Ethan Duffey Architecture + Design Portfolio V7

Table of Contents

Curriculum vitae  3

Reference Letter  4

Counting Carbon:  6

Tommy Thompson Center  18

MDRAAA  26

Three Builds in the Block  34

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Ethan Duffey

Contact

ethanduffey@gmail.com www.ethanduffey.design 905-866-4126

Canadian Museum of Architecture 2022 / Toronto / Freelance

Created an educational exhibit on sustainable housing. Working on a small team, myself and a colleague designed a prototypical eco-home, delivering a 1:50 museum grade model, a complete drawing set of the house, and graphics to explain sustainable features.

Partisans

2020 + 2018 / Toronto / Architectural Design

Produced drawings and images for a multiple projects at varying stages of development. Worked closely with a team to assemble project packages and presentations. A major project involved proposals for a residential tower with an innovative terracotta facade. I was responsible for design options and presentations for this facade.

NL Architects

2019 / Amsterdam / Architectural Design

Gained international experience and improved communications skills while working on a modular housing project in the Netherlands and a competition for a recreational facility in Switzerland. Fostered interpersonal expertise by adapting to an exciting and diverse office environment.

Work Experience Education Skills Technical Proficiency

B.Arch University of Waterloo

President’s Entrance Scholarship Dean’s Honors List, all terms

M.Arch University of Waterloo Teaching Assistant

Visual Communications, and two Architectural Engineering Design Studios

Prototyping • Laser cutting CNC routing • 3D printing Hand drafting • Model making Wood working • Photography

Norm Li

2019 + 2017 / Toronto / Architectural Rendering

Enhanced visualization skills by producing 3D models and images of buildings. Worked alongside a team of designers to create interior, exterior, and plan view renderings for a variety of different sized projects. Gained experience effectively interpreting 2D drawings from clients to create a narrative around their project.

BIG

Bjarke Ingels Group

2017 / New York / Architectural Design

Contributed to projects by fabricating physical models, renderings, 2D drawings / furniture designs, and animations / diagrams. Having a great deal of independence and responsibility, I developed strong efficiency and team coordination skills. Worked on Galleries Lafayette Renovation, Sanpelligrino Factory, San Fransisco Bay Resilience by Design Competition.

Modeling

Rhinoceros 3D • Grasshopper AutoCad • 3DS Max • QGIS

Rendering

Vray • Corona Render

Graphics

Photoshop• Illustrator • InDesign Dreamweaver • Premier • After Effects

Extras

Microsoft Office • Html + Css

Reference Letter

Counting Carbon:

Evaluating the Quality and Environmental Impacts of Design Through Product Prototyping

Industrialisation has brought numerous advancements to the architecture and design fields, many of which have allowed humanity to produce more efficiently, using less energy and human labour. Simultaneously, mass production has resulted in mass overconsumption, a populous that is disconnected from the origins of their belongings, and a planet whose resources and atmosphere have been propelled out of equilibrium. The primary consistent numeric metric available for evaluating a good design is its cost, which often leaves consumers to rely on appearance and the opinions of others to make buying decisions. This project creates a system for designers to evaluate and then improve the carbon emissions of prototypes, in conjunction with a universal graphic that clearly communicates this evaluation to consumers in a consistent way. The system uses carbon as a base value to convey the energy expended in the production of a product. It uses a scoring system to rate the design’s adaptability, maintainability, and reliability— three indicators of overall longevity. This evaluation system combined with experimental prototypes demonstrates the possibility of standardised sustainable design by assessing products under a unified set of parameters. It seeks to remind people to revere objects as things to be repaired, not replaced, and advocates for a better balance between the environment we inherit and the commodities we manufacture.

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Material Sourcing + Research

“I have always had a deep curiosity for how things are made, constantly taking things apart and questioning their constitution. Many of my peers and I feel the mounting pressure of the climate crisis and are unsure what effect our personal decisions can have on such a significant global problem. This thesis is rooted in the desire to illustrate the value of a well-made object, to better understand the consequences of my decisions as a designer, and to make in such a way that limits harm to future life on this planet”

Material Source Mapping

Sourcing Wood

Cellulose Lignin Diagram

Good Design Matrix

Hard Wood Cell Drawing

Wood Rings Drawing

Lamp Orthographics + Carbon Label

Carbon Emission Facts Label for the production of lamp design

Built Lamp Photos

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Desk Orthographics + Carbon Label

Carbon Emission Facts Label for the production of desk design

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Built Desk Photos

Chair Orthographics + Carbon Label

Carbon Emission Facts Label for the production of chair design

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Built Chair Photos

Bed Orthographics + Carbon Label

Carbon Emission Facts Label for the production of bed design

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Built Bed Photos

2.Tommy Thompson Center

A Study for Small-Scale Low Carbon Architecture

Can we change the current narrative from one of excess to one of control and refinement? Can we re-evaluate buildings, finding a balance between size and well-crafted comfortably designed spaces?

