE TRANSFORMATION BASED ON SET BEHAVIOUR PARAMETERS
SUNS RAYS
BUILT ENVIRONMENT Human-made surroundings providing the setting for human activity. It is a material, spatial and cultural product of human labour that combines physical elements and energy in forms necessary for living, working and playing.
ORGANISM Any contiguous living system capable of response to stimuli, reproduction, growth and development, and maintenance of homeostasis as a stable whole.
EXTENT OF TRANSFORMATION 12 PM
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RESPONSES TO LIGHT AND TEMPERATURE
SHAPE RETURNS TO ORIGINAL STATE
SURFACE DEFORMATION RESPONSE
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Exterior Skin Condition At Window Locations. Materials Awareness Of Light And Temperature At Surface.
SURFACE DEFORMATION RESPONSE
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INITIAL STATE 10 PM
DESIGN PARAMETERS
Apertures open when sun angle is not direct
CONSTANT: MATERIAL
VARIABLES: EXTERNAL
BEHAVIOUR: INTERNAL
LIGHT TEMPERATURE WIND USER ENERGY
OPEN CLOSE SHIFT EXPAND CONTRACT
Apertures close when sun angle is direct
RESPONSE: CONSCIOUS SYSTEM
Sun and surface temperature influence material response
Conceptual form illustrating material response consciousness: a living system
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