Tracy Tse Selected Work 2017
The following collection of work auspiciously channels playful explorations into critical designs. It is in a constant search for refinement. My preoccupation with the impact of design in public/ private settings has lead me to your work at Cumulus. Subsequently, I am currently seeking to further my skills in design through sound architectural practice. Hence, I am looking for the opportunity to be part of a holistic architectural firm. I am confident in my abilities to add to this firm’s environment - its social network, work processes, and digital toolsets. Sincerely, Tracy Tse
Contents
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SHEET 5 OF 12
01 - DRYDOCK ON STANDBY
02 - AMTSSYGEHUSET
03 - CORAL TOWER
04 - STUDENT’S DESIGN CLINIC
05 - ATELIER WUNDERSCHÖN
06 - FABRICATION
PEPLUM
456 Montrose Avenue Toronto, ON 416-882-3218 trace.tse@gmail.com
EDUCATION
TRACY TSE 2017
MASTER OF ARTS IN ARCHITECTURE Aarhus Arkitektskolen; Aarhus, DK • RIBA II certification • Workshops with Topotek1 (2015), AMO (2016) • Thesis: Masterplan to reconfigure Aarhus for climate change preparations (Advisor - CJ Lim)
2011
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES Carleton University; Ottawa, CA
EXPERIENCE
• Graduated with honours
03 2015 08 2015
DIALOG
Architectural firm; Toronto, CA
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
• Worked on commercial projects relating to interior retrofits (in AutoCAD) • Performed site visits in various locations for as-built documentation
03 2014 08 2014
ATELIER WUNDERSCHÖN PEPLUM ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
Arch. + Urb. firm; Paris, FR
• Worked on projects relating to urbanism, public spaces, and competitions within France and other european countries • Contributed in strategic report, planning and final drawings in streetscape redevelopment for Nanterre
03 2013 02 2014
TURNER FLEISCHER ARCHITECTS
Arch. firm; Toronto, CA
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
• Worked on commercial projects relating to store planning (in Revit and AutoCAD) • Providing project coordination throughout all phases with consultants and project team 06 2011 10 2012
LÉPINE CORPORATION
Developer’s firm; Ottawa, CA
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
• Worked on schematic designs for prospective projects, which included massing studies, 3D representations (with SketchUp), and drafting (with AutoCAD).
EXPERIENCE CONT’D
• Coordinated with consultants and tradesmen relating to design changes, conflicts on plans, and clarifications. • Provided intermediate graphics for marketing purposes and presentations. • Assisted in administrative responsibilities, which included: office organization, filing, and printing/scanning/faxing documents. 05 2008 01 2011
STUDENT’S DESIGN CLINIC
Arch. Design Services; Ottawa, CA
MANAGER + DESIGNER
• Maintained administrative operations which included scheduling meetings, filing, and bookkeeping. • Lead a team of 8 contract designer by facilitating client-designer relationships. • Assisted in site visits which included taking measurements, taking photographs, and providing insight for junior designers • Provided designs for local residential projects ranging from renovations, additions, cottages, and custom homes via sketches,
• AutoCAD • Revit • SketchUp
+ MEDIA
SOFTWARE
hand drafting, and AutoCAD.
• Rhino 3D
• Digital fabrication - CNC, 3D print, +c • HTML, CSS, CMS • DSLR photography • Traditional drafting; casting;
• Grasshopper • Photoshop • Illustrator • InDesign
OTHER EXPERIENCE
• Premier
LANGUAGES
• Vray Render
soldering; woodworking. • English - Native proficiency • French - Native proficiency • Cantonese (oral) - Fluent • Danish - Conversational
• Lateral Office - Modelmaking + shipping (2017) • Aarhus Arkitektskolen - Student Representative (2016-2017) • AMO - Office workspace reaserch workshop
- AAArch (2016)
• Topotek1 - Speculative urbanisms workshop - AAArch (2015) • Pulp: Paper Art Party - Graphic Designer (2013-2015) • Spins and Needles event - Panel volunteer (2010) • Kosmic design gala - Organizer + support staff (2009) • Forum lecture series - Student Representative (2009)
01 D R Y D O C K
Program: Master plan to reconfigure Århus in anticipation of rising sea levels Site details: Århus, DK Size: 6 km2 Supervisor: CJ Lim
This thesis is an attempt to seek opportunities in the advent of rising sea levels through an alternative reaction that propagates self-reliance, sustainability, and confidence. The project intends to be both a critique and a demonstration on a culture of anxiety through exaggeration and over preparedness.
