Heirloom Architecture, 2017

ARCHITECTURE Portfolio of Works 2017 TOMMY TSO Academic and Professional

+1 (416) 277 1523 • tommy.tso.kf@gmail.com • www.tommytso.com

• +1 (416) 277 1523 • tommy.tso.kf@gmail.com • 92 Holly Drive, Richmond Hill, ON, CA, L4S 2R5 Objective

Full-time Intern Architect (References provided upon request) Relevant Experience

2016-Current architectsAlliance 2016 • Architectural Assistant: construction documents for Pier 27 phase 3 development 2015-16 Orangeink Design Inc. 2015-16 • Architectural Assistant: prepare building application for residential projects: drawings, forms, & renderings 2011-14 CS&P Architects Inc. • $17M Regent Park Community Center Assistant Contract Administrator: RFI, CO, site, & shop drawings review 2012-14 • $6M Aurora Community Space Document and consultant coordinations for SPA, Tender, and Addendum 2013-14 2012-13 $1.5 million GEDSB FDK Kindergarten Full set of schematics and tender documents 2011-12 • $1.5 million Mississauga Civic Center Concept to finish: schematics, developments, constructions 2012 • $400K Donor Recognition Wall - CHAT Design to finish: Client and trade coordinations 2011-13 • Other works: U Windsor Armouries, Bus Depot, and Star; Upper Canada College; • 101 Erskine Condominium; St Antoine Daniel P.S; YRDSB Cornell S.S. 2008 Swire Properties, HK • Swire Hostel at Lantau Island (Schematics), 172-186 Java Rd. Condominium Tower 110 storeys (Project Manage) Takric Engineering Ltd. • M&E Designs, 203 College Street Survey (Full Project lead), Riston Centre at 40 Roseneath Cresent (Schematics) Education

University of Toronto

Masters of Architecture (awarded Advance Standing), with high distinction honours GPA 4.0/4.0

Ryerson University

Bachelor of Architectural Science, with honours GPA 3.51/4.3

LEED

Acredited Professional

2014-16 2011 2010~

Skills

Softwares

Revit (7 yrs), ArchiCAD (1 yr) AutoCAD (12 yrs), Adobe Photoshop + Illustrator + Indesign (12 yrs),

Sketchup (9 yrs), Vray Render (7 yrs), Rhinoceros (4 yrs) + Grasshopper (4 yrs), Microsoft Office

Languages

English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin)

Achievements and Awards

UToronto

John and Myrna Daniel’s Fellowship

Ryerson

Honours Distinction at graduation (1 of 7 distinctions, of 110 grads)

Scholarship

Highest monetary award winner of the Queen Elizabeth Aiming For High Scholarship

2007-10

Ryerson

Dean’s List, for academic excellence

2007-10

Competition

3rd place winner of ‘Mount Pleasant Bike Rack Design Competition’

2009

Competition

1st place winner of ‘CitiesAlive International Green Roof Design Competition’

2009

Competition

1st place winner of ‘Air India Memorial in Bathurst Canada Design Competition’

2009

Competition

2nd place winner of ‘RU GREEN - Sustainable Open Space Design Competition’

2009

Competition

Bird Feeder design selected to participate in ‘Canada Blooms Design Exhibition

2008

2014-15 2011

2008

2008’ Ryerson

Second highest GPA of the academic year in Architectural Science, with scholarship

2007

Scholarship

Competitive entrance scholarship winner (1 of 350 students, across 22 programs)

2006

Competition

Gold Medallist team, Skills Canada Cardboard Boat Race

2005

Music

Royal Conservatory of Music, Grade 8 Examination in Piano, with First Class

Others

Community

Perennial volunteer at Soup Kitchen, Sandwich Runs, Food Banks in Toronto

2008-13

Competition

Design Seoul International Public Design, Northern Ontario School of Architecture Ideas Design

2009-11

Travel

Shanghai, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, New York, Chicago, Detroit

2010

Studio Abroad:

Rome, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Pisa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Holon, Haifa, Cairo

2010

Now, with the mandate of sustainability, why are we more concerned with the inefficient light bulb than detriments of short-lived buildings? My intention for a M.Arch is to (re)discover feasible design strategies that transcend heir¡loom architecture.

1. (n.) a family possession passed down from generation to generation.

