Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer Design Portfolio 2018

KIRSTEN SHEPPARD-NEUHOFER ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2018

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REVIT 2014

AUTOCAD 2015

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

RHINOCEROS 5

ADOBE INDESIGN

SKETCHUP PRO 8

PYTHON

GRASSHOPPER

Masters Thesis Full Thesis available at https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/ handle/10012/12876

ENVISIONING SUFFICIENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMS: INCREASED FOOD SECURITY IN NEWFOUNDLAND COMMUNITIES

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School

RIO BLANCO FISHING LODGE, ARGENTINA

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PORT ASORI SUBWAY MUSEUM, ROME

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STALKER LAB -- TRIM|RIP|OFFSET|COPY

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BIRD CONSERVATION & STUDY

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WINTERSTATION INSTALLATION, TORONTO BEACHES (BUILT)

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115 DUPONT LANEWAY OFFICE, NEW BUILD

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VAUGHAN METROPOLITIAN CENTRE URBAN GUIDELINES

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BADAGRY PORT RESETTLEMENT, NIGERIA

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ALBERTA BALLET

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BRENTWOOD CONDOMINIUMS

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Work Experience

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CURRICULUM VITAE Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer 416-912-2757 kirsten.c.sheppard@gmail.com Phelpston, Ontario, Canada Twillingate North, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

portfolio available at http://issuu.com/k.c.sheppard masters thesis available at https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/12876 https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/kirsten-sheppard-neuhofer/5a/512/389

Kirsten is an Intern Architect that recently completed her Masters at the Waterloo University. through integrated energy systems, and had the opportunity to explore the connection between the incoming wind farm in St. Georges Bay and food security crisis in the Port-auPort Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Her strong appreciation of the environment, combined with a passion for the enhancement of the human experience attentive design approach.

CIRRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION 01/2016- 04/2016

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE Cambridge, Ontario, Canada Master of Architecture (MArch)

09/2015-12/2015

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ROME STUDIO Rome, Italy

09/2011-08/2016

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Cambridge, Ontario, Canada Honours Bachelor of Architectural Studies Co-op (BAS)

09/2007-08/2011

YORK UNIVERSITY Toronto, Ontario, Canada Transfer Student from Bachelor of Professional Writing

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, COMPETITIONS 2017 09/2011-2017 09/2015 09/2015 04/2011 04/2012 08/2011 06/2007 06/2007

Toronto Beaches Winterstation Competition (Built) University of Waterloo Excellent Academic Standing University of Waterloo International Experience Award University of Waterloo Rick Haldenby Award University of Waterloo Participation in Evolve University of Waterloo Participation in SSEF University of Waterloo Deans Honor List 4.0 gpa York University Senior Women Tennis MVP Elmvale District ScholarshipTim Hortons

SKILLS 3D 2D Other

Revit, Archicad, Rhino, V-ray, SketchUp Pro, Python for Rhino, Grasshopper AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign Hand drafting, Traditional Sketching, Laser Cutting, CNC Milling, Traditional Shop tools, Metal Fabrication, Microsoft

OTHER 2015 2008/2009/2010 2008-2011 2008 2008

Blackwell / rA Baseball team North York Terry Fox Run Director York is U Volunteer Organization Creative Team Director Set Design York University Fine Arts Department BartenderOne, Richmond St, Toronto

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 02/2018 - 06/2018

Thomson Architecture Inc. Architectural Design & Net-Zero Design Barrie, Ontario, Canada

01/2016 - 04/2016

Cumulus Architects Inc. Multidisciplinary architecture and design Toronto, Ontario, Canada

01/2015 - 09/2015

pA/rA/rP (SVN Architects) Planning and Architectural Design Toronto, Ontario, Canada

