Architectural Portfolio Simon McKenzie
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RESUME
EDUCATION
Honours Bachelor of Architectural Studies Co-op Program University of Waterloo, (2009-Present) Design Studio, Cultural History, Urbanism, Modernism, Building Science, Environmental Design, Acoustics, Structural Design
Rome Program University of Waterloo, (Sept-Dec 2013) Design Studio, Italian Urban History, Rome and Campagna, Development of Modern Italian Architecture
EMPLOYMENT
DIALOG Calgary, Canada (January 2013-August 2013) Architectural Intern
Coop Himmelb(l)au Vienna, Austria (May 2012-Aug 2012) Trainee Architect
3XN Copenhagen, Denmark (September 2011-December 2011) Trainee Architect
KGD India Bangalore, India (January 2011-April 2011) Intern Design Architect
DIALOG Calgary, Canada (May 2010-August 2010) Architectural Intern
GEC Architecture Calgary, Canada (September 2008-August 2009) Architectural Intern
VOLUNTEERING / LEADERSHIP
Ted Harrison Middle School Teaching Art and Design (June 2013)
University of Waterloo Teaching Assistant (January 2012-April 2012)
University of Waterloo Leader for 2010 Orientation Week
Monterey Park Elementary School Teaching Art and Physical Education (May-June 2009)
Storybook Theatre Set designing and painting (2008, 2009)
MOBILE: +39 320 9044309
SKILLS
EMAIL: simonmckenzie23@yahoo.com
DIGITAL Rhino 3D modeling, Grasshopper, Sketch-Up, Vray, 3DS MAX, Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, DreamWeaver, AfterEffects, Premiere)
TRADITIONAL Free Hand Sketching/Drawing, Hand Drafting, Painting, Sculpting, Model Making, Rendering, Visual and Oral Presentations, Various Woodworking Power Tools
RAPID PROTOTYPING Laser Cutting, CNC Routing, Milling, Rhino CAM, 3D Printing
AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS
Academic 2012-13 2010-11 2008-09
Outstanding Design Scholarship - University of Waterloo Bergen International Wood Competition (honourable mention) ‘Excellent’ Academic Standing Final Review Exhibition - Cambridge Gallery Coop Student of the year - runner up - University of Waterloo Ontario Global Edge Scholarship SSEF Design Competition (honourable mention) Entrance Scholarship - University of Waterloo Alberta Rutherford Scholarship Winner - Academic Achievement Calgary Home Builders competition (1st place overall and scholarship) Calgary Home Builders competition (1st place in the highest category) Fluor outstanding industrial design student award Fluor excellence in art award and scholarship
Non-Academic Football: Karate: Kiwanis Festival:
ATTRIBUTES
City Champions in 2006 (Jr. Football) 5 yrs training – black belt achieved in spring 2008 Numerous gold medals in local/regional karate tournaments Silver in the Alberta Winter Games - karate (2006) Bronze at the Sato Cup - international karate tournament (2006) 1st place in dramatic monologue 1st place in singing 2nd place in trumpet
Excellent design and graphic abilities - developed through an extensive visual arts background; Interpersonal skills with strong team work abilities; Leadership - displayed by teaching martial arts and fine art in a variety of children’s classes; Creative and innovative
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ACADEMIC WORK
DATE: 2009-2014
LOCATION: CAMBRIDGE, ON
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MOSS PARK
A MIXED-USE HUB FOR PERFORMING ARTS
FIELD: ACADEMIC
PROFESSOR: PHILIP BEESLEY
At the heart of this mixed-use building is a school for music. The design puts an emphasise on program flexibility. The main atrium (for example), can be used as a lunchroom, work area, performance space, or simply as a connection from one level to another. While the upper floors are reserved for the students, the building becomes increasingly public as you reach the ground floor. *This project received the 2012 Outstanding Design Award and Scholarship at the University of Waterloo
4th Floor ACADEMICS
Residential Green Space 3rd Floor ACADEMICS
2nd Floor PRACTICE
1st Floor PERFORM Non-parallel Views
Classrooms
Studio
Childcare
Gym
Library
Public Courtyard
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MOSS PARK
A MIXED-USE HUB FOR PERFORMING ARTS
FIELD: ACADEMIC
Sectional Perspective
Ground Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
PROFESSOR: PHILIP BEESLEY
DATE: JAN/10 - APRIL/10
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TYPE: MIXED-USE
Located in downtown Toronto, this building integrates a school for music with retail, artist residence, a library, and an auditorium. A major consideration was site analysis. This looked at arts-related businesses in the community and their potential integration with the proposed mixed-use building. All of the private program was lifted off the ground. This enhanced transparency, connectivity and a sense of community on the ground level. *This project received the 2012 Outstanding Design Award and Scholarship at the University of Waterloo
An iterative approach was taken to develop program adjacency, overall aesthetic, and the relationship between the building and its site.
