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Converging Heights
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fences used for different purposes some are taller to contain sport in an area some are used to keep others out (+with signage) Signage or symbols in public areas used to control traffic flow, while signs used to keep people out
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28 The Lost Village
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Converging Heights January 2020 - April 2020
Converging Heights is a design for a multi-unit housing project for university students and single-parent families. The design encourages interaction and communication between these two groups, fostering mentorship, education, and play. The building is split into 3 major sections: family housing units, university student housing units, and centre spaces. Six different unit types are designed to house between 2 – 6 students or 1-2 families to accommodate different living style preferences and pricing options. The first floor and centre spaces of the building include amenities such as shops, bike parking space, and space for exercise, music, study, and art.
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House For Two Inhabitants
September 2019 - December 2019
House For Two inhabitants is a design of a single unit house for two clients. The project began with research into the site, which is part of the Rathnelly neighbourhood of Toronto. The neighbourhood is known for its strong community ties, and its contribution to the protest of the Spadina Expressway project. Following this research, two characters were created to be the clients of the house: a city councilor in a wheelchair and her artist sister. The design of the house is inspired by the use of harmonic proportions in Palladio’s Villa Poiana and accommodates the livelihoods and needs of the two clients. The house is divided into two sections, where service is located on the eastfacing side of the house, while living spaces are located to the west. It features flexible walls to allow for the spaces to be manipulated based on need, such as exhibition space or public events. In addition, thickened walls with openings to hold storage items or wheelchair accessible furniture are located towards the back of the house to provide sound dampening from the nearby railway.
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Parkdale-High Park Expansion Guidebook
Multidiciplinary Urban Capstone Project
Group members: Xinrui Wang, Cathy Yang, and Richard Yun September, 2020 - April, 2021 The Stone Soup Network (SSN) is a non-profit community development project operating in the Parkdale-High Park ward of Toronto. It seeks to match donated contributions from local business to underserved groups. Seeking to expand further into the ward, SSN approached me and three other students from different fields of study to solve this problem. This culminated in a guidebook containing analysis of the ward, steps to expand their organization, and suggestions to improve outreach and community resilience. My primary contributions to this guidebook include analysis on the demographics, transit and cycling infrastructure, and local businesses, which are displayed in the form of maps and charts.
Parkdale-High Park Expansion Guidebook
Xinrui Wang, Cathy Yang, Richard Yun, Ying Zhou
Full guidebook: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fLQWZ EmTyAh3qkwbrCbCEkFoOtkg4qvn/view?usp=sharing
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Border Index
Group members: Tomas Chen and Kyuchan Lee
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The Border Index is a series of studies I conducted in groups examining the Arbutus Greenway in Vancouver. We analyzed the borders and territories adjacent to and along the greenway and their relationship with surrounding urban areas. Multiple levels of claiming space were found, some conflicting, contrasting, or complimentary.
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Full border index: https://issuu.com/zhou. ying/docs/border_index_final_report
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LIMIT YOUR STAY
Fast charging station
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EXCEPT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
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Electrical Vehicle Charging Station The series of border indexes start in the micro scale, where an electrical vehicle (EV) charging station is examined. Signage and symbols are used to regulate municipal by-laws, while electrical vehicle owners abuse the lack of enforcement of these laws.
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Electrical Vehicle Charging Station - A territorial dispute
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Crossing Kerrisdale Multiple types of fencing and signage of a school grounds adjacent to the Arbutus Greenway was compared, finding that different barriers are used for different purposes, such as imposing power over a space, controlling access, surveillance, or simply defining the boundaries of a game.
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Arbutus Greenway The Arbutus Greenway first existed as the Arbutus Corridor railway, constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). When railway use began declining in the 1950s, there began an interest in a new territory, as residents began to occupy the green spaces adjacent to the rails. In 2016, the City of Vancouver purchased the corridor from the CPR and transformed it into the Arbutus Greenway. The city released a design proposal in 2018 that seeks to enhance the greenway. By examining the design proposal and the greenway’s history, we discover its importance as a territory, edge, and district. We also see the differences between the city residence organically occupying the space, compared to the city’s plan for a curated landscape. Arbutus Greenway Zone 6 - Garden Path
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The Lost Village Group members: Blanca Pai and Judy Kim
January 2021 - April, 2021
The Lost Village is a comic book created in celebration of Ontario Place’s 50th Anniversary, in collaboration with the Future of Ontario Place (FOOP) organization. The comic tells the story of Erick and Erica, who travel back in time to stop a mysterious character from erasing the memories of the Children’s Village play area that used to exist in Ontario Place. Along the way they learn about the significance of the Children’s Village as an innovate playscape and the threats to development it faces. The Lost Village is available in a fully coloured format, a colouring book format, and a video motion comic. This comic is part of the Future of Ontario Place Play (FOOPLAY) package, aimed to teach younger generations about the significance of Ontario Place through activities that invoke imagination and play. My contribution to this project includes the scripting of the comic, the illustration and colouring of the first two chapters of the story, character stickers, and Instagram posts spreading awareness of the project under the FOOP page (@futureofontarioplace). FOOPLAY package: https://drive.google.com/ drive/folders/1uvrGdBkchfHp2NfJ11TiN0Ak 6AW-bMVI?usp=sharing
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Support Black Designers Mural A Daniels Art Directive initiative in collaboration with designers Ashita Parekh and Tolu Alabi August, 2020 - May, 2021
The Daniels Art Directive, a student-led club at the University of Toronto (UofT), in collaboration with Daniels alumnae, Ashita Parekh and Tolu Alabi, installed a temporary mural “Support Black Designers.” on the Daniels Building featuring writing and artwork from Black creatives. This community-driven project is a call to action for dismantling systemic racism in the discipline of design. Supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, it calls for the urgent investigation and rectification of racism in workplaces and academic institutions of design. I contributed to this project in several ways, such as weekly meetings to determine logistics of the mural, creation and management of the supportblackdesigners.com website, and graphics and videos for the Support Black Designers website and Instagram.
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Pursuit Mobile App Prototype Group members: Brandon Nguyen, Gabrielle David, Stephanie Zhang, Wesley Cheung, and Yuet Yau September 2020 - December 2021
Pursuit is a health and wellness social media app that aims to solve the issues regarding the overabundance of information that users experience as they seek out new activities. It features curated guides with information contributed by community members and verified by moderators. This streamlines accessibility to accurate and reliable information. The app creates a space for anyone regardless of skill level and fosters a sense of community, supporting everyone’s own “pursuits”. Those with less experience benefit from the curated guides and advice, and those with more experience can hone their expertise. This app prototype was created through an iterative design process. My contributions to the design include conducting surveys to identify challenges to participating in online communities and finding reliable information, the creation of low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes, and conducting usability tests of the prototypes. Prototype: https://www.figma.com/ proto/v6SdntqGCmetUSAFdPpkCH/ Hi-fi-Prototype?nodeid=782%3A27580&scaling=scale-down
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