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M A S T E R O F A R C H I T E C T U R E L .A .G. I . - COMPE TITION AND BUILDING BOGOTA - TRAVEL SKE TCHES URBAN HOUSING - STUDIO CONSER VATION - CONSIDERING HERITAGE THESIS - INTO THE EXISTING

B A C H E L O R O F E N V I R O N M E N T A L D E S I G N S T U D I E S ( A R C H I T E C T U R E ) MODEL STUDIES BUILDING SYSTEMS COMMUNIT Y BUILDING - FREELABS

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B A C H E L O R O F E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T U D I E S ( P L A N N I N G ) CASE STUDY - GREEN SQUARE TOWN CENTRE URBAN DESIGN - WATERLOO STATION

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PUBLICATION“Regenerative Infrastructures” (Spring 2013 release)

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In a submission for the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative Competition, we proposed a landscape installation reflecting the flightpath (particularly 600 metres of this journey) for migratory birds.

The installation, to be located in Freshkills Park, Staten Island NY (on top of an old landfill) would involve capturing 50 variations of a bird’s wing movement, all welded together in a steel tensile structure; each wing would span 60 metres and rise a maximum of 2 storeys. Resistance to lateral movement would be provided by way of a galvanized steel mesh covering (rather then penetrating) the landfill. Use of a photovoltaic fabric membrane (made of renewable and natural organic materials) for the wings could be expected to generate enough energy to power 550 homes.

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RECOGNITIONMy group (members including Michael Christian and Vanessa Pankhurst) were shortlisted as 1 of 25 from 250 submissions.

FEATURED EXHIBITIONSFreshkills Sneak Peak, NYC (September 13, 2012); SOHO Gallery for Digital Art, NYC (October 25 – November 1, 2012); the jamjar, Dubai UAE (January 2013); and the Arsenal Gallery, NYC (Summer 2013)

LEFT:Plan situating buildings and views

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Information Centre

Wetland Exhibition

Wildlife Exhibition

Energy Exhibition

Equipment Storage

Vegetation Exhibition



Complementary to the competition, an ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM was proposed in the studio, sited in Freshkills’ North Mound, across from the installation. The Freshkills Park Visual Interpretive Centre creates an interactive learning experience through five unique viewing galleries, each themed to represent an element of the park. A collection of ‘viewfinders,’ manifested by way of windows and lookouts accompany each gallery. A system of elevated paths/walkways culminates in the strategically placed lookout points. The galleries surround a large interior courtyard designated for picnics, outdoor games and a general rest area for visitors.

Group Member: Vanessa Pankhurst

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b u i l d i n g

RIGHT:Photos of final model of buildings on site

In fall of 2012, I undertook an intensive Urban Housing Studio project that began with a two-week study period in Bogota, Colombia. Below are a collection of my sketches from this travel.

A blog encompassing my photographs, thoughts and sketches can be found at: http://mh4bib.wordpress.com

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travel sketches

SINGLE FAMILY (S/F)

MULTI RESIDENTIAL (M/R)

S/F (informal)

M/R

PARTIAL PLAN, 4 UNITS - LEVEL 1 - M/R PARTIAL PLAN, 4 UNITS - LEVELS 2/4 - M/R

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ABOVE: Site surroundings (public housing designation)

Sited in Bogota, Colombia, this studio develops an alternative approach for high-density housing (200 units). The design mediates between formal government housing north of the site and informal housing located south. Formal multi-residential housing also characterizes the area’s designation.

PARTIAL PLAN, 4 UNITS - LEVELS 3/5 - M/R

ABOVE: Ground Plan of proposed housing scheme

home business terrace



Single Family (S/F) Multi Residential (M/R)

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MASSING STUDIES

ABOVE: SITE SECTION (NTS)

This scheme looks to informal settlements for cues to provide a greater degree of autonomy and to satisfy fundamental social needs. Home businesses (expected to be materially diverse), terraces and circulation cores create permeating ‘cut-outs.’

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The option for home business is provided for in each unit. Every unit also contains a private outdoor terrace that dually serves to enhance lighting and ventilation.

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ABOVE PLANS: S/F UNIT - FINAL PHASE

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HOME BUSINESSES IN AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT

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DININGBEDROOMABOVE PLANS: M/R UNIT - FINAL PHASE

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Every unit reflects an additive approach to building.

