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Semester OneLucas Boyd & Shane Dalke ............... 4Daniel Farid ................................... 18Ming Fu......................................... 30Benoit Maranda ............................. 42Mateusz Nowacki ........................... 54Alex Okuka .................................... 66Nilakshi Roy .................................. 78Timothy Burwell ............................ 84Tahmina Orfan .............................. 96

Semester TwoLucas Boyd .................................. 110Shane Dalke ................................. 128John Gaitan ................................. 156Benoit Miranda ............................ 170Aisha Sawatsky ............................. 182

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Canada is currently experiencing the rapid urbanization similar to that which is taking place all over the world. Ottawa is facing an opportunity to rethink the way in which the city can accommodate the housing demand associated with this type of growth. Typically it has simply opted for the obvious benefits of stacking units upwards in the form of towers. This project explores an

LucasBoyd &ShaneDalke4th Year 100805515 / 100776380 ARCS 4105alternative path to intensification that

focuses on community, accessibility and public space rather than tower views and prestige. A narrative was developed that accommodates a variety of housing typologies, engages the development with both landscapes on which it borders, and emphasizes not complex building strategies, but the edges of buildings and the shared spaces that exist between them.

417 Rideau GROUP PROJECT:Lucas Boyd and Shane Dalke have collaborated on a number of projects. The socio-economic strategies as well as the master plan for 417 Rideau were developed as a team through rigorous design processes. Shane and Lucas maintain individual skill sets that often lead to products far better than that developed individually. They currently are working on a number of related and unrelated projects and have plans of entering professional practice together in the future.

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417 Rideau takes a critical approach to urban developmentrooted in the economic realities of building and the commodification of propertybut inspired by the context, public space and the power of community.

Canada is currently experiencing the rapid urbanization similar to that which is taking place all over the world. Ottawa is facing an opportunity to rethink the way in which the city can accommodate the housing demand associated with this type of growth. Typically it has simply opted for the obvious benefits of stacking units upwards in the form of towers. This project explores an alternative path to intensification that focuses on community, accessibility and public space rather than tower views and prestige. A narrative was developed that accommodates a variety of housing typologies, engages the development with both landscapes on which it borders, and emphasizes not complex building strategies, but the edges of buildings and the shared spaces that exist between them.

ImagineeringThe idea of the home has drastically evolved since ancient times; it now represents an autonomous environment of retreat that must simultaneously maintain a public persona. This new home is both a product and a determinant of its surroundings. 417 Rideau represents an answer to this slightly contradicting nature of urban housing by addressing the current human relationship to both the private and public realms. The spirit of this development is not an abstract design hypothesis or an attempt at exaggerating an obscure or esoteric human condition. 417 Rideau simply accommodates and highlights what is most magical about that which already existsthe beauty of the collective and the citys ability to allow people to live in community. It could be said that this development, in all the following categories, represents a return to the basics. From its construction to the imagined human experience, 417 Rideau challenges skewed notions of progress with what is perhaps the most underestimated intuitive tool in the designers beltcommon sense

PhysicalThe site is located east of the downtown core and has close proximity to all the major urban amenities. With two distinct border conditions, the site must maintain two characters. One is a landscape of fabric while the other is a landscape of figures and by using its unique formal approach, 417 Rideau truly engages with both of the conditions. Instead of stacking the units to meet intensification goals, the units are laterally compressed onto the site, creating a meandering horizontal tower. This form is manipulated in such a way that absorbs both landscapes and is carefully articulated to create both public spaces and different housing typologies. This formal narrative that was developed was a critical process in the developing the holistic nature of the proposals design. This sequence acts as a physical datum to which all aspects of the project must answer tothe result is an architecture of integration, a platform on which all considerations (social, economic, environmental and social) meet and engage in a shared dialogue.

Social417 Rideau is based on the belief that there are tangible reasons for why people are moving back into the Ottawa. The middle class has traditionally sought refuge from the urban chaos, so what has changed? We believe that the answer extends beyond the simple convenience that comes with city life and speaks more to the fundamental communal nature of human beings. The diverse environment that is the city creates all sorts of unplanned interactions, and while they may be initially seen as uncomfortable and undesirable, it is these that are actually responsible for the unique enriching experience that urban life can bring. This movement has to be considered when planning city-centre housing for people that are accustomed to the comforts of suburbia and the luxury of privacy. We are not, however, social engineers and we do not intend to force diversity on every scale. This is why each building that makes up the harmonious single form of 417 Ridaeu is specifically designed for a certain demographic. By doing so, the residents are able to maintain whatever standards for their private dwellings and immediate surroundings but are engaged with a socio-economically diverse community.

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One cannot begin to make any social impact without simultaneously considering economic realities. 417 Rideaus form is directly derived from specific construction methods that speak to this and, in turn, take a unique stance on how profit is generally obtained in todays housing market. Traditionally, in order to sell urban housing, developers must market an upper class lifestyle that often comes with hefty construction costs that are passed down to the consumer. This inevitably creates full housing typologies (towers) that are out of fiscal reach for the majority of urban dwellers. If we are trying to accommodate families and individuals that are moving into the city from a rural or suburban areas, we must understand the general financial situation of this demographic. Property is typically more valuable in the city, so when these people migrate to city centres, they usually are expected to sacrifice some quality of life in order to trade a non-urban dwelling for an urban one. To remedy this, 417 Rideau seeks to cut the price tag of urban housing by that most obvious of waysminimizing construction cost. This inspired a movement away from towers to a development where three of the six buildings are light wood frame construction. Along with many other cost-minimizing construction techniques, this leads to a community of homes that can be sold and rented at the bottom end of market rates while maintaining the comforts and quality that the target demographics are accustomed to.

EnvironmentalThe environmental responsibility of 417 Rideau is partially a product of the chosen site but also a result of the physical design. By developing a socio-economically diverse community in a mixed income area, we are encouraging the environmentally friendly practices that come with urban life. Minimal dependence on the automobile, local food distributors, carbon-storing wood construction and carefully chosen finishes are all small design strategies that make up the larger environmentally friendly story of the community. 417 Rideau is not a project based on big moves or extravagant gestures, it is rooted in a common sense which leads to building with the least amount of embodied energy as possible. Virtually every aspect of the development rejects excess and implements only what is absolutely necessary. Embracing conventional building techniques is part of thisbespoke construction details not only add cost, but drastically increase the amount materials, energy and labour involved. We remain optimistic about the future of responsible designwe believe that it is slowly moving away from being a considered a mere aspect of building to an engrained design strategy that is not simply applied as an afterthought but that is an intuitive motive driving the basic ideas.

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SITE CAPACITY TYPICAL ARANGEMENT HORIZONTAL TOWER SITE ARRANGEMENT

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BRINGING IN SURROUNDINGSHorizontal tower carefully arranged on site.

CUT FROM HIGH TO LOWA main circulation route and volume broken for different typologies.

PATHWAY CONNECTIONMiddle section sheared to connect Rideau and Beausoleil.

PUBLIC SQUAREA second shear to create central communal square.

COMMERCIAL BAROttawas TM6 zoning require ground floor commercial activity.

