Connor Jermyn Undergraduate Portfolio 2024

CONNOR JERMYN

PORTFOLIO 2024 SELECTED WORKS

SELECTED WORKS

KEEWATIN - STUDENT HOUSING

• BAS, YEAR 4

FACING NORTH: LONG SHADOWS - INVENTED BACKCOUNTRY

• BAS, YEAR 4

SUB-URBAN - COMMUNITY CENTRE

• BAS, YEAR 3

SERENITY NOW - COTTAGE EXERCISE

• SUMMER 2022

COMPLETING THE SQUARE - SCHOOL OF MUSIC

• BAS, YEAR 3

GRAPHIC DESIGN - COMMISSIONED WORKS

• ONGOING

KOSMIC EXHIBITION - REVIVING TRADITION

• SPRING 2024

CONNOR JERMYN

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EDUCATION

AZRIELI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM - Carleton University

• Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Design (Honours)

• Co-op Work Year - Sept. 2022 - Aug. 2023

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL - Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Study Abroad Semester - Jan. - Jun. 2022

WORK EXPERIENCE

Perkins&Will, Architectural Student - Ottawa, Ontario

• Involved with a variety of project teams including high-rise residential, corporate interiors, judicial and transportation typologies. Assisted with the development of construction documents, visuals for client presentations, and project’s LEED compliance with accompanying drawings.

MCLENNAN DESIGN/Perkins&Will, Architectural Intern - Bainbridge Island, Washington

• Participated in the iterative process of a firm on the cutting edge of regenerative design. Roles included cataloging approved products in company database, visuals and graphics for client showcases, model-making, and revising BIM models.

DAIRY QUEEN KINGSWAY, Server - Sudbury, Ontario

• Managed night shifts with duties including training on new employees, ensuring proper service standards and handling of store funds.

CERTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS SKILLS

FEDERATION OF CHINESE CANADIAN PROFESSIONALS EDUCATION FOUNDATION

IN ARCHITECTURE - Carleton University

HOBIN PRIZE IN ARCHITECTURE AND CITY BUILDING (SHORTLIST) - Carleton University

WORK FEATURED IN BUILDING 22 MAGAZINE - Carleton University

LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATION

KEEWATIN

ARCS 4105: Comprehensive Housing Studio

Instructor: John Cook

Collaborators: Cameron Gordon

Location: 1500 Bronson Ave. Ottawa, ON

Keewatin, an Ojibway word for “North Wind”, was an urban development proposal between Cameron Gordon and myself that turned into a love letter to the Canadian environment. When presented with the expansive lot at 1500 Bronson, our response was much less dense than our colleagues, opting to enhance the natural characteristics and complement the existing structure rather than swallow it with skyscrapers. Focusing on student rhythms given the proximity to Carleton, the axis of the development was the idea of a pedestrian streetscape that would invite occupation by the vibrancy of young adults. At the head of the street stands the redeveloped Edward Drake Building which challenges conservation and heritage standards provoking questions about the reuse of urban scapes.

PRESERVED CORRIDORS

- Future-proofing development to allow for dialogue with adjacent site

- Main corridor aligned with ravine and LRT access slope for possible new station

STREET’S END OPEN SPACE

- Open air/semi-covered public commercial oriented space

- Transition zone between streetscape and wooded area

- Road easement preserved

CONSERVATION CENTRE

- Outdoor research companion to Edward Drake Labs

- Experimental crop growing areas allotted

GARDEN SPACE

- Relocation and preservation of protected plantings

- Part of Edward Drake program expansion

COMMUNITY PLAYING SURFACE

- Large scale playing field/surfaces

- Fieldhouse and changing facility

- Ice surface in winter

CONSERVATION AREA

- Protected green space

- Rehabilitate underbrush/invasive species

- Wetland/drainage pond

- Wildlife culvert connecting Riverside park and site

Whip-Poor-Will Common Eastern Bumblebee Eastern Chipmunk Snowshoe Hare Groundhog Mallard Duck Canada Goose Large-Mouth Bass

“The Crack” Killarney, On Agawa Rock Agawa Bay, On White Birch American Basswood Eastern White Pine

PATHS

White Cedar Bur Oak

PARKING/STORAGE PLANS

P1

- 18 Parking spots

- Solar battery hub

P2

- Greywater storage/treatment tanks and distribution

Floorplates

Permeable Hardscapes

Major Massings Circulation

Passive-Rated Interior Wall onto Semi-Conditioned Space

Micro-Green Roof

Warm Over Cold Floor

“THE LUNGS”