Typical Tower Plan
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PROTEUS MOVES A STUDY OF DURATIONAL SPACE
FIELD: ACADEMIC
PROFESSOR: DERECK REVINGTON
Interior Place of Repose
This studio explores the art of architecture imagined through space, time, and motion. Focusing in particular on philosophical concepts, technologies and practices within the spatial and temporal arts. The ambition is to explore new territories of the formal and material imagination. Drawing not only from architecture, but the temporal arts of poetry, music, and cinematography where durational space and an architecture of time is ever present. The studio begins with selecting a video of a moment of extreme weather. This project examines the crushing force of water, as it battles with the explosive buoyancy of a shattered iceberg.
Video Stills of Water & Ice Colliding
Closed Space inward reflection
Open Space outward expression
Circulation - between closed and open space
Diagrammatic Section
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DATE: SEPT/12 - DEC/12
TYPE: CULTURAL INSTITUTION
Circulatory Void
`For the material element to engage the whole soul, there must be a dual participation of desire and fear, a participation of good and evil, a peaceful participation of black and white’ -p.12, Water and Dreams Gaston Bachelard Exterior Maquette (Interior Maquettes Above)
A series of models were made as an experimentation of the selected material and its shape-shifting qualities. This developed an understanding of the movement and imagination of matter. With each successive model study, a greater sense of interiority was established. A cultural site was developed to house program that was investigated throughout the term.
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FIELD: ACADEMIC
PROFESSOR: DERECK REVINGTON
Durational Section - This was the term used to define an image that compresses various spaces, both interior and exterior into a single moment of time. The space shown in this drawing is a Palaestra; a building that originally existed in Greek culture as a facility for sport and meditation. In this Heterotopia, athletes would train while philosophers engaged in intellectual pursuits. This building embodies the sublime mutability of proteus. It is a facility for movement: a space to train, perform, and express the inner workings of the human condition.
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DATE: SEPT/12 - DEC/12
TYPE: CULTURAL INSTITUTION
FIELD: ACADEMIC
12 CHAIR FOR PROMETHEUS
PROFESSOR: ELIZABETH ENGLISH
Project Team: Simon McKenzie and Giles Hall Prometheus: the Immortal god, the bringer of fire, the omniscient seer, the heroic sufferer. Overcome by the superior power of Zeus, he is chained to a rock where an eagle feeds each day upon his liver. During the conception of this chair, we looked to ideas of the sublime. Fire was studied as a force of creation and an element of destruction. The exterior of the chair is charred black, a reminder of this sublime dialectic.
The chair has two states, one of chaos and one of order. Through the act of sitting, the chair transforms from one to the other. As the individual rises, the chair returns to its natural state of disorder. A gear system is used to allow the chair’s overall shape to transform. This dynamic transformation alludes also to the sublime notion of regeneration, found in the myth of Prometheus.
DATE: SEPT/12 - DEC/12
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Axo - Chaos
Axo - Order
Section - Chaos
All 24 columns are sanded flush, then friction-fit to the base structure
A CNC milling machine cuts out wooden Rebar is used as a counter-weight gears with incredible accurately and fitted into slots
TYPE: DESIGN-BUILD
Section - Order
Four layers of wood are laminated together to add strength to the gear teeth
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2010 SSEF COMPETITION
FIELD: ACADEMIC
PROFESSOR: TERRI-MEYER BOAKE
Prince’s Island Park is the threshold between North and South Calgary. Amidst the busy current of the pedestrian pathways rests a social energy which inhabits the parks and gardens of the urban island. The structure engages human interaction with the natural world. The design was motivated by the exploration of spaces through curvature.
NORTH CALGARY
PRINCE’S ISLAND PARK
SOUTH CALGARY
Tension members allow the structure to lean towards the city Large shadow produced by extension The aerodynamic shape adheres to prevailing winds from the North-West Repetition of overhead members creates a sense of movement Extension of members outward brings attention to the view of the Calgary skyline above the Bow River
Structural Plan
Exploded Base Connection
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DATE: JAN/10 - APRIL/10
2010 SSEF COMPETITION - HONOURABLE MENTION
Base Connection Detail
Member Connection Detail
Upper Tension Detail
TYPE: COMPETITION
Lower Tension Detail
The structure is an expression of steel’s ability to interact with landscape. Its form takes shape of the existing environment and enhances the characteristics of each space around it by responding to places of circulation, compression, and expansion.