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THE T-BLOCK50 market flatsFor yuppies and empty-nesters

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This housing project proposal for the Hintonburg area reflects on the scales of the contextual architecture by providing a different urban fabric, yet retaining sensitivity to the context in the spatial organization of the project. The building also communicates with the existing village scale, yet enhances the marginal style of the neighborhood while visibly connecting and adding public space. Unlike the myriad of condominiums that populate the downtown landscape, 980 Somerset St W was conceived as a solid mass that was carved-into to create openings and terraces at various levels. The deconstructed volume creates

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interlocking and contrasting spaces stepping out and back from the street. This visually dynamic solution was instrumental in achieving several key objectives: creating the kitchen garden, drawing light into the building interior and providing outdoor green space. The garden terraces created in this process also help cool and cleanse the air; thus, limiting heat island effect in the urban core. In keeping with the traditional lifestyle of the local people, a modern notion of individual apartments to operate on the concept of community sharing, living and growth. Rather than optimizing on the western concept of privacy and individualism, the spatial organization

980 Somerset Street W Rejuvenation of the Hintonburg Trapezoid

of the architecture to maximize the social capacity of its residents. A 4 story, 76- unit development provides common spaces [courtyard, gallery terraces and common corridors] embrace community and facilitate social activity in this undervalued trapezoidal lot of Hintonburg. Commercial and community activities are positioned at the lower levels along these main arteries to further enhance life on these streets. The project reduces the land-filling and excavation to a minimum, maintaining 55% of the lot to public green space-serving the locals of Hintonburg.

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what we do not realize is the harm that it can bring to us due to its bigoted and dogmatic views. The design of this art institute attempts to reveal to people the poisonous side of monotheistic religions and to shed light on the sensitive topic of discrimination in society.While heavily tackling the subject of religious poison and discrimination, Dugout also explores the concept of large complicated subterranean architecture. With the rapid expansion of cities that cannot grow broad and wide, growing tall may be an option. But the underground is a zone of the cities that is untapped or rarely wisely used. The Dugout attempts to experiment with structural possibilities and create ways to maximize natural light to legitimize the potential of underground development. Because the realm of the underground seldom explored, therefore the knowledge and skills in that eld is lacking. When building underground at a large scale truly begins, the new innovations and technologies are for sure going to be there to accommodate the new way of development. With new innovations and technologies, economy would be driven up in accordance.

Dugout: The Art Centre for the DiscriminatedDugout is an Institute for the Arts dedicated to those who are being discriminated in society; this includes victims of racism and discrimination due to sexual orientation. The location of the site is on the corner of Cartier St. and Cooper St. beside the St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church in Ottawa, Canada. The concept of the building design is sparked by the discriminatory nature of religious entities. The sub-merged mass of the building form gives the impression of digging and tunneling away from the malignant entity and re-emerges somewhere else with the sense of release. The building is divided into three distinctive sections, each serving unique purpose. The Dig is the celebrated center, which is the underground space that visitors commence to experience the grotto. It features irregular circular ramping platforms that can serve as a pathway into the pit, as well as viewing platforms for large mural art on the walls and for the performance space. The ramps offer an ever changing perspective on the way people interface the artworks and the space surrounding them. The bottom level of the Dig is a multipurpose space for gathering, lectures and other installation art displays. The Dig also features an omen that replicates the form of the faade of the church with deteriorating wrought iron work to forecast its ill fate. The Emerge is a sculpture garden that is build out of steel and glass boxes. This design purposely attempts to disorient the visitors to recreate the feeling of miss-placement. It raises the questionable attitude of society, they see in wonder-some wandering what they want and where they need to go, without reaching the goal with a direct unhindered path.The Tunnel is the underground passage linking the Dig and the Emerge with studio and classroom spaces anking on both sides. The studios are kept open as a gesture of transferring of ideas and inspirations. This also gives visitors a glimpse of the process of creating the artworks they witness. The Tunnel has multiple light wells that articulate the natural light that penetrates the space. It enhances a suppressive feeling of an underground tunnel that one unwillingly confronts the hardship. At the end of the journey, visitors will take a secondary path back to the entry space. The entrance and exit essentially emerge, but a translucent wall visually divides the two to keep the experience mysteriously intense.The building digs into the earth and emerges at a distant location. This design intent is to symbolize metaphorically and in a way physically the actions taken by those who are discriminated in society in the past and today. The structure of the institute is composed of two major materials; concrete and steel. The concrete is used as massive shell to retain the surrounding earth to create free space for the massive underground complex. Within the massive volume of space the concrete has created, steel is used for the ner details in the programming in the institute. The ramps in the Dig, the studio spaces in the Tunnel and the sculpture garden in the Emerge are all fabricated out of steel. In these cases, steel is used as the prime material to deliver, educate and enlighten students and visitors through the forms into which it can be made and the power that the aesthetics of steel has.The church near the site of the Dugout is the prime spark of the design concept. Religious entities have been regarded as the beacon of hope for humanity. However,

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The project proposes the cohabitation of various typologies of living spaces and residential forms, and develops an urban language that seeks to populate a modernist superblock. The site further mitigates two urban conditions; Rideau Street, an Ottawa Traditional Main Street and busy arterial road which is in need of gentrification and the quiet residential neighborhood of mixed housing which lies to the north and is bound by Beausoleil Drive. The rethinking of the superblock led to the reintroduction of traditional city block languages

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and programmes, such as continuous commercial frontage along the TMS designated Rideau St., the placing of masses along residential side streets and the mid-block laneway. The site is divided into, smaller, palpable units, all of which, develop their own form out of the housing they contain, and are centered around a cut-through pedestrian walkway, which transects the site and links Rideau St. and Beausoleil Dr. The project further investigates the demands created by urban growth by proposing a small community

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center, daycare, live-work units, and townhouses. The project seeks to retain the function of the superblock by providing amenities and services to its inhabitants, forming a community within the city, while introducing intensification, modern forms, pedestrian access, and sustainable alternatives to Ottawas current housing stock.

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ABSTRACT The project proposes the cohabitation of various typologies of living spaces and residential forms, and develops an urban language that seeks to populate a modernist superblock. The site further mitigates two urban conditions; Rideau Street, an Ottawa Traditional Main Street and busy arterial road which is in need of gentrification and the quiet residential neighborhood of mixed housing which lies to the north and is bound by Beausoleil Drive. The rethinking of the superblock led to the reintroduction of traditional city block languages and programmes, such as continuous commercial frontage along the TMS designated Rideau St., the placing of masses along residential side streets and the mid-block laneway. The site is divided into, smaller, palpable units, all of which, develop their own form out of the housing they contain, and are centered around a cut-through pedestrian walkway, which transects the site and links Rideau St. and Beausoleil Dr. The project further investigates the demands created by urban growth by proposing a small community center, daycare, live-work units, and townhouses. The project seeks to retain the function of the superblock by providing amenities and services to its inhabitants, forming a community within the city, while introducing intensification, modern forms, pedestrian access, and sustainable alternatives to Ottawas current housing stock.

