Mathieu Denis - Architecture Portofolio (2023)

Mathieu Denis PORTFOLIO

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3.6 Airport Field Study

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7 . 11 Columbarium and Lookout

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12 . 15 Communication Center

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16 . 20 Performance Space

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21 . 25 Residential Development

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26 . 28 Secondary Residence

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29 . 32 Courtyard Housing

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33 . 35 Skating Rest Hut

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36 . 39 Current Condition Study

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40 . 44 Multi-building Community

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Aw(Air)ness

A Field Study of the Ottawa International Airport

YOW Airport | Ottawa, Canada Airports have a generic architecture, void of meaning and are often considered a non-place. These buildings are perfect to understand people since they are the funnel before departures. How can we better understand non-places from a human being’s experience? Presence is comprehension. By attending weekly visits to the airport one can begin to understand the building and themselves within it.

Time-lapse photography captures movement. Hierarchical paths of circulation where higher traffic areas are wider to create direction. One might retreat to a smaller space to treat anxiety. One can notice social interactions and social norms: tense parents, unenthused workers, excited children and watchful officers. Drawing allows one to dwell longer with a place to understand it. Moments are bittersweet when people are being dropped off, hugs are given and hands are let go.

The vast spaces create a lightness preparing travellers to fly. They are used by authoritative figures to monitor the patrons.

Breathing can be difficult in airports because of the stressful timely nature necessary for flight schedules and architecture is not always the solution. Here, an installation serves as a reminder. A continuously inflating and deflating clothed lung floating above people. The exhaled air propels paper airplanes to circle it.

The paper plane means to start over or to throw oneself into the future. The airport is the final space one can call home and the first place to discover. The airport is the gate towards one’s future since it doesn’t allow stillness; it wants all to move forward. It is difficult to spend time in this space because it is not designed to be dwelled in, it is made to be moved through. Stopping in the airport allows reflection on it as well as on oneself thus we learn that emotions function as a plane–continuously ascending and descending. With time, breath and patience come realization, knowledge and progress.

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Memory bank

Data stored in protected shell.

Linked to staff computers.

Computer

As the air moves towards the lung sensors pick up its characteristics. The computer dictates how much air needs to be pumped into the lungs. It senses the mood of the people and adapts its breathing pattern.

Elevation

Gliding plane trajectory

Planes circle around the lung showing its importance.

Full assembly axo

Air intake purifier

Tubes peirce the exterior skin on the airport to seize the wind. Capturing the smell and temperature.

Floating lung

Inflating and delfating. Air is released at the bottom creating a wheezing sound. the smell and feel of outside air can be sensed.

Plane folding instructions to be completed after installation

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Ribcage

Accordion

Coffin

Tectonic

Waterfall

Breeze

Carpet

Skin

Bridge

Funnel

Gate

Steps

Ribbons of Remembrance Columbarium and Lookout

Kiyomizu-dera | Kyoto, Japan For this project we were tasked with creating a folly that encapsulates the world. To represent the world I thought it was important to relate the human beings’ connection to it. I focused on the earth. The earth is a symbol of reincarnation. I liked the idea of a surface that can be lifted revealing what is underneath.

Things underground carry mystery since we cannot see them.

We forget buried things and I wanted a building that would bring forth what is repressed.

The two lifting monoliths would hold space for a columbarium. In the niches people can insert urns with ashes or plants in memory of lost ones. In Buddhist tradition death is seen as the greatest teacher enlightening us about impermanence.

Nothing lasts since everything is always in a state of change. All existence is a migration from what was to what will be.

The building exists to reveal the mystery of death.

Removing the taboos associated with speaking of this subject and allowing spaces for people to feel safe to express their feelings.

The building allows people to remember the past, by spending time in the columbarium, and to look forward to the future, by standing on the perch.

We give our bodies to the earth when we no longer need them and the earth gives us the energy we need to survive. As the ribbons project a flow of energy towards the city of Kyoto, the people who experience the space will be carried by this energy and propelled to maintain the balance.

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CUTTING

PUSHING

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REVEALING

Sacred grounds entrance

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

The ribbons are bridging the realms of life and death.

Onati Cemetery

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A River of Words Linguistics School and Communication Centre

Eddy St | Gatineau, Canada

RIVER

I noticed a strong connection with the Ottawa River when examining the site. I wanted my building to invite patrons off the road and on the waterfront. Alexandre Tache Road undulates around our building, and extending its flow can direct people.

