[OUTDATED] Jasleen Matharu | Waterloo Architecture Portfolio | 2023

jasleen kaur matharu.

selected works 2023

contents. pg. 4: introduction pg. 5: curriculum vitae pg. 6-13: pedestrian bridge: wave. pg. 14-21: library + preteen area: passage. pg. 22-27: live + work residence: tiny tots. pg. 28-33: performance space: pixie hollow. pg. 34-41: off grid housing: keidas. pg. 42-43: model-making

Contact: (647) 524-5283 jasleen.matharu6@gmail.com

hello,

Nice to meet you!

My name is Jasleen Kaur Matharu. I am currently a second-year undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.

I am a detail-oriented and passionate designer, driven to further grow in all areas of my education and within the industry. I aspire to explore the intricacies of spatial planning while immersing myself in the cultural nuances that shape architectural expressions in creating spaces that resonate with human experiences and traditions.

I look forward to enhancing my skills and gaining valuable insights while working with your team and contributing to your firm’s success.

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curriculum vitae.

Experience General Laborer Summer 2023

Heartlake Countertops Brampton, Canada

•Reviewed and rectified shop drawings as per the clients and the contractors requirements.

•Translated written spefications and construction drawings into quotations.

•Delivered raw materials and equipment to renovation sites.

•Hands on training included applying paints and solvents to interior building surfaces, caulking, finish repairing, mudding and taping building interiors and finishing drywall by sanding and finishing joints for painting.

Marketing Assistant Summer 2022

ACHEV Newcomer Information Center Malton, Canada

•Designed and developed persuading print and digitial media graphics used for promoting webinars, job fair events, children’s activites and workshops, resulting in high turnouts.

•Designed lesson handouts and hosted effective digitial literacy tutorials for senior citizens.

Teen Leadership Community Member 2018 - 2019

Springdale Library Brampton, Canada

•Crafted a replica of the Infinity Gauntlet to be used during the concluding celebration event.

Education University of Waterloo 2022 - present

School of Architecture Cambridge, Canada

•Candidate for Honours Bachelor of Architectural Studies (B.A.S. Hons), co-op •Dean’s Honours List, Excellent Academic Standing •Activities and Societies: Architecture Orientation Leader (Big and Part-Time Huge) 2023, Open House and Admissions Volunteer, F_RMLab Design and Research Collective Louise Arbour Secondary School 2019 - 2022

Brampton, Canada

•Ontario Scholar; 98% Average •Activities and Societies: Social Justice Club Executive Member, Student Activity Council Secretary, LINK Crew Volunteer

Languages Fluent in English and Punjabi with limited working prociency in Urdu.

Skills

Distinctions and Certifications

3D Modelling •Rhinoceros 7 •Grasshopper •Revit •AutoCAD •Sketchup

Visualization •Enscape •V-Ray •Lumion

Other Digital •Lightroom •Photoshop •Illustrator •InDesign •Web Design

Analog •Model Making •Laser Cutting •3D Printing •CNC Milling •Sculpting •Hand Sketching & Drafting

Design at Riverside Gallery Studio project displayed at year-long exhibition Presidents Scholarship Entrance scholarship awarded based on outstanding high school grades Fundamentals of Web Design Certification Completed essentials course in Web Design Visual Arts Award Top student in Visual Arts course; awarded scholarship Honour Roll Grades 9 to 12 90% + grade average

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wave.

Course: ARCH193 Typology: Pedestrian Bridge Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada rhino, vray, photoshop, illustrator

sharp-shinned hawk’s chirp

Nestled amidst Victoria Park, spanning 30 meters over its picturesque lake, the Wave provides pedestrians with an immersive experience as they cross the pedestrian bridge. Inspired by the sounds of the surrounding wildlife, the bridge’s form is crafted using 200 mm diameter blackened steel pipes to emulate the soundwave of the native sharp-shinned hawk’s chirp. With one end much taller with a denser roof, pedestrians are welcomed into the surrounding wildlife as they continue across the bridge, where the pipes gradually decrease in height and conversely when crossing in the opposite direction, creating a dynamic and engaging connection with the park’s surroundings. The Wave thoughtfully bulges at two points, creating viewpoints with accessible seating provided opposite, inviting pedestrians to pause, further enhancing their experience as they immerse themselves in the park’s scenic landscape.