CONTEXT The proposal lies in a somewhat non-descript and derelict area of Ottawa, informally known as upper Rideau, an extension of Lowertown and the By-Ward market. The site is a modernist superblock, roughly the size of two regular city blocks, converted into a larger one in the goal of providing large plots of housing. Rideau street, with its traditional main street status has long been dreamed of developing into an extensive shopping avenue with thriving retail vistas, seems to have inversely fallen into a glut of small, unsuccessful shopping outlets and pedestrian-unfriendly impregnable towers and austere buildings. The neighborhood to the north is largely residential, with a hodgepodge of housing, early and mid 20th century houses, townhouses, condos, apartments in the form of brutalist towers and low-rise bar buildings and tenements. However the area is deprived of any cohesive gestures and remains, like most of Ottawa, car-centric and disadvantageous to alternative methods of transportation. DESIGN

Pedestrian infiltration and coherence between various living typologies and forms lead the primary aspects of the design. The planning begins with a frame mass, fronting Chapel, Rideau and Augusta streets, thus enclosing the site on three sides, axis parallel to Rideau Street cut through this mass creating smaller units along Chapel street, and a larger unit, fronting Rideau street, where the call for density is highest. A free form is introduced in the center of the site, born at a low level on Beausoleil Drive, and elevating itself to a high peak at the center of the site, where interior space is largest, then curving eastwards and diminishing again. A slender tower is placed atop the free form, slightly offset from its apex. Finally, the site is sliced in its center, splitting both the frame and the free form, creating a wide pedestrian-only causeway, linking Rideau and Beausoleil. In doing so, the free form is split into two bodies, the first

retaining its apex and the second becoming the podium for the tower. A large yet intimate public plaza is introduced at the front of the tower, adjacent Augusta, and a more private playground and outdoor public space is formed at the remote end of the site. RELATION WITH SITE Pragmatic responses to the existing site condition of the neighborhood were considered in the mapping of the site and the design of housing blocks. The largest site coverage ratio, as well as height and floor space indexes are located on the Rideau side of the site, where urban density is desired, whereas the Beausoleil side features more ample open space, lower floor space indexes and lower height. The central subsidized housing unit, with its angled roof, tapers down towards Beausoleil, giving it a low facade facing the adjacent park, while having a large presence and mass at the center of the site. Commercial units, as well as the tower plaza and community center face Rideau St. and commands a greater sense of officialdom, whilst the open spaces at the back of the site are less programmed, more intimate, and children-friendly. The tower is unnaturally slender in order to capitalize on height, and incidentally, views of the Ottawa River and beyond, to the Gatineau Hills, whilst itself blocking views as little as possible. By placing it at the center of the site, the tall continuous facades of glass are offset from Rideau St., tucked away in a gesture that echoes remnants of modernist residential ideals. THE TOWER Following the development of a strategy for the site, on piece of the proposal was thoroughly investigated as a piece of architecture and as an exercise in housing design: the tower. Complete with interior planning, unit types and layouts, as well as mechanical and structural exercises, the tower is a fully comprehensive project, fitting within the overall design intentions for the site. The towers podium is an irregular and tapering mass of six levels, and is intended to be an folded extension of the central rental housing block (block 4 on site plan) which

both use the same seamless suspended black-tinted cladding on its sides and roof, and an louvered faade with window extrusions, and the glass box that encases the community center. The tower mirrors the language of both blocks with its soaring walls of tinted glazing, using a traditional curtain wall system around a roughly square footprint served by a point-core. Two levels at the confluence of tower and podium serve as an indoor-outdoor space for the residents. Units range from small units for young professionals at the bottom, units with expansive terraces, as well as larger luxury units in the tower. Underground parking can be accessed on the Augusta side, the entrance of which is concealed by the community center. The main level of the tower contains a two-level lobby as well as a daycare that faces the back yard playground. IMAGINEERING Explorations into the quality of exterior spaces and conditions created were mixed with a search for compositional and architectural elegance, and providing the site with a sense of place, the neighborhood with a social anchor and the city with a model for sustainable mixtures in housing types in a society that is increasingly complex and struggles to grapple with the demand for new housing in urban cores. PHYSICAL Great attention was paid to efficiency of design. All subsidized, rental and purchase units for families have orientation on at least two, ideally three sides for cross-ventilation and enhance livability, whereas cores were minimized and optimized, such as in the point tower, to yield the highest number of units in a certain square footage. As seen in the site population studies (image 4), attention was paid to balancing built area with green area, minimizing the use of the car on site, maximizing pedestrian access and, of proposing a range of unit types and target demographics in creative ways.

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INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ARISING FROM A LARGER GROUP PROJECT:

Site planning was undertaken with fellow student Tyler Fissel. The design of the tower, and

its attached landscaping, plaza and courtyard, as well as parking facilities and community centre were completed by the nominee following the group site work.

SOCIAL The project is intended to function as a nexus of interactions, impromptu or orchestrated. The main pedestrian corridor and its perpendicular limbs, the plaza, the playground and all other sidewalks and perforations to the traditional street walls create a Network of intersections, both intended for safety, ease of movement, and fluidity. The social construct of the neighborhood is woven tighter with the introduction of a daycare, play spaces, lawns (both private and public) and the community center, with both reinforce interaction of inhabitants of the site, but also encourage its use by other dwellers of the neighborhood. ENVIRONMENTAL The site would feature active rainwater collection as well as grey-water limited treatment and direct re-use. The tint on the glass used for much of the two central blocks and tower would us a UV-filter and enhanced-performance windows for maximum heat retention in the winters and reflection in the summer.

ECONOMIC Feasibility studies were conducted as part of the Design Economics course undertaken during the same semester as the housing studio, determining the financial credibility of the site. The introduction of large townhouses as well as luxury condominiums in the tower help absorb the lower immediate return on rental and subsidized units, while these will continue to sustain the whole complex in the long run.

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C. Social Impact

The YouCube project is situated in between the neighborhoods of Vanier and New Edinburgh, within close proximity to the downtown core. The project acknowledges its context as one that bridges two areas of different social classes and income quintiles. In addition to increasing density in the area and presenting a solution to the housing question in Ottawa, the design also endeavors to offer subsidized and affordable housing as well as market housing solutions within one development. By integrating different unit typologies around a system of public and semi-public shared spaces, a new place of community and dwelling between different social classes can be established. While keeping private terraces present in the design, the integrated pedestrian streets encourage communal engagement and an active and connected community. In addition, the northern, mid-rise blocks include more affordable housing units, acknowledging the financial constraints of many potential residents in the area. The project also proposes socially responsive programs at grade level of each of the blocks that encourage communal engagement amongst the residents of varying income quintiles. Programs such as a grocery store, daycare, art therapy center, dental clinic, fitness center, as well as other commercial programs such as cafes, restaurants and various retail, tailor towards the active use of the residents while also increasing the communal vitality of the existing neighborhood.

D. Environmental Concerns Environmentally driven design strategies are integrated into the details of the YouCube project. For instance, the private green terraces that belong to each of the units in the southern block are each developed in section as ones that manage water retention systems. Each terrace includes a drainage system that links towards planters and trees on public sidewalks at grade, allowing rainwater to be collected and used for watering purposes for public foliage. In this effort, the project attempts to examine various ecologically responsible details that can allow the building to achieve a LEED status. For example, in addition to water retention systems in green terraces, each cross-ventilated unit in the northern block has a southern facing balcony that is screened with a louvered glass faade making each balcony a winter garden where residents can also cultivate their own vegetables. This southern screening can reduce heating costs during the winter months and the louvers can regulate the amount of sunlight and heat in the units during the summer months, creating more affordable maintenance costs for low-income residents by using natural ecological weather patterns.

E. Economic Impact The concept of the project is rooted in the goal to develop powerful and effective changes in the urban fabric that ultimately challenge the housing question in Ottawa. The housing design evaluates ideas for adapting existing patterns of communities with new ones to allow for an increase in density, while also accommodating a diverse scope of families, lifestyles, and income quintiles. By introducing the integration of units tailored towards homebuyers of different financial standings, there is an effort to create an economically sustainable housing development that can answer the question of how to densify while also being sensitive to the economic conditions of buyers or renters. Commercial spaces along the pier also allow local economic growth to flourish and respond to the different income quintiles in the area.

