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TABLE OF CONTENTS
01 Converging Heights
02 House For Two Inhabitants
03 Parkdale-High Park
Expansion Guidebook
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04 Border Index
05 Student Study Space
06 Parametric Tower
07 The Lost Village
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Converging Heights January - 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.
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Garden Loading Management Child Care
Computer Lab Studio Laundry Gym Music Room
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House For Two Inhabitants September - 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.
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Character storyboard
Thickened walls for sound dampening
Flexible Walls
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Multidiciplinary Urban Capstone Project
Parkdale-High Park Expansion Guidebook
Xinrui Wang, Cathy Yang, Richard Yun, Ying Zhou
Parkdale-High Park Expansion Guidebook 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 aims to match donated contributions from local business to underserved groups. This guidebook contains analysis of the ward, steps to expand the SSN organization, and suggestions to improve outreach and community resilience.
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Membership & Activation
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Fast charging station
Charging etiquitte
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Group members: Tomas Chen and Kyuchan Lee Cost
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January - April 2021
The Border Index is a series of studies analyzing the borders and territories of the Kerrisdale Neighbourhood in Vancouver. Multiple levels of claiming space were found, some conflicting, contrasting, or complimentary. 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. 20
Electrical Vehicle Charging Station - A territorial dispute 21
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Multiple types of fencing and signage of the school grounds adjacent to the Arbutus Greenway that runs through Kerrisdale is compared. 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. 22
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Student Study Space January - April 2019
This exercise involves the designing of a building located next to the Goldring Centre on the University of Toronto campus. It contains seven unique study spaces that be reserved by students. Driven by the word “stacking”, this design aims to create study spaces where the student can experience a sense of privacy within a public setting. Inspiration is taken from Louis Kahn’s drawing of Scottish castles. Lighting is created through recessed windows and skylights angled in a similar manner, which is a factor in creating the feeling of seclusion.
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Parametric Tower January - April 2019
An exploration with modeling and fabrication techniques. The design of this tower was created using Grasshopper for Rhino 3D, and fabricated using a combination of laser printing and hand modeling techniques.
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The Lost Village Group members: Blanca Pai and Judy Kim January - 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 the park faces. 30
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