M/R UNIT - FINAL PHASE

Utilizing rehabilitation criteria in the Standards and Guidelines for Conservation Practice in Canada, this project involved designing elevations for an addition to the Nova Scotia Trust building in Halifax. The addition attempts to retain the public facade and enhance the traditional street setting.

IMAGES: Street and back elevations for the Nova Scotia Trust building, including existing (top and bottom) and the existing plus addition (middle).

ADDITION EXISTING ADDITION



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In another conservation project, a preservation strategy was developed for the Little Dutch Church in Halifax (constructed in 1750-51). Character-defining elements including windows and wall construction (latter shown here), construction/assembly, age, materiality, hardware, weathering and moisture issues were of particular consideration

A multivalent PROGRAMMATIC, ARCHITECTURAL, AND URBAN approach to developing a RENEWAL SCHEME for the small downtown

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Consider the downtown of any smaller urban centre – typically in some state of decline/stagnation. In response, policies speak to general programmatic, planning and urban ideals, but do not account for the complexities that enable some downtowns to function and others not.

This thesis thus frames an approach to urban renewal that begins to address such complexities. The downtown under study is located in Fort William, one of two historic cores in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It reflects a historically/architecturally significant neighbourhood, part of the civic core, but suffers from chronic vacancies.

Working within a conceptual framework based on the discourse of adaptive reuse, programmatic gaps are identified, then tested within architectural solutions encompassing new form intercepting old. These responses are intended to then strengthen surrounding urban relationships.

This thesis aims to move away from the notion of ‘one solution.’ Instead, overlapped transformative strategies meaningfully lead the downtown through re-purposing its identity.

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LEFT:Historical development of Thunder Bay

BELOW: City ‘program districts’



contextTOP:South Core Renewal Area

THESIS SITE

Vacancies within Thesis Site

BOTTOM: Predominance of Public/Civic uses in the South Core, surrounding thesis site.

Ground level vacancies within the thesis site.

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‘ E Q U I L I B R I U M ’

PRECEDENT PROJECTS REVEAL THE LANGUAGE OR STRATEGIES FOR ADAPTATION AND INTERVENTION

When examining the discourse surrounding adaptive reuse projects, a unique language begins to emerge. Words became potential strategies to both read and intervene on any given site. Stepping back from conventional manners of revitalization, it then becomes a useful exercise to abstract and consequently explore the application of this evocative discourse. In this case, the site is a historical neighbourhood in Thunder Bay’s South Core.

LANGUAGE AS REVEALED THROUGH DISCOURSE:

Incision, Layering, Peeling, Accretion, Abstraction, Insertion, Infill, Interstitial, Juxtaposition, Reordering, Reconnecting, Subordination, Subtraction, Remains and Residue, Superimpose, Connective Tissue, Equilibrium, Junction and Third Identity

COLLAGES: Applying a select language of adaptation words (strategies) to thesis site



‘ I N C I S I O N / I N S E R T I O N ‘ ‘JUNCTION’

‘J U X TA P O S I T I O N ’ ‘ L AY E R I N G ’

Insertion Site: Beginning to phase renewal into Victoria Avenue’s heritage block.

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i n s e r t i o n / i n c i s i o nIsolating the historic block initially as its own entity, key moves within the neighbourhood begin in the efforts to undergo adaptation.

The first site for exploration (and also a strong counterpoint to the urban dominance of the mall) is the INSERTION OF A GALLERY BEHIND THE OLD BANK FACADE. The former building burned down in a 2007 fire.

LEFT: Preliminary exploration of ‘incision’ and ‘insertion’



ABOVE: Early sketch exploring intention of inserting and incising into the vacant lot

Early collage

BELOW: Study models exploring the relationship between existing conditions and new insertions

ENTRY GALLERY SERVICE

Sectional in-progress model. Circulation cut-outs serve as transitional thresholds and link into adjacent building. A sunken gallery re-occupies the basement which had been filled post fire.

RIGHT:Open steel beams and columns will structurally support the existing facade and transition from public (street) to private (gallery) and back services .

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BELOW:Third (including rooftop) to Ground Level Plans, NTS


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Section through inserted gallery and site, NTS

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Preliminary model where circulation defines and creates thresholds between the gallery and its neighbouring building plus lot (‘left-over,’ unoccupied space).