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A. Imagineering The YouCube project endeavors to create architecture that exemplifies a balanced relationship between public and private spaces while being placed in the context of a well-established community in an urban context. The focus of the design was rooted in the idea of creating a hierarchy of publicly used spaces by separating them with residences, allowing the two programs of outdoor spaces and living quarters to create a mid-scale development that would not detract from the character and architectural vitality of the neighborhood. The initial premise of the design places lower-scale, 4-story massing along the traditional main street and higher, 8-story massing towards the north side of the site, separating them by an inner pedestrian street that connects the intricate system of streets on one side of the site with the Rideau River and park on the other. With massing that increases in scale towards the north, the inner street remains bathed in light and allows the north blocks to have full southern exposure. In addition, the section of the southern block that abuts the traditional main street reads as a four story building from the public street, yet reduces in scale and height towards the inner, semi-public pedestrian street, creating elevated streetscapes that respond to the different public hierarchies of the project. The massing also helps to frame an inner courtyard towards the north side of the site by using the existing buildings as a segregating element from street to inner-park. This achieves three types of spaces from public street, inner semi-public pedestrian street, and private courtyard.

B. Physical Form and Materiality The focus of the design of the project was placed in the development of the southern block that abuts the traditional main street. The project endeavors to respond to the vernacular architecture along the street that consists of low-scale, single dwellings with local shops at grade and a single residence above. As such, the southern block proposes a larger massing that creates a symbiotic relationship between single dwelling and large-scale development. The block consists of system of 6 units that hinge around a single staircase core. These 6 units, including two-story family houses, studio apartments, and one and two bedroom units, each include access to a private green terrace on which it is possible to have a sodded lawn, to cultivate ones own vegetables, or to create a safe playing space for children. The project proposes the design of these units as simple rectilinear forms that are juxtaposed or offset in such a way as to create these green terraces between, above, or beside the units, ultimately achieving a harmonic relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces. In addition, all the units also have access to an elevated pedestrian street that runs between and above them which allows each occupant to have access to grade while simultaneously living in a dense housing block. As this system is repeated, each 6-unit system is offset to correspond to the angle of the street, developing clear views towards the river and avoiding a homogeneous faade towards the street. This non-homogeneous faade and repetition of units responds to the single-dwelling housing typologies along the street. 55

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The proposed building would fulfill the needs for an art school as well as a transit station for the proposed artery addition to the current plan for the Ottawa light rail. The immersion of these two programs allows for a direct opportunity for expression, from the artist to the public. The studios will overlook the atrium space which doubles as an exhibition ramp. This space is meant to constantly be in flux, an ever-changing exhibition. The

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relationship between the inhabitants of the building (the artists/students) and the visitors (the travelers) is meant to be an interdependent one, where those passing through are inspired by the art they are exposed to, and those creating the art are inspired by the movement of those passing by. In this way, the building becomes a bridge both physically; in connecting different areas of the city, as well as a bridge for expression.

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Elgin Light Rail Station & Art School (The Ever-changing Exhibition)

There is something about places of thoroughfare that seems to eventually lead to public

expression. Whether it is through street performance, buskers or street art; people are

compelled to capitalize on the opportunity to be heard where hundreds will be passing

through. This street art adds another dimension to the city, creating a place that is constantly in

flux with a sort if pop-up exhibition in places like subways, underpasses and sidewalks. The city,

however, will often see this expression as vandalism which will consequently be washed away,

covered up or told to leave; ie. censored. The immersion of the programs of an art school and a

light rail station will allow for this expression to occur without censorship.

Analysis of the current expansion plan for the Ottawa light rail revealed that it would

really only service travellers moving East-West through Rideau. The existing O-train serviced

North-South routes, however these connecting paths created a hole within the core of the city

which would be neglected. The dense and busy areas of Centretown, the Glebe and the Golden

Triangle would be left un-serviced, therefore the proposed building would be a station installed

within a new artery of the transit system. The artery would connect the University of Ottawa

station (E-W line) with the Carling station (N-S line), stopping in the midst of the golden triangle

with the proposed station at Elgin st. and Gladstone ave. It would continue along the

Queensway to Carling (with two to three potential stations in between). The Elgin st. station

will provide service for not only the Art School but also the Museum of Nature, the many Elgin

st. businesses as well as the government buildings a few blocks North. This transit expansion

would boost the economy in various ways: by creating new jobs in its construction as well as its

maintenance, in facilitating the populations ability to get around in the winter months (ie.

spend more at local businesses) as well as stimulate tourism. Furthermore, the addition of an

elevated rail adds another dimension to the city, allowing travellers to see the city from another

perspective without disturbing existing infrastructure below.

The building itself is mostly comprised of structural steel and is expressive through the

use of said steel. It explores the unique and innovative features that can only be achieved

through this material. The design for the light rail itself is comprised of hollow steel tubes in the

form of a double helix. Within the helix lies a double track platform for two trains to pass at

once. The entire tubular structure rests on a series of arched columns that bring the load down

to the ground on either side. This column structure also incorporates an arch above to support

the shell of the building. Where the columns meet the ground, there is a moment connection

that separates the steel that descends into the concrete footings.

The large spans of the steel enclosure allow for the shell to act almost as a

superstructure, housing the activities within. The shell morphs from a larger squared-top

elevation (on Elgin st.) into a smaller circular elevation (facing Cartier st.) from the gradual

variance in shape of the arched steel columns. The space running directly below the elevated

train acts as an exhibition ramp, it is overlooked by the stacks of pavilion-like studios on the

North side. The exhibition ramp is a space of thoroughfare meant to be constantly in flux;

installations, sculptures and works in progress occupy the space and then are replaced. The

public passing through is exposed to these ever-changing works and in turn, the artists

inhabiting the building are exposed to the public as inspiration.

The studios inhabit the North side of the building, stacked in varied sizes alongside the

scaffolding-like stacked corridors which overlook the ramp below. Aside from the photography

studio, most studios and classrooms are glazed to create a sense of transparency between the

studios and the atrium space flooded with passersby. The inhabitants of the building (the

students/artists) move mostly direct through the Northern section of the building, while visitors

of the building (travellers) will arrive from both the street as well as from the top platform level.

Upon their descent/ascent they will pass through the exhibition ramp or overlook the studios.

The relation between the public atrium space and the more private studio space is meant to

create an interdependent relationship between the visitors and inhabitants.

The South-Eastern portion of the block is conserved as green space, as the lot was

formerly a park space. The park is comprised of a series of descending levels, leading ultimately

to the sunken garden adjacent to the building (accessed via the lowest level library from the

inside). The levels remain un-programmed, large enough for various activities that could be

further defined based on need/want by local population. Ultimately the building will house a

series of activities that will be in a constant state of change and rather than defining the

building in certain space and time it is meant to evolve and grow with society overtime.

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The Elgin Multicultural Centre aims to set itself apart as a new benchmark in sustainable renewable design, implementing within itself a conscientious appreciation of 5 fundamental criterions; Imagineering (Imaginative Engineering), Environmental Concern, Physical form and materiality, Social Impact, and Economic Impact. It is from this criterion that the EMC was fundamentally based and created

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from. Though each factor plays a crucial individual role within the overall design, they are fundamentally inseparable from each other. Each factor plays a critical role in relationship with each other, successfully showcasing a model for ingenuity in design and forward thinking into a commentary on what the future could hold for sustainable architectural design.

