Brief Portfolio 2019 by Suhaib Bhatti

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training

Work experien

University of Waterloo, School of Architecture (UWSA) Master of Architecture (Water), Honours — 2018 - Option in Interdisciplinary Water Management - Thesis accepted with Highest Commendations (Committee: Dereck Revington, Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt, Dr. Anne Bordeleau, Scott Sorli)

UWSA — Cambridge Research Associate - 05/18— Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt - Responsible for m and hand-drawn d the military barrac including publicat

Bachelor of Architecture, Co-op, Honours — 2016 - Highest Admission Score - Excellent Academic Standing

Teaching Assistant - 01/18— John McMinn - Masters Compreh

Pickering High School Intellectually Gifted, Arts & Math Diploma - Academic Proficiency Award, Ontario Scholar

Teaching Assistant - 09/17— Dereck Revington - Second Year Desig

skills

VELD Architect — Stratfo Architectural Assistant - 03/1 - Master Plan and p paddocks, arena, s

Urban Analysis GIS (ArcGis, QGis), Mapbox, Maperitive, OpenStreet Map, JSON, Excel, HEED, Weather Data, Energy Modelling, Grasshopper, etc.

UWSA — Cambridge Teaching Assistant - 05/17— Val Rynnemeri - Second Year Cultu

3d Modeling & Rendering Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, Sketch-Up, Houdini, VRay, Mandelbulb 3D, Maxwell Render Suite, Lumion, Kerkythea, etc. Graphics, Presentation, & Office Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, iWork, Powerpoint, Keynote, Dreamweaver, CSS,

Teaching Assistant - 01/17— David Correa - Third Year Advanc

Audio & Video After Effects, Premiere Pro, Blender, Reason, Logic, Soundbooth, Garageband, A/V systems set-up, Recording, Production and Mixing.

Research Assistant - 10/16—0 Dr. Elizabeth English - Responsible for su managing ongoin - Flood-mitigation f buoyant foundatio - R&D into vernacu with low-cost cons

Hand Skills & Fabrication Drawing, Painting, Model-making, Casting, Sculpting, Materials Research, Drafting, Photography, Woodworking, Fabric Patternmaking, Cutting & Sewing, Laser Cutting, CNC, 3D Printing

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Research Arch./Urban Design

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managing the production of models drawing sets illustrating the history of ck through ~50 key case studies, tion and exhibition design.

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hensive Design Studio

— 12/17

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ord 17—09/17 preparation of drawing set for horse stables, storage, and loading areas

— 08/17

ural History

POSAD Spatial Strategies — The Hague, NL Design Intern - 05/13—09/14 - Dutch Delta Works National Strategic Plan - Energy Landscape Study - Netherlands & Flanders - Labo XX: Densification Plan for Antwerp - HOV Hilversum Design & Visualization - The Hague West-End Design Study & Plan - Puurs, Belgium Public Square & Civic Center Dutch Water Design — Amsterdam, NL Design Intern - 05/13—09/13 - FARROC Competition with Bjarke Ingels Group, NL Architects, POSAD, LOLA Landscape Architects, & One Architects

- Comprehensive drawing sets for various hospitals and schools across Holland

ced Visualization & Analysis

04/17

ubmitting research proposals and ng projects for vulnerable communities through on retro-fits to existing housing ular techniques for flood mitigation struction

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Urban Strategies Inc. — Toronto Designer - 01/15—05/15 - City of Troy Master Plan*

Atelier PRO — The Hague, NL Intern, Architecture - 09/12—12/12

— 04/17

2016

Space Agency Founder, Design & Research - 05/15—ongoing - The Stop Night Market x2, Atlas of Urbanism - University of Waterloo Enterprise Co-op - UW E-Launch Business Start-up Award

2017 Teaching

M.Arch (Water)

2018

Urban Strategies Inc. — Toronto Design Intern - 01/12—05/12 - Hung Shui Kiu Master Plan Design Intern - 01/11—05/11 - Etobicoke Six Points Streetscape Design

