Architecture portfolio

JESSICA ELIAH BROOKS

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Motivated by the philosophy that great ideas must act as a platform, allowing for the macro and micro development of great ideas, products and services to scale from personal user experience, to local communities to a global market. Provides an extensive design package that includes graphic design, furniture and product design, architecture and interior design as well as landscape and urban design.

Purpose-driven, hardworking individual, able to work with determined deadlines and in a fast paced environment. Happy to take initiative and possesses a great desire for learning.

HIGHLIGHTS

o Experience in the healthcare & design industries o Entrepreneurial experience o Experience in art and social enterprises o Research and innovation driven o Strong technical skills o Strong marketing skills o Strong leadership and communication skills

ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS

o House by the Sea, Georgetown, Guyana. (2015) (Privately commissioned 6 bedroom duplex) o Bayview Industrial Market, Ottawa, ON. Canada. (2015) (Proposal for Commercial/ Public Infrastructure with lodging) o Urban Orchard Housing Development, Ottawa, ON. Canada. (2014) (Proposal for Mixed-use city block development featuring townhomes, condos, Commercial Street front, open & park space and landscaping) o Design Economics/ Hintonburg Housing, Otawa, ON. Canada. (2014) (Proposal for condo development featuring Commercial Street front) o Bridging Boundaries, Pudong, China. (2014) (Proposal for Community Center featuring soccer stadium, basketball court, gym, yoga studio, boat club, cafĂŠ and library) o Byward Reading Garden, Ottawa, ON. Canada. (2014) (Proposal for Public/ Urban Infrastructure) o Ottawa Art Institute, Ottawa, ON. Canada. (2013) (Proposal for Educational Institution featuring showcases, gallery space, classrooms, offices, stores and cafeteria) o Library of Forbidden Books, Ottawa, ON. Canada. (2013) (Proposal for Mixed-use Residential/ Commercial Building) o Remodeling Houses near Adnet, Sydney, Austria. (2012) (Proposal for remodeling of Residential House)

JESSICA ELIAH BROOKS jebrooks.architecture@gmail.com

HISTORY & THEORY

CITE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS OF CATALOGUING DATA INNOVATIONS & TECHNOLOGY

RESEARCH

“Architecture as an Economic Catalyst” o Investigated existing performance and GDP of Ottawa’s major industries. o Investigated existing models of structured platforms for industry development e.g. Shanghai, China. o Developed proposal for an Industrial Market that would work in conjunction with Ottawa’s federal, technology and tourism sectors to boost performances and economic growth. o Programmed the market in response to Ottawa as an immigration hub, creating a system for temporary housing, employment and adaptation into the society.

Structural Potential o Investigated “The Grid and Spatial Potential” and “The Grid and Kinetic Potential” exploring the relationship of the grid to the development of dynamic form and spatial experience. o Applied in the proposal for Ottawa’s Art Institute, allowing for the preservation of valuable landscape by minimizing footprint and bridging over the Rideau Canal. o Applied in the remodeling proposal for the house near Adnet in Sydney Australia, where a kinetic structure allowed for a radically transforming space.

Fractals and Sacred Geometry o Investigated in depth the nature of geometry, its structural properties and the response to light energy. o Investigated the notions of the 1st, 2nd 3rd and 4th dimensions and its relationship to platonic geometry in order to create complex and unique spatial experiences. o Investigated the phenomenology of fractals and its ability to array simplest elements into complex forms o Applied these first principle ideologies into current research writing; “Architecture Manifesto: The Devine Laws.”

