I acknowledge that this portfolio and some of the work included was created and delivered on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, and in particular the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
Hailing from the west of Ireland, I am a graduate of Architecture, with 5+ years of experience in the urban planning & architectural design realms. I have practiced in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Canada.
I have a passion for thinking creatively to improve city life, the public realm and transit infrastructure through community engagement, social equity & climate action at the forefront of creating change.
My experience locally and internationally includes working on transit-oriented development, transit planning & architecture, public engagement, public scapes, competitions, affordable housing and commissioned graphic design work.
Contact: simon.mmcs@gmail.com
SIMON CAULFIELD SRIKLAD (he/him)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
STREET SECTIONS & DIAGRAMS BLOC
SURREY-LANGLEY SKYTRAIN & TOD
URBAN DESIGN
MASSING TYPOLOGIES
Keywords: Urban Design, Planning, Massing, Production, 3D Modelling
Created a series of legible and informative massing typologies and drawings for various clients. The typologies were used to determine how different neighbourhoods would benefit and thrive using a mixture of scales, uses, setbacks, FSR etc. Using a mixture of 3D Modelling softwares & Adobe Illustrator, drawings were created for the client showing the various uses, room dimensions and contextual relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood.
Hybrid Scenario - 581 units
Density
Team: Amit Price Patel, Joost Bakker, Jill Robertson, Molly Steeves
Team: Justin Tompson, Amit Price Patel, Vance Harris, John Eraña, Maren McBride, Ophelia Lau
Lead the production of a series of street sections for a Technical Feasibility Study to justify development in an area prone to flooding close to the Fraser Valley river. Reviewed the code and engineering standards to create street layouts, incorporating landscape elements that tackle flood prevention. Incorporated setbacks that provides generous public space and and amenities.
Created a series of clear diagrams and sections for a site study, showing potential layout options to utilise the site for future development.
SECTION A
Team: Amit Price Patel, Jill Robertson, Cristina Horta
4.2 Circulation
SECTION A
When developing the circulation pattern of the site, ensure that placement of the buildings, ramps and parking spaces does not interfere or create conflict with pedestrian and cyclists entering and exiting the buildings and accessing amenities, open spaces or recreational areas
4.2.1 Pedestrian
• Provide high-quality streetscapes along the Lile Dr, reflecting the west side of the street. Sidewalks should be provisioned at generous widths beyond minimum requirements (1.5m), and quality landscaping and street furnishings should be provided.
Ensure all pedestrian routes comply with the 2024 BC Building Code accessibility requirements. They are universally accessible, barrier free, and clearly designated for pedestrian use, including curb cuts and tactile paving.
Create safe pedestrian crossings at intersections. The points of access between the crossing and sidewalk must also be universally accessible and barrier free.
• Provide shade trees along Lile Dr. Street tree spacing and tree species and plantings techniques should be selected to create a unified image for the street, provide an effective canopy, avoid sidewalk damage, and minimize water consumption. Trees should vary along different streets to prevent excessive planting of any one species.
• Where possible, the pedestrian internal circulation should frame views to the open spaces, and natural features.
4.5.2 Setbacks & Stepbacks
Enhance shared street areas with greenery, street furniture, and public art to foster a vibrant, pedestrianfriendly atmosphere. Incorporate planters, trees, benches, lighting, and artistic elements to create inviting and engaging spaces that encourage social interaction and community activities.
The interaction between buildings and the public realm will animate street edges, creating sensory engagement at the pedestrian level. This approach promotes active, healthy lifestyles and underscores the significance of nature.
• Provide building setback of 5 meters (16.4 ft), including underground structures from the property line along the east side to ensure an ample planting area next to Roche Point Trail.
Provide a building setback of 3 meters (9.8 ft) from the property line along Lile Dr. Underground parking structures are allowed, but the slab must drop a minimum of 1.2 meters (4 ft) to allow planting at grade.
Provide a 6-meter setback along Raven Woods Dr., ensuring a shared street with 50% open space. All underground structures must maintain the setback from the property line along the east side to ensure ample planting areas.
