Timothy BakerStudent Architectural Portfolio 2011

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Title PageTable of ContentsPersonal InformationSteel Foundation Competition Entry Artists ResidenceHaiti ReconstructionSliding HouseHotelECO HouseAritectonic ExcavationArt WorkSpace BoxArcology

The work that follows is a selection of design and artistic work that I produced for school projects, along with work I have produced independently.

Timothy Baker

E-mail: t3baker@uwaterloo.ca

Phone: 519-502-2011

Education

-Candidate for Bachelors of Architectural Studies, University of Waterloo, September 2009 - present

Awards

-University of Waterloo Merit Scholarship-Grade 12 Ontario Scholar 2009 -Grade 12 Physics subject award winner 2008-2009 -Grade 12 Visual Arts subject award winner -Grade 12 Technology Design

“Running man” Wire frame and plaster sculpture, supported by wood

CURVATUREVELAJAR

A PAVILION FOR NAVARÈ

Located on the coast of Portugal, Navarè is the picture of a traditional fishing town. Its in-habitants spend their whole lives living by, and on, the sea.

Situated at the end of a preexisting breakwa-ter in front of the town, Velajar cantilevers out, surrounding its inhabitants with the ocean. The roof, its movement powered by the slow motion of the tides, shifts continuously be-tween a series of forms. This ever-changing slope serves as a constant shade for the in-habitants, while also providing shifting spatial definition of the space, evident in the change from the open morning canopy to the intimate space at sunset.

Velajar is a point in isolation. Like a ship at sail, it is entirely defined by the sea.

The daily stages of Velajar: morning, midday, afternoon, and sunset.

CURVATUREVELAJAR

A PAVILION FOR NAVARÈ

Located on the coast of Portugal, Navarè is the picture of a traditional fishing town. Its in-habitants spend their whole lives living by, and on, the sea.

Situated at the end of a preexisting breakwa-ter in front of the town, Velajar cantilevers out, surrounding its inhabitants with the ocean. The roof, its movement powered by the slow motion of the tides, shifts continuously be-tween a series of forms. This ever-changing slope serves as a constant shade for the in-habitants, while also providing shifting spatial definition of the space, evident in the change from the open morning canopy to the intimate space at sunset.

Velajar is a point in isolation. Like a ship at sail, it is entirely defined by the sea.

The daily stages of Velajar: morning, midday, afternoon, and sunset.

CURVATUREVELAJAR

A PAVILION FOR NAVARÈ

Located on the coast of Portugal, Navarè is the picture of a traditional fishing town. Its in-habitants spend their whole lives living by, and on, the sea.

Situated at the end of a preexisting breakwa-ter in front of the town, Velajar cantilevers out, surrounding its inhabitants with the ocean. The roof, its movement powered by the slow motion of the tides, shifts continuously be-tween a series of forms. This ever-changing slope serves as a constant shade for the in-habitants, while also providing shifting spatial definition of the space, evident in the change from the open morning canopy to the intimate space at sunset.

Velajar is a point in isolation. Like a ship at sail, it is entirely defined by the sea.

The daily stages of Velajar: morning, midday, afternoon, and sunset.

SSAF Steel Competition Entry This entry was created by myself and Sean Maciel. The competition’s theme was curvature and we wanted to achieve this through a set of steel sections that would shift throughout the day by use of a system of cables and would be powered by the tide. My work on the project was the rendering and designing the system of construction.

Artists Residence

To be built on a hillside next to Taylor lake Ontario south of Cambridge the building is designed for a painter to work and live comfortably. The spaces are divided into two masses one for working and one for living. The double height transition space directly connects each major space in the house as well as pro-viding the bedroom a better view of the lake.

A perspective drawing showing the way light enters the space.

The studio space, that would allow light in from three sides, has large panels that could fold out giving the occupant total control of the light entering the space.

A view from the North.

A view from the Southwest.

The site with the lake to the Southwest.

An early parti model of the design.

Haiti Housing

A plan for the reconstruction of a community in Haiti after the earthquake. Starting from tarp roofed structures the community would develop in stages eventually reaching a two story composite building with a communal garden back yard. A primary part of the building is a large cistern for rainwater capture that the roofs tilt towards. These roofs can be lowered during extremely stormy weather preventing damage or an overflow.

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A few months after A year after Two years after Final Stage

First stage building

Sliding House A small dwelling designed to be built primarily out of structural insulating panels. The roof and floor are separate systems from the actual enclosure. This would let interior modules slide, by use of a rail system, to adapt to the weather. Open during the summer, for ventilation, and closed during the winter to have less space to insulate. The objective of the Project was to make a mass producible modular structure easily buildable in a back yard that possessed the ability to double its floor area easily.

First Floor plan

Section through the Structure

The Building during the winter

Site behind an existing building

West ElevationSouth Elevation

East ElevationRoof

The structural insu-lated panels would allow

Cambridge Hotel The objective of this project was to design a hotel with a site in down town Cambridge, Ontario. I felt that with a preeminent corner site that it was important to try to provide a controlled space that would integrate its self easily with Cambridge at street level. The central courtyard is open to the lobby and restaurant during the summer. In winter its left closed It’s purposes changed to letting light warm the interior. The second floor consists of the spa and bar areas both of which take advantage of the upper floor terrace created by the administration offices. The corner is left as a space for a cafe that would give the city more then the hotel program would.

First Floor

Second floor

Providing some green space to Cambridge felt like an important thing to include for both guests of the hotel and residents of Cambridge.

Section

Room plan

South Elevation

Eco House Designed for entry in the home sweet home competition. I worked with another student, Brian Lui, to create the final project. My role was to create the plans for the structure and design the environmentally friendly strategies that needed to be included to fulfill the projects goal. The site chosen for the competition was north of Kapuskasing Ontario. Environmentally responsible strategies are integrated into the design, building materials from the site would be used to lower the embodied energy cost of the materials. Passive solar heating would be the primary

Diagram of the systems used

Front elevation showing exterior louvers

The walls would be constructed using straw bales as insulation and structural insulated panels would be used to create the roof system.

First Floor

Second floor

Architectonic Pavilion

A modeling project to create an engaging space by using ar-chitectural elements. This space was meant to give the impres-sion of an archeological dig and provide a changing relationship to horizon as the individual moves inside.

Artwork

Two of my more recent paintings. Most of my non-architecture work is nature related. Both are acrylic paint on canvas.

Space Box

Preliminary renderings for a mobile home that would expand and then lower its self after being towed into place.

Arcology An illustration of an imaginary city that exists as one structure, it’s ex-terior covered in parks and artificial rivers. Water colour and InkThis work was exhibited at the MacLaren Art Center in Barrie as part of their student art exhibition.