Through a thorough analysis of the conditions and relationships between public space and public architecture in the west end of downtown Calgary, this project seeks to position three major pieces of public architecture—a market, a community centre, and a recreation centre—along with a major public […]
This project is a direct interpretation of the ‘Landscape Archives Masterplan’, which was an earlier project in the semester in Barcelona. Here, one block is transformed from a largely underutilized urban space lacking pubic amenities, to one that is densely and purposefully designed to provide […]
a multi-use urban agricultural complex Located along a high-street at the edge of two tight knit inner-city neighbourhoods, this large multi-use urban agricultural complex seeks to fit in by pulling itself apart into its constituent parts. This dis-aggregation on the ground plane creates multiple paths and […]
This competition, my first solo design project, involved the re-design of the streetscape for the area surrounding the Henry F. Hall building, the largest building within the downtown Sir George William’s Campus of Concordia University. A community visioning session was the required impetus for all submissions. […]
project completed with Tom McGurk and Ricardo Hernandez A three member team composed the final design project of the final year-long design studio which concerned the Turcot Yards, a controversial site in Montréal’s contemporary development. The site, an abandoned shipping and rail yard where highways […]
The first semester of the final full year design studio centred on mostly individual weekly labs that were presented as panel boards. The following four pages display unaltered examples of the topics explored and approaches considered.
project completed with Natasha Abouaccar, Valerie Cullen, Nicolas Hammond, & Tom McGurk The second semester of the first full-year design studio centred on the application of a tramway through Montreal’s historic waterfront, a pathway that threads the threshold between Old Montreal and the Old Port. The […]
project completed with Jade Layton, Jeremy Kloet, Ricardo Hernandez, & Tom McGurk The first semester of the first year-long design studio centred on the application of the principals of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) to an existing station area in Montreal’s metro network. This project outlines our team’s […]
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