When water travels, it erodes the existing. Water creates paths, crevasses and overhangs. The building takes shape from a metaphorical river that passes through the site and the existing building. Along its journey, the river meets two large structures that it erodes to give large overhangs. The building splits towards the Ottawa River and reveals a clearing allowing water access. The metaphorical river creates a separation that allows for a public and a private building. The public building includes spaces for work, classes and events. The private section includes areas for student lodging, an art gallery and a dining hall.

A shell is a vital protective armour, but conversely, maturing, overcoming shyness, forming beliefs and ideas and gaining confidence to express them is often referred to as “coming out of one’s shell”. The erosion leaves the shell of the existing building.

People could walk through it to enter a sheltered exterior corridor.

Circulation speed varies, it slows in pockets as a river creates eddies.

Circulation flows through the existing and gives it new life. I want to create an honest contrast between the existing and the new. Hence, the angled shapes help demonstrate the alterations by breaking out of the original stone wall.

Every building has a story, and by preserving elements, people are reminded of our progress. Like a message in a bottle floating in the water, the building reuses its container to pass a message of confidence towards the future.

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CARVING A RIVER

ADDING MASSES

ERODING UNDERNEATH

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ORIENTING VIEWS

Ground Floor Plan 1 - Reception Desk / Information 2 - Cafe 3 - Eating Area 4 - WC (W) 5 - WC (M) 6 - Stage 7 - Foyer/Coat Check (under stairs) 8 - Digital Art Gallery 9 - Apartement Info Desk / Security 10 - Storage 11 - Dock (on Ottawa River) 12 - Courtyard 13 - Exterior Eating Area 14 - Circulation (The River)

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First Floor Plan 15 - Dining Hall 16 - Kitchen 17 - Serving Area 18 - Storage 19 - Classroom 20 - Computer Lab (Large) 21 - Private Office 22 - Meeting Room 23 - Server Room 24 - Computer Lab (Small) 25 - Storage 26 - Bookstore 27 - WC (W) 28 - WC (M) 29 - Hackathon Podium (Waterfal Summit)

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A Burning Stack of Wood Performance Centre

Lebreton Flats | Ottawa, Canada Lebreton Flats has great historical value tied with fire. Fire can teach about destruction like the 1900s lumber mill burning but it’s also an element that brings people together. First nations would use fire for warmth, and to tell stories. Fire is not only destruction it is life. A community centre succeeds in its function when it brings people together like a fire.

Fire holds a verticality. It burns upwards and is hottest at its peak. To represent this, I created a tall structure with a celebrated top level. The structure can be a beacon for the community to discover.

As a fire takes fuel from below it and uses its energy upward, people would enter beneath, fueling the building with life.

In plan, the building is split between the performance spaces and the public spaces with a ‘social street’. The theatre is surrounded by thick concrete walls so that when passing through the walls people get a sense of stepping into an enclosed, quiet, important space. The stacked boxes consist of rentable rooms for practicing parts of a performance. Each box is oriented towards a landmark pertinent to the story of Ottawa. At the top level is a permanent art gallery. The art from the gallery juxtaposed with glassed panoramic views of Ottawa removes the boundaries of art and life. The superimposed boxes is inspired by lumber stacked to dry in the lumber mill. It is a metaphor to remind people that a community is made from the coming together of many pieces.

I believe a performance center is missing in this area of the city and could be beneficial to the surrounding residents. The function creates a contrast with the adjacent library. A quiet building and a loud one. Like a dancing flame, my vision for this community centre is for people to have a place to be able to express themselves freely and burn brightly.

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A TOWER AND A BASE

ROTATING AND CONNECTING

GROUND DEPRESSION AND TIP LIGHTNESS

CREATING EXTERIOR SPACES

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through theatre and exterior park

Section 2

through vertical circulation and practice rooms

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XTERIOR HEATRE EATING

Main Floor 8 - Temporary Exhbition 9 - Mechanical / Storage 10 - Cafe Kitchen 11 - Cafe 12 - Janitor 13 - Washroom (W) 14 - Washroom (M) 15 - Information 16 - Public Street / Lobby 17 - Tickets Desk 18 - Control Booth 19 - Theatre 20 - Backstage 21 - Changeroom 22 - Actors Washroom 23 - Storage / Receiving 24 - Stairs

