Ted Whitley Selected works
EDWARD (TED) WHITLEY AAA
Calgary Alberta Cell: (403)-988-8960 Email: ted.whitley1@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION: •
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Environmental Design Master of Architecture, University of Calgary, class of 2016 •
M. Arch Candidate
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Courses: Studio VI, Architecture and Anonymity, Product Design, Edinburgh Evolution of the City, Professional Practice
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Academic Commendation
Bachelors in Engineering Science, University of Western Ontario, engineering, class of 2013. •
BESc. Graduate
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Highlight Courses: Business for Engineers, Capstone Project 2012-13, Structural Design I-IV
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Skill Highlights: Structural Design, Concrete Design, Steel Design, Entrepreneurship Development
Canadian Citizen & British Citizen
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Research Assistant: Greg Morrow’s Small Lot Research, January 2015 - Present Researching city planning ordinances to develop subdivided lots
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Architectural design for small residential homes
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Assisting with design guidelines for lot subdivision architecture
Building Science Teaching Assistant: University of Calgary Environmental Design January 2015Present •
Assistance with tutoring students with building science
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Assisting with running the course work
Architectural Student Intern: Stantec Consulting •
Contract drawings and details
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Programming and conceptual design
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Rendering
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Model making and design
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Photography and diagramming for as built project
Student Member
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University of Calgary Student Representative
Design Futures Student Participant in Public interest design forum 2015
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Alberta Association of Architects
Theresa Baxter Social Issues Graduate Scholarship Environmental Design for researching social issues in Aldo Rossi’s Gallaratese II case study report under Josh Taron
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Murray W. Waterman Study Abroad Awards Barcelona study grant
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Academic Commendation For greater than 3.6 GPA
Skills: /10 Rhino/Grasshopper
Assisting Designer and Woodworker: Black Flag Co, August 2014 •
Independent industrial design
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Assistance with furniture construction
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Assisting with industrial design
Adobe Suite
Engineering Coop Student: Stantec Consulting Ltd. – Structural Engineering, Surrey B.C May 2012 Revit – August 2012 •
Structural analysis on existing concrete systems
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Structural design of concrete and steel systems
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Bridge inspections across Abbotsford
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Site inspections
Engineering Coop Student: Highways and Public Works – Transportation Engineering Branch, Whitehorse, YT, May 2011 – August 2011 •
Site inspections
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Traffic analysis and data collection
AutoCad
Vray
SketchUp
selected works EDUCATION: •
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Neuroscience Building UBC Award Entry
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4 month studio, advisor: Josep Ferrando
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assisted with award proposal July 2015 under Ray Wolfe
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residential concept design
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architectural photography
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Barcelona adaptive reuse project, senior studio
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detail axonometric
Cigarette Chair
2016
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VCC Students Union Space
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3 month design class, advisor: Barry Wylant
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contributed May2015 - August 2015 under Ray Wolfe
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commercial concept design, design development and some contract admin
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developed contract documents for construction
Comprehensive Studio
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assisted in interior design
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attended supplier meetings in specifying details
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Stantec Vancouver:
The Shell 2015
Obfuscation
2015
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4 month studio designed with Brett Sanderson, advisor: Kier Stuhlmiller
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commercial concept design, design development and some contract admin
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Comprehensive Studio
Insect[us]
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2016
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1 month studio excersize: advisor Jason Johnson
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competition entry for OpenGap inNatur 2016
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3rd portion of the senior research studio
tÜr(b)
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2016
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Surrey Biofuel Processing Facility •
contract documents for construction June 2015 - July 2015 under Michael McNaught
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developed elevation design and detail
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worked on Revit construction detail drawings
Worksafe BC Nanaimo Area Office •
contract documents for construction June 2015 - July 2015 under Ray Wolfe
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assisted with construction details on parapets and envelope rehabilitation
St Paul’s Hospital Proposal
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3 week studio exercise designed with Ronli Mak, Kyle Marren and Byron Marks under Jason Johnson
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concept design June 2015 - August 2015 under Ray Pradinuk
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competition entry for Rag Dale band shell/pavilion
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assisted with program organization
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2nd portion of the senior research studio
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assisted with massing
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assisted with site organization