09/2013-12/2013

GEC Architecture Inc. Architectural Design Calgary, Alberta, Canada

01/2013-04/2013

TELSTORM Engineering and Architectural Design Vaughn, Ontario, Canada

Projects Quonset Residence (429697 Concession BB, Singhampton) Whitewater Brewery, Petawawa OSC Investigative Proposal UHN, Sickkids, UHN Healthcare Proposals Badagry Port, Resettlement, Nigeria VMC Vaughn City Planning 25 St. Dennis, Toronto, Apartments Alberta Ballet Brentwood Condominiums Canmore Art Center The Works Restaurant Various Project Graphics Project Bids

Toronto, ON M5R 3P8

February 1st, 2018

REFERENCES

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416-539-0763 cumulusarch.com

Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer Letter of Recommendation

To whom it may concern, I am please to offer this letter of recommendation for Kirsten based on her experience at Cumulus as a coop student prior to graduating with an March from the University of Waterloo.

Cumulus Architects Inc was founded in March 2015 and continues to grow to meet expanding demand for our team based approach to design and for our client focused business model.

Multidisciplinary architecture and design 160 Pears Ave, Toronto, Canada

Our leadership team offers proven expertise in healthcare, hospitality, commercial mixed use and urban regeneration. Our diverse client list includes SickKids Hospital, CAMH, UHN, the GTAA and Billy Bishop Airports, and the CN Tower as well as commercial groups such as First Capital, Zinc Developments and Kevric.

Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer worked at Cumulus Architects from January to April 2016. In that time, she gained hands on experience with early site planning and test fit design as well as detailed production and coordination work on construction documents for an innovative urban infill project.

The 30,000 sqft office development fits neatly into a very constrained alley condition in downtown Toronto. Site specific zoning requirements, complex site services and below grade parking stackers highlight just a few of the many challenges presented by this project.

Kirsten also worked on permit drawings for a commercial patio as well as being part of a team focused on master planning work for large sites like UHN and the Ontario Science Centre.

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Kirsten has proven to be a dedicated member of our studio contributing her design acumen, time management skills and team based work ethic.

I am pleased to recommend Kirsten for an architectural position and trust she will prove her value!

Paul Szaszkiewicz, OAA Principal & Director regionalArchitects

September 15, 2015

To Whom It May Concern, Re: Letter of Reference for Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer

Planning & Architectural Design Firm 110 Adelaide St East, Toronto, Canada

I take great pleasure in providing this letter of reference for Kirsten. Kirsten was hired in the winter of 2015 to work two concurrent co-op terms in our studio in Toronto. We hired her based on her strong portfolio and past recommendations. She was an excellent addition to the firm and I would happily, if the opportunity were to present itself, offer her employment again.

As an Architecture and Planning firm, with projects ranging in scale from single family homes to regional infrastructure plans, we need designers capable of moving between project teams working on a dramatic range of deliverables. Kirsten was more than capable of meeting the demands of our project work. At the largest (and perhaps most unusual) scale, Kirsten was a member of our ‘in-house’ analysis and community design team for the community and resettlement plans for Badagry New Town in Nigeria- a community impacted (and about to benefit from) a new deep-water port in a town outside of the Lagos, Nigeria’s capital city. Kirsten provided mapping, graphic analysis, and community planning support to the project. In a much less exotic locale, Kirsten also contributed extensively to our community plans, and prototypical housing and facility designs, for Rosewood Park- a significant new urban development outside of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. Rosewood Park required that Kirsten understand (and execute with a degree of independence) ‘community scale’ designs for roads, blocks, and new development. In both projects mentioned above, Kirsten was an extremely productive team member and contributed to a number of major milestones.

At a much smaller scale, Kirsten worked directly with one of our Senior Architects to complete the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s Illustrative Guide for Affordable Housing. The document required a detailed understanding of both the science of building affordably in Canada as well as an understanding of the details and drawing standards required to implement best practices in energy-efficient and cost-effective design. The manual, which will be made available through CMHC’s web portal, will set the standard for the design of new affordable housing Canada-wide. During her time at rA, Kirsten also contributed to a number of architecture projects in a variety of ways. Kirsten was part o the design development team for Block 32 in Regent Park- the first ‘market rental’ project that will be completed as part of the redevelopment of Regent Park. She worked on the development of building detail and detailed building section packages and also worked on the ongoing evolution of the overall design. Consistent with Kirsten’s work on our large-scale projects described above (she was very good), her contributions to our building design projects were of equal quality.

