FOLIO

fACEBOOK MEETS ARC

Furniture Design

HITECTURE

3D PAINTING

CURRICULUM VITAEHow To Solve The RisingIssue of Global Warming

Possibility

Modular Man

Human AnatomY

fACEBOOK MEETS ARC

Furniture Design

HITECTURE

3D PAINTING

CURRICULUM VITAEHow To Solve The RisingIssue of Global Warming

Possibility

Modular Man

Human AnatomY

TIME AND ARCHITECTURE

Parametric Tower

Living Architecutre

Table of COntents

Guggenheim

Villa Brusca

ProtoCells

Museum

2D Painting

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DouglasMacArthur

2007 - PresentHonours Bachelor’s of Arts and Science Degree

REC-Line Competition

Universit of Toronto

2008Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada

Architectural History, Theory and Criticism Studies Major

Ranked First Place/ Winner of the Competition

IIDEX/Neocon Canada 2010

Written/SpokenLanguages

AutoCADAdobe Suite

Rhinoceros 3D Studio Max

Participant

EnglishFrench/Français

Italian/ItalianoAlbanian/Shqip

PhotoshopIllustratorInDesign

VRayMentalRay

REZ (International Student Competition for the Designof a Residence Building)

2009

Participant

French as Second Language MinorFine Art History Minor

COMPETITIONS

SKILLS

EDUCATION

CURRICULUM

VITAEEMPLOYMENT

MISCELANEOUS

2008 - PresentCity of Toronto Employment and Social Services

Summer Student

Created floor plans for office rennovations

2010 - PresentUniversity of Toronto

Work-Study Position

2009-2010University of Toronto

Head of Marketing ComitteeBachelor of Arts Architecture Student Society

2010 - PresentUniversity of Toronto

Vice-PresidentBachelor of Arts Architecture Studies Society

Assisted the Director of the Bachelor of Arts, Architectural Studies Program with administartive tasks

Coreographed posters for group events

Assisted in the development of certain events:Master of Landscape Architecture ProgramLecturePortfolio SeminarOpen House

Promoted various architectural events

Created floor plans as well as renderings for a professor’s client in the department

Handled clients requests regarding their financial needsCreated promotional posters for various communityevents

How To Solve The Rising Issue OfGlobal Warming?

Solar Pannels are one type of technology whichconvert renewable energyinto energy for day to dayUse

Solar Pannels are one type of technology whichconvert renewable energyinto energy for day to dayUse

Wind MIlls Convert Wind Energy, another type ofrenewable energy intoenergy that can power heating systems and such

One Possibility....Green Design/Technologies

There Exists the problem of sustainability in the technologies...

lIKE eVERY TECHNOLOGY INTODAY’S WORLD EVEN THE “GREEN” ONES UNDERGO THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING.tHE gASES EMMITED BY THESEiNDUSTRIES CONTRIBUTES IN gLOBAL wARMING

The Longevity of this technology is inferior when compared to the scale of time for our globe

SUSTAINABILITY

traditional architecture

Architecture after the industrial revolution focused heavily on mass production and standardization of theways buildings came about.

All of these elementswill result into an inert object, whichrequrires manitenance.THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE

The introduction of the I-Beamor H-Beam became standardizedduring the modern period.this is one example of the

prefabrecated materials

Another element which is crucial to the process of constructing architectureis a group of people

employing heavy machinery

This technology is used tosustain buildings which arenOT sustainable to start.They Use up a lot of energyand the net loss does not exceedes the net gain

Problem Remains that they belong to:

Therefore, all we did was design green....

LIVING ARCHITECTURE

a pROTOCELL REACTINGvIGOROUSLY WITH ITS SURROUNDING. iT DEFINES ITSOWN ENVIRONMENT BY THE PARTICULARITIES IN THE bEHAVIOUR.

A colony of protocells reacting with H2O in order tocreate a new type of materialone that can be rigid enoughto sustain walking

INVESTIGATED BY DR. RACHEL ARMSTRONG, A NEW POSIBILITYIN APPROACHING SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND A TRUE DESIGN WITH NATURE.

ARC335H1FProf. Etienne TurpinSept. 2010

Protocells

The initial agent in the Compostion of Protocells is

The RNA (RiboNucleic Acid)

The Other Key Component that constitutes in the composition ofa protocell are Amino Acids

A COmbination of the latter Elements constitutes in the creation of a Protocell.