• Allow patios at the ground level and balconies on the upper levels within building setbacks.
• Upper levels of podiums facing Lile Dr. where there is a 3-meter (10ft) ground level setback, are setback 6 meters (20ft) from the property line, creating a 3-meter (10ft) stepback. These upper stepback occur at level 5.
Provide a 3-meter (10ft) upper stepback at level 3 on podiums facing Raven Woods Dr. shared street.
Contribute to the overall safety of the pedestrian experience by employing principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), including pedestrian-scaled lighting, clear sightlines between public and private spaces, and opportunities for natural surveillance (“eyes on the street”) from the future development onto the streets and sidewalks.
Ensure a safe and accessible pedestrian connection in the middle third of the block along Lile Dr.. The pathways should pedestrian-scale lighting for night visibility, clear directional signage, and landscaping elements that provide shade and maintain clear sightlines.
Our collective vision for the competition extends beyond the confines of present frameworks, to a future where digital platforms empower people to control the design and decision-making within their community. We envision a new urban landscape where density flourishes, affordable housing transcends market constraints, and climate concerns are met with ingenious solutions that truly meet the needs of our cities
We focused on the initiation and design process around code changes to eliminate restrictions on household formation in zoning bylaws and proposed a crowd-funding mechanism to complement a data-driven and community-led approach.
Team: Mojdeh Kamali, Simon Caulfield Sriklad, Kendra Scanlon, Paul van Ellenberg, Maryam Ahmadi, Matt Trepanier, Gerrit Atkinson & Paul Giles
DECODING POLICY
CHANGES PROPOSED
ORGANIC COVERAGE
REDUCED FRONT SETBACK AND REAR SETBACKS AS WELL AS EXCEPTIONS FOR FRONT AND REAR BUILDING WIDTH AND DEPTH CAN CREATE MORE UBRAN VITALITY.
MORE COMPACT FORMS ALLOWS FOR DYNAMIC INTERSTITIAL SPACES MID SITE AND DENSITY THAT CAN BE HIGHER AND LESS IMPOSING.
ELIMINATE PRESCRIBED LIVING ARRANGEMENT TERMINOLOGY SUCH AND CONSIDER ONE FLUID DWELLING RELATIONSHIP CONSISTING OF SINGLES AND COUPLES.
MULTI PURPOSE SPACE THAT CAN FACILITATE WHAT THE COMMUNITY REQUIRES:
CAFE, WORKSHOP, DAYCARE, GATHERING SPACE (KITCHEN)
DYNAMIC DENSITY - OUTDOOR FSR AS EXCLUDABLE AMENITY
OUTDOOR CIRCULATION SERVES AS A VALUABLE AMENITY FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS BY PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FACILITATING SOCIAL INTERACTION. BY INVESTING IN WELL-DESIGNED AND WELL-MAINTAINED OUTDOOR CIRCULATION INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITIES CAN CREATE VIBRANT, HEALTHY, AND INTERCONNECTED ENVIRONMENTS THAT ENHANCE RESIDENTS' OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE AND SENSE OF BELONGING.
SINGLE STAIR
REVISE THE BUILDING CODE TO ELIMINATE OBSTACLES TO AFFORDABLE CONSTRUCTION. CONSIDER PERMITTING SINGLE-STAIRCASE CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDINGS UP TO 7 STOREYS AND ALLOWING SINGLE EGRESS.
INCENTIVES?
CAN WE ENSURE LOTS ARE SERVICED AND 'SHOVEL READY' WITHIN A TIME PERIOD OF PROJECT COMMITMENT? TO ALLOW COMMUNITIES TO BUILDING HOMES EFFICIENTLY?
COULD LOTS BE DESIGNATED AS 'COMMUNITY-FUNDED' AND COME WITH PRE-APPROVED PARTIAL PLANNING TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS AND REDUCE HURDLES?
MULTI GEN HOUSEHOLD
OLDER GENERATIONS PROVIDE THE BULK OF THE DOWNPAYMENT, WHEREAS YOUNGER GENERATIONS PROVIDE THE INCOME FOR THE MORTGAGE.
