Lucy Yang | Architectural Portfolio 2022

Lucy Yang Architectural Portfolio | Selected Works from 2018-2022

M.Arch, University of Toronto 22’ B.Arch.Sci, Ryerson University 19’

About Interests:

Human health & wellness, biophilic design, and the architecture of care

Education:

B.Arch.Sci / Ryerson University / 2019 M.Arch / University of Toronto / 2022

Contact:

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lucy2.yang@gmail.com

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Leaside Dementia Care Village

Graduate

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Buildings Within Buildings

Graduate

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Urban Deathscapes

Graduate

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Regent Park Vertical Farm

Undergraduate

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Four Futures: Communism

Undergraduate

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Francesco Serafini Architect Inc.

Professional

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Form + Texture

Personal

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Leaside Dementia Care Village

Type:

Independent Graduate Research Project

Time:

Fall 2021

Instructor:

Stephen Verderber

The tragedy of COVID-19 in Long-term Care (LTC) Facilities in Ontario (and beyond) has revealed the highly inadequate and unsafe living conditions of LTCs from an infection control perspective. Completed as coursework for the Architecture + Health graduate design studio, this project attempts to integrate evidence-based design principles in 5 categories: • • • • •

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Aesthetic Vocabulary De-institutionalized Residential Realm(s) Nature/Landscape Engagement Ecological Sustainability & Modularity Direct Connectivity with Neighbourhood

A common concern with Long Term Care Facilities is equitable access to outdoor spaces. This roof terrace and garden allows residents with dementia to safely enjoy an outdoor amenity

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Site Strategy

Leaside, Toronto ON 1 - Extend Extend the proportions and lot language of the Leaside neighbourhood to project site

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Manipulate gridlines to accommodate programmatic and functional requirements

3 - Insert Place programmatic massing blocks within the grid network

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4 - Connect Join massing blocks with circulation blocks and hallways

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Sunnybrook Hospital Bloorview School Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

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In a collaborative effort within a studio of 5 students, a bibliography of 228 academic citations on LTC built environments typology was distilled into 50 succint and practical design guidlines

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This project attemps to draw on the concept of Residentialism - the integration of “home-like” characteristics through form and functional logic

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Drawing on the phenomenon of “Prospect-Refuge”, the building creates framed views of the surrounding landscape, gardens and ravine, allowing both residents and staff to seek moments of reprieve and respite

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An enclosed wandering garden lies at the centre of the facility, allowing residents with dementia to safely enjoy an outdoor amenity while employing Jane Jacob’s “eyes on the street” technique

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Proposal & Context Massing

Resident A Reading desk with pull-out couch for visitors to stay overnight

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Resident B Spacious living room with lounge chairs for hosting guests

Resident C Lounge chair and dining area for quiet, independent meals

Entrance & Covered Drop-off Canopy

Pre-fabricated Pre-fabrication Bedroom Strategy Modules

Site Section (Looking East)

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Buildings within Buildings

Type:

Collaborative Graduate Project

Time:

Winter 2021

Instructor:

Carol Moukheiber

Collaborator:

Jeff Jang

This proposal serves to provide an equitable platform for social and environmental activism. It announces the urgency of social and environmental reform through relinquishing ownership of the ground plane, offering an open courtyard for the community in East Harlem. The proposed building not only serves as a storage of salvaged building elements, but it is also comprised of reclaimed elements itself. Reclaimed windows and bricks from the local contexts become critical components that give the project its architectural identity and reduces embodied energy.

The concept of nested thermal buffer zones, inspired by the flimsy facade of reclaimed windows, also bolster the building performance. The temperature gradient blurs the distinction between outside and inside, creating a composition of buildings within buildings that is comprised of found objects.

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Nested programmatic blocks are enveloped by a “flimsy curtain” facade comprised of reclaimed windows sourced from surrounding waste and construction demolition sites

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Manhattan, New York Climate Strikes

Protest Sites

Social Protests

C&D Processing Centre C&D Transfer Stations

Construction & Demolition Waste in New York

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Concept Diagram

Isolating Layers for Re-use

Site Figure Ground Plan

Structural Diagram

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Conventional Building Skin

Proposed Building Skin

Conventional Annual EUI: 147.3 kWh/m2/yr

Proposed Annual EUI: 75.0 kWh/m2/yr

Conventional Ventilation Schedule

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Proposed Ventilation Schedule

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Mechanical Ventilation Natural Ventilation

Conventional HVAC Schedule

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Mechanical Ventilation Off Mechanical Ventilation On

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Proposed HVAC Schedule

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Floor Plans

Protest

C&D Waste Sorting

Farmer’s Market

Loose Furniture

Temporary Event

Art Installation

The courtyard is a public and flexible space where social movements and voices are amplified, featured and framed by the building itself