Research Interests Urban Structures & Patterns History, Culture & Civilization Urban Waterfronts, Public Space & Floods Sustainability Psychology & Space Military, Economic & Political Theory Other Experience visual art and graphic design; fashion design & tailoring, martial arts competition and instruction; music and theater performance, set design, A/V technical support, sound engineering, Conferences Resilient Cities Summit, Toronto (rep. POSAD) Elsevier Int’l Water Research Conference (rep.University of Waterloo) Coastal Watersheds in the Anthropocene (rep. Water Institute) Technical Landscapes, Harvard (Research Presentation) Architecture in the Anthropocene, Waterloo (Research Presentation) FITC 2016, Toronto (rep. Velocity Center, Waterloo) Youthful Cities Global Summit, (Toronto Delegate) Awards RBC Water Scholarship in Graduate Research Hira & Kamal Ahuja Graduate Engineering Scholarship University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship UW President’s Scholarship, x 2 UW International Experience Award, x 4 UW E-Launch Small Business Award UW Design Studio Award McPhie Family Architecture Scholarship Ryterna Modul Design Competition 2016 - 3rd Prize USI Intern Scholarship Recipient Husky Injection Student Opportunity Scholarship Ontario Summer Company Scholarship Centennial College – Best Business Finalist Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship Kinsmen Club Scholarship

5+ cumulative years work experience

2019

4 years : multi-disciplinary research experience 2+ years international experience 2 years experience at industry-leading urban design and planning firms 1+ year : University Teaching experience 1 year : Architectural design & management experience

welcome, You can call me Su. I’m a highly ambitious, self-motivated artist and designer trained in a variety of disciplines which I merge towards a personal practise that works across media and scales, from minute details to big-picture plans that address the uncertain futures we face. I have diverse experience conducting research and managing small teams of designers. I’m looking for an atmosphere that will challenge my skills and allow me to grow and mix my base of knowledge: I’m at my best when I’m working across disciplines and continuously learning. Though I have very strong skills when it comes to production and analysis, my greatest asset is my creative thinking, and ability to learn and quickly come up with concepts. I fit best with a team of ambitious and creative problem solvers that encourage both the development of innovative methods, and an understanding of traditional practise towards addressing questions of culture, nature and living in the technological age. I have prepared this portfolio of recent work to give a sense of how I think and like to work. All the best, Su

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urban design

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landscape machine energy landscape plan, Holland and Flanders labo xx, densification plan for Antwerp, Belgium masterplan for Troy, NY park city

11 architecture

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a refuge where the line of control ends, Kashmir the bridge, Patagonia, Chile a moveable feast

27 design/build

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nomad cart kandinsky chair

33 research/manage

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buoyant foundation project what makes a space a place? the anomaly recent studies a cabin in the woods a brief history of the barrack

urban design Overview:

6 Urban Design Internships 30 Months Work Experience in Urban Design Masters Specialization in Water Management

Main Projects:

Troy, New York Masterplan (Lead Designer) Dutch & Flemish Regional Energy Landscape Plan Dutch Deltaworks Flood Management Plan Labo XX: Antwerpen, Belgium Densification Plan Puurs, Belgium Civic Centre Masterplan Den Haag Westeinde Masterplan Belem, Brazil Sidewalk Design Guidelines Hilversum-Amsterdam HOV Streetscape FARROC Design Competition Hung Shui Kiu, Hong Kong Masterplan Cornell University Masterplan Etobicoke Six-Point Intersection Streetscape A Thousand Cities, Independent urban research Park City, Next City Competition Landscape Machine, University of Waterloo

/// Shown on right: A Thousand Cities (AutoCAD, Illustrator) An ongoing collection of graphic maps studying urban areas across the globe. Each tile depicts 1 sq. km.

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landscape machine This land was once sacred but we polluted it, destroying practically all of the wetlands in the Golden Horseshoe, hardening the waterfront, and altering the flow of water and sediment. The island was no longer living, and now some edges are encased in a concrete frame, while others are slowly eaten away by the pounding waves. If we destroyed the sacred through the processes that civilize us, could we turn those same tools towards recovering a lost place? / Shown: Toronto Island Movement (Illustrator) A plan for the Toronto Island that establishes a central wetland park for an imagined future city. Top Left: Lake Ontario Wave Movement and Currents Top Right: Toronto Island Erosion Bottom: Evolution of the Island

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Wetland conditions in the Great Lakes, highlighting the golden horseshoe which has experienced an average wetland loss of 90-95%. (GIS, Illustrator)

Toronto Island imagined as a Toronto Island imagined as a wetland machine, controlling water flow between the lake and Toronto Bay. Two separate wetland under the northern covered tra systems are formed as water movement switches between summer and winter. The two transfer bays outline and memorialize the former airport runways. (GIS, AutoCAD, Illustrator)

a wetland machine, view from ansfer bay. (Photoshop)