EDUCATION

Carleton’s Azrieli School of Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, Design 2010-2015 Mohawk College Pre-technology Diploma 2008-2009

Resume Available upon Request

SKILLS MODELING Virtual 3D modeling (Revit, Rhino, CAD) Anologue Craftsmanship Complex systems of Product Development (Woodworking, Multimedia Model Making via 3D Printing, Laser Cutting Technology)

GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION Digital and film photography Photographic manipulation and renderings ( Photoshop, Developing techniques on light sensitive paper Film documentation and editing Mapping of geographic information and data analysis Technical drafting Creative and research writing

MARKETING & PACKAGING Branding and Typography Packaging Concept Ideation and Campaigning Magazine, portfolio, poster and pamphlet design and printing

CONTENT 1

THE URBAN ORCHARD: Housing Development .o2

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OTTAWA ART INSTITUTE: The Grid and Spatial Potential .16

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HOUSE BY THE SEA: Private Commission .24

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INDUSTRIAL MARKET: Architecture as an Economic Catalyst .28

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BYWARD READING GARDING: Artificial Landscapes .32

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HOUSE NEAR ADNET: Project Study .34 Grid and Kinetic Potential .36

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ADDITIONAL WORKS BIM .40 Furniture Craftsmanship .42 Digital Fabrications .45 Photographic Manipulations .46 Hand Rendering .48 Analogue Modelling Innvestigations .50 Art and Social Enterprise .52

THE URBAN ORCHARD Housing Development

THE URBAN ORCHARD Urban, Commercial, Residential and Landscape Planning

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Underdeveloped Land Parking Lots Parks and Open Spaces Commercial Buildings Community Buildings Institutional Buildings

Low Rise Medium Rise High Rise

Roads Bycicle Paths Existing Train

HINTONBURGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

THE URBAN ORCHARD Housing Development

The design strategy of this building has been influenced by two major contributing factors: strict bylaws and Cross Laminated Timber Construction.

Discussions with planning officials highlighted the importance of densification due to its central location and proximity to the Ottawa train system. The decision was made to respect the zoning of 20 meter height limit in sensitivity to the surrounding urban scape which consists of mainly low rise and then

medium rise buildings. The challenge was therefore to avoid appealing zoning height regulations and achieve densification via intelligent design. The result was a multi complex site that featured town homes, a condo building, and a commercial complex and public community park. The site accommodates 140 housing units. This has been achieved by constructing a jengalike module that is arrayed and stacked in such a way that it allows light penetration and ventilation throughout the entire site. This give way to an elegant system of circulation, courtyards and an elevated landscapes. Studies have shown that higher one lives from the ground the more likely one is to experience depression. This design ensures that none of the Urban, Commercial, Residential and Landscape Planning

residents are ever more than three levels from an accessible garden.

Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) construction allows for an affordable, prefabricated module free from the limitations of the standard structural grid. This allows flexibility of planning and floor layout as well as the independence of the parking circulation from the rest of the development. The choice of a prefabricated CLT structure on this site allows for a more affordable construction cost due to minimized onsite construction time and also allows for minimum carbon footprint.

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THE URBAN ORCHARD Housing Development

LANDSCAPING

The main target market for this location were young professional individuals and families due to proximity of universities and government jobs. In order to market this development as a great long term investment for young families it was important to offer suburban amenities at an urban convenience.

Accessible parking and landscaping were two strategies monopolized upon.

‘The Apple Orchard’ was weaved throughout the courtyards creating an edible canopy for the low dweller and a rich blanket of green for the units above. Apart from encouraging a healthier green lifestyle and the beautification of the site, this also provided privacy control between residential units as well between commercial and residential areas.

Urban, Commercial, Residential and Landscape Planning

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PARK & RECREATION ZONING

One of the most unique features of this site is its adjacency to a small open space that has been reserved by zoning regulations under parks and open spaces: a rare feature in such a central location. This space is currently underdeveloped, featuring a few trees and functioning at best as a path for pedestrian traffic. In order to maximize functionality and value of these real estates and to take advantage of this bylaw, the decision was made merge to two sites and strengthen the concept of a community sensitive development.

This landscape approach is different to that of the urban orchard and is separated by the site’s access to underground parking. It is connected to the site by a cascading fountain that flows throughout the park. It is also visually tied to the site by the use of the same planters that hold the apple trees. These feature seasonal bouquets of vegetation. The planters also serve as urban furniture. The park is sunken below grade in order to create a separation from the busy commercial street.