FIRSTTIME
HOME BUYERS
MANY WELL-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, WHO BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY A HOME, AND ARE UNABLE TO OWN, SHARED EQUITY OWNERSHIP MAY BE AN OPTION.
DOWNSIZER
THEY NEED TO DOWNSIZE BUT DON’T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD AND COMMUNITY. INSTEAD, THEY POOL TOGETHER THEIR RESOURCES TO CREATE SMALLER UNITS WITHIN THEIR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.
HOUSING MODEL
DESIGNED WITH FLEXIBILITY AND UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY IN MIND, ALLOWING FOR EASY MODIFICATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE CHANGING NEEDS. IT INCORPORATES FEATURES SUCH AS MODULARITY, TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION, AND SUSTAINABILITY TO ENSURE LONGEVITY AND COMFORT FOR OCCUPANTS. THIS CONCEPT EMPHASIZES FUTURE-PROOFING AND MAY BE PART OF LARGER COMMUNITIES OFFERING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
Community Collective Tenure Cooperative Craft with Expert Collaboration “Place” Discovery and Making Multiple Collective Engagement
COLLABORATIVE SELF-INITIATED COMMUNITY-LED
Establishing Residency Community Building
RESIDENT DEVELOPERS
THEY OWN THEIR HOUSE AND ARE LOOKING TO GENERATE EXTRA INCOME BY CREATING NEW HOUSING UNITS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
TENANTS STUDENTS, RECENT ARRIVALS, WORK PLACEMENTS NEED A PLACE TO CALL HOME .
Coordinated and lead a team to produce design guidelines for a commuter rail corrider in California. I lead the production of the document whereby my responsibilities included gathering data, strategies and recommendations to include and creating graphical diagrams, charts, plans and renders to communicate the purpose of the guidelines in a cohesive way.
Team: Kokila Lochan, Steve Line, Victoria Kovacs, Justin Skoda, Michael Cannon
SURREY-LANGLEY SKYTRAIN
& TOD
Keywords: Architecture, Urban Design, Planning, Transit, Infrastructure, Integrated Development
Involved in the planning, design and integrated development stages of the Surrey-Langley Skytrain project. My role included modeling the stations and alignment, creating visual graphics and renders for public engagement events, reviewing zoning by-laws and policy to design and develop strategies for transit-oriented development (TOD) at each station and presenting these concepts to the client & stakeholders involved.
Team: Anders Bjerregard-Andersen & Virginia Leopard
Developed drawings and visualizations for 8 proposed stations on the LA Metro - Eastside Transit Corridor project, currently in phase 2. My role included coordinating with a team of planners and urban designers to create relevant drawings and renders to represent their ideas and concepts to the City of Los Angeles. The drawings included land acquisitions for transit-oriented development and a redesign of adjacent sidewalks and streets.
ATLANTIC-POMONA STATION
FEDERAL WAY - MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
Keywords: Planning, Development, Public Space, Urban Design
Developed a 3D model and visualizations for a development proposal of a site incorporating a mixture of uses including residential, commercial, retail & public space in the City of Federal Way, Washington, USA. My role included helping to design the public space, sidewalks, parking spaces and road layouts and to produce visuals portraying our recommendations.
A combination of computer modeling and graphic softwares were used to produce the renders for the proposal.
Team: Brian O’Reilly, Michael Cannon, Manali Yadav
Team: Laurence Rumble, Greg Ball, Claire Schumacher, Michael Cannon, Eddie O’Meara, Natalia Kharitonova, Alice Audebert, Julia Bartmanska, 2 0 2 1
Designer at VIA Architecture for the Burrard Station Upgrades project where I was part of the station interiors sub-team. I worked on the project from concept design to construction documentation stage.
My role involved using hand sketching & Illustrator to create concepts for the station design at concept design stage. Through schematic design & design development, I used Revit & Enscape to model the station interiors focusing mainly on panel design, lighting and wayfinding throughout the station. I worked primarily with the lighting consultant to coordinate lighting throughout the entire station.
