Architecture Portfolio Rouqueya Romard
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Corithean Columns Softwares: Rhino 3D Adobe Illustrator 11/12/2021 Inspired by my dorm residence, I wanted to explore my house’s historical Victorian features, such as Corinthian columns, bay windows, and the turret. This house was completed in 1892. Each doorway and window are framed with decorative Corinthian columns, represented in my axo, plan, and elevation.
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Brutalist Playground Softwares: Processing Rhino 3D Grasshopper 17/12/2021 Inspired by the Spartan Obstacle Courses, this Brutalist-inspired structure prompts parkour-like activities to move through the different levels, spaces, and obstacles. It enables people to walk, climb, and use their agility to move through the area.
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Organic Twist Softwares: Rhino 3D Grasshopper Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop 04/04/2021 This organic tower twists with circular call-outs that offer a dynamic light and view with its kinetic Facade that opens and closes according to the sun. The tower emphasizes minimalism and harmony with manufactured elements and the natural world. The tension of the rotation allows the tower to be structurally stable and decreases wind loads to offer less sway, which is vital for the desert climate.
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Create hexagonal polygon base and extrude to height of building
Add circles (ellipses) at vertices of polygon using End Point Component
Trim overlapping shapes and combine into a curve using Region Union Component.
Make 30 floors using the Z-axis to input a floor height of 3m extruded using the Contour component.
Divide 30 floors with a height of 3m illustrated and each having a floor thickness of 0.32m.
Create organic twisting using the Graph Mapper Component with a Perlin graph for an organic rotation.
Create core column and supporting columns for strucutre of tower using center of each ellipse area per floor.
Strucutral component of tower shown within each floorplate extruding upwards in an Organic manner.
Seperate semi-ellipse part of tower by Deconstructing the Brep and creating a Cull List for each side.
Seperate flat wall of tower to create kinetic window facade using LunchBox and ClosePt Components.
Final Tower Geometry
Concrete Flooring
Triple-Glazed Windows
Kinetic facade is almost closed since closest point (Sun) not shining in that area.
Kinetic Facade Wall
Kinetic Facade open in one area with closest point to show sun directing towards that area.
Support Concrete Columns
Core Concrete Columns
Kinetic Facade opened entirely since the sun (closet point) shining within that entire area.
Concrete Flooring
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Social Nodes of Street
Street Block Network
Aerial Photographs of Street
Walkability in Yorkville Avenue Softwares: Rhino 3D Google Earth Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop 09/12/2022 Yorkville Avenue is between Avenue Road and Bay Street, two of Toronto’s busiest streets. Despite this, it remains a threshold away from the city since it has vast green areas, no heavy traffic like street cars and car parking, and limited transit lines. The cobblestone material of Yorkville Avenue creates a physical barrier that adds to the sense of separation from the city. This interconnectivity and circulation of Yorkville Avenue’s street network promotes walkability for pedestrians and upkeeps the aesthetically pleasing and walkable street.
Front and Rear Typology
Street Entry Thresholds
Street Spatial Sections
Street Material Analysis
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Building Typologies
Aerial Photographs of Street
Volume Pavilion: “To Breathe” Softwares: Rhino 3D Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop 10/04/2023 The pathway entrance flows like a river through the pavilion and connects the site to the building interior, illustrating the verb “To Breath.” In addition, trees and a grassy field were added to the site beside Goldring Center to create a calming effect upon entry and exit of this private sphere. As a result, all spaces have a sense of isolated relaxation, almost lifting the user away.
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