Toronto Island imagined as a wetland machine, view from Toronto Island imagined as a wetland machine, view from souther transfer bay boardwalks through the re-formed wetlands in Toronto Bay. which is designed to form a treed wetland that thrives through the winter season. (Photoshop) (Rhino, Photoshop)

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energy landscapes Two studies were commissioned by the Dutch and Flemish governments to plan energy landscapes towards supporting 100% of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy use via renewable technology by 2050. As it turns out, even if the best measures were taken to extract the most from the land, the landscape doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough productive capacity to support the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current energy use. A better solution to the energy crisis would thus be to adapt our lifestyles, and plan for less energy consumption altogether. / Shown to right: Flanders Energy Landscape Map (GIS, Illustrator) A map indicating best renewable energy sources depending on their location within the region of Flanders.

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labo xx I participated in a research-by-design study commissioned by Belgiumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building master to develop a methodology for the densification of Antwerpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s city center. As many typical European cities, Antwerp exists as concentric rings around a historic center which poses many planning and spatial limitations. Our plan focussed on the 20th century ring around the historic city, proposing planning models which develop distinct neighbourhoods into micro-centres in their own right. For example, the area around a hospital is developed into a neighbourhood that links the medical campus with hospital services, densifying leftover space with rooftop apartments for students, and accessible and affordable housing around the hospital for terminal patients or senior citizens. Also shown is the plan for a park neighbourhood developed around sportsfields, creating neighbourhoods with an intimate yet active character, with homes accessed via pedestrian and bike boulevards cutting across parklands and leading to sportsfields. / Shown: Micro-cenrality map of Antwerp (GIS, Illustrator) A map of Antwerp as it is today, showing a series of disconnected centres around the historic old city. (left); A map depicting the micro-centre concept, where disparate centers are built towards playing a more active role in the greater city, creating a stronger network in the 20th century ring while allowing densification that establisheds and strengthens individual neighbourhood centers. (right)

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Before and after axonometric showing the transformation of sportsfields into an active micro-centre and sports neighbourhood in the city of Antwerp. (Rhino, Maxwell, Illustrator)

Rendering showing the imagined micro-center developed around and within sportsfields, illustrating key urban design moves indicated in the densification plan. (Photoshop)

Rendering showing the imagined micro-center developed around the hospital and medical campus, illustrating key urban design moves indicated in the densification plan. (Photoshop)

Before and after axonometric showing the transformation of the hospital area and medical campus into a micro-centre and medical research neighbourhood in the city of Antwerp. (Rhino, Maxwell, Illustrator)

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masterplan for troy, new york Troy, New York is a post-industrial city struggling with a variety of spatial and social issues, abnormally high crime rates, depleting property values, and conflicting planning models. After returning from working in Holland, I was hired as an urban designer for the masterplan of Troy. Excited to apply techniques and methods Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d picked up overseas, I quickly realized the difference in the approach of urban design in North America versus much of Europe. Disappointed in many aspects of the planning model, I decided to return to school to understand the roots of my concern and how I could help as a designer. // Shown: Troy, NY Details (ArchiCAD, GIS, Illustrator, Photoshop) Troy 3D model detail (left); Troy Downtown, Existing Plans (right)

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Land Use Map of Troy, showing every building in the city and its land-use designation. (ArchiCAD, Photoshop, GIS, Illustrator)

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park city Toronto needs more public space, and better connectivity. There is an abundance of under-designed greenspace and hydro corridors that outline a potential green network to consolidate the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public realm Hosting electrical lines and wildlife corridors, these green spines currently act as barriers rather than bridges, often indicating the presence of so-called neighbourhood improvement areas. What could this network look like if it connected disparate urban and wildlife areas, and improvement areas to more vital centers? ///

Shown: Park City Map (GIS, Illustrator) Two networks: the urban and the wild, connect disparate zones and produce moments of interaction between the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s people and its wildlife.