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model making and project representation
Teredo 2014 •
4 month studio, advisor Josh Taron
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commercial concept design
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form finding exploration and research studio
Beach Bench
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Caribou Fire Center •
client drawings June 2015 under Michael McNaught
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developed drawings and renders for the client
BCIT Trades School
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2 week studio exercise, advisor Philip Vandermey
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industrial concept design
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costing conceptual design May 2105 - under Ray Wolfe
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foundational design studio
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assisted with initial concept design and massing
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extracted images for the client
4_25 2016 •
3 month theory project, advisor Josh Taron
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an example of site restricted, time variable anonymous architectural fom finding
Gallaratese II Housing Block Case Study
2014
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4 month theory report, advisor Josh Taron
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case study report deconstructing and analyzing Aldo Rossi’s Housing Block and theories
The Nest 2015 •
1 week charette, advisor: Rick Joy
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residential concept charette
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St Paul’s Hospital Psych Ward Redesign •
concept design June 2015 - August 2015 under Ray Pradinuk
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assisted with program organization
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assisted with site organization
u of c Architecture the shell - Barcelona Studio, sept-December 2016
(JURY’S CHOICE, EVDS FALL TERM SHOW) THE SHELL is a high-density residential building with a concept derived from several socially based architectural precedents and form-based strategies. Working with Josep Ferrando, the objective was to develop a variety of unique apartment units with an emphasis on creating a micro-neighborhood – and one which is harmonious with its surroundings. The primary concern underlying the design was the isolation, or apparent lack of neighbourly interaction between residents in apartments and higher density areas. Massing the architecture began with the limitations inherent to the perimeter and existing buildings on the site, with the intention of creating an internal space to foster social dynamics within those confines (striking a balance between privacy and opportunity for interaction). To maximize utility of the site dimensions, this strategy employed a largely regulated external facade, but which deliberately sought the opportunity to create a varied and dynamic interior courtyard. Architecturally this drives the design forward, and is the logic used to implement unit organization, structural requirements, and material choices. The Shell presents an interesting manner of creating both lively circulation and private space for the users, as well as a means of elegantly fitting into the surrounding environment.
exterior outline defined by existing buildings on site
unit layouts unique and offset from external perimeter
circle guides are introduced to increase variety
guides then form interior courtyard perimeter
this facade is offset once more to establish an exterior patio and circulation vertical circulation is implemented. the floor plates are manipulated further, and courtyard patios receive circular language with built in mill-work along their boundaries
the external facade is offset to the interior to develop vertical structure in the building
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Barcelona, studio sept.-December 2016
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structure include two way structural slabs
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bearing walls into columns
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large moment forces compression towards the courtyards
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forces tension at the facades
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large bearing wall into columns
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tensile support cables
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perimeter columns resist bearing load
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perimeter chords pull in tension
10. shafts assist in bearing central slab load
The building forms a gradient from organic and circular language to a more regimented and logistical language at the exterior facade
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DESIGN cigarette chair - Product design studio Jan.-April 2016
VModern Design Competition Entry
The Cigarette Chair is designed out of the design goal to create a modest throne, for self reflection, and an instilled superiority. The concept was driven from the author David Sedaris, who often finds himself irritated and the ignorance of others, but shines himself in a similar low light. The chair’s material, cardboard tubing, was inspired by its use in some of Shigeru Ban’s earlier architecture. This material lends itself well to the concept goal, as its pattern and form lend well to a throne-like quality, but does not lend itself to luxury.
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DESIGN cigarette chair - Product design studio Jan.-April 2016
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bottom of the chair detail
bottom of the chair detail
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Architecture obfuscation
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comprehensive studio with Brett Sanderson, Jan. -April 2015
FEATURED ON THE RAIC FESTIVAL 2015 WEBSITE HIGHLIGHTING EVDS OBFUSCATION was designed as a center for digital communication. Because communication above all else requires clarity, and yet so much of it is misleading or unclear, the design premise was intended to reflect that paradox. The objective was to construct a digitallyorchestrated field and exhibition space, where digital art or installations may be on public display. The second part of the program included a digital research lab with open rooms for classes and seminars. The final physical component would be a private office that would be in part responsible for, and have access to, the digital lab. These requirements drove the design forward, exploiting different opportunities in the overall scheme of the project in order to properly exhibit these works, as well as create an interesting experience as one progressed through the building. The building was intended to generate considerable public appeal as well as the creation of a relationship among communities at the surrounding site. This last point led to the implementation of the bridge concept.
