Portfolio of Laura Auchinleck McEwen School of Architecture

LAURA AUCHINLECK PORTFOLIO

1

LAURA AUCHINLECK 16 O’Connor Street Sudbury, ON, P3E 1H9 (705)-988-0085 lauchinleck@laurentian.ca

Work and Volunteer Experience Commission work, 2017-current Traditional artist Painting and drawing a wide variety of subjects for clients, including portraits, animal portraits, landscapes and objects

Innovative Kitchens by Design, Sudbury, ON-May 2019-current Kitchen designer and social media marketer Scheduling appointments and dealt with the needs of customers Managing social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and company website Designing kitchens as per a customer’s wishes, style and needs

The Awakening Movement, Sudbury, ON-June 2019-current Character designer Education 2010-2016 Marymount Academy, Sudbury, ON 2016-current McEwen School of Architecture, Sudbury, ON, fourth year student aiming to achieve a Bachelor’s in Architecture Studies in the French language and later a Masters of Architectural Studies.

Awards and Academics Above 80% average student.

Winner of the F. Jean MacLeod Architecture Bursary for hard work and abilities in a French language architecture program, 2017-2018, and 20182019 school years.

Aiming to graduate with Cum Laude honours.

Program Skills

2

Designing, drafting and drawing the character for the business’ logo, merchandise and promotions.

LVX Fitness Studios, Sudbury, ON-August 2019 Large scale designer and painter Mini sketchbook seminar, Izabel Amaral, McEwen School of Architecture, Sudbury, ON-February 2019, second event discussed for February 2020 Presenting, answering questions and explaining the importance of using a sketchbook to students

A&J Home Hardware, Sudbury, ON-May 2017-January 2020 Cashier, paint department sales, inventory Customer service both as a cashier and as a paint consultant Tinted paint, as well as adjusting paint colours to a customer’s needs Managed cash and reconciling to sales per shift

Tutti Frutti, Sudbury, ON-May 2014-September 2016 Busboy, hostess and kitchen sta Learned flexibility through switching between multiple jobs throughout a shift Learned to work in a fast pace environment Gained valuable skills in customer service

TABLE OF CONTENT Design Projects Tresser Pour Intégrer..............................................................................................................................................................................4 The Lorne Street Art Gallery.............................................................................................................................................................16 Copper Cli Early Childhood Education Center......................................................................................................................23 Design-Build Projects Le Guichet..................................................................................................................................................................................................28 Ice Thrones................................................................................................................................................................................................32 Traditional Art Dolomites...................................................................................................................................................................................................36 The Usual Spot........................................................................................................................................................................................38 On the Edge..............................................................................................................................................................................................39 100 Notebook Challenge....................................................................................................................................................................40

3

TRESSER POUR INTÉGRER INTERGRATION THROUGH WEAVING downtown, sudbury/pairs/ studio 7/ october-december twenty nineteen a design project with elements of urban design to create a wood, mixed use building (s) that support the existing historical train station on site, two residential programs, a market space, as well as an additional program.

4

5

6

The downtown Sudbury core can be compared to a tightly woven network, of denisty and diversity in both buildings and people. Our site, however, located on the south edge of the downtown, can be compared to the frayed edge of this working fabric. The given residential programs of a co-operative and transitional housing units, along with a public greenway, public market and rentable o ce spaces allow for the oppurtunity to weave these disregarded threads together.

A. Access to the underground pedestrian tunnel.

B. Picnic zone.

C. Parking access.

D. Aboveground parking.

E. Exterior market space.

F. Exterior stage for theater and movie screenings.

G. Basketball court.

7

8

A. Existing historical Via Rail station.

B. Cafe space C. Interior market space.

D. Exterior childrens playground.

E. Lobby space for the rentable o ces, daycare and co-op housing units.

F. Daycare.

G. Transitional housing blocks.

LEFT- the ground oor plan of the southern most area of the site.

9

ABOVE- an exterior rendering of the outdoor market space, with the additional interior market space and co-op housing units in the background.

10

RIGHT- two passive sections of the co-op units and markets below are shown, one depicting summer conditions, the other winter conditions. A combination of cross ventilation and the stack e ect are creating with the window placement, while green roofs also help to regulate the interior temperature and aids with drainage. Radiant infloor heating aids with even heat distibution in the winter months, as well as orienting the building on a north-south axis.

BELOW- a structural plan and floor plan are shown of the underground parking, providing 250 parking spots, along with five above ground access points.

11

Three laser cut wood models were made to study light in the furthest market building, to the north of the Via Rail Station, to determine which geometry would be better suited as a shading device.

12

13

Single co-op unit

Transitional housing units-24 beds

Co-operative housing units-55 beds

The surrounding diagrams show the unit distribution of the transitional and co-operative housing units. The transitional housing unit contain a block of three bedrooms, each with a private bathroom and a common kitchen and living space that is shared with the three residents above to encourage socialization. The double bedroom and triple bedroom co-op housing units take up two floors, one floor for bedrooms, the lower floor for living spaces. This was done so that there are two entrances and exits to each unit, encouraging residents to get communicate with their neighbors on di erent floors.

14

Double bedroom co-op unit.

Three bedroom co-op housing unit.

RIGHT- the bottom most floor plan shows the first floor of the co-op housing units and staircase from the lobby, as well as the rentable o ce spaces. On the upper levels more housing units are shown, as well as the upper units for the transitional housing. Outdoor spaces and gardens are added as community spaces throughout.

BELOW- a section showcasing underground parking, theater space and the co-op housing units which appear to be floating.

ABOVE-a street view, west facing elevation showing from left to right, the transitional unit towers, the rentable o ces, lobby and daycare space, co-op units, one market space, the VIA Rail Station and additional market building.