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View from inside of Vessel
FIELD: ACADEMIC
PROFESSOR: MARK CICHY
DATE: APRIL/10 - AUG/10
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TYPE: TRANSPORTATION
The “Northern sled” inspires an entirely new species of nomadic living. The roof is composed of a heat-absorbing polycarbonate resin. As one lies down, the transparent ceiling provides a view to the stars above. This vessel attempts to break the boundary between humanity and the natural world. It allows the individual to dwell closer than ever before to the immense beauty of this hostile environment. SOLAR PANELS
HEAT-ABSORBING POLYCARBONATE RESIN
SOLAR PANELS SOLAR PANELS MESH SEAT BELOW
Front Elevation
Front Detail
Tow Connection Detail
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FIELD: ACADEMIC
PROFESSOR: MARK CICHY
With the added challenge of extreme weather conditions, the design implements an array of cutting-edge material technology for heat and light. LED lighting is built into an intelligent floor system. For energy, the vessel relies on a flexible epoxy solar membrane that wraps around the exterior. Because the vessel is toed by a team of dogs, a light-weight and highly-compact design are absolutely paramount.
1. Skiis - made from recycled wood
2. Heated Floor - Solar Powered
3. Lighting - Energy Efficient
4. Compact Shelving
FLOOR COVER (TRANSFORMS INTO TENT POLES) FLOOR COVER (TRANSFORMS INTO TABLE)
MATTRESS
HEATING TUBES (SOLAR POWERED)
FLOOR SURFACE
ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHT
INSULATION
BATTERY FLOOR BOTTOM
Exploded Floor Diagram
DATE: APRIL/10 - AUG/10
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DRIVE
LOUNGE
ENTER
UNPACK Flexible epoxy solar energy cells RELIEVE
REST
TYPE: TRANSPORTATION
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AN URBAN HOTEL PROJECT
FIELD: ACADEMIC
PROFESSOR: RYSZARD SLIWKA
This urban hotel envisions the transformation from the stale parking lot that exists to a vibrant garden of natural landscapes and public interaction. The hotel includes rooms, a restaurant, and a spa. The natural landscape is extended up into the hotel rooms. These vertical gardens double the amount of valuable corner suites in the hotel. They also provide a responsive shading system. As the summer ends, plant life retracts and the leaves fall, letting direct sunlight warm the rooms.
Parti Model
Sketch Model Studies
DATE: SEPT/10 - DEC/10
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TYPE: HOTEL
Office Floorplate Options
Light wells provide a connection to the park above
As you swim, the volume of your space compresses and expands
Hot tubs are indicated with subtle bands of concrete Textured concrete evokes a rooted and earthy atmosphere
The material palette of the spa reinforces its underground location and relaxing environment.
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Anjali LETTER OFGanapathy REFERENCE
Director – Design KGD-India, Bangalore, India – 560008
OFFICE: KAHN GLOBAL DESIGN
LOCATION: BANGALORE, INDIA
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION This has been one of those rare instances in our design studio when we have forgotten most often that we were dealing with Simon as merely a student intern. It is immediately apparent that his ability to grasp architectural concepts, picking up on both technical and contextual aspects of projects allow him to work under minimal guidance to develop design concepts. Simon has a tremendous skill in representation. Whether it was diagramming the development of an idea, pulling together the graphics on a competition board, or creating a stunning rendering, he could always be counted on to surprise us with the freshness and boldness of his approach. While at KGD, as part of the design studio, he worked on a range and scale of projects from residential master planning exercises to the design of individual office buildings. An exceptional understanding of proportion, balance and aesthetics was key to the success of his design work. Simon’s ability to adapt and grow in a foreign office is certainly one of his strengths. He has an excellent sense of curiosity, backed with a strong ability to produce high-quality work in a calm and focused manner. His professionalism is evident in both the way he approaches and interacts with his coworkers, and his ability to communicate ideas. This demeanor permitted Simon to quickly become a valuable part of our studio, allowing him to take on responsibilities well beyond his years and training. I do believe that any future employer will find they get more from Simon than they might possibly give back. I have Simon penned down as one of the most outstanding student interns and I do recommend him highly for any future undertaking in architecture.
Anjali Ganapathy Director – Design KGD-India, Bangalore, India – 560008
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LETTER OF REFERENCE
OFFICE: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
LOCATION: VIENNA, AUSTRIA
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PORTFOLIO: SIMON MCKENZIE
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