[OUTDATED] | Jackson Adams | Waterloo Architecture Portfolio | Winter 2023

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October 16, 2022 Reference Letter for Jackson Adams

It is with great pleasure that I write this letter for Jackson Adams who has been an employee of our company for two durations July 15th-Oct 3rd 2021 and May 9th-July 6th 2022.

During both these times, Jackson worked as a Graphic Designer and we were extremely satisfied with the quality of his work, his team spirit and his sincere work ethic.

Explorer Hop is a not-for-profit Edu Tech company that focuses on early financial literacy and applied math for youth. Our content tries to make complex financial & math concepts easy to understand. Jackson’s task was to take the technical explanations and create graphics that provide a pictorial representation of the content. This is no not an easy task and Jackson excelled in it.

During his time with us, Jackson created more than 5000 educational content pieces that helped children all over the world understand financial literacy and applied math.

He is always at work on time, his work is delivered promptly and he is prompt at finding innovative solutions to issues that arise.

I recommend him wholeheartedly. Please feel free to contact me for more information.

Hasina Lookman CEO Explorer Hop

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ABOUT ME

Hello, my name is Jackson Adams, and I am a second-year student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.

I believe architecture has the potential to nurture minds and uplift material conditions. It is my goal to create spaces that inspire, challenge perspectives, and invoke positive social change.

I look forward to developing my skills and challenging myself with new opportunities.

The following projects are a collection of my academic and professional work.

j28adams@uwaterloo.ca +1 (647) 929-4267 Toronto, Ontario

CURRICULUM VITAE Summary of Qualifications

Digital Skills

- Strong visualization and conceptualization skills gained through 8+ years of Adobe Suite experience along with 1 year of Architectural Studies - Solid adaptability, management, and organizational skills, gained through working alongside and managing multiple design teams

Advanced

Experience

Intermediate

Graphic Designer ExplorerHop

Jul-Oct/2021, May-Jul/2022 Remote/Toronto, ON

- As a member of an 8 person design team, successfully provided the visuals for ExplorerHop’s entire math curriculum - Assisted in the creation of visuals for ExplorerHop’s marketing dept.

Media Specialist & Videographer University of Waterloo Orientation

Jul-Sep/2022 Cambridge, ON

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Premiere Adobe InDesign McNeel Rhino 3D (CAD & CAM) Enscape for Rhino 3D Microsoft Office

Basic Grasshopper for Rhino 3D V-Ray for Rhino 3D Autodesk Revit Autodesk AutoCAD

- Oversaw video production for Waterloo’s first in-person orientation in 3 years - Assisted in logo design and photography

Analogue Skills

Head of Management Don Mills Collegiate Institute Yearbook

Model Making Sketching Painting/Illustration Hand-Drafting Photography/Videography

Sep/2020-Jun/2021 Toronto, ON

- Alongside a 30+ person team, planned, organized, and coordinated the release of DMCI’s school yearbook at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic

Education

Distinctions

University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Excellent Academic Standing University of Waterloo

Sep/2021- Present Cambridge, ON Candidate for Bachelor’s of Architecture Studies / Honours co-op program Sep/2017- Jun/2021 Don Mills Collegiate Institute CyberArts Program Toronto, ON OSSD / Graduated with honours / CyberArts alumni

2021-Present

President’s Scholarship University of Waterloo 2021

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Broadview Innovation Hub

Program:

Library

Location:

Toronto, Ontario

Courses:

1B Design Studio (Winter 2022)

Supervisors:

Rick Andrighetti, Isabel Ochoa

Teaching the Digital Arts Situated at the intersection of Danforth and Broadview in Toronto, Ontario, Broadview Innovation Hub is a library that emphasizes teaching the digital arts. The building is divided into two distinct morphologies according to program: a traditional library and a makerspace/ classroom. The makerspace is built out of structural brick to reflect Toronto’s vernacular while encased in the main library’s curtain wall enclosure, creating the threshold condition of a building inside another.

The supplementary program follows the amenities presented by the Toronto Public Library’s Digital Innovation Hubs. Similar to other participating Libraries, visitors are encouraged to sign up for free digital media courses held within this space. The makerspace is split into three classrooms to reflect the method and subject of instruction, highlighting the difference between a structured and unstructured learning environment.

SECTION A

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WEST ELEVATION

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Bifocal Two Arches, Two Lenses, Two Views

Program:

Pedestrian Bridge

Location:

Toronto, Ontario

Competition:

CISC “Bridge to a View” (Winter 2022)

Collaborators:

Jack Havel

Dichotomy of Sight Located between the peninsulas of Humber Bay in Toronto, Ontario, Bifocal is a tied-arch bridge designed to show off Toronto’s landscape through two different lenses. The sweeping exposed structural steel forms create two separate arches, framing the contrasting views of Humber Bay Park and the Toronto skyline.

The arches are henceforth scaled proportionately to the landscapes presented. Inspired by the vernacular of local footbridges, Bifocal intends to reference and challenge the arch bridge typology. Travelers are encouraged to peer through this bifocal lens to experience both sides of what Toronto has to offer.

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East Elevation

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View Towards Toronto Skyline

View Towards Humber Bay Park 23

Green Belt Oasis Escape from Urban Living

Program:

Housing

Location:

Toronto, Ontario

Courses:

1B Environmental Building Design (Winter 2022)

Collaborators:

Frank Ouyang

Off-Grid Adapt & Reuse In 1953, the development of Don Mills, Toronto’s first planned community began. Several structural brick buildings are found throughout the neighborhood, poorly suited to fight Canada’s climate stresses. At the intersection of Green Belt Drive and Nob Lane lie a few such buildings, two apartment complexes left abandoned. The goal of the Greenbelt Oasis is to restore the look and feel of these historic buildings with aspects of modern off-grid design and urban garden motifs. We hope to create a completely off-grid urban garden oasis for anyone wishing to escape the exhausting urban atmosphere.

North Elevation

South Elevation

Building Section

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System Diagrams

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Overgrowth Timeless materiality

Program:

Pedestrian Bridge

Location:

Hamilton, Ontario

Courses:

1B Design Studio (Winter 2022)

Supervisors:

Sifei Mo, Jaliya Fonseka

Mythical Iconography Designed to replace the existing bridge spanning Sherman Falls, Overgrowth Pedestrian Bridge embraces the mythical iconography of stone in a modern context. Inspired by the stone monuments and clapper bridges observed across Europe, this project benefits from a simplified monolithic material strategy emphasizing symmetry and temporality. Combining historic materiality and digital fabrication techniques, Overgrowth will inevitably embrace its natural surroundings as time passes.

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Additional Works Academic, Professional, Personal

October 2022 | Academic (Case Study)

A set of plans illustrating a modified Quinta Monroy made to fit a growing Ontario family.

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September 2022 | Academic (Case Study)

A section illustrating Kampung Admiralty in its original site and its relation to the surrounding ecology.

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April 2020 | Academic

Layout design exercise.

April 2022 | Academic

Original layout design for Broadview Innovation Hub (NTS).

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December 2020 | Personal

Editorial work for Changes Zine. Illustration by Yoshi R.

July 2022 | Professional

Collection of shopify product images for ExplorerHop.

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