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left: ground floor plan right: context plan 8

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left: cross section below: longitudinal section

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sharp-shinned hawk’s chirp

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B: bench detail

C: concrete footing

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D: guardrail to structure connection detail C

legend

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exploded axonometric

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1. Ø 20 mm blackened steel pipes 2. Ø 100 mm blackened steel pipes 3. Ø 20 mm blackened steel pipes 4. Ø 40 mm blackened steel pipes 5. 200 mm wide and 100 mm deep blackwood planks 6. Ø 45 mm metal tactile indicators 7. 50 x 50 mm H.S.S. 8. Ø 350 mm blackened steel pipes 9. Ø 200 mm blackened steel pipes 10. metal sleeve 11. 560 mm diameter metal plates 12. concrete footing jasleen matharu

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sharp-shinned hawk’s chirp

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right: crossing view below: approaching

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passage.

Course: ARCH193 Typology: Library + Preteen Area Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada rhino, enscape, photoshop, illustrator

Located in downtown Toronto on Davies Avenue, wedged between two buildings with a road on one side and a community park on the other, Passage serves as a beacon of natural light, providing ample daylighting in needed spaces while prioritizing its occupants’ comfort. A clear hierarchy is established among the floors, with the ground floor primarily public, open to the cafe and stacks where magazines and other forms of media are found, whereas the third floor offers more private seating and viewing spaces.

In recognition of the often overlooked age group, this library has curated multi-purpose spaces designed for the growing number of preteens within the region. Acknowledging the lack of dedicated spaces for this age group, usually found gathering in unconventional spaces, this library, with a middle school within a sevenminute walking distance, aims to provide a safe and dynamic environment for these students.

The built-in cubby spaces double as gathering areas and workspaces, allowing the youth to conveniently access other commonly needed spaces, such as the computer lab and private rooms, encouraging a versatile environment for their activities and learning needs.

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6 ground floor plan 1. atrium 2. cafe 3. egress 4. circulation desk 5. staff room 6. bathroom 7. stacks 8. patio

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legend 1. catwalk 2. preteen space 3. stacks 4. egress 5. computers 6. bathroom 7. soft seating 8. hard seating 9. work space

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Mass added to sites center for easy occupant access from all sides.

Mass pushed forward and against adjacent building creating a continous flow between the adjcent forms.

Building split into two masses, one containing the plus and auxiliary programming and the other the library.

Programs mapped out divide building into three masses.

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5 Envelope connecting the three masses creates an engaging atrium, serving as the buildings “social heart.”

6 West facades sliced irregularily to increase cityscape view.

Northwest facades irregularily Resulting building. sliced to expand entrances and alleyway, allowing for easier circulation. morphology diagram

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preteen space

atrium

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east elevation

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above: west elevation below: sectional perspective

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tiny tots.

Course: ARCH192 Typology: Live + Work Residence Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada rhino, lumion, photoshop, illustrator pavillion featured in the riverside gallery.

Tiny Tots, a residence-doubled daycare, reflects our previous pavilion project, where we were to design a space inspired by an image given using solids, planes or lines (images provided on pg.

40). Treating the array of diagonally oriented, vertical planes as a solid block, essential spaces such as the gross motor area were carved out while lesser important spaces manifested in the resulting connections between the carved-out spaces.

Found by the Grand River in Cambridge, Ontario, Tiny Tots offers the community a daycare for children aged 3 to 6 while doubling as a residence. The building’s diagonal orientation caters to the lighting, where the occupants experience the sun’s movement year long.

Walking towards the building following the offset path, occupants gain various interior views because of the extruded fins, which also create unique moments on the interior. These fins create seating and storage space throughout the gross motor area, fit a small kitchen and closet space, and are large enough to place the sleeping mats between. The slight extrusion of the fins in the nap room, obstructing the children’s view from one another when asleep, is also beneficial in preventing distractions.

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north elevation

pavillion featured in the riverside gallery.

Tiny Tots was largely influenced by the pavillion project assigned prior, with its elevations displayed on the right.

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west elevation

context plan morphology diagram

1 Array of diagonally oriented, vertical planes.

2 Array of fins treated as a solid allow for spaces to be carved out according to programming.

3 Resulting planes.

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ground floor plan

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sectional perspective

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pixie hollow.