As you could guess from the words above, I have no difficulty providing this letter of reference to Kirsten and I would be happy to share my reference directly as well (by phone) if necessary.

Yours truly,

Drew Sinclair, Principal, regionalArchitects

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110 Adelaide Street East

REFERENCE LETTERS

Architectural Design Firm 1110 1 St SW, Calgary, Canada

Engineering and Architectural Design 3100 Steeles Ave West, Vaughn, Canada

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WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Masters Thesis, 2016 - 2017

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ENVISIONING SUFFICIENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMS:INCREASED FOOD SECUTIRTY IN NEWFOUNDLAND COMMUNITIES Waterloo University - 2016-2017 Advisor: Jane Hutton Committee Memeber: Val Rynimmeri Internal Reviewer: Rick Andrighetti External Reviewers: Matthew Brown and Annette Fierro

While perceived as equal to other provinces, Newfoundland is Canada’s version of a third world province with the illusion of equality. To use Jane Jacob’s term, Newfoundland has a backwards economy, an economy which does not produce or diversify adequately and instead depends on a vast quantity of imports1. The province itself acts as an 1 J. Jacobs, Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life (New York: Rondom House, 1984), 43.

outport, and needs to detach from the exploitation by larger global metropolitan areas. This dependency on external consumers has been a pattern that has led to ongoing economic dependencies, seen in a number of exploitations such as ceding coastlines and fishing rights to foreign countries, the removal of a customs barrier that protected local farms in 1949, the overfishing of the offshore fishery by European trawlers resulting in a moratorium that disrupted the islands livelihood, and the dependence on food

SYNTHESIS OF ENERGY EXPLOITATION AND FOOD SECURITY CRISIS ON THE ISLAND

Churchill Falls

MASTERS THESIS

Labrador Island Transmission Link 900 MW capacity Muskrat Falls to Soldiers Pond near Holyrood 1,100km, including 30km under the strait of Belle Isle Ownership: Nalcor & Emera

Muskrat Falls

EMPTY GROCERY AISLE Cape RaySt. John’s

QUEBEC

Soldiers Pond Bottom Brook Granite Canal Cape Ray

Point Aconi Woodbine NEW BRUNSWICK

Maritime Link 500 MW capacity includes 170 km undersea link from Cape Ray, NL to Cape Breton, NS Ownership: 100% Emera for 35 years

NOVA SCOTIA

SHIPS STUCK IN THE OCEAN

Halifax labrador island transmission link maritime transmission link AC transmission line from muskrat falls to Churchill Falls existing infrastructure subsea component of line

FOOD IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

ENERGY DISTRIBUTION

POTENTIAL WIND ENERGY PLAN The Beothuk Wind Farm has a capacity of 180MW. Using this wind energy to heat and power grow lights in the greenhouse complex will replace the need for vegetable imports for the surrounding area.

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VISUALIZATION OF FUTURE WIND FARM AND GREENHOUSE COMPLEX ON ST. GEORGES BAY View from NL-460, Port au Port East, Newfoundland

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PROPOSED ORGANIZATION OF GREENHOUSE PROCESSES ASSUMING A MUNICIPALITY OWNED WIND ENERGY FARM

imports. Communities struggle to maintain a quality of life against external economic pressures and exploitation of community resources. As a result, the Island is plagued by youth out-migration and depopulation, and lack of local control over their natural resources. Newfoundland is dependent on the global market for maintaining their quality of life, leaving the province vulnerable.

Two struggles are emphasized: the extreme vulnerability and dependence on global imports that result in a lack of human basic needs, and the dangerous exploitation of the Island’s energy resources. There is particular vulnerability to the global market with respect to food resources and produce, as ninety percent of the island’s fruits and vegetables are imported2, and the imported produce lacks the quality that Canadians have come to expect. This thesis suggests that the intersection of food security and reducing the exploitation of island resources through a municipalityowned utility creates a framework for more resilient development that is grounded in local conditions.

