Gillian Marsh | Waterloo School of Architecture | Winter 2024

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

14

small courtyards and patios.

cabins courtyard view

wide angle view 15

east elevation model photo

north elevation model photo

west elevation model photo

16

south elevation model photo

library detail photo

east elevation-courtyard photo

17

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

28

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

34

third floor plan

residential floor plan

35

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.

40

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

46

MATERIALS 1000+ wooden beads 1/2”, 3/4” scrap plywood sheets scrap hardwood 0.1mm sewing thread

47

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

THANK YOU