GALLERY ADJACENT BUILDING AND LOT

Ground plan (NTS) and plan details (RIGHT) isolating juxtaposed wall with pemeating cut-outs and layered programming.

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juxtaposing the non-descript wall

INITIAL COLLAGES:Juxtaposing as means of re-interpreting and enlivening an exterior wall

Conventional buildings, regardless of heritage/architectural value, have latent potential for alteration.

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Photographs of model for juxtaposed wall and park.Wall section details of the juxtaposed wall (NTS)

LEFT: Model of cut-out detail, crossing threshold between indoor and outdoor

BELOW and RIGHT: This renewal strategy also examines the boundary between built space and its neighbouring ‘left-over’ and ‘unoccupied’ space. Re-occupation of ‘left-over’ space is then to translate occur throughout the South Core, eventually linking to Kaministiquia Heritage Park and River,



Elevation of the juxtaposed wall/park (NTS)

ABOVE: Preliminary exploration of ‘juxtaposition’ (as well as ‘layering’) strategy

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LEFT: Preliminary exploration of ‘junction’ strategy

BELOW: Ground plan of arcade including retail cut-outs (dark teal). Plan also explores circulation linkages via arcade, alley and street. Indoor and outdoor spaces are re-occupied.

CONCRETE COLUMN

EXISTING BRICK

EXISTING STEEL

GLASS ‘CUT-OUTS’

METAL ROOFING

ABOVE:Wall section of the retail ‘cut-out’ NTS

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Study models

filling in the residential gap [equilibrium]

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Typical upper level vacancies reveal opportunity to ‘balance’ the street via introduction of residential density

LEFT: Identifying ‘gaps’ (imbalances) for potential upper storey occupation



RIGHT:Upper level plan (NTS) demonstrating lighting through atrium and windows

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BELOW:Section through arcade and new residential occupying the rooftop and infiltrating into the existing below

t h e s i sStudy model of canopy to mediate between arcade and residential

Core program to provide seeds for renewalGreenspace

Renewal filtrating into retail/commerceStable program

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The intent behind this thesis is to examine the possibilities for renewal within the heritage block. This focused study is undertaken with the acknowledgment that the Victoriaville Civic Centre remains just as critical to address.

Renewal is expected to then filter out from these initial sites.



Speculating on the phasing of renewal strategies within the larger context.

1. Renewal to focus primarily on Victoria Avenue, between May and Simpson Streets

2. Renewal to spread into surrounding vacant (parking) lots

3. Redevelopment of Victoriaville Civic Centre

4. Spillage of revitalization into adjacent retail commerce (particularly May and Brodie)

5. 5A Option 1: Develop renewal scheme for ‘strip’ retail west of Victoriaville

6. 5B Option 2: Develop renewal scheme for Simpson Street Warehouse Block

ongoing renewal

House at 4A Wychwood Park, Toronto Case Study

Shelter - ‘The Room’I.D.E.A. Building

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Dalhousie University PavillionLunenburg HouseRepresentation Model Lunenburg House

LEFT: Various studies

Program breakdown Fire exits and critical openingsFire exits and critical openings

Heating and cooling (active) Heating and cooling - SectionStructural grid and model

Schematic building systems and hierarchies: I.D.E.A. (Innovation and Design in Engineering and Architecture) building for Dalhousie University

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Daylighting in the work wing

Final building - West elevation

Solar orientation Daylighting Detail Work wing: Section

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The Sheiling Hut, located along the Eastern Shore of Halifax, was to provide a gathering and cooking space for campers and traveling cyclists. Joining eight other Dalhousie students, we worked and shared resources with local community members to design and build the structure. The structure itself explored natural construction.

the DEANERY PROJECT (Sheiling Hut)

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In collaboration with the Mi’kmaq community, particularly the local high school students, a group of us as part of Dalhousie’s Cities & Environment Unit designed and constructed an outdoor equipment storage building to house six canoes, six kayaks and 20 mountain bikes. The rectilinear structure, running about 20 metres, abuts against a narrow deck that widens to culminate into a large square platform in the rear, offering a distant view of the Bras d’Or Lake.