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The Elgin Multicultural Centre aims to set itself apart as a new benchmark in sustainable renewable design, imple-menting within itself a conscientious appreciation of 5 fundamental criterions; Imagineering (Imaginative Engineer-ing), Environmental Concern, Physical form and materiality, Social Impact, and Economic Impact. It is from this criterion that the EMC was fundamentally based and created from. Though each factor plays a crucial individual role within the overall design, they are fundamentally inseparable from each other. Each factor plays a critical role in relationship with each other, successfully showcasing a model for ingenuity in design and forward thinking into a com-mentary on what the future could hold for sustainable architectural design.

a) Imagineering (Imaginative Engineering)/ Environmental Concerns

The EMC is an example of imaginative engineering through its unique adaption of new sustainable technology as an integral part of the buildings holistic design and image. The EMC takes an aggressive approach to engineering prin-ciples by completely incorporating a passive ventilation system into the steel framework of the building. Together they are cohesively one unit. The system runs in a swooping fashion across the entire southern face of the building, fun-neling channelled air from the natural wind tunnel of Gladstone. Its conclusion from a four lane arterial road lays on axis with Elgin Street and the southern elongated face of the EMC site. This unique site characteristic is utilized within the design of the roof and its consecutive air ducts which take the primary easterly winds across the rooftop and filter them through the grand atrium space to provide cooling within the summer months.

In a continuation of sustainable renewable energy practices, the flat rooftop of the main core is also used to provide energy for the EMC. Custom fitted photovoltaic panels are mounted and angled to provide maximum southern expo-sure and profitability of solar energy.

The EMC also challenges typical steel beam construction by introducing curved sweeping beams to span across the large atrium space, but also to continue externally to form a sheltered public square and auditorium.

b) Physical form and materiality

The form and shape of the building were decided based on a critical analysis of the site and its surrounding infrastruc-tures. The site lies at the vertex of 2 main arterial roads within the area. The east west running street of Gladstone concludes at its intersection with north south running Elgin by transforming from a 4 lane road into a single lane 1 way local street. This creates in effect a visual trajectory across more than a third of the elongated site. This division immediately splits the site into two distinct zones. The southern section, which acts as a continuation of Gladstone Street across the site, and the northern section which borders Frank Street with a number of substantially large trees. Using the trees as a visual mask to the street, the amount of usable space on the northern side is maximized to be-come a large formal block. Within this block all of the necessary program elements are situated. The other zone uses

its southern exposure and added visual frontage from Gladstone to tier down from the larger northern block, minimiz-ing the visual impact to the neighbourhood. In implementing the passive ventilation system, the roof is designed as a gentle swoop from grade level to the highest point at the rear of the building. A smooth curving surface encourages air flow across and into the building. Steel is the primary construction method used within the EMC, as large custom spans and sweeping arcs are required both internally and externally. An apparent steel shell makes up the general form of the building, creating a canopied public square at the front and consecutive entrances/ exits throughout. Internally wood is used as a complementary building material, to both draw attention to and warm up the cold steel skeleton. A number of staircases and landings, as well as the primary ramp leading to the top floor of the atrium are made of this sculpted wood. They are each unique, and take on varying organic shapes, complementing the curvaceous rooftop and also breaking up the formality of the northern block.

c) Social Impact

The EMC is primarily functioned as a multicultural centre, but its social implications reach much further than to only Ottawas minority groups. By introducing complementary program elements within the building, the EMC becomes a building open to everyone. A restaurant is situated at the front of the building bordering Elgin, contributing to the already vibrant street life of closer downtown. A fully equipped workout gym and basketball court brings people of all ages into the building, along with the constantly changing displays and activities that occur within the community centre on a regular basis. The most significant contribution of the EMC to the surrounding neighbourhood however comes with the introduction of market and government subsidized housing on the southern frontage of the building. More than 40 units are provided, contributing to the street life on the surrounding local streets, as well as minimizing the impact of the larger scale in relationship to the surrounding residential neighborhood.

d) Economic Impact

The economic impact of EMC to the city of Ottawa is far reaching. The EMCs unique sustainable design implementa-tion will stand out as an example of the future of sustainable design and engineering. The buildings downtown location makes it a potential destination point for both visitors and residents within the city of Ottawa. Within the public plaza as well as throughout the building plaques and information boards describe the construction techniques and design implementation that will have been used to create the green building, hence encouraging or inspiring visitors for the future of green design. The buildings other programmatic elements of gym, restaurant, and housing will also of course add to the value and richness of the neighborhood and the city on a greater scale.

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FROM conception to completion, this project has been a vast exploration and experimentation in designing and building within the physical realm. I believe that a vital role has been lost between the maker and the building when designing through a digital interface. Gestures and moments are found within the process of creation in an intuitive and delightful way, often providing insight and direction into what forms next. Technology attempts to replicate this natural force, but cannot eclipse it. It is from this basis and my passion for building and evisioning with my hands that I began this project.

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The design is a narrative between government of Canada and new immigrants. It is a conversation that challenges the confusion, alienation and hardship of the immigrants and negotiates for better standard of living. The Government building is 15 floors high while the flank residential is 6 floors and contains a food court and garden on the roof. Government programs and offices are unified in one space along with a library and Community Centre. A flat rectilinear facade on Kent Street (West side) conforms to the urban fabric of the street and reconciles the building with its corporate neighbours. The tower represents the government,

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standing tall and rigid, dwarfing the low rise beside it; however this massive tower has an emotional and playful side facing the Residential building. The small residential component is enmeshed by interweaving diagonal mullions that represents the crisscrossing paths of the immigration in the globalizing world. The bridge is the focal point of the two structures that wraps around the two buildings and unites them, it is the engagement centre where international shows and performance are held, these shows can also be seen from street level, the intention is to promote diversity and culture and to encourage Canadians to participate in cultural activities.

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3) Text to accompany submission: Each student must submit a 1000 word (total length) description of their project as it applies to the following categories:

a) Imagineering (Imaginative Engineering)b) Physical form and materialityc) Social Impactd) Environmental Concerns e) Economic impact.

This building narrates the life story of immigrants of Canada and their struggle of survival,

challenging formidable issues mitigated by confusion, alienation, and intensity. Recognizing these

challenges, the process of adaptation and spaces of accommodation are created to engage in programs to

reconcile and usher in clarification and enlightenment.

One of the major issues for the new comers of Canada is the lack of knowledge of their rights and

responsibilities, which further complicates their situation regarding accessibility of available resources for

more seamless integration within Canadian society. Even though Ottawa establishment offers programs to

help the new immigrants to claim some belonging to their immediate settings, however, these programs

are scattered all over the city, which can be inconvenient or even confusing for the new comers. Hence,

the Ottawa Multicultural Centre initiates a variety of programs, such as language courses, employment

help, community integration, legal aid, mentorship, citizenship office and cross cultural education. These

programs are clustered in one building that is designed to be accessible and respond to new comers

immediate needs.

The composition of the Ottawa Multicultural Centre is comprised of a tower, which

accommodates all government sponsored activities. Across from the tower is the residential component

for the new immigrants that is directly connected to the tower by a bridge and a tunnel.