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Sectional Model through Cantilever

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The facade is a combination existing windows from buildings at-risk of demolition in EastHarlem, new solid insulated panels, and large glazing panels

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Independent

Open to Courtyard

Roof Garden

Courtyard

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Event Space & Lobby

Net-Zero Strategy Diagram

Auditorium

Green Roof 13mm Sedum Mat 77mm Green Roof Soil 50mm Needled Mineral Wool 25mm Honeycomb 5mm Detention Layer Roofing Membrane 200mm XPS Insulation Vapour Barrier 15mm Sheating 50mm Air Cavity 140mm 4-Ply CLT Decking

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T.O. Canopy +9,740mm

Grade +0mm L1/Courtyard -850mm

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T.O. Terrace +6,740mm

Foundation 60mm Crushed Brick Tile 250mm Poured Concrete Slab On Grade 100mm Rigid Insulation 150mm Crushed Gravel Weeper

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Urban Deathscapes

Type:

Collaborative Graduate Project

Time:

Fall 2020

Instructor:

Dina Sarhane

Collaborator:

Jeff Jang, Ashlin Lithgow, Priyanka Shah

Toronto’s cemeteries are valuable pockets of open space in our urban fabric. This project addresses the increasing pressures of densification on urban open space, where the value of airspace cannot be ignored We envision the modern cemetery to celebrate the cyclical nature of life and death, encouraging health and wellness in life as well as dignity in death. We propose densifying for the dead by implementing new vertical cemeteries that densify alongside our growing cities. These vertical mausoleums become visual markers of death throughout the city and allows for the normalizing of the concept of death, ultimately becoming monuments to honour the deceased.

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New vertical mausoleum typology which marks the fabric and landscape of York cemetery in North York. Pocket parks form pedestrian paths that connect residential blocks to the cemetery

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North York, Ontario is a rapidly developing ward and lies at the intersection of a rapid-transit mobility hub and housing growth centre.

The growth of the city has caught up to the “rural” pre-war cemetery

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Pressures of Densification on Urban Open Space

Proposal for new Urban Deathscapes & Edge Densification

Vertical Mausoleums as Monuments and Markers

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Cemetery Edge Densification Strategy

The current cemetery edge condition reveals a harsh interface between the rapid densification of the Yonge St. Corridor and the pre-war neighbourhood adjacent.

Existing Floor Area Ratio: 1.7

Proposed Floor Area Ratio: 3.0

The proposal aims to densify the cemetery edge with much needed housing and provide a gradual transition between the urban and suburban junction

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+ 8 Storey Midrise

+ 9 Storey Midrise

+ Public Playscape

+ Street Furniture/Folly

+ 3 Storey Townhouse

+ Connective Greenway Existing Single Detached Houses + 8 Storey Midrise + Street Furniture/Folly + 3 Storey Townhouse + Public Playscape

Meandering “pocket parks” that connect housing growth nodes with the cemetery.

Interspersed are public play structures that encourage physical activity and socialization

BOULDERING WALL

ROLLING HILLS

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REST/WATCH

REST/WATCH

Vertical mausoleums which mark the urban deathscape become sacred objects that can be experienced differently at different proximities

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Regent Park Urban Farm

Type:

Independent Undergraduate Project

Time:

Winter 2019

Instructor:

Yew-Thong Leong

Access to acceptable, healthy food is a human right. Toronto shows extremely high promise in becoming a food-production city. Current opportunities which encourage residents to grow food locally include community gardens, greenhouses and rooftop farms. However, these opportunities are often found outside of the city core – making locally grown produce inaccessible for vulnerable populations, those who would benefit the most from local, healthy food.

Food deserts are scattered throughout the city, in which there is a lack of healthy, fresh food options for community members. For vulnerable populations living in food deserts, there may be no other option but to consume cheap, highlyprocessed, nutrient-lacking food. This project considers the potential of re-purposing a failed social housing block into a fresh produce farm and hub.

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Primary entrance into market space at grade. The scaffolding structure along the residential street provides community members with access to free, fresh produce

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Image Source: John McNeill, The Globe and Mail

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Model studies use to explore form, shape and shadows of proposed intervention

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The site is adjacent to an elementary school to the west and a social services centre to the east. The proposal attempts to service existing food and nutrition programs

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6th Floor Plan - Seedling Growth Area

Seedling Growth

Produce Pick-up

Programmatic Organization

Produce Market at Grade

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Wall Section through Re-purposed Building

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Flat Truss Roof Structure

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Thin Shell Concrete Form & Double-Skin Facade

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Upper Levels [Seedling Growth]

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Mechanical Scaffold System [Food Pick-Up]

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Existing Building [Mature Plant Growth]

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Public Market

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Existing Brick Facade

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Exploded Axonometric

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Church of the Future

Type:

Independent Undergraduate Project

Time:

Fall 2018

Instructor:

Colin Ripley

In Peter Frase’s book “Four Futures”, he explores the image of a perfectly communist post-capitalist society: a future of resource abundance within an egalitarian framework. In a highly automated and technological future, all members are able to live solely for the sake of happiness.