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Render showing the transformation of the hydro corridor and wildlife area as it passes through the Rouge neighbourhood in east Toronto. (Photography, Photoshop)

Render showing the transformation of the hydro corridor area into a community park and activity area in the Woburn neighbourhood in Toronto. (Photography, Photoshop)

architecture Overview:

B.Arch, Top Admission Score M.Arch with Highest Commendations International Work Experience

Main Projects:

The Building as a Bridge in Space-time (Studio Research) Architecture as Refuge (Studio Research) Moveable Feast (Competition) Buoyant Foundation Project (Researcher) History of the Barracks (Researcher) Private Horse Farm, Stables and Arena Design (Veld Architect) Various Schools and Hospitals across Holland (Atelier PRO) Various Offices and Clinics in Africa (Ross Langdon) Displacement by Design (Masters Thesis)

/// Shown: the crossing (Rhino, Photoshop) An image depicting a crossing within a refuge in Patagonia, designed to transform and accomodate various uses as a critique on the program for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sustainable spa resortâ&#x20AC;? sited on a sensitive riverbed in the untouched landscape.

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a refuge When the mountain crumbles into the river, and the river floods the valley, we descend once more and seek refuge in a conflicted territory. The border may disappear only in the face of greater movements which unite us. This project explores a dream for a monument, a refuge, an archive situated in Kashmir, where the border, called the line of control, ends between India and Pakistan, and a battle ensues atop the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fastest melting glacier. If a space could transcend this context, it would look past the political and into something deeper yet more basic that connects all humanity. Unfolding over a series of time-scales, the project imagines how the refuge is used and transformed through a day, a year, an 18.5 year solar-lunar cycle, and a lifetime. Each time-scale is embodied through an elemental force which simultaneously affects the atmosphere within the refuge. In a day, we make a fire here. In a year the winds have strewn sand across the floor. In a cycle, the refuge has began to flood. And in a lifetime, salt brought down from the mountains has began to eat away through the surface. Openings are aligned with important solar and lunar dates which bring together conflicting cultures towards a shared celebration of the cosmic, as waves of light enter and crash through the space on the most sacred days of the lunar-solar cycle.

Shown: refuge early study (Physical Model, Photography, Photoshop) An early model studying the movement of light within fractal, or self-swallowing volumes inspired by the moebius strip and Klein bottle. These studies were used to develop a spatial language for a refuge within the conflict territory of Kashmir

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Environmental Precedent: A wave curling into itself in the South Pacific (Video Stills)

Initial material studies to capture the caustic affect (Acrylic, Wax, Paper, Photography)

Cinematic cases studies capturing the desired affect (Video Stills)

Various model studies (Paper, Plaster, Mesh, Photography)

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Early section, imagining a community, sanctuary, or event in a deserted island. (Paper Model, Photograph, Illustrator, Photoshop)

Early section, imagining a wilderness (Plaster and metal-mesh Model, Pho

s refuge. otograph, Illustrator, Photoshop)

Early interior render, imagining a post-apocalyptic refuge. (Plaster and metal-mesh Model, 3D Scan, Rhino, Maxwell, Photoshop)

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The refuge over the course of a day. Sunlight curls through the interior volumes, rushing in waves through spaces that swallow each other. The visitor collects wood for a fire at night. (Paper Model, Photograph, Photoshop)

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The refuge over the course of a year. The base solar and lunar alignments have revealed themselves. The winds have blown sand across the interior, where various creatures have roamed. (Paper Model, Photograph, Photoshop, Illustrator, Climate Consultant)

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The refuge over the course of an eighteen and a half year solar-lunar cycle. The full moon will rise and set at extremes that only occur every 37 years, archived in tears within the single surface defining the volume of the refuge. Melting glacial water has begun to flood the interior and damage the concrete surface. The building returns to its roots, an archived wave hidden below deep waters. (Paper Model, Photograph, Photoshop, Illustrator)

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The refuge will come and go over the course of its lifetime. As floodwaters subside to once again reveal the space, salt brought down from the mountains will have begun to eat away through weak points of the surface (Paper Model, Photograph, Photoshop, GIS, Climate Consultant, Rhino, Illustrator)

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the bridge Every building will eventually turn to ruin. Regardless, our understanding of the term and its relationship to architecture remains ambiguous and ambivalent. Burrell and Dale put forth the idea that ruination occurs when the organizational order of a structure gives way to chaos, or reordering into a new structure: ruination is the process of destroying an apparent unity in favour of a new one. If the ruin is the inevitable outcome for any building or structure, then ruination is the primary process that gives life to architecture, processes that constrantly re-organize, reorder, and restructure the world we inhabit. Starting backwards from the ruin, the lodge emerges from the landscape, through an imagined history, a possible past or future. A bridge between two landscapes. A bridge between the individual and the cosmic. A bridge between histories. A bridge through space & time. An archive of travel, time, geography, history: every visitor will leave a gift to the temple, buried in the archive below the Great Room, sharing in a ritual through time and space. What will we find in 10 000 years? And what would it tell us about humanity? / Shown: Ruin Plan (Top) and Rooftop view (Bottom)