It performs things that are Categorized as only Living

NO DNA

Different Categories of Protocells

Atra Quaere

Ilumina Quaere

Darkness Seeking

Light Seeking

Strength Platform

This Protocell Avorids lightit remains in cool temperature

and creates solid shapes

This Protocell Seeks thePresence of light in order toMultiply. It Creates support

Fortitudo

This Protocell Provides therigid surfaces in order for the

individuals to step on top of them

Protocells can be a remarkable solution for the sinking ofVenice. The Protocells can act as a catalyst for creating alandscape into the lagoon that has invaded Venice. The threetypes of protocell colonies can create forms that which are not only sustainable but also long term solutions. Although the process of the settlement is long, these metabolic matters are able to respond to external naturaloccurences.

PROTOCELL COLONY

CONCEPT DRAWING

Some Comic Relief

I Hope He GetsTrashed....He’s So

Arrogant

....ThisIs My....Model....

So Where is

Your Model?

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A Day In Class... Final Reviews

investigating one of the more recent phenomenon

One of the more recent virtual phenomenons in today’ssociety is the emergence of FACEBOOK. With more than half a billion people around the globe having an accountthis site has truly become a remarkable setting for socialinteraction in the virtual world. Since we live in an information technology age we havebecome greatly influenced by interacting in a digital world rather than the real world.. Therefore IN this Project I amendeavouring in creating a structure based on the spatial arrangememnts that constitute the privacy iof the individualprofiles. SOme individuals are comfortable sharing all their profile information with everyone, hence making it public, othera little less and so forth. This has caused some controversy in the recent years since this website has been responsible for taking people’sreputations, jobs, relationships of even lives. On theother hand it has given people opportunities to meet oldfriends, allowed for online dating, job or sometimeseven saved peoples’ lives. Although there are a myriad of functions in the site, theproject will investigate the spatial metaphors of privacysettings on facebook.

ARC113H1FProf. Christos MarcopoulosJan. 2009

Public

Restricted

Friends Only

A selectedNumber of Friends

NetworkFriends

Private

DefaultSetting

The Internet will be the support for the frame which will represent the settings of such profiles, henceforth thespcaces represented in the model. The goal is to see howthe physical arrangement of such spaces affects the socialdynamics. How a face-to-face interactions isolates the who try to hide behind the screen of a computer, or theones that do not prefer any social interactions.

facebook

The habitable spaces in the form of branches based on the privacysetting and popularity of one’s profile there is an augmenting number of individuals that have access to the space information

Information Highway.....The Core ofcommunication is evidently the internet

Detail of the stabilityof the branch as it is held by a 2mm screwoffering mobility

As one progressively reachesthe peak of the networkthe branches become moreexclusive due to the privacy settings, however theirnumber increases along the circumference of the circle

The models seems a direct translation from thecomplex space that deals with the privacy on facebook. there seems an immediate relationshipbetween individuals that desire popularity and alarger social network, therefore they remainedgrouped on the longer “branches” of the entirenetwork frame.Individuals that require more privacy remain detached from the large social branches

5 1 123

Further Elaborationon the Result of these numbers in thefollowing page

An Algorithmic Computation

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In order to determine the pattern that the branches will take as theyattach into the trunk, in this case, The information Highway, i have employed a simple algorithmic arrangement. Since the longer branches house the greatest number of individuals they are the least in number in order to balance population that remains in private section.

A simple calculation of positive integers:1, 1, 1+1=2, 2+1=3, 3+2=5......These numbers are found in nature

An Explosion of the Frame That Further Explores the OrientationOf Each Branch with respect to thebulk of the frame or, informationHighway

Edges of EachBranch Will beConnection PointsFor each side of skin

By Lofting The LinesIn a triangular Shape the resultingSkin takes a complexyet logical pattern

PRELIMINARYRENEDERING

Le Corbusier Never Told me About such athing as facebook

INTORDUCING

Modular Man

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SECTIONAL RENDERING

VIEW FROM LOWER LEVEL

VIEW FROM UPPER LEVEL

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"...for us physicists believe the separation between past, present, and future is only an illusion, although a convincing one."

