AIDAN CASSIE

PHONE NUMBER:(306) 914-1269

EMAIL: ad247413@dal.ca

SKILLS

EDUCATION:

2022 - PRESENT - DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY

BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

2019 - 2022 - UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

BACHELOR OF ARTS - URBAN STUDIES

2018 - 2019 – MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY

BACHELOR OF ARTS - OPEN STUDIES

2015 - 2018 – SAIT

DIPLOMA IN ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY

PERSONAL INTERESTS

• PHOTOGRAPHY

• SKIING - BACKCOUNTRY & RESORT

• MOUNTAIN BIKING

Work Eperience

• ROCK CLIMBING

• MUSIC

• ART & HISTORY

• TRAVEL

OCTOBER 2021 TO AUGUST 2022 - SPORTING LIFE, CALGARY PART-TIME JOB DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AS A HARDGOODS ASSOCIATE AT SPORTING LIFE WHERE I AM ABLE TO SHARE MY LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE FOR THE OUTDOORS AND HELP PEOPLE FIND EQUIPMENT SUITED TO THEIR NEEDS TO ENJOY THE GREAT CANADIAN OUTDOORS.

MAY 2021 TO AUGUST 2021 - ELK RIVER MOUNTAIN HOMES, FERNIE WORKED FOR A SECOND SUMMER AS A CONSTRUCTION LABORER UNDERTAKING SIMILAR ROLES AND DUTIES AS NOTED IN 2020.

MAY 2020 TO AUGUST 2020 - ELK RIVER MOUNTAIN HOMES, FERNIE WORKED AS A CONSTRUCTION LABORER FOR A TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, HELPING WITH REBAR PLACEMENT, CONCRETE POURS, FRAMING, PAINTING, AND INSULATION INSTALLATION. ALSO OCCASIONALLY ASSISTED WITH APPLIANCE DELIVERIES FOR ASSOCIATED COMPANY.

MAY 2019 TO AUGUST 2019 – LARSEN WHELAN ENTERPRISES, FERNIE WORKED AS A CONSTRUCTION LABORER UNDERTAKING CARPENTRY, FRAMING, PAINTING, INSULATION, AND CLEAN-UP DUTIES FOR A FAMILY-RUN TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. WORKED UNDER CARPENTERS’ SUPERVISION AND WAS ABLE TO APPLY MY SAIT LEARNINGS (ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY) TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

JUNE TO JULY 2018 - RUSSELL AND RUSSELL DESIGN STUDIO, CANMORE WORKED PART-TIME THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER (FOLLOWING KNEE SURGERY) AS JUNIOR ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIST WITH ALASDAIR RUSSELL. HE SHOWED ME HIS DESIGN PROCESS OF TALKING TO CLIENTS AND CREATING A BUILDING THAT WOULD FIT INTO THE MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT AND SUIT THE CLIENT’S NEEDS. SPECIFICALLY ASSISTED ALASDAIR WITH FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATION DRAWINGS FOR TWO PROJECTS; A BARN-STYLE RECREATION CENTER FOR A REHAB CENTER IN PRIDDIS AND STAFF ACCOMMODATION RESIDENCE IN BANFF.

MAY 2017 TO AUGUST 2017 – MINESIDE MAINTENANCE, CANMORE WORKED FOR A SECOND SUMMER AT A SMALL, FAMILY-RUN LANDSCAPING/CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. MY DUTIES INCLUDED YARD MAINTENANCE (LAWN CUTTING, WEEDING, FERTILIZER APPLICATION, PLANT TRIMMING, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, ETC.), OPERATING EQUIPMENT SAFELY, AND SMALL RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (E.G. RETAINING WALLS). GENERALLY, MY WORK WAS CARRIED OUT INDEPENDENTLY WITH ONLY MINOR GUIDANCE.

THE BRION CEMETERY LIBRARY WAS DESIGNED AS A COUNTER POINT TO THE ORGINIAL BY CARLA SCARPA. IT AIMES TO SERVE AS A PROCESSIONAL ENTRANCE AND GATE INTO THE CEMETERY THAT SERVES AS A LIBRARY FULL OF THE VAST AMOUNT OF DETAILS THAT MAY BE MISSED BY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE CEMETERY. IT AIMS TO INFORM AND TEACH PEOPLE OF THE TRANSCENDET EXPERIENCE THAT SCARPA INTENDED.

*EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE SITE PLAN AND PERSPECTIVES WERE DRAWN BY HAND.