THE URBAN ORCHARD Housing Development

Urban, Commercial, Residential and Landscape Planning

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The top image and the image on the right page illustrate the gym.The bottom image illustrates the grocery store. Note that landscape plays a major role even in the interior design.

THE URBAN ORCHARD Housing Development

COMMERCIAL STREET FRONT

Zoning requires a commercial street front that maximized the entirety of the property lines on Wellington Street. This was a great opportunity to engage with the community via program and interactive design. The method of CLT construction allowed a free form layout. This was capitalized upon by making the entire ground level visually accessible to the apple orchard on the opposite side, providing a rich visual experience of overlapping spaces and activities. The inspiration has been drawn from the ancient sophisticated city-scapes that have been gradually altered and added upon in order to accommodate a richer user experience.

Urban, Commercial, Residential and Landscape Planning

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These images illustrate the cafe and restaurant that convert into a community event space in the evening.

THE URBAN ORCHARD Housing Development

This was achieved by arraying slabs of structural walls throughout the commercial level that serve as functional elements of the design. In the restaurant and bar they function as display walls for featured works.

With the Hintonburge community being so famously artsy, this space that so elegantly serves as a restaurant and cafĂŠ during the day becomes transformed into a space for events and performances in the evenings.

This space also features a more private room where dwellers and visitors have access to an internet cafĂŠ, selected books and monthly subscriptions to journals and magazines. This is truly a progressive space that accommodates the professional lifestyle.

A gymnasium and health food store have been included to accommodate and promote a healthy and high quality life style. The structural slabs in the grocery store function as shelving units. In the gym they function as partitions that encloses a staff office and facilitates various equipment.

Urban, Commercial, Residential and Landscape Planning

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RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATIONS

Image shows the view from a condo unit to toward the town homes. Note the elevated landscape.

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THE URBAN ORCHARD Housing Development

Top images show a kitchen, bedroom and loft of the the town homes, respectively.

Bottom images show a studio and the roof top of a loft unit in the condo building respectively.

Urban, Commercial, Residential and Landscape Planning

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OTTAWA ART INSTITUTE The Grid and Spatial Potential

OTTAWA ART INSTITUTE THE SITE

The map highlights in green a cycling and pedestrian path. It is by way of this path that one arrives to the site. It is a moment of Zen that juxtaposes the busy surrounding downtown core.The site also offers views of some beautiful historic buildings in the downtown core. The view include the Parliament Hill, the Museum of civilization, the National Art Gallery and Library and Archives Canada.

Institutional & Program Design, Structural Research

My first intuition is to not build here. Preservation seems to be the most responsible architectural decision. But because this is not an option, I have taken to the notion of bridging in order to minimize the footprint of this building: a valuable investment in technology research as urban realestate becoming such valuable and rare commodity.

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The Grid & Spatial Potential

There are five important volumes that are considered platonic or sacred. They are expressed in volume as the triangle, square and pentagon. Each has equal edges and exterior walls. More importantly to my research, they also fulfill the requirements as a fractal, i.e. they can form infinite repetitive patterns of themselves and within themselves. I have chosen to focus on fractals and sacred geometry because these are the grids and patterns through which much of nature can be observed.

Geometry contains many inherent qualities of structural integrity and energy consumption. Unlike a grid system that extruded from a two dimensional plan, this three dimensional approach allows for layering and overlapping.

The conceptual models shows the structural systems from which this project was derived. Writer’s breakthrough came when trying to find a ways to construct to icosahedron. This was most appropriately achieved by arranging three golden rectangle, each attached perpendicular to the other. Tension cords were then use to connect edges to planes thus creating a space truss. The result is an incredibly strong and light structure that also has to power to span incredible distances.

Finding that if three rectangular faces were arranged perpendicular to each other at the center and if lines were to connect at each of the points, these icosahedrons would be form. This method of construction was used in the development of my project as it provided the most elegant way of creating floors and walls, and allowing for circulation.

