Gillian Marsh Architecture Portfolio Winter
2024
LAND BASED HARVES
T LODGE
TYPE
DATE
ADVISOR
SOFTWARE
Lodge
August 2023
Tracey Eve Winton
Rhino, Enscape, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
great lakes map
french river map
The Land Based Harvest Lodge is located in French River, Ontario, surrounded by beautiful forest and granite rock shaped by glacial formations . This project houses a land based harvest workshop intended as a summer camp for children and workshop for adults during fall and spring months. The main lodge is made up of 7 individual mass timber buildings, each with different programming that all contribute to the land based food harvest workshop. These individual buildings shift with the granite landscape and are tied together with a constructed walkway. This formation creates a courtyard that acts as the heart of the project, with a hearth sitting directly on granite. Altogether, the project shifts with the landscape and mimics the geometry of the granite.
main lodge view 11
main lodge unfolded section
main lodge courtyard view
The programs located in the main lodge include dining, preparation / cooking, reception, lounge, library. Within and near the courtyard you can find a smokehouse, drying rack and storage room. The programming in the main lodge supports ideas to live lightly on the land, in which visitors get to participate in minobimaatisiiwin - a way of living instead of Traditional Ecological Knowledge. main lodge axo
main lodge section 12
cabins elevation
The walkway from the main lodge leads to the cluster of cabins where you can find two cabin types, one that houses two visitors and the other four. was
The dense sleeping quarters chosen
to
minimize
individual
spaces to encourage visitors to spend time outdoors and in the workshop. This cluster includes walkways that shift dramatically to align with the landscape, and also opens up to create cabins plan
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small courtyards and patios.
cabins courtyard view
wide angle view 15
east elevation model photo
north elevation model photo
west elevation model photo
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south elevation model photo
library detail photo
east elevation-courtyard photo
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COMMUTER HUB LIBR
RARY
TYPE
DATE
ADVISOR
SOFTWARE
Library
April 2022
Isabel Ochoa, Sifei
Rhino, Illustrator,
Mo
Photoshop, InDesign
site plan
Located in Corktown, Toronto, the Commuter Hub Library is a key destination for people commuting to and from work. This public building is a union between a traditional library, bike repair and commuter centre. The Commuter Hub promotes sustainable transit - is located next to TTC street car lines, Bike Share Toronto stations, and prioritizes bikers. As a building designed for the everyday commuter, this library includes bathrooms, showers, a cafe, and a bike parking garage - all on the first floor. The remaining programs can be reached with a completely accessible ramp that wraps around the floors. The exterior landscaping involves car parking, exterior bike racks, and a ramp that leads to the underground bike parking garage as well as the original bike path that is under the street.
2F ramp view 21
FORM FOLLOWS RAMP The Commuter Hub Library is accessible to all demographics. The parti is a ramp that encircles all of the building’s programs. This creates a public building that is entirely accessible to everyone - from bikes, to strollers and wheelchairs. The floors shift and align to the ramp to prevent or create privacy without the use of walls. The Commuter Hub is open to all demographics - the commuter facilities are also open to the homeless population, so visibility is key. VITRUVIAN BIKE The facade detail is based on a ‘vitruvian bike’ in which the vertical fin arrangement is based on the proportions of a standard bike. The fin depth varies for each side of the building, changing for different orientations to maximize passive heating and diffuse lighting. The spaces between vertical fins are filled to depending on the program of each floor and sun exposure.