01 / P1 Vision - Pool, Summer (above) 02 / P1 Vision - Pool, Winter (above) 03 / Wim Hof Method, confronting the cold (left) 04 / P1 Vision - Roof (below)

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Render showing a lodge room facing the river valley. (Revit, Rhino, Photoshop)

Detail of the lodge room bed and window, showing rain-fed planted sill, and local techniques applied in a contemporary way. (Rhino, Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator)

Window: Woven Lenga Shutter on sliding track for Wind And Sun protection

Cast Concrete Sill/Planter: Local Vegetation Soil Grille Drainage Pipe catches rainwater Drip

Wall: 350mm Cast Concrete w/ Local stone for erosion protection Permanent Lenga formwork, Water/Air Barrier Rigid Wood Wool Insulation, 80 mm Vapour Barrier Glacial Scree & Waste Stone cast in 250mm Concrete, Fastened to Stone Structure w/ custom anchors Interior Finish: RAW.

Concrete Fins Support the bed, while providing storage space below

Interior Floor: Exposed 350 mm Glulam Lenga Beams, locally produced, w/ 250mm Lenga joists, varied spacing Lenga Deck Sub-floor, 30mm x 200mm Radiant Heated Concrete Screed, cast in place Protective Sheet Locally sourced limestone & granite tiles

Detail showing hypocaust radiant heating for floors and walls of treatment room. (Revit, AutoCAD, Illustrator)

The hot pool is designed to still serve as a gathering and treatment space long after the lodge is gone (Revit, Rhino, Photoshop)

Through Central Stair, 1:100

Exterior Wall: 350mm Load-bearing stone wall, locally quarried Lenga Sheathing w/ Woodwool Instulation @ 80mm Chimney Flue against concrete finish Interior Wall: Local Stone Tiles for thermal mass fastened to concrete flue Air space for heat movement Interior Finish: RAW.

The main hostel entrance and boardwalk before and after (as a ruin). (Revit, Rhino, Photoshop)

Entrance View: Lodge

Life Cycles /

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Entrance View: Ruin

Kitchen Balcony: 2095

Rooftop - <100 years The rooftop is partially habitable, holding small spaces for sky viewing, a leisurely picnic or camping for the more adventurous guests. These are connected by a walkway that orients with the rising and setting of the supermoons. The walkway connects the three roofs to the camperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s washhouse, skylight planter/bench, elevator, rooftop mechanical room and finally the mountainside campground and sky park.

Roof Systems - <100 years The cellular nature of the building is unified under three roofs which are used to service the building by collecting rainwater, heating domestic water, providing planting and housing a PV array for energy.

Lodge - <100 years The life of this building as a lodge is well considered for this project, but a life beyond the given program is also essential for this sustainability and energy narrative. The structure of the lodge and its cores is derived backwards from an intense study of the site and its cosmic positioning. Remnants of a landscape bridge serve as the structure into which the lodge is developed.

Lenga Structure & Rainscreens - ~ 100 years (unmaintained) Lenga is a local wood that is readily available and great for construction in this landscape due to its ability to withstand wind, rain moisture. Various vernacular construction techniques are employed, using the wood as a woven rainscreen, for concrete formwork, and most importantly as the floor and roof structure. Gabion basket rain-screen walls are constructed of on-site glacial scree, insulated and supported by lenga wood framing.

Load-bearing - 100 + years (unmaintained) This loadbearing layer fills in the gaps left between the more resilient stone walls. Construction consists of waste stone and glacial scree cast in concrete, and recycled industrial steel. Cast concrete structural walls that are left as exterior rain-screens are embedded with locally harvested clay and shale bricks to mitigate erosion from rainwater.

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Small Stone Walls - 250 + years (unmaintained)

Entrance View: Lodge

Entrance View: Ruin

Walls constructed of small stones from nearby quarries are used to carry heat between the saunas and adjacent spa program, as well as distribute latent heat to the accomodations above. This layer reinforces the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s orientation, marking both solstices and serving as the foundations for a bridge between the forested steppe and the rocky mountain riverbed.