- Series of micro atriums

- Gap between edge of floor and envelope

- Planters installed on Glulam members

- Operable windows on automated timed schedule

- Practice of Stubluften or Shock Ventilation

SINGLE - 30

SINGLE ACC.- 15

DOUBLE - 40

DOUBLE ACC. - 2

TRIPLE - 18 QUAD - 6

QUAD ACC. - 7

UNITS - 118 Total - 23 Accessible (21%) - 235 Residents - 5 Ground Floor Commercial Units

VIEW

DOUBLE

EDWARD DRAKE BUILDING REPROGRAMMING

LAB & EXHIBITION RESTRUCTURING

- Labs and storage atmospherically sealed

- Public exhibition wing reutilizing marble facade in new seal

- Outside columns removed for view and replaced with embedded beams for support

“THE CLOCKTOWER” OUTDOOR GARDEN EXHIBITION

- 4 storey outdoor garden heading the town square

- Showcase of different Ottawa native plant species/regions

- Stripped facade of existing building exposing raw structural elements

- Framed intensive green roof construction with pathway in centre

- Exposed to seasonal conditions

- Celebrating the aging process rather than fighting

- Dating in time - Carbon Clock

CONCEPT SECTIONS

NUTRIENT FILM TECHNIQUE (NFT) SYSTEM

- System that exposes roots underneath growing medium

- Specific nutrient enriched water circulated past roots at varying intervals

- Optimal for bush plants

- NFT System - Timed circulation of water through roots with little/no extended submersion

- Ebb and flow (EF) System - Combination of submerging roots for extended intervals and recirculation

- Deep water culture (DWC) System - Constant submersion of roots

BATO BUCKET (BB) SYSTEM

- Deeper base for roots to embed in growth medium

- Nutrient enriched water circulated and drained through growth medium

- Ideal for vine/stalk plants

CONCEPT PLANS

FACING NORTH: LONG SHADOWS

ARCS 4107: Option Studio

Instructor: Inderbir Singh Riar

Location: Northern Ontario

In our final studio, we found ourselves returning to the principles that had started us on our path seemingly forever ago. With a focus on craft and representation I became obsessed with the idea of the journey. I found myself reflecting on all the paths I might have taken and began to liken it to our family tradition of backcountry adventuring. The only guideline given was to interpret the notion of the Folly and I began to meld the ideas of the garden and procession with my own journey through the previous five years and all the memories of the Canadian wilderness of my youth. This manifested itself through a series of sensorial campsites situated in a collaged landscape.

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS

Delving into the personal archives to resurrect unresolved components as a basis for form finding. Whether formal elements or concept sketches, the idea of a procession or journey through the past as an interpretation of the folly eventually anchored itself in the framework of a children’s summer camp.

SITE 7 - LAUNCH

Site 7 was organized around the metric of a canoe. All too familiar with the rhythms of the launch, this site was designed to provide a simple sleeping platform and storage facility for canoe campers as they began their journey. The receptive nature of the roof structure eventually turned into a method of catching the rising sun, signalling the onset of adventure.

Site 66 began as a way to frame the northern winds. Iterating on an old sketch concept of large fabric units, the process took a hard pivot after an extended session of pure form experimentation resulting in the final silhouette. Keeping in line with the original idea of translucency yielded the operable facades to both revel in and shield from the mountain winds.

Site 24 held a strong throughline of the camera obscura. Of the three, it is the purest representation of framing the landscape. Transitioning away from the original raised vantage to a much gentler sloping form it became perfectly suited for a ridgeline. The name Crater is paying homage to my own Sudburian roots referencing the towns built on the rippling edges of our local meteor site.

SITE 66 - WINDCHIME

SITE 24 - CRATER

While the impetus for the pavilions was a summer camp, I wanted to give the site a scale that I felt could be informed by my memories and allow a viewer to construct entire narratives within themselves.

Detaching myself from the traditional notion of a single defined area, I started tracing maps and remote areas of Ontario that held these memories. Through layering and scaling I was able to create the outline for an imaginary provincial or national park.

Additionally, I began to sketch specific views of core experiences that had made all these locations so powerful to me. Focusing on their gestures and energies rather than perfect accuracy allowed me to produce a small diaries worth of drawings each with their own unique story and atmosphere.