This thesis is founded on a speculative future scenario, where Beothuk Energy’s proposed wind farm in St Georges Bay, Newfoundland is used as the sole energy resource for a year-round regional greenhouse complex that supports the Port-auPort peninsula through import-replacement, education, and community involvement.

The complex aims to increase community self-sufficiency in the region by supplying basic human needs locally, reducing the need for imported produce by establishing a more effective and less vulnerable relationship with the landscape and systems.

The design exploration is aligned with proposing an alternate vision to the province’s desolate future in order to spark a conversation among those involved, encourage a daily life that is sufficient and desirable, and facilitate an awareness of the benefit of using local energy for import replacement. The Port-au-Port peninsula is used as a case study in order to provide Island communities with an example of how their own unique resilience can arise.

2 A. James Quinlan, Building agricultural capacity in Newfoundland and Labrador (St Johns, NL, Canada: The Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development, Memorial University, 2012), 4.

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SEASONALITY Sesaonality demonstrating wind speed per month at 50m height

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SEASONALITY Sesaonality image demonstrating estimate of wind energy extraction, based on interpolation of maximum output of wind turbines and 50m wind speeds.

To help realize change, the visualizations are in accordance with the province’s 1997 Nutrition Action Plan, Nutrition for Health: An Agenda for Action, which aims to enhance the availability of safe, high quality food which supports healthy eating, supports food and nutrition research and supports vulnerable populations.

Design is used to help visualize what such changes might look and feel like. Envisioning the emergence of a sufficient community and a community-defined vision of an alternate scenario allows interest groups such as government and residents, a glimpse at the potential for a broadened quality of life. This design proposal is intended to illustrate why design matters in long-term decision making and the possibilities that can arise with local control over energy resources to aid importreplacement.

The visualizations aim to attract community citizens who are interested in change, raise awareness through education (as education fosters a shared understanding), and identify a guiding vision, as attractive shared visions are driving forces in change and offer a community-defined vision of the future. People become interested in sustainable development only when someone sells it to them in the best possible way.

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Minimum required vegetable count consumed by Port-au-Port region based on USDA requirements. The design allows for an increase in greenhouse components to adapt to the an influx/reduction of residents and vegetable options.

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Academic Comprehensive Studio 4B FINAL PROJECT WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

RIO BLANCO FISHING LODGE Waterloo University - Summer 2016 Professor - Andrew Levitt

Blanco, Argentina. Through researching the surrounding Patagonia area, trout inhabit the water and that destination.

that allow water to enter and escape naturally. Fully clad in copper panels and large North facing windows, The lodge takes advantage of the views Rio Blanco has to offer by creating a main stage dry stacking deck

Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer

considers a different approach, to acknowledge nature and to make space for water by raising the structures above the ground. This approach allows for proper engagement with the river and the landscape by creating a minimal footprint.

types of trout settlers brought to Argentina in hopes of recognizing the non-native sport. The dry stacked deck ing that trace the effects of the environment.

The lightweight steel-framed structures are fairly simple construction in form and sit on HSS column stilts

GREAT ROOM

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ENTRANCE TO LODGE

COPPER PANEL DETAIL

4B COMPRHENSIVE STUDIO

FLOOR PLAN

SEASONALITY

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ARCHIVE

MASSAGE ROOMS

RAISED-FLAT LANDSCAPING

FISHING STORAGE FISHING ARCHIVE

unit with access to the dry stacked

LOADING VESTIBULE GARBAGE HOLDING SYSTEMS

CHANGE ROOMS

ENTRANCE INDOOR VERTICAL BIKE STORAGE LAUNDRY ROOM

DRY SAUNA

the lodge with a catch use the archive either freeze their catch in the archive freezer or cook it in the kitchen. their personal rods, lines, and gear or replace the rented gear from the

GREENHOUSE TREATMENT The treatment bathouse operates as its own system with the dry saunas acting

KITCHEN

TRACING LANDSCAPE

burned until embers arise, then allowing the visitors to enter.

