kristin allison portfolio fall 2013

Kristin Allison | Portfolio

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Candidate | Bachelor of Architectural StudiesUniversity of Waterloo School Of Architecture | Cambridge, ON2010 - present

Gifted Program | Western Technical Commercial School | Toronto, ON2006 - 2010

University of Waterloo Orientation Week | Architecture Leader2011 - present

School Of Architecture Open Houses | Tours + Information2010 - present

InternBild Architecture | Melbourne, VICMay - August 2013

Architectural AssistantSUSTAINABLE.TO | Toronto, ONSeptember - December 2012

Junior AssistantTaylor Hazell Architects | Toronto, ONJanuary - April 2012

Kristin Allison, 3rd year architecture student, and I want to work with YOU!

Use a variety of programs and techniques to put across my point and illustrate my thoughts.

“You know everything? I like it!”– Simon Amstell

Adobe CS5 PhotoshopIllustratorInDesignPremiere Pro

After Effects

Microsoft OfficeWordExcel

Powerpoint

AutoCADRhinoceros

Adaptable | to different settings and situationsInquisitive | about the world around meEnthusiastic | about the things I loveEfficient | with my work and timeDetail Oriented | because the details matter

Music, Television, Sports, Funny Things

ArchiCADGoogle SketchupV-rayModel Making

Projects

School Work OtherHouse for the TreesStudio | 1A

Voids + SolidsStudio | 1B

Roll OverBuilding Construction + Visual Communication | 1B

Basilica San VitaleIconography | 2A

Timing is EverythingStudio | 2B

Saugeen Shores NuclearTaylor Hazell Architects

New Khmer ArchitectureSustainable.TO

Cabin in the WoodsSustainable.TO

Activating the EdgeBild Architecture

Photos

Art

Hello.The following pages contain my portfolio.I hope you like it.

House for the TreesStudio | 1AProf | Rick AndrighettiDec. 6, 2010

Create an 80 square meter live/work cabin for a writer, visual artist or musician in one of 4 specific sites on the plot – the meadow, ridge, valley or lake – and build a 1:100 scale model.

Using the ridge location, focusing on views to and from that spot, I create a linear residence with vertical windows to mimic the surrounding birch trees. As it was important for the house to front directly on the existing foot trail without obstructing it, the 2nd floor cantilevers over.

The central service core houses a fireplace for each floor, and interior and exterior storage space, keeping the walls of the building open for windows on all sides.

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VALLEYElevations | North, West, South, East

Plans | Roof, 2nd Floor, Ground Floor

Site Section

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Voids + SolidsStudio | 1BProf | Maya PryzybylskiJan. 17, 2011

Using balloons and plaster, create a model with voids to study negative space. Develop a system to measure the volumes of the voids, and transform the measurements into positive space as shapes. Creat a 3D model of the resulting form.

Using lines to measure the depths of the circular and ovoid spaces in the plaster model, I was able to skew and scale the resulting lines to create new shapes where the lines intersected.

The figures were then aligned to match similar shapes and joined at 90° angles. The final model was made of a single piece of folded paper.

Roll OverBuilding Construction + Visual Communication | 1BProf | Terri Boake + Mark CichyCollaborator | Christina RobevApr. 21, 2011

With ‘biomimicry’ as a theme, design a structural steel installation to be placed anywhere in the world.This was an entry in the 2011 SSEF Architectural Design Competition.

Roll Over is a fern leaf inspired, retractable pedestrian bridge proposed for Amsterdam’s Red Light District. Providing pedestrians with the unique opportunity to experience walking on a glass floor over one of the city’s many canals, the project is versatile, functional and interesting for its’ users.

The main structure is composed of HSS members that make up the ‘stem’ and ‘leaves’ of the frond shape. Steel tension cables act as railings, but also serve to roll and unroll the bridge.

Foundation Connection Detail

Glass Platform Detail

Pin Connection Detail

Basilica San VitaleCultural History | 2AProf | Tammy GaberCollaborators | Keturah Breckon, Evelyn Hoffman, Monica Lalas, Anjie Liu, Tamara PaolattoOct. 18, 2011

This project was part of a larger study of religious buildings of the the 6th to 13th centuries. Our group was assigned the Basilica San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, to study and model at 1:100 scale.

After studying the basilica at length and choosing a section cut to best display the elements of the church, construction was divided into parts: exterior walls, interior walls, columns, vaults, domes and mosaics; I was put in charge of the domes.

Paper mache was used to create a smooth dome interior that would be easy to apply hand painted mosiacs to. Assembly of the final product was done as a group.

Saugeen Shores NuclearTaylor Hazell Architects | Co-opPrincipal | Charles HazellCollaborators | Save Our Saugeen Shores Organization (SOS)http://saveoursaugeenshores.org/ Jan. 30 - Apr. 23, 2012

This was a research project involving the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) and their plans to build a Deep Geoligoc Repository storage facility for nuclear waste in Saugeen Shores, Ontario, near Lake Huron.

With the Save Our Saugeen Shores (SOS) organization, I compiled information on the project, ranging from technical aspects of the storage facility, to the geological, environmen-tal, and social issues associated with nuclear power and its byproducts.

This information has been used at information sessions and in mailout packages to inform the people of Saugeen Shores and neighbouring communities about plans being made without their full knowledge or understanding.

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Underground Facility Area

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Surface Facility Area

This map aims only to show the scale of the proposed DGR relative to known landmarks.It does not show the actual site of any of the planned facilities.