Fifth Floor 54 - Storage 55 - Lockers (M) 56 - Washroom (M) 57 - Lockers (W) 58 - Washroom (W) 59 - Practice Space 3 60 - Practice Space 4 61 - Stairs

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35 - Classrooms 36 - Temporary Classrooms 37 - Lounge 38 - Lockers 39 - Washroom 40 - Study Area 41 - Fire Exit 42 - Stairs 43 - Elevated Park 44 - Play Structure 45 - Exterior Theatre Seating

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70 - Gallery 71 - Washroom 72 - Storage 73 - Stairs

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Iris-descence Community Housing Development

Iris St | Ottawa, Canada Iridescence is a lustrous rainbow-like play of colour caused by the differential refraction of light waves. Similar to iridescence, I developed a proposal that reflects its surrounding. As different colours come together in a rainbow, various lifestyles would come together in this community. In Greek mythology, Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and a messenger for Zeus. She carried messages from heaven to earth on the arc of the rainbow. Inspired by Iris’ travels, a path with arced bridges runs along the side of the site reaching public transit.

Human irises can witness the iris flowers’ beauty. Visibility for safety was carefully considered for this proposal. A private park with a pond is located at the center of the site, embraced by surrounding buildings. The park creates an intimacy that dwellers would not have in Pinecrest Park. The pond would be large enough to make a hockey rink when it freezes in the winter, which adds to the existing recreational theme of Pinecrest and allows water retention.

The proposal blends with the surrounding urban fabric by including single-family homes and gradually increasing building density and height towards the tower. The proposal is conscious of its proximity to elementary schools, the Algonquin College and downtown Ottawa, offering accommodations for different ages.

The key building is the protruding tower. I want the community to revolve around this magnet of social interaction. Like a tree swaying in the wind, the tower attracts attention by its capture of movement. The undulating shape creates a dynamic form that blends with the organic shape of nature but stands out in the fabric of the urban landscape.

Although the shape of such a tower might increase its price, its purpose would be positive because it would diverge from rectilinear capital-oriented designs towards inciting designs based on innovation and well-being.

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Large Unit (x6)

Small Unit (x5)

(80m2) | Private yard for 2 apts

(90m2) | Private yard for 2 apts

6 apartements per unit

4 apartements per unit

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Tower

100 Studios

(55m2) | Bachelor or students

180 Two Bedrooms

(85m2) | Couple or small family

90 Large Apartments (115m2) | Families Total : 380

Commercial Space

10 Ground level commercial

(100m2) | Full width | Can be split for 2 x 50m2

2 Upper levels | +/- 30 units

(90m2) | Could be used for residential or commercial Total : 30

Mid-rise

22 Ground level units

(100m2) | Private yard | Accessible

126 Upper level units

(90-100m2) | 2 Levels | Full width Total : 148

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Concept 2

55m2 | 1 Bedroom Bachelor design

Tower short wedge units (Students)

Concept 3

55m2 | 2 Bedrooms Student dorm design

Concept 1

85m2 | 2 Bedrooms Small family design

Ground Floor

500m2 | Lobby Cafe, stores, mail, info, fireplace, seating

Tower long wedge units (Large family)

Mezzanine

300m2 | Amenities Yoga, changeroom, library, workspace

Concept 1

115m2 | 2 Bedrooms Inviting light deeper design

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Concept 2

115m2 | 3 Bedrooms Moldable social space design

Concept 3

115m2 | 3 Bedrooms Children/parent realm design

Voids for mechanical

Circulation

3 Elevators

Mid-rise street level units (Elderly) Core

Scissor stairs

Concept 1

Concept 2

100m2 | 2 Bedrooms Left/right ribbon design

100m2 | 2 Bedrooms Corner bedrooms design

Concept 3

100m2 | 2 Bedrooms Front/back design

Equal facades

Section

Equal entrances

Mid-rise upper level units (Small family)

Concept 1

100m2 | 3 Bedrooms Multiple bedrooms design

Grid

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Concept 2

90m2 | 2 Bedrooms Extremity bedrooms design

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Balancing on One Foot Laneway House

Ground Floor 1 Entrance 2 Garage 3 Mechanical RISE TO OFFER VIEWS

Ghandi Ln | Sudbury, Canada We were tasked with creating a coach house to densify the downtown of Sudbury. My client is a wealthy businessman from Toronto who often travels to Sudbury. My client believes that balance and stability are key to success. My proposition is a modern house that reflects my client’s values.