What is the experience of spirituality and faith in a postlabour, technologically advanced future of abundance and excess? This project is a “spiritual facility” for the elites of Toronto, the Toronto Islands becoming the chosen site for Toronto’s first holistic health community where its residents attempt to find fulfillment through daily routines of fitness, recreation, education & spirituality. This project attempts to visualize a future where true happiness and self-fulfillment is sought for like a product and marketed lifestyle.

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The state of the urban fabric in a post-labour future when technological advances allow many and all residents of a city to design and build according to their own whim

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Rinse. Repeat.

1 _ Housing Complex 2 _ Fitness Centre 3 _ Recreation Centre 4 _ Education Centre 5 _ Spiritual Centre 6 _ Mess Hall 42

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The entirely of the Toronto Islands serve as the grounds for the living community. A shuttle loop connects each health centre. Zone 5 will be the specific area of focus for this project

Schematic program diagram of the spiritual centre. In this future, spirituality is integrated with technological networks that track “spiritual health”

Preliminary conceptual models of the six facilities, connected by the shuttle loop 43

Procession to, and through the Spiritual Centre. Drawing from the natural design of a bee hive, the church evokes a honeycomb structure

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1 _ Cast-in-place Concrete Foundation 2 _ Concrete Structural Cores, Clad with Ipe Wood 3 _ Floor Plates 4 _ Stainless Steel Diagrid Sub-Structure 5 _ Stainless Steel Panels 6 _ Aerogel Confessional Pods - Sensory Deprivation Tanks

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Section through Confessional Pod

Zone 5 - Site Programming

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Ground Floor Plan

Upper Floor Plan

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Sectional Perspective

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Francesco Serafini Architect Inc.

Type:

Professional Work

Time:

May 2019 - August 2021

Supervisor:

Francesco Serafini

Francesco Serafini Architect Inc. is a full-service architecture firm located in Etobicoke, an administrative district of the city of Toronto, Ontario. As an architectural intern, my contribution involves drafting, detailing, 2D and 3D visualization as well as day-to-day project coordination and correspondence. All drawings have been drawn by myself and are completed under the guidance and supervision of Frank Serafini, architect, Principal and owner of FSA Inc.

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Interior renovation of a historic preserved municipal building into a coffee roastery and café

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Café Interior Renovation Type:

Hospitality, Historic Preservation

Time:

August 2021

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8 The New Toronto Public Utilities Commission building in South Etobicoke was originally built in 1924 in the Neoclassical style. My role on this project involved completing a heritage study, completing construction drawings to both preserve and maintain the historic architecture, as well as 3D and 2D visualization for the proposed coffee roaster, café and patio at grade.

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Entrance Terrace / Patio Dining Area Coffee Roasting Coffee Bar & POS Coffee Storage Private Entrance to Level 2 Washroom Washroom Barrier-free Washroom Stairs to Basement Staff Lounge & Storage

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Historic elements such as the original wood window trim window, panelized plaster walls & ceiling, as well as authentic red terrazzo floor finish have been retained create a warm and inviting interior space.

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Self Storage Facility in Brampton, Ontario Type:

Industrial

Time:

April 2020

Located at a primary intersection in Brampton, FSA Inc. was retained by the client to complete both Site Plan Approval and a Zoning By-law Amendment. My contribution for this project included drafting, visualization as well as coordination with the client, consultants and municipal planners.

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4.78 PARTIALLY EXPOSED GARBAGE CONTAINER (EARTH BIN OR EQUIV.)

RELOCATE UTILITY PED. SEE ELEC.

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SNOW STORAGE

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Single-Family Dwelling in Toronto Type:

Residential

Time:

May 2019

My contribution for this residential project began during the minor variance approval process. Once the site plan was approved, I completed a full working drawing set for building permit, followed by the final construction set.

Basement Plan

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Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

CORRIDOR

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MUD ROOM

HALL

FOYER

BASEMENT BATHROOM

COLD ROOM

CORRIDOR FURNACE ROOM

Wall Section through Entrance

Wall Section (Typical) 55

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Form + Texture

Type:

Personal Project

Time:

July 2019

Medium:

Ink + Clay

Explorations of organic, nature-inspired textures and form in ink and then modeled with clay using the hand-building technique 56

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Thank You lucy2.yang@gmail.com