Concept: The two contrasting structures are united by a red veil that wraps around the residential

complex and connects it with the tower building. The colored veil symbolizes unity of multiculturalism

and reconciliation between the new immigrants and the Canadians. The tower building is 15 floors high

while the flank residential is 6 floors and contains a food court and garden on the roof. Government

programs and offices are unified in one space along with a library and Community Centre. A flat

rectilinear facade on Kent Street (West side) conforms to the urban fabric of the street and reconciles the

building with its corporate neighbours. The tower represents the government establishments, standing tall

and formal on the street facade, dwarfing the low rise residential building beside it. However, this

massive tower has an emotional and playful side facing the residential building. The Imagineering is

embodied within the residential component that is enmeshed by interweaving diagonal mullions, which

represents the crisscrossing paths of the immigration in the globalizing world. The bridge is the focal

point of two structures that wraps around the buildings and mediates them; it is the engagement centre

where international and local events, arts and crafts exhibits, and ethnic cultural performances are held. It

showcases dynamic events and invites the public to participate in cultural activities. These shows can also

be seen from street level, the intention is to promote diversity and culture and to encourage Canadians to

participate in cultural activities.

Ottawa Multicultural Centre uses all steel components. Steel offers architectural/ structural and

design flexibility due to its inherent strength, which allows large span distances and curves to be easily

incorporated into designs, with lower cost and high quality results. Steel is also environmentally friendly

and delivers a number of unique environmental benefits such as product longevity, recyclability, easy

transportation and less raw material wastage. Concrete offers a very wide range of benefits that makes it

indispensable on most construction projects. It is hardwearing, durable, fire resistant, affordable and easy

to maintain. Concrete is also extremely flexible. Using reinforced concrete is the ideal material a multi-

story structure. Even as the prices of most building materials rise, the cost of cement remains relatively

stable, and an increase in the price of steel has little effect on reinforced concrete. The benefits of

concrete reinforced structures include increased safety and structural integrity among others.

Ottawa Multicultural Centre offers two rooftop gardens; one for the Government building and one

for the Residential building. Given the limited space available for additional trees in downtown Ottawa,

new adaptation strategies such as placing the vegetation directly on building roofs (rooftop gardens)

become especially significant. Rooftop gardens may be a part of the solution to reduce green gas (GHG)

emissions. Rooftop gardens offer many benefits to an urban site. They can reduce energy demand on

space conditioning, and hence GHG emissions, through direct shading of the roof, evapotranspiration and

improved insulation values. They could also help to improve storm water management. Part of the rain

is stored in the growing medium temporarily, and will be taken up by the plants and returned to the

atmosphere through evapotranspiration. Rooftop gardens delay run-off into the sewage system, thus

helping to reduce the frequency of combined sewage overflow events, which is a significant problem for

many major cities in North America. The plants and the growing medium can also filter out airborne

pollutants washed off in the rain, thus improving the quality of the run-off. In addition, rooftop gardens

can increase membrane durability, provide additional green space in urban areas, and increase property

values.

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Semester OneLucas Boyd & Shane Dalke ............... 4Daniel Farid ................................... 18Ming Fu......................................... 30Benoit Maranda ............................. 42Mateusz Nowacki ........................... 54Alex Okuka .................................... 66Nilakshi Roy .................................. 78Timothy Burwell ............................ 84Tahmina Orfan .............................. 96

Semester TwoLucas Boyd .................................. 110Shane Dalke ................................. 128John Gaitan ................................. 156Benoit Miranda ............................ 170Aisha Sawatsky ............................. 182

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Urban Agritecture is a proposal for the redevelopment of Ottawas Foster Farm Community Housing located in the Queensway Terrace North neighbourhood. It is a re-imagining of how we can not only provide affordable shelter for those in need, but use it as a catalyst that helps the community access the most fundamental of needs. In order to be truly effective, the proposal addresses these issues in a holistic approach, considering the opportunities that at the three scales of the built environment.

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How can urban agriculture affect our approach to affordable housing in a northern climate?

Urban Agritecture is a proposal for the redevelopment of Ottawas Foster Farm Community Housing located in the Queensway Terrace North neighbourhood. It is a re-imagining of how we can not only provide affordable shelter for those in need, but use it as a catalyst that helps the community access the most fundamental of needs. In order to be truly effective, the proposal addresses these issues in a holistic approach, considering the opportunities that at the three scales of the built environment.

ImagineeringThe vast array of social, physical and economic issues that plague affordable housing across the world can essentially be attributed to a lack of access. While basic shelter may be provided, access to a variety of remaining fundamental needs remains very poor. These needs are things such as medical care, community-building establishments, economic opportunity and recreational spaces, or, in other words, a lack of access to health and wealth. The spirit of Urban Agritecture addresses this umbrella issue with strategic agricultural intervention that both facilitates a healthier lifestyle and creates dramatic financial benefits. It does this by re-imagining the current model for affordable housing as something of immense social and economic opportunity rather than a cultural burden that society must bear.

Social67% of Ottawa homes are owned, while the rental vacancy rate is a mere 1.6%. This demanding rental market is further complicated by an $1100/month average price tagthe second highest in the country. To be considered financially at risk, a household must spend over 30% of their income on housing; this means that in order to comfortably rent in Ottawa, one must earn approximately $44,000/year. Ottawas average income, however, is $32,000/yearthis is quite high by Canadian standards but it is still much lower than the required income for market renting. With ownership being so encouraged in North America, this also creates an incredibly steep financial slope for renters to climb if they ever wish to own. Urban Argitecture brings ownership into the discussion of affordable housing and relieves the government by implementing heavy involvement from the private sector. This not only allows access to the variety of construction and development benefits, but strives to close the socio-economic gap between those who own and those who rent. It makes ownership a real possibility for the lowest quintile, allowing them to gain a wealth-producing asset and a home they can call their own. Urban Agritecture is not a social engineering experiment; is is a response to a flawed system it attempts to lessen the schism between the middle class and marginalized demographics, and transforms affordable housing from a social expense to a social investment.

EconomicCanadian cities have a variety of methods to provide housing for those in need. All systems, however, are essentially their own version of the same economic and political structure. The government, through either direct or indirect (non-profit organizations) funding, subsidizes the cost of housing through tax breaks, vouchers, etc. Urban Agritecture introduces the private sector as the main player, while keeping the government and non-profit organizations involved in distribution, NOT production or maintaining. Our citys primary social housing provider is Ottawa Community Housing. The city is the sole shareholder and they house over 30 000 people. OCH has an annual budget of $142 million and own and operate over $2 billion of assets city-wide! By introducing this to the market, not only is this huge amount of wealth passed on to the people, but the three main issues that plague OCH are directly addressed.

How does this happen? In 2009, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation introduced a variety of incentives for first time home buyers. Among them are a $5000 tax credit for those who wish to purchase their first home as well as a mortgage insurance that allows for a down-payment of as little as 5%, with interest rates similar to that of a 20% down payment. If one were to use that $5000 tax credit as a 5% down-payment, this would potentially

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give them a $95,000 mortgage and a monthly payment of $536. This requires a yearly income of $21,000half of that which is required to rent at market rates! Now, the question is, how does one by land, provide infrastructure, construct a house and turn a profit with $100 000?

PhysicalThe 100K House implements a number of key strategies, a collection simple moves that drastically reduce the cost of construction and the property and still leave room for an 8% profit. 1. Reduction of parcel size: By compressing the property lines to the perimeter of the house, the typical land

parcel size is reduced by 1/10th. This means moving the private outdoor space that is typically a yard to both to the roof top and to shared public land. We must remember that in todays market, the land is what both costs and appreciates, by reducing the size by such a large amount, the cost is dramatically lowered. Furthermore, as a byproduct of small-lot development, density is inevitably achieved.

