victor tulceanu portfolio 2014
197 Spadina Avenue, Suite 600 Toronto, ON Canada M5T 2C8 www.urbanstrategies.com
tel 416 340 9004 ext. 220 fax 416 340 8400 eturcotte@urbanstrategies.com
June 25, 2014
To whom it may concern,
Re: Letter of Reference: Victor Tulceanu
I am pleased to provide this letter of reference for Victor Tulceanu reflecting his work experience during his Architecture Co-op term at Urban Strategies Inc. from January to April 2014. During this period, Victor impressed us with his quick grasp of new techniques and ideas, the excellence of his work, and his dedication to every task he was assigned. Victor provided support on the Eglinton Crosstowns project. He reported directly to me, and contributed in the preparation of 3D modelling and graphics for the Plan. Victor’s was an open minded and efficient team player who worked collaboratively with his colleagues. It was a pleasure to work with Victor and I am confident in saying that he would be a great asset to similar organizations. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call me at (416)340-9004 x 220.
Yours truly,
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Eric Turcotte, RPP, MCIP, OAA, OAQ, LEED AP BD+C Partner
CONTACT name phone e-mail address portfolio
LANGUAGES
VICTOR TULCEANU 1 (647) 963-8584 (Canada) victor.tulceanu@gmail.com 112 Humber Valley Cres., King City, ON, Canada, L7B 1B7 http://issuu.com/victortulceanu/docs/portfolio_2014/0
+ English + French + Romanian
SKILLS TECHNICAL
TRADITIONAL
PERSONAL
+ AutoCAD 2013
+ Sketching
+ Excellent communication skills
+ Rhino 5
+ Drawing
+ Team-oriented and capable leader
+ V-Ray for Rhino
+ Model-making
+ Great organization, multitasking and time
+ Grasshopper (learning)
+ Hand Drafting
+ Google SketchUp
+ Hand Rendering
+ Revit 2013
+ Oral Presentation
management + Strong conceptual thinking and problem solving abilities
+ Adobe Illustrator CS6
+ Enthusiastic and very quick learner
+ Adobe Photoshop CS6
+ EfďŹ cient and comfortable under pressure
+ Adobe InDesign CS6
EDUCATION POST-SECONDARY
SECONDARY
since 2012
2008-2012
University of Waterloo + Bachelor in Architectural Studies, Honours
Renaissance French Catholic High School + International Baccalaureate Diploma + Ontario Secondary School Bilingual Diploma,
AWARDS since 2012 2012
+ Excellent Academic Standing + President's Scholarship, University of Waterloo
2012
+ QualiďŹ ed for Provincial Tournament
2012, 2011
in High School Boys Tennis + Regional Winner in Remembrance Day
2011
+ Highest Academic Average in French,
Drawing Competition
Mathematics, Physics, History, Chemistry and Philosophy in Grade 12
EXPERIENCE EMPLOYMENT
VOLUNTEERING
2014
2011
Junior Designer at Urban Strategies Inc. In Toronto
Habitat for Humanity
+ Context modeling for many projects at various scales
+ Built houses in Costa Rica
+ Graphic, diagrammatic and layout work for booklets and
+ Helped fundraising for the trip
presentations + Modeling massing and transportation for future development options
+ Graphic design for fundraising
internship p.1
recent projects p.2
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studio projects
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X4
Eglinton Ave. context model
USI INTERNSHIP
URBAN STRATEGIES INC
4 Month Internship in Toronto at USI, an award winning urban design and planning ďŹ rm with an international portfolio While at Urban Strategies Inc., I worked on a wide range of projects from smaller scale block planning to city wide transit design. The tasks I performed included context modeling, future development massing, diagramming and layouts for presentation booklets. Speed and efďŹ ciency were a huge component of my work at USI. My most exciting work was the modeling of a 17km long, 600m wide strip of Toronto for an important competition. The task required smart modeling and careful organization, skills that I have been able to acquire and develop from my experience at USI. Skills used: Illustrator, InDesign, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD
Yonge and Eglinton
Scarborough Town Centre
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C³CENTRE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY
2A studio
Design objective: Design a community centre for the city of Cambridge, Ontario focusing on the idea of the “common” for the public to share and enjoy.