ACCOMODATION Accommodations act as the ‘boats’ in the landscape, providing the opportunity for visitors recharge. They are hostel formatted accomodation that will be infrequently used for activity and rather for sleeping purposes. Heating is limited, only requiring

GREATROOM OFFICE & RECEPTION CAMPSITE WASROOM POT HOLE LANDSCAPE ACCOMODATION 1

The greenhouse is fully orienited towards the sun in order to capture the solar gain and aid in the living machine system.

ACCOMODATION 4 ACCOMODATION 2

They are moveable structures that may be displaced based on Each pod is self-sustainable and has the ability to seal during unuse by manually closing vertical sliding panels that protect the structure during the off season.

PROGRAM DIAGRAM

SAUNA TRACING THE FLOOD

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MAIN BUILDING The community based program is central to the overall plan, acting as the ‘dock’ of the project. The open greatroom and kitchen share systems, relying on a wood burning

LODGE MANAGER ACCOMODATION TREATMENT ACCOMODATION

ACCOMODATION 5 ACCOMODATION 3

FOOTPRINT

DRY SEASON

CIRCULATION

WET SEASON

WATER CONTROL

SPAWNING TERRITORY

FLOOD SEASON

SPAWNING TERRITORY

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Academic Project 4A FINAL PROJECT in collaboration with Chris Chan

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PORT ASORI, ROME Waterloo University Rome Studio - Fall 2016 Professor - Lorenzo

Situated next to Porta Asinaria in Rome, two wall holds archaeological remains.

Original Piranesi etchings as well as recreations, inhabit the space in glass pods that distinguish four main forma urbis and a new armature of public space come together categories found throughout the roman eras. One glass through an integrated design solution.

There are two major moves in the project to create its and gives meaning and importance to Porta Asinaria while integrating new public spaces and the experience of moving of the site, creating the contemporary wall. The second, throughout the city. is a light frame structure that hugs the existing old wall on the north side. The south side of the site hosts more The space between the two walls create an urban piazza that contemporary urban program, like a movie theatre, and interacts with the busy commercial district of San Giovanni the north side holds the museum exhibition. There is a and St. John at the Lateran, while also re-activating the historical market of Via Sannio. The site also hosts a new and the real image, classical art and contemporary art. that helps to feed this new urban piazza. This space is an A porous steel structure cladded in alternating opaque attempt to feed into the contemporary life of the city and corten steel panels offers a translucent view along the enrich the space for visitors and tourists while maintaining wall. The structure refuses to connect to the wall, instead its cultural history. acting as an open scaffolding type structure. This wall

4A FINAL PROJECT, ITALY STUDIO

PROJECT SITE

CONNECT

PULL AWAY VIEWS FROM TOWER

MANIPULATE

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PROGRAM AND CIRCULATION Urban Eatery Museum Permanent Market

Subway Connection Cafe

Main Connection

Hardscape

Theatre

Circulation

Softscape

Retail

Program

Porta Asinaria Entrance

Circulation

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Metro Station Entrance

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This museum is a free open air museum for the public to observe. The museum has four distinct spaces hold both original and recreations of historical artists’ etchings. These spaces correspond to the architecture and forma urbis of rome through four categories: scale, open spaces, form and alignment; determined through the study of roman eras. Each exhibition displayed.

MARKET ENTRANCE

ROOF ENTRANCE

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SITE SECTION

MUSEUM PROJECTION SECTION

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BIRD CONSERVATORY & STUDY

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Academic Project 3B LAB in collaboration with Chris Chan

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STALKER LAB -- TRIM | RIP | OFFSET | COPY Waterloo University - Fall 2014 Professor - Maya Przyeski

This project takes a systematic approach to ripping paper in order to create an expanding black and white pattern on consecutive pages. To begin, a square is drawn on an 8.5+ 11� sheet of paper. The following steps were done:

Offset| The four resulting pieces were offset to the original outer 8.5x11� border Copy| The pieces were photocopied in order to leave a trace of the previous rip

Trim| The boder of the page is trimmed by 10 mm f each |Repeat| side Rip| The page was ripped at the center of the X and Y Information from this systematic series was selected to create edges a python syntax code and then rendered in Rhino 5.