My concept began as a set of three boxes stacked on each other to offer elevated views. I created a cantilever on the second floor. The overhang helps limit the impact on the site and allows the existing owner access to Ghandi Lane. The highest box helps create a sense of balance by adding a weight holding the cantilever in place. The triangle is used in the structure to break the linear grid of the building and give a sense of stability.

Considering the material palette, the first level is concrete to demonstrate a heavy base. The other levels are built lighter with metal cladding. The first level is the work area and entrance; the second is social, and the third is private. As the client moved higher up in the house, I wanted to create a sense of lightness.

One can sense this in the staircase. The bottom steps have filled concrete risers, and I removed the risers higher up to create the illusion that they are floating.

First Floor EXTEND TO COUNTER THE WEIGHT

4 Reading 5 Bathroom 6 Laundry 7 Pantry 8 Kitchen 9 Dining 10 Living 11 Patio

PASS-THROUGH AND CONTROL VISIBILITY

Openings are primarily the front and back of the house. The openings allow for natural ventilation and a sense of transparency. I extended the walls around the openings to give the owner privacy from the neighbours. By reflecting on my client’s values, I offer a proposition that will provide him with comfort in stability.

Second Floor

FURNISH THE PATIOS

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12 Bedroom 13 Rooftop 14 Garden

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Growing Out of a Cracked Stone Courtyard Housing

Dowling | Sudbury, Canada This housing project is inspired by northern Ontarios rocky environment. Dowling has a strong connection with minerals. The area, created by a meteor strike, left the land with a unique topography populated by many exposed rocks. Between these rocks nature has flourished.

To maximise the amount of houses I could include on the lot I based my tessellation on a series of layers similar to the layering of sediments.

The courtyards are created by a fracture forming across the massing. The ondulation of the fissure creates privacy between units but also allows interaction.

The unit plans are based on the geode. A stone with a beautifully gemed interior. The houses seem to be entities that have been cut and split apart. To vehiculate this image I designed the exterior with solid walls and the walls facing onto the courtyard are fully glassed. Some houses include bridges or extrusion to give the impression that the two pieces could have been connected before. In the single unit home the master bedroom is separated by a bridge. The separation creates an intimate cocoon space. The glassed courtyards positioned in the middle of the house create a strong connection with nature. The nature creates a natural filter to allow the two sides of the house to hold different functions.

My proposition succeeds by connecting people with nature, reflecting its surroundings, and maximising land use. The people of Dowling are conscious of their past with the mining industry and the destructive effect it caused their land. The population works hard to repopulate the surrounding forests. This courtyard housing proposition follows their mentality and offers a solution helping reduce the impact on their land .

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A SMALL AND A LARGE VOLUME

FISSURE CREATING OUTDOOR SPACE

UNIT SEPERATION AS LAYERS

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PUSH/PULL GENERATING INTERACTION

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Northern Voice Skating Hut

Ramsay Lake | Sudbury, Canada The city of Subury is built around Ramsey Lake. During winter this lake is turned into a skating path for the residents of the city. Every year the architecture students are asked to design skating huts for people to rest along the skating path. These sculptures need to consider human interactions and be built accordingly.

The theme for this year was winter. Thus, we designed our structure around the shape of the snowflake. A series of hexagonal wood arcs are rotated and repeated in order to create a tunnel.

Between the arcs, wooden washers held by dowels create openings which let snow and light pass through. Benches are placed on each side to encourage face to face conversations. To be mindful of our environmental impact no screws or glue were used. The structure was constructed using only wooden joints.

SECTION SCALE 1:20

Ojibwe words and a poem from a local poet are carved into the structure to connect the structure to the people that are using it. The poem (in french) reads : Si nos maisons avaient une voix Si nos maisons pouvaient chanter Elles chanteraient nos vies et le pays, le notre, malgré tout

PLAN SCALE 1:20

Mais les racines demeurent et temoignent de la génération des batisseurs de pays Jean-Marc Dalpé, 1983

BENCH DETAIL SCALE 1:5

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Risers Ad Inifinitum Towards Shelter On the Conditions of Homelessness

Everywhere | Ottawa, Canada Donna Haraway defines our current condition as; ‘A thick present where we endure the troubles of today by staying exactly there; responding within its troubling mechanisms.’ She defines string figures as a way of interpreting this thick present; as an adventurous pursuit in the interstices of the troubled times, as threading connections to articulate knowledge just to erupt them to create new connections and companions. Through symbolic interpretation, my project aims to investigate the current condition of homelessness in Ottawa. The project reflects on methods of representation when documenting. It critiques modern ways of thinking and raises awareness by sharing research.