Timing is EverythingStudio | 2BProf | Lola SheppardAug. 8, 2012

Design a botanical garden for one of three sites in Toronto. The variety of plants in the garden is your choice, but they must be related by some unifying theme. Come up with appropriate strategies to display the species, as well as buildings to house other programme relevant to the garden.

The research base of my garden is into a hormone, ‘florigen’, which is thought to control the time of day and year at which a flower blooms based on daylight hours. The flowers I chose bloom at different times of day and year, and would be subjected to photoperiod (light-time) experiments in order to learn more about ‘florigen’

The plants would be placed on the site so that their blooming times would coincide with the active hours of other programme on the site, the goal being to give visitors a different experience of the garden with every visit, and a way to physically experience the passing of time.

1 - Sound Academy2 - Patio + Pool3 - Soccer Dome4 - Volleyball Courts5 - Mini Golf Course6 - Driving Range + 6 - Drive-In Theatre7 - Go Kart Track8 - T&T Supermarket9 - Lake Ontario

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Summer | Day Summer | Night

Winter | NightWinter | Day

Morning Glory

Sunflower

Christmas Rose Canadian Anemone Daphne Bholua Thale Cress Evening Primrose Angel’s Trumpet Night Phlox

Blue Wood Aster Pampas Grass Carnation Persian Cyclamen 4 O’Clock Yucca Moonflower

New Khmer ArchitectureSustainable.TO | Co-opPrincipal | Paul DowsettCollaborators | Nicholas Discenza, Paul Dowsett, Donald Peckover, Craig Race, Steve Socha, Andrew StiffmanNov. 4 - Dec. 21, 2012

A competition entry for new housing developments for Habitat for Humanity Cambodia. The residence must have a greater than 21 m² floor area, sleep 6 people, and ideally have a total construction budget of less than $2000. In addtion to meeting these requirements, the house should also take into account the vernacular architecture, lifestyle, and climate of Cambodia.

My contribution to this project was researching and compiling information on Cambodia, particularly architecture and housing. The research and following charettes resulted in several iterations of the design, exploring the permutations and combinations with which the elements of a house could be put together.

The final design uses the main features of Khmer housing – a floor raised high off the ground, sleeping area separated from kitchen, use of native plants as building materials – to create a modern house that responds to its surroundings and inhabitants in a sustainable and adaptable way.

Cabin in the WoodsSustainable.TO | Co-opPrincipal | Paul DowsettCollaborators | Nicholas DiscenzaOct. 30, 2012

A cabin for the two young sons of a family in the backyard of their cottage. The bunkie should be able to accomodate up to 4 children, provide storage, and a table for eating and doing arts and crafts.

As the actual construction would be done by the family, ease of assembly was key. All the components of the design are easily availble from hardware and building supply stores, and the pulleys can be found at any number of boating good shops.

The recycled wood storage bins with twigs for handles would give the kids a fun project they could work on, while the Shou Sugi Ban – a Japanese style of charring wood – would let the parents try some new techniques with their power tools, both giving the cabin a real ‘DIY’ feeling.

Corrugated plastic roof panel for daylight

Platform serves as bed when lowered, table when raised

Storage bins underneath beds

Pulley system to raise and lower platform

Windows at lower bed level for ventilation

Platform serves as bed when lowered, table when raised

Windows at lower bed level for ventilation

Lowest Level | Platform bridges beds to form mega sleeping platform

Middle Level | Platform is used as a table, allowing access to storage underneath beds

Highest Level | Platform is pulled out of the way for open space

Activating the EdgeBild Architecture | Co-opPrincipal | Ben MilbourneCollaborators | Edmund Carter, John Doyle, Laura Martieres, Ben MilbourneJul. 31, 2013

A joint entry for this years Europan design and urban planning competition in Wittenberge, Germany. The focus in this city was on giving new life to the Old City Center of a town with a declining population, providing a phased plan for implementation in the development area along the river.

The city of Wittenberge sits about halfway between Hamburg and Berlin along the Elbe River. The former home of the Singer sewing machine company, the city was an industrial center with convenient railway and water connections to major cities. After WWII, the city suffered as many German cities did, and has not recovered, due to a lack of the industrial work opportunities there once were.

By using the development area as a seed, the riverside area would be transformed to include attractions and amenities helping create a destination identity for the town. Carrying the ‘hof’ , or ring block, typology into the new development, the new area would eventually fill out as people move into the region. This would then spread to the city at large, with hof blocks in the adjacent industrial area being completed and restored after years of neglect and vacancy.

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Current Condition Maps | Access to Development Area, Major Axes within City

Stage 1 | Pre-planned boardwalk

Stage 2 | New roads into area

Stage 3 | Extension of ‘green’ axis

Stage 4 | Initial ‘hof’ configuration

Stage 5 | Ancilliary buildings

Photography

Agnico Mining Facility Nunavut

Harrison CavesBarbados

New York City New York

Chicago Illinois

San FranciscoCalifornia

New York CityNew York

Montreal Quebec

Chicago Illinois

Art

‘Quorra’Ink on paper

‘Mr. Donut’Plush toy | made with Sheelah Tolton

‘Blue Mountain Sunrise’Acrylic on paper

‘Starters’Ink on paper

Drop me a line.email: [email protected]: (519) 404-0240

Toronto |16 Nelles Ave.Toronto, ONM6S 1T7

Cambridge |250 Ainslie St. S.Unit 1Cambridge, ONN1R 8P8