2020 Portfolio

Explorations Edition One

Misc

Architectural

Dankitecture’s Architectural Universe

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What is this?

Well, that’s a good question. I suppose it’s an architectural portfolio.

Something to document my academic and work projects.

Something to promote myself and my ideas.

Hopefully something that’ll land me a job.

Who knows, something that may even land me a built project or two someday.

This is where I used to include my take on the architect’s personal statement. My manifesto. How I believed in an architecture where form follows fun(ction). Where I embrace the thoughtfully wacky and whimsical. Where somehow in some universe I thought that this would create a better and brighter future for all of us.

But forget about that. I’m not here to speak superfluously about what my architectural interests are and how I aspire to change the world through design. What student of architecture doesn’t? Although maybe I’m actually not detailing what my interests are and what the theme of this portfolio is because I can’t exactly pinpoint what it is anymore. Not to build too much on the trope of the architect who believes that each of their projects is unique and contain no aesthetic or conceptual similarities, but I guess this portfolio is meant to be an honest and somewhat raw view into how my architectural process works.

A portal into Dan’s brain. A bit non-hierarchical. A lot non-linear.

Hopefully a little fun.

Welcome to my cabinet of curiosities.

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Dan Vanderhorst 905.517.1178 @dankitecture Daniel.Vanderhorst@columbia.edu WORK ExPERIENCE

Education

Studio North Spring 2019 - Summer 2020 Architectural Intern

Columbia University GSAPP 2020 Master of Architecture (M.Arch)

Participated in the fabrication and design of a variety of projects including

Granted Advanced Placement upon entry as well as being a recipient of the

art gallery installations, residential laneway homes, and restaurants

Avery Scholarship

HUTS NYC 2020 Freelance Designer

University of Toronto Daniels 2015 - 2019 Honours Bachelor of Arts, Architectural Studies (B.A.)

Designed and created a catalog of a modular kit-of-parts system for micro-

Graduated with High Distinction as a Dean’s List Scholar and a CGPA of 3.85

homes to serve as backyard urban retreats and rural spaces of refuge

Double major in Architectural Design and Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism

derHorst Studio 2018 Furniture Designer + Fabricator Co-founded a furniture brand focused on recycling dead and diseased

Volunteer

natural wood into sustainable tables and chairs

Wimat Landform Construction 2015 - 2018 Construction Foreman Installed small to mid size construction projects ranging from commercial retaining walls to residential demolition, construction, and landscapes

Orientation Leader 2018 University of Toronto AALD Guest Speaker 2021 University of Toronto

Awards + Publications

Hospitality Design Awards Winner 2020 Sidewalk Citizen | Studio North

Hospitality Design Awards Runner-Up 2019 Wellington Info Kiosk | UofT Design-Build

Landmarks Journal 2018 Spadina Avenue | Author

Convening Places 2019 Art Gallery of Alberta Terrace Installation

Skillset

Drafting Rhino 3d Revit AutoCAD Sketchup Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Premier 3ds Max Vray Lumion Grasshopper Python Web Design (cargo+Wix) RhinoCAM CNC Milling Lasercutting 3d Printing Carpentry Metalworking Electrical Plumbing Landscaping Concrete Forming Demolition Renovation English (native) French (beginners) Dutch (beginners) Writing Fort-making

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Stoop City Project Time: Fall 2020 Project Type: Academic design Program: Multi-unit residence Instructor: Hilary Sample Partner: Jonathan Chester What makes a housing project an interesting environment to inhabit? Whats stopping a building from being explored the way a city’s streets can be explored? Where visitors and local residents alike can endlessly wander through the winding corridors. Stoop City is a housing project in the Bronx that attempts to create an environment full of wonder and excitement in its public realm. An enivronment that draws you in with its own unique flavors, smells, and noises. Its 4 standardized module types each with distinct circulatory routes combine in near-infinite configurations to create a variety of unique stoop-like conditions. This abstraction of the stoop throughout the circuation of the building allows the corridors to act as social engagement spaces. Spaces to enjoy a slice of pizza. Spaces to enjoy the music of a local artist.

Spaces to play a game of chess. Spaces to meet new people.

Spaces to explore.

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Stoop City

Acoustic analysis of the sidewalk condustions prevalent throughout the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx (left page). Followed by a series of vignettes illustrating how the conditions necessary for such spaces of informal social interaction have been replicated in Stoop City via a network of winding and weaving corridors.

Academic Work

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South Elevation

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Stoop City

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Construction Process

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The cork-clad CLT shear walls of the 2-storey modules create complete acoustic segregation between units, allowing for a great diversity of work/live/study living scenerios next to one another.

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Forty-two House(es) Project Time: Fall 2018 Project Type: Academic design Program: Multi-unit student residence Advisors: Jeannie Kim + Mauricio Quiros Pacheco 42 houses is a design for a 21-storey student residence in downtown Toronto. The residence would be built as part of a public-private partnership between the University of Toronto and a private developer. As an attempt to mediate between the pros and cons of both the old Victorian triplexes that dominate old Toronto and the glass condos that dominate new Toronto, 42 houses seeks to combine both typologies within one building. While the triplexes offer a sense of character and community that the glass towers don’t, they simply do not allow for the density (and therefore financial feasibility) of these towers. And so, this design stacks clusters of units in a way mimicking the Victorian triplexes in a series of 6 different levels, each containing their own neighborhood theme, but all within the same building.