O N The premises of the project is based two conditions.
S T A N D B Y -
First, nature surviving humankind implores an acceptance rather than a constant taming and control. The design proposition investigates an alternate configuration of Aarhus over the concerns of rising sea levels. Second, we live in a society based on continual scientific predictions of disasters that redefine and perpetuate risks. The paradox of knowing more leading to a more ‘informed’ society ultimately shapes one that has more problems to confront. A situation that is meant to create a circular ecology but resulting in a mode of excess. The reconfiguration will utilize heterotopia as a device to critique how we deal with being at risk within the flood zone of Aarhus and anticipate different measures of preparation and self-sufficiency for the entire city to reassure and boost confidence to its inhabitants. In turn, the unexpected result of an excessive protection and preparation scheme will illustrate a long-term sustainable and resilient strategy for the city of Aarhus.
aaa ma_thesis
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MASTERPLAN scale 1:5000
SILVER LINING
LONGHOUSE
ARTIFICIAL MOUND
LIFEGUARDS
CRUISE LINERS
CITIZENS’ TOWERS +BOATHUS
DUCK HUNTING
aaa ma_thesis
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN AARHUS PROJECTED WATER LEVELS Mean water level rise around Denmark in metres, compared with the reference period 1986-2005. The figures in brackets indicate the probable interval for the individual scenario. http://en.klimatilpasning.dk/knowledge/climate/futuresealevels.aspx
Period 2046-2065
2081-2100
Mean Sea Level Around Denmark [m]
Scenario RCP4.5
0,3 [0,1 - 0,4]
RCP2.6
0,3 [0,1 - 0,6]
RCP4.5
0,4 [0,2 - 0,7]
RCP8.5
0,6 [0,3 - 0,9]
A1B in AR5
0,5 [0,2 - 0,8]
A1B in BACC
0,6 [0,3 - 1,1]
DMI upper estimate
1,2
CLIMATE CHANGES IN DENMARK BEFORE 2050 BASED ON THE A1B SCENARIO Annual Mean Precipitation
+7% (+/- 3%)
Winter Precipitation
+11% (+/- 3%)
Summer Precipitation
+4% (+/- 4%)
Number of Days with more than 10 mm of precipitation
+3 days
5-Day Precipitation
+6 mm
Mean Intensity Precipitation
+0.2 mm /day
Severe Events, Precipitation
+0.2 mm /day
Annual Mean Temperature
+1.2°C (+/- 0.2°C)
Winter Mean Temperature
+1.5°C (+/- 0.2°C)
Summer Mean Temperature
+0.9°C (+/- 0.1°C)
Frost
-24 days
Growth Season
+40 days
Heatwave
+1.3 days
Tropical Nights
+5 days
BASIC MAP EXISTING AND PLANNED CITY DEVELOPMENT AREA FOREST RECREATIONAL ZONE EXISTING AND PLANNED ROAD EXISTING AND PLANNED RAIL
FLOODING In connection with a 100 year flood occurence in 2050
VALUE CALCULATED AS COST OF DAMAGES >3,000,000
Storm surge
500,000 - 3,000,000
Lakes and streams
10,000 - 500,000 1,000 - 10,000
Cloudburst
Areas prone to flooding form the sea, streams, lakes, or after cloudbursts. The extent of flooding based on an event in 2050 that statistically occurs every 100 years.
0 - 1,000
The map shows the municipality divided into cells where each cell is assigned a value. The value corresponds to the cost of damages in the case of an event that will statistically occur every 100 years until 2050.