2. (adj.) an old variety cultivated again

ARCHITECTURE Portfolio of Works 2017 TOMMY TSO Academic and Professional Heirloom Architecture Alpha

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Lamp Trapeze

10

Aggregate Living

12

Regent Park Community Center

16

New Residence

18

Pier 27 - Phase 3

20

Wave Plater

21

Installation: Agony

22

Weaved Lids

25

Urban Canvas

26

Post-Carbon Mall

27

Ferry Terminal

28

Heirloom Architecture Beta

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[Cover Art] If the Colosseum is Alive and Well, Tommy Tso, 2016 Copyright Š 2016 Tommy Tso. All rights reserved. All contents in this portfolio are produced by me, in part or in full.

HEIRLOOM ARCHITECTURE THESIS: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL [2010 Studio Abroad; 12 weeks] Only when we’ve realized that design is collaging will we be liberated from the fear to create. Heirloom Architecture audaciously collage local typologies and cultural heritage, in order to relevantly address urban needs. With an added element of time, the proposal hopes to become a long-term planning and architectural solution.

This is an option studio abroad, studying the southern region of Tel Aviv. The UNESCO heritage city has the largest collection of modern architecture in the world. However at its center, the city is divided by a large man-made ‘fissure’ - a scar left behind by a demolished railway, which once gave life to the city.

One of many potential outcomes 4

1. PROGRAMS 2. GENOTYPES Derived from local needs & conditions

Growth tolerable typologies: defining embryos (plan & section types), genes, and sizes

BASKETBALL COURT EXPANDS TO SOCCER FIELD

PLAN

SECTION

AREA

3. BREEDING Mating compatible programs: based on the need for sun, public or private use, and unimpeded growth types

GENES

PLAN

SECTION

GENES

5

East Elevation

West Elevation

4. DISTRICT BUILDINGS

5. GROWTH OVER TIME

From 2D Typologies to 3D Form

Paths of Development

Arts

Arts

Cultural

Cultural

Cultural

Business Recreation Industrial

Recreation

Power

Stage 1 Population 300

Business Recreation Industrial

Power

Stage 4 Population 1000

Industrial Arts

Arts Cultural

Cultural Business Recreation Business

Industrial

Power

Stage 2 Population 400

Business Recreation Industrial

Power

Stage 5 Population 1300

Power Arts

Arts Cultural

Cultural Arts

Business

Business

Power

Recreation Stage 3 Population 600

Industrial

6. MASTERPLAN

Industrial

Arts

Recreation

Site and Street Specific Industrial

Recreation

Power

Cultural

Business

6

Power

Stage 6 Population 1500

7. ECOSYSTEM Energy Exchange CENTRAL

WEST WEST

RECREATION Sports Hall, Housing, Market

Amphitheatre

CULTURAL Farmer’s Market Wellness Center Activity Center

INDUSTRIAL Synagogue, Amphitheatre

Florentine Live-work Units

The Final Tower AMALGAMATION Growth Constraint Mechanism

BUSINESS Offices Hotel

CENTRAL

Park SOCIAL VOID

Allotment Gardens

Synagogue

EAST ARTS Opera Hall

Activity Trail Education Facility

Farmer’s Market

Higher Education

Bike Route

Neve Tzedek Rental Units

Activity Center

Wellness Center

POWER Greenhouse, Night Club, Energy Plant

Offices

Hotels

Spiral House (Private)

EAST

Supermarket

Clubs

Energy Plant

Opera House

Cafes & eateries

8. PLAN 3-Tiers

ARTS Opera Hall

POWER Greenhouse, Night Club, Energy Plant

BUSINESS Offices, Hotel

CENTRAL

EAST

EAST

CENTRAL CULTURAL

Opera House

Farmer’s Market Wellness Center Activity Center

Middle

WEST

RECREATION Sports Hall, Housing, Market

Higher Education The Final Tower AMALGAMATION Growth Constraint Mechanism Park SOCIAL VOID

WEST

INDUSTRIAL Synagogue, Amphitheatre

Allotment Gardens

Supermarket

Clubs

Bike Route

Education Facility

Bottom Hotels

Offices

Energy Plant

Farmer’s Market Wellness Center

Middle

Cafes & Eateries

Neve Tzedek Rental Units

Activity Center

Amphitheatre Synagogue

Top

Activity Trail

Florentine Live-work Units Spiral House (Private)

