JDAS Portfolio (2024)

ARCHITECTURE

PORTFOLIO

JOSHUA DOUGLAS ARTHUR SMITH

NORTH YORK, ON, CANADA

RESUME

Education & Professional Experience

Period: 2014 - 2024

JOSHUA D.A. SMITH

Master of Architecture Student

My goal as I begin my career is to find a place where I can explore how architecture as a practice can have a significant positive impact on our world as we collectively struggle against the pressing issue of climate change. I am passionate about this issue and I am eager to embark on a journey towards a more holistically conceived world.

I have a healthy respect for the daunting task that I have set for myself, and it will require no small amount of humility and education, as well as the insights and wisdom of a great number of colleagues, mentors, and land experts. I have a lot to learn, but I remain determined to make my mark as a young architect.

Thank you in advance for your attention and consideration.

Fluently bilingual (English/French) civil engineering graduate with related professional experience. Currently studying architecture at Carleton University. Enthusiastic and eager learner with keen interests in placemaking, net-zero design, and foreign cultures & languages. In the initial stages of thesis research towards the development of netzero carbon cities.

EDUCATION

Carleton University | Master of Architecture

2022-09 × Present

2025 graduation

McMaster University | Bachelor of Engineering

2013-09 × 2019-06

Civil/Structural Engineering

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Aecon Group Ltd. | Project Coordinator

2022.01 - 2022.07

• Soil protection system calculations

• Item quantities reconciliation & billings

• Testing coordination

New Tomorrow Consulting | Research Consultant

2020.11 - Present

• Capital development research

• Establish impactful research goals

• Creation of capital development pipelines

EDUCATIONAL JOURNEYS

Montréal, Canada | New York City, USA | Kyebi, Ghana

LOFTED FOREST

Studio Project: M.Arch. Year 2 | Independent

Duration: 3 months

The lofted forest is a living exhibition of various urban forestry methodologies, including those of days gone by as well as current practices and new innovations.

A number of landscaping and site organization strategies create a rich urban fabric. Visitors experience a unique site condition depending on weather conditions but are anchored to the design‘s identity as an urban forestry knowledge centre through thoughtfully placed tree saplings.

Site Section

Site Plan

Parti Diagrams

The main circulation occurs through the staggered greenhouses by way of gently sloping ramps which carry visitors across the rising landscape.

Clustered columns serve quadruple-duty for the greenhouses by supporting the floorplates and glazing, housing mechanical services, daylighting basement spaces, and acting as a vertical circulation shaft for incoming and outgoing saplings.

Circulation Model

Section B-B / West Elevation

Section C-C / North Elevation

bell street south

Process Sketches

WAVELENGTH

School Project: M.Arch. Year 1 | Collaborative (+ Keagan Fowler)

Duration: 6 weeks

At-risk and disinfranchised youth are often left to the streets, despite meagre housing solutions offered by municipal governments. Operation Come Home, the company for whom this project was designed, has a strong history of compassion for the runaway youth population. Wavelength presents a housing solution that focuses on community building both inside and outside its walls.

From their initial entry through the intimate lobby and the following atrium garden, inhabitants of Wavelength are met with a balanced atmosphere of security and privacy. The democratically arranged upper storey living quarters instill a sense of equity as well as community. Each dormitory unit is provided a balcony space that overlooks the public courtyard below, and the building is stepped back such that each balcony is opened to the sky above.

The project is anchored by its dining hall space, which is located in the brise-soleil parking structure, just above the highest level of the living quarters. The dining hall‘s western face permits light from the setting sun to enter and dance off of the shallow pool within, casting a dynamic lighting feature throughout the space in the evening.

Detail (A)

Section A-A

Detail (A)

Section B-B

NEXUS 10

School Project: M.Arch. Year 1 | Individual

Duration: 2 months

As the capital of a nation that is globally seen as a place of refuge, opportunity, and culture, Ottawa is uniquely positioned to make an impactful statement on behalf of Canada. The ByWard Market is ripe for revitalization and offers a wonderful opportunity to create a unique and cherished space for gathering and celebration, sharing and learning, shopping and trade, and culture and history.

“The public spaces are the backdrop against which daily life, festivals, and celebrations unfold; a place for both the everyday and the extraordinary.”

