CHRISTIAN AGBAYANI | ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN PORTFOLIO | 2021

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Table of Contents Curriculum Vitae

Academic Work Rathnelly Residence Digital Decay Mapping Mortimer

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Professional Work

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Personal Work

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Victorino Villa

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CURRICULUM VITAE Volunteer/Work Experience DAVID VISUAL Architectural Technologist

February 2021 – Present

- Led and participated in the conceptual design phase of small-medium scale projects, ranging from office, residential, and restaurant.

- Attended client meetings, site visits and participated in site measurements.

- Constructed permit sets, tender sets, and construction documents in a timely and proficient manner.

- Constructed client presentations.

- Balanced budget with respect to design in reflection of client needs.

- Assured that designs are in compliance with the OBC and any other applicable zoning bylaws.

Plato’s Closet Scarborough Sales Associate

September 2018 – January 2021

- Excelled within a service-oriented company.

- Demonstrated a talent for communicating effectively with customers from diverse backgrounds.

- Collaborated with a team to fulfill daily tasks.

Coeval Design and Build Summer Intern

June 2018 – August 2018

- Drafted architectural plan layouts for home renovation.

- Revised layouts in response to client needs and desires.

- Participated in site visits, communicating any design questions with the foreman.

Education University of Toronto Honours Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies.

Double major in Architectural History/Theory and Design.

2015 – 2019

Blessed Pope John Paul II IB Graduate

2011 - 2015 The IB Program is a program that promotes the growth of a balanced student in all facets of their daily life.

The IB Program produces hardworking and dedicated students that are able to communicate on the spot at an elevated level. Top 6 average of 90% and on the Honour Roll.

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ChristianAgbayani

CELL: 647-526-6079 HOME: 416-913-8917 EMAIL: christianjunelagbayani@gmail.com ADDRESS:

Scarb., ON

Graphic Skills Adobe Suite: Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premiere

After Effects Rhinoceros 3D Grasshopper Vray AutoCAD SketchUp Revit Microsoft Office Powerpoint Word Excel

Design/Art Inspirations Bauhaus Alvar Aalto Zaha Hadid Marcel Duchamp Salvador Dali Alex Colville

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This project proposes a home for an unlikely pairing of a chef and a visual artist. The two creative fields that the residents represent highly dictates how their home is understood and utilized. With each individual desiring what seem to be opposing ideals that refine their unique crafts, the challenge exists in balancing the two in a single home while situated in a historic Toronto neighbourhood.

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RATHNELLY RESIDENCE

YEAR: 2018 INSTRUCTOR: Alexander Josephson TA: Nick Reddon COURSE CODE: ARC461Y

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making a home with history

Historical neighbourhood located in the heart of downtown Toronto. Having once proclaimed themselves as the Rathnelly Republic, this tightknit community became a symbol of strength and rebellion against the government. Through the aged brick, exposed wood structure and drastically peaking roofs, the neighbourhood’s facades tell a story of a crucial moment in Toronto’s history.

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CHEF WANTS Vegetable garden Dining room able to seat 10 guests

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ARTIST WANTS Large studio space with north facing windows

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main foyer 1 powder room 2 dining room 3 living room 4 kitchen 5 outdoor patio 6 garden 7 coat closet 8 studio 9 supply closet 10

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artist’s bedroom 11 closet 12/16 washroom 13/17 chef’s bedroom 14 shared living space 15

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Each resident represents two diverse groups of creative professions. The chef creates food while the artist creates forms of visual art. Each individual requires a suitable space that harbours their different senses of creativity. The individuality of each resident’s creative space is a reflection on their needs to compose and articulate their artistry.

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sundiagram would allow for consistent lighting that doesn’t drastically affect how the space is lit. In order for the garden to produce healthy and consistent plant life, consistent sunlight is important as well. In order to avoid shadows casted east and west of the house, the garden’s placement either east or west of the house is paramount.

The position and placement of the house is in direct response to the parameters set by the demands of the clients.

The chef requests a garden and the artist requests a north facing studio, forcing a design that begs these conditions to be conducive to the sun’s relationship with the site.

Since the sun rotates from east to west, a north facing studio

Horizontal bar house design.

Split a third of the volume to be designated as the artist’s studio space.

Rotate the separated mass to present the narrower face in the direction of the street.

Setback the studio space.

Condense the appearing Exaggerate the gabled volume by scaling down roofs to obscure the train the length of the building tracks from the street view. along the street while adding a mass on the facade.

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ELEVATIONS

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north elevation

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As per request of the resident chef, the home would also serve as a hub for communal gatherings while the artist demands a much more isolated and personal living experience. To allow for these countering desires to conexist, the home is divided in a way that separates the artist’spersonal and professional spaces with the chef ’s gathering area.

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Sharply Peaked Roofs Rathnelly’s sharply peaked gabled roofs is a ubiquitous design feature seen throughout the neighbourhood. My design exaggerates this characteristic by repeating along the entire roof line, peaking high enough to hide the train’s presence in the background.

“Tudor Style” Curtain Glass The Tudor Style exposed wood structure is a trait that many Rathnelly homes share. As a home meant to invite visitors and promote openness, the Tudor style has been reinterpreted to expose the interior as opposed to its structure.

