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
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Aggregate Living
12
Regent Park Community Center
16
New Residence
18
Pier 27 - Phase 3
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Wave Plater
21
Installation: Agony
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Weaved Lids
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Urban Canvas
26
Post-Carbon Mall
27
Ferry Terminal
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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
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Opera House
Industrial District: Amphitheatre and Synagogue
Cultural District: Farmer’s Market, Recreation Center, Private Housing
Art District: Opera House, Cafe and Higher Education
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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.
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PRIMARY CONNECTION METHOD
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TWIST
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ASSEMBLIES
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A4
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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
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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
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Back Entrance @ Stretching Area
NEW RESIDENCE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION
[2015-Present; Orangeink Design Inc; 10 weeks]
Permit Drawing: Floor Plan
Street View
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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
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450
P-01
P-01
P-03
254
P-01A
276
25
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
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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. 32
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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