Strategies to start “thinking small” - a way to lower material consumption and carbon impacts.

1. Break up and disperse the program - A series of discovery based structures (not destination based) that guild people around the island (good trails required for low impact)

2. Design every structure so that it can be disassembled and reassembled - If this project needs to be removed from the park in 50 years, it should be able to be reassembled or reused elsewhere.

3. Be strategic and decisive about what spaces must be enclosed and fully serviced - Where it is necessary to have larger gathering space consider designing outdoor or seasonal space that is integrated into the landscape.

4. Limit size visually by considering how much of the building can be seen from the path - Keeping the buildings behind vegetation and at lower elevations makes them discrete.

Tommy Thompson Park

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Thompson Park

Tommy

Artist Studio Perspective + Sun Diagram

Studio Plan + Section

Cafe Perspective + Door Detail

Cafe Plan

Tommy Thompson Park

Sauna Interior Perspective

Longitudinal Section

Sauna Plan

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MDRAAA

MDRAAA is a Park and a Center for architecture, archeology and anastylosis. The project is on a site that is surrounded by a multitude of Roman monuments and therefore the building and landscape are designed to frame and respect the existing adjacencies; the majority of the building is underground with the exception of a central look out tower. The topography of the site is raised and lowered to reveal monuments or create a better vantage point to view them. The project has two major axes that connect the extents of the site, one that is perpendicular to the Colosseum and the other is perpendicular to the Palentine entrance. The start of each of these axis becomes a public piazza. The north-south axis a tree lined promenade that stretches the length of the site. Major volumes for exhibition are created underneath and beside the axes. They are connected by an open network of brick arches that allow the visitor to circulate.

Collaboration with Matthew Dlugosz

Museo di Roma: Architettura Anastilosi Archeologia

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site plan

Axonometric

Ground Floor Plan

Tower Render + Site Section

Exhibition Hall Perspective

Long Site Section

Building Sections

Cross Section A

Cross Section B

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Three Builds in the Block

Lot size and building scale are the foundation of an urban fabric, they determine the shape of the architecture as well as the diversity of buildings. Many famous cities can attribute some of their success to the underlying structure of their built environment. Setting fine and deliberate lots encourage a variety of programs to inhabit a dense space which results in a vibrant neighborhood.

By limiting the height of buildings to allow proper daylight and prevent streets from feeling overwhelming. Allowing residential, industry and business to operate in the same area makes it possible to have streets that are activated throughout the whole day, and reduce the distance people and goods have to travel. These urban ideologies are manifested in the design of this block. The project is a rejection of the ‘mega-block-building’ and advocates for a variety of scale and program within a neighbourhood.

As a sort of case study, three buildings were designed next to each other at three different scales to illustrated the connections and relationships that are possible.

A mixed-use housing design that challenges zoning to foster community

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Block Study Research

Flagpole shaped lots emerge from sale of subdivided lots due to high inheritance tax in 1980s Japan. Each lot was regulated to have at least 2m frontage to the street. This offers a viable strategy for building in the midblock.

New York city grid, general block size of 60 x 100 meters and building frontages of 8 meters create an active street face. Building typology changes whether or not it faces a street or avenue; larger lots and buildings are along avenues.

The St. Lawrence block, with interior small lots protected by L or U shaped large lots, introduced small streets running through the block to promote a ‘neighborhood’ atmosphere as opposed to an isolated housing project.

The Munich block consists of a solid, mid-rise perimeter facing the street. This creates an interior courtyard condition which has been filled in over time, creating a unique internal lot structure. This combination of mid and low rise buildings creates an active streetscape both inside and outside the block.

Tokyo New York Toronto Munich

Existing + Proposed Site Axo

Ground Floor Plan

Longitudinal Section

Cross Section

Environmental System Section

Additional Works

Living Architecture, Reactor Cell

Artist Residence Model

Ontario Place Visitors Center Model

Ontario Place Site Model