Located on Dickson St. in the heart of downtown Cambridge, the Dickson Cultural Centre is a hub for cultural performances, artistic creations and recreation and encourages the community to come learn, interact and share. This cultural centre is designed to mesh with the fabric of the existing community and flow seamlessly from exterior to interior. Skills used: Sketching, Hand modeling, Rhino 5, V-ray, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator
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EXTERI
CULTURAL HUB
The Cambridge Cultural Centre shapes an environment that invite perform and play. Artistic expression through mediums such a dance can then be displayed at the Centre. The building invites culturally and then spread this cultural growth throughout the c centre becomes a cultural hub where the community can come c then exhibit the work in the surrounding exhibit spaces.
CREATE PERFORM
CIRCULATION
LOBBY
concept diagrams
DICKSON ST
DOWN TO PLAYGROUND/FLOOR -0.5
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WATER ST
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UP TO LOBBY/FLOOR 0.5
exterior render
IOR RENDER (VIEW FROM DICKSON ST.)
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CREATE PERFORM FAMILY
RECREATION
north/south section
MAIN ST
groud floor site plan
COMMMUNITY ROOM
COMMUNAL STUDIO
REHEARSAL ROOM
LECTURE HALL
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO LIBRARY
PLAYGROUND
POOL FILTRATION/STORAGE
LIFEGUARD ROOM
POOL
east/west section
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Architecture. The focal point of the building is the central atrium that interacts with every other part of the building. On the ground floor the space acts as a public plaza, an auditorium, a performance stage and an exhibition place. Starting from the ground floor the building wraps around the atrium space with a system of spiraling ramps. These ramps are open to both the atrium space and the rooms lined along the perimeter of the building, bridging them together and enabling every occupant to participate in the activity on the ground floor.
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The focal point of the building is the central atrium that interacts with every other part of the building. On the ground floor the space acts as a public plaza, an auditorium, a performance stage and an exhibition place. Starting from the ground floor the building wraps around the atrium space with a system of spiraling ramps. These ramps are open to both the atrium space and the rooms lined along the perimeter of the building, bridging them together and enabling every occupant to participate in the activity on the ground floor.
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level 2.5
level 2 level 1.5
level 1 level 0.5
ground floor level -0.5
circulation diagram
A.3
A.4
exploded program diagram
A.5 B.1 A.6
B.2 B.3
A.1 A.2
B.4
A.6
basement floor 2 plan
basement floor 1 plan
PROGRAM BLOCKS CREATION / EXPRESSION
D.1
PAINTING STUDIO 70m sq.
D.2
COMMUNAL STUDIO 140m sq.
3 D.3
PERSONAL STUDIO 30m sq.
4 D.4
WOOD SHOP 70m sq.
5 D.5
METAL SHOP 70m sq.
6 D.6
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO 70m sq.
7 D.7
COMMUNITY ART ROOM 70m sq.
PERFORMANCE / INTERACTION
8 C.1
THEATRE AND REHEARSAL ROOM 100m sq.
9 C.2
LECTURE HALL 100m sq.
10 C.3
LIBRARY 70m sq.
11 C.4
PLAYGROUND 100m sq.
C.3
100m sq.
12 C.5
MEETING ROOM (SMALL) 30m sq.
13 C.5
MEETING ROOM (LARGE) 60m sq.
14 C.6
COLLECTIVE MUSIC ROOMS 70m sq.
PROGRAM BASED FORM
RECREATION / FAMILY
15 B.1
DANCE STUDIO
16 B.2
DAYCARE 100m sq.
C.2
17 A.1
The form of the building is determined by the required program. Certain blocks of program such as lecture halls and theatre performance rooms that are inclined create the ramping in the shape of the building. Because of the ramping, there is a continual vertical circulation that allows visitors access to the entire building while maintaining a relationship with the central public courtyard. The splitting of program between creation, performance and recreation organizes the building in a clear and logical way.