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concept model for lobby, acrylic and mdf
1st floor plan
2nd floor plan
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Architecture obfuscation
ground floor connection
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comprehensive studio, Jan. - april 2015
2nd floor bridge connection
1:200 building model of steel, reflective film, mdf and LEDs
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roof wall connection
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Architecture obfuscation
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comprehensive studio, Jan. - april 2015
wall assembly at lobby
ight render displaying external LED screen
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wall assembly at exhibition space
structural concrete in the building
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Architecture insect us - senior research studio, iNNatur competition entry INSECT[US] is a speculative disaster forecasting architecture developed through the collection of insects in the Sheep River Provincial Park in the Kananaskis region, Alberta Canada. The building operates as a luring mechanism through its undulating facade. This element wraps a processing machine that sorts, scans and denotes the bug’s intake. This information is then organized and analysed to help determine population characteristics of different species and the chemical makeup to help determine trends in the Kananaskis ecosystem.
This driver in the design helped develop a factory styled machine to scan and sort and analyze the collection of insects in the building; the housing of this machine would be the surrounding architecture. This avenue into the architectural design was a difficult passage towards the scale of a building, where its generator was completely separate from its housing. But when the collection of the insects was incorporated into the facade, the architectural design was developed more in tandem with its desired program. The final product, INSECT[US], was developed as three pretty different systems working as one force towards the collection of insects, and the development of an architecture for human visitors. The facade, circulation space and machine were all operating at different scales , with insects, human and data respectively. The building is integrated into the landscape seamlessly to lure the unsuspecting bugs to their death helping us further speculate on our potential impending doom.
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The research into this type of architecture began with other design references with regards to insect oriented farming. Where bug farming, and ecosystem creation was a well established fashion in design, the capture and testing of bugs was unprecedented. Entomology, the science of insects, discusses the precursor of insect testing and population analysis as a beneficial way to determine trends in the global and local climates. Through these testing practices, I saw it fit to gather insects for testing these parameters as a means to extrapolate a insect disaster forecasting. This would require the architecture to focus on the collection and
processing of insects. An architecture for insects.
Mar.-April 2016
physical iteration C of human circulation
physical iteration B of human circulation
physical iteration A of human circulation
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Architecture insect us - senior research studio, iNNatur competition entry Mar.-April 2016
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machine section selected bug intake lab primary insect trap tertiary sorting and scanning area weight sorting area compost/insect paste plant
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Architecture Rag dale 2016 competition entry with Ronli mak, kyle Marren and Byron marks - tUr(B) -January 2015 - february 2016
tÜr(b) is the band shell our group, MMMW Collective, is proposing for the 2016 Rag Dale Ring competition. tÜr(b) is a canopy formed from the gestures of the wind made up in the mid west. The formal strategy was generated from material properties of poly sheets, and through digital means, these surfaces were “tweened” and completed the form. The structural strategy for constructing the band shell revolves around the metal primary structure, and the poly fins as a secondary structure. The metal HSS members would be bent, and spliced into form, and the fins subsequently bolted onto this frame. This construction logic was used in the making of our 1:10 scale model.
Supports translucent Infill Sheets Bolted onto HSS. Frame Unrolled and looped into place
1/8” Translucent Polypropylene Foils Tertiary Spanning Members
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Riveted into Polypropylene Fins Unrolled and looped into place
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1 HSS. Steel Frame- Welded together on-site 2 1/8” Translucent Polypropylene Foils 3 1/4” White Polypropylene Foils 4 Foil to Foil - Riveted Connection 5 Foil to Frame - Bolted Connection
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Oval Stage Wood Frame Construction
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Architecture Rag dale 2016 competition entry with Ronli mak, kyle Marren and Byron marks - tUr(B) -January 2015 - february 2016
1:10 scale model with projections
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1:10 scale model with projections
1:10 scale model detail
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Architecture Teredo - studio 3 sept.- December 2014 4 months TE • RE • DO tests the creation of form through what may be best described as a ‘destructive and constructive’ system of assembly resembling the teredo navalis’ tunneling. The destruction is limited to simple pathway or tunnel extraction, but in turn the process provides an infinite number of networks possible. The architectural goal lies in developing the network of tunnels thereby establishing a desired form that will contribute to the program’s objective. The project revolved around the fabrication of the Teredo effect in a factory that encompassed public space. The architecture of the project was to then reflect what was being produced in the factory. The effect was established by the interest that is naturally aroused by the interplay of solid and void occupations of space. Where most architecture proceeds from positive assembled units, the formation in this case revolved around the subtraction from a larger form. This in turn propelled the modeling and massing process by generating a large mass formation. The larger the mass formation generated, the more it lended itself to extraction and generation of the intended architectural features. This form of modeling also presented an interesting development in the architectural process, as the exterior did not necessarily reflect on the interior or vice versa. As the walls, or the positive massing, were to be cut away from the interior and exterior, these design moves did not have to match. This lack of automatic reciprocity demanded in traditional design resulted in asymmetrical experiences while maintaining the need for structural integrity in the building.
