








141 Courtyard Connections
Micro Clusters for Shared Living and Social Harmony
Do things come apart + Fast Fashion... Slow Architecture
Critical Analysis of Current Building Methods and Assemblies
Speculative Assemblies...Or Rather Should Things Come Apart?
Creative Coding - Generative Art From Code to Composition
Mixed Media Collages
Assembling Meaning Through Fragments
My Life in 35mm
Framing Moments-One Roll at a Time
Micro Clusters for Shared Living and Social Harmony
ARCS 5105 -Gateway Comprehensive Studio, Pre Fabricated and Modular Housing Professor Jerry Hacker Fall 2024
This housing project re imagines urban living with three interconnected courtyards that anchor clusters of modular homes. These courtyards act as shared outdoor living rooms, blending private and public spaces while connecting residents to nature. Each unit is designed with a backyard and front yard in mind with the inclusion of private balconies and a unique 2m double skin facade enclosure, reinterpreting the concept of a front lawn as a shared street scape.
Each unit is comprised of standardized pre fabricated panelized kit of parts and puts a great deal of consideration in choosing materials based on their ethical and sustainable properties. Materials such as hemp wool insulation, wood fiber insulation and CLT were among a few materials that had their supply chain and environmental impacts analyzed.To improve energy efficiency this project aims to achieve passive house principles with R45 walls and R60 roofs.
Micro-clusters and the idea of the “front yard and backyard” blend indoor-outdoor living, fostering connections within a vibrant, collective environment.
STUDIO - 28sqm
Units 1 BED (ACCESSIBLE) - 54sqm
Units 2 BED -68sqm
Units
2 BED (ACCESSIBLE) - 82sqm 12 Units 3 BED -82sqm
Units
Pine Cladding, coated with thermochromic pigment 25mm
Wooden battens 20mm
Wood Fibreboard insulation 40mm
Hempwool board insulation 228mm
Seld Adhered Air Barrier 2mm
Hemp wool insulation overlaps for continuity
Mineral Wool Inuslation below grade
3 ply CLT 105mm Drainage Mat
4” Dia drainage tile
Kemperol 2K-PUR Exterior Waterproofing (2mm)
SOPRADRAIN® ECO-2 Drainage Mat (10mm)
2% Slope
Rigid Cork Insulation (305mm)
Vapour Variable Membrane (2mm)
5 Ply CLT (175mm)
Drop ceiling with MEP
Hemp Wool Acoustic Insulation
1:10
C1- R-60 ROOF DETAIL C2- R-45 EXTERIOR WALL AND FOUNDATION DETAIL 1:10
Concrete Slab 100mm Vapour barrier lapped over
Compacted crushed stone
Critical Analysis of Current Building Methods and Assemblies
ARCC 5100 Advanced Building Systems
Professor Jerry Hacker
Fall 2024
*In collaboration with Alyssia Dicorato, Dylan Jozkow, Emma Monfette, Sara Henry
This project tasked us with taking apart a conventional wall and floor assembly and transforming it into something new. Through this process, my group and I uncovered the inherent wastefulness of standard construction. Most of the materials in a typical assembly are designed to be permanent, are toxic, and nearly impossible to disassemble without destruction.
With whatever materials we were able to salvage from the typical assemblies we constructed a mini library with a bench. We used the structural framing for the framework of the bench, the rubber base as hinges, tyvek and foamular were re imagined as seating, the tile was broken to construct a mosaic title and all fasteners that could be re purposed were. We then had to find the supply chain, sustainable and ethical properties of each material which helped push us to design for
and
rather than the typical way.
Speculative Assemblies...Or Rather Should Things Come Apart?
ARCC 5100 Advanced Building Systems
Professor Jerry Hacker Fall 2024
In a time when architecture and construction are major contributors to CO2 emissions, rethinking materials has become essential. Looking to the fashion industry, another significant polluter, offers a pathway for change. By re purposing abundant, existing materials, we can challenge wasteful practices and create a model for sustainable and low-impact building practices.
My proposed assembly uses denim insulation, treated leather belts for furring, rubber soles for cladding, cork exterior insulation, velcro and overall straps as fastners and a beeswax coated denim panel for a vapour barrier
My wall assembly aligns with Joseph Lstiburek’s perfect wall-residential concept by placing all primary control layers,the air, vapor, water, and thermal barriers on the outside of the structural framing. This approach protects the structural components (2x4 framing) by ensuring they stay within the conditioned interior, safeguarded from temperature and moisture fluctuations and avoiding a condensing surface.
To align with my goal of underconsumption, this entire project was made using donated and unwanted materials sourced through my local community’s Buy Nothing Facebook group .