Albert Einstein

UNDERSTANDING IN

TIME ARCHITECTURE

Classisal

Modern

Time is a very intereseting concept, and a veryrelative one. As Einstein says in his quote: Past, Present and Future all exist simoultaneously,Architecture, is one of the fields that manifests such concept in a physical fashion.It conditions us to believe that a building belongs to a certain time. A classical buildingin 2010 would not be qualified as contemporary.Therefore, there exist two relative times when talking about the 4th dimension.

t = the time which the building is build and exists in space.t = the time which people percieve the building, to be part of. For example, people in Bilbao have often been quoted that the Guggenheim Museum by Frank Gehry...as a ship fallen from the sky. The latter notion signifies that the building is percieved to belong to another time. Often times this sparks controversy, however it is this kind of building that breaks from tradition and makes it really stand out

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GradiantTransition

Manipulationof Glass

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Villa Brusca

Ionic Column

cupola

There remained one key element which defined the renaissance building and how it fit its zeitgesit. A key ornament/support remained the columns derived from the five orders

The dome along with the cupola wereelements borrowed from the church. Many

of the renaissance buildings werea derivation of church building

elements. The Patrons believed thatthese elements were symbolic ofreligion, thus there would remain

a place for them in the heavens

FAH373H1SProf. Alexandra HoareAugust 2010

Symmetry

The RennaisanceVillas WereHighly SymmetricalArchitects usedVitruvius’ Principleswhen designingthese structures

Pure GeometricShapesRepetition

The Twisting Tower

Solar Pannels

Triple PaneArgon Filled wINDOWS

THe Twisting Towers incorporate elements belonging of our time, aresponse to our present contingenciesIt includes the employment of greentechnologies as well as parametricdesign.

t = 2005 A.D.1 t = 2005 A.D.2

Symmetry

Curves Elipse

There still exists the notion of symmetry in the plan of these contemporary buldings as we percieve them. Not too different fromthe Rennaisance Villa

Curves Have Dominated The Market

In Contemporary Design.

Designers have been intrigued

By their Regular Irregularity

The Elipse is yetanother Geometrical shapeImpure; however,Highly regarded inTower Designs

tHE fURNITURE WAS A WINING ENTRY IN rec-lINE cOMPETITION.tHE pURPOSE WAS TO COME UP WITH AN ORIGINAL dESIGN FOR A CHAIR WHICH WOULD BE MADE OUT OF RECUCLABLE MATERIALS, PREFERABLY THINGS FOUND FROM GARBAGE SITES.

Thinking Process

A Regular Chair Entailsfour legs, which are the main supports for the weightof a person

The Shape of The Seatof a Generic Chair is that

of a Square. This is somethingthat I tried to Stay away

From

The Shape for the New Design is circular

It is uniform and deliversAll Forces in the Center

The Trick is to come up witha Joining System Which CanContaing the Cylinder from

Falling appart

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18”

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Technical Drawings

the orgainc flow of lines inspired from a painting

I produced in order to investigateour cognition towards abstract

images.

To Quote the great oscar niemeyer:There is a great beauty in the senuous curves...

The Primary Goal of the Design Competition was to creatively comeup with a design that would incorpo-rate recycable or biodegradable Materials......

Sisal isa duarble material whichcan endure high tenisile

forces

90 -105

Posture is anotherImportant aspect in designing the chair.THe weaving Techniqueenable the back supportto come closer to the lower back in orderto adjust it

Experiments Dealing with the main challenge/success of thechair, the weaving. Different Materials behaved differently

Direction offorces whenpressure isexerted on sisal

Since Sisal Has Different Physical Properties from Museums Board, The Weaving Technique Had To change.The Straight Sisal Tightens The Sides for better support.

In order to Make The ChairMore Comfortable to Sit, Additional Sisal is Added in A spiral form. This is the final touch to bringing all the components.

A unique feature of the design remains

its authenticity.A chair belonging toa rather religious

setting.Some Have interpreted

the intersection ofthe MDF`s as a

Cruixifix.

Boy I wonder if theyhave this on sale atEbay.

3D PAINTING

The purpose of this project was to investigate a cubist painting and extract some of the more interesting “clusters of Spaces” from these paintings into a model along with technical drawings......The human body would come into consideration, therefore there would come aneed for opeining spaces in a fre-flowing manner

ARC221H1FProf. Maria DenegriSept. 2008

Every element in thepainting has been

extracted by the processof extrusion or folding

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Model from Foam CoreAn Analysis Of Shadows Produced As A Result Of Various ExtrusionHeights

Elevation of Some Pieces

The Translation from An Abstract Painting Such As The Pedestal On Table Is NO Simple Task. Intuition Was One Of The Key Factors In Translating From The Myriad of Suggested Shapes Into Potential Forms. Since Braque`s Painting Obscures The Origin Of These SeeminglyFloating Forms, The Origin Of Such Forms BecomesArbitrary.

The evolution of the model byprocess of assembly.....

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2D PAINTING

MOUNTAIN SCENE

Dimensions: 10 x 12”

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