In collaboration with Rachel Jia

Course: ARCH173 + ARCH113 Typology: Performance Space Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada rhino, grasshopper, enscape, photoshop, illustrator Pixie Hollow, a double-layered dome standing 22 meters tall in Fletchers Wildlife Garden, Ottawa, draws inspiration from the various botanical gardens and butterfly conservatories surrounding, inspiring the canopy’s daintiness through its double-layer system. The columns at the center sprouting from the ground emulate the park trees and stabilize the second layer.

With Dow’s Lake nearby, popularly known for its canoeing and Winterlude event, the columns at the dome entrances painted with fun colours reflect the city’s lively community, holding up the vibrant and water-permeable sun shades.

Circular seating frames the stage, where a removable step stool or ramp is used to access the stage. The ground slopes downwards accordingly, allowing those disabled to utilize this space. As sunrays filter through the dome, the interplay of the double layers cast stunning shapes onto the surroundings, where the dome’s muted tones subtly present the canopy as an artificial structure amongst the surrounding wildlife.

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cross section

context plan

shade sail canopy 2

1 1. canvas canopy 2. pre-painted white carbon steel ground floor plan 30

welded carbon steel

bolted steel plates

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member to concrete

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exploded axonometric AESS 2: feature elements not in close view

AESS 3: feature elements close view

AESS 3: feature elements AESS C: custom elements

AESS 4: showcase elements

AESS 1: basic elements

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approaching canopy

interior view

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keidas.

In collaboration with Cindy He Course: ARCH126 Typology: Off-Grid Residence Location: Porvoo, Uusimaa, Finland rhino, enscape, photoshop, illustrator Located in Porvoo, Finland, Keidas is an entirely self-sufficient residence contributing low embodied carbon levels and redefining building systems. Direct sunlight from the summer and winter solstice contributes additional passive heating to the first and second floors into the most used programs, such as the atelier and the living room. Because of Porvoo’s geothermallypotent geography, heating is primarily drawn from underground using copper pipes before distributing through the HVAC systems and radiant heat pipes underneath the floorboards.

Electricity is harvested using the photovoltaic panels on the south-sloped roof facade, stored in a portable battery and distributed along the inner walls of the service voids. Rainwater collected using the sloped rain gutter into the outdoor insulated cistern passes through the greywater system before accumulating in the potable water tank while disturbing excess water into the rain garden. Any accumulated blackwater is disposed of using the composting toilets or passed through the Waterloo biofilters and returned to the environment. Reclaimed pine wood, a readily and native resource, makes up much of the roof shingles, exterior wood cladding, and window sills. A double-stud structure system, cellulose insulation, and extruded polystyrene insulation ensures maximum insulation.

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north elevation

south elevation

context plan

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ground floor plan

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axonometric diagram

photovoltaic panels

rainwater gutter

rainwater collection pipe

waterloo biofilter flatbed composting toilet

rain garden access hatch insulated outdoor cistern radient heat pipes greywater + blackwater treatment

photovoltaic system

radiant floor system

geothermal heating

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greywater + rainwater treatment

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1. 3-stage gravel filter 2. charcoal filter 3. UV disinfectant 4. potable water tank

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technical wall envelope

reclaimed pine wood shingle tiles building paper 38x89mm battens 38mm vent space 38x140mm rafters secondary air barrier cellulose blown batt roof fibre 38mm service cavity 12.7mm pine wood panelling

rain gutter venter soffit triple-glazed operable window 21mm reclaimed pine wood siding 25mm air space secondary air barrier 11mm plywood sheathing 38x89mm wood studs with cellulose insulation secondary air barrier cellulose blown batt roof fibre insulation 38mm service cavity 12.7mm pine wood panelling

12.7mm pine wood flooring 12.7mm subflooring 38mm radiant floor heating space 11mm plywood sheathing 38x86mm joists with blown cellulose batt insulation 38mm service void 12.7mm reclaimed pine wood panelling

moulded plastic drainage layer damproofing 200mm concrete wall 115mm blown cellulose insulation 89mm studs with blown cellulose insulation 38mm service void cellulose blown roof fibre insulation 12.7mm reclaimed pine wood panelling

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right: family room view above: atelier studio collage

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model making.

1:100 detailed model of live + work residence; Tiny Tots

right: overall shot of building and site above: interior second-floor shot 42

In collaboration with Cindy He, Rachel Jia and Lillian He 1:200 model of the Wellington Destructor, found downtown Toronto, and its surrounding context.

right: overall shot of building and site above: tight shot showing street context jasleen matharu

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thanks! jasleen.matharu6@gmail.com (647) 524-5283 Brampton, Ontario