2.Rubber Soles Cladding
3.Synthethic Leather Furring Stripps (Treated) with Air Cavity
4.Exterior Cork Insulation (3 layers at 1 inch each, R Value12)*
5.Velcro Attachment Stripps for Exterior Insulation to the AB/VR
6.Denim Coated with Beeswax Air Barrier and Vapour Retardant
7.Velcro Attachment from AB/VR to Sheathing
8. Screws to Attach Plywood Sheathing to Studs
9.½” Plywood Sheathing **
10. 2x4 Studs
11. ½” Dowels for the Structural Frame
12.Velcro Attachment for Weaving 13.Interior Denim Batt Insulation (R Value 12)
14.Woven Wall Element
15.Jean Carpet
16.Velcro Attachment for Carpet to Subfloor
17.Screws to Attach Subfloor to the Studs
18. Subfloor ½” Plywood
19.Dowels for Floor Studs
20.2x8 Floor Studs
21.Interior Denim Batt Insulation (R Value of 26)
22.Drywall
23.Ceiling Finish
The Koh-I-Noor Diamond: The Diamond that was Never Truly Given ARCS 5106A Heist (Option Studio)
Professor Ozayr Salojee + Bz Zhang Winter 2025
Heist was a speculative architecture studio that critically engaged with the politics of cultural theft and museum institutions. The project challenged the neutrality of museums, exposing them as colonial archives of looted artifacts and power structures.
Through a series of conceptual “heists,” the studio explored the spatial, political, and historical implications of reclaiming stolen objects from institutions in the Imperial Core.
My work involved researching the provenance of a the koh-i-noor, developing a strategy for its symbolic or literal repatriation, and speculating on the consequences of its return.
Using mapping, visual storytelling, and architectural speculation, I investigated the intersection of architecture, colonial histories, and de-colonial futures
The Plan
The Payoff
Ottawa Rental Housing Re Development
ARCS 4105- Comprehensive Studio, Housing Professor Eric Archambault Fall 2023
*In collaboration with Lara Kurosky
The Revital seeks to be a precedent for progressive urban community living by reconnecting urban residents with the natural environment. This project redeveloped a 22-acre site in Ottawa, improving site conditions by doubling the current number of units while focusing on providing adequate amounts of green space. The proposal includes a variety of housing types to cater to a diverse range of demographics with the goal of fostering community building.
Park Place is an 8 storey MURB. The first 2 stories are of a concrete structure and feature town homes. Floors 3-8 use a post/plane timber structure (clt floor panels and glt encapsulated columns).
Wall- Floor Timber Connection
• floor finish
• 40-mm concrete topping
• clt slab panel
• 16-mm gwb type x
• 38-mm steel hat track
• 19-mm steel res bar @400 mm o.c
• 16-mm gwb type x
Parapet Detail
• sheet metal coping
• slopped parapet blocking
• parapet flashing membrane
• aluminum composite cladding
• exterior insulation
• air barrier parapet prestrip membrane
• air barrier and wrb field membrane
• protected membrane roof assembly
Cantilevered Balcony
• pre finshed metal flashing
• aluminium composite cladding
• mineral wool insulation
• liquid applied membrane,
• exterior grade drywall
• steel stud framing
• batt insulation
• type x drywall
Terra Tower has 28 stories, featuring townhouses at the ground level. The four story podium is constructed using a concrete grid system. There is a transfer slab which lets the typical residential floors be made out of a timber and hollow steel structural system.
Balcony Detail
• prefinshed metal flashing
• aluminium composite cladding
• mineral wool insulation
• liquid applied membrane, thermally broken supports
• exterior grade drywall
• steel stud framing
• batt insulation
• type x drywall
• 5 ply clt panel
• 265 mm x 265 mm glt column (left)
• typical hss column (right)
• 1200 mm concrete transfer slab
• typical concrete column 300mmx600mm
• concrete floor slab
• vegetation
• growing media
• drainage panel and filter fabric
• insulation
• membrane protection and root barrier
• roofing membrane
• structural support
From Code to Composition
Canvas Sketch, Java Script
ARCH 4808 Independent Study
Winter 2023
As wood, steel, concrete and glass were the building blocks of the 20th century, code is that of the 21st. The term generative art describes works created using an algorithmic code. The work follows a set of coded rules that automates the output, hence the process is established by the artist and the result is a partnership between the artist and the machine.
I started with no prior knowledge of coding, yet through experimentation with an opensource framework called Canvas Sketch, I was able to generate a series of drawings. By manipulating parameters such as noise, amplitude, spacing, and quantity, I explored the intersection of randomness and control, where each adjustment created a new composition. This project was not just about writing code but about understanding how systems, rules, and chance can be used to create visual narratives. Mathematically, the possibilities for creation are limitless.
Assembling Meaning Through Fragments
Collage, printmaking, hand-drawn elements, scanned textures, found materials, digital layering
Personal Projects
@jamcatjam
For me, the act of making a collage is a process of discovery. It’s all about finding the right pieces and using them together to tell a story. I value how collage allows me to abstract and re imagine, layering meaning through texture, composition and contrast. I often work through a variety of mediums, transitioning from the digital to the analog and exploring the tension between the accidental and intentional. In collaging there are no mistakes, only happy accidents!
Framing Moments-One Roll at a Time
Minolta AF-Tele, Canon EOS Rebel G
Personal Project 2023-present
I take my camera with me wherever I go, not only to capture moments but to slow down and truly see and experience my surroundings. Shooting on film forces me to be intentional where each frame is a decision and I can’t just take 10 photos of the same thing and choose “which one looks best”. Film has also taught me about patience, I have to finish by 24/36 exposures before I can send the film in to be processed and then wait 1-2 weeks for the call that they are ready to be picked up.
I’ve been lucky enough to take time off between my undergraduate and master’s education to travel, and I’ve brought my camera with me every step of the way. From living in Banff for eight months, to hiking volcanoes in Indonesia, trekking through the Vietnamese jungle, and scuba diving in Thailand, my camera helped me be fully present.
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