POTLOTEK FIRST NATIONS design - build

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Urban Systems

Landscape StudioUrban Housing Studio

Life Cycle AnalysisBuilding SystemsFrom Principle to Detail

Conservation

Free Lab

Photography and Montage in Architecture

Professional Practice

Sample courses under taken throughout degrees for M. Arch and B.E.D.s (Honours in Planning, Urban Specialization)

M.Arch

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Seminar on Urban DesignCommunity Design StudioUrban Design StudioSite Planning and Design StudioPlanning Design and the Environment

Visual Approaches to Design and CommunicationAdvanced Plan Visualization

Urban and Metropolitan Planning and DevelopmentLand Development PlanningUrban Form and Internal Spatial StructurePhysical Infrastructure and Planning

Conservation/Resource Management of the Built EnvironmentEcology-based Policy-MakingEnvironmental Research Methods

Theory and Practice of Planning in the UKPeople and PlansHeritage Planning Workshop

B.E.D.S

Site Planning and Design Studio: Waterloo Park

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This urban renewal project transformed a former industrial area into a revitalized ‘Environmental Showcase’ known as Green Square Town Centre.

The intent behind this project was to visually and graphically analyze an urban design case study.

ABOVE: EXAMINING BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE

ABOVE: EXAMINING MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATIONABOVE: GREEN SQUARE IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA


green square

Select drawings (NTS) reflect analyses of blue infrastructure, multi-modal transportation, and recentralization.

Types of visual analyses included original maps, conceptual diagrams, and design drawings of two- and three-dimensional nature.

ABOVE: EXAMINING RE-CENTRALIZATION THROUGH THE PUBLIC DOMAIN


In reference to the Light Rail Transit System proposed for the Region of Waterloo, this urban design studio speculates the development that would surround the transit stop for the Universities of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier, known as Waterloo Station.


urban design

The Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) calls for a detailed design concept to be developed for the 800-metre (10 minute walking) radius surrounding University Station. Key features included creating a vibrant urban centre to capitalize upon the Station’s academic context, a balanced modal split, mixed uses (vertically and horizontally), pronounced readability and connectivity.

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Above plans from in-progress construction drawings for Royal Edward Arms Hotel conversion.

The smaller plans reflect programming and carpet patterning in common areas.

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Section details: In-progress rampsElevations

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Building section

Ramp details continued

Window a/c detail

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Sample floor plans and model studio, 1, and 2-bedroom suites for McKellar Hospital Retrofit

P R O J E C T S

ROYAL EDWARD ARMS HOTEL CONVERSION

McKELLAR HOSPITAL RETROFIT To Residential / Commercial Complex

ROY APARTMENTSConversion to Low-income Housing

434 McKellar Street North

Riverdale GardensCondominiums in Former School

MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES Office As-Builts

Fort William Heritage SuitesResidential Conversion from School

Proposal Submissions and Architecture Book

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Sample drawings for St. Thomas Elgin Hospital Mental Health Bridging. Editing of drawings for Brampton City Centre, Baniyas Medical Hospital and Hotel, ErinoakKids Theoretical Site (bottom right).

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Drawings for Henderson Diagnostic Imaging and Breast Diagnostic Units

P R O J E C T S

HENDERSON HOSPITALBreast Diagnostic Assessment Unit

HENDERSON HOSPITALDiagnostic Imaging

ST. THOMAS ELGIN GENERAL HOSPITALMental Health Bridging

Brampton City Centre

Baniyas Medical Hospital and Hotel

ErinoakKids Theoretical Site

Mount Allison University Fine and Performing Arts Centre

Union Station

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Project involvement in HOK’s Tunis Bay Financial Harbour encompassed Photoshop rendering of street sections, compilation of Master Plan reports and tracing site landscape from conceptual hand drawings into an AutoCAD plan for later rendering.

ABOVE: View of overall project

ABOVE: Sample street section renderings

LEFT: Overlay of CAD base drawing with rendered plan

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P R O J E C T S

TUNIS BAY FINANCIAL HARBOURTunisia

DEIRA ISLAND FRONT BUSINESS PARKDubai

FOUR SEASONS RESORTFirst Bay, Croatia

Four Seasons ResortRendering of trees, shrubs and villa details for project graphics including Master Plan and detailed villa plan. Other tasks: last-minute alterations to presentation images and presentation booklet.

BELOW: For 80% concept design completion of the Deira Island Front Business Park, individual tasks included researching wind catchers, designing site edge conditions, and creating diagrams for open spaces.

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