COMMUNITY POOL 1200m sq.
D.6
C.1
D.2
D.7
E.4
D.4
E.1
E.2
D.5
E.2
C.7
E.3
C.4
E.3
D.7
D.1
C.6 C.5 first floor plan
D.3 second floor plan
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1km
BOTANICAL GARDEN
2B studio - Ongoing
Design objective: Explore the planning and architecture behind botanical gardens, with a focus on the housing of plant species and public engagement. 1km is an ongoing project and my current studio project. While I am still working on it, I hope to share some of the work I have done so far. The site of the project is a remediated limestone quarry in Milton Ontario, 50km west of Toronto. 1km consists of a vast landscape of biomass-yielding crops that are harvested to sustain the kilometer long strip of program within the site. Skills used: Sketching, Hand modeling, Rhino 5, V-ray, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator
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plant species diagram
typology planting phases (1/2)
CHOOSING SPECIES
site context
In the case of the 1km botanical garden project, the first conceptual step was to select 5 interesting plant species. My chosen species interest me because of their capacity for for mutual benefit in the form of cyclical intercropping. They were carefully chosen to work together in a very controlled system, with the intention that the system would continually be improved.
SITE STRATEGY
Because programmatic performance relies on harvest efficiency, the site plan was determined in the interest of harvest optimization. Crop orientation, machinery requirements and farming systems informed site strategy. The 1km strip of program then follows the main service circulation and principal irrigation network. site strategy diagrams
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typology planting phases (2/2)
planting cycle diagram
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TYPOLOGIES typical condition
elevated north pedestrian path (6m)
elevated south pedestrian path (6m)
4m
6m varying biomass crop field (100m wide plots) public vehicular circulation corridor (8m)
typology
program corridor (20m) strutural/circulation (1/2)
service vehicular circulation corridor (12m) biomass harvesting machine (10m span, 20m turn radius)
typology service/production (1/2)
typology programmatic (1/2)
TYPOLOGICAL APPROACH
hot springs physical model
The approach taken for the design of 1km began with a catalog of recurring typological conditions organized under varying project components: planting, circulation, structure, service, production and program. Although defined seperately, the intention is to combine the catalogued typologies to create the spaces that shape 1km.
PROGRAM CONCEPT The project aims to create an interior wilderness set within an expansive but controlled landscape. The project lends itself typology to wanderers, who may explore the vastness structural/circulation (2/2) of 1km from atop the elevated paths and at any point may choose to descend into the wilderness create between the structure of the elevated paths.
circulation / structure
typology service/production (2/2)
service / production
typology programmatic (2/2)
programmatic
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MODERN 1B studio
LOFTS
Design objective: To conceptualize a medium-high density residential apartment building in a downtown Toronto site. Modern Lofts is a tower with a unique shape that provides optimized views of the Toronto skyline and Lake Ontario to its occupants. The intersting shape is a very deliberate and logical response to maximize the benefits of the site’s location while dealing with the site’s unusual and difficult triangular shape. The graded tower combines the lighting advantages of a thin tower with the spatial efficiency of a tower that spread across the site to create a large variety of loft spaces. The compact circulation space provides the lofts with generous floor area without compromising their ideal views of the lake and skyline. Skills used: Sketching, Rhino 5, V-ray, Photoshop, Illustrator
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FLOOR AREA CHART Floor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
North Unit Floor Area (m sq.) 130 115 105 95 87.5 80 72.5 65 60 55
FLOOR 11 - 195 m sq., 4-8 occupancy
Middle Unit Floor Area (m sq.)
South Unit Floor Area (m sq.)
Total Floor Area (m sq.)