Top

Bottom

9. SPIRAL HOUSE

10. THE FINAL TOWER

An Infinite Expansion Typology

Growth Constraint Mechanism, via Congestion

Allotment Gardens

7

WESTERN DISTRICTS Industrial & Recreation WEST

RECREATION Sports Hall, Housing, Market

Spiral House (Private)

WEST

INDUSTRIAL Synagogue, Amphitheatre

Allotment Gardens

Amphitheatre PARK SOCIAL VOID

Florentine Live-work Units

Synagogue

CENTRAL DISTRICTS Cultural & Business CENTRAL CULTURAL Farmer’s Market Wellness Center Activity Center

CENTRAL BUSINESS Offices, Hotel

Activity Center

Florentine Live-work Units Education Facility

Offices Hotels

Farmer’s Market

Wellness Center

Neve Tzedek Rental Units

Spiral House (Private)

The Final Tower AMALGAMATION Growth Constraint Mechanism

Offices Bike Route

CENTRAL BUSINESS Offices, Hotel

Hotels

Neve Tzedek Rental Units

Activity Trail Clubs Energy Plant

Supermarket

EAST

EAST

POWER Greenhouse, Night Club, Energy Plant

ARTS Opera House

Higher Education

Cafes & Eateries

EASTERN DISTRICTS Power & Arts

8

Opera House

Industrial District: Amphitheatre and Synagogue

Cultural District: Farmer’s Market, Recreation Center, Private Housing

Art District: Opera House, Cafe and Higher Education

9

Power District: Kinetic energy from the Club is harnessed by a Power Plant

LAMP TRAPEZE INTER-DEPENDENT PARTS [2011 Fab Lab; 3 weeks; Group of 2] Roles: shared.

A lamp is designed for flat-packing and assembly within an hour. The exoskeleton is acrylic, with exposed connectors. Then, a shell of vellum diffuses the light. The lamp is made of 40 unique parts, inter-trapezed to create subtle warps in the form.

10

PRIMARY CONNECTION METHOD

1

4, 5, 6 or 7

-

UP

COMPONENTS

TWIST

-

LOCK

ASSEMBLIES

1 (X40, A1-G5) A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

1

A1

5

2

A2

A2

4 5

1

A1

A1

A3

A2

A4

3 4

6 2 (X40, A1-H3)) A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

2

A1 A2

1

A3

2

A4

3

3

1 (A-H5 )

3 (X1)

4 (X64) 5 (X32)

7 Ex. A5

A1 B1 A2

6 (X16) 7 (X16)

11

A1

B2

A2

A3

B3

A3

A4

B4

A4

H1 H2

H3 G4

RATIONALE

AGGREGATE LIVING AN URBAN CATALYST

Site

9-storey Medical Building

[2010 Integrated Studio; 6 weeks]

Future Condo 100m tall

Aggregate is a mixed-use development. The site has many presences: due Southeast is the beloved ROM (museum) by Libeskind, due Southwest is the beautiful RCM (music) by KPMB, but due East will be an undesirable condo, standing 100m tall and sitting 5.5m away. To attract and avoid these presences, the surprisingly rational resolve is a corrugating and shifting facade.

Parking

Parking

4 Influential Site Presences

(Top) The Parti: the essence diagram

Lobby

Retail

100m tower (5.5m away)

(Bottom) 25 unique floor plates

RCM (Royal Conservatory of Music) University of Toronto

Libeskind’s ROM (Royal Ontario Museum)

Retail

Office

Office

Living

Living

Living

Living

Living

Living

Living

Living

Living

100m tower (5.5m away)

Traditional grid doesn’t address site

For views, the structural grid rotates.

In typical towers, residents are like prisoners.

Living

Living

Living

Living

Living

Living

Living

12

Living

Now, residents are like neighbours.

Across from Libeskind’s ROM, red marks the entrance.

13

Ground Floor

Office Units

The lobby has a generous double height space.

Entry at ground, shops on the second, offices on third.

A corrugated facade rationally avoids facing the future 100m tall condo.

Structure: a core w/ elevators and shafts.

Perimeter walls are also load bearing.

Core

Hello, Libeskind

Half Floor Units

Welcome home to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum)

Walls Cable Support

Concept: thin edge

Full Floor Units

Penthouse Amenities

14

Exterior Structural Foundation Wall System

The landscape of balconies

Trapped The tapestry amidoftowers, windows theand formwalls agitates

15

Facade: Insulated Panel Construction

COMMUNITY CENTER ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER, $17 MILLION NEW CONSTRUCTION [2012; CS&P Architects Inc; 18 months; Team of 2] Roles: coordinate contract administration, construction management, and all shop drawings.

