Karla Dawn Nicholls selected works
Spanning Museum
Spanning Museum This exercise asked us to span a site containing ruins using conic shapes
CAFE
EXHIBITION SPACE
STORAGE EXHIBITION SPACE
PLAN
LONGNITUDINAL SECTION
FRONT ELEVATION
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC
MODULE AGGREGATION DIAGRAM
CANOPY
ENCLOSURES
FLOORS AND CIRCULATION
LOWER COLUMNS
GLAZING
UPPER COLUMNS
LATITUDINAL SECTION
LEFT ELEVATION
COLUMNS
stachan artists library
Information Technology Photography and Fine Art Graphic Design Marketing and Public Relations Film and Television Interior and Industrial Design
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3.Shared Offices 4.MakerSpaces
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5.Workshop/Gallery Spaces
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1.Main Library 2.Terraces
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East elevation
Section
site plan
North elevvation
Site Plan
The Artists’ Library Proposal is an experiment of the DECENTRALISATION of knowledge. The Library seeks to DEMOCRATIZE learning by providingACCESS to creative spaces and facilties outside of the traditional gate-keeping institutions such as acedemia and the labour force. The community run artists’ library would activate the space above the train tracks, trans-forming it into a lively artistic community of galleriesand makerspaces.
1506 DUPONT: Migratory Housing Project In t his pr oject t he t ask was t o envision SUSTAINABLE housing solution for newly arrived immigrants that allowed them a MIXED USE complex from which to both live and work.
LEGEND
approach toSUSTAINABILITY, through the use of prefabricated modules inserted within a steel truss that allows for dynamic growth without sacr ificing AFFORDABILITY . 28 m
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BasementParking
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Sc ul p tor and VideoArt is t Workshop
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Caterer’sKitchen and Storefront Carpenter’sWorkshop
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Caterer’sApartment
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Mul t igenreat ionalFamil y’s Apartment Carpenter’sApartment
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Sc ul p tor and Video Art isst’ Apart ment
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Comme rc ial nEtrance
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Res ident ial nEtrance
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Elevator Concrete Slabs
Corrogated Steel Panel s
Steel Truss
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3.5 m
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POTENTIAL GROWTH The project is aimed at creating density in a meaningful complex is designed in order to easily accommodate organic growth through the additions of prefabricated modules.
LEGEND Subway Stops StreetcarStops Bus Stops ParkingLots M ainR oad Residential Tra ic Thr ough Tra ic BikeTrail TrainTrack Comm e r c ial Zones C orporate Businesses
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LEGEND Basement Plan
1 Basement Parking 2 Sculpture/Video Artist 3 Caterer’s Kitchen and Storefront 4
Ground Floor Plan
Carpenter’s Workshop
5 Carpenter’s Apartment 6 Multi-Generational Family’s Apartment 7 Carpenter’s Apartment 8 Sculpture/Video Artist’s Apartment
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W/D
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First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Rail Deck Park
RESIDENTIAL UNIT TYPOLOGY 2 BEDROOMS 2 BAYS
1 BEDROOM 2 BAYS
2 BEDROOMS 3 BAYS 2 FLOORS
2 BEDROOMS 3 BAYS
RESIDENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL + WORK
COMMERCIAL 4m 4m 4m
4m 4m 4m
4m 4m 4m
4m 4m 4m
4m 4m 4m
4m 4m 4m
4m 4m 4m
4m 4m 4m
4m 4m 4m
SHARED TERRACE PRIVATE BALCONY
MODIFIED 3 BEDROOM UNIT WITH COMMUNAL WORKSPACE
ADJACENT 3 BEDROOM UNITS
RETAIL
RESIDENTIAL UNIT TYPOLOGY
DENSITY ALLOWING FOR BOTH FAMILIES AND YOUNG ADULTS
DIVERSITY OF UNIT TYPES/FAMILIES
DYNAMISM MULTI-USE SPACES SHARED TERRACE PRIVATE BALCONY
MODIFIED 3 BEDROOM UNIT WITH COMMUNAL WORKSPACE
ADJACENT 3 BEDROOM UNITS
RESIDENTIAL MASSING TAXONOMY
COURTYARD CREATION
OPEN SPACE MAXIMIZATION
LIGHT PENETRATION
BUILDING PERMEABILITY
TERRACING
HERITAGE PRESERVATION
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MAX 20 m
MIN 0
Office buildings are facing eachother
phylliidae
phylliidae PATCHCRV[WING
TEXTURE]
ROTATE
VORO3D >BREP|BREP
[BODY TEXTURE]
MIRROR
SCALEN(U) [WINGS]
SCALEN(U) >MIRROR
ORIGIN> VECTOR> LINETHROUGHPOINT> DIVIDECRV> POINTONCRV> MOVE>VECTORXYZ> I N T E R P O L A T E
phylliidae
phylliidae spa
L-Project
The Perch
mobius chair
The Plan
split house
STAINED GLASS
canopy
ningbo museum hand collage
In this depiction of the museum, I sought to pay homage to the facade’s referencing of the local pottery in its stonework facade.
By having the
materiality guide the composition, with the forms a
secondary
consideration,
the
collage
became more about material selection and less about their manipulation to achieve verisimilitude
Ningo Museum Facade. Medium: Hand Collage with Natural and Dyed Papers. 2017.
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Ningo Museum, Zhejiang Province, China. Wang Shu
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oblique
intaglio
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canopy X
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