3F ramp view 22
longitudinal section
summer solstice
vernal / autumnal equinox
winter solstice
seasonal shadow analysis
morphology diagram 23
1F plan (1.1, 1.2)
basement plan (0.1, 0.2)
The sloped site is excavated to create an underground bike parking garage that is accessible from the site’s existing bike path. This floor contains a sheltered sitting area, bike parking and a ramp that maintains the building’s form parti. 24
3F plan (3.1, 3.2, 3.3)
2F plan (2.1, 2.2)
The programs were determined based on need and accessibility. Bike repair is prioritized in this library, and is therefore on the 3rd floor whereas the media and study spaces on the the top floor. 25
southwest elevation
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physical model southwest elevation 29
CAMBRIDGE COHOUS
SING
TYPE
DATE
ADVISOR
SOFTWARE
Social Housing
December 2022
Sam Eby
Rhino, Enscape, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
context axonometric
morphology diagram
The Galt Co-operative Housing fosters diverse relationships through the sharing of food, culture, and a program that creates opportunity and growth for the occupants and surrounding public. The co-op houses a reciprocal program that exchanges volunteer work in the community kitchen, daycare, and various other tasks for language classes and job training. To provide affordable housing, GCH offers various unit types as well as a spectrum of unit furnishings. Occupants are given the opportunity and agency to design their space for their particular needs, as well as simply rent and live in a pre-designed unit. In addition, each unit provides the space to expand for the number of people housed. 32
Hosted at GCH, the Reciprocal Exchange Program is a great way for occupants to easily work, learn and grow. Inspired by Trampoline House located in Copenhagen, occupants are given the opportunity to receive job training and language classes in exchange for community services.
Communit y Kitchen
International Grocer y
Teaching Kitchen
Dining Area
Barrier Free Washrooms
Fabrication Space
Lending Librar y
Multi-Faith Room
Job Training
Party Room
Language Classes
Bicycle Parking
Loading Bay
Rainwater Collection
Kids Play Area
Fitness Centre
Rooftop Garden
Solar Energy Collection
site plan 33
second floor plan
ground floor plan
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third floor plan
residential floor plan
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1B, 2B, 3B, 4B floor plans
With the use of light wells between each unit, every unit has at least two window walls, and every bedroom has a least one window. This is to create a strong quality light and therefore living within each unit. All units also have access to a shared balcony, encouraging neighborly encounters.
unfurnished - furnished - growth diagram 36
4B living area view
4B kitchen view 37
The GCH design involves a strong focus on passive design.
Light wells are integrated
throughout the building between each unit to improve quality of light throughout each space. The south facing glazing and balconies are proportioned to each other in order to maximize heat gain from the sun during the winter months, and shading in summer months. GCH design also involves active systems. There is rainwater and solar energy collection located on the roof, and an allocated storage space on the ground floor to process and store rainwater and energy. To save on water and energy consumption, units contain only one bathroom, with a shared bathroom on each residential floor. In addition, laundry facilities are not contained within each unit, instead there is a set of shared washer and dryers on each residential floor.
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2B & 4B detail section
south elevation-section perspective 41
1027
TYPE
DATE
ADVISOR
SOFTWARE
Physical Model
June 2023
Lola Sheppard
Rhino, Grasshopper, Illustrator
PHOTOGRAMMETRY MODEL
1027 is a 1:1 analysis and interpretation of a 8 cubic feet site located on the French River, Ontario. The digital process of the project included a photogrammetry model of the site that was converted from a mesh to a polygonal surface, then to a point cloud that was recreated with 1000+ wooden beads hung from a plywood structure.
CHOSEN SITE 44
REBUILT SURFACE
1451 POINT CLOUD
BUILDING FRAME
FIRST BEADS
IN PROGRESS 45
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MATERIALS 1000+ wooden beads 1/2”, 3/4” scrap plywood sheets scrap hardwood 0.1mm sewing thread
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OTHER
METROPOLITAN CHURCH MODEL TYPE
DATE
ADVISOR
SOFTWARE
GROUP
Physical Model
August 2023
Val Rynnimeri
Rhino, Trotec laser
Jinhong Rioux
cutting
Dorcas Ng Chelsea Wu
Arch 248 Cultural History Project to build a sectional model of Étienne-Louis Boullée’s Metropolitan Cathedral. From available drawings of the conceptual building, a digital 3D model was made and then converted to 2D lines to be laser cut out of white museum board. These pieces were assembled to create the final product.
digital 3D model
fabrication
interior section detail photo 50
interior section detail photo
interior section photo
exterior view photo 51
DRAWINGS
offgrid housing kitchen view
offgrid housing greenhouse view 52
library ramp view
imposing footbridge entrance view
imposing footbridge aerial view 53
September 2023 - December 2023
ENERCITY FACADE STUDY COMPETITION
site plan
south elevation 54
northeast elevation
detail axonometric
southwest elevation
view
WÜRZBURG COMPETITION
aerial view
piktos 55
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