15

THE LORNE STREET ART GALLERY downtown, sudbury/ individual/ studio 6/ february-april twenty nineteen a design reconversion project of the lorne street brewery into an art gallery featuring works by David Hockney, Michael James Talbot, Richard Sera and Erik Johansson.

16

17

On the north side of Lorne street, the old Northern Brewery presents itself as a massive wall dividing the industrial and residential areas of downtown Sudbury, creating two separate worlds. However, using the art gallery program gives the oppurtunity to create a usuable space for the community that will bring these worlds closer together. My strategy for reconversion was inspired by using the building itself as a threshold, not just as a zone of transition but as a third, porous space with the capacity to reconnect the community.

ABOVE RIGHT- a north-south section, showing the loading zone below, a library space above, as well as one gallery space, and cafe to the far right.

CENTER- a rendering of one of the interior gallery spaces, showcasing the works of Michael James Talbot and Erik Johansson.

BOTTOM- east facing elevation, showing the reďŹ nished brickwork.

18

1. Loading zone.

2. Art storage space.

3. Outdoor community area.

4. Art classroom.

BELOW RIGHT- ďŹ rst and second oor plans are shown, with an original top view of the building complex to the left.

BOTTOM- a west facing elevation, featuring an added outdoor space for the neighbouring community, as well as recycled murals from the original building, and sculptural pieces from Richard Sera.

5. Entry 6. Art store.

7. Cafe, separate from gallery.

8. Art research space.

9. David Hockney gallery.

10. Micheal James Talbot gallery.

11. Erik Johansson gallery.

Art gallery spaces 8.

Public spaces

9.

Sta spaces

10.

Back of house spaces

11.

Existing walls Additional walls

6.

1.

7.

2.

5.

4.

3.

19

20

The following shows images of a smaller scale model done of the Lorne Street Gallery made of mat board illustrating just how much of the original building is proposed to stay intact and how much is designed to be removed in order to create a larger outdoor community space for the surrounding neighbourhood.

21

COPPER CLIFF EARLY EDUCATION CENTER copper cli , sudbury/ individual/ studio 5/ october-december twenty eighteen a design project to create an early childhood education center based in the community park of copper cli , sudbury

22

23

Situated in the park of Sudbury community of Copper Cli , the following early childhood education center is formed to blur the line between interior and exterior. A large scale garden wall surrounds the outdoor play area in replacement of the typical metal linked fence, in order to create a learning experience in which children can learn gardening as well as integrating some of their grown produces into cooking in an open concept kitchen/lunch area. In addition, to blend the interior and exterior spaces, exposed beams are shown throughout the interior of the building, while the continue into a plant covered overhand on the exterior over the play area.

Multi-tiered roofs also were added to expose as much of the interior play areas to natural sunlight as possible.

24

ABOVE-context map of the park LEFT-oor plan of the early childhood education center

ABOVE-west facing section BELOW-north facing sec-

25

LEFT-a floorplan of the toddlers’ play space, including a quiet space, child size washrooms and geometric movable rugs

TOP RIGHT- photos depicting the handcut matboard model are shown.

BOTTOM RIGHT-a section of the toddlers’ play space, featuring childrens cubbbies, exposed beams, child size bookcases, as well as the di ernet tiered roofs which allow for more natural light to enter the larger spaces.

26

27

LE GUICHET The Wicket

copper cli , sudbury/ eleven team members/ studio ďŹ ve/ september twenty eighteen a design-build group assignment, created to be used as the end of a children’s game of croquet

28

29

In this group assignment we were tasked with creating the end station in a largescale children’s game of croquet. We were inspired by the act of hitting a croquet ball against the final peg to symbol the end of said game. In response to this, we designed and later built a bench structure that was placed around a tree found on site. Therefore, the tree would act as the final peg of the game.

In order to create a more memorable experience and a tent-like structure using colourful tulle fabric. This was all done in order to end the game, as well as providing a rest station for adults and children alike throughout the day event.

30

The bench structure was made from layers of plywood, separated by pieces of two by twos, each sanded to be smooth to the touch. Lower bench areas were also created in the curves of the structure to provide seating and steps for children as well.

31

ICE THRONES bell park, sudbury/twelve team members/studio one/november twenty sixteen-february twenty seventeen a design-build group assignment, using wood to create a resting station on a winter ice skating path

32

33

Each year on Ramsey Lake, Sudbury, a skating path is created for the community to enjoy. The ďŹ rst-year students of the McEwen School of Architecture work in parallel to this in order to design and build warming stations to be featured on the frozen lake. As a studio group, we designed six throne-like structures using modular forms and repeating triangular shapes in order to create the seats and backs of each chair.

The chairs were then constructed and transported to the site, where they were placed in a circular form in order to facilitate conversation, as well as aiding to block frigid winds.

34

Each chair was made using two by two and two by four pieces of wood, connected by hand cut lap joints using Japanese pull saws to ensure precision.

A variety of di erent formations were attempted using the six “thrones� until the decision to make a simple half circle was reached in order to encourage community engagement, and to support views out to the surrounding lake.

35

DOLOMITES 36

The following is a double spread, Copic marker sketchbook drawing of the famed Dolomites mountains.

37

THE USUAL SPOT The painting above is a small scale watercolour and ink piece of Sudbury’s own Towne House Tavern.

38

ON THE EDGE This small scale landscape watercolour piece is set in the cli s of St. John’s, Newfoundland.

39

100 NOTEBOOK CHALLENGE The following project was completed for the 100 Notebook Challenge, aiming to ďŹ ll a sketchbook in 100 days. My chosen theme for this project was based entirely on song lyrics, and the images surrounding showcase some of the favourite pages and spreads from this challenge, using a vareity of medias.

40

41

42

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

43