I began by reflecting on myself, loneliness and cities during the pandemic. An exploded axonometric represents the feeling of being lost in built space. The model blends elements from buildings on the housing continuum and demonstrates them without a sense of gravity, time or sunlight. Stairs allow ascending and descending through the spaces, but penrose stairs allude to the illusion of a cycle. The image depicts transition but obscures linearity. By breaking apart the volumes, one can understand the complexities and uncertainty of the condition and that the path to a permanent residence is not the same for everyone.

To represent the threatening conditions of the streets, I created string figures as mechanical creatures formed from elements of the city’s urban fabric. Light posts, sirens or ventilation units disturb calmness.

The figures instill fear through authoritative presence and lack of human qualities.

Donna Harraway explains in her book ‘Staying with the Trouble’ the importance of sym-poesis. That nothing makes itself. She says; ‘Staying with the trouble requires learning to be truly present, not as a vanishing pivot between awful or edenic pasts and apocalyptic or salvific futures, but as mortal critters entwined in myriad unfinished configurations of places, times, matters and meanings.’

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(Master’s Thesis)

Human Scale

Towards Supportive Housing in Ottawa’s Byward Market

Byward Market | Ottawa, Canada The historical connection of Ottawa’s Byward Market to diverse, dense urban living and social amenities lends itself well to fostering a strong sense of community. Building on the notion that presence prompts awareness, this thesis argues that an architecture that promotes social interaction between community members and those experiencing homelessness benefits all. Through on-site documentation and interviews with both shelter clients and staff, the thesis first demonstrates the importance of design knowledge being acquired through designer presence. A design proposal then examines the opportunities for a multibuilding inclusive site—one providing residential, social support, and community spaces while being conscious of its historical, environmental, psychological, and economic impacts. Overall, the work aims to raise awareness on homelessness in Ottawa and to provide innovative design strategies that invite discussion on the importance of architecture in providing spaces better acknowledging housing as a basic human right.

A room in the men’s emergency shelter.

Homelessness is not the reflection of an individual’s inadequacies, but rather an indicator of the health of our cities. It occurs because of embedded inequities, unjust resource management, flawed or absent legislations, poor social awareness, chronic mental health issues, and uninformed design. It is an issue in the discourse of architecture not only because of our profession’s connections to the economy but also because built spaces hold a psychological and sociological influence.

Through my research, the evidence indicates that Canada’s shelter-based approach to homelessness serves only as a temporary solution. It ignores the issues facing our population and, rather than eradicating the demand for shelters, risks leading to its growth. Ottawa, and Canada more broadly, need to move toward more affordable housing solutions that give residents a sense of independence, privacy, safety, and self-reflection. The social obstacles facing many in society for being unhoused, such as marginalization and stigmatized prejudice, need to be made aware to the public in order to bring a better understanding of society’s devastating effect on homelessness. The minimum quality of living conditions for all residents needs to be understood as a human right.

Homelessness will continue to exist, changing forms as the people and urbanity of Ottawa exist and evolve. The goal is for architects to continually remain aware of the topic, offering solutions adapted to however the situation takes form in the present moment: conditions and solutions temporally balancing each other as a symbol of responsibility towards progress.

A soapstone sculpture by an anonymous shelter resident.

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290 CUMBERLAND ST Existing building (using existing wall) 4 Levels + Basement

342 ST PATRICK ST New building 2 Levels – No Basement

Mechanical 120m2 (water, electric, mechanical) Basement storage 45m2 Bike storage 25m2 Security 17m2 Public bathrooms 30m2 Shipping / waste 55m2 Janitor closet 3m2 (every floor) Lobby 55m2 Client lounge 30m2 Commercial laundry room 30m2 Kennel 12m2 Clothing racks 30m2 Donation storage 10m2 Drop-in check-in desk 10m2 Personal items storage 35m2 Men’s emergency shelter (80 beds) 180m2 Men’s transitional shelter (50 beds) 130m2 Women’s transitional shelter (50 beds) 130m2

Private office 9m² (x 8) Directors’ office 12m² Shared space offices 40m² Meeting room 12 m² Staff kitchen 20m²

knowledge

administration

342 ST PATRICK ST Existing building (interior renovated) 2 Levels + Basement hall 85m² sacred Prayer Meditation sanctuary 45m² Lobby 15m²

emergency shelter

Entryway 6 m² Elevator 5m² (x 2) Stairs 20 m² (x 2)