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Rathnelly Manor Project Time: Spring 2018 Project Type: Academic design Program: Single-family residence Location: Toronto, Ontario Advisor: Chloe Town Located in the sovereign nation of the “Republic of Rathnelly”, a unique neighborhood in Toronto, this house for a married artist and writer pays homage to the quirky and playful nature of its location. It sits on the end of the republic’s main avenue, Rathnelly Ave, and takes an iconic, pitched-roof, house form, serving as a symbol of the entire area. The iconic yet playful character of the house is enhanced through the martini glasses, symbols found on Rathnelly’s crest and flag, which are stamped into the houses rosetinted concrete exterior. Each of the house’s three floors contains a different function and forms a u-shape that opens in a different orientation, allowing for a large cylindrical courtyard to penetrate through the house and connect these three unique worlds.

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The Green Room Project Time: Summer 2020 Project Type: Personal design + build Why is everyone always going on about urban revitalization?

What about rural revitalization? Located out in the wilds of southern Ontario - the wilds that I once called home - lies an olde homestead that at one time housed a large agricultural operation. But as times and society change, so did the farm I grew up on. While the barns found new uses in their post-agricultural life, several landscape features remained unused as relics of a bygone era. Among these are three 10 by 10 foot concrete pads that formerly housed grain silos. This provided the basis for an interesting design prompt during the lulls of a mid-pandemic lockdown. Rather than seeking to reinject agricultural life onto these concrete surfaces, would there be a way to re-fit them for the 21st century use of Ye Olde Homestead? You see, this particular farm is no longer a place of work. It is a place of leisure. A place for grandparents to entertain rambuctious youth who can spend an afternoon playing pond hockey, chasing barn cats, or exploring the woods. So the green room is an attempt to transform a post-industrial concrete surface into a space of enjoyment and relaxation. A rural interior jungle to enjoy a cold Canadian night.

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Machine for Growing

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Walmalopolis Project Time: Spring 2019 Project Type: Academic group research and design project Program: Informal community masterplan Advisors: Tara Bissett Role: Led group, performed research, and created drawings Group: Averill Dimabuyu + Andrew Cara Trailer parks are America’s largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing. Yet due to their zoning restrictions and location – typically on cheap land in non-residential areas around the city limits – they have become targets for developers of big box stores to buy up. These tend to be very lucrative for trailer park owners as well, as they can earn a much bigger profit selling their land than they typically do from the low rent they charge their tenants. The only major downfall to this transaction is that the tenants are usually evicted within a matter of weeks, and since they tend to be low-income, they have few alternatives and often end up homeless. However, an analysis of the main big box store that buys up trailer parks – Walmart – reveals a key inefficiency: the vast unused space in their parking lots that are rarely ever close to full. Walmalopolis is a speculative plan that proposes to fill this unused parking lot space with affordable settlements for the evicted trailer park dwellers, allowing them to use liquidated store products to create their homes and social amenities.

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Wellington Info Kiosk Project Time: Summer 2018 Location: Wellington, Ontario Project Type: Design + build group research project Advisors: Matt Kennedy + Mark Erickson Role: Played a leadership role in design and fabrication, created drawings and digital model Building on a small town’s unique craftsman and quilting heritage, this info kiosk serves as a beacon for Prince Edward County. The small cubic pavillion is the result of a 2-week design build that sought to provide Wellington, Ontario with a new visitor centre and gateway to the community. To connect to the community and attract visitors, the design was a 3-dimensional manifestation of the geometric quilt patterns that can be found on structures throughout this small town and region. The pavilion is split into 2 portions: the outdoor pergola structure with bleacher seating and the interior area for storing maps, brochures, and pamphlets showcasing local industries and attractions. While the interior provides a space for shelter and collecting information, the exterior seating allows the visitor to relax in the shade, eat ice cream from the local farmers market, and enjoy the lake breeze and views.

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Sidewalk Citizen Project Time: 2019 Location: Calgary, Alberta Project Type: Professional built project Program: Commercial restaurant renovation + addition Principals: Matt Kennedy + Mark Erickson (Studio North) Role: Played large role in design and fabrication; CNC-milled and assembled structural plywood profiles and built-in furniture, created drawings Sidewalk Citizen is a new restaurant in Calgary’s Central Memorial Park that experiments with wood as a material as well as digital fabrication techniques. The entire structure is composed of CNCmilled plywood sheets laminated together and strengthened only using dowels. This lamella type of structure is clad with translucent standing-seam polycarbonate sheets, thus allowing light to softly eminate through the trusses. Resulting from this is a is a pointed arched ‘timber cathedral’ space that can be used throughout the year. This project ponders and experiments with how wood can be used in more unconventional methods, and how this can set a precedent for Canadian architecture in the future.

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