MAP TRACINGS AND LANDSCAPE SKETCHES

Left: Final Map

Right: Final Drawing Sheets

SUB-URBAN

ARCS

Instructor: Johan Voordouw

Location: 33 Quill St. Ottawa, ON

Situated in the Overbrook neighbourhood of Ottawa, this project allowed for an important internal discourse. Initially bursting out of the gate with a ravenous appetite to design, early site visits inspired grandiose concepts of a community incubation tank. Following the studio’s theme of neighbourhood intensification, the centre was an attempt to grapple with impending redevelopment. The exisitng community centre was disregarded and the process took off as a response to a project brief rather than to a community in need. The result was a visible record of addition, experimentation and self actualization. The ongoing architectural Dadaism served as a humbling, ego-dissolving journey towards the realization of the importance of context.

3105: Studio 4

HARDSCAPES

PROBABLE FOOTPATHS

BIOSWALE (GREEN FILL)

WATER COLLECTION

SOCCER FIELD ALLOTMENT

GRAVEL

KEY PLAN

UPPER FLOOR PLAN

SCALE - 1:200

STUDIO2 FLOOR PLAN SCALE - 1:300 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 FEATURES

MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE / “LOOKING ROOM” DISCOVERY CENTRE

FORUM FLOOR & VIEW DECK PLAN SCALE - 1:300

ELEVATED SEATING AREA “STUDIO2” MULTI-PURPOSE STUDIO COMMUNITY FORUM

GYM COURT FLOOR PLAN

SCALE - 1:300

PUBLIC GYM PLAYING SURFACE

ASSORTED FLOOR PLANS

SCALE - AS INDICATED

RINK

1

2

3 STREET PHASING I

PROPOSED CHANGES FOR QUEEN MARY ST. PHASE I OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR EXISTING ROAD CONDITIONS

ADDITIONS

- BIKE LANES CONNECTING ST. LAURENT TO RIDEAU RIVER

STREET PHASING II

PROPOSED CHANGES FOR QUEEN MARY ST. PHASE II OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR HYPOTHETICAL “NEW MAIN STREET”

ADDITIONS

- BIKE LANES CONNECTING ST. LAURENT TO RIDEAU RIVER - STREET PARKING/GREEN BREAKS - WIDER SIDEWALK

THE GREEN MONSTER

INSTEAD OF A STANDARD FENCE DIVIDER, SEVERAL LAYERS OF DENSE VEGETATION ACT AS A “SOFT BARRIER” AGAINST NOISE AND LIGHT

INCLUDES

- LAYERED, NATIVE VEGETATION LINING NORTH END OF SITE

- ACTUAL FENCE ON RESIDENTIAL SIDE

SERENITY, NOW

Summer, 2022

Personal Project

Location: Archie Bay, Lake Panage, Ontario

This project was devised as an off-season excercise. The site is situated on a small island on the outskirts of Killarney Provincial Park in a far corner of Lake Panache. Paddling through this passage on a canoe excursion, I noticed the qualities of the site and thought the exisiting cottage complemented its features. Seeking to replicate the conditions, the initial philosophy for the design became “architecture as relaxation” which resulted in a calmer, and personally rewarding method of outputting ideas. The design revolves around personal ideas and elements surrounding lifestyle, mindfullness, and of course, relaxation.

LOUVRES OPEN/CLOSE

COMPLETING THE SQUARE

ARCH 252: Studio 3

Instructor: Patrick Zamarian

Location: 4 Canning St. Birkenhead, UK

This project was completed while on a semester abroad at the University of Liverpool and is located across the River Mersey in Birkenhead. The town is directly across from downtown Liverpool and is suffering severe economic strain. The project was meant to inspire communal culture revitalization through an intervention. What started as a school of music ended up blossoming into a much wider scale community space. The site is situated within a roundabout that acts as a central node between the ferry, train station, and major transit routes of the area. The rest of the roundabout is mainly empty lots and sectioned off car parks and by pushing the boundaries of the site, the space has been transformed into a new green gate into the city terminating at the centre. What began as classrooms and a theatre expanded to a workshop, indoor-outdoor cafe, and a hybrid intensive green-roof terrace space and juice bar.

MAJOR CIRCULATION

COMMUNITY AMMENITIES

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC

HAMILTON SQUARE RAIL STATION

LIBERTY BELL COFFEE

WEST ELEVATION

GRAPHIC

KOSMIC EXHIBITION

Feb. 9th, 2024

Multimedia Event Collaborators: Cameron Gordon, Noah Perkins

“Our passion for the event sprung from this idea that the walls of our space should be an active experiment, an ever-evolving statement on what was important and interesting in architecture,” they add. “Kosmic’s occupation of the school imagined that when students could manipulate the space, the ideas that floated around in our classroom could be built and experienced.”

Quote from article by Maria Cook

https://architecture.carleton.ca/archives/34763

POSTER BY CAMERON GORDON

PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF ASAU