1925 Victoria Park Ave
While working at PARTISANS, I was integral to the creation of 1925 Victoria Park Ave. Working in a three person team I designed elements of the building, completed an integrated SPA submission, participated in an IPD based project delivery with 30+ parties, wrote successful grant and award submissions, and more.
Personal Contributions:
The design of elements such as the retail facade, ground floor, and unit interiors.
Comprehensive digital modeling of DFMA parts through Rhino and Revit.
Completion and coordination of an integrated SPA submission.
The participation in an IPD based project delivery with coordination tasks towards various design and engineering parties.
Completion and acceptance of grant and award submissions such as the CMHC Innovation Fund ($15,000,000) and the Holcim Gold
Award ($200,000USD).
Project
Multi Unit Residential
Year
2022-2023
Client
Well Grounded Real estate
Tools
Revit 2022, Rhinoceros 7, Grasshopper, Blender 3.2, After Effects, ArcGIS, Webflow, Adobe Suite, Excel, Sketchup, +More
Distinctions
2023 Holcim Awards Gold, North America, Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
Team
PARTISANS, Serotiny Group, CREE Buildings, Urban One, Aspect, Transsolar, Burro Happold, RWDI, + 15 More
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Rendered axonometric.
Sectional perspective showing the ground floor and residential units separated by the open air courtyard.
The design of the retail space caters to the needs of the larger community with program such as a daycare or community working space. This is designed through large spill-out spaces and flexible interior layouts which support dynamic uses.
Rather than designing one single façade arrangement, we design the components. The façade is framed in 6-meter intervals in order to consider the different retail demising arrangements. Modular components can then be slotted into the mullions which change its experience.
Technical section of the modular storefront.
Render of a typical storefront condition.
Each unit follows a 3×3m grid and is allocated a number of prefabricated slabs based on its type. Smaller units are located in the center of the building and nest into the service spaces, while larger units occupy the corners of the building. Each unit has access to an exterior facade, and an interior courtyard, ensuring ample cross ventelation and natural light.
The interiors are also designed modularly, the various units share facade assemblies, accessible washroom blocks, prefabricated mechanical shafts, millwork components, and more...
Daytime interior render looking towards the front door of a typical unit.
During the validation stage of the IPD project, I created a 4D construction animation showing the prefabricated assembly of the building. I worked directly with the general contractor in order to properly animate the erection of construction vehicles, zones, and structures. The schedule was scripted parametrically with blender, and animated as if it was a maquette model for the engagement of the general public.
In addition to grant and awards submissions, I also had the opportunity to create marketing and public outreach presentations. The largest of which was a website. In order to cover our design costs, I learnt web design from scratch and created an extensive and animated website telling the story of our proposal. In creating the website in-house we saved $100,000+ in expenses compared to previous projects at the same firm.