342 ST PATRICK ST (For women and children) New building 5 Levels + Basement

Classroom 55m² (x 2) Library 100m² Computer lab 45m² Breakout room 10m² (x 3) Knowledge space manager office 9m² Visiting professional office 9m² (x 2)

290 CUMBERLAND ST New building 2 Levels – No basement

Sacred space manager office 9m²

Mechanical 120m2 (water, electric, mechanical) IT Room 12m2 Basement storage 45m2 Bike storage 25m2 Security 17m2 Public bathrooms 30m2 Shipping / waste 55m2 Janitor closet 3m2 (every floor) Multipurpose room 12m2 (x 2) Lobby 55m2 Social 55m2 Apartment | Studio 24m² (x 30) Apartment | Two-bedroom 45m² (x 15) Apartment | Three-bedroom 55m² (x 5) Entryway 6 m² Elevator 5m² (x 2) Stairs 20 m² (x 2)

third supportive housing

Multipurpose room 12m2 (x 2) Lobby 55m2 Social 55m2

216 MURRAY ST (For all) Existing (under construction) 9 Levels + Basement Replace community kitchen level with extra apartments.

Mechanical 120m2 (water, electric, mechanical) IT Room 12m2 Basement storage 45m2 Bike storage 25m2 Security 17m2 Public bathrooms 30m2 Shipping / waste 55m2 Janitor closet 3m2 (every floor)

Apartment | Studio 31m² (x 48) + Apartment | Studio 31m² (x 8) Entryway 6 m² Elevator 5m² (x 2) Stairs 20 m² (x 2)

second supportive housing 256 KING EDWARD AVE New building 3 Levels - No Basement Interior Basketball Court 600m² Workout gym 75m² Public changerooms 60m² Athletics storage 20m² Athletics manager office 9m² Visiting medical office 9m² (x 2)

256 KING EDWARD AVE New building 1 Level + Basement

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athletics

community

256 KING EDWARD AVE Existing building 2 Levels + Basement

first supportive housing

Multipurpose room 65m² (x 2) Workshop 85m² Art gallery 40m² Computer lab 40m² Community space manager office 9m²

220 MURRAY ST (For seniors) Existing building 3 Levels + Basement Existing building interior to be renovated.

Apartment | Studio 24m² (x 30) Apartment | Two-bedroom 45m² (x 15) Apartment | Three-bedroom 55m² (x 5) Other program see 216 Murray

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Eating area 120m2 Café eating area 30m2 Cooking area 50m2 Meal prep area 30m2 Volunteer prep area 30m2 Serving 15m2 Pantry 15m2 Freezer 10m2 Cooler 10m2 Mechanical 120m2 (water, electric, mechanical) Basement storage 45m2 Bike storage 25m2 Security 17m2 Public bathrooms 30m2 Shipping / waste 55m2 Janitor closet 3m2 (every floor) Lobby 55m2 Kitchen manager office 9m² Entryway 6m² Elevator 5m² (x 2) Stairs 20m² (x 2)

Human Scale | Residential and Recreation Centre

A MASTER PLAN at the GROUND LEVEL

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clothing cooking

entertainment

Garments for different occasions, dresswear, lounging, sleeping, hangers, drawers, socks, underwear, laundry hamper, ironing board.

Television, vase and plants, wall art, clock, laptop, notebook, pens, sketchbook, radio, board games.

Refrigerator, range oven, sink, counter, pantry, food, spices, cooking utensils, pots and pans, baking sheet, dishcloth, cutlery, plates, bowls, glasses, trash can.

storage

Cleaning supplies, broom, dustpan, bucket, toolbox, hammer, measuring tape, batteries, flashlight.

vestibule

Outerwear, jacket, shoes, boots, umbrella, sports equipment, tennis racket, hooks.

Typical studio Supportive housing unit 32 Square meters

Mechanical

rest

Bed, sheets, pillows, covers, extra storage, books, light for reading, blinds, table and chairs for eating, working or conversing.

Entrance door identity (See other drawing)

lavation

Accessible shower, toilet, vanity, mirror, extra storage, drying rack, handrails, towels, bathmat, soap, toothbrush, razor, comb, deodorant, toilet paper, first-aid supplies, plunger.

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