Clockwise from left: View along Burrard Street; New entrance featuring upgraded accessible entrance; Bird’s eye view of the station site with new public plaza.
View of main concourse which includes a bank of 3 new escalators
View of upgraded escalator entrance on platform
View of Level-3 Inbound platform with upgraded station finishes
View of upgraded escalator chamber with new ceiling panels & lighting
Keywords: Competition, Internship, Architecture
*This competition was carried out and won during an internship with 42 architects.
Site: Rossaveel, Co. Galway, Ireland
Brief: Design a harbour building catering for the visitors and staff of Rossaveel Harbour located on the west coast of Ireland.
Response: This design is inspired by the industrial and maritime nature of the surrounding context. The proposed building resembles that of the the existing harbour buildings surrounding the site, that have an industrial aesthetic and share similar traits in form, materiality and scale. The undulating roof design resembles the waves of the Atlantic.
The design has a series of separate smaller buildings forming one building housing the office, canteen and commercial units along the south edge of the site and a separate building for changing facilities, laundry and storage on the east edge.
“I was involved with the 3D site modelling, design concept developments through hand drawing+3Dprintingmodelsandgraphicalrepresentationforthecompetitionreport.”
Team: Johan Berglund, Stephen Foley
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View of Canteen (feasability Stage) View from Small Craft Harbour
B E O - L I V I N G
Keywords: Community, Co-living, Housing
Design Studio: Year 4 (Final Year Project)
Given site: Tivoli Docklands, Cork, Ireland
Brief: With the rise of Ireland’s housing crisis, we are looking at ways in which we can design and build to provide not only affordable housing, but comfortable and secure housing for all ages creating a sense of community.
Response: ‘Beo’ is a low rise, high density co-living scheme. The word ‘beo’ is Irish Gaelic for life, lively and alive. The scheme incorporates 93, 1-3 bedroom private apartments with 16 communal spaces with various functionalities to encourage social engagement and a sustainable living environment.
The design is made up of two apartment blocks accessed by cores from ground level. At the top of each core is a shared space. These shared spaces connect the blocks via communal bridges.
The shared spaces are allocated on the top floors. The communal spaces are designed to be the biggest spaces and have access to the most natural light to encourage the inhabitants to use these spaces rather than stay in their apartments.
Housing Precedents
A Study of Shared Spaces
Spaces and Times used during the Week
A Spatial Strategy of Shared Spaced: Size, Proximity & Adjacency
Shared
The apartments are designed around a ‘multi-functional cube’ in the centre which houses all of the services, storage and furniture. This allows flexibility for the private spaces to be bedrooms but also living spaces. The apartments were designed this way to give the inhabitants space but also encourage them to utilisize the communal areas.
The flexibility of the space means that a variety of people could inhabit it from working professionals and students to the elder and small families.
The project is designed as part of a larger scale Master Plan for the 62 hectare Tivoli Docklands in Cork City, Ireland. The Master Plan will accommodate over 3,000 new homes, together with a variety of other compatible uses, thus contributing to the city’s growth over the next 20-30 years.
IN-SITU CONCRETE CORES STABALISE THE CONCRETE FRAME STRUCTURE
CONCRETE COLUMNS TRANSFER LOADS TO THE GROUND
RAFT FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE LOADS FROM THE CONCRETE COLUMNS AND CORES
DIRECTION OF LOADS
P A V I L I O N
Keywords: Design Build, Construction, Furniture
Design Studio: Year 3
The “Alcobh” (Al-cove) pavilion was designed as a response to revive the small town of Cobh on the south coast of Ireland. Each summer many tourists visit the town and so the idea spawned to create an interactive pavilion for locals and tourists.
A series of plywood sheets formed an alcove creating a tunnel like experience for the user while framing views of the town and providing a space of shelter and respite.
Team: Eoin Maguire, Michal Nowacki, Fiona Wolfe, Daniel Percy, Emma Prendergast, Muireann Dolan, Kate O’Brien, Liam Manning
“My role in the group was to measure and draw each cut to make sure that we made use of as much plywood as we could with the limited sheets we had. I drew the cuts on AutoCAD and printed them to scale to use as a template. I also helped with the design through concept model-making. ”
WARMING Design Competition 2021 asked participants to propose new or adapted architecture that address issues of global warming.