Large Stone Walls - 500 + years (unmaintained) Large stones are available and encouraged for use in the Patagonian landscape due to their abundance and resilience in the unpredictable climate. Granite and limestone are amongst the most popular. This layer is imagined as a potential ruin which will facilitate new lives for the building, serving as a structure into which the building can be built. They also serve as great thermal mass, while cataloguing the 18.6 year dance between the solar and lunar cycles.

Archive The archive is thusly seen as a potential time capsule, cataloguing the global visitors that may make a pilgrimmage to this landscape. The buried vault will collect items from around the world, sealing it for an unknown period of time until the it may or may not be rediscovered, along with the ruins.

The treatment rooms and lodge shown in ruin, and in their previous life as a spa and wilderness hostel. (Revit, Rhino, Photoshop)

Spa Paths: Lodge

Spa Paths: Ruin

Kitchen Balcony: 2095

Small Stone Walls - 250 + years (unmaintained) Walls constructed of small stones from nearby quarries are used to carry heat between the saunas and adjacent spa program, as well as distribute latent heat to the accomodations above. This layer reinforces the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s orientation, marking both solstices and serving as the foundations for a bridge between the forested steppe and the rocky mountain riverbed.

Spa Paths: Lodge

Spa Paths: Ruin

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a moveable feast More than 300 architects from 63 countries developed proposals for a mobile restaurant designed out of pre-fabricated parts that could easily be transported and built on site, the proposal would have to be original and specially adapted for a site in Lithuania. My proposal won third place in the 2017 Ryterna Modul Architecture competition, with the review panel commenting: “The project is very deep and conceptual” “The third place winner is very interesting. It is amazing how those sketches ... tell the story that you really can imagine. The committee board members evaluated independently ... all of us noticed that work and were inspired by the author’s peculiar way of thinking.” / Shown: Interior Render (Rhino, Photoshop)

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Panel one, urban analysis of Siauliai. (GIS, Illustrator, InDesign)

Panel two, site study and major relationships to local landscapes and attractions. (GIS, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)

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Panel three, a flexible prefabricated system that enables the design of a site-specific architecture. (Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)

Panel four, using the flexible prefabricated system to design a space immersed in the deep meaning of its site. (Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, AutoCAD, InDesign)

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Panel five, elevations and panel functions. (Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)

Panel six, exploded axonometric showing the overall scheme and panels. (Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)

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Panels 7-9, Renders showing the experience of the imagined restaurant. (Rhino, Photoshop, InDesign)

design / build I have a wide array of design-build experience ranging from furniture to doghouses, to outhouses, to full basement renovations, to sun decks and new cabins in Northern Ontario. I have spent several months shadowing contractors, plumbers and electricians to continuously push my understanding of the built world through hands-on experience, mixing in an academic and research background to push the limits of my design and fabrication skills. / Shown: Outsider Clothing (Pattern-making, Cut/Sew, Photography) At least five generations of my family were tailors for the British-Indian Army in modern day Pakistan and Kenya. I learned these skills from my father and developed a line of dress shirts in 2012.

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nomad cart A mobile cart designed to accomodate all sorts of vendors in night markets across the world. The cart was designed for and showcased at the Stopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night market in Toronto, promoting awareness and raising money for global food crises and access to food. The entire cart is made of up-cycled wooden pallets. / Shown: Nomad cart initial design drawings showing flexibility and uses. (Rhino, AutoCAD, Illustrator)

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kandinsky chair A chair for Kandinsky, inspired by his artistic philosophy captured in the concept of the point, line and plane. Three separate pieces embody the point, the line and the plane, coming together to create a strong and supportive chair. The chairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stability is entirely derived from how the pieces fall together, using no glues, screws, or other special joints. Without one anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support, the chair is impossible. / Shown: Kandinsky chair in use (Photograph)

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research / management Teaching Experience 2nd Year Design Studio (Dereck Revington) Masters Comprehensive Design Studio (John McMinn) 3rd Year Cultural History (Val Rynnimeri) 3rd Year Advanced Visual Communication & Analysis (David Correa)