3B CODING PYTHON PROJECT

BARCODE DATA Through analysis of the data set, we devised a diagram that let us gather tertiary information abstracted from the previous set. This gives us a numerical series of information that described a generational growth between frames. The barcodes in the X and Y axis develop a kind of branching method as demonstrated in trees. From one generation to the next, black chunks either branch off to create “children” or end their lineage, leaving behind a “leaf”.

These relationships are paramount in the development of our code.

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PSYDO CODE 1. User chooses an origin point.

2. Set number of generations to 6; Barcode decoded into

barcode.

3. Decides on random number of twigs based on generation and range, An end point is drawn. of the twigs from center point to end point. Spheres are drawn size in range, which was determined from the “growth square perimeter� ratio.

steps 1-5.

The code is extremely adjustable and allows us to change the output to better replicate a tree pattern. Angle mutation scale 1, angle 30 degrees.

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Academic Project 3B LAB in collaboration with Chris Chan

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BIRD CONSERVATION AND STUDY Waterloo University - Fall 2014 Professor - Maya Przyeski

This is a proposal for a bird watching tower that highlights into this atmosphere without disturbance, newly designed green panels with native and bird-friendly plant species are migratory and year-round birds. The Niagara escarpment positioned in strategic areas along the perches to facilitate a that runs along the cliffside is paramount in the instruction coexistence plane for the birds and watchers. of the tower, along with the views it creates to watch the native birds. As we encroach on their habitat the Four types of birdwatching are analysed and are taken into utmost concern is given to the environment. We strive consideration in the design of the tower. Places of moment to change the conversation of the relationship between and pause are created for all types of watchers to sleep, the bird and the watcher to create a site embedded in watch, and meditate while visiting the birds nesting and eating the forest typology. The building is wedged in a crevice grounds. By creating a co-existing structure, the watchers get of the cliffside and is lightly anchored back to the surface the optimum viewing experience while conversing to other of the rock. The building extends vertically and creates a watchers of their unique experiences. typology of the different views in the site. In order to blend

Limit Boundary

Control PERCH PLANS

Intruder / No Distinction No clear distinction between environments

Neighbour / De-Lineate Clear distinction between environments

Co-Exist / Mediate Co-inhabitation of human and bird, shared environment

Porous boundary, accessibility, no controlled environment

Architectural boundary divides the domestic and wild space

Habitat is shared between domestic and wild

3B CONSERVATORY CODING LAB

PERCH RELATIONSHIPS

backyard pod

Sleeping pod

WEST ELEVATION

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Backyard birdwatching. A common activity for all ages. Not much time is spent just waiting as feeders are often used to bring the perch closer to viewers.

Experience Required Average Time Spent Waiting Time Common types of birds TYPES OR BIRDWATCHING

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1:5 MODEL

Bird spotting. This includes walking along trails, parks, and open areas. There is not a lot of waiting, chances are you will see a lot of the common birds in the area.

Bird watching as a serious hobby. The level where you start spending all day waiting for birds; being part of a group that migrate.

Birdwatching for research. This is at the scale of national geographic, where blinds are used for a week-long periods.

This includes research of particular species or set of species.

BIRD CONSERVATORY & STUDY

SEASONAL RENDER This is an all season space where birdwatchers can express the hobby year round. Although the vegitation panels primarily grow in the warmer months, winter is a prime time for viewing winter birds such as the snowy owl as the vegitation roots

stair core are chosen.

Heights are represented as points and a base circumference shape is chosen.

DIAGRID GRASSHOPPER COMPUTATION

Base shape is copied and aligned along the points.