Institutional & Program Design, Structural Research

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The “Art Institute of Ottawa” was designed as a platform for the collaborative development of the arts. It is a unique institution that teaches the fundamental and classical approached to the arts and trades. Unique to its programming however is the demand for each of its highly specialized fields of study to collaborate with all of the others.

The institution provides access to all the necessary technology, workspaces and resources to develop a product from design ideation to product defense to productions and marketing. Inspired by the showcases at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University, this school is to be an iconic showcase of modern and progressive work. From its iconic design, quarterly organized events, and monthly editorials, the institute will serve as cultural and tourist attraction for the city. It will also act as an economic port where investors can scout out new products and services.

The goal of this institute is not to

equip students to occupy positions in the workforce, but to become entrepreneurs, developers and world changers. The architecture in this case is a fixed infrastructure designed to facilitate rapid change and growth. Its zeitgeist a response to the rapid changing world. As world issues and needs arise the institute will respond in a collaborative effort to solve them: from agriculture, to transportation, to fashion, to economics. By addressing complexed issues and resolving them through art and innovation via areas such as fashion and product design for example, this programs hopes to spark a cultural revolution that not only engages the artists in important matters but the viewer and clients.

Along the interior circumference one walks along a “Byward for the Arts.” This is a lively space in which events are often held in celebration of local art and performances. Figure 15 shows this gallery opening to the outer circumference where visitors

OTTAWA ART INSTITUTE The Grid and Spatial Potential

get a view of the Parliament Hill; a backdrop to the canal. The remainder of the program on the outer circumference is divided into class rooms, each dedicated to teaching its own art. (see fig. 16) The main lobby, offices, cafeteria (see fig. 17) and study lounges are located in the anchoring blocks that are grounded on the Ottawa side of the canal.

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Institutional & Program Design, Structural Research

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DIGITAL

ANALOGUE

To equip student with classical knowledge and skillset in order to produce contemporary and relevant works of excellent quality.

HARDWARE

OTTAWA ART INSTITUTE The Grid and Spatial Potential

SOFTWARE

To take advantage of the mass media and technological age, designing neccessary apps to to respond to needs as well as to promote and market in school projects.

HISTORY & THEORY

Design Philosophy

The diagram above hilights the design philosophy on which the Ottawa Art Institute will be governed.

Institutional & Program Design, Structural Research

INNOVATIONS

To promote the study of history and theories of varies fields within the school and build upon these with individual innovative research in order to achieve high levels of design complexity

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PRIVATE COMMISSION FREELANCE

HOUSE BY THE SEA Private Commission

HOUSE BY THE SEA

The client is a nautical engineer who spends most of the year at sea. He wanted to develop a property with dimensions 65 by 85 into duplex rental. Centrally located in Georgetown, Guyana, the site is directly across from the sea and the owner who had many experiences building in the humid salty air had several specific requirement.

Requirement included: Steel structure Mixed materials: brick, concrete and glazing Interior wood details Roof garden Three bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms, a lofted living room, kitchen and private for each unit

Residentail Design & Commercial Enterprise

The challenge was to accommodate all these requirements in such a small buildable area into two luxury rental units. The solution was to interweave the plans so that the studies and guest bedroom for both units are adjacent to each other. This provides more privacy and sound control for the remainder of the units.

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The Kitchen is separated from the living room by the concrete rectangle that houses the laundy and bathroom.

The same concepts of mixed material and fenestration details are mirrored in master besroom. Note the bathroom access.

The roofgargen was of paramount importance in this project.The client has three houses in this compound, one that separates this one fromt he sea.The rooftop allows for visual access.

Bathroom detail of the master bedroom.

The study can be accessed by from the kitchen and look out open the deck to the landscape.

The image above shows the lofted living room.

The lower image shows front entrance.