Research Management A Brief History of the Barrack (Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt) Buoyant Foundation Project (Dr. Elizabeth English) What Makes a Space a Place? (Jonathan Friedman) Displaced and Urbanized, Or Why we Build (Masters Thesis) Masters Specialization in Interdisciplinary Water Management

buoyant foundation project I spent several months managing projects for the Buoyant Foundation Project, a research and design initiative to help vulnerable populations develop resilient and affordable buoyant systems in flood-prone areas. The work allowed me to research vernacular architecture and design economical systems to alleviate flood risk in villages from Bangladesh to Vietnam to Louisiana to Northern Ontario. /

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what makes a space a place? I managed a team of 20 Masters students as part of a designbuild course at the University of Waterloo in partnership with the Gardiner Museum in Toronto and PARTISANS studio. The final proposal involved the design and construction of a curving bench and bar to host events for the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anniversary. The bench was completed on site by engaging the public through a series of events which invited people to complete the mosaic covering the work, participating in the creative process as a way to comment on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need for more engaging public spatial experiences, and to question the role of citizens in building their city spaces. As a manager I coordinated between the student team, the University, the Gardiner museum, the City of Toronto and corporate partners, to help realize the design vision. This included securing donations and sponsorships to drive down construction costs, connecting with local tile companies to up-cycle broken merchandise, and liaising with city officials to plan a life for the bench following its two week showcase at the Gardiner. / Shown: Public Bar and Bench at the Gardiner Museum (Photograph)

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Process photos from the school of architecture in PART TWO: REbUilDiNgin DOWNTOWN Waterloo, and on site at the Gardiner Museum Toronto. (Photographs) THE ObJECT: FACiliTATED PUbliC ENgAgEMENT

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Fig. 2.56 Temporary installation in the atrium space of the School of Architecture with additional help from the school community.

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Fig. 2.55 Temporary installation in the atrium space of the School of Architecture.

Fig. 2.54 Temporary installation in the atrium space of the School of Architecture.

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Fig. 2.47 Family Sunday Outdoor Mosaic Making - active engagement on the bar.

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the anomaly Animals build out of instinct. The nest, the hive, the dam, and the burrow are simply extensions of the bird, the bee, the beaver and so forthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; any plan of their architecture exists completely in the abstract, emerging from interactions between the organism and some initiating forces in its environment, much like how the organism itself emerged. Our buildings and cities can be traced along these same lines of force. The pre-architectural human experienced a wilderness that pushed and pulled them toward certain places and architectures for survival. The city was initiated by anomalies, collections of forces which produce moments of displacement, migration and resettlement. ... An anomalous event carries a disruptive force whose presence must be reworked into a renewed understanding of reality, thus redefining the city. Anomalous events, moments of collapse, or paradigm shifts, carry the root forces of civilization, across which one can map new, persistent and lost spatial types. Such events lift the veil of the city and reveal what a space affords and how it relates purely to transformative forces. [thesis exerpt] / Shown: Dream image, the valley after the flood (top) (Photoshop) Mapping the Chaos of the Indus (bottom) (GIS, Illustrator)

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recent studies I constantly experiment using mixed media, from mixing soundscapes with lighting installations to exploring new painting techniques and visual methods. I have included two of my most recent paint studies. / Shown: The Flood (left) an unfinished painting using iridescent media that changes the image as lighting conditions change, or as the viewer passes by the work. The Flood, detail (right) showing an overlay of the painting in two separate lighting conditions to depict the transformative effect

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Under Development â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Transformative mixed media using photoshop collage transfers, paper, plaster, sand, stone and acrylic paint. An image is hidden below a thin veil that disappears after coming in contact with water. View of painting during dry conditions.

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a cabin in the woods I am currently managing a small design build project on a forested site in Basncroft, Ontario including a shower and outhouse, a large loft bunkie, and a porch-house/deck situated atop a shipping container. Working with a small team of four core members, this project has allowed me to gain more handson building experience and a better understanding of how to simplify the design and construction process.

/ Shown: View from atop the shipping container, unfinished porch-house (photograph)

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a brief history of the barracks I am currently managing the production of models and a drawing set for a research publication and exhibition showcasing the history of the military barrack building type. Designed to meet essential conditions to house soldiers during war, the barrack had to also maintain a relative ease in construction, being able to be built, dismantled and rebuilt quickly to accomodate a moving army and house a fluctuating population. A set of over forty case studies are 3D modeled and referenced to produce a drawing set which is completed using traditional hand-drafting techniques.

/ Shown: A Choisy or wormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye axonometric showing the Brick Barrack at Auschwitz. (Draft in ink)

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