KIANA GEMMELL SELECTED WORKS 2020 - 2023
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
KIANA GEMMELL CURRICULUM
VITAE
EDUCATION
2007-2018 Ridley College | International Baccalaureate
2019-2023 University of Toronto | Bachelor of Arts Honours in Architectural
Studies | Design Stream | Certificate in Sustainability in the Built
Environment | Certificate in Global Studies in the Built Environment
RELAVENT EXPERIENCE
2022-2023 Steven Fong Architect | Internship
SOFTWARE
MS Office Word | Excel | Powerpoint
Adobe CC Illustrator | Photoshop | InDesign | Lightroom
CAD Rhino | Grasshopper | Vectorworks | AutoCAD
STUDY ABROAD
2016 Sydney, Australia 2022 London, England
TABLE OF CONTENTS
01. 02. 03. 04.
Riverdale Laneway House Urban Intervention
ARC200 - Drawing and Representation II (Fall 2020)
Pg. 4
Lantern Tower
ARC280 - Modeling and Fabrication in Design (Winter 2021)
Pg. 8
Kensington Market Infill Housing
ARC361 - Architecture Studio III (Fall 2022)
Pg. 12
South Sussex Laneway Student Residence
ARC362 - Architecture Studio IV (Winter 2022)
Pg. 18
Riverdale Laneway House Urban Intervention
Kiana Gemmell
ARC200 Fall 2020
A 2x2km square site located in Riverdale, features a high population of laneways, an urban condition unique to the city of Toronto. Site analysis proved that five typologies exist within this laneway-dense landscape, exhibiting a variety of laneway program adjacencies. These laneway adjacencies were then used to inform a series of five laneway houses which drew insipiration from the sites pre-existing function. These laneway houses were then proposed to populate the 2km square site in an attempt to encourage a higher density residential area. This strategy aims to combat the low density yellow belt condition in a way that would emphasize and celabrate the existing culture that lies dormant in Toronto’s laneways.
1:2000 Single Family Houses Commercial Buildings Garages 1:2000 Single Family Houses Commercial Buildings Garages Recrational Use of Laneway Laneway Parking in Laneways Laneway Laneway Fence Adjascent to Laneway Carport in Laneway Laneway Laneway Laneway Treatment Laneway Treatments of Single-Family Homes in Riverdale, Toronto 1:500 Garage in Laneway Laneway Recrational Use of Laneway Laneway Parking in Laneways Laneway Laneway
Adjascent to Laneway
in Laneway Laneway Laneway Laneway Treatment Laneway Treatments of Single-Family Homes in Riverdale, Toronto 1:500
in Laneway Laneway
Fence
Carport
Garage
Unit with Parking Space Unit Adjacent to Laneway Unit with Commercial Space in Garage Unit above Carport Unit with Recreational Space Laneway Laneway Treatment (Design Intervention) Typological Design for Single Family 1:500 Laneway Laneway Laneway Laneway Laneway Unit Above Carport Unit With Commercial Space in Garage
Intervention)
Homes on Laneways
above Carport Unit with Recreational Space Laneway Laneway Treatment (Design Intervention) Typological Design for Single Family Homes 1:500 Laneway Laneway Laneway Laneway Laneway Unit Adjacent to Laneway Unit Above Carport
Carport Unit with Recreational Space Laneway Laneway Treatment (Design Intervention) Typological Design for Single Family Homes on Laneways 1:500 Laneway Laneway Laneway Laneway Laneway
Family
Unit
Unit above
Lantern Tower
Kiana Gemmell
ARC280 Winter 2021
Six iterations of a 120 story tower were produced using grasshopper which involved an internal structural system, external structural system, floor plates, and a facade design. These elements were produced using a series of paameters that, when altered, would produce several variations of the same tower. The preferred iteration features a green glass facade comprised of diamond shaped curved panes, and a network of pyramid -shaped structural members on the exterior of the tower.
1:500 Tower 2 - Sout-West Isometric
Top Elevation - Tower 2 1:100 1:200 South-West Isometric
External Structure Assmebly
Glass Facade Component
diamond based on Define cell by subdividing surface of tower Create pyramidshaped guildlines, with amplitude of 1m relative to the surface Using “pipe” command to create external structural system Assembly 1:100 15
Define cell by subdividing surface of tower Establish grid where U value is 25, and V value is 30 Create diamond pattern based on grid Define cell by subdividing surface of tower Create pyramidshaped guildlines, with amplitude 1m relative to surface 0 1 5 15
Kensington Market Infill House
Kiana Gemmell
ARC361 Fall 2021
A 350 bed student residence building was designed in response to Toronto’s unique urban condition, laneways. The U-shaped building opens a courtyard to the South-Sussex Laneway to create engaging public space in the often neglected area. The floor plate design and facade draw inspiration from local heritage buildings, featuring an array of bay windows as a nod to nearby Victorian houses. Ultimately this project aims to reflect and intensify the character of the Sussex-Huron neighborhood just West of the University of Toronto, while providing students with a temporary home where they have the space to express themselves and generate a sense of community.