Yet, why stop there? Nexus 10 goes beyond these interventions by opening its doors to all and sundry — all cultures, religions, and interest groups. The intent of this project is to create a public space with open access to all forms of learning, sharing, and experience of which the people of Ottawa can speak fondly and to which the people of Canada and abroad look as a destination.

— The ByWard Market Public Realm Plan (2020)

West Elevation | Library

As the most traditional of the ten learning spaces, the library is the conceptual and programmatic anchor for Nexus 10.

Northwest Corner | Skatepark

Knowledge through movement. The skatepark provides the ByWard Market community with a dynamic way to engage with one another.

Northeast Corner | Rooftop Patio

As an extension of the theatre space below and the adjacent workshop learning spaces, the publically accessible rooftop patio overlooks the east side of the ByWard Market.

School Project: M.Arch. Year 1 | Independent

Duration: 2 months

In an urban context known for its cold winters and quiet environment, the Shard defiantly presents the city of Ottawa with a shining oasis that encourages play, community, and life. Leveraging the weight of its glass centrepiece, the Shard provides its residents and their proximal community with a vibrant gathering space.

Placemaking and holistic design principles inform the primary programmatic decisions. The glass centrepeice is not only a space for gathering, but also a community garden, central circulation corridor, and atrium for interaction, dining, and religion.

1. site limits 4000m2

2. glass feature

3. glass facade

4. gain height

5. balconies

School Project: M.Arch. Year 1 | Independent

Duration: 1 month

If a form were to accommodate the sound of its environment, then said form might have to be flexible in its shape. To utilize this idea as a basis for this investigation, the concept of advection was explored.

Three proto-architectural artefacts were created to synergistically represent a design which might be cognizant of its environment.

- An advecting metaphysical model

- A collection of physical animate-inanimate objects

- A representational still image

“Advection is the process by which contaminants are transported by the flowing fluid or solvent in response to a hydraulic gradient.“

- Science Direct

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/advection

In the context of this investigation, noise advection is defined as the fluid movement of form along the gradient of frequency and amplitude of a real-time audio source. This effect was achieved using geonodes in Blender, where a cube was split into hundreds of unique nodes that extended and retracted in response to the various frequencies of an audio source.

ERRATIC

CALM

HUMAN

Personal Project | Independent

Duration: On-going

Despite being a seasoned powerlifter and lifelong health & fitness enthusiast, my understanding of human anatomy and how the body works is lacking.

In a pursuit to become more familiar with such mechanisms, I began studying human skeletal and muscular systems. The following anatomical study showcases my understanding of such systems.

While this study has been an on-going process for a few years now, it has recently been useful in connecting my knowledge of structural systems, namely statics concepts of moment and shear, to my designs as an architecture student. The function of muscles in resisting force is similar to structural systems in this way. Thinking about design through these lenses has helped me ground my efforts.

PROGRESS

As this study is on-going, the process of adding smaller muscles and bones is an exercise in iteration and repetition.

HONEYCOMB

Competition: Home After Crisis | Collaboration (+ Keagan Fowler)

Duration: 2 months

Amidst the turmoil that has beset the people of Nigeria in light of recent violence and disruption, Honeycomb offers a tightknit and comfortable housing solution that creates an equitable and collaborative environment for its inhabitants.

Leveraging the space efficient properties of the hexagon as the design’s foundation, the design maximizes the value of each unit of land at multiple scales. Additionally, inhabitants are empowered to be both makers and users of this project through the incorporation of a locallysourced clay brick mill that provides the homes’ modular brick wall panels, which are light and small enough for able-bodied persons to install with ease.

Hexagonal Forms

High spatial efficiency

Shared Courtyard

Community building & safety

Public Facilities

Interstitial community spaces

Site Plan

Single Module Courtyard Intermodule Corridors

Module A | Year 1

Module A Floor Plan

Module A Plot Axonometric

Module A | Year 10

Module B | Year 1

Module B | Year 10

The design includes five housing modules.

The housing modules are intended to allow for incremental expansion over time, so as to empower inhabitants to utilize their agency of their space.

The various plot orientations include the following standard modules.