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SITE SECTIONS AT EVERY 300 m scale 1:2000
250
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aaa ma_thesis
SOIL ANALYSIS
KEY
BOULDER CLAY
LENGTH = 16658.43 m
BOULDER CLAY MORAINE SAND & GRAVEL MORAINE & FORMATION GRAVEL FRESH SAND WATER
AREA = 3 002 542.75 m2
MARINE SAND & CLAY FRESH WATER FORMATION MELTWATER MARINE SAND &SAND CLAY & GRAVEL EXTRA MARGINAL DEPOSITS
MELTWATER SAND & GRAVEL
FILLS, PORTS. DAMS, DYKES
EXTRA MARGINAL DEPOSITS
LAKES
FILLS, PORTS, DAMS, DYKES
VOLUME = 18 576 526.6 m3
EXCAVATION OUTLINE
LAKES
EXCAVATION OUTLINE
BASSIN WALL 896, 232.60 m3
TILE PRODUCTION 781, 877.30 m3
ARTIFICIAL MOUND 14, 006, 579.00 m3 TOTAL : 15,684,689 m3
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aaa ma_thesis
HUNTING GROUND ECOLOGY
HUNTING
SURFACE FEEDING GOOSE DIVERS
Anser anser Aythya fuligula Aythya ferina Tadorna tadorna
BREEDING
Anas clypeata Anas querquedula Anas acuta Anas platyrhynchos Mergus merganser Anas carolinensis Aythya nyroca Anas strepera
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Anser anser
Aythya fuligula
Aythya ferina
Tadorna tadorna
Anas clypeata
Anas querquedula
Anas acuta
Anas platyrhynchos
Mergus merganser
Anas carolinensis
Aythya nyroca
Anas strepera
Phragmites australis
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Rhithrogena germanica
Ischnura heterosticta
Rutilus rutilus
Esox lucius
Carex halleriana
Scirpus atrovirens
Plecoptera
Sialis lutaria
Perca fluviatilis
Oncorhynchus mykiss
https://www.dof.dk/oplev-fuglene/for-visiting-birders/jutland-jylland-south-of-aarhus#brabrand
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aaa ma_thesis
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aaa ma_thesis
TOWER STUDY IN AARHUS +97.50m
96 m
96 m
+1.50m
TOWER OF BELIEF Aarhus Cathedral
scale 1:750
ARTIFICAL MOUND
+75.00m
60 m
60 m
+15.00m
TOWER OF GOVERNANCE Aarhus City Hall
scale 1:750
CITIZENS’ TOWER
44 m
LONG HOUSE
+103.00m
44 m 44 m 44 m
+59.00m
TOWER OF KNOWLEDGE Aarhus State and University Library
scale 1:750
CRUISE LINER
design portfolio: tracy tse
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aaa ma_thesis
BASIN WALL FOOD CULTIVATION
Vertical vegetable gardens
WATER MANAGEMENT
Rainbow maker
Rhubarb
Chard
3
Kale
Peas
Lettuce
Carrot
Endive
Beetroot
Potato
Cabbage
Vegetable types to grow
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1 - Aeroponic wall panels 2 - Pontoon base 3 - Stair access 4 - Irrigation system for vegetation + rainbows
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aaa ma_thesis
LONG HOUSE HABITATION STORAGE
Modulated Housing Food + Water
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1 - Food + water storage 4
2 - Vertical circulation 3 - Semi-public space 4 - Habitation 5 - Pontoon in anticipation of water
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15 m 44m
21.5 m
15 m 21.5 m
02 Å R H U S A M T S S Y G E H U S E T -
Program: Urban habitation transformation Site details: 1882 hospital campus in Århus, DK Size: 1400 m2 Supervisor: Joel Letkemann, Kätte Bønløkke
“The cyborg is our ontology; it gives us our politics. The cyborg is a condensed image of both imagination and material reality, the two joined centers structuring any possibility of historical transformation.” - Donna Haraway, A Cyborg Manifesto The transformation of the main hospital established in 1882 to become a place for habitation investigates the tensions between heritage and new fragments. The existing underground network between other buildings in the campus became a platform to program spaces of gathering/meeting for its inhabitants in a semi-public manner. As a result, the focus of the transformation carefully chooses to preserve the existing structure and exterior brick cladding while infilling/removing into the ground floor to create a courtyard situation. The infill marks traces of the removed while playfully inserts itself as curved bay windows to interact with the courtyard and the underground. The result of new vs old aims to acknowledge the prestige of its past while leaving space for new infills and fragments to occur.