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Digital Modeling Explorations Through the Landscape
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Architecture Teredo - studio 3 sept.- December 2014 4 months
3rd Story Plan
2nd Story Plan
1st Story Plan
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Architecture Teredo - studio 3 sept.- December 2014 4 months
events offices bar
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Architecture THE BEACH BENCH - Studio 1 October 2013. 2 Weeks
Designing the bench was inspired by beach loungers found in resort spots, as this exemplified the form of public reading that seemed the most relaxed, the best
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The final result offers an intriguing possibility that could support a variety of different users based on their personal choice of comfort. From horizontal to curled-up reading positions, this design accommodates all comers, as well as integrating into its immediate environment in a pleasing yet unobtrusive way.
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The Beach Bench was intended as a congenial design to occupy a natural space for reading, relaxing and otherwise contemplative enjoyment of its surroundings. The structure is created through a two-tiered bench formed of a floor and wall combination. These two simple features form the bench. The orientation to the river’s margin, the bank’s topography, and natural light and warmth all conspire to invite the passer-by to stop and abide.
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Theory 4_25 - Anonymity Theory, Feb.-April 2014 3 months 4_25 is an experimental process in anonymous architectural form finding and theory. The premise of the project was to evolve one site within Calgary through its past present and future architectural designations. While the past and present architectures existed and could fully be explained, the future characteristics of the site were highly speculative and based off exploratory forms, and theoretical trajectories. The project 4_25 used a present apartment building, an old store that existed on the site, and a speculative grid that would be instilled on the site based off ease of construction. The goal was to create recognizability in the unrecognizable. Through different parametric shifts, subtractions, placements and growths, the project realized a formal complexity juxtaposed to a recognizable simplicity.
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Primary iterations were conducted using different parameters, and colour . This lead to different amalgamations and creations within the project itself
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Theory gallaratese II housing Block - Theory, sept-November 2014 3 months This assignment was completed as part of the theory course taken at the University of Calgary. The objective was to thoroughly assess and analyze an important piece of architectural work. The Gallaratese II Housing Block design by Aldo Rossi was chosen because of Rossi’s contributions and theoretical work to the world of architecture and urbanism. In this assignment, a rationalist approach was employed to try and decipher the cause of one of the more notable gestures in the Gallaratese II housing block to try and determine Rossi’s logic behind the design. From this strategy a series of diagrams were produced to try and evaluate the building as a discrete architecture distinguishable from different orthographic drawings. By examining each cell against its companion, it is possible to discern the relational qualities present, within the neorationalist theoretical framework, which might yield clues to what initially appears to be an unexpected break in the design. The same approach could be employed, for example, to examine the elevation on the plan and how each deconstructed elements correspond to it, and to each other. This entry is a platform for the display of different diagrams that were produced. Each one of the following diagrams is a colour-coordinated comparison of the orthographic drawings to each other. This comparison was done in a manner that illustrated the rationalism that Rossi reflected in his work, and how the building presented itself architecturally as an ordered, repetitive organization of geometry.
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Architecture The nest - sommerville charette, January 2015 3 days The Nest is a design borne of a quick three-day charette led by Rick Joy (Rick Joy Architects). The design assignment was a simple weekend ski cabin intended for two couples. There were no specific site or area requirements specified. The animating concept was the bringing of people together. In the interconnection imagined between the couples inspired a cross-hatch pattern, perhaps as a nest in the mountains. From these initial design parameters the emerging form was flipped and oriented down the mountain to take advantage of the views, and to lend itself to a more adaptable site – and more site choices. From here the finger pattern intersection was rotated using a script to form a more versatile facade. The curvature in the facade was intended to counter yet flow with the existing topography that might reasonably be expected to exist on a mountainous site.
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Overall the final design reflects as a recreational beacon for the owners of their new home for the weekend. From the elaborate full height glazing on the southern face, and the copper-capped structural members supporting the building, the Nest sparkles in the sunlight.
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