Architectural Studies, Masters of Architecture University of Toronto
Daniel’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Designn
Architectural Studies, Bachelor of Arts University of Toronto
Daniel’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
University of Toronto FAM Alliance Advocacy Director
Young Architects Competition Participation WWF Extinction Museum
Buildner Participation
Iceland Volcano Coffee Shop
January 2022 - May 2022
September 2021 - April 2022
May 2021 - July 2021
September 2019 - June 2020
Buildner Participation Microhome 5
University of Toronto FAM Alliance Advocacy Associate
Young Architects Competition Participation Arctic Hotel
Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School Specialist High Skills Major Council Arts & Culture Executive Member
experience
September 2024 - Present CNC Lab Technologist Assistant Digital Fabrication Lab
May 2023 - September 2023
September 2018 - January 2019
Daniel’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Architecture Assistant, Internship PARTISANS, Toronto, ON
Architecture Assistant, Co-op Student AND Architecture Inc, Markham, ON
epiphany e·piph·a·ny
This portfolio defines ephiphany
"A sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into reality or the essential meaning of something"
table of contents
01| oculus 4 - 9
02| paper i 10 - 17
03| paper ii 18 - 23
04| The Tectonics of CNC Milling 24 - 33
05| ymprä 34 - 39
01| occulus
ARC1011 | December 2024 | Instructor: Shane Williamson ACADEMIC WORK
The proposed architectural design for the new civic and bathing facility, situated at the heart of the former Ontario Place Forum. The building's circular design situates an expansive, unobstructed view of the surrounding environment, enhancing visitors’ sense of connection to the natural landscape. This form maximizes peripheral vision, reinforcing an immersive experience that blurs the boundaries between built space and nature. A continuous ramp encircling the structure further enhances this sense of fluidity and unity, guiding movement through the space in a dynamic yet harmonious manner.
At the core of the design is a courtyard-like swimming pool, which serves as a central void that facilitates natural light and ventilation throughout the facility. Strategically positioned, the pool functions not only as a recreational space but also as a symbolic and experiential anchor, evoking the essence of communal bathing traditions. Its presence enhances the building’s monumental character and layered spatial composition, inviting both locals and visitors to engage with water as a vital element of the public realm.
Plan (scale: 1/64” = 1’-0”)
Ground Floor Plan (scale: 1/16” = 1’-0”)
2nd Floor Plan (scale: 1/16” = 1’-0”)
Front Section (scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”)
East Section (scale: 1/8” = 1’-0”)
Physical Model (scale: 3/32” = 1’-0”)
ARC380 | November 2022 | Instructor: Nathan Bishop | Collaborated with Jason Lee ACADEMIC WORK
As architecture develops, timber and wood become a more popular material amongst designs across North America. However, with growing concerns of deforestation, a solution to mitigate the effects of climate change needed to be in place to adapt to the current natural environment.
Jason and I decided to create a new material for this assignment to limit the uses of new resources, and instead reuse resources for construction and architecture. For this academic assignment as a design point for our engineered material, paper pulp can be used in a sustainable,economical, structural, and aesthetical manner, to provide warm, comfortable, and sustainable spaces like what one will feel with wooden construction.
3| blend water, rice, and paper (2 tbsp/30 g paper)
7| compress mold with clamps
1| shred paper/cardboard
6| fill molds with paper pulp
Paper Pulp Process
9| bake for 30 min at 220-300°F
10| let the product sit for 12-24 hours
4| drain water
5| print 3D molds
Process Diagram
Assembly Diagram
Paper Pulp Diamond Cluster 1:1
Interior Structure Render
Exterior Structure Render
03|
paper ii
ARC380 | December 2022 | Instructor: Nathan Bishop | Collaborated with Jason Lee ACADEMIC WORK
As a continuation of using paper pulp as a design point for our engineered material, Jason and I continue to investigate the aesthetical and structural limits of paper pulp through architecture.
Paper pulp can be used in a sustainable, economical, structural, and aesthetic manner to provide a warm, comfortable, and sustainable rest stop at the edge of Georgian Bay.
Keeping our goal to tackle the growing concerns of deforestation in mind, our design strategy revolves around a solution to mitigate the effects of climate change that needs to be in place to adapt to the current natural environment.
Gyroid Assembly Diagram
Individual Gyroid Render
Paper Pulp Gyroid Tower
Exterior Gyroid Site Render
04| The Tectonics of CNC Milling
The Art of Japanese Joinery
ARC487 | May 2024 | Instructor: Nicholas Hoban
ACADEMIC WORK
Renowned for its history of wood craft and materials knowledge, Japan has continuously refined intricate wood joinery techniques, constitutiong the cornerstone of the nation's architectural heritage. By comprehending the success of centuries-cold wood working techniques, without the need for nails or screws, this research aims ot reembrace the value of traditional Japanese joinery through the lens of digital fabrication.
Although the complexity of Japanese wood joinery poses technical challenges given the limits of CNC machinery, this thesis explores the adaptation of hand-crafted artistry to digital fabrication technologies, embracing a new method of wood joinery for the use in building construction.
This research embraces the traditional essence of Japanese joinery methods by understanding the form and quality of the wooden joints, which were once created as a result of high skill craft and translating those aspects within the realm of digital machinery.
Traditional Japanese carpentry tools
Roland MDX-540 4-Axis CNC Router
腰掛け 蟻継ぎ half-lap, dovetailed joint
平ほぞ差し 柱 重ほぞ flat tenon/pillar heavy tenon
Handbook of traditional Japanese wood joinery
小根ほぞ差し 割り楔締め 小根ほぞ差し 込み栓打ち haunched mortise and split wedge tightening, haunched mortise and plugging
追掛け大栓継ぎ oblique, housed (dadoed), and rabbeted scarf joint
追掛大栓継ぎ oblique, housed (dadoed) and rabbeted scarf joint
3-Axis CNC Router Jig
Teahouse Structure Wooden Joinery
Structure Diagram Floor Panel Measurements
Teahouse Structure Assembly Diagram
05| ympyrä
YOUNG ARCHITECTS COMPETITION | OCTOBER 2021 | COLLABORATED WITH KATIE DANG & JASON LEE COMPETITION WORK
Ympyrä brings forth the guests’ experiences and intertwines their emotions with the cultural domain of Finland’s nature. Surrounded by the vastness of Finland’s lush forestry, guests can embrace the comfortability of the surrounding community, the beauty of the mesmerizing Aurora Borealis, and culture of the Sami people.
Ympyrä strives to maximize guests’ encounters and memories in Finland, honouring the country through culturally-diverse and respected nature. The nature shared by Sami culture has been threatened for many years from the large influence of tourism in Rovaniemi, Finland.
Ympyrä seeks to set a precedent for architecture that reconciles and acknowledges not only the land it stands upon, but also the people native to it.