2. Share Walls: Party walls need to be commonthey split the cost of one wall between units. If these units are then collected into small communities, the building of 18 or 24 units is more similar to the building of 1 large building. A single building envelope (this most expensive above-ground part of a house) is now shared. The result is essentially one small faade hung between two masonry party walls.

3. The half built Home: The 100K house is what one would call a bare bones product. The point is to provide the very basic of amenities and allow the buyer to enter the ownership market for the lowest possible cost (expanding the potential demographic). The 100K house as built is the absolute bare essentials of the home, lowering construction cost but also creating a canvas on which the residents can gradually personalize their home over time as they gain the capital. This is a critical aspect of the idea, for the monotony that typically plagues affordable housing is remedied over time by the transformation of the houses into personalized, individual homes. Since the two masonry party walls take care of all structural needs, the customization possibilities are virtually endless. This gives way to a diverse a diverse urban fabric that reflects the individual character of each household.

This approach, while providing the economic opportunity for ownership where it is currently unavailable also combats the homogeneity of typical community housing. The homes could be finished on various levels of expense, attracting not only those in the lowest quintile, but the average middle and upper class as well. The 100K House template directly addresses the issues with affordable housing with a universally beneficial solution.

EnvironmentalThe environmental benefits of Urban Agritecture can be seen at both the urban and architectural scales. The three levels of urban agriculture present in the development lend to a variety of energy saving tactics that simultaneously promote community interaction and public health. The houses are arranged in a back-to back row house fashion, this Is typically a very undesirable arrangement given the lack of access to light and air. The clusters of homes in this development, however, have a shared covered green house that penetrates the top two stories of every house. This not only creates a bright, healthy living space, but provides year-round growing opportunity for its residents. This is what is referred to as he feed me level of urban agriculture, with each home having access to 400 sq ft and growing space enough to feed a family of four. The housing clusters are arranged around the second level of urban agriculture which provides opportunity for the residents to create a surplus. He communal spaces not only acts as an extension of each homes outdoor space, but allow for them to produce more than they need and potentially sell at the local market. This creates economic opportunity but also encourages community interaction a common activity for the small neighborhoods that are created. The third level of agricultural intervention is located in the large swath of land running the entire length of the development. This, the outreach bar is a long strip that connects the community to the planned LRT stop and is covered in public greenhouses and garden plots. This is meant to engage the new development with the surrounding community, inviting in the entire city to come experience a healthy, sustainable method of food production.

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Agri-Park is an urban concept and an architectural vision. It recognizes the social and behavioral change agriculture can make when introduced to an urban context. The project uses the lens of agriculture to create an architecture that addresses the urgent urban issues of the Bayshore community and ultimately positively change the image of the city. The result is a vision of urban agriculture that doesnt ignore the countrys dependance on rural agriculture production, and is instead focused on generating a stronger and healthier vibrant community.

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THE ISSUEAgri-Park is first an urban concept and second a piece of architecture. It addresses urgent urban issues that are of global importance and then solves them specifically for the site.

An undergraduate degree in architecture is the sum of days, weeks, months and years of technical & academic training. For me, this final project is so much more than a skillful execution of words, images and architectural vision. It is symbolic landmark in my career. I was born into a 200+ year agricultural heritage where a was given a hands on education of farm life and by complete circumstance I found myself in several very interesting crossroads that characterize our time. I am a true rural migrant to the city. I study architecture at a time when our cities and their food systems are being re-imagined to meet environmental, economical, and social objectives. And finally our contemporary state is one of rapid and radical transformation, especially in regard to the development of cities and the innovation of technology. Agri-Park is the result of these observations.

IMAGINEERINGEnvisioning agriculture in the urban context is a new phenomenon in architectural circles. It comes as a serious response to imagining sustainable futures and engaging community spaces. ese are the core elements in Agri-Park. e project attempts to take these elements further with a stronger position on imagining agriculture in our urban centres. Its relationship to the community and to nature is considered carefully in order to push the urban agriculture conversation further toward eective implementation. My personal experiences with rural agriculture (Morden, Manitoba) and public urban gardens (Berlin, Germany) have enlightened me to the critical divisions between rural & urban perception of agricultural production. Agri-Park seeks to join the two conditions with the objective of building a stronger and healthier community.

So, how can agriculture be introduced into the urban fabric to build a better community? Simple, its image.

On one hand agriculture has an incredible responsibility and on the other, it has an unthinkable social impact. Agri-Park channels conventional food distribution (the only feasible way of feeding Canadian cities) through the lens of agricultural production. e project acknowledges the social and behavioral change agriculture can make when introduced to an urban context. Observation of the site and its activity can have an incredible impact on the community at large, and ultimately change the image of the city.

PHYSICALAgri-Park addresses urgent urban issues present in the community of Bayshore. e community has poor access essentials like jobs and food. e physicality of the project begins with a significant program to address the need for access to health and wealth. A large and predominantly vacant site on Carling Ave became a

suitable location for a grocery store, farmers market, culinary arts school, and urban farm. e site has much potential to engage with the community, by addressing its two conditions. e first is a fabric condition on Carling Ave, potential for commercial activity. e second is a garden condition with the site neighbouring private gardens. ese two conditions dictate the basic form of the project by generating a diagonal cut across the site. e program placed on the site generates a courtyard massing. It was important for Agri-Park to have two images, urban and rural. e urban image is a view from Carling Ave, where the grocery store is elevated to provide a view and access to the courtyard and beyond to the farm. Opposing this view is the rural image with farm extending toward a sloped green roof.

SOCIAL IMPACTe trending organic products in our local grocery stores express the general publics interest in the question of where our food comes from. Agri-Park is about capturing the agricultural image in an urban context, and does so by telling its story. e farm provides an understanding of natural food production. e culinary arts school displays an idea of love preparing and enjoying food. e market allows a variety of local food trade. And its grocery store provides conventional food access. Simply providing the proper access to food and economy is a massive leap toward building a better Bayshore. However, it is the architectural vision that engages the community even further. For example, pathways through the farm address the need for better pedestrian access.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNSAgri-Park is addresses sustainable design through its physical building and its site location. Its extensive green roof replaces the current massive parking lot. e rooftop vegetation reduces the heat island eect that other buildings and urban-scapes create. e projects detailing uses low-tech strategies to ensure proper sustainable environment control. Ventilation is gained by setting a narrow width to the building. Furthermore, the building is designed with conventional construction materials and methods that are ecient and eective in their use of embodied energy. e projects site provides the community with access to services that would otherwise require automotive transportation. But probably the most important environmental advantage is the design of spaces that people cherish. By creating places that people use and care for everyday, all year, the cost of development is well spent.

ECONOMIC IMPACTe economic forces of agriculture in Canada are significant. Agri-Park imagines a smaller economy, but resembles agriculture production in its eciency. e project is designed to be a significant generator of wealth in the community. All of the programs designed into the project support each other in one way or another. By introducing a culinary arts school to the community a greater class diversity begins allowing greater potential for job trade. e second economic initiator is naturally the public which can economically access all aspects of Agri-Park. e projects image of production and trade support the social and behavioral change its intended to generate in order to build a stronger and healthier community.

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ISSUEe community has poor health, poor connectivity, and poor economic development. (poor access) e urban condition has low intensity, low density, and an abundant amount of vacant interstitial spaces.