aaa spring 16
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aaa spring 16
ground floor plan
basement plan
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side elevation view
aaa spring 16
cross sectional view
front elevation view
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unit axonometric
aaa spring 16
unit cross sections
03 C O R A L T O W E R -
Program: Mixed-use tower (retail, office, casino, hotel, habitation) Site details: Situated within a ‘Highway Eddy’, Kanata, ON Size: 54 storeys, Supervisor: Tom Dubicanic
The tower explores the assembly of vertical programming in relation to its spacial multiplicity. Its condition implores complex continuity of vertical occupation as opposed to uniform singularity. The inspiration of the structure is the coral reef in which individual coral polyps exhibit different levels of sophistication which aggregates into a super-organism. The tower attempts to utilize the sun and wind as contributors toward the manisfestation of the structure.
cu year 4-2011
design portfolio: tracy tse
SITE & CONTEXT the tower explores the assembly of vertical programming in relation to its spacial multiplicity that situates itself along the highway; it becomes a landmark for passerbyers and to its inhabitants
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cu year 4-2011
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STRUCTURE exploration of coral polyp structure/density to derive a performing structure of different scales in triangulation while harnessing energy from the wind (wind turbines) and the sun (photovoltaics on a 3D skin)
cu year 4-2011
04 S T U D E N T ‘ S D E S I G N C L I N I C -
Program: Exterior Addition, Garage, Interior Renovations; Site details: House Situated in a Suburban Setting Ottawa, ON, Canada Size: 139 m2 Supervisor: Titania Truesdale
The Student’s Design Clinic is an umbrella organization that facilitate relationships between designers to clients for residential projects ranging from simple lanscaping projects to custom-built homes. The Muttu Residence had various limitations on the budget as the clients were interested in changing their current house into one that more suited their daily lifestyle. A balance between a fully functional kitchen, a place to entertain guests, and a proper front entrance were major concerns of the clients.
professional work
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professional work
ISSUED FOR BUILDING PERMIT
MAR 9/11
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ISSUED FOR BUILDING PERMIT
MAR 9/11
ISSUED FOR BUILDING PERMIT
MAR 9/11
professional work
ISSUED FOR BUILDING PERMIT
MAR 9/11
05 A T E L I E R
Program: Museum for Photography and Architecture (separate buildings) Site details: Varosliget City Park Budapest, HU Supervisor: Alessandra Cianchetta
This project is an architecture competition in Budapest under the guidance and supervision of the Parisian ‘Office For Territorial Reconfiguration’ - AWP. As part of a team of four, I took part in all phases of the competition from conceptual brainstorming, to designing, and finally to submission drawings.
W U N D E R S C H Ö N P E P L U M -
The design situates itself as a ‘gate’ to a large city park full of other cultural institutions and amenities. The theme of ‘positive versus negative’ acts as the starting point of a potential dialogue within each building, but also towards each other.
professional work
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professional work
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ELEVATION + MATERIALS
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professional work
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
06 F A B R I C A T I O N -
Program: FSC furniture competition Supervisor: Joel Letkemann
Studio MAD focused many workshops that allow for prototyping at a 1:1 scale and encourages the use of digital tools such as Grasshopper, CNC, and 3D printing. The following two projects demonstrates the use of these tools coupled with analog processes to reach its completion. The FSC furniture competition explores the possibilities of wood joineries through manual and digital ways. This piece intends to be set by the entrance/vestibule as a module for quick storage. The sliding top piece is CNC’ed along with the pen tray within. The pivoting drawer is inspired by old sewing tool boxes that reveal its contents through pivoting connections.
aaa mad studio
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Program: Bronze lamp casting workshop Supervisor: Joel Letkemann
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aaa mad studio
The bronze lamp casting workshop expores a gyroid geometry that has been cut with a ellipsoid. Its development from digital means (Rhino and Grasshopper) into a physical entity produces interesting and unexpected outcomes that teaches different leavels of tolerance in materials. The process of the bronze cast involved 3D printing the actual object that is then cast into a mold for the bronze to flow into. The result of the cast, although not perfect, is embraced for its unexpected and erroneous beauty.
Tracy Tse trace.tse@gmail.com 416-882-3218