Using a slider, the is determined to maximize views and panel layout.

A diagrid is created that makes Using a slider, the the most advantageous viewing rotation and placement spaces, stability and panel layout of diagrid beams are determined to maximize to create an optimum bird watching experience. placement stability.

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WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer

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Competition Project M1, in collaboration with Nicola Augustin, NegarBehzad Jazi, Anne Cheung, Bryce Clayton, Catherine Cohen, Mona Dai, Sarah Donaldson, Parshan Fatehi, Allegra Friesen, Golnaz Jamshidi, Carly Kandrack, Ryan Pagliaro, Elida Pletikapic, Alexandra Sermol, Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer, Eric Sviratchev, Joel Tremblay and Danny Wei

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM: TORONTO BEACHES WINTERSTATION Waterloo University - Fall-Winter 2017 Professor - Thomas McIntosh and Lola Sheppard

Founded by RAW Design, Ferris + Associates, and Curio, the Winter Stations Design Competition was envisioned as an opportunity to use design to inspire Torontonians back outside. Under the 2017 theme of “Catalyst,� the jury sought installations that reinvent the waterfront for visitors, while considering how materials may be repurposed or reused for future iterations.

Flotsam and Jetsam is a commentary on the realities

of plastic consumption, resulting waste, and the effects these have on the aquatic biodiversity of the planet we share. Constructed from cubes of metal mesh, the visitor ensuring that it is highly visible along the from the local community. The materials employed in the design are completely reusable and recyclable.

2017 WINTERSTATION TORONTO BEACHES

PROJECT PROMOTION

SCHEMATIC MODELS

SCHEMATIC DESIGN

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VISUALIZATION OF WINTERSTATION

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One of the most important parts of our project was to engage and educate our local community. We participated in many local events in Cambridge including Galt Love; 100% of the plastic bottles used to construct the installation were sourced locally from residences, businesses, and the School of Architecture community. We also have a very strong social media issues.

During Design Development we decided that a pixelated form would allow for more structural integrity and ease of construction. This led us to a Gabion typology using steel wire boxes with zip tie connections. The mesh offered a transparent case to display the plastic bottles and bottom-most layers of the structure are weighted to provide a foundation in order to resist the wind or snow loads.

Over one month, 377 steels boxes were assembled and packed with over 8000 recycled containers by the student team. The construction on site of the installation took place over two days with tons of team work and love.

CONSTRUCTION ON TORONTO BEACHES

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Co-operative Term Cumulus Architects PROJECT

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115 DUPONT AVE LANEWAY OFFICE NEW BUILD Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Winter-Spring 2016 Paying tribute to one of Toronto’s architectural jewels (Shim/Sutcliffe’s Laneway House) the site tucked well within one of Toronto’s few non rectangular blocks and will contribute to the process

The syncopated ratio of glass to opaque façade is provided by the backs of the neighboring buildings; typical within the context of a Toronto laneway. The

Taking advantage of the new provisions for timber construction in the Ontario Building Code this

project from the building into the public realm.

embody the spirit of the small industrial buildings that were once typical in a younger Toronto.

tower, but peppered throughout Toronto’s various neighbourhoods, taking advantage of underdeveloped and forgotten parcels of land.

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CUMULUS ARCHITECTS

VAUGHAN METROPOLITIAN CENTRE URBAN GUIDELINES Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Winter-Summer 2015

rA is currently developing urban design guidelines for the City of Vaughan, this includes streetscape plans, landscape plans, and architectural control guidelines.

We participate in the review and formulation of the

MILLWAY AVENUE TYPICAL BLOCK The primary objective for blocks facing Millway Avenue will be supporting the vibrant, active street life anticipated for the unique public realm along Millway Avenue. This will require the careful consideration of active uses, loading and servicing needs, pedestrian permeability and local climactic conditions along this frontage.

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to ensure conformity with approved urban design policies and objectives of the City. The guidelines are not meant for manditory use but as suggestive in design, shaping cities with a focus on people and placemaking.