To recognize the potential urban agriculture has to holistically improve access to health, improve walkability, and to provide economic development.To admit the citys absolute dependence on global production of agriculture in rural areas. (urban agriculture will not replace rural production)To acknowledge the social and behavioral change agriculture can make when introduced to an urban context.

Introduce a new urban-agriculture zoning, incentivising the creation of public gardens, greenhouses and commercial farming.Use the image of urban agriculture to generate the communitys primary node.Strategically program the node to provide access and educate the public.

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acknowledge the social and behavioral changeAGRICULTURE can make when introduced

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To admit the citys absolute dependence on global production of agriculture in rural areas. (urban agriculture will not replace rural production)To recognize the potential urban agriculture has to holistically improve access to health, improve walkability, and to provide economic development.To acknowledge the unfeasibility of vertical farming and urban agriculture as a sole food producer for cities.

POSITION

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Introduce a new urban-agriculture zoning, incentivising the creation of public gardens, greenhouses and commercial farming.Use the image of urban agriculture to generate the communitys primary node.

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ACCESS

NEW CENTRAL LOCAL NODE

CHANGE THE IMAGE OF THE CITY(place making)

PRODUCING ECONOMYPROGRAM FOR ACCESS

URBAN AGRICULTURE AS ACTIVATOR(use education as link)

INTRODUCE ZONING(allow organic implementation of agriculture)

ACCESS

Culinary Arts School

Farmers Market

Farm

Grocery Store

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MANIFESTATION

store

school

marketSTUDENTS PUBLIC

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TWO CONDITIONS STORE AT CARLING ADD SCHOOL INSERT MARKET

CONTINUOUS GREEN ADD FARM PUSH & PULL TWO SCENIC VIEWS

Use the image of urban agriculture to generate the communitys primary node.Strategically program the node to provide access and educate the public.

THE IDEA

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-view of grocery store-view to farm-provides easy access to site

STREETCAR STOP01

-entrance for grocery-barrier from road

GROCERY ACCESS03

-vernacular form-roof supports lecture hall & escalators to library-restaurant patio

MAIN SCHOOL ENTRANCE05

-space available for market-under grocery store-wood flooring-metalic / wooden ceiling

MARKET CANOPY02

-commercial buildings-direct access on carling-car access

STORE / SCHOOL / RESTAURANT04

-access to farm-connected-studio kitchen space-traditional classrooms

CLASSROOMS06

-large open space-hardscape-used for public events-available for market

COURTYARD07

-secondary entrance to school-view toward grocery-access to car garage

SCHOOL COURTYARD09

-space for food process-direct access to farm-machinery storage

PROCESSING11

-access to courtyard-connected to car garage-connected to grocery

RETAIL BUILDING08

-access to farm-connected-studio kitchen space-traditional classrooms

CLASSROOMS10

-western access to site-provides shortcuts-view of farm

COMMUNITY ENTRANCE12

-cultivated land-organized in long strips-access from bridge paths

FARMLAND13

-eastern access to site-provides shortcuts-view of farm

COMMUNITY ENTRANCE15

-south-eastern access to site-provides shortcuts-view of farm-view of extended plane

COMMUNITY ENTRANCE17

-connects two axial paths-centre piece in farm-anchors the bridges for farmwork

PATH ANCHOR14

-southern access to site-provides shortcuts-view of farm-view of extended plane

COMMUNITY ENTRANCE16

- open to carling street- invites viewers into site- access for inventory

COMMERCIAL BUILDING03

PLAN

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SEED SHOP

MAIN SCHOOL ENTRANCE

LECTURE HALLLIBRARY / BOOK STORE

COURTYARD ENTRANCERESTAURANTCONNECTING BRIDGE

CLASSROOMS / STUDIOS

GROCERY STORE / GREENHOUSE

CLASSROOMS / STUDIOS

GROCERY STORE ACCESS

SCHOOL ACCESS

GREENHOUSE

LOADING BARCONNECTING BRIDGE

RETAIL SPACES

CLASSROOMS / STUDIOS

CLASSROOMS / STUDIOS

PROCESSING / AG SERVICES

SCHOOL ENTRANCE

TWO TIER CONNECTION

BIRDSEYE VIEW(pathways through the farm become important short cuts for locals)

EXPLODED AXO(unied program)

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SECTIONINSPIRED BY VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

(ceiling slope of entrance is underside of interior escalator and theatre stair)QUIET COURTYARD

(interior court provides space for farmers marke)DRAMATIC GROCERY

(elevated store provides street access and view to courtyard & beyond)

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VIEW FROM CARLING

QUIET COURTYARD(interior court provides space for farmers marke)

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VIEW OF THE FARM140

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ABSTRACT

CANDIDATE

PROJECT TITLE

MateuszNowacki4th Year 100792164 ARCS 4106

PIER+: Andrew Haydon Park Renewal

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pier + Andrew Haydon Park Renewal

Mateusz Nowacki 100792164 Prof. Shelagh McCartney ARCS 4106

A. Imagineering The pier+ project endeavors to produce architecture that exemplifies a harmonic relationship between natural and built landscapes. As opposed to looking at the natural flooding and ecological conditions of the site as limiting constraints, the design of the project chooses to celebrate these instances as ones which are rooted in the goal of the design. The primary characteristic of the site is its constant flooding throughout the seasons as well as the species that inhabit the area due to its changing water level. To answer the constant flux of the site, surge pools that gather, measure, and filter pollutants out of the water are implemented in certain areas of the current ravines as a means to promote the existing species to form new habitats in the site. In order to not disrupt the natural conditions of the water, tide-sensitive piers hover over the surge pools, bridging land and water and making a seemingly inaccessible wetland more useable to pedestrians. In addition to these structural implementations, the details of the structure of the piers as well as the buildings that abut them are imagined as ones that are environmentally conscious. From a weaving platform that creates openings for existing trees and insect catchment areas to facades of the building that incorporate areas for bird nesting or feeding, each structural detail is designed as a part of the existing ecological site and does not attempt to detract from it.

B. Physical Form and Materiality Using simple and site-sensitive strategies, the pier+ project aims at creating comprehensive and practical forms that promote the use of the wetland area by pedestrians and visitors as well as local animal species. The project adapts to the current road circulation by extending the street grid and its usage out toward the shoreline and along the existing ravines, creating a circulation pattern that connects dry land, flooding areas, and the water in a planning strategy perpendicular to the river as opposed to parallel with it. This ultimately would establish areas of use in the three different conditions of the site where different species habitats exist. Simultaneously, it creates different viewpoints for visitors as well as improved circulation for winter water skiers, ice fishers, or skaters during the winter months. The form of the buildings endeavor to create a simple yet dynamic addition to the marshland that also allows currently inaccessible flooding areas to be experienced from within the building in a new perspective. The simple building shapes are derived from the piers themselves, creating a unified and practical public space, while also establishing a number of viewpoints towards the water and Gatineau Hills. The sensitive forms, constructed from local Canadian timber construction, hover over the different wetland areas and are programed with integrating public spaces such as theatres or classrooms, in order to create a symbiotic relationship between natural landscape and new public space.

C. Social Impact The project acknowledges its context as one that bridges two neighborhoods of different social classes and income quintiles. As a means to link these classes together, the implemented programs use the site as a socially integrative public area as well as one that establishes a better relationship between pedestrians and local animal species. Programs such as a theatre of the arts, an elementary school, as well as a public greenhouse, will ensure the constant use and promotion of the site and will also aid in the integration of residents of the area by means of communal engagement. In addition, a museum showcasing information and ex