Module C | Year 1

Module C | Year 10

Orientation Description

Module A

Core Module

Standard Family | 7 people 1-2 adults, 5-6 children

Module B

Multigenerational Family | 10 people 1-2 elderly, 2-3 adults, 5-7 children

Module C

Polygamous Family | 14 people 3 adults, 11 children

Module D

Extended Family | 18 people

Various family dynamics

Module E

Single Family 1-2 adults or elders

Module D | Year 1

Module E | Year 1

Module D | Year 10

Module E | Year 10

Section A-A

Section B-B

Elevation C-C

Elevation D

Brick Panel Typologies

* Wind tower

** Panelized aluminium shed roof

Nut and Bolt

3. Porous Brick and Water

25 × 12.5 × 10cm Clay Brick

Utilizing the bricks’ porous nature to leverage adiabatic cooling

1a. Omit a panel to fit a window or door

1b. Woven bricks creating a screen

2. Standard 3 × 6 brick panel

*All utilizing 25 × 12.5 × 10cm clay bricks created on site

25×12.5×10cm Clay Brick

4. Roof and Wall Connection

Steel Peg

Self-Drilling Steel Screw

CGI Steel Roof

5. Parapet and Wall Connection

25×12.5×10cm Clay Brick

Steel Peg

Self-Drilling Steel Screw

CGI Steel Parapet

Personal Project | Independent

Duration: 1 month

This project is an exploration of how I define the process of design.

The following four idols are symbolic in different ways, each of them exhibiting various design principles.

Tower of Babylon

Original image by Athanasius Kircher

concept 概念 idée ةركف thought 主意 vue قفأ prospect 天際線 horizon

لبقتسلما future 未來 demain ادغ

creation 創建 base لصأ origin 來歷 histoire ةياكح narrative 敘述 peinture ريوصت illustration 例證 modèle زارط

collaborate 合作 combiner مجسنا blend 合成 intégrer لمش embrace 摟 rassembler نسحت improvement 豐富 profusion ضيف

society 合伙 corporation ةباقن order 命令 promulguer ثدحأ engender 產生 réaliser حجن succeed 繼承 hériter ثايرم

unite 團 liaison ةلافك security 保衛 protection ىوأم sanctuary 避難所 entretenir

ىذغ sustain 承受 tolérer رقأ

concept 概念 idée ةركف thought 主意 vue قفأ prospect 天際線 horizon لبقتسلما future 未來 demain ادغ creation 創建 base لصأ origin 來歷 histoire ةياكح narrative 敘述 peinture ريوصت illustration 例證 modèle حجن succeed 繼承 hériter ثايرم unite 團 liaison ةلافك security 保衛 protection ىوأم sanctuary 避難所 entretenir ىذغ sustain 承受 tolérer رقأ plan 打算 évaluer ساق gauge 估計 estimer رظن consider 研究 examiner ذفن perform 施行 interpréter سرف expound 闡述 élaborer ممص icon 畫像 silhouette لايخ imagination 想像力 conception ةين mind 精神 genie ةبهوم flair 埶 habilité ةعارب engaging 參與 supérieure روطتم developed ئراط multifaceted 多方面的 multiforme هجولأا ددعتم varied 多變 changeable يريغتلل لباق adjustable 伸縮 élastique نرم elastic 靈活 intelligent عراب iteration 重 reprise شاعنلإا welfare 禔 réussite حاجن prosperity 昌盛 progrès 全 sain يحص salutary 有益的 avantage موق people 民眾 peuple ةيعمج pattern 格局 structure راطإ setting 環境 milieu طيحم perimeter 埸 bord بناج portion 份 exemplaire جذونم efficient 高效的 élégant قينأ neat 事 adéquat مئلام compatible 蒹容 conséquent يرهوج fundamental 根本 essentiel سياسأ primary 主要 important ماه indigenous 妙 subtil دقعم intricate 錯綜複雜 complexe طروتم engaged 有事 animé يح vivid 活潑 證 modèle زارط collaborate 合作 combiner مجسنا blend 合成 intégrer لمش embrace 摟 rassembler نسحت improvement 豐富 profusion ضيف society 合伙 corporation ةباقن order 命令 promulguer ثدحأ engender 產生 究 examiner فشكتسا search 監工 surveiller ىغصأ unique 特制 spécial زيمم characteristic 特性 identité ةيتاذ ةيوه personality 人 individu صيخش subjective 個人的 corporel يدسج play 玩弄 susciter ىعدتسا summon 召 developed 發達 prêt مئلام favourable 合適的 amusant عتمم interesting 有意思 significatif زراب ingenuity 創造力 créativité عادبإ novelty 新奇 moderne عيدب unprecedented 空前的 inouï شهدم surprising 意外 imprévu progrès قاترخا permeation 滲透 pénétration يرطقتلا experience 見識 connaissance ةفرعم learning 學問 sagesse ةنطف acumen 敏銳度 acuité ءاهد wit 智力 intelligence مهف sustainable 可持續的 durable ينتم