Long ago, it was known that the symbiosis of trees and fungi created a living network through mycelium that is able to sense, communicate and store knowledge about the environment. The symbiosis between humans and fungi allowed us to create a living interface that allows humans to sense, communicate, and learn from forests. This was the beginning of how humanity began to reconcile, build resilience, form relationships, and truly begin to mend our broken past and learn how to protect our future. Through generations of symbiotic existence and knowledge sharing, human society slowly matured in its awareness, understanding, and the treatment of the natural environment. Living side by side in coexistence, we have cultivated a way to protect nature and trust that it’s wisdom will protect humankindforgenerationstocome.
My role included initial sketching, brainstorming and visualizing our ideas using Rhino 3D & Illustrator.
Team: Cat He & Doug Sharpe
c o n s u l t a t i o n a s i t w o u l d
p r o v i d e a w a y t o c u r r e n t l y
a c t i v a t e t h e s p a c e t o d a y
W e r e c o m m e n d p l a c i n g Q R
a n d c o v e r i n g w i l l m a k e t h i s
s p a c e l e s s e x p o s e d , a s p a c e
CITYSHAPERS: PUBLIC SPACE
c o d e s o n t h e c h a l k b o a r d s
f o r r e s p i t e f o r t h e p u b l i c a n d s h e l t e r t h e m f r o m t h e
2 0 2 1
r a i n a n d s n o w
Keywords: Public Space, Community, Planning, Graphic Design
d i r e c t i n g i n d i v i d u a l s t o
m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n &
s u r v e y s W e w o u l d
r e c o m m e n d C i t y o f S u r r e y
e m p l o y e e s o r S F U t o c h e c k
t h e b o a r d s r e g u l a r l y a n d
t o r e c o r d t h e f e e d b a c k
t o t h i s s p a c e 4
A d d i n g a c o m m u n i t y b o o k
e x c h a n g e , i t w i l l a l l o w t h e
City Shapers is a civic education cohort program for Metro Vancouver youth. Participants learn about how cities work, how decisions are made, and how they can get involved.
c o m m u n i t y t o i n t e r a c t w i t h
e a c h o t h e r a n d g i v e
e v e r y o n e a s e n s e o f
b e l o n g i n g , c o m f o r t & s a f e t y
The Summer 2021 cohort focused on Public Spaces, how they are used, who they are for, and how our experience with COVID-19 has impacted the way we navigate them.
My participation lead me to work in a team to explore new public space typologies in the City of Surrey (CoS), BC, Canada entitled “A Tomorrow’s Space for Today’s Surrey”, our team established a list of recommendations for the CoS to implement as a response to the challenge our team were given.
My role involved creating graphics for the report & presentation to represent these recommendations and convey them in a visually striking manner.
Team: Melanie Ng, Lizzy Ruta, Shruti Wani
Graphics showing how unused spaces may be utilized and programmed
Keywords: Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design
A commission to design a website for a Career Guidance Counsellor in Kilkenny, Ireland.
The website is made using WordPress. I chose the colours blue and orange to attract people of all ages and genders.
I created the figures using Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop. They have been designed portraying various job roles (teacher, waiter, farmer/gardener, receptionist, doctor, builder, dancer, scientist, musician, artist, policeman, childcarer, elderly carer, sportsperson, cleaner) without discrimination of gender, race, age or ability.
S P H E R E K I
N G D O M
2 0 1 5
Keywords: Hand Drawing, Visualization, Augmented Reality
An original drawing which was created during a summer studio at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UK. The drawing is inspired by the short story “Animals
The drawing won ‘Best Hand Drawing’ at the end of the course.
The drawing implemented an augmented reality element that meant when it was scanned like a QR code, it showed the 3D representation of the spherical world. The drawing is hand drawn using a B pencil and took a week to complete.
Presenting my drawing using the augmented rerality component to help better understand the world I created