Red Brick Front The brick mass that flanks the front of the home pays homage to the neighbourhood’s standard materiality, while housing the dining area in a far more intimate space.

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PERSPECTIVE

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This project examines the intersection between the natural and the digital within the function of cultivating a prosperous study environment. Designed as an urban rock within the city largest academic campus, University of Toronto, the building focuses on bridging the gap between the calming affect of nature and the stressful urban environment the building is situated within.

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DIGITAL DECAY

YEAR: 2017 INSTRUCTOR: Chloe Town TA: Elly Selby COURSE CODE: ARC201H

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Within the intensely urban environment of the University of Toronto, there are very rare moments on campus where students are able to escape the strict and institutional language of the different learning facilities.

The proposed study space is designed as a natural monument meant to cultivate a healthy study environment that appears to be rooted in nature.

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Natural and organic forms are scattered throughout the space. resembling the appearance of monuments built from nature’s own design. The intersection of the digital is represented by the pixelated void that had been subtracted from the flowing mass. The pixels then consume the remaining facade as the stone cubes extrude in an unpredictable pattern.

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west elevation

north elevation

south elevation

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Individuals require different types of environments to render an optimal mental and emotional state to do academic work. The proposed building caters to those that require a large setting with other people within a quiet space as well as spaces for more intimate methods of study.

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ELEVATIONS

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AXONOMETRIC

Skylight Located above the atrium to allow the entrance of natural light at the main staircase and communal study lobby.

Intensive Green Roof Integrates green space into the building. Opportunity for a short nature retreat during long study sessions.

Private Study Rooms/Isolated Carols Accomodates two distinct styles of studying: isolated group studying as well as isolated solo studying.

Reception/Silent Study Halls For people that desire the silent motivation of studying in a silent group setting . In contrast, the atrium consists of different levels to allow for amuch more casual work environment.

Insulated Curtain Glass Wraps around each different study space as the main source of natural light.

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GREENROOF

Vegetative Layer Filter Layer Drainage Layer Protection Layer Waterproof Membrane Insulation Layer Vapour-Proof Barrier Ceiling Structure

Within work/study environments, the presence of green space has proven to reduce stress and improve mental health. The accessible green roof acts as a temporary retreat from the stresses of school in favour of the solemn energy of nature to counter the urban surroundings.

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Reading Bench

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Each student was assigned their own block of Toronto to examine its unique features. My particular neighbourhood is located at the intersection of Coxwell Ave. and Mortimer Ave., a dense midtown community with a diverse demographic. My study of the site focuses on how the urban planning organized tge commercial, residential and public services to optimize its distribution for the community and how the people make use of these spaces.

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MAPPING MORTIMER

YEAR: 2017 INSTRUCTOR: Katy Chey TA: Elly Selby COURSE CODE: ARC200H

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The midtown neighbourhood located at the main intersection of Coxwell Ave. and Mortimer Ave. is an example of how Toronto planning organizes its public services, commercial outlets and residential units to form a cohesive community.

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RETAIL SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTRE PUBLIC TRANSIT COXWELL AVE.

Neighbourhood Core Many of the main public services are located at the intersection of Coxwell and Mortimer, directly in the heart of the neighbourhood.

Restaurant/Retail The restaurant and retail strips are located at the north and south borders of the neighbourhood, clearly intending to segregate commercial from the residential.

Coxwell Ave

Coxwell Ave. acts as a sort of spine for the entirety of the neighbourhood’s goods, services, and transit.

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GREEN SPACE ACCESSIBILITY

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Many of the neighbourhood’s public resources are situated at the main intersection of Coxwell Ave. and Mortimer Ave. Within the dense residential neighbourhood, the central location of these services render public access much easier.

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OBSERVATIONSTUDY

The observation was isolated to a weekday afternoon in order to see how many people were utilizing the available spaces in their free time outside the constraints of school and work schedules. The neighbourhoods’s school property as well as public parks act as outdoor gathering spaces for kids to meet and play.

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POPULATION DENSITY (people) SATURDAY 2PM

In order to illustrate the density of people utilizing the different public spaces, the graph displays the scale of the area relative to the amount of individuals using it.

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Over the summer of 2018, I had the privilege of working with the formerly named, Coeval Design, a design + build practice in the Philippines that specializes in residential villa projects. One of the main projects I participated in was the renovation of a multi-residential apartment complex, converting a vacating tenant’s unit into a larger kitchen and living area for the property owner. I played an instrumental role in modelling, illustrating, and visualizing the renovation for presenting to the client.

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VICTORINO VILLA

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04 VICTORINOVILLA ORIGINAL PLAN

LAYOUT ITERATIONS

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FINAL PLAN LAYOUT

The main goals of the renovation were to produce a larger kitchen space for the owner’s daughter, form a larger dining space as well as separate the home’s living and waiting area. I devised multiple configurations that these additions could be organized within the renovated space in order to give the client options to how the final design would be realized.

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An agreement was reached with the client on the final layout. The devised plan rendered the most economic renovation while carrying out all the desired specifications. I modelled the plan and rendered concept images of how the spaces would be utilized.

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PERSONAL WORKS

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