The new amenity is part of the revitalization of Regent Park, TO. Lighting analysis

Inspecting caisson constructions

Inspecting grade beams and frost porches

Coloured-Panels Construction, 2013 Coloured-Panels Concept, 2011

16

Foundation, 2012

Plan 1:200: Stretching Area Plan

Detail Plan 1:10: Stretching Area Detail

Interior @ Stretching Area

Street Entry: Colour Panels, 2016

17

Back Entrance @ Stretching Area

NEW RESIDENCE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION

[2015-Present; Orangeink Design Inc; 10 weeks]

Permit Drawing: Floor Plan

Street View

18

Permit Drawing: Sections

Backyard Porch

19

22TH Floor 143,800

PIER 27 - P3

21TH Floor 140,825

HABOURFRONT LIVING

20TH Floor 137,850

[2016 architectsAlliance; 12 weeks]

19TH Floor 134,875

Software: ArchiCAD 18 (BIM) 18TH Floor 131,900

Issued for Building Permit, 2016

17TH Floor 128,925

16TH Floor 125,950

15TH Floor 122,975

14TH Floor 120,000 1 A-4.01

A

B

13TH Floor 117,025

C

G 11 A-5.50

3,025

01 A-5.01

2,180

H

2 A-4.01

I

01 A-5.06

29,688

L

01 A-5.02

9,151

5,000

01 A-5.03

2,240

8,092

252

130

12TH Floor 114,050

70°

3,000

2,629

99°

TA

4 A-8.02

TB

TC

27°

TE

TF

0

555

70°

6,32

0

TG

TJ

TH

5 A-5.51

2,001

2,004

11TH Floor 110,600

TD

4,36

60°

TK

TI

4,71

2

109

238 225 0

935 1,92

559

60

559 749

4

3

2,145 0 8,05 3 66 19,6

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1,882

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P-01

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BEDROOM 784

2,751

376

2,343 1,316

1,214

SP

W/D

400

254 P-03

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713

W/D P-03

8

536 1821, 400 675

3,28

DEN

20

3,48

500

500

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P-01A

DW

P-21B

P-01A

400

P-01

400

3,303

MAT

2,204

P-01

1,533

T6

4

744

10 A-5.50

1,75 P-01B

T5

2,050

F

P-01

P-01B

153°

9

P-22B

1,632

1,207 MAT

257

2,50

500

800

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1

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400

326 775

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DW

ALIGN

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968

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204 700 326

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197 =

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980

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2,804

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P-01A P-01A

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1,591

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326

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2,88

DN = 3,5 50 197

= 2,5 192 DN

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254 3

CW-17

1,000 P-03

SP

BEDROOM

682

P-01

P-01

N

P-01

P-05A

981

1,242

P-01B

P-01

717

P-05A

P-01

BULKHEAD ONLY AT LEVEL 9

P-22B

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2,323

1,591

P-01A

SP

6

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2,99

P-01

1,65

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600

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P-01

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P-01A W/D

1,82

730

254 2,645

16 A: 60 m2

600

P-01

784

P-05A

CW1

1 BDRM+DEN

500

2

P-22

P-01 A P-01 B

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6,621

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00

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P-03

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758

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DW

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4,00

2,620

24 A: 44 m2

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SCALE: 1:150

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[Left] ArchiCAD Plan F3 @ Amenities [Right] F12 Outdoor Pool Terrace

579

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P-22A

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400

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23 A: 63 m2

[Left] ArchiCAD Section @ Amenities [Right] Pier 27 at Toronto’s Harbourfront

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651

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DW

204

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P-3 66,750

1

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BULKHEAD ONLY AT LEVEL 9

SP

400

P-01

P-01

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P-01

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3,87

1,06

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276 300

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Ground Floor 77,150

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899

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2,78

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429

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P-01

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717 P-01

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500

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Mezzanine 80,100

P-03

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P-01

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3,68

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326

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2,91

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S3

60

2ND Floor 83,650

A

1,14

S5

P-01

308

162

1,035

771

400

P-01B

A

1

P-01 P-01

3RD Floor 86,600

P-01

1,02

P-01

SP

S3

B

2

BULK

4

P-01

1,50

B

SP

1,03

P-01

SP

110°

1,00

P-01 P-01A

4

12 1,14 3

500

P-01

B

1,52

7 P-03

B

1,578

SP

2,880

BEDROOM

8 A-8.02

1,067

1,778

717 2,042

2,843

P-01

SP

400

1,15 P-22

400

4 A-8.02

P-01A

229

DEN

3

M

16,8

22 A: 65 m2

B

5,92

ROO

2 BDRM

P-01

W/D

P-01A

BED

450

P-01

P-01

P-03

254

P-01A

276

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3,04 HEA AT D ONLY LEVE L9 SP