Residentail Design & Commercial Enterprise

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BAYVIEW INDUSTRIAL MARKET THE CATALYST

All herb contains a catalyst call RuBisCo, an enzyme that would convert atmospheric carbon dioxide to energy enriched molecules such as glucose.1 A catalyst is a substance that substance that speeds up a chemical reactions, but is not consumed by the reaction.2 It results in the chemical transformarion on matter. “All molecular machines are built from are built around a central scaffolding of carbon. RuBisCo therefore forms a bridge between life and the lifeless, creating organic carbon from carbon dioxide.�3 1 2 3

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Architecture as an Economic Catalyst

This ongoing research makes a bold attempt to marry the developments of physical and systematic infrastructure. It challenges the notion of architecture and question the architecture of the human body as an example. It is defined by the layers of physical systems that include the nervous and muscular and skeletal systems or it is in fact also the conscious developments and synapses that inform and enable its functionality. This investigation which is currently being documented into a ‘Manifesto of Architecture’,

Public Infrastructure, Economic, Social &Structural Reasearch

features in greatest detail the concept of the Catalyst.

The design challenge is to create small strategic developments that are independent, but when interacting with different industries create immense changes and impacts to their environment. The phenomena is best described with a comparison of addition and multiplication. A catalyst enables more than the physical additions of developments, but the chemical morphology than enable multiplied anomalies. Shanghai is studied as an example of an economic hub.

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INDUSTRIAL MARKET

For the purpose of this exercise, one incubator site was developed as a prototype: “Bayview Federal & Economic Incubator.” The program for this incubator includes: -An open stall market organized along the ramped infrastructure that can be leased out the various immigrants -Lock up industrial kiosks (bakery, woodshop, communal restaurant, communications and technology center, job center and office spaces) Temporary for Lodging Immigrants

Offices & Meeting Rooms

The Archibols take a direct bus directly from the airport to the “Ottawa Industrial Market.” where they negociate affordable lodging for the following month. The site’s accessiblilty to the public transportation system and Otrain network, would be a convenient service during their stay.

INDUSTRIAL MARKET Architecture as an Economic Catalyst

Wood Shop

Market Ramp Entrance

O-Train Access

Early the next morning, he visits the job center to inquire about jobs and housing in Ottawa. His wife and children visit the the communication center where the contact family and friends to update them about their move. The job center centrally located in the fruits and vegetable market.

-Green roof that one can access by continuing from the ramped market. This is designed as a public space with seating on either side. It is an attempt to give the city back its public realm and green space that might have otherwise been impeded upon by the market infrastructure. This site was originally zoned as open or park space.

-Open courtyard (features a mobile market that allows sellers to take their business out into the community and relocate to high activity location Job Services Center

throughout the city. It also features an umbrella market that is vibrant and flexible to respond to demand.)

-Lodging has also been introduced as a temporary residence for families that may have had to flee their homes without time to plan, and for families who may just not be able to afford housing elsewhere.

This is also NGO regulated.

Communical Kitehcen Umbrella Market

Maria, Jorge’s wife reveives a 6 month placement in the community kitchen.

Public Infrastructure, Economic, Social &Structural Reasearch

International Restaurant

Lodging

Community Center

Jorge reveices a 6 month placement at a office job that facilitates the workshop. The workshop offers equipment and supplies that facilitate wood and metal working. His son, Juan rent an aquarium where he breeds fish that his customers can purchase live from the tank or in the fish stalls.

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Artificial Landscapes

which is site to many local farmers and artisanal markets. There is also no public infrastructure that accommodates for the person engage in the community and don’t

The main objective of have cause for visiting the site but this project was to identify and curiosity. intervene in an urban space

My strategy was to that does not function well. The appropriate the qualities of a intersection at Sussex and York natural garden using industrial acts as an entrance to Ottawa’s materials. Introducing real Byward market. The current space vegetation to an existing concrete currently has no visual transition pave seemed superficial. Design into the important business district was appropriated from cuts of the BYWARD READING GARDEN Public Landscape

BYWARD READING GARDEN

sphere. These quartered cuts can be seen at the scale of the furniture and well as the arrayed canopy that mimics sunlight through foliage during the day. It comes to life as it radiates colorful lights at nighttime. The reading garden is a place of refuge for pedestrians to rest or take shelter. Texture is also taken into consideration as one walks off the hard concrete onto polysoft flooring. Much

like grass, this is intended to slow the pedestrian’s pace in order to enjoy the surrounding environment.