Window Treatments
Units with a corner condition in Kensington Market tend to feature window coverings to increase privacy in the residential spaces of the unit
Retail on ground floor
Units with a corner condition in Kensington Market tend to have reatil space on the ground floor and residential space is reserved for the upper stories to increase privacy
Wall Art
Units with a corner condition in Kensington Market tend to feature a cohesive artscape along the facade that fronts the laneway
Blank Wall
Units with a corner condition in Kensington Market tend to not feature windows on the walls that immediately meet the laneway-road intersection to increase privacy within the unit
Condition Analysis Diagram 0 5 Courtyard or Atrium Traditional Corner Relief on Corner (Angular) Relief on Corner (Round) Rounded Corner Reserve windows to back Atrium Windows on South facades Window on corner Inset window on corner
Corner
Exploded Section Perspective Define two halves and roof structure Establish 3 storey mass on site Create relief on the corner Allow access to light on corner while maintaining bold corner condition Establish spatial by dividing thirds 5 Informed by corner condition analysis diagram
spatial hierachy volumes into Incorperate formal detail and program
0 5 DN 0 5
0 5
South Sussex Laneway Student Residence
Kiana Gemmell
ARC362 Winter 2022
A 350 bed student residence building was designed in response to Toronto’s unique urban condition, laneways. The U-shaped building opens a courtyard to the South-Sussex Laneway to create engaging public space in the often neglected area. The floor plate design and facade draw inspiration from local heritage buildings, featuring an array of bay windows as a nod to nearby Victorian houses. Ultimately this project aims to reflect and intensify the character of the Sussex-Huron neighborhood just West of the University of Toronto, while providing students with a temporary home where they have the space to express themselves and generate a sense of community.
ISOMETRIC 0 5 15 m
OBJECTIVES: COURTYARD PRIVACY PUBLIC SPACE SPADINAAVE. SOUTHSUSSEXLANEWAY SPADINAAVE. SOUTHSUSSEXLANEWAY SPADINAAVE. SOUTHSUSSEXLANEWAY TOTAL AREA 10,724.5 m TOTAL AREA 13,772.8 m 2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS PROJECT PROGRAM RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING OPEN SPACE COMMERCIAL PARKING COMMERCIAL PARKING LAUNDRY TOTAL AREA 13,772.8 m TOTAL AREA 10,724.5 m 2 TOTAL AREA 10,724.5 m TOTAL AREA 13,772.8 m 2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS PROJECT PROGRAM RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING OPEN SPACE COMMERCIAL PARKING COMMERCIAL PARKING LAUNDRY LAUNDRY TOTAL AREA 10,724.5 m TOTAL AREA 13,772.8 m TOTAL AREA 10,724.5 m 2 2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS PROJECT PROGRAM PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING OPEN SPACE SOCIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL PARKING COMMERCIAL PARKING COMMERCIAL PARKING LAUNDRY TOTAL AREA 13,772.8 m TOTAL AREA 10,724.5 m 2 2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS LAUNDRY TOTAL AREA 10,724.5 m TOTAL AREA 13,772.8 m 2 2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS PROJECT PROGRAM RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING OPEN SPACE COMMERCIAL PARKING COMMERCIAL PARKING LAUNDRY LAUNDRY LAUNDRY TOTAL AREA 10,724.5 m TOTAL AREA 13,772.8 m TOTAL AREA 10,724.5 m 2 2 2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS PROJECT PROGRAM PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING OPEN SPACE RESIDENTIAL SOCIAL DINING OPEN SPACE SOCIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL PARKING COMMERCIAL PARKING COMMERCIAL PARKING LAUNDRY SOCIAL COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE WEST ELEVATION
THIRD FLOOR PLAN 0 5 15 m
1.75 m
0 1 5 m TYPICAL UNIT PLAN CORNER UNIT 2-BAY UNIT 4-BAY UNIT 1.75 3.07 5.50 6.50 5.50 1.75 3.07 5.50 6.50 5.50 m 1.75 m 5 m PLAN 2-BAY UNIT 3-BAY UNIT 3.07 1.75 3.07 1.75 1.75 6.50 5.50 6.50 5.50 1.75 5.50 6.50 3-BAY UNIT 3.07 6.50 3.07 5.50 1.75 1.75 6.50 5.50 UNIT MIX DIAGRAM 0 1 5 m CORNER UNIT 2-BAY UNIT 4-BAY UNIT 3.07 1.75 3.07 1.75 6.50 5.50 6.50 5.50 1.75 3.07 5.50 6.50
UNIT MIX DIAGRAM