P-21B

400

975

105

B

BULK

1,350 P-01B

S1

2,050

7

P-22

254

2,645

3,04

A

Solid Line Balcony Configuration Applies to Levels: 2, 3, 5, 8 & 9 See Slab Edge DWGs

W

SP

P-01

771

784

704

500

5 A-8.02

A

602

749

1,22

9

682

SP

P-01

5TH Floor 92,500

450

P-01

DW

P-01

P-01A P-01

6

A

0

1,141

2,932

S3

SS1

1,35

P-01 P-01

20°

8

ALIGN

P-01

4

M

682

300

2,91

990

P-03

S5

2,89

ROO

326

P-01

B

BEDROOM 400 6 A-8.02

BED

4,57

M

300

2

ROO

204

BED

60

F

W

70

ALIG

0

3,83

S6

P-01

SP

6TH Floor 95,450

6,500

771

500

P-01 P-01A

4TH Floor 89,550

1 BDRM+DEN 21 A: 58 m2

1,18

258

7TH Floor 98,400

Dashed Line Balcony Configuration Applies to Levels: 4, 6 & 7 See Slab Edge DWGs

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1

3,1, 8191 36

500

1,0

B

P-03 W/D

1,591

6,290

P-22

B

S5

F

26,0

W

6

6

744

70

2,300

DW

1,05

A

P-01

P-01

P-01A 3 A-8.02

541 SS1

1,26

P-01

5

326 537

559

223

SP ISLAND

8TH Floor 101,350

2,08

550

118

P-03

2

803 B

P-01

2,12

835 P-01

P-01

500

5,610

P-01

650

988

559

M

60

ROO

2,62

9TH Floor 104,300

3

1,58

BED

559

20 A: 87 m2

3,81

SS1

2,68

2 BDRM

700

450

555

60

10TH Floor 107,600

6

2,550

W

WAVE PLATTERS

CNC FABRICATIONS [2016 Wood Craft; 3 weeks]

Fatter Platter

Tommy Tso

3.5 Axis CNC Flip Mill

Facing - 1/2” Flat

Platter Top

Finishing (after roughing) - 1/2” Ball

Platter Bottom

Roughing (flipped) - 1/2” Flat

Top

Lumber: Cherry (Front) & Walnut (Back 2) Finishing (flipped) - 1/2” Ball

Bottom

Side 1

Side 2

Completed Product

T-spline geometries

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Fruit Blow, Party Platter, Chips & Dips...

INSTALLATION: AGONY SHORT LISTED NUIT BLANCHE PROPOSAL [2011 Fab Lab; 7 week; Group of 6] Roles: Sketches, digi fab structure, pneumatics, and construction Trapped within a vulnerable space, users are given a responsive pneumatic interface to interact with. As participants move through the pavilion, they can augment the agonizing surrounding to find comfort, or simply a way through. The development of the project was divided into three areas: structure, pneumatics and lighting, and motion mechanisms.

Walk-thru The space stirs agony

A 1-meter installation sample

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Interface

Pneumatics: Manual routering

Pneumatics Design The intrusiveness and vulnerability of space

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Prototype

Product

Material Tectonics

Pneumatic Rings Experimenting with materials

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HONOURABLE MENTION

WEAVED LIDS BIRD FEEDER CONTEST [2008 Collab; 1 week; Group of 4] Roles: shared.

There is no wastes in nature. Inspired by this principle, a bird feeder is constructed using common garbage like coffee cup lids, stirs, and copper wires. The design was selected to display at Canada Blooms 2008.

Hanger

Caps

Using common wastes: Coffee lids and stirs

Feed Pods Selected to display at Toronto’s Suspension Supports

2008

Overspill trays

Stirs are reinforced with copper, then weaved to form flexible structures

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2ND PLACE

URBAN CANVAS

OPEN SPACE DESIGN COMPETITION [2009 Urban Planning; 3 weeks; Group of 6]

Roles: design lead, graphics, and model.