Rhino, Lanscape and Public Infrastructure

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HOUSE NEAR ADNET PORJECT STUDY

HOUSE NEAR ADNET The Grid and Kinetic Potential

As one navigates through the rolling landscapes to the coordinates, 47°40’48”n/13°8’12”e, one approaches what can only be described as an island. One drives directly into the house. Like the sea, this landscape creates the atmosphere for the architecture, but its magnificence can be better appreciated from within.This building is incredibly self sufficient. The essence of the surroundings is drawn in through the glass walls that divide the two concrete monolithic slabs, the floor and ceiling.The forested backdrop has been captured and compressed into rectangular panels. These frame the walls of the storage and bathrooms. They are proportioned at a scale where they appear more as monolithic columns than small rooms.

The architects Maria Flockner and Herman Scholl have played the

Structural Research & Remodelling Existing Infracture

role of magicians. They have set the stage for a brilliant play of architecture and its environment.Architecture performs intelligent function and in effect a whimsical experience is provided.The triple glazed exterior walls not only retain heat, but create a wistful effect as reflections are distorted. The black exterior curtains not only absorb solar heat and provide privacy, but they also create an ever changing surrounding as they are blown about in the wind. The concrete floor is heated by brine and water heating.The brine retains the heat. Hidden from view, a green roof acts as a roof membrane that shields UV radiation and significantly reduces heating cost.

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HOUSE NEAR ADNET REMODELLED

HOUSE NEAR ADNET The Grid and Kinetic Potential

The Grid & Kinetic Potential

The two horizontal monolithic concrete slabs that appear to be floating on the landscape near Adnet, have left such a permanent impression on me that I can only draw one conclusion. That is that within every great experience of architecture is an equally great structure.

Earlier research of the first, second, third and fourth dimensions introduced me to the idea that a new spatial experience might be achieved by a new approach to the structural grid: a grid that is not merely extruded from a two dimensional plan. The first and most obvious approach was to mimic the tesseract by creating a permanently complex grid, but this was not appropriate for the remodeling of such a clean cut project. The breakthrough was finally achieve by determining that this structure did not have to act in compression.

A system of members acting in tension were arranged along a square grid and allowed to move along a one point axis.

It torqued. In order to appropriate it the scale of the building the horizontal roof was wrought in two in order that one half could be torqued. This was achieved by arranging square of member acting in tension, and supporting them on one main axial pivot in as well as a secondary support that moved along a hinge.

Structural Research & Remodelling Existing Infracture

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ADDITIONAL WORKS

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Revit model showing exterior of the Brampton Sports Center as well as oneof the stadiums.

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING

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BIM

This exploded axonometric is a sectional detail of integrated building systems that were modelled for the Brampton Community Centre using Revit’s Building Information Modelling. This is a detailed group project required a detailed model architecture and integrated building systems.

In an extensive BIM university elective, we were collectively responsible for modelling the university campus buildings. Groups of two were responsible for collecting the available and personal obvervations of a given builing (in our case Visual Simulations Building) and translating it into Revit file.

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FURNITURE CRAFTSMANSHIP

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THORNCROWN CHAPEL

Technology (i) is a course designed to introduce technical details and the know-how to construct a building from the ground up. Our five person group was responsible for creating a 1:20 technical model of Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas by E Fay Jones. Three types of truss systems were repeated throughout the building: one in the interior and two in the facade. In order to accurately and effectively erect the model several jigs were created to cut all similar angles and Styrofoam molds were also made to ensure uniformity of the trusses. Craftsmanship was also shown in the details from the hinges in the doors to the metal details that form diamonds at the connections in the trusses.