بسانم timely 適時的 opportun يعفن pragmatic 實用 efficace يوق organization 機構 mécanisme ةينقت technique 技巧 métier ةعارب finesse 靈巧 adresse ءاكذ brilliance 輝 splendeur ةمظع

The shapes are shaded in a paint-bynumbers style using word chains that contain meaningful terms in the context of design. These word chains are made up of English, Chinese, French, and Arabic words that repeat in the same order.

Sarcostyle Tower

Original image courtesy of Designboom

plan 打算 évaluer ساق gauge 估計 estimer رظن consider 研 究 examiner فشكتسا search 監

工 surveiller ىغصأ unique 特制 spécial زيمم characteristic 特性 identité ةيتاذ ةيوه personality 人 individu صيخش subjective 個人 的 corporel يدسج play 玩弄 susciter ىعدتسا summon 召 tenir ذفن perform 施行 interpréter سرف expound 闡述 élaborer ممص

icon 畫像 silhouette لايخ imagination 想像力 conception ةين mind 精神 genie ةبهوم flair 埶 habilité ةعارب engaging 參與 supérieure روطتم developed 發達 prêt مئلام favourable 合適的 amusant عتمم interesting 有意 思 significatif زراب

زارط collaborate 合作 combiner مجسنا blend 合成 intégrer لمش embrace 摟 rassembler نسحت improvement 豐富 profusion ضيف society 合伙 corporation ةباقن order 命令 promulguer ثدحأ engender 產生 réaliser examiner فشكتسا search 監工 surveiller ىغصأ unique 特制 spécial زيمم characteristic 特性 identité ةيتاذ ةيوه personality 人 individu صيخش subjective 個人的 corporel يدسج play 玩弄 susciter ىعدتسا summon 召 tenir developed 發達 prêt مئلام favourable 合適的 amusant عتمم interesting 有意思 significatif زراب ingenuity 創造力 créativité عادبإ novelty 新奇 moderne عيدب unprecedented 空前的 inouï شهدم surprising 意外 imprévu progrès قاترخا permeation 滲透 pénétration يرطقتلا experience 見識 connaissance ةفرعم learning 學問 sagesse ةنطف acumen 敏銳度 acuité ءاهد wit 智力 intelligence مهف sustainable 可持續的 durable ينتم robust 健 neat 整潔的 propre بسانم timely 適時的 opportun يعفن pragmatic 實用 efficace يوق organization 機構 mécanisme ةينقت technique 技巧 métier ةعارب finesse 靈巧 adresse ءاكذ brilliance 輝 splendeur ةمظع useful 頂 活潑 actif لاعف concept 概念 idée ةركف thought 主意 vue قفأ prospect 天際線 horizon لبقتسلما future 未來 demain ادغ creation 創建 base لصأ origin 來歷 histoire ةياكح narrative 敘述 peinture ريوصت illustration 例 產生 réaliser حجن succeed 繼承 hériter ثايرم unite 團 liaison ةلافك security 保衛 protection ىوأم sanctuary 避難所 entretenir ىذغ sustain 承受 tolérer رقأ plan 打算 évaluer ساق gauge 估計 estimer رظن consider 研 召 tenir ذفن perform 施行 interpréter سرف expound 闡述 élaborer ممص icon 畫像 silhouette لايخ imagination 想像力 conception ةين mind 精神 genie ةبهوم flair 埶 habilité ةعارب engaging 參與 supérieure روطتم imprévu ئراط multifaceted 多方面的 multiforme هجولأا ددعتم varied 多變 changeable يريغتلل لباق adjustable 伸縮 élastique نرم elastic 靈活 intelligent عراب iteration 重 reprise شاعنلإا welfare 禔 réussite حاجن prosperity 昌盛 sain يحص salutary 有益的 avantage موق people 民眾 peuple ةيعمج pattern 格局 structure راطإ setting 環境 milieu طيحم