URBAN TYPOLOGY For each typology, spacial princilples, performative experience and best practices are illustrated.

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Co-operative Term rA/pA/rP PROJECT

Illustration of typologies

Particular care needs to be taken at intersections with Avenue 7 to ensure the prominent corners are well designed.

SVN ARCHITECTS (PREVIOUSLY rA/pA/rP)

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Millway Block Illustration of framework principles to the block level

tower tops shall be designed to reduce the perceivable massing on higher levels and to contribute to an engaging skyline.

Buildings shall be substantially shorter than maximum permitted if more than one tower per block, in order to meet density targets

stepbacks reduce casting shadows and wind speed into the inner block

high-rise shall always be setback from the street high rise buildings shall setback and provide transition to the back in order to aid the integration of future buildings in adjacent lands

stepbacks from Millway Ave minimize shadows on promenade

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BADAGRY RESETTLEMENT PLAN Badagry, Nigeria, Africa - Winter-Summer 2015

re-Plan, an associate company of rA, is currently working on a resettlement plan in Badagry, Nigeria.

This resettlement includes prioritizing PAPS relations and understanding the requirements of

resettling their families. Topography of the land, proximity to families and water availabilty is studied to ensure comfortable resettlement.

Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer

WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Co-operative Term rA/pA/rP PROJECT

AGONVI SEA BEACH

GANYINGBO SEA BEACH

PROJECT BOUNDARY

HOKE-DAHO

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KUJINADA

AGONRIN SEA BEACH

GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMENT Resettlement of families must be carefully governed to ensure .

AGRICULTURAL PRIORITIES

57.68ha.

Required 36x18m 36x27m 36x36m Commercial Lots Facility Lots

82 41 14 11097m2 16646m2

9.57ha.

Design 82 41 14 11014m2 16649m2

Required 36x18m 36x27m 36x36m Commercial Lots Facility Lots

17.48ha.

Design

12 6 2 1620m2 2430m2

SVN ARCHITECTS (PREVIOUSLY rA/pA/rP)

TOPOGRAPHY Topography must be studied and surveyed to ensure land is suitable for living.

12 6 2 1661m2 1661m2

36x18m 36x27m 36x36m Commercial Lots Facility Lots

Required

Design

4 1 1 486m2 729m2

4 1 1 501m2 823m2

SIZE OF GROUP Number of rooms and houses must be determined on an individual basis to ensure plot of land and house is suitable size.

BUILDING MATERIALS/CONSTUCTION Construction material of house must be suitable to transport through the village and be suitable for current building practice in the village.

GBEREFU

ASAKPO

YOVOYAN

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Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer

WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Co-operative Term GEC ARCHITECURE PROJECT

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ALBERTA BALLET Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Fall 2013

The guiding principle for the new Alberta Ballet was not only to create a place, but an experience.

An image of the study of movement was used as a precedent; the building was to metaphorically imitate the movement of dancers to create the

experience of motion on the exterior and interior of the building. I was involved with the schematic design, from the design charette to implimenting changes in the models and drafts.

building.

GEC ARCHITECTURE, CALGARY

STUDY OF MOTION Ballet dancer movements govern the exterior shape of the new addition to the adjacent historic heritage building.

Using the hand as a marker, the dancer is mapped and studied as a potential shape of the facade. This gives the building a

STUDY OF MOTION

PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS

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Co-operative Term GEC ARCHITECTURE WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

BRENTWOOD CONDOMINIUMS Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Fall 2013

Brentwood Condominiums, University City, is in its towers of residential and commercial develoment near the University of Calgary, the project is the

Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer

oriented development. Each tower consists of 216

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CORPORATE RENDER

street level and was designed to create affordable housing along a major transit route. I was involved in the reviewing of building code analysis and the changes done to plans.

GEC ARCHITECTURE, CALGARY

BUILDING C DESIGN

BUILDING D DESIGN

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Thank You

Kirsten Sheppard-Neuhofer H.BAS, M.ARCH kirsten.c.sheppard@gmail.com 416.912.2757

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