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DESIGN-BUILD

Design-build is an exercise designed to bridge the gap between conceptual ideas and practical applications. The objective was to create a dynamic display case that transforms from a cube 1m sq. (see fig. 4) and weighed no more than 25 kg. It should transform in 3 min. My four person group drew inspiration from light weight Japanese architecture and sacred geometry to create something classy and seemingly effortless.

This project was anything but effortless. The translucent fabric was sewn as one unit to facilitate 9 square boxes. The boxes were then attached to the fabric by method of stitching. Our group chose to display examples of sacred geometry and constellations from where we drew inspiration.

These too were stitched onto the box.

Each time the box was moved into another configuration a different image was revealed. This project facilitated much exploration as different sacred geometric designs were arranged onto the box. Things that were in perfect symmetry became asymmetrical. Structures of states of matter were also changing as the box switched positions. It became clear that there were many limitations to our observations, due to the fact that we were studying drawings in two dimensions of phenomena that occur in three dimensions.

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DIGITAL FABRICATIONS

This replica site of San Giano, Italy was manufacture via CNE cutting of a Rhino file.The architecture however has been remodeled, each unit by a different member of my class.These were all products of rhino modelling and laser cutting.This was one several models manufactured in my career. Other digital fabrication techniques include waterjet cutting in order tox achieve precision cutting for the delicate members of the Design-Built project, and also include modelling files for 3D printing.

DIGITAL FABRICATIONS

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‘Dichotomy of Love & Hate’

Photogram showing a poetic collage on light sensitive paper.

Image shows narrative through composition.

Labyrnth Photogram showing footprint and light study of built model. Image shows manual photography and developing skills.

‘Azrieli Bridge’ This photographic montage of the bridge connecting Carleton’s architecture and engineering building explores a unique method of visual representation that allows to narrator to manipulate space and context, including and excluding appropriate data.

PHOTOGRAPHIC MANIPULATIONS

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EMNITY

CREATION AND THE CREATOR

HAND RENDERINGS

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MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

The photographic sequence above shows the reflective qualities of glass when layered. In chronological order it shows one layer of glass then two then three. More added layers result in a reflective property that become whimsical. And in the case of the Adnet house, when an exterior curtain is introduced the effect is almost magical. Multiplied glazing provided an effective thermal barrier as well as an experiential dimension that is constantly changing with the light, fragmenting and altering the space.

PHOTOGRAPHIC MANIPULATIONS

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‘Ballerina Abstract’ sculpture using aluminum wire and papier mache. Images shows reflective and direct lighting study.

‘The Void Experiment’ showing foam sculpture of voids and overlapping spaces.

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THE PHOTOBOOTH

ART+ SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

“Digital Simulation Photo Booth,� was an interactive installation in collaboration with colleague Tamina Orfan. Poetic, calligraphic, photographic, and artistic pieces were collected from various artists and projected onto a custom background installation. The party guest, all invited to wear white, became pieces of the canvas as they posed against projected images.

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ART CONNECTIONS

“Artists Connexions,� was a collaboration of local architects, illustrators, poets and musicians at student, graduate and professional levels to exhibit artworks, architectural installation, as well as live performances. Our objectives were to engage and encourage amateur artists, to create a platform for networking, and to celebrate the importance of art in the community.

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Thank you for you time!

My mother once described me as a wildflower. It was her response when I told her that I had been the least prepared beginning my undergrad. I had been competing against people who all seemed to have some foothold in the practice of the arts, a school of learning that had not been facilitated by the country in which I grew up, Georgetown, Guyana. She assured me of the difference between flowers matured in a greenhouse versus that of the wild. The latter matures slowly, fighting its way towards the light. Once matured it is immoveable and unique in character.

My obligation as a designer is to assume a level of responsibility for the environment in which I live. Art and architecture have become mediums through which I can speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, propose methods of rehabilitation for spaces, and investigate various methods of construction and design to fascilitate improvement in personal and public daily life.

My love for people and the environment are the driving force behind my work. “Excellence and Integrity� is the motto that I am proud to inherit from my father.