The open forum is a ground for academic and social exchange between urban and student communities. The distinctive lines in the square can act as dividers when hosting expositions.

Key features: a multipurpose Podium, Benches, and a Water Feature that reduces city noise.

Summer: Convocation

Concept sketch

Winter: Ice Festival

(Above) Various Podium use.

The Podium will be a choice meeting place

Competition Model.

Generic grid lines are receptive to a diversity of expositions

The Podium and Water Fountain

Urban Serenity: soothed by the sounds of the Water Fountain

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1ST PLACE

POST-CARBON MALL

CITIESALIVE INTERNATIONAL COMP. [2009 Personal; 3 weeks; Group of 4] Roles: housing design, facade renewal, theatre, graphics Although the intent of American strip malls was to centralize suburban commerce, the result has been the creation of alienating buildings in large asphalt parking, with little to no greens. This renewal adds diversity, encourages urban activities, and enhances existing envelope performances.

Facade Renewal

Water Retentions

Housing Gardens

Walkable

Before: Surface Parking

After: Allotment Gardens and Sub-level Parking

Market

From asphalt to lush, importsAfter: to local, and cars tohousing pedestrians New rooftop above the mall Before: Strip Mall only

Diversity: housing, gardens, market, commerce, outdoor theatre, playground, water retentions, and urban farming.

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SIMULATION

TERMINAL +

COMPUTATION

[2015; Studio with Brady Peters; 12 weeks] A new ferry terminal designed from Space Syntax methods, pedestrian simulations, analytics, and form finding computation.

Pedestrian Dynamics Simulation

Monumental Impression

Simulation derived plan

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Sections and Elevations

Public Living Room

Systems

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Local Emergence

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HEIRLOOM ARCHITECTURE

THESIS WITH JOHN SHNIER [2016 M.Arch Thesis; 4 months] The pursuit of permanence There is beauty in legacy. Heirlooms can offer dimensions of meaningful agencies, robust performances, resilient versatility, and idiosyncrasy through craft. My premise is, the path to permanence can be found through one or more of these dimensions.

[Below] Idiosyncratic Craft | Craft is the skillful and artistic expression of physical objects; it is the cornerstone of permanence.

[Below] Meaningful Agency | Spaces should have anthropometric relevance, allowing us to populate memories and sentiments.

[Above] Robust Performance | Serviceability can be demonstrated in mass, strength, circulation, or any number of energy consumption criteria.

[Above] Resilient Versatility | Physical resilience can accommodate change with sustainable ease and feasibility.

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NINE FORMAL PARADIGMS OF POTENTIAL PERMANENCE

[Right] The New Pyramid is an expression of performance by mass.

The large construction units is reminiscent of landscape.

[Right] The Silly Putty has a malleable envelope. You can mould your own bay windows for sitting, exhibiting, or viewing.

[Right] The House of Stairs is a place of agency through discovery and play.

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NINE FORMAL PARADIGMS OF POTENTIAL PERMANENCE

[Left] The Curtain Wall is an expression of permanence by impermanence. It is sustainable by means of constant reconstruction.

[Left] The New Cathedral is a display of opulent craft.

[Left] The Exhibition of the Ordinaries is a cabinet of curious living programs, giving full visual agencies both inside and out.

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[Right] The City that Always Sleeps is an anthropometric artifact, a vertical community of beds, helical slides, and plastic ball pits.

[Right] The Elevator City has an exoskeleton crafted by a plethora of moving rooms.

[Right] The Parkour Haven is built for versatile play. It encourages imaginative agency both inside and out.

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THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENT CRAFT (SKIN)

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THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENT CRAFT (BONES)

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Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build for ever. Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone‌

and that men will say as they look upon the labour and wrought substance of them, “See! This our fathers did for us.”

John Ruskin, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1907

AGING

is inherent to architecture; so

the threats of revival and demolition is always on the brink. Today, with a mandate of sustainability, we ought to be more concerned with the detriments of shortlived buildings than the inefficiency of light bulbs? My hopes is to (re)discover feasible design strategies that transcend heirloom

architecture,

enabling

these

costly artifacts to find permanence from one generation to the next. This is not a critique on mainstream sustainability, nor is this a specialized study on conservation or adaptive reuse. Heirloom ideas are both progressive and experimental. It aspires to reinstate buildings to their responsibility of centennial service, by design and not fortuitously.

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