% of Site Area Occupied
50 55 62.5 67.5 72.5 77.5 80 85 85 85
107.5 100 95 87.5 80 75 70 65 60 55
250 287.5 270 262.5 250 240 232.5 222.5 215 205 195
53.9 64.6 60.7 59 56.2 53.9 52.2 50 48.3 46.1 43.8
FLOOR 10 - 205 m sq., 4-8 occupancy
FLOOR 9 - 215 m sq., 4-8 occupancy
FLOOR 8 - 222.5 m sq., 6-12 occupancy
2715
all
UNIT CAPACITY CHART
FLOOR 7 - 232.5 m sq., 6-12 occupancy
Floor
North Unit Maximum Occupancy
Middle Unit Maximum Occupancy
South Unit Maximum Occupancy
Total Floor Maximum Occupancy
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
6 6 6 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
6 6 6 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
14 14 14 10 12 12 12 8 8 8
all
FLOOR 6 - 240 m sq., 6-12 occupancy
FLOOR 5 - 250 m sq., 5-10 occupancy
FLOOR 4 - 262.5 m sq., 7-14 occupancy
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low capacity appartments (1 bedroom) medium capacity appartments (2 bedrooms) high capacity appartments (3 bedrooms)
FLOOR 3 - 270 m sq., 7-14 occupancy
FLOOR 2 - 287.5 m sq., 7-14 occupancy
service/circulation commercial space
GROUND LEVEL - 250 m sq., SITE - 445 m sq.
lobby car parking/bicycle storage
TYPICAL MIDDLE UNIT
1 bedroom
2 bedrooms
TYPICAL EDGE UNIT
1 bedroom
2 bedrooms
3 bedrooms
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MOTUS
1B studio In collaboration with Symon Tiansay, Adeline Chum and Tan Tan
(the moving house)
DOMUS
Design objective: Drawing inspiration from two precedents, design a collection of living spaces to repurpose an underused space in the city. The Motus Domus is a collection of eight pre-fabricated, moving units installed on a simple steel frame structure. The units of the appartments adapt according to the occupants needs, either creating a private outdoor balcony space, an extended homogenous interior space or a highly social interaction space, connectiong neighbours in expanded outdoor balconies. Skills used: Sketching, Hand modeling, Rhino 5, V-ray, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator
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ADAPTABILITY Motus Domus offers the occupants several options in the layout of their home. The first neutral position provides occupants with a private balcony and outdoor space, with comfortable bedroom, living room and kitchen sizes. The second involves expanding the living room, maximizing the total indoor space. Finally, the bedroom can slide to create a large common outdoor space for social interactions with neighbours.
typical floor plan
neutral position
exterior render
expanded living room
shifted bedroom plan
interior render - expanded living room
PRIVATE
section - neutral position
INDOOR
section - extruded living room
extruded unit rail mechanism
SOCIAL
section - shifted bedroom
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X4
GALLERY National steel design competition in collaboration with Rui Hu
Design objective: conceptualize an alll steel structure of simple program that explores pop-up architecture and the relationship between structure and architecture. The X4 Gallery is an exhibition space designed to be installed across an average street. It tackles the growing issue of an over-abundance of shipping containers by recycling them to be used for the gallery space and the structure that supports it. The gallery can be easily assembled, dissassembled, transported and reassembled to ďŹ t both spatially and conceptually in almost any urban context, making the X4 Gallery a crossroads between industrial ingenuity and urban appeal. Skills used: Sketching, Rhino 5, V-ray, Photoshop, Illustrator
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pedestrian view exterior render
GALLERY
The X4 Gallery reinvigorates the str space of interaction within an urban se urban environment is made possible by lets visitors see and hear the huma occuring beneath them. Slits along interesting light pattern on the inside interesting light pattern on the outside
interior render
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gallery context plan
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gallery plan
POP-UP The structural components (left) are designed to fold and rotate to be stored inside the containers they support. Below is the entire gallery ready for transportation.
pedestrian view
reetscape and creates a etting. Connection with the y the grate-like oor which an and vehicular activity the walkway create an e during the day and an at night.
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exploded axonometric
1 Column detail 2 Securing rod connection detail 3 Truss to container connection 4 Rotating truss hinge connection 5 Folding bracing detail
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victor tulceanu victor.tulceanu@gmail.com 1 (647)-963-8584