Tesla Roadster

ingenuity 創造力 créativité عادبإ novelty 新奇 moderne عيدب unprecedented 空前的 inouï شهدم surprising 意外 imprévu ئراط

multifaceted 多方面的 multiforme هجولأا ددعتم varied 多變 changeable يريغتلل لباق adjustable 伸縮 élastique نرم elastic 靈活 intelligent عراب

iteration 重 reprise شاعنلإا welfare 禔 réussite حاجن prosperity 昌盛 progrès قاترخا permeation 滲透 pénétration

يرطقتلا experience 見識 connaissance ةفرعم learning 學問 sagesse ةنطف acumen 敏 銳度 acuité ءاهد wit 智力 intelligence مهف

sustainable 可持續的 durable ينتم robust 健全 sain يحص salutary 有益的 avantage موق people 民眾 peuple ةيعمج

Original image courtesy of Renderhub concept 概念 idée ةركف thought 主意 vue قفأ prospect 天際線 horizon لبقتسلما future 未來 demain ادغ creation 創建 base لصأ origin 來歷 histoire ةياكح narrative 敘述 peinture ريوصت illustration 例證 modèle حجن succeed 繼承 hériter ثايرم unite 團 liaison ةلافك security 保衛 protection ىوأم sanctuary 避難所 entretenir ىذغ sustain 承受 tolérer رقأ plan 打算 évaluer ساق gauge 估計 estimer رظن consider 研究 examiner ذفن perform 施行 interpréter سرف expound 闡述 élaborer ممص icon 畫像 silhouette لايخ imagination 想像力 conception ةين mind 精神 genie ةبهوم flair 埶 habilité ةعارب engaging 參與 supérieure روطتم developed ئراط multifaceted 多方面的 multiforme هجولأا ددعتم varied 多變 changeable يريغتلل لباق adjustable 伸縮 élastique نرم elastic 靈活 intelligent عراب iteration 重 reprise شاعنلإا welfare 禔 réussite حاجن prosperity 昌盛 progrès 全 sain يحص salutary 有益的 avantage موق people 民眾 peuple ةيعمج pattern 格局 structure راطإ setting 環境 milieu طيحم perimeter 埸 bord بناج portion 份 exemplaire جذونم efficient 高效的 élégant قينأ neat 事 adéquat مئلام compatible 蒹容 conséquent يرهوج fundamental 根本 essentiel سياسأ primary 主要 important ماه indigenous 妙 subtil دقعم intricate 錯綜複雜 complexe طروتم engaged 有事 animé يح vivid 活潑 證 modèle زارط collaborate 合作 combiner مجسنا blend 合成 intégrer لمش embrace 摟 rassembler نسحت improvement 豐富 profusion ضيف society 合伙 corporation ةباقن order 命令 promulguer ثدحأ engender 產生 究 examiner فشكتسا search 監工 surveiller ىغصأ unique 特制 spécial زيمم characteristic 特性 identité ةيتاذ ةيوه personality 人 individu صيخش subjective 個人的 corporel يدسج play 玩弄 susciter ىعدتسا summon 召 developed 發達 prêt مئلام favourable 合適的 amusant عتمم interesting 有意思 significatif زراب ingenuity 創造力 créativité عادبإ novelty 新奇 moderne عيدب unprecedented 空前的 inouï شهدم surprising 意外 imprévu

قاترخا permeation 滲透 pénétration يرطقتلا experience 見識 connaissance ةفرعم learning 學問 sagesse ةنطف acumen 敏銳度 acuité ءاهد wit 智力 intelligence مهف sustainable 可持續的 durable ينتم robust 健全

timely 適時的 opportun يعفن pragmatic 實用 efficace يوق organization 機構 mécanisme ةينقت technique 技巧 métier ةعارب finesse 靈巧 adresse ءاكذ brilliance 輝 splendeur ةمظع

Honeycomb Pattern

pattern 格局 structure راطإ setting 環境 milieu طيحم perimeter 埸 bord بناج portion 份 exemplaire جذونم efficient 高效的 élégant قينأ neat 整潔的 propre بسانم timely 適時的 opportun يعفن pragmatic 實用 efficace يوق organization 機構 mécanisme ةينقت technique 技巧 métier ةعارب finesse 靈巧 adresse ءاكذ brilliance 輝 splendeur ةمظع useful 頂事 adéquat مئلام compatible 蒹容 conséquent يرهوج fundamental 根本 essentiel سياسأ primary 主要 important ماه indigenous 妙 subtil دقعم intricate 錯綜複雜 complexe طروتم engaged 有事 animé يح vivid 活潑 actif لاعف

blend 合成 intégrer لمش embrace 摟 rassembler نسحت improvement 豐富 profusion ضيف society 合伙 corporation ةباقن order 命令 promulguer ثدحأ engender 產生 réaliser examiner فشكتسا search 監工 surveiller ىغصأ unique 特制 spécial زيمم characteristic 特性 identité ةيتاذ ةيوه personality 人 individu صيخش subjective 個人的 corporel يدسج play 玩弄 susciter ىعدتسا summon 召 tenir developed 發達 prêt مئلام favourable 合適的 amusant عتمم interesting 有意思 significatif زراب ingenuity 創造力 créativité عادبإ novelty 新奇 moderne عيدب unprecedented 空前的 inouï شهدم surprising 意外 imprévu progrès قاترخا permeation 滲透 pénétration يرطقتلا experience 見識 connaissance ةفرعم learning 學問 sagesse ةنطف acumen 敏銳度 acuité ءاهد wit 智力 intelligence مهف sustainable 可持續的 durable ينتم robust 健 neat 整潔的 propre بسانم timely 適時的 opportun يعفن pragmatic 實用 efficace يوق organization 機構 mécanisme ةينقت technique 技巧 métier ةعارب finesse 靈巧 adresse ءاكذ brilliance 輝 splendeur ةمظع useful 頂 活潑 actif لاعف concept 概念 idée ةركف thought 主意 vue قفأ prospect 天際線 horizon لبقتسلما future 未來 demain ادغ creation 創建 base لصأ origin 來歷 histoire ةياكح narrative 敘述 peinture ريوصت illustration 例 產生 réaliser حجن succeed 繼承 hériter ثايرم unite 團 liaison ةلافك security 保衛 protection ىوأم sanctuary 避難所 entretenir ىذغ sustain 承受 tolérer رقأ plan 打算 évaluer ساق gauge 估計 estimer رظن consider 研 召 tenir ذفن perform 施行 interpréter سرف expound 闡述 élaborer ممص icon 畫像 silhouette لايخ imagination 想像力 conception ةين mind 精神 genie ةبهوم flair 埶 habilité ةعارب engaging 參與 supérieure روطتم imprévu ئراط multifaceted 多方面的 multiforme هجولأا ددعتم varied 多變 changeable يريغتلل لباق adjustable 伸縮 élastique نرم elastic 靈活 intelligent عراب iteration 重 reprise شاعنلإا welfare 禔 réussite حاجن prosperity 昌盛 sain يحص salutary 有益的

Original image courtesy of Primal Pastures

collaborate 合作 combiner مجسنا

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DEMOLITION

This project explores the ever-shortening useful lifecycles of buildings through time.

As one of the largest factors in human-produced GHG‘s, the demolition of buildings for the sake of replacing them with newer works is problematic.

77 CE

CE 4000 BCE

750 BCE

250 BCE 495 CE

1000 CE - 1440 CE

High density of buildings

Demolition frequency begins to increase

100 BCE - 306 CE

Buildings become more populous

Technologies improve, buildings are robust

750 BCE - 300 BCE

Low density of buildings per year

Limited building technologies

STATISTICS

Construction and demolition are large contributors to our overall Greenhouse Gas emissions. Sources vary, but some numbers are as follows below.

Impact from construction Air pollution | 23%

Drinking water pollution | 40%

Impact from construction & demolition Non-industrial waste | 26%

QUESTIONS

It is clear that the construction industry needs to be improved, and the ever-shortening useful lifecycles of our buildings is a problem.

What is there to be done?

I want to find out.

This is the basis for future research.